GLIAC XC

Harsh! Where did their coach go? Who is the head coach now? No good incoming freshman?

Why did Wayne States coach leave? Who is their new guy?

Anybody?

It was mentioned earlier that their old coach may be coaching Windle professionally. Not sure if there is any truth to that or not.

New coach is Tom Scott...former GLIAC champ in the 800 and 3X All-American. He was a GA at Michigan Tech prior to getting hired.

No idea on the other questions

Windle moved to Seattle to run with the Beasts. They have their own coach. Trent Mack quit coaching, moved out of state and started his own high school recruiting business. He won't be coaching Drew.

halls log on r2w is viewable now and he mentioned surgery soon. the redshirt claim may actually be true. he's training fine which seems odd to me. back when i ran kids just didn't get cut up if it wasn't serious so it makes me wonder.

This is probably going to seem like a joke, but he (Hall) has pretty painful gynecomastia (seriously 100% not joking). It doesn't really mess up his running much at all, but he wanted to get it removed last year and it just wasn't good timing. Again, this seems like a troll but that is what I understand is happening. It won't be anything that will kill his season/career, just something he wanted done to make him more comfortable in every day life. That being said, a lot of people will have a decent jump on him in terms of training, which could make a difference if the conference race is close on the individual side.

Ashland has struggled with recruits due to the scholarship system being totally whacked out, not sure how they ever landed guys like Sussman, Baum, Windle, etc out of high school as I'm sure all of them (maybe not windle) were walk-ons. I did hear a rumor from someone close to the malone program that heard tell of the following:

1) Ashland will likely move with the other private schools of the GLIAC to the new conference within the next few years.

2) Ashland apparently has cut or limited scholarships to the sprints/jumps/sprints to focus more on throws as they are more productive with young athletes/ have more depth than any other event at the school currently (probably not true, but worth noting).

Grant Loftdal previously assistant xc coach at Lake Super State has accepted the head coaching position at Lake Erie College.

Where did reneger go? He probably couldn't science his way to the top. There's a reason why Malone got shat on at regionals the year before Hazen took back over, maybe LEC realized that and let em' go

" maybe LEC realized that and let em' go"

I can 100% assure you that was NOT the case.

Also, please don't use Malone as a weapon to degrade another person. Thanks.

-Nick

Junior Eddie Komph leaving Wayne State and transferring to Saginaw Valley State shakes up everything!

Reneker*

'im*

At least use street language successfully. C'mon.

Reneker left of his own accord.

Gliac cross country wrote:

Junior Eddie Komph leaving Wayne State and transferring to Saginaw Valley State shakes up everything!

Komph is still listed on the WSU roster. If this is true, SV could contend for 2nd-3rd at GLIACs and a bid to nats.

A person close to the situation has confirmed it is true. Saginaw valley state could be top 5 in the region.

Yeah except per Gliac rules, if he's on scholarship he has to sit out a year.

I think everyone is counting out Malone wayyyy too soon. I realize that a lot of other programs have "better" runners, but coach hazen takes zeroes and makes them run way better than expected. Plus they got George "the terminator" McCartney in their freshman class now

GV SUX wrote:

Yeah except per Gliac rules, if he's on scholarship he has to sit out a year.

Does not.

I don't know if it's just me, but do other conference have as much turnover as the GLIAC does? It seems like every year there's a major transfer either leaving a school or coming into a school with several coaching changers fairly frequently too.

Under paid coaches and not enough scholarship money to keep kids in place. I mean, what would you do? If you're good but not getting a ton of money and have to train mostly by yourself, why wouldn't you get the best bang for your buck and go somewhere a little more successful even if you aren't getting a bump in scholarship. For everyone not seeking an engineering degree or something that carries weight depending on schools, the education is comparable at most GLIAC schools, so that wouldn't be enough to keep me somewhere if the team wasn't the best. I personally feel we live in a society where a lot of kids take the "money talks" approach. I know the rules for scholarships and a full is nearly impossible to come by and blah blah blah...but if Lake Erie was offering me the same money GVSU was offering, I think the decision would be very easy to make. Limited time in the college limelight makes kids want to seek other opportunities while they can. For some, it isn't always about education...a strong majority identify as an athlete first.

Anyways...I think Malone has an outside shot. I think it'll be a battle of one of the weaker years outside of GVSU. It'll be a dog fight for sure. A lot of pack running and that could be a more dominant factor without a ton of big front runners.

great response. very relatable as a former student athlete at a lower tier program.

as for the race i'm excited to be in the audience watching gliac. a bulk of quality front runners from roush, gv top 5, southgate, etc, it'll be a battle individually.