actually i was in the race at the mideast regionals, and even though it was a little muddy it was still a fast course, i actaully didn't have any problems with the course, the only problem i had was going out too fast and paying for it for a couple miles in the middle before getting my second wind and finishing up strong, i had a bad race and it was still my fastest time last year and i had also run at lehigh at the paul short race, it was the second muddiest course i ran on last year too (MAC champs at deslaes, course was in horrible condition as we had to run through a stream that the conference, regional, and national champ actually fell in) i wasn't looking at the times as under 27, i was looking at them as guys that were pretty close to each other in time and being top 10 at nationals, im too lazy to go look up all their results from last year, i was just looking at how they did at nationals and i was looking at the regional results to see who they have coming back and thats when i noticed their runners were pretty close to each other time-wise