Big 10 Minnesota

Minnesota will indeed go 1-3 in dec. No heighting was just bad coaching when to come in. He couldve cleared 10 ft and made Nationals. Wisconsion guys are decent, Iowa is a Day 1 guy, and MSU guy appears to be redshirting. So who else is there?

As much as I want to believe that Wisconsin has a shot with a great meet, the fact is that when you look at the performance list for the conference, Minnesota is running away with it. If Mead makes it back, it'll really be over. The fact they're sitting 20pt Studt should speak volumes as to how good they actually are.

Groce has had a relatively mediocre season until today -- he ran 45.8 and passed the Baylor 400 leg in the 9:32 DMR. He suddenly adds event and relay points for the team that I had substantially discounted. Still, others had so-so meets at Drake this week.

Is Iowa not in the hunt? accoridning to the performance list, they're winning!

hawks? wrote:

Is Iowa not in the hunt? accoridning to the performance list, they're winning!

It's Iowa, so they should just be ignored.

Signed,

Dumb Gopher Fan

[quote]whats going on wrote:

What year did Rombough redshirt?

I honestly don't believe he has eligibility?

I was at Drake and saw Rombough run well for the Gophers. I think 4:01 (?) leg in the 4X1600 and a decent 1200 leg in the DMR. He's definitely back.

He is listed this way for the Stanford 5000:

70 Chris Rombough Minnesota

Wisconsin will win all distance races.

1500 Miller (Boals and Finnerty inside top 6)

St Gasper (Shields inside top 5 as well)

5000 Miller or Darling (Gasper and Peacok inside top 6)

10000 Peacock (Krause, Darling inside top 5)

This is almost 80 points by itself!

So the people that are saying Wisconsin will dominate the distance, are these the same people that said wisco would score like 85 or so points indoors in the 800 and up? I recall all these absurd predictions and then who came out and put 3 guys in the 800 final, 3 in the mile final, scored 2 in the 3k and 2 in the 5k (without blankenship), oh yeah thats right it was Minnesota. We'll have to wait and see, but i just find it funny when people continue to throw out outrageous predictions like 80 some pts in the distance...and winning every single distance race,and forget these people still have to show up at the meet and race, and rombough and blankenship are two of the best at showing up when it matters most, at Big Tens. And give me a break every time Gasper tries that double with the 5k he blows up, and 4 guys in top 6 in the 5k and 3 in the 10k? give me a break, thats what i know you obviously no nothing...

Wisconsin will win all distance races.

1500 Miller (Boals and Finnerty inside top 6)

St Gasper (Shields inside top 5 as well)

5000 Miller or Darling (Gasper and Peacok inside top 6)

10000 Peacock (Krause, Darling inside top 5)

This is almost 80 points by itself![/quote]

First of all, things just didn't go wisco's way at indoors. MN was winning that meet no matter what. They had some really great breakout performances and lived up to the hype at home. That being said, a lot of the points the badgers lost in distance were from people tripping. Granted that's no one's fault (except Peacock [watch the replay on big ten network...]). Mellon (5th at NCAA 800 true frosh) went down as did Mohamed Amed (AA XC). No excuses for that, gotta stay on your feet to finish. As for the remarks against Gasper, someone who has been a threat on the track at the big ten level since he was a redshirt freshman, I look at 2009 as a perfect example.

1 395 Mead, Hassan SO Minnesota 13:28.45 14:20.75 10

2 267 Williams, Lex SR Michigan 14:01.62 14:22.32 8

3 401 Rombough, Chris JR Minnesota 13:54.37 14:25.98 6

4 377 Blankenship, Ben SO Minnesota 14:26.15 5

5 652 Gasper, Ryan JR Wisconsin 14:12.50 14:30.18 4

6 118 Poore, Andrew FR Indiana 14:21.51 14:30.33 3

7 514 Dawson, Kyle FR Penn St 14:02.50 14:31.71 2

8 536 Pollow, Dennis SR Penn St 14:11.02 14:32.22 1

9 443 Ealy, John SR Ohio St 14:09.40 14:36.74

10 459 See, Jeff SR Ohio St 14:41.41

He got the job done for the badgers by picking up some very helpful points in the 5000. Maybe results in prior years left you wanting more, but that's a solid performance in what is clearly a tough double. Look at the guys who are now leading the country that couldn't pull it off and the vets (and newcomer blankenship) who could. Do your homework next time.

I still go back to Studt and mead redshirting. If Minnesota didn't think they would still win easily, one or oth of those guys would still be competing.

However, there are others in the conference as well! Lex Willliams is my pick for a 10k/5k double win. Jeff See will be a factor in the mile and whatever they do with Bayer. Turnr will beat Gasper in the steeple this year too!

Minnesota

IU

Wisconsin

OSU

turner sucks

Turner does have better speed than Gasper mile time. That wouldn't be an upset at all. Bayer is going to place top 3 in the 1500 for sure; I think IU will be a top 3 team for sure. Minnesota are clear favorites with Wisconsin and IU battling for trophy spots. OSU outside looking in. Then Iowa, Penn St., Purdue, Michigan, Illinois, and then MSU rounding out the rear (becoming their usual spot).

