Division 3 Indoors

el question wrote:

Why are there 15 girls at nationals and only 13 guys?

good question. The reason is supposedly because there are more girls who can double at nationals, so by setting the field sizes to 15 and 13, they'll get the same number of total competitors for men and women. Whether the numbers work out or not I'm not sure.

also geez did anyone see the girl with the awful Paula-Radcliffe-looking form lead the field by 5 seconds the whole way only to be caught by "Mrs. Cazolla" at the end?

The announcer was a complete moron, during both the Hep 1000 and the women's 5k. He thought the Hep 1000 was the Men's 800 final, and didn't realize his error even after they split a blazing 32 second or so first lap - betraying his complete and utter ignorance of the sport. Even worse was him announcing that "Cazolla" was leading the 5k, when in fact it was the Calvin athlete. Even when Cazolla caught her out of seemingly nowhere, he didn't correct himself. Idiot.

This is correct. I don't remember the exact numbers, but it was reported that more men competed at NCAA indoors last year than women (~10-15) because more women were in multiple events.

Wow! That means...nothing

wow, zero seniors in the mens 1 mile final. Pretty crazy.

My impression was that this was the first track meet the announcer had ever seen. He consistently identified runners in outside lanes as leading races in the first turn or early in the second, pronounced runners with the same times as tieing despite the results listing them as 1 and 2, and was clearly only knew what he read on the heat sheets. By day two he did work out that qualifying times weren't necessarily personal bests. The women's 5km was amazing as he never did identify the two leaders. Generally good camera work though.

lil east wrote:

holy **** ryan widzgowski.

^ this

I'm pretty sure Keene State doesn't even have a track for Ryan to train on.

also geez did anyone see the girl with the awful Paula-Radcliffe-looking form lead the field by 5 seconds the whole way only to be caught by "Mrs. Cazolla" at the end?

Got any other goods ideas to beat Cazzola? I don't think out kicking her will work... Cazzola looked IN PAIN, but of course pulled it out

Beat Cazolla? Obviously the best strategy is to drop out of school until you're 26. A level playing field should do the trick!

Yup no track. Just hills and baker st.

LOLOLOLOL wrote:

Beat Cazolla? Obviously the best strategy is to drop out of school until you're 26. A level playing field should do the trick!

I love how everyone invisions themselves as a 26/27 year old running 30 second PR's and stomping these "young college kids," when in reality they would be no better when they are 27 compared to when they were 20. Just a BS justification for cutting people down, and making themselves feel like they can actually be in racing shape into their late 20s instead of manic depressive who hates his job. Get a life man.

I could be women from the DMR; they would not add to the total number of athletes to also run in the mile, and since the field was under the maximum of 16 (see DI, where that size constraint is binding) they probably allowed this sort of entry.

Congratulations to the Keene team: a first, a second, and a third at nationals with no indoor facility and no outdoor track! I wonder why the Keene runners don't do some of their speedwork on the astroturf lacrosse field? (or maybe they do). great surface; I find it much easier on the legs than pavement. I'm a masters sprinter and I train there almost every day

pump wrote:

Both dmrs were kinda boring for me to watch. Based on the relative quiet on this thread since the dmrs last night, does anyone else feel that people just don\'t really care about this event?

Yeah I thought the same thing too. It's especially the case if you don't have a team running in the race. Some years are better than others I guess.

I think the biggest problem is its such a small event with only ten teams accepted and 8 of them will get ALL-American if they run a decent time. It's probably one of the easiest ways to get an AA if you qualify and that's one of the reasons it's not extremely exciting for some. But there is no good way to change it as they can't just accept 16 teams and have them run all in the same race. It would be crazy.

the grumpy troll wrote:

Just a BS justification for cutting people down, and making themselves feel like they can actually be in racing shape into their late 20s instead of manic depressive who hates his job. Get a life man.

10/10

the grumpy troll wrote:

I love how everyone invisions themselves as a 26/27 year old running 30 second PR's and stomping these "young college kids," when in reality they would be no better when they are 27 compared to when they were 20. Just a BS justification for cutting people down, and making themselves feel like they can actually be in racing shape into their late 20s instead of manic depressive who hates his job. Get a life man.

wow EXCELLENT POINT because elite runners totally peak when they are 20. good thing Galen Rupp was a 26:48 runner when he was 20 FECK DAMN

I love how everyone invisions themselves as a 26/27 year old running 30 second PR's and stomping these "young college kids," when in reality they would be no better when they are 27 compared to when they were 20. Just a BS justification for cutting people down, and making themselves feel like they can actually be in racing shape into their late 20s instead of manic depressive who hates his job. Get a life man.

years of quality training can only hinder an athlete.