Canadian University XC Season Preview - Men

Slanders and Speculations · 2010-09-03T20:33:29-04:00

Slanders and Speculations - Volume 2, Issue 1: 2010 Season Preview 1. Guelph - The killer bees, Brett and Boorsma are back but Queen B, Brunsting, is gone. They’ve picked up the 2007 Champ in Genest, who was ineligible last year. Nigel Wray returns as do Jackson and mini-Kozi. Transfer Andrew Nixon will be able to run and is good for a sub-31 10000. Having never been ranked outside of number 1 in our polls, this team is again the overwhelming favourite to win in 2010. And if for some reason they aren’t looking good in heading into the Championships, DST can choose from any number of former NCAA / CIS stars to insert onto the team and have them run under some mysterious alias. Rumour has it that DST is going to take up quilting, so that he can find a use for the huge pile of banners that he is accumulating. 2. Windsor - Do they have the horses to go after Guelph in 2010?? How should we know? All we can tell you is that Dave “Wild Wild West”on is back, probably running 250 miles a week in preparation for his assault on the individual title – he’s our pick for the win. 3:42 guy Berkis has been imported from High Point; Walters (I don’t know which one, but it really doesn’t matter) had a great summer; and so did Keller (3:44). If the CIS changed the race distance to 1500m I’d bet my life savings on Windsor to beat Guelph. Too bad its 10km. Aguanno is a stalwart on this team, as is 2008 AC Sinclair. Both will add great depth at the 4-5 spots and provide Windsor with an outside chance at ending the Gryphon’s streak. If they manage to take the win, it will be the greatest upset since the invention of sport some 3000 years ago. 3. Calgary - This is the year for the Dinos. They were 5th last year and return all 7 this year. Cloutier ran well in XC and track last year with an 8:36 3000, Scott Nicol ran 3:50 for 1500 this summer and Pootz dropped his 3km to 8:37. While these aren’t earth-shattering statistics, I have faith in these guys simply because they aren’t from the OUA. The Dinos have the luxury of focusing entirely on the CIS meet, building strength through September and October while other teams are wasting energy hammering away at their conference rivals in a vainglorious quest for Conference championships. Calgary may be the armpit of Canada and their hockey team may be awful (thanks for accepting Toronto’s garbage and for giving away DOUBLE-DION!), but this team has the legs to medal in 2010. Dorosz stepped up last year at 60th as did Ryan Russel (52nd) and both will be relied upon to return the CW title to cow-town. One issue this group may have is they have a lot of depth and therefore heated competition for roster spots, potentially causing too much racing in practice. 4. Victoria - Gone is the last member from the golden days of middle-distance dominance by UVic, Dan Mallie, but first-team AC Pieterson is back. Apparently he was hurt this summer, so not sure where his fitness will be at this fall. His instability at the number 1 will be remedied by Rejean “Chainsaw” Chiasson, who comes to UVic with 67 minute half ability. He’s fast, but more importantly, he’s scary. I wouldn’t be ellbowing a guy named Rejean Chiasson around any corners. I heard he got those tats in prison. Dylan Haight (2nd at Nats Jr XC last year) is also in the mix, as is Cliff Childs (3:46 for 1500). That gives UVic 3-4 legitimate AC runners. Of course, as was the last case the last two years, they are going to be crapping themselves as they wait for their number 5 to cross the line. Last year it took 35:05 for that fifth man to finish at CIS. If that time can’t be cut by at least 60 seconds this year, the Guelph and Western teams will be cooled down, showered, and three beers deep by the time the UVic guys are done running; that kind of spread will most certainly cost them a medal. 5. Alberta - One of the surprises last year, Da Bears of Alberta slotted in at number 6 in Kingston. Weikum is back for his 4th tour of duty and will lead Da Bears in 2010. He’s one of those guys who lay low during the summer, through the most of the fall, and then BAM! He’s a top 15 guy at the big dance. Don’t ask him to babysit for you, ‘cause he’s way too unreliable, but if you need an All-Canadian cross-country runner, JW is your man. “The Beef” Leboeuf is a pure mountain man and loves the grass while the number 3 Ostapowich is an 800m guy (1:48) who somehow extends that speed all the way to 10km. These front three are backed up by a slew of strong depth guys like “GI Joe” Boland, Harry-to-the-Moore, Law, Lauzon, Carver, and Lambert (we’ve heard the U of A has found him some eligibility for this fall). Here’s an idea for all those Ontario coaches looking for training camp ideas: fly your team to Alberta, have them hammer a 6 hour mountain run together through snow and rain and see how cohesive they are at the end of the day. These boys may have picked up pneumonia and a few stress fractures along the way, but they sure do get along (except for that one guy no one likes). 