2019 D3 Mideast Region xc

Mideast Minority wrote:

Hopkins, Haverford, Dickinson, Etown, and Moravian are all in brown this year, against a handful of out-of-region teams, some who are ranked nationally (just not particularly well), like WPI. A good performance at Rowan is definitely more valuable, and tbh I think if Paul Short changes anything it will be the in-region rankings for mideast. Haverford has been dropping in the national poll every week, so they have a chance to stall that this weekend.

Yes. Regional ranks will change from Paul Short...Nationally ranked convo will come from Rowan..I hope all those teams do well and beat WPI....Unlikely buy hey its a good day to do it.

Ronald McDonald wrote:

This is Moravian's year! They have been on fire recently! I might be a little biased but I truly believe in them. So what if their program is focused on lower mileage and speed workouts year-round. That speed will help them once it comes times for 8k's. You can talk $hit on them all you want but they historically run well all year. None of this peeking nonsense or whatever you youngsters call it.

Nothing wrong with a little bias...I wont say who I am but my prefered team isn't even in the convo unfortunately. I try my best to stay as neutral as possible but some people here take it pretty hard given that my own "Opinion" comes from some research and digging into numbers.

I'm not sure how that would work with rankings (isn't it just a bunch of coaches voting?) but I know that when it comes to determining at-large bids (which are what really matter compared to the poll), the committee will not compare team times across races from Paul Short. On the bright side, that doesn't really matter because anyone from the Mideast in the national at large bid convo is in Brown.

What im saying here is that if a Mideast D3 team wins the White race with say a team average of 26:30s and a brown race Mideast D3 team runs a team average of above 27 that could be Etown, Moravian, Dickinson, etc...Would that put the White race team ahead?

Yes...bunch of coaches voting...*roll my eyes*...

USTFCCCA Fake News wrote:

Mideast Minority wrote:

I'm not sure how that would work with rankings (isn't it just a bunch of coaches voting?) but I know that when it comes to determining at-large bids (which are what really matter compared to the poll), the committee will not compare team times across races from Paul Short. On the bright side, that doesn't really matter because anyone from the Mideast in the national at large bid convo is in Brown.

What im saying here is that if a Mideast D3 team wins the White race with say a team average of 26:30s and a brown race Mideast D3 team runs a team average of above 27 that could be Etown, Moravian, Dickinson, etc...Would that put the White race team ahead?

In the rankings? Probably. But when it comes to the bids the committee won't look across races.

And also, do you really expect anyone outside the top 5 or 6 in Mideast to be able to average 26:30? Not sure I see gburg or f&m running that well out of the white race tbh. I get that it's a hypothetical, just not sure it's a particularly important one this year

That's whats exciting. It only takes 1 25:xx guy to drop that team average hard. Saturday weather is going to be ideal. Fast times will definitely come and teams are all ready to race at full strength. No one is sending B teams to PS. For now i agree with you. I'm always one for the dark horse surprise that comes from no where.

moravian insider wrote:

my cousin goes to moravian and is friends with greg jaindl and has said that he's been seen skipping practice most days to cross kids up on the basketball court. he hasn't run more than 6 miles in a day in three weeks and probably wont be able to hang with the big boys come conferences/regionals. moravian went from a potential podium team at nationals to being on the outside looking in at regionals. all because jaindl thinks that "ball is life", in his words. such a shame that ball takes another star runner from us.

Come on guys... Let's try and keep it civil. Jaindl is a nice guy and doesn't deserve this hate you are throwing at him. He obviously is very dedicated to the sport. Just take a quick look at his Strava and you can see that he has been putting in consistent mileage. It's a shame that some of you guys have to come on here and taint his name.

A shame? This dude is a scrub. Period the end.

Hi greg

New region rankings:

1) Carnegie Melon

2) Loudon Valley

3) Haverford

4) Gettysburg

5) Moravian

6) Lancaster Bible

7) Dickinson

8) Hopkins

Open for discussion

Gentlemen, we're focusing on the wrong end of the spectrum here. Nobody cares about the top 10 - the same thing happens every year: Haverford, Hopkins, and CMU finish in some order in the top 3, and Dickinson despite being ranked 4th all season shits the bed and finishes outside the top 5. What DOES matter is the last team. Who will set the highest score this year? Can we see a team break 2000 points? Here are some of my thoughts:

Immaculatta: 1900-2100. A strong finish last year with 2 of the last 4 men to come across the line, they return all but one of their top 5. Will it make a difference? Probably not.

Rosemont: 1700-1950. Another contender for highest score last year, they also return all but one of their top 5, but if they really have a day at regionals I could see them beating Immaculatta.

Sleeper pick: Widener. This might be a bit of a hot take, but sources tell me that they were doing a base run on pavement in spikes the other day. If this is a consistent occurence, expect them all to have stress fractures and choose to run anyways come November 23rd. When that happens and they all drop out as their tibia literally split in half, they could manage to sweep the bottom 7 spots in the region with some spicy DNFs. Don't count them out of the race to the bottom quite yet!

Aight bet

Gettysburg is saving up for late season not going balls to the wall rn. Two good freshman and increased summer mileage has them ready to be a top 10 team all season long

Not running mileage =/= saving up

Take it easy jason

Hot takesss wrote:

New region rankings:

1) Carnegie Melon

2) Loudon Valley

3) Haverford

4) Gettysburg

5) Moravian

6) Lancaster Bible

7) Dickinson

8) Hopkins

Open for discussion

The worst take here is Haverford at 3rd. They sure look like a piece of sh*t this year. Maybe if they spent more time running and less time having sex with their mascot they wouldn't be plummeting in the national rankings

Gearinger wrote:

Gettysburg is saving up for late season not going balls to the wall rn. Two good freshman and increased summer mileage has them ready to be a top 10 team all season long

Getty the hell out of here is more like it! They're running Paul Short white Saturday...Guaranteed some unranked regional team will beat them! Come back Monday when my prediction comes true!