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Bottom line - is Mead healthy enough or not? That's 20 points and things just actually got interesting.
I dont think you can quarentee Mead will win the 3k/5k. He will have to beat some very good runners to do.
I could see Bayer, Miller, or See beating him in 3k.
Rob Gary brings home his first title, if Bethea can produce another sprint clinic like he did in 2009.
OSU-114
IND-108
MINN-100 (MEAD IS HURT!!!!)if he was healthy they win
WISC-83
PSU-77
PUR-63
IOWA-53
MICH-48
ILL-48
MSU-29
Badgers will score 70 points with just distance (mile/3k/5k). After that, they're going to be just behind OSU in sprints (no depth) and kill them in field events. If Mead is hurt (and they're at home don't forget), Badgers win rather easily with over 120 points!
Mead is not hurt. Running the 3000 at Washington this weekend. Nice try Big Ten, but it'll be another 30 point victory this year for the Gophers on their home track!
Have to agree; going off depth chart from performance list, Badgers roll this one pretty easily. However, Rombough had almost as good a meet as Mead last year and it's his last one at home. I wouldn't count out the Gophers. OSU just doesn't have enough field events to get it done! IU for 3rd and OSU 4th.
Hey Craig,
The distance runners from Illini won't score a point in the conference in either the distance or the throws. Tell Wendell and Turk to start beggin Buford to keep them on.
Sincerly,
Reality
I think that you are wrong with your assumption. The Illini
will kick some butt. McRaven has Murray who has run 4:05,
Kremske who has run 8:15 this past weekend and he also has
Beaird and Phelps in 800 and the Mickowl twins. Turke has
the high jumper Shroker who could pull the upset of the meet.He will win it all. He has Riley who will win the long jump,60m and 60 hurdles as well as place in the top 5
in the high jump. Oh yeah, what about his hammer thrower?
Illinois is a top three team. Maybe Buford needs to be beggin McRaven and Turke to keep her around.
There is so much wrong with the above post, I am assuming its a joke. Kremske got beat by 6 Big Ten runners this weekend and doesn't include See, Mead, Rombough and 4 Wisconsin guys. Guessing 8:15 isn't even top 20 in Big Ten right now.
No chance any Michigan guys slip in there? Lex Williams? Sean McNamara? Craig Forys?
Leslie of Ohio State is a big time competitor with great wheels. He has three wins this year and a 2:22 and 4:03 mile pr.
If the top ranked guys slip up he'll be noticed in a big way.
Leslie bombed indoors and outdoors last year.
People better get used to seeing some IU distance guys rolling through this conference because they're all underclassmen and they're leading the conference.
Not sure what Michigan is up to, but Lex doesn't have indoor eligibility and Forys hasn't raced yet (injured?)
Without Mead, the distance area is See, Rombough, and IU versus Wisconsin! Thats it!
Minnesota is the clear favorite. They could roll a 29 in the Hep (easier said then done, admittedly) and have top contenders in six events (3K, 5K, PV, HJ, WT, SP) where they'll probably win three or four of those and finish second or third in the others. Then they've got Rombough, Blankenship, Richardson, another thrower or two, some guys in the 600 and 800, do the math. Plus, they're at home.
Ohio State will have to double or triple everybody possible to have a sniff. They've got the talent to do it and some of those long sprinters will have to get it done in the 600.
Wisconsin will have to pick it up, they sucked flaming hog balls at the Meyo. They've got some quality distance guys, but to really rack up the points they've got to be top three and See, Mead, Rombough, some Indiana guys and the PSU mid-distance guys will have something to say about that. Fifths, sixths and sevenths aren't going to do it and anybody finishing even there will have to run well.
Indiana is a wild card, they'll need 50+ in the Mile, 3K and 5K. They could win a bunch of field events, though.
That's the order I see it, with the gap between Minnesota and Ohio State being about the same as between Ohio State and Indiana. About 15-20 from 1st to 2nd and then the same gap from 2nd to 4th.
Minnesota will have to stumble for anybody else to win it.
After this weekend just about all of the cards will be on the table, particularly with what happens in the distance events in Seattle
Agree with all.
The multi will be 1-4 and 29 points for sure.
They have top 3 in most everything.
Still, no Mead or Blankenship levels things a bit and the Wisconsin distance guys are the ones who can very easily score 70 points with mile,3,5, and DMR.
IU will have to make some choices as will OSU; how they enter in relation to others will probably determine who gets 3rd and 4th.
As usual, the battle will be between Minnesota and Badgers and Minnesota being at home is big.
Minnesota 129 (this is no Mead)
Wisconsin 117
Ohio State 103
Indiana 102
Penn State 98
MSU last with less than 25
No Mead at Washington and Wisconsin takes the redshirt off Reed Connor. The plot thickens.
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/2010HuskyClassicProgram.pdf
Give it a rest. It's still 6 weeks til outdoors.
Wisconsin will absolutely own the performance lists after this weekend. Rombough will put up a good fight, IU looks like they have two distance guys, and See is a good miler, but Wisconsin will have guys all over the mile, 3k, and 5k. Include a win in the DMR, and Wisconsin will have over 70 points in distance races only.
However, I didn't see Bolas in anything. Injured or no eligibility remaining.
Those seed times are absolutely crazy.
Coaches should be absolutely embarrassed, but entry of the meet has to be Borchers at 4:00.
Bolas is in the 3K. Wisconsin is running everybody they've got. They're healthy, presumably. We'll see how fit they are.
Mellon got screwed. Mick needs to lie better with his seed times.
Borchers seed time is 4:00. That bears watching.
And there is no way Minnesota sniffs anything close to 130 without Mead.
Mick did just fine lying.
Here goes a math lesson for rest of the Big Ten and how Wsiconsin will go up against 1-4 Minnesota heptathlon and throwers.
800 Beth, Rucks for 10 points
mile Miller, Finnerty, Gasper, Reed for 14 ponts
3000 Bolas, Peacock, Darling, Mohammad for 22 points
5000 Mohamad, Miller, peacock, Darling for 25 points
DMR No worse than 2nd for DMR and OSU, PSU, or IU would have to run all their best guys. 8 points
That is 79 points. Add in the sprints, hurdler, 4 x 4, long jumper, hept, and Groce and you're at a solid 125 points at least!
How bad is the MSU team this year? Last indoor season they looked poised to finally have a respectable big ten meet and blew it. This year, they are beyond terrible. Will they score 15 points?