UW-Eau Claire Invitational men's results are up!
http://www.blugolds.com/stats/mcc/2014/mcc_uwec_100314.htm
St Olaf narrowly beats UWEC. 5th guy was 26:48...UWL seems to pussed out of the meet because they knew they'd get smoked and can't take the hit to their ego. Thoughts on the meet? Was low 40's, 15-20mph winds and some parts of the course were soggy but mostly good.
odometer wrote:
The course was wheeled to be 250 meters short using the tangents. It's safe to add ~40 to 45 seconds to some of those times.
Rumor has it that anyone qualifying for NCAAs will have to racewalk on the painted line so there's no chance of anyone getting an unfair advantage by running the tangents.
Blugold invite was this afternoon. Olaf over EC by 4 points, 48/52. Central in third at just north of 100. See Brown back in the line up, but Cooper still missing from EC. Not sure what lax's plan was, but they were far behind. Ran it as a workout maybe? But sheesh, when you almost get beat by Superior you know your having a bad day. Also surprised platteville placed as low as they did. As the season progresses, my hunch is that NCC will be the team to beat. That 2 spot will be a battle between EC and Olaf. Assuming Olaf loses no one to injury. Pretty big drop off after their five, where EC has depth at least through 7 and a tight spread to boot.
Little brother EC can just wait till conference to get smoked again. As usual UWLAX will FHRITP.
Eaulaf wrote:
Blugold invite was this afternoon. Olaf over EC by 4 points, 48/52. Central in third at just north of 100. See Brown back in the line up, but Cooper still missing from EC. Not sure what lax's plan was, but they were far behind. Ran it as a workout maybe? But sheesh, when you almost get beat by Superior you know your having a bad day. Also surprised platteville placed as low as they did. As the season progresses, my hunch is that NCC will be the team to beat. That 2 spot will be a battle between EC and Olaf. Assuming Olaf loses no one to injury. Pretty big drop off after their five, where EC has depth at least through 7 and a tight spread to boot.
Last year St. Olaf got pretty well rolled at this meet by LAX and didn't look very deep then either. I have a feeling they'll get deeper as the year continues; someone you've never heard of will emerge and run 25:40. They never rush people back from injury, so it's possible they'll look like a very different team in six weeks. And even as is, they look pretty good. Only five guys score anyway. I don't see much separation between the top three teams.
Just for a point of reference, Jake Brown ran 25:45 at Eau Claire last year and ended up being 8th at nationals. He ran 25:43 today so it is not unrealistic to predict him to be top ten again this year. Olaf could have 3 guys potentially in the top ten in Wintheiser, Campbell, and Brown.
Lol "North Central University" got last place at Eau Claire.
We're probably burying the lede here a bit-- where the eff did Stout come from? Obviously Central isn't in top form right now, but to be one point behind the #5 team in the country when you're #7 in your own region is impressive.
Stop dude. Just cause your race was short doesn't mean everyone else's is. The course was the same as every other year.
And Central does have some work to do at this point. A 5th place ranking is frankly a bit high for them now, but come the national meet we will see what happens. Horton is getting better every race and will be good to go come post season.
eagletakeover wrote:
Little brother EC can just wait till conference to get smoked again. As usual UWLAX will FHRITP.
