........PSAC.......

A little PSAC preview:

1. Slippery Rock - Weiss, Regan, Bluman, and Geddis are all sub 15 min 5k runners giving the rock a very talented top 4. Look for Red shirt freshman Kyle Botten or new comer Jason Leonard, of Coatesville fame, to help fill the number 5 spot.

2. Edinboro - Return 6 of 7 from their national squad in 2006. Led by Senior Dave Niemira and cross country guru doug watts, they should return this year. Look for freshman Ben Hahn, 9:09 3200, to make a strong contribution.

3. Lock Haven - Losing the likes of Blood, Benson, and Robson would crush most teams hopes. However not Lock Haven as they return All region runners Moore, Pomerantz, and Spidell along with 7th man Jed Yeatts. Freshman Nick Hilton, 4:13 1600, should be solid.

4. Shippensburg - Return 4 of their top 7. All of which placed in the top 35 at regionals last year. Top man Stephen Thompson was all region last year placing 14th. Top freshman Bryan Beegle ran 9:15 in the 32 last year.

5. Mansfield - Did not field a full team at regionals last year. Top man from '05 is senior Chris Cummings who placed 14th at Lock Haven. They also return Sanford, top 25, and bryan morseman. However it appeared Morseman was not on their roster for '07 which would obviously drop their chances considerably. Its critical they find a solid 4-5 to make up the ground between their top 3.

6. Bloomsburg - Return 6 of their top 7 from their 6th place regional squad in 2006. However making up the difference for Justin Sheppard is not going to be easy.

7. West Chester - Led by all region Tommy Pearson, they return their entire top 7 from last year. However the gap from their #2 to #3 is huge, 59 places.

8. East Stroudsburg - Iuri Pinto is a contender for top 5 in the region. They only return 3 of 7 from their senior laden team last year. Lots of gaps to fill.

9. IUP - Lose top 2, no jorge is going to hurt. Top returner from regionals last year is Nate Shelly in 58th. Though, Shelly had a solid indoor scoring at the conference meet in the 5k. Must improve #4 thru #7.

10. Kutztown - Lose 3 of their top 7 to graduation. Apparently, top runner pat bone as moved onto something else in life leaving a squad in need of some serious help. Top freshman Tom Mooney, 9:33 in 32 and 16:06 on a tough belmont plateau course might help.

11. Millersville - Return 5 out of 7 on a less than stellar squad from 2006. andrew butler is their top returner from regionals in 33rd place. Next top guy was 75th. Top freshman Matt Simkins, 4:23 1600.

12. Cal U - Chris Clark will contend for a championship. That is about it. Unless all of the Clarion fella's transfer here which could vault this team into the top 5.

13. Cheyney - Maybe 2008 is their year.

i really do want to change my poster name to josh neyhart just to make it clear, but i already registered this one.....

oh well.

i will come out and say it, i really am a pussy. i hate snakes, spiders, and when bats swoop down at my when i run at night. so, really no one was off base with those comments.

i hate snakes too...

The sad thing is guys, he's not even being sarcastic when he is saying this either. And yes I am scared of snakes as well, only when i can't see them. Its the idea that they are there that scares me. once i see them i'll shake their hands and say hello.

One small, but sad addition:Clarion University -- DNSMay they rest in peace.Hoovis

Word on the street is Clark is redshirting. That just about does in Cal U's chances I'd say...

Philly, That looked like some intense research there bud, way to be on the ball with that.

Also I am planning to having a fire and beer (I hear they mix well) at my house on friday august 17th in Millville which is 10 minutes north of Bloomsburg Not sure if anyone wants to make the trip but the invite goes out to the whole PSAC, especially if you are in or near the greater Columbia-Montour area.

Plenty of room for people to crash I'll be getting in touch with some BU people here shortly.

Later Haters

hey ship guys,

shut up and keep training. you're going to have your hands full when the old, grumpy alumni come to town in a few weeks.

gish

Yeah, thats what happens when I'm bored at work. I plan on doing a girls preview when I get the time.

Clark redshirting makes sense only if the clarion guys transferred there this year and redshirting. Of their returning 4 (5 with clark) 2 of them will be seniors. If they redshirt the juniors, they could make a strong push for a 2008 national bid. Edinboro would be strong that year but the 2nd spot would be Cal's to take. Haven would lose two more all region guys in Moore and Spidell. Rock would be without the services of Bluman and Geddis, however Weiss and Regan would still be a very strong 1-2. This is all speculative though, because i don't know if the others followed clark to cal.

Or Clark could be redshirting this year and next so he could avoid Weiss and get himself something besides psac runner up.

"Or Clark could be redshirting this year and next so he could avoid Weiss and get himself something besides psac runner up."

I would not be suprised at all if this scenario were to occur. Clark is so caught up in his own smugness and self-righteous behavior that he would do just that.

I heard Chris Cummings is not afraid of snakes and cooks them over a camp fire and eats them.

Hey guys,

Something you may be proud of. I have a hard run tonight and I woke up this morning for work and i felt kind of tired, so i just called work and said i was sick so that I could get some extra sleep in me and get ready for my tempo tonight....ahhh the runners brain, skip work to rest for a run, isn't it lovely?

lame.

Dillon G wrote:

Hey guys,

Something you may be proud of. I have a hard run tonight and I woke up this morning for work and i felt kind of tired, so i just called work and said i was sick so that I could get some extra sleep in me and get ready for my tempo tonight....ahhh the runners brain, skip work to rest for a run, isn't it lovely?

Just change your name to Jeff Skwierz how about..that's something as moronic as I'd pull off..

i luv it haha

Who's going to bag all those groceries when you call off work?

Groceries? I'm a lumber jack, i saw wood all day

dillon, that is impressive man. i remember when i was in season and i had a big race coming up i would miss my early morning classes just so that i would get extra sleep. i would sacrifice all that stuff just to have a good race or a work out. runners are indeed a different breed bro. peace out.

-jorge

Jorge that wasn't a sacrifice, you would have skipped that class anyway because you were up too late the night before peeing into my ceiling.