Unofficial IIAC Track 2018

Women’s steeple will be a very good race. Saw the Nebr. Wesleyan girls run at Drake last week. I don’t think any other IIAC women were in the race. Men’s team race looks pretty open. Dubuque looks good but so do wartburg, Central, Wesleyan and Loras. Women’s team battle should be Nebr Wesleyan and Wartburg like the last two years.

Anyone guys team bringing in any good freshman?

As a IIAC fan, I look forward to watching the Nebraska Wesleyan women sprinters. Damn, those girls can run!

Men’s 4 x 100 relay will be outstanding. 4-5 teams in the 41’s already. Hope the weather is good. Gonna be some fast times!

The 4 x 100 will be really good but Mark Fairly from Central will steal the show. Steeple-1500-5K = Triple Gold!

cyclone wrote:

The 4 x 100 will be really good but Mark Fairly from Central will steal the show. Steeple-1500-5K = Triple Gold!

That wouldn't really be stealing the show because that wouldn't surprise anyone.

Good point! While a great feat, those of us who have seen Fairly do big things would not be surprised. Hey, what’s up with Dubuque’s giant thrower, Ron Brown? Thought he was booted from the team last year. Must have paid his penalty and is back in good graces.

Anyone seen heat sheets? Are they posted somewhere?

Wartburg Women’s 16 year streak comes to a close as the Nebraska Wesleyan women score 202 points to win by 14. Central men win on their home track.

Anybody else see Pinkowski refuse to go to the podium after Mark dusted him in the 1500 and know what's up with this? Apparently too busy to take the 3 minutes for the ceremony. He's a great runner, but he needs to chill and not throw a hissy fit if he loses every once in awhile.

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Anybody else see Pinkowski refuse to go to the podium after Mark dusted him in the 1500 and know what's up with this? Apparently too busy to take the 3 minutes for the ceremony. He's a great runner, but he needs to chill and not throw a hissy fit if he loses every once in awhile.

Same thing happened at indoor conference after getting owned in the mile and 3k. They delayed awards for 20 minutes for the 3k because he was crying about not being number 1. Sad!

If it went down like you say, that’s pretty lame. Dude backed out of going to Wisco and thought he would clean up in DIII. It does not work like that!

Dude just ran the fastest freshman 5k in d3 history tonight. I think he's doing okay.

Being fast doesnt make up for being a prick?‍♂️

Pinkowski is just a kid. Certainly not a prick...Heck, I think the whole conference are nice guys. People always looking for reasons to hate on others. The IIAC is awesome because of its high character runners. Actually chat with the kid, like I have, and I know you'll change your opinion. He has crazy respect for fairley...how can you not!?

Wartburg women showed good sportsmanship by lining up and congratulating the Nebraska Wesleyan team after the meet. That could not have been easy to do after winning for so many years. Coach Newsome may have made them do it but classy nevertheless.

I think the IIAC does have high character and that's why I was so surprised he wouldn't go up. It seems so out of place. But I think Storm4orce is probably on to something. It is probably him just being young kid and coming in with expectations of being a D3 stud (and no denying he is running great). Hopefully he'll come out of it as he grows up. Part of my post was a question, maybe he had a legitimate reason for not showing up to the podium that someone can explain. But it is hard to think of why he would not go up unless some family member just had a heart attack. It's not a big deal if you lose sometimes, just take it with grace. He looks to be friendly after races he does well in, just have to see if he keeps disappearing every time he's not happy.