Some interesting head-to-head stuff this weekend at Stanford, Iowa and OSU. From Stanford:

Event 4 Men 800 Meter Run Section 1

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Name Year School

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1 239 Andrew Ellerton Nac Victori

2 346 Ryan Foster Penn State

3 148 Takeshi Kuchino Fujitsu_TF

4 347 Casimir Loxsom Penn State

5 675 Thomas Matthys Val Belgium

6 436 Prince Mumba Santa Monica

7 153 Darren St. Clair Great Britai

8 295 David Torrence Nike

9 438 Reuben Twijukye Santa Monica

Event 5 Men 800 Meter Run Section 2

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Name Year School

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1 355 Tim Bayley Puma

2 36 Ryan Brown Asics

3 440 Adam Currie Saucony

4 242 Quin Ferguson Nac Victoria

5 644 Wil Fitts Unattached

6 647 Geoff Harris Unattached

7 351 Kyle Smith Phoenix Athl

8 325 Dan White Ohio State

9 349 Lionel Williams Penn State

Event 6 Men 800 Meter Run Section 3

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Name Year School

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1 230 Harun Abda Minnesota

2 495 Andrew Berberick Stanford

3 695 Zach Beth Wisconsin

4 124 Olivier Collin CAVD

5 321 Brendon Mahoney NYAC

6 244 Darren Mazzei Nac Victoria

7 160 Jeffrey Paneda Horent Track

8 514 Justin Reed Stanford

9 702 Luke Rucks Wisconsin

10 69 Ryan Waite BYU

Event 8 Men 1500 Meter Run Section 1

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Name Year School

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1 232 Ben Blankenship Minnesota

2 326 Jacob Boone Oklahoma

3 636 Liam Boylan-Pett Unattached

4 501 Chris Derrick Stanford

5 711 Hakon DeVries Unattached

6 278 Lee Emanuel New Mexico

7 502 Dylan Ferris Stanford

8 712 David Forrester Florida St

9 506 Elliott Heath Stanford

10 243 Geoff Martinson Nac Victoria

11 700 Craig Miller Wisconsin

12 149 Yasunori Murakami Fujitsu_TF

13 683 Tommy Schmitz Wisc. Runner

Event 9 Men 1500 Meter Run Section 2

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Name Year School

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1 277 David Bishop New Mexico

2 56 Daniel Castle Brooks

3 641 Ian Cronin Unattached

4 345 Owen Dawson Penn State

5 698 Rob Finnerty Wisconsin

6 646 Chad Hall Unattached

7 327 Eric Harasyn Oklahoma

8 321 Brendon Mahoney NYAC

9 656 Jacob Petralia Unattached

10 601 Scott Smith UC Santa Bar

11 332 Robert Sorrell Oklahoma

12 663 Brett Tingay Unattached

13 132 Michael Wickman Chico State

Event 10 Men 1500 Meter Run Section 3

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Name Year School

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1 696 Jack Bolas Wisconsin

2 344 Samuel Borchers Penn State

3 217 Dallas Bowden Michigan

4 697 Maverick Darling Wisconsin

5 11 Andrew Graham Adams State

6 362 Michael Hendry Ragged Mount

7 12 Dean Huffer Adams State

8 13 Ryan McNiff Adams State

9 586 Jonathan Peterson UC Davis

10 709 Andy Richardson Minnesota

11 674 Elkana Rotich UTEP

12 146 Frank Sanders Fresno State

13 679 Steve Shepherd Weber St

14 363 Alex Tatu Ragged Mount

Event 19 Men 5000 Meter Run Section 2

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Name Year School

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1 680 Loren Ahonen Western Stat

2 459 Kyle Boorsma Speed River

3 323 Christopher Clark Nyac/Puma

4 602 Trevor Dunbar Unat-Portlan

5 280 Rory Fraser New Mexico

6 106 Yosef Ghebray California

7 504 Brendan Gregg Stanford

8 173 Yusuke Hasegawa Jobu Univers

9 545 Edwin Henshaw Tulsa

10 185 Yufu Ikuto Komazawa Uni

11 174 Masato Kihara Kanebo

12 353 Alfred Kipchumba Portland

13 282 Jacob Kirwa New Mexico

14 137 Jordan Kyle Colorado

15 719 Matt Leeder Florida St

16 376 Jose Mireles Rodolfo Gome

17 312 Bobby Moldovan North Caroli

18 68 Nathan Ogden BYU

19 317 Ahmed Osman Northern Ari

20 701 Landon Peacock Wisconsin

21 515 Jake Riley Stanford

22 235 Chris Rombough Minnesota

23 324 Jeff See Ohio State

24 661 Orey Smith Unattached

25 119 Steve Sodaro California

26 16 Florian Theophile Adams State

27 708 Frank Tinney Zap Fitness

28 170 Kiel Uhl Iowa State

29 48 Jean-Pierre Weerts Auburn

30 335 Kevin Williams Oklahoma

31 237 Dylan Wykes Mizuno

Plus Indiana, Purdue, MSU, Michigan, PSU, OSU at the Jesse Owens and Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin at the Musco.

It is now a 4 team race and IU could make it into that group if they get some surprises early because they're at home. With no Studt, Minnesota comes back to the field.

Looks like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and OSU all head to head for title. IU a little behind.

Penn State

Illinois

MSU, Michigan, Purdue are very bad.

Wisconsin distance makes all the difference. if they can score 80 points(and they should), they'll win.

70 points is going to happen!

800

Rucks 5th, Beth 6th = 7

STEEPLE

Gasper win and Shields is 5th = 14

1500

Blankenship wins. Miller 2nd, Bolas 4th, Finnerty 5th = 17

5000

Bayer wins. Peacock 2nd, Miller 3rd, Gasper 6th, Darling 7th = 19

10,000

Peacock 3rd, Krause 4th, Darling 7th = 13

Ahmed will be top 5 if they run him?

Ahmed and Zach Mellon have not run this spring; Mellon especially is a star with a 1:47i and a 5th at NCAA 800i.

I doubt they'll waste either one's eligibility.

Fact is, Minnesota will have to really stumble to not win. Iowa is looking good and theoretically should be in the hunt, but I bet on Wisconsin and OSU ahead of them given Wisconsins tradtion and the last couple years at OSU.

Indiana has some great studs but not enough depth.

Penn State needs to add a 4 x 800!