So what's going to happen next weekend? Can LAX recover and still make the podium? Will WashU and Eau Claire run like top 5 Midwest teams 2 weeks in a row? Individuals?
So what's going to happen next weekend? Can LAX recover and still make the podium? Will WashU and Eau Claire run like top 5 Midwest teams 2 weeks in a row? Individuals?
does anyone know the best ever average finish in one year for the 5 midwest teams at nationals? i assume its never been 3rd place (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th). could this years group of 5 average, say, 6th? too high? too low? too valu?
1-2-3-4-10 in 1996.....
1-2-3-4 with 4 teams in 1986
Here are all the returners from the top 8 teams at Regionals (I think I got everyone under 26:00)-
1 1 Michael Spain JR North Central (Ill.) 24:17.9 4:54
5 5 Neal Klein SO North Central (Ill.) 24:33.7 4:57
17 17 Nathan Rutz SO North Central (Ill.) 24:54.4 5:01
31 31 Zach Wilhelmy FR Wis.-La Crosse 25:14.8 5:05
16 16 Michael Burnstein SO Washington U. 24:52.4 5:01
20 20 Dave Spandorfer JR Washington U. 24:57.4 5:02
21 21 Matt Schwab SO Washington U. 25:01.4 5:03
26 26 Kwin Keuter JR Washington U. 25:07.8 5:04
35 35 Malik Nabulsi SO Washington U. 25:19.3 5:06
43 43 David Hamm FR Washington U. 25:30.5 5:08
3 3 Jason Garvens JR Wis.-Platteville 24:25.8 4:55
15 15 Patrick Klein JR Wis.-Platteville 24:52.0 5:01
36 36 Nathan Petesch JR Wis.-Platteville 25:21.7 5:07
19 19 Thomas Breitbach JR Wis.-Eau Claire 24:55.2 5:01
38 38 Josh Wieland JR Wis.-Eau Claire 25:25.7 5:07
29 29 Joel Heroux JR Wis.-Stevens Point 25:10.4 5:04
47 47 Sean Hasenstein JR Wis.-Stevens Point 25:37.1 5:10
61 61 Spencer Houk FR Wis.-Stevens Point 25:51.7 5:13
34 34 Jonathan Smith FR Augustana (Ill.) 25:17.7 5:06
37 37 Mike Tisza SO Augustana (Ill.) 25:22.8 5:07
52 52 Billy Tenbusch SO Augustana (Ill.) 25:39.3 5:10
64 64 Billy Wisser SO Augustana (Ill.) 25:58.2 5:14
22 22 Aron Kehoe SO Wis.-Whitewater 25:03.4 5:03
25 25 Dan Machmueller JR Wis.-Whitewater 25:07.7 5:04
33 33 Mathias Werve JR Wis.-Whitewater 25:17.6 5:06
45 45 Jarrod Schwictenbe JR Wis.-Whitewater 25:33.1 5:09
56 56 Joe Dixon SO Wis.-Whitewater 25:43.8 5:11
59 59 Jon Fink JR Wis.-Whitewater 25:47.9 5:12
-Not only did washu take 3rd out of nowhere, but they return their whole top 6! Shouldn't surprise anyone next year.
-Whitewater and Augie also return some depth and should be solid.
-NCC and Platteville return great top 3s. NCC is the kind of program that always reloads, and if Platteville can find 2 more guys they will be very dangerous as well.
I think things could change a lot with the course... heard it's classic cross country - rolling hills and also that it's rained a lot lately in Cleveland. The Winneconne Golf Course is about as flat as you can get and Saturday was just about as perfect weather as you're going to get. Conditions will be different on the 21st...
North Central (Ill.)
Chicago
UW-La Crosse
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Platteville