Im gonna go ahead and say that Sigl takes it. He's a smarter racer than he was a couple years ago and a national title in XC is his to lose. That guy has had a lot of negative comments about not getting it done at nationals a lot and last spring he ripped it up at Nats. I see him winning the whole damn thing.
He ripped it up? Looked more like Will Lear ripped him a new one.
Yeah last I looked though Leer was the only person who beat him at outdoor nationals and he won't be around this season.
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He ripped it up? Looked more like Will Lear ripped him a new one.
In the 10k?
yeah no kidding Sigl dominated that 10k.
for pete's sake, he ran the 10k, im sure his legs were a little more tired than leers in the 5k. Not gonna lie but i think a 10k would take longer to recover from than a 1500.
didn't sigl pr in that 5k? He couldn't have been that tired.
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for pete's sake, he ran the 10k, im sure his legs were a little more tired than leers in the 5k. Not gonna lie but i think a 10k would take longer to recover from than a 1500.
wrong. the 1500 was two hours before the 5k, it has a greater IMMEDIATE effect than a hard 10k the day before would (assuming he ran all-out).
if you haven't already, I suggest you try the 10k/5k double over the course of 2 days versus the 1500/5k double over the course of 2 hours at your conference meet to verify this.
Calvin looks to be the top dogs this time around for the mens team title.
THREAD HIJACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's harder:
- a 1500/5K double within 2 hours
- a 10K/5K double within 24 hours
Except idiot, the 10k and 5k had 2 days between them, and the 10k at this past outdoor meet, was a jog and 1 mile kick in the wind. His winning the 10k, while nice for him, doesn't really mean crap toward his burgeoning dominance of the d3 distance scene. He's a very good d3 miler, more so than anyone else who was in that 10k, and he showed it.
3:40 1500 pr is like a 1345 5k pr, in terms of being level, so Lear was clearly much more talented than the rest of d3 last year.
Jesse McDaniel FTW in olaf
10K/Steeple in 24 hours.
the last mile of the steeple burns real bad.
going into the 5k sigl was not a favorite, he wasn't even seeded top 3. I think he did well and no one is comparing him to will leer. After all leer did run at the USATF championships, but leer was at a D1 level.
McDaniel? Are you kidding me? He's way too scrawny to be a good cross country runner. Those hills will eat him alive.
I heard McDaniel eats nails for breakfast, running 120 a week, old school north central training.
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McDaniel? Are you kidding me? He's way too scrawny to be a good cross country runner. Those hills will eat him alive.
who cares who's scrawny? would you say the past year's champs (yuot, holtschulte, moen) were particularly ripped?
If your going with scrawny I would pick Butzler FTW.
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going into the 5k sigl was not a favorite, he wasn't even seeded top 3. I think he did well and no one is comparing him to will leer. After all leer did run at the USATF championships, but leer was at a D1 level.
I agree with most of your statement above, but Will Leer being at a d1 level is not what made him superior to Sigl. While Leer certainly is d1 level, even National Caliber level, he is not the only one. Sigl, without a doubt, is a d1 caliber level. In fact, anybody who runs under Provo times is at the d1 level. d1 level, in itself, does not mean much. There are hundereds, maybe even thoussands, of d1 runners, who wouldn't qulaify for National at the d3 level. There are plenty of d1 runners who toot their horns around their hometowns about having run d1, but many of them would fail to even make the Varsity squad of some of the better d3 schools. I am not trying to rip into your post, I am simply trying to point out that Sigl, just like Leer, would be a solid d1 runner.
Ben Grant of Loras College. Not a big name but he'll be there in the end.
Patrick Johnson of Wartburg college.