CBU (Cal Baptist University) moving up 10 team places in the last 2k to take 4th as a team seems like the overperformance of the day (if not the year, or the decade). Never heard of them.
finally seeing the race I'm much more impressed with Valby's record breaking time. that course was garbage; muddy, slippery, windy. everyone looked so tentative going downhill.
Valby seemed indifferent to the conditions, simply owned the course. i can't imagine what her time would have been if conditions were good. an amazing performance.
CBU (Cal Baptist University) moving up 10 team places in the last 2k to take 4th as a team seems like the overperformance of the day (if not the year, or the decade). Never heard of them.
Arturs Medveds [SR] 23:53.8 Giedrius Valincius [SR] 24:06.8 Matias Reynaga [JR] 24:09.8 Rikus Van Niekerk [JR] 24:13.2 Valentin Soca [FR] 24:16.1 Pedro Marin [FR] 24:53.9 Massimiliano Berti [JR] 25:04.3 Dylan Van Der Hock [JR] 25:20.9
CBU is ranked as the #1 team in the West right now (if you ignore Oregon's redshirts), so its not completely out of nowhere. #14 on USTF rankings, but they will probably be #10-11 after this
Teams were resting some of their scorers so they certainly won't be finishing over some of those other teams at Nats.
Don't be surprised if they finish top 10 at Nats though
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This was partially due to timing error, not a huge move
Gotcha. Even without a major improvement over the last 2k... 4th place at nuttycomb has got to be way better than anyone expected for a team that didn't qualify any individuals for the men's 2022 xc champs last year (women got 29th / 31, fwiw)
I think our expectations of the Young twins were unfair. Too much pressure on them to carry Stanford to a podium at NCAAs. Too bad they don’t have the luxury to red shirt like Aaron Sahlman. Some freshman are just not ready to be thrown in the fire. Nico Young, Rocky Hansen or Luke Puskedra are a rare exception.
finally seeing the race I'm much more impressed with Valby's record breaking time. that course was garbage; muddy, slippery, windy. everyone looked so tentative going downhill.
Valby seemed indifferent to the conditions, simply owned the course. i can't imagine what her time would have been if conditions were good. an amazing performance.
Conditions were much better for W than for M - damp, maybe a little soft but no mud - especially for someone running by themselves.
CBU (Cal Baptist University) moving up 10 team places in the last 2k to take 4th as a team seems like the overperformance of the day (if not the year, or the decade). Never heard of them.
On the women's side and speaking of CBU, I was a bit surprised that Greta Karinauskaite wasn't up a bit higher. She was back in 52nd place in 20:45.
Syracuse's Savannah Roark was also well off the pace in 63rd at 20:50.
Prior to the race I felt both had a decent chance to be in the top 20.
CBU (Cal Baptist University) moving up 10 team places in the last 2k to take 4th as a team seems like the overperformance of the day (if not the year, or the decade). Never heard of them.
On the women's side and speaking of CBU, I was a bit surprised that Greta Karinauskaite wasn't up a bit higher. She was back in 52nd place in 20:45.
Syracuse's Savannah Roark was also well off the pace in 63rd at 20:50.
Prior to the race I felt both had a decent chance to be in the top 20.
yea, some disappointments no doubt. ND ladies other Markezich. Most Stanford ladies. Churchill of FL St was a lot further back than I thought. Ditto for Covert of CO.
CBU (Cal Baptist University) moving up 10 team places in the last 2k to take 4th as a team seems like the overperformance of the day (if not the year, or the decade). Never heard of them.
Arturs Medveds [SR] 23:53.8 Giedrius Valincius [SR] 24:06.8 Matias Reynaga [JR] 24:09.8 Rikus Van Niekerk [JR] 24:13.2 Valentin Soca [FR] 24:16.1 Pedro Marin [FR] 24:53.9 Massimiliano Berti [JR] 25:04.3 Dylan Van Der Hock [JR] 25:20.9
CBU is ranked as the #1 team in the West right now (if you ignore Oregon's redshirts), so its not completely out of nowhere. #14 on USTF rankings, but they will probably be #10-11 after this
Teams were resting some of their scorers so they certainly won't be finishing over some of those other teams at Nats.
Don't be surprised if they finish top 10 at Nats though
I've had CBU 7th on LACCTiC for a while now. I'm pretty interested to see how things change (or dont) once I load in today's results.
As good as NAU is there is a team better and that’s Oklahoma State. They brought in 2 Kenyan “freshmen” who should be top ten. Alex Meir and Faud Messoudi were top 10 at NCAAs last year. That’s 4 potential top ten! Add Victor Shtsama who was all American last year as their top 5 and there is no team that can compete with that I don’t care what NAU did today. Don’t be surprised in NAU doesn’t win in November.
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