Has Haverford run against any of the top midwest teams this year? I'm trying to see if there's a good comparison to make with North Central.
Has Haverford run against any of the top midwest teams this year? I'm trying to see if there's a good comparison to make with North Central.
Azaleas wrote:
Has Haverford run against any of the top midwest teams this year? I'm trying to see if there's a good comparison to make with North Central.
They haven't run many D3 schools, period. Paul Short only had one other D3 team, and the Princeton Invitational didn't have any teams that NCC has run against. After that, they run a bunch of small, local meets.
what time do they release the at large teams today?
3:00 i believe
Any predictions for 3rd?
There must be literally about 10 teams that are shooting for that last trophy. I'd say that SLU and WashU are most likely.
D3 Guy wrote:
Now that the Regionals are all in the books, how does everyone see the NCAA selections playing out tomorrow?
My guess on bids by Region:
Midwest 5
New England 5
Mideast 5
Atlantic 5
Central 4
West 3
Great Lakes 3
South 2
Any other thoughts?
Great Lakes will get 4 because Ohio Wesleyan's coach is on the selection committee (same situation happened last year). I would also guess that the West gets 4, not the central since it was a much closer race 1 to 4. also rochester probably first team out since they were far back of 4th and the region has seemed shakier than in years past.
Where can I find the at large bids once they have been released?
Bump - also wondering this
probably here
Ohio Wesleyan's coach WAS on the commitee but last year was his final year. There is a new rep for Great Lakes this year. It was a travesty that they got in last year and I would be shocked if it happened again. Great Lakes regional was pretty weak after Calvin, and very strung out. It's debatable whether Manchester even belongs at NCAAs after finishing 3rd with 197 points, but they will probably get in because the committee probably won't be willing to put GL in the same 2-bid category as the South. But there is no way OWU belongs over teams like Loras, Luther, or Rochester.
at large wrote:
D3 Guy wrote:Now that the Regionals are all in the books, how does everyone see the NCAA selections playing out tomorrow?
My guess on bids by Region:
Midwest 5
New England 5
Mideast 5
Atlantic 5
Central 4
West 3
Great Lakes 3
South 2
Any other thoughts?
Great Lakes will get 4 because Ohio Wesleyan's coach is on the selection committee (same situation happened last year). I would also guess that the West gets 4, not the central since it was a much closer race 1 to 4. also rochester probably first team out since they were far back of 4th and the region has seemed shakier than in years past.
assuming the formatting gets screwed up:
http://www.ncaa.com/news/cross-country-men/article/2011-11-13/diii-qualifiers-announced
Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams Men’s At-large Teams
Calvin Allegheny
Centre Bates
Colorado College Bowdoin
Dickinson Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Haverford Elizabethtown
Lynchburg Hamline
Middlebury Johns Hopkins
Nebraska Wesleyan Loras
North Central (Ill.) Manchester
Occidental New York University
St. Lawrence Rochester
St. Olaf SUNY Cortland
SUNY Geneseo Tufts
Wabash Wheaton (Ill.)
Washington U. (Mo.) Wisconsin-La Crosse
Williams Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Calvin Amherst
Carleton Centre
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Chicago
Dickinson Elizabethtown
Emory Haverford
Johns Hopkins Hope
Middlebury Luther
Ohio Northern MIT
Rhodes Nebraska Wesleyan
St. Lawrence New York University
SUNY Geneseo North Central (Ill.)
Wartburg Oberlin
Washington (Mo.) Plattsburgh State
Willamette Rowan
Williams St. Olaf
Wisconsin-Eau Claire Tufts
Congrats AR! Honestly, I think five on each side are well deserved.
Given the field, what is your top 15 projections for nationals?
Anyone know why they didn't take the top 7 non-team Q individuals from each region? Some had more, some had less. The usatfccca.org site said that they were following that rule, but clearly they didn't.
Question? wrote:
Anyone know why they didn't take the top 7 non-team Q individuals from each region? Some had more, some had less. The usatfccca.org site said that they were following that rule, but clearly they didn't.
Yes, they did. The formatting just got screwed up. For example, notice that Dan Harper from MIT is listed under Central rather than New England.
Question? wrote:
Anyone know why they didn't take the top 7 non-team Q individuals from each region? Some had more, some had less. The usatfccca.org site said that they were following that rule, but clearly they didn't.
it looked that way, and i almost posted the same question, until i looked at the schools. there's a kid from willamette that qualified, but he was listed in the wrong region. so willamette has 2 guys going, but only 1 listed from the west region.
DIII Chick wrote:
Here is my handicap for the women's regions:
Mideast - 4 - 3 very good teams, one team gets lucky.
haha...yes haverford women got lucky.
So who are the best teams left out? Obviously Stevens Point and Augustana. Who else? MIT kinda shot themselves in the foot.
MIT was overrated all year, and everyone in the NE region knew it. They were never considered a serious contender to qualify