NotKevbot wrote:
Bethel roster is up. They have a decent group incoming including yet another Lelinga. He'll be a nice #3 behind Thompson & St. George.
The big news is that Tucker is listed on Scholastic's roster.
The younger Lelinga went 18s junior year to low 16’s senior year in XC 5k’s
Ran 1:54 as a junior too
So roster updates
Johns- None
Mac- None
Gustavus- None
Concordia- Who even knows
St. Marys- none
will try to keep updating so ppl know who is coming back and who is actually gone.
Hamline is pretty sparse, especially their freshmen class
This is so interesting to me when you have other teams in the MIAC that have roster limits and recruiting standards. You’d think they’d find a home at Hamline and a good coach could develop some of them.
MiacHighlander wrote:
This is so interesting to me when you have other teams in the MIAC that have roster limits and recruiting standards. You’d think they’d find a home at Hamline and a good coach could develop some of them.
It is sad to see Hamline with such sparsity. St. MArys better find at least 1 freshman to replace thier senior because their team (Schnieder and 2 low28 guys) will easily beat Hamline as long as they have 5 runners. Hamline does not deserve any place higher than dead last with this poor of recruiting. Maybe those runners not good enough for the top teams with standards either go to wiac or just get dejected on their ability and not run.
Without looking who can tell me the last non-Northfield school to win the men's MIAC title?
Ironically it was Hamline. They won 3 in a row from 2009-2011.
Huge news out of Collegeville -
A great class for Macalester! They are a year away from being dangerous. And will be very good this year.
factcheckermiac wrote:
It is sad to see Hamline with such sparsity. St. MArys better find at least 1 freshman to replace thier senior because their team (Schnieder and 2 low28 guys) will easily beat Hamline as long as they have 5 runners. Hamline does not deserve any place higher than dead last with this poor of recruiting. Maybe those runners not good enough for the top teams with standards either go to wiac or just get dejected on their ability and not run.
Or maybe the Hamline cross country team will get removed, like the UMN indoor track team did
Damn macalester got 2 solid instant impact recruits. looks like Kelvin Moresi (palo alto) and Dan Wiltse (Missoula). For a team with a super solid returning top 5, but slightly questionable depth, these 2 athletes should fill that 6/7/8 spot immediately. Moresi may struggle to learn the 8k, as his PRs indicate getting worse with more distance. but Wiltse looks to be a great land for instant xc impact.
Crazy how good this conf is getting this year. 26:20 used to be the cut off for top 25, i think 25:50 or faster this year... (am i wrong)
This team is no longer in MIAC but …..
University of St Thomas freshmen:
Max Westerlund - 10th at the MN XC state meet
Adam Lueth - 17th at the MN XC state meet / 9:14 in the 3200
Joe McNeil - 18th at the MN XC state meet
George Edgar - 20th at the MN XC state meet
Ethan Starfield - 9:26 in the 3200
Andrew MacHeel - 4:26 in the 1600
Charlie Power Theisen - 4:20 in the 1600
Isaac Nowak - 4:22 in the 1600
Thank you for that valuable update about the tommies !!!!! I really care a lot about what that illustrious and relevant team is up to !!!!!
So have the Oles hired a distance coach yet or are they planning to continue to be subpar at the national level? How is the admin okay with that? This alum won’t donate until a change is made.
He’s pretty terrible. I think about Korean dictators, PDA, then Power as some examples of people I never aspire to be. But then again most of his current team seems okay with him and they have had some good results the last two years. 🤷♂️
The Power slander has always been confusing to me. Objectively, the Oles has gotten better in both cross and track in comparison to the last few years of Phil. I get that some alums don't like him because he coaches a bit differently than Phil did, which is understandable. But consider this:
St. Olaf national meet results since 2017:
2017: Did Not Qualify
2018: 23rd
2019: 25th
(Power Hired as head coach)
2021: 17th
2022: 14th
Obviously, they haven't come close to how good they were in 2012-2015, but doing so takes time, and it seems they're on the right path.
I think some alumni were upset they weren’t involved in the decision to appoint the hurdle coach the distance coach. We were excited what having two people recruiting and coaching could do because Phil had to donut all himself. The admin choosing that route upset some of us at the time. I would also say replacing Phil could not have been easy. He’s one of the more entertaining and prolific people I’ve met. He had a profound influence on my life. Power seems nice enough but his style is different and I didn’t connect with him in the same way.
with that being said, he seems to be fine and the current team doesn’t complain too much. There may be a very small group of alumni still upset, but I think most have likely moved on to much more pressing things in their lives. I think it’s more likely some of the “slander@ is from Carls and Johnnies trying to stir others.
Either way, this will be his first year where he recruited the full team, so I’ll be eager to see what the team does. It could be argued that Phil recruited Massanari, Montresor, & Munoz but the current staff developed them. I’m hoping to see more stories like that the next few years.
