Scholastica brought in a few freshman including a local 2:00/4:26 guy that also ran 16:12 at State. I don't know whether he's next coming of Calvin, but his track times are faster. That's a big pickup for the Saints. Oles still hiding their class. Cote is listed as a 5th year, so that's confirmed.
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Ole roster is posted. Solid, but decidedly unspectacular compared to Carleton and others besides a 1:54 800 guy. I think that ranks him 3rd of 4th in incoming 800 runners. The 800 is going to be fun the next few years.
1:54, 4:36/9:56, 1:57/4:31, 2:03/4:41, 4:33/16:06, 1:58/4:32/16:22, 1:58/4:25/16:29, 2:03/4:39/16:23
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Woe to the Oles. Alumni won’t be happy with a class that ranks 3rd or 4th in the league after a class arguably 4th or 5th even behind Concordia last year. Power needs Phil to help him recruit and then let him take all the credit like he has done the last several years.
If seems plausible we’ll see the top two academic schools in the conference battling for team titles until Ricks retires and Schofer comes home.
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After seeing Strava workouts for the Oles the last few days it is apparent this is not the group of 2022 & 2023. With only a handful of Phil’s recruits left maybe they can hang on to a top three finish.
It’s also interesting to see how much faster Will Kelly is working out now that he’s allowed to run reasonable mileage. Could he have a less impressive Wilkie-esque D1 development?
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Hi guys,
Coach Brian Power here. I want to share a few things with you.
I know Roy is doing track work at 14:10 pace, which may make the Oles look slow. But we will give our guys zyns and cinnamon rolls to excite them and the Oles will prevail.
Please quit making fun of my freshmen. They are nice group of boys that can do something special if we keep them away from zyns, heaters, and Olaf Coffey. Some of them may even run 50 whole miles this week. We have been busy thinking of cute nicknames for them. My favorite so far is Like for a guy named Luke. It turns out I misspelled his name on the website. We also have guys named Tall Guy, Slow Guy, and Spam. Spam's first name is Austin, so I thought that was very witty.
What you don't know is that on the challenging journey from my car to my desk I caught a leaf that has never touched the ground. This means we will win nationals if my assistant can steal more workouts from the women's team.
You'll see me in my special chair made of hurdles my favorite hurdlers broke at every cross country meet. Come say hi and I'll may even let Parker put you on our instagram. I'll be wearing a shirt with my own face and campaigning for someone to vote me Coach of the Year.
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I don't know Brian Power. However, can't you guys just leave the guy alone. You MIAC posters act like you are smart, funny, etc and it's kind of sad to see. Every one trying to think they are funnier or smarter than the next guy. Reading these posts looks like the MIAC posters are a bunch of JV, pseudo intellectuals that is obnoxious. Show some respect to people. Powers and St. Olaf have been the best in the league for a while. That may eventually change but most of the posters would take the success of the Oles.
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MIACRnnR wrote:
St. Olaf people, what's the best way to get a hold of Power. A former teammate is going to Olaf this Fall and wants to join the team. He's been unsuccessful in getting replies from any of their coaches.
Can runners not on the team run college races?
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Ur not the real Brian Powr
othwrwise it would has said schminnomon rolls and not cinnannmon rolls
rveryone noews about the oles bit
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AOrunner wrote:
MIACRnnR wrote:
St. Olaf people, what's the best way to get a hold of Power. A former teammate is going to Olaf this Fall and wants to join the team. He's been unsuccessful in getting replies from any of their coaches.
Can runners not on the team run college races?
he should just show up to the first meet and beat five of their guys and he should be good
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justshowup wrote:
AOrunner wrote:
Can runners not on the team run college races?
he should just show up to the first meet and beat five of their guys and he should be good
People tried that last year and Power still didn't let them join the team after beating his athletes.
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The Ole women’s coach does the rankings. Kinda makes you wonder.
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It's opening week. Time for three predictions of epic grandeur.
1.. At least two Knights will be the former heartthrob of the Oles, Will Kelly as the Bobcat Twilight.
2. Macalester will claim their second consecutive Ole Opener and Power will make a comment in the write-up about having lots of things to work on and having tempoed parts of the race.
3. Calvin will set the Olaf 5K course record.
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The Oles always tempo this meet. If you read anything into it you're probably not very bright.
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Athletic.net lists Olympian Hassan Mead as the course record holder at 15:10. Have any collegians run faster? I'd heard something about Wintheiser winning an alumni race in close to 15:00.
Sub 15:10 solo would be very impressive and a very good indication of his fitness. Maybe McKee will push him for a mile or so.
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Northfield_Fan_Club wrote:
Athletic.net lists Olympian Hassan Mead as the course record holder at 15:10. Have any collegians run faster? I'd heard something about Wintheiser winning an alumni race in close to 15:00.
Sub 15:10 solo would be very impressive and a very good indication of his fitness. Maybe McKee will push him for a mile or so.
5 minutes on the Ole site found Wintheiser's time of 15:07 here. https://stolaf_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/statistics/crosscountry-men/2014-15/2014-09-06.htm
You must be from the west side of Northfield.
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I actually believe the duo of Derek Douglas and Nathan Neu have a serious chance of threatening 15-flat in today's race. Douglas is a 1:55 guy and has a summer of mileage behind him that should frighten everyone. The only thing that could threaten his chances of glory would be if he decides to race in a pair of HeyDudes instead of his normal Dragonflies. Nathan admittedly seemed to have a less impressive summer, but based on some Strava posts from the Saints it seems as though he has gone through a second puberty of sorts. Perhaps this is just what the boys from Duluth need to retain their status as a top-3 team this season.
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Looks like altitude took its toll on the Carls, but Roy proved he can hang with the big dogs placing 11th! Indy didn’t race and the freshmen showed promise.
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Not much to report from Northfield. Macalester won easily as expected. The Oles were missing some contributors and Boone didn't race. Edwards beat McKee, but Mac was clearly running controlled a controlled pace. Freshman Ihrke beat senior Ihrke. Galloway appears to be an X-factor for the Mac. Adding Tor back into the mix will add some spicy depth.
Based off splits the Oles got out too hot and faded off. There was talk of tempoing, but they were definitely trying to JV kick back of the pack Mac runners at the end. I don't think Mac beats the Oles at full strength, but it would be much closer than you would think.
Anyone peek at Bati's Strava last week? He tripled the average mileage week of the Oles. 141 miles!
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Fairly sure the course was different then. I remember something being said about the women's coach changing where the finish line was for a reason that made sense to absolutely no one.
Also, to whomever the d*ckweed is who keeps crapping on Power on these boards: there is an incredible amount of internet p*rn available to you, mate. Go bury yourself in the basement of Mohn, if you must. Just keep yourself busy with what you are good at and leave the other stuff to those of us who know what we are talking about.
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