6. Queen’s - 7th place in 2009 and returning 5 of their top 7. Losses are severe in Walmsley and Klaus, but the return of Hulse for a fifth year will help this squad tremendously. In his first year, Hulse was a pure football player who ran track for “fun”. Now four years later he’s running 3:42 and moving his name up the list of elite milers in this country. Backing up Hulse is Patterson, who ran 3:59 indoors and was 39th last year. If he can sort out his horrific dietary problems he’ll likely morph into a stud this fall. Courchene is running on glass legs, but has lots of potential, as does Nishiyama (65th in 09) and Hatheway (56th in 09), the pride of Lunenberg, Nova Scotia. Boyd has brought in some fast young guys in Nick McGraw and Jeff archer. This team might not have the legs for a top 3 this year, but is one to watch down the road. After years of sharpening his rapier wit on the message boards, Boyd is finally taking to the CIS field, fully intending to cut the Gordian knot of Guelph’s stranglehold on Canadian distance running. 7. McMaster - What does 2$ million get you? A full-time coach and more kegs of beer at team parties. Larry Abbott leads this squad into the 2010 season, returning from a near-miss AC run last fall (15th). Andrew York has “been training in Europe with some of the world’s best triathletes” which obviously means he’ll see large improvements in XC. Taylor Reid, another triathlete (I just puked in my mouth a little) and Cory “Rico Suave” McCurry will provide ample ammunition as well. It appears that Coach Sneyd is getting frustrated with his men’s squad’s steady improvement over the last few years. Unlike the women from MAC who have seen massive improvement since 2006, the men have slowly climbed the ranks. To remedy this and propel them to the top faster, Sneyd has brought in expensive and proven vets Braden Novakowski and Deng Marial. They likely aren’t running in 2010, but will be the franchise players in 2011. Until then, they can both be counted on to contribute maturity and wisdom to the group. 8. St. FX - What is happening in Antigonish? This group medaled the past two seasons and is likely returning a good chunk of that roster, though Gerych is done. Is Doubravsky back? If the answer is Yes, X will catapult up a few spots on our list. If not, then X will be bumped down to the lower tier of the top 10. McCarron, Addison, and Mclean return, hoping to keep X in the top 10. Leave it up to Bernie to bring in some more “recruits” and this squad may have the legs to take down Calgary for the bronze. If he’s relying entirely on homegrown talent this year, X is going to be in a battle with a number of teams from Ontario to see who can win the second-tier race from 6th to 10th. 9. UWO - On paper, this is a pretty good team. They’re led by Kyle ”Blue Steel” O’Neill, who’s pretty much a lock for All-Canadian (10th last year, and 2nd in the 3000 last winter). Ryan Huff, a 3:53 / 8:30 man, should make a capable second (31st last year). After that, you’ve got Ryan Armstrong, a one-time sub-15 5k guy, who’s done nothing recently to prove his fitness. Will Komer was a 17:35 5km runner this summer, which is a far cry from his 23rd place CIS finish in 2008. Brent Smith struggled with over-training and anemia this summer; he’s back and training like an animal now, but if he’s not smart he’ll be one to watch out for at the UWO intersquad, maybe the first km of OU’s, and that’ about it. If everyone on this team ran to their potential, they could be top 5. Realistically, they’ll barely crack the top 10. It is worth noting that Vigars looks to be preparing to hand over the reigns to former Mustang stud Guy Schultz. 10. Toronto ? Lambert (to the U of A) and Del Monte (to the EU) are gone. Pettes is back after a productive summer on the circuit where he worked on his tan and lowered his personal bests. RR is relying heavily on this youngster’s ability to guide an even younger contingent of cross-country teammates. For once, Toronto isn’t full of high-priced veterans, but of younger more inexperienced recruits to lead the charge. Behind Pettes, they’ve got a great group of sophomores in Davenport, Denault, Woloshyn, and Ahmed. Cruicktank, Snicholl, and Kennedy will provide the veteran leadership on both the course and in the bars as this team prepares to do something no Toronto team has ever done: actually have a presence at the after party. As for the running, this group have all run at or under 4 minutes for 1500, 9 minutes for 3000, and 34 for 10km xc - probably enough to sneak into the top 10. Notes: Regina lost ROY Wyatt Baiton to UBC and the NAIA and Wiebe is starting the year hurt, so they drop right out of the top 10 given they lack the depth to replace their front two from last year. The QSSF will be competitive between Laval, McGill, and Concordia, but on paper these teams don’t have the legs to crack the CIS top 10. Sherbrooke has lost just about everyone from last year’s 10th place team.

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15 years ago 09/05/2010 6:13pm EDT

re: Slanders and Speculations

Kelly Wiebe is sitting next to me and it's news to us that he's injured. Regina will be top 10, and you can count on it ladies and gentlemen

15 years ago 09/05/2010 7:02pm EDT

re: sexiest man in CanWest

Potvin is injured and will be out for cross.

15 years ago 09/06/2010 12:59am EDT

re: sexiest man in CanWest

Last I checked your need 5 guys to score at all ...

15 years ago 09/06/2010 8:25am EDT

re: qwerqwerqwer

qwerqwerqwer wrote:
Potvin is injured and will be out for cross.

That's too bad! What's his injury?

15 years ago 09/06/2010 11:32am EDT

re: Bill the Pill

The Rusty Trombone (Russell Christie) is done.

X has lost #1-5.

15 years ago 09/06/2010 10:13pm EDT

re: excellent

one thing is for sure with the depth of these two teams and the recruiting classes they are getting the rivalry is going to continue for a long time.

the past 12 years team champions.

2009- Guelph

2008- Guelph

2007- Guelph

2006- Guelph

2005- Windsor

2004- Windsor

2003- Windsor

2002- Guelph

2001- Windsor

2000- Guelph

1999- Guelph

1998- Windsor

15 years ago 09/10/2010 5:05pm EDT

re: correction.

15 years ago 09/10/2010 5:42pm EDT

re: whyyyyyy

Who's this Chiasson/Chaisson dude? Sounds like a killer!

15 years ago 09/16/2010 8:10pm EDT

re: Slanders and Speculations

sooo saturday is the first race right???

I think theres only two questions to be answered here:

who has the better B team , windsor or guelph?

and will windsor and Guelphs B teams go 1,2 ?

the first answer is a toss up, the second, in my mind is undoubtably yes.

15 years ago 09/18/2010 8:18pm EDT

re: Bill the Pill

Bill the Pill wrote:
qwerqwerqwer wrote:
Potvin is injured and will be out for cross.
That's too bad! What's his injury?

Potty unfortunately was rewarded with a swift strike to his knee by a Volkswagen Beetle after a heroic attempt to help a young lady off the street.

15 years ago 10/12/2010 9:56am EDT

re: Slanders and Speculations

what is this? windsor throws down hard in florida, getting all 5 scorers under 25 mins, while berkis wins it in 24:33, all this not including adam kellar (8th at cis last year, as second runner) and leaving matt sinclair... 3rd man this year in chicago ...off the bus...

soooo now all of a sudden windsor throws down something big on a legitamate 8km course (unlike paul SHORT 7.8km course guelph ran earlier) and now all the guelph supporters remain quiet...

maybe theyre starting to see the turning of the tide, and it's not in their favour.

15 years ago 10/12/2010 10:12am EDT

re: what's going on here?

yeah windsor looked mighty impressive in those 8k results, I'd love to see them take guelph!

15 years ago 10/12/2010 11:07am EDT

re: putarugonher

I'd love to see them take down Guelph as well, but Windsor's team is mostly MD guys. Over 8km on a fast course, they might have a shot against Guelph, but over the last 2km on a tough 10km CIS course, I think that Guelph will have a distinct advantage. I hope I'm wrong though.

15 years ago 10/12/2010 11:20am EDT

re: Greener

Greener wrote:
Bill the Pill wrote:
That's too bad! What's his injury?
Potty unfortunately was rewarded with a swift strike to his knee by a Volkswagen Beetle after a heroic attempt to help a young lady off the street.

a shitface drunk young lady :P

15 years ago 10/12/2010 11:22am EDT

re: sdasfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf

Unfortunately guelph put their sixth man in front of of windsor's first at the western 10k.....

15 years ago 10/12/2010 12:01pm EDT

re: what's going on here?

No offense but that course in Florida is a joke. Flattest, fastest xc course I've ever run. Also probably a little short based on the time I ran there vs. the times I ran the rest of the year.

15 years ago 10/12/2010 12:08pm EDT

re: sdasfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf

sdasfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf wrote:
Unfortunately guelph put their sixth man in front of of windsor's first at the western 10k.....

What are you talking about?

Windsor won the Men's race at the Western International 10k over Guelph. Of course Guelph wasn't running their top guys at that meet...

15 years ago 10/12/2010 12:42pm EDT

re: slanderific

haha yea ofcourse guelph wasn't and ofcourse windsor sat out a ton too.... and yes the florida course is very fast very flat, but the times r very similar to the paul short times from guelph, and paul short is a measured 7.8km ... regardless of how flat florida is...200m is a long way considering how flat and fast paul short is on it's own

15 years ago 10/12/2010 12:46pm EDT

re: holt

I have also raced the disney course and yes it is flat as a pancake but not very fast due to sandy trails, uneven footing, hot and humid weather, and rocky / gravelly paths... What windsor did there is very impressive especially if you look at the past results.... Just saying

15 years ago 10/12/2010 1:41pm EDT

re: what's going on here?

what's going on here? wrote:
what is this? windsor throws down hard in florida, getting all 5 scorers under 25 mins, while berkis wins it in 24:33, all this not including adam kellar (8th at cis last year, as second runner) and leaving matt sinclair... 3rd man this year in chicago ...off the bus...
soooo now all of a sudden windsor throws down something big on a legitamate 8km course (unlike paul SHORT 7.8km course guelph ran earlier) and now all the guelph supporters remain quiet...
maybe theyre starting to see the turning of the tide, and it's not in their favour.

While I am impressed with Windsor's results and am hoping they can pull it out over 10km at CIS, you can't assume Kellar is in the same shape as he was last year at CI's. He was 14th overall in the race at Disney. He was 9th on the team, while still running faster than he did 2 years ago to take 3rd at the same meet. Impressive running by the Lancers....

Also I have to back up Guelph by saying they ran some decent times at Paul Short with the shitty, muddy conditions regardless of if the course was short or not.

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