Unofficial 2018 D3 XC Thread (Official)

Thoughts on the Great Lakes Region? How many bids do you think they will get? I could see 4 total, but 3 is a safe bet.

1 bid

NE: 6

AR: 5

MW: 6

S/SE: 2

W: 2

C: 4

ME: 4

GL: 3

The New England Regional is a joke. It's being run on soccer fields on Bowdoin's campus. Oshkosh about to look like Mt. Everest to these nerds.

You heard it here first: NCC gonna go 1,2,5,7,15

25 at the start wrote:

You heard it here first: NCC gonna go 1,2,5,7,15

Well you got the score right

yeetthatwheat wrote:

NE: 6

AR: 5

MW: 6

S/SE: 2

W: 2

C: 4

ME: 4

GL: 3

After today do you still think this is the breakdown?

No, not soccer fields at all.

Start and finish on grass.

Today was mud trails and heavy grass on the Bowdoin course in the rain.

Great vibe, huge crowd, Shirtless Middlebury fan rowdies made the trip, great day of racing.

Coast Guard academy girl Caitlin was the top effort of the day for the women’s win...

She was hammering.

South: 2

Mideast: 3

Atlantic: 4

Great Lakes: 4

Midwest: 6

New England: 6

Central: 4

West: 3

The midwest regional today was fr*aking awesome with an inch of snow on the course and race temp of 20°. Surprisingly fast times, all things considered. Unsurprisingly, NCC clapped (_(_( everyone else

Middressed wrote:

The midwest regional today was fr*aking awesome with an inch of snow on the course and race temp of 20°. Surprisingly fast times, all things considered. Unsurprisingly, NCC clapped (_(_( everyone else

Did Patel not run as well as he has recently, or were the NCC guys running as a pack by design?

Agree about Great Lakes. Case was very close to DePauw

Did no one else see that an UNRANKED team just tied to win the west region (CMS tied Pomona and lost on the tiebreak)? We all know the west is bad but are they really that terrible that an unranked team was 1 spot away from winning? Can we give the west 0 bids to nationals?

Yeah pretty ridiculous

Details? wrote:

Middressed wrote:

The midwest regional today was fr*aking awesome with an inch of snow on the course and race temp of 20°. Surprisingly fast times, all things considered. Unsurprisingly, NCC clapped (_(_( everyone else

Did Patel not run as well as he has recently, or were the NCC guys running as a pack by design?

The kid is like 17 pounds. That cold probably hit him harder than the car that hit his teammate in 2017. The race temp was below 20°, so for someone with 0 fat on his body and probably not dressed properly, it probably affected him more than most.

You mean CMS, a team that was ranked 23rd 3 weeks ago?

Not A Doctor But wrote:

Details? wrote:

Did Patel not run as well as he has recently, or were the NCC guys running as a pack by design?

The kid is like 17 pounds. That cold probably hit him harder than the car that hit his teammate in 2017. The race temp was below 20°, so for someone with 0 fat on his body and probably not dressed properly, it probably affected him more than most.

I think it’s more likely that he ran fast enough just so they won....nationals is soon...

actually he faded pretty hard in the home stretch and looked gassed when he crossed the line

Not A Doctor But wrote:

Details? wrote:

Did Patel not run as well as he has recently, or were the NCC guys running as a pack by design?

The kid is like 17 pounds. That cold probably hit him harder than the car that hit his teammate in 2017. The race temp was below 20°, so for someone with 0 fat on his body and probably not dressed properly, it probably affected him more than most.

Yikes...