Uh, the rankings I was referring to were from a week ago, which was a week before conference. Conference had no effect on those previous rankings.
For the record, USI and GVSU have a few 2nd year runners that were red-shirted last year. GVSU had only one true freshman in their top 8 and he was a 9:06 guy last year in HS.
Florida Southern in the Southeast Region is running well right now. They scored 29 at their conference meet and have the best shot at getting 2nd to Harding and splitting up there top 5. Think they are for sure a top 20-25 team right now with 4 runners sub 25:30.
I don't think that will happen. WWU has a pretty well-rounded team. UAA handled them pretty easy in the conference meet but I see WWU closing that gap a little more.
WEST should be Chico, UAA, WWU in that order.
space heater wrote:
Only one team from the nonrmac conference will make it out of the central region.
Adams
Western
mankato
mines
metro/highlands
first of all you are stupid 6 teams go. second of all Augie will beat highlands. highlands has one low 25 and one just under 26:00 then the 3rd-5th is 27:30-28:00. That's real solid...... I can also see Wayne State knocking off metro if they race well.
oh and it's NSIC not non-Rmac
its already snowing in slippery rock and accumulating at least 4 inchs on the ground so far
WWU, UCSD and Western Oregon will be battling for the last West qualifying slot behind Chico and AA. Regionals are at UCSD this year, which gives them a small advantage on their home course, but the teams appear so closely matched that it probably will come down to which team is having a good day a week and a half from now.
Southern Indiana has just one redshirt freshman - David Goodman (their 5th @ GLVC meet...a 10:09/4:32 high schooler). Emerick (#1 - 9:34 hs) and Devine (#3 9:16 hs)
Sorry Spaceheater---are you sure it's not 'space cadet"
Wayne State over Metro (or Highlands for that matter)? I think not...
Mines put 9 guys in front of Wayne's #2 man when they raced three weeks ago...Metro put all of their top five guys in front of Mines #5 at RMAC--and they had a semi-bad race---I will grant that Swift apparently did not race for Mines at RMAC.
As for Highlands...the number one guy from Regis was right with Wayne's #5 at the UNK meet...Highlands #5 beat the Regis guy by 30 seconds at RMAC...So comparatively, Highlands is better than Wayne at 1, 2, 3, and 5...How does Wayne beat Highlands either?
Quit dreaming---the NSIC is a weak conference...Nate preston is a good runner, but he would not make the top 15 in the RMAC.
Who will be the top true freshman who graduated from a US high school in 2008? Men is tough to call. Women it is Spence.
Nominations for the men's side?
Probably White from Abilene Christian. If not him, maybe one of the guys from Western or Adams who are red-shirting.
Charles White from ACU is probably the best USA Freshman on the D2 side of things. Cody Hughes from TAMU-Commerce also is very good, he was 3 seconds behind White at there conference championships. GVSU has a bunch of good freshman, they will be a very good team in about 2-3 years. Adams & Western almost always has a couple of very good true freshman as well.
PERFECT!
FL southern is definitely in the South Region not the southeast
Chico is red shirting Anthony Solis who placed 20th at USATF Junior Nationals as a senior in HS. He has run around 25:00 this fall for 8k xc.
You're right, Wayne has no chance at all. The only three teams with a chance at those last two spots are Metro, Highlands, and Augustana(SD). Right now I would give the nod to Metro and Highlands, but you never know what will happen at the meet. Augustana came out of nowhere when they qualified in 2006, and even though the other two look tougher on paper, those results from earlier in the year mean absolutely nothing when the teams line up. The fact that it is a 10k could change how this race plays out, all though I'm not sure who that favors. Metro looks like they have a really tough pack. Highlands has the front runners. Augustana's best guy hasn't raced in a month as far as I can tell, but maybe he'll be back for the region. Any inside information would be appretiated.
You're right, Wayne has no chance at all. The only three teams with a chance at those last two spots are Metro, Highlands, and Augustana(SD). Right now I would give the nod to Metro and Highlands, but you never know what will happen at the meet. Augustana came out of nowhere when they qualified in 2006, and even though the other two look tougher on paper, those results from earlier in the year mean absolutely nothing when the teams line up. The fact that it is a 10k could change how this race plays out, all though I'm not sure who that favors. Metro looks like they have a really tough pack. Highlands has the front runners. Augustana's best guy hasn't raced in a month as far as I can tell, but maybe he'll be back for the region. Any inside information would be appretiated.
tooslowtorun wrote:
You're right, Wayne has no chance at all. The only three teams with a chance at those last two spots are Metro, Highlands, and Augustana(SD). Right now I would give the nod to Metro and Highlands, but you never know what will happen at the meet. Augustana came out of nowhere when they qualified in 2006, and even though the other two look tougher on paper, those results from earlier in the year mean absolutely nothing when the teams line up. The fact that it is a 10k could change how this race plays out, all though I'm not sure who that favors. Metro looks like they have a really tough pack. Highlands has the front runners. Augustana's best guy hasn't raced in a month as far as I can tell, but maybe he'll be back for the region. Any inside information would be appretiated.
Sneaky sneaky!!! Maybe next time you post something about your own school and act like you don't know anything about them, YOU SHOULD NOT POST THEIR EMAILS IN THEIR USERNAME.
mwheesh@goaugie.comSo how is their #1 doing Matt? Will he race at regionals?
http://www.goaugie.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=72And yes, I am Sherlock Holmes, and this all took about 30 seconds to find out.
So funny...I was just about to post almost the same thing....BUSTED!
that is some funny shit...i would like to have seen Matt's face when he realized his info was laid down...haha