D3 mideast Regionals...

the troof hurts wrote:

you guys sleep on CMU so much, you may as well be dead. you do realize they finished 2nd at regional with a terrible performance from donatelli, right?

Yes I'm aware they finished second. Dickinson was crushing CMU after four guys came in. Dickinson would've finished 2nd had their 5th not collapsed. I'm going to assume he'll be back for nationals. Though, I could be dead wrong.

As for Haverford beating them. I just like to see an upset.

Honestly, though, it's nationals. Crazy stuff always happens. People totally run awful and some run out of their mind. I even think there's even a chance Etown could finish as high as 15th and beat CMU or Haverford. If all their guys run awesome and a lot of people fall off. Not super likely, but nothing would surprise me.

Sufis wrote:

some run out of their mind.

whoa whoa whoa whoa - none of the teams at the regional race 'ran out of their minds.' if they perform well at natsit won't be a result of running out of their minds - it'll be well within what they are capable of.

Any idea what is up with Donatelli this fall? For a long time I thought he was just holding off to run a big one at nationals but his race at regionals cleared up that fantasy.

bmcpoolstrikesback wrote:

whoa whoa whoa whoa - none of the teams at the regional race 'ran out of their minds.' if they perform well at natsit won't be a result of running out of their minds - it'll be well within what they are capable of.

I agree. All top 5 teams ran rather predictably, with the exception of Dickinson's 5 man going down. I wasn't refering to last Saturday's race.

However, with regard to next weeks race, I've been to enough National champions to observe people having unbeleiveable races at Nats and teams totally running terrible. Every year one or two teams or a few individuals do something some people never expected, good or bad.

I'm just saying, you never know. That's it. Races happen.

bmcpoolstrikesback wrote:

Sufis wrote:

some run out of their mind.

whoa whoa whoa whoa - none of the teams at the regional race 'ran out of their minds.' if they perform well at natsit won't be a result of running out of their minds - it'll be well within what they are capable of.

even on letsrun I can't escape.

nbvn wrote:

It's nice of you to give credit to all those other fine athletes, but Paulsen is by far the best female runner in the region. What does she have ...about 5 AA awards by now? None of those others are in her league. Has anyone in the region been within 20 seconds of her other than VAndenhegl and her own teammates?

Not a great prediction there champ...

krussell passed out from dehydration... you dick. it was not his choice to drop out. he was unconscious. he goes hard every time he races. im sure he knows it was dumb to put himself in that situation, but i doubt very many of you have the balls to run until you literally pass out. think about stuff before you post.

im a big supporter of dickinson those guys are awesome to watch... im predicting podium! go get em!

Wishing and Predicting are different things...

redraider wrote:

krussell passed out from dehydration... you dick. it was not his choice to drop out. he was unconscious. he goes hard every time he races. im sure he knows it was dumb to put himself in that situation, but i doubt very many of you have the balls to run until you literally pass out. think about stuff before you post.

im a big supporter of dickinson those guys are awesome to watch... im predicting podium! go get em!

GO HARD BIG DICK!

2legit2quit wrote:

nbvn wrote:

It's nice of you to give credit to all those other fine athletes, but Paulsen is by far the best female runner in the region. What does she have ...about 5 AA awards by now? None of those others are in her league. Has anyone in the region been within 20 seconds of her other than VAndenhegl and her own teammates?

Not a great prediction there champ...

Paulsen didn't run cause of sickness, we'll see it at nationals i'm sure

Who could predict she would not toe the line at regionals? She's still the best athlete in the region.

just a guess wrote:

the drive for 5 wrote:

thats not a bad idea here is my 2 cents...

Allegheny 4th

Dickinson 6th

CMU 9th

Haverford 12th

Etown 25th

wow, that is quite generous. the region is not what it was in 2007.

Allegheny 3rd

Haverford 8th

CMU 12th

Dickinson 22nd

Etown 28th

well dickinson obviously blew it for me, haverford and CMU basically flipped and Etown didn't beat quite as many as I hoped. So besides Dickinson blowing up I'd say I did alright