2008 MIAC TRACK

Props to STU for going 4:16, 1:53, 2:31 and 8:37. Clearly the deepest middle distance team in the MIAC.

I also have to say how incredibly happy I was to see Brandon Gleason run 8:34 today. What a great comeback already.

yup, UST has some good middle distance guys. But whether they can hold this degree of fitness remains to be seen.

Erichsen is still in a different league as those other guys, sorry to tell you... good luck though

stu still does not impress me. while those times are good, im not going to blow my load over them. ive seen much better so i dont know why yo uare so excited. but if you would like ill pretend i care...Oh my god, st thomas ran so well today. i cant believe someone ran 1:53 and an 8:37. that is unreal. ive never seen anything like it, except for that time that everyone else and their mom ran under a 1:53 and an 8:37. its not that great, so dont make it out to be a miracle.

Wow, it's good to see gleason running again, and fast at that and in addition i heard he ran by himself for most of the 3k race in his heat.

Overall, there are some great times so far in the MIAC in all events

i just made a bet with a good friend of mine:

if chris erichsen wins every event he runs at indoor conference, i owe my friend two cases of beer 30. if not, he'll pleasure me orally. discuss.

If Erichsen runs the Mile, you might be getting a happy ending dude. He's fast, but I just don't think he'll have that kind of speed built up yet. As for 3k/5k, if he runs them, he'll win them. 8:34 is great and all, but Erichsen should be worrying about breaking 8:20.

first and foremost...its UST not STU....secondly, everyone loses when Beer 30 is involved, there are no winners there

Oh I agree, none of their times alone are anything to write home about. What IS impressive though is the depth of their middle distance team. That hasn't happened in the MIAC in recent years. If you can't acknowledge that you are a moron.

Although I do think it was even more impressive depth wise when Yotter was Hameline's 3rd guy and running like 14:58 for 5k.

Thoughts about the MIAC on the womens teams?

UST women posted some noteworthy times at ISU yesterday.

2:15, 2:16, 3:00, 10:23.

By the way, the outdoor conference meet is many months away. Good for the Tommies.... go to an oversized track, get dragged around the track by DI teams, and race fast in Jan. All that matters is the championship races; racing too well in Jan. should make Sweeney nervous if anything.

very quick times, but isu is arguably one of the best places to race fast, that being said I am excited to see the 3k at conf this year and see erichsen race UST

Your right. All that matters are championship races and the Tommies seem to execute pretty well for those for over the past 20 odd years.

All the attention this past weekend is focused on the Tommie's and Gleason's times, but I have to say that I was surprised to see the times put down by HU's Ian Bauer and Ian Campbell. Both ran pretty decent races for this early in the season and look like potential scorers at indoors if they keep improving.

Greeno with a 4:18 at UW-Stout; Haglund with a nice 8:45 opener as well.

Man, the 3k is going to be loaded this year: Gleason, Bauer, Buomester, Haglund, Gladitsch, Greeno, Swanson, Green, Sepe, Gamble.....

Plus the Johnnies if they put some guys in it this year.

odds are UST will not "miss their peak", eventhough the times are fast, i dont think any of those guys have ever missed their peak in previous years

oversized skeptic wrote:

i dont think any of those guys have ever missed their peak in previous years

boumeester had a less than stellar outdoor conference meet last year. they'll all be in top form come march, but the month of may might be a different story.

Didn't the kid double at Conference, and if everyone remembers the 8/15 were both as fast if not faster in the prelims than it was in the finals, I think he will probably be fine.