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I think the differences between the ivy's and other conferences all comes down to scholarships. The ivy teams don't have them so they have no shot at getting the top tier recruits. What they do have to offer is acceptance into a great university and good financial aid. As a result they can pull in an unlimited number of 9:30ish HS runners that wouldn't get squat at other schools. So they end up worse than the teams that spend money on distance and better than the teams that don't.
I was bored and did some research on the calibre runners the Ivies can get. Princeton, Dartmouth, and Columbia jump out ot me as the best classes in the league. Princeton actually should be a lot better than they are.
Found the following recruits for Ivy schools this year.
Brown Enscoe, Alex CA Berkeley distance 4:20
Brown Sarro, Nick MA Chatham distance 1:56/4:17
Brown Zamir, Ari NJ Ridgewood distance 4:15
Columbia Boylan-Pett, Liam MI Bath distance 4:10/1:51
Columbia Fiske, Justin CA Yuba City distance 1:54
Columbia Hiestand, John IN Bloomington North distance 1:50
Columbia Hughes, Greg NJ Mainland distance 8:34 3k
Columbia Longoria, Robert NC South View distance 15:16 5k/11th FL SO
Columbia Rathbun, Jonah WA Lakeside distance 1:53
Columbia Wihtol, John CA Jesuit distance 4:24/9:19
Cornell Canady, Sage OR Newberg distance 8:45 3k
Dartmouth Allen, Grant PA Eisenhower distance 4:20
Dartmouth Carmody, Michael NJ Gov. Livingston 800m 1:51/ NIC Champ
Dartmouth Gottesfeld, Ian PA Henderson WC distance 9:20/FL Finalist
Dartmouth Norton, Harry NH Phillips Exeter distance 4:13
Dartmouth True, Ben ME Greely Cumberland distance 4:14/ FL Finalist
Pennsylvania Bowles, Eric PA Upper Dublin 800 1:56
Pennsylvania Contrella, Larry MD Old Mill distance 9:48
Pennsylvania Goldberg, Brian NJ Haddonfield distance 9:22
Pennsylvania Guzman, John NJ Bridgewater-Raritan distance 1:54/4:22
Pennsylvania Kaijala, Tim MI Mona Shores 800/mile 1:53/4:20
Pennsylvania Lovejoy, Mike WA Seattle Prep distance 9:27
Pennsylvania McEwen, Reid CT New Milford mid-distance 4:21
Pennsylvania Shepard, Alejandro NJ Montclair distance 4:20
Pennsylvania Snow, Graham CT Danbury 800/mile 1:54./4:20
Princeton Grote, Rob IN Batesville distance 9:00
Princeton O'Toole, James PA Mt. Lebanon Pittsburgh distance 4:14
Princeton Tinney, Frank MI Huron AA distance 9:08
Princeton Wolfe, Josh MA Phillips Andover distance 1:50
Yale Bordoni, Matthew CA Los Altos 800 1:54
Yale Kilpatric, Connor WA Seattle Prep distance 1:55/4:20
Yale Kingsbery, Joe NJ Red Bank Reg distance 1:56/4:17
Yale O'Callaghan, Tadhg IRELAND Cork distance 3:57 1500/ Irish Jr’s
Yale Smitson, Chris IN Brebeuf Jesuit 800 1:54/ 4th Nike Indoors