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Putnam seems to be done. Hartman is done. Gapes gives up 5 seconds in the last K. Three passed Napoleon in the last K. Rauber & Templier did OK but they were back a bit. And where was Englehardt? What's up with her? Outside of the low sticks of Gapes, Napoleon, and Michalak, they're going to struggle at 4 & 5. They're not beating BYU & Oregon like that. They'll take 3rd.
I see, so resting is not allowed....and unless you were there to see the runners on fumes, perhaps they somewhat coasted in with team victory and qualification well in hand. 19:03 on that course is not slow.
I see, so resting is not allowed....and unless you were there to see the runners on fumes, perhaps they somewhat coasted in with team victory and qualification well in hand. 19:03 on that course is not slow.
So Englehardt is resting? Hartman is not. Her season is over.
Jonathan, looks like you're using xcquals.com for your projections. The default projections for regions not yet run don't use the latest USTFCCCA rankings (see Providence over BC, NAU over NM, etc.) Based on better predictions, the list looks like this after 4 regions:
Notre Dame Michigan State West Virginia Penn State Oklahoma State Northwestern BYU New Mexico Boston College Syracuse Florida Tennessee Texas A&M LSU NC State South Carolina Oregon Stanford Iowa State Missouri Colorado Utah Northern Arizona Georgetown Villanova North Carolina Virginia Wake Forest Duke Washington Gonzaga Washington St.
I see, so resting is not allowed....and unless you were there to see the runners on fumes, perhaps they somewhat coasted in with team victory and qualification well in hand. 19:03 on that course is not slow.
So Englehardt is resting? Hartman is not. Her season is over.
Back in the day, we used to use a simple spool. Each number had a tear-away tag on it. As the runners crossed the line, they were put in order (sometimes by physical force) by officials at the finish line. They then entered the chute, narrow enough for only a single file line so nobody could try to move ahead of anyone else. Tags were torn off at the end of the chute and put on the spool in order. Afterward, the tags were numbered in finish order, taken off the spool, and taped to a large table under each team's name. Any team without 5 finishers was eliminated and for the rest, points were added up by hand.
It worked about as fast as the South Regional did it by computer today.
If they are using chips and finishlynx, then that is much better than the old school method. With the old school method, as soon as people start dropping to the ground and you can't get someone to take their place, you are finished. With the chips and finishlynx, you can easily scroll through the finish line image and fix any finishes that aren't in the correct order. Usually you can be done with that by the time the last runner is finishing. There can occasionally be hiccups, but it is usually very fast. Part of that depends on the person doing the timing though. At the end of the day, the chips and finish lynx is the most accurate and most efficient method for timing/placing that you can do.
Jonathan, looks like you're using xcquals.com for your projections. The default projections for regions not yet run don't use the latest USTFCCCA rankings (see Providence over BC, NAU over NM, etc.) Based on better predictions, the list looks like this after 4 regions:
Notre Dame Michigan State West Virginia Penn State Oklahoma State Northwestern BYU New Mexico Boston College Syracuse Florida Tennessee Texas A&M LSU NC State South Carolina Oregon Stanford Iowa State Missouri Colorado Utah Northern Arizona Georgetown Villanova North Carolina Virginia Wake Forest Duke Washington Gonzaga Washington St.
Providence making it from the Northeast over Syracuse just threw a major wrench for both those teams. If the WF women don't make it again that's an absolute travesty for the quality of recruits they've had the past 4 years.
explain how teams like Houston girls can have 17 on the roster and only start 4? virus went through the entire team or the training schedule got everyone injured?
That's been their MO for the last 5 years at least. Recruit 3-4 amazing runners from overseas but then somehow every single year never manage to get that last recruit needed to complete the team.
Instead of NC State dynasty, we could have been talking about Alabama dynasty post covid.