NAIA XC/TF 2024-25

LTU UPSET!!! Big Daddy Griffy gonna win the meet!!!but no way AQ win the women's title, CU had 7 in before AQ had 3 finish.

Happy Halloween guys, can anyone guess what my Halloween costume is gonna be?

diddy?

Field cut off as of right now:

Men's side: Cumberland (TN) is the last team in at 26th. Cornerstone is the first team left out.

Women's side: It depends on whether Doane can crack the top 30 in the final poll as they are currently ranked 31st. But if they do not, then Goshen is the last team in. If they do, Evangel is currently the last team in.

Obviously, lots can happen on conference weekend, so this is all just a practice in theory.

On the men's side: Carroll and Rocky Mountain have both been battling back and forth all year, I would expect that to remain the same going forward. Cornerstone and Aquinas will have a battle again at Riverside. if Doane struggles again and Concordia (NEB) can close the 35 point gap from Blazing Tiger, that will open some doors. Corban has been praised all year long, can they upset a ranked Cascade team? SXU has not raced heads up with any of the CCAC teams all year and they were 40 points off #22 Doane at Blazing Tiger, can they win the CCAC? Will the teams who seemingly peaked for Great Lakes be able to hold their fitness? Last year, the answer for IU East was no. Can they do better this year? Can Marian avoid an upset?

On the Women's side: The big question will be can Doane show enough to move up in the polls? Can Aquinas women rebound from a disastrously bad Great Lakes showing to upend Cornerstone? That was a team that ran well at Gans Creek and Seminole Valley. Mt Vernon and Goshen will both be hunting the other Crossroads teams to try to improve their bubble status.

Buckle up!!! Should be a great weekend of racing!!

Every time stride report posts I don’t think it can possibly get worse then it gets worse

As someone who doesn’t read the stride report, why is that?

well for 1 they don’t talk about evert enough

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Is this truth? Can't get a read on this sim

I’ve played with Lacctic a little bit and it’s obviously far from perfect but the only team that’s that off in their sims is Olivet Nazarene. Everyone else is at least close to where they should be.

Talking with their coach this past week, their men went out too fast and had a rough 4th mile. Their number 1 was leading with Eli Fullerton at the mile. I would imagine they rebound at the conference championship, but they shot themselves in the foot at Great Lakes.

One way or another they were ranked like 3rd or 4th coming in according to lacctic. They weren’t going to finish that high even on a good day.

They finished 5 seconds on average behind Shawnee state at Louisville. Assuming Shawnee’s performance at both meets was consistent ONU would’ve been right behind that tight group of teams that are ranked 18-25 currently.

CCAC Predictions:

mens race: team champion is St. Francis (IL), individual champion will be Isaac Systma running away from Mike Reif. Best Freshmen will be one of the three ONU has in their top 7, whomever comes out on top that day.

womens race: team champion is St. francis (IL), individual champion will be Allison Ramsey by a mile, Best Freshman will probably be Aleigha Garrison from ONU but Riley Mach or Evita Martinez from USF might have something to say about that before its all said and done.

1. Only Flynn Prather went out hot, the rest just stayed about where they were from the start.

2. It is not like that guy is by far their top guy, he barely beat his teammates all season and in this race he got barely beat... does not look like he ran so bad if he was only 3 sec away from his PR.

3. They ran their fastest average of the season

I just don't think they are good enough to hang with the top 25 at this point of the season as everyone else is actually peaking. It doesn't seem like there is anything left in the tank for them. At this point, I don't think they will make it to nationals as they have shown at Great Lakes that they can't compete with the rest. St. Francis will most likely destroy yhem at Conference.

USF will win easily especially if Noah Friske keeps progressing, that guy is more talented than Mike Reif. he’s their #1 if healthy and training strong.

I think Reif vs Sytsma will be a dog fight. In a big field I think Reif is the better runner, but without anyone else to push the pace Sytsma probably gets the win.

Freshman of the year is going to be Austin Tice, but I wouldn’t count out Colin O’Brien or Samuel Rocio from Governor’s State.

Evita Martinez started out the year really strong but has looked worse with each meet.

I think St. Francis’s men probably win, but it’s going to be closer than it was at Great Lakes. St. Xavier is ranked just behind ONU but I don’t see them as a real contender here.

ONU’s women could pull off a win against St. Francis.

I don’t doubt that Friske is very talented but he was a full minute behind Reif at Great Lakes. We’ve seen Friske and Reif both healthy for a full season and Reif was a much better runner.

He’s run in the 25:00s a handful of times and 14:53 in the 5k. He’s most likely their third runner behind Reif and Corcoran if healthy

Crossroad Predictions:

men’s race:

team champion: Spring Arbor, individual champion - Eli Fullerton.

women’s race:

team champion: Taylor, individual champion - Jaynie Halterman.

Calling a Spring Arbor upset for the men. on the women’s side, marian beats IWU but no one is touching Taylor.