wrong, the old system gave 2 bids per region, and then another bid for each team in the top 15 or 16. Since Olaf was the only team from our region to do this, the region would only be given 3 bids. the point is that, overall, the region ran very poorly.
Wrong, the old system had two per region, and extra bids for teams in the top 10, leaving it at 24 teams making it to nats. Regardless, there is a reason they changed the system. Given our regional environment this year with lots of teams right in the 15-35 range for rankings, nationals didn't go that bad. Sure, nobody made top 10, but we probably could have had 3 more teams that would have had a shot at top 20 on the right day.
i don't understand why this is at all important, but you can at least get it right. pre-2006 system: 24 teams, one automatic from each region, with up to four bonus teams added for each region team finishing in top 16 at previous year's region. there were many years in which the west and s/se had only one representative under this system, which is one of the reasons it was changed.
IF a similar system was used with the expanded field, they'd have to extend the bonus spots to teams in the top 24. do the arithmetic.
the central region teams performed reasonably well. st. olaf finished higher than they'd been ranked all year, and grinnell finished a respectable 26th despite being one of the last (if not the absolute last) team in. st. john's finished fifth at miacs and 22nd at nationals-- not too bad. the only team that seemed to have an off race was wesleyan, and they ran without their #1 from regions.
agreed, and individually, the Central Region ran pretty damn well for the men and Borner won it for the women so I wouldn't say the Central had a poor showing by any means.
Overall, who had the best season individually? How about most improved throughout the season/ peaked the best? Any big disappointments?
MIAC wrote:
How about most improved throughout the season
Brandon Gleason
I just wanted to say congrats to all the central region individuals.
Chenoweth - 3rd
McKay - 8th
Gleason - 13th
Greeno - 33rd
Gladitsch - 42nd
O'Neil - 51st
Haglund - 57th
Ruon - 22nd (but was on a team)
Congrats to ALL once again.
so anyone started a track thread yet?
So who's faster: M. Borner or Greeno? Discuss.
God is faster than both of them. But they already knew that.
bethel conundrum wrote:
So who's faster: M. Borner or Greeno? Discuss.
Trick Question; Greeno IS Marie Borner.
who's a faster runner? or who's faster in the bed?
ask them--i'm sure they've done it...
You are in, what, the sixth grade? Or is it just that you are as disrespectful as it would seem? Please tell us you regret your stupid, stupid post.
any initial predictions for Indoor team and individual
Just a freak like me wrote:
any initial predictions for Indoor team and individual
Team - St. Thomas
5,000m- Ruon
3,000m- Either Ruon or Gleason
Mile- Gleason
1,000m- Boumeester