Can someone please explain to me why abeline chrisitian would be ranked first with a 27:?? team average at texas tech. Im guessing they didnt run their top 5. But with how rankings work they should not even be in top 10 with that average. Maybe if they ran their whole team. Can someone explain
who always drinks the most... come on guys lets be real
Chico drinks the most, can the home team aka Pat reagen Rally the troops and out drink them though?!!?!
Party Rankings according to most years...
1. Chico
2. Western
3. Adams
HR- Grand Valley
HR?
1. Because they didn't run 3 of there top 5
2. They averged 27:xx because there 4th & 5th guys at tech are terrible ( i believe there number 5 was pretty close to dead last in that race)
My bad. I meant HM, meaning honorable mention.
#1 reason: Daniel Maina -- 2008 steeple national champ
#2 reason: Julius Nyango -- 2nd XC nationals 2007
#3 reason: Serge Gasore -- 9th XC nationals 2007
#4 reason: Cleophus Tanui -- currently their #1
#5 reason: Amos Sang -- 29:33 last spring for 5th at nationals
#6 reason: Charles White -- 3:49 1500m in HS
that's why they are ranked #1.
I agree. I don't keep up with it much, but they are deeper than what people think, of course unless there is an injury that we don't know about.
Right now it looks as if Abilene and Harding are going to race for first. Everyone else is racing for 3rd. (Of course that isn't true...note my sarcasm)
dunksAA wrote:
Party Rankings according to most years...
1. Chico
2. Western
3. Adams
HR- Grand Valley
bullshit! Southