Official 2021 Eastbay XC Champs Live Discussion Thread

My prediction is that it won’t be as good as this race or as fast. Perez will win and may be the only girl that can crack 17:00!

Don't be sleeping on Marco Langon for the dub. Kids a killa and has been waiting to silence those in doubt this whole year. Riley Hough and Gavin Sherry don't know what's coming.

I'm undecided: Cook or Perez FTW. Also in the Top 14 (the All-American spots) in no particular order: Stewart, Peters, Ping, Engelhardt, Weimer, Wells, Baloga............

I think some of the girls who placed lower than expected in the regionals weren't necessarily going for the win, and were just satisfied to go through to San Diego at those. Wells, Baloga, and Ping, for example.

My dark horse pick to place top 5 in the boys race is Gabe Hinrichs. He looked great at NXR Heartland but didn't look quite as good at the Midwest regional in Kenosha. It looked like he started way off the top pack and slowly moved up to qualify by the end. He ran 8:59 last year in his first-ever track season and Notre Dame is getting one of the most underappreciated kids in the country next year.

Stealing your basic idea. For the girls too 5, I’m thinking, Cook -> Perez -> Engelhardt -> Peters -> Ping.

For the girls race, I think that Cook is great on a flat course, but I don't think that she can beat Perez on a course with hills like Balboa Park. So I think Perez will win and Cook will be second.

Peters will probably get third, and Engelhardt and Stewart should fight it out for 4th.

I'm sorry, but without Newbury Park at the meet, I really don't care.

I get why you think Pala could hang with A. Sahlman, but that is purely speculation. Pala has never tried pushing the kind of pace (sub 14:30 pace at state for 2.5 miles). We have no idea how he would do if he tried this strategy. A. Sahlman also ran 13:42 or so this season for three miles each of which outclass Palas top performance.

I do like Palas chances because he seems to be a good hill runner for this race. I’m going to pick him for the win because of the top athletes I think he held back the most last weekend.

NP is the next Ingerbritsens wrote:

I get why you think Pala could hang with A. Sahlman, but that is purely speculation. Pala has never tried pushing the kind of pace (sub 14:30 pace at state for 2.5 miles). We have no idea how he would do if he tried this strategy. A. Sahlman also ran 13:42 or so this season for three miles each of which outclass Palas top performance.

I do like Palas chances because he seems to be a good hill runner for this race. I’m going to pick him for the win because of the top athletes I think he held back the most last weekend.

Ok fair enough. Pala doesn’t have to travel. That might be worth a few seconds, and he’s a very confident runner. I’m sure he’ll be going for the win.

ClearAPath wrote:

Don't be sleeping on Marco Langon for the dub. Kids a killa and has been waiting to silence those in doubt this whole year. Riley Hough and Gavin Sherry don't know what's coming.

Definitely a contender, who could sneak in there for the win. Comes across as a bit of a cocky d*ck in the few video interviews that I’ve seen. Not sure if that’s accurate or not, but just based on that, I’ll be rooting for Sherry.

I think being in the same time zone will be a bigger deal, and I don't think it will necessarily earn him any "seconds", I think it just minimizes the odds he has an off day. Someone like Sherry coming from the east coast has a big time zone change, and that increases the chances of having an "off" day.

Ellie Shea from Massachusetts for the win. She has 4:43/10:10 mile and 2 mile times.

Streaming info and results can be found here:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/12/eastbay-cross-country-championships-live-stream-free-stream-starts-at-800-am-pacific-1100-am-et/

Has anyone seen the uniforms? Hoping they have something decent unlike some dudes from the past!

Prediction on if the streaming will handle the number of users wanting to watch the race?

Saturday morning XC two weeks in a row how fun

How does Eastbay have that crap chip timing on the how’s. It’s so stupid kids can’t even lace their shoes. Get the chip on the bib.

Let's GO!

At the pace these introductions are going, they'll fire the gun and race by Tuesday. Maybe.

RossiCheated wrote:

At the pace these introductions are going, they'll fire the gun and race by Tuesday. Maybe.

Yes. What on earth were they thinking? How much fun do you think the first girl introduced is having standing on the line doing nothing for 25 minutes?