Looks like no dancing for Georgetown - they got same score as Princeton (80), but Princeton got the auto based on the tiebreak, and Georgetown finishing 3rd does not give them a shot for nationals based on projections.
What a finish in the mid-Atlantic - 3 teams 80-80-81 yikes!
Can someone remind me how XC tie breaks work again? Is it based on their 6th runner?
What a finish in the mid-Atlantic - 3 teams 80-80-81 yikes!
Can someone remind me how XC tie breaks work again? Is it based on their 6th runner?
Not any more - that was old method. Now a tie is broken by comparing top five runners from each tied team in head-to-head matchups. The team with the better head-to-head record wins the tie.
What a finish in the mid-Atlantic - 3 teams 80-80-81 yikes!
Can someone remind me how XC tie breaks work again? Is it based on their 6th runner?
College uses head to head between 1-5. Like you see in the 1st position who placed higher (Princeton 7 vs Georgetown 11 so Princeton gets 1 point) then 2nd position (10 vs 12 so Princeton 2 points etc.
Princeton ended up with 3 points vs 2 points so they take the tie breaker
Can someone remind me how XC tie breaks work again? Is it based on their 6th runner?
Not any more - that was old method. Now a tie is broken by comparing top five runners from each tied team in head-to-head matchups. The team with the better head-to-head record wins the tie.
I had a front row seat to Pyeatt’s development. He ran at a pretty decorated program in a small Arkansas town that has had some great runners, including a 7:46 4x800 team a couple years ago.
Pyeatt was the #3 guy on a state championship team his Sr year. I remember one day taking him to practice and explaining to him to be great he’d have to run 60+ mpw. He was running 4 days and week and the idea that people did that was amazing to him. He laughed and said NEVER.
Ive moved on in life, but have thoroughly enjoyed following his progress. That same high school program turns a 20+’ kid or two into a 16’ kid every year. They don’t do extreme mileage. They just do the little things right. Proof how quick coaches marginalize their weaker runners and how many diamonds in the rough are out there.
Does this mean cornell likely in? or no because low points
It looks like Iona will get in based on points, but because they finished 4th in the Northeast, they will push in Cornell (who don't have any points). It looks like there can be a big "tiebreak" due to a number of teams having 3 points who didn't get auto berths, so they will be pushing in a few teams who finished higher regionally but who don't have any points (Colorado State also gets pushed in - see below)
25 Colorado State (#4 Mountain) - Pushed in by Wyoming - 0 points [Pushed in: no points conceded] 26 Wyoming (#5 Mountain) - 3 points (tiebreak) 27 Furman (#6 Southeast) - 3 points (tiebreak) 28 Butler (#3 Great Lakes) - 3 points (tiebreak) 29 Georgetown (#3 Mid-Atlantic) - 3 points (tiebreak) 30 Cornell (#3 Northeast) - Pushed in by Iona - 0 points [Pushed in: no points conceded] 31 Iona (#4 Northeast) - 3 points (tiebreak)
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“We’re going to treat this like a preliminary heat and rest a few guys,” says BYU men’s coach Ed Eyestone. “Hopefully, we’ll place in the top three or four.”
Based on other comments and past seasons the women's team will do the same. The reporter asked about Hutchins who had a bad day at Big12 and was told no statement would be given. In the workout photo I don't see Hutchins or Halladay-Lowry unless they are hidden in the back. That may or may not be significant.
I had a front row seat to Pyeatt’s development. He ran at a pretty decorated program in a small Arkansas town that has had some great runners, including a 7:46 4x800 team a couple years ago.
Pyeatt was the #3 guy on a state championship team his Sr year. I remember one day taking him to practice and explaining to him to be great he’d have to run 60+ mpw. He was running 4 days and week and the idea that people did that was amazing to him. He laughed and said NEVER.
Ive moved on in life, but have thoroughly enjoyed following his progress. That same high school program turns a 20+’ kid or two into a 16’ kid every year. They don’t do extreme mileage. They just do the little things right. Proof how quick coaches marginalize their weaker runners and how many diamonds in the rough are out there.
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