Sure UWL won't run conference because they are afraid they'll get 3rd/4th place? #LittleHomies #CantTakeAnEgoHit
17. Williams College
14 Colin Cotton, Sr 24:10 4:52
30 Bijan Mazaheri, Jr 24:29 4:56
133 Ben Decker, Fr 25:31 5:08
138 Aldis Inde, Sr 25:33 5:09
159 Todd Ford, Jr 25:41 5:11
196 Andrew Beaudoin, Sr 25:55 5:13
204 Daniel Siegel, Sr 25:57 5:14
Total Time = 2:05:24 Total Places = 474
20. St. Lawrence U
91 Thomas Caulfield, So 25:11 5:04
105 Spencer Patterson, Jr 25:20 5:06
112 Trevor Bibb, Sr 25:23 5:07
115 Joseph Smith, So 25:25 5:07
134 Wesley Kirui, Jr 25:31 5:09
206 Benjamin Fishbein, So 25:58 5:14
214 Scott Smolensky, Sr 26:01 5:15
Total Time = 2:06:50 Total Places = 557
30. Johns Hopkins
73 Austin Stecklair, Sr 24:59 5:02
144 Stefan Arnold, So 25:35 5:09
155 Andrew Ceruzzi, Sr 25:40 5:10
172 Schaffer Ochstein, Jr 25:44 5:11
236 Akshay Alaghatta, So 26:16 5:18
242 Brandon Fielder, Fr 26:19 5:18
261 Arvind Arikatla, So 26:33 5:21
Total Time = 2:08:14 Total Places = 780
35. Bates College
90 John Stansel, Sr 25:10 5:04
180 Zach Magin, Fr 25:49 5:12
202 Michael Horowicz, So 25:57 5:14
210 Allen Sumrall, Jr 26:00 5:14
215 Gregg Heller, Jr 26:01 5:15
239 Michael Creedon, Sr 26:17 5:18
255 Taylor Saucier, Jr 26:27 5:20
Total Time = 2:08:57 Total Places = 897
39. Roger Williams U
129 Tim McGowan, Fr 25:30 5:08
146 John McGowan, Fr 25:36 5:10
244 Chris Busby, Jr 26:22 5:19
262 Jack Dunleavy, Sr 26:38 5:22
273 Sean Doyle, Sr 26:58 5:26
279 Kevin Terbush, Sr 27:17 5:30
286 Luke Emby, Fr 27:57 5:38
Total Time = 2:11:04 Total Places = 1054
40. Allegheny
122 Logan Steiner, Jr 25:27 5:08
190 Luke Regan, Fr 25:52 5:13
229 Randy Violette, So 26:07 5:16
263 Dan Cheung, So 26:38 5:22
269 Jd McGuire, Fr 26:52 5:25
270 Carter Smith, Fr 26:53 5:25
276 Alex Simon, Sr 27:13 5:29
Total Time = 2:10:56 Total Places = 1073
The Roger Williams twins didn't perform incredibly well. They probably won't be a huge threat on the national stage until next year. Maybe in track.
Williams and St. Lawrence looked strong. St. Lawrence's 20 second spread could become dangerous if that pack keeps improving.
How did a school like RWU get into the Gold race?
Colin Cotton was the top DIII runner and ran 24:10. Might want to keep that name on your short list...
NCC had 6 guys sub 25 at Notre Dame; and didn't even run two of their top five guys (Morrison, Plank). WOW
Notre Dame was shortened by about 300m due to heavy rains the day before. Just something to keep in mind.
Paul Olsen wrote:
NCC had 6 guys sub 25 at Notre Dame; and didn't even run two of their top five guys (Morrison, Plank). WOW
Throw the times out the window-- it's more impressive that they were so close to D2 #2 Grand Valley State, especially in comparison to Eau Claire and St. Olaf losing to d2 #18 Sioux Falls a few weeks ago.
I see no reason to bring height into this...
All kidding aside, Williams looked pretty strong even with that huge 90s spread. If Inde and frosh Decker can close the gap, they may have a shot at being relevant.
The Geyser wrote:
Notre Dame was shortened by about 300m due to heavy rains the day before. Just something to keep in mind.
We had a few gps watches on it after the race and it measured out to 4.93, 7934 meters (66 meters short of 8k and ~112 meters short of 5 miles [the race is usually a 5 miler, not an 8k]). I'm not entirely dense though, I know gps watches aren't 100% absolutely accurate, but I would still say the guys race was still only around 130-160 meters short. They did cut off that one corner but they added a little section to try to compensate for it.
They were also missing Townsend and Williams, who have been scoring for them this year.
Even with Townsend in the mix, however, they would still need Inde, Decke, Williams or Ford to make a huge improvement to be able to compete with the current top 3. NCC has 7 under 25, Williams has 2 (maybe 3 with Townsend). Williams' two frontrunners still don't look as good as St. Olaf's potential top 3.
6 or 7 weeks left, we will have to see.
ncc alum wrote:
They were also missing Townsend and Williams, who have been scoring for them this year.
Even with Townsend in the mix, however, they would still need Inde, Decke, Williams or Ford to make a huge improvement to be able to compete with the current top 3. NCC has 7 under 25, Williams has 2 (maybe 3 with Townsend). Williams' two frontrunners still don't look as good as St. Olaf's potential top 3.
6 or 7 weeks left, we will have to see.
Can we stop using these times as a reference? NCC is #1 based on how they competed with other schools, not that they had 7 under 25 (which was a b/s course). Hopefully those who vote aren't that gullible to believe those "8k times".