HEPS cross-country, 2010

Holy crap Chenowith.

Ivy Observer wrote:

Holy crap Chenowith.

Yes, he did do well at Pre-Nats. Hopefully that will carry over for Regionals and Nationals. He's been on the edge for the last 2 years of getting All-American. I hope he gets it this year.

banked track wrote:

Heps course is different this year from last year. Men's is two laps around the field at the northern half of the "flats" then into the woods. Last year it was one big loop around the flats. Middle portion is about the same.

So the first mile is more spectator friendly.

I was at Van Cortlandt yesterday for a NY Road Runners event, and I could not believe that the field is still chopped up. At least the north end is now open, but the south part is completely fenced off, eliminating any chance of using that end of the park for the xc course. The construction has been going on for at least a few years now. Anyone have any idea when it is supposed to be completed?

Also, does anyone know the scheduled start times of the men's and women's races next week?

I've heard that the fences are scheduled to come down just in time for Heps so that the traditional course can be used. If you think about it, the only part of the race that actually runs on the fields is the start, the rest of it you go around on the cinder path. That's what I heard about the fences anyway, could be wrong.

The women's race is at 11:00AM and men at 11:45AM.

Men -

Cabral over Cenoworth. Leung easy 3rd - Amirault 4th!

1. Princeton ( with under 30 points)

2. Dartmouth (will edge out Columbia by single digits)

3. Columbia (will go 12th-17th)

4. Cornell

5. Yale

6. Harvard

7. Brown (Duffy top 10)

8. Penn

Women

1. Princeton

2. Harvard (shot for a win if Richardson is running)

3. Columbia

4. Cornell

5. Brown

6. Yale

7. Dartmouth

8. Penn

Seems very reasonable. The Princeton men are looking very tough to beat.

On the women's side, why wouldn't Richardson run? She seems the most likely to break up the Princeton top three and maybe even get an individual win - she's done it before in track.

The fences wont come down till the spring, they actually added fencing in late summer to the southeast corner of the park (near the tennis courts area) which would mean once you get up the cinder trail past the finish line, the whole rest of the loop around to where you go into the trail would be on pavement.

The Met's coaches this summer set up 5k, 6k and 5mile course using as much of the original courses. The 6k and 5mile courses will run 2 loops on the unfenced flats before heading into the path, unless the Columbia Coaches have come up with something different for Hep's.

Men's 5 mile course is a bit harder than the traditional course, you hit the backhills later in the race, and have less time between the backhills and cemetery to recover.

I guess because Richardson didn't run at Pre-Nationals. Also, of note, Kyle Merber is missing. Heard he stepped on a broken bottle in upsate NY somewhere when he was just returning back to running - went all the way through his shoes and sliced a bunch of his tendons. He's been out since July.

I believe Richardson will be running Heps.

Also, did the League supply a map of the course for Heps last year before the actual meet?

jreigf wrote:

I guess because Richardson didn't run at Pre-Nationals. Also, of note, Kyle Merber is missing. Heard he stepped on a broken bottle in upsate NY somewhere when he was just returning back to running - went all the way through his shoes and sliced a bunch of his tendons. He's been out since July.

do not know of tendon damage or it`s seriousness but cut foot is true

Have watched Merber often this fall with Columbia squade - he is generally a little behind the main group.

I've heard Merber has been drilling workouts since mid-september. As long as he is running, it will promise Columbia a top 5 finish from him.

Any reason why Richardson didn't run at pre-NCAAs? Hopefully she'll be able to compete.

avery wrote:

Any reason why Richardson didn't run at pre-NCAAs? Hopefully she'll be able to compete.

I think they purposely rested her. I found this in the school newspaper:

"“It was another strong performance for the women,” Saretsky said. “They faced ranked teams in Florida, and some powerhouses in Georgia and Kansas. I was particularly pleased with how much [juniors] Jeanne [Mack] and Nicole [Cochran] improved from last year.”

“We didn’t run our typical top seven, so I thought that we competed pretty well for what we were given,” Cochran said."

am i missing sarcasm here? or is harvard teaching some high level critical reading skills? there's nothing in those quotes that gives me the impression that they purposely held her out to "rest"; on the contrary, i am left with the impression that she did not run for any other number of reasons, such as injury or discipline reasons or her grandparents 50 year anniversary, who knows

who really cares anyway

Oog. Still, gotta say that that looks about right. (I do think the Cornell women can take Columbia, though--and I think the men have a shot at pulling another rabbit out of their hat, as they did last year.) If neither team reaches the podium, it'll be a long trip back to Ithaca...

By the way, can we spell the defending champion's name right, please? It's "Chenoweth."

Cornell had its annual Reif Memorial meet on Friday:

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2010/10/22/WXC_1022105322.aspx

As usual, the men's and women's varsities were mostly held out of the meet, but I saw that Standridge ran well--I wonder whether they'd be tempted to have her run at Heps next week. Could she have a shot at cracking their (ever-changing) top five? The scoring at Heps projects as so close...

On the men's side, the fact that Nick Wade ran suggests that he might not be racing next week--though RoJo's been known to bring a guy or two back from Reif to Heps. In any case, it'll be interesting to see what Wade can do in future falls--RoJo's been known to have milers do pretty well at Heps xc.

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I'm guessing that this is a quiet weekend for most Heps varsities. Are any other Ivies competing (whether varsity or JV) this week?

BRF wrote:

I'm guessing that this is a quiet weekend for most Heps varsities. Are any other Ivies competing (whether varsity or JV) this week?

So, I'm guessing "no"?

Dartmouth B men and women at Mayor's Cup at Franklin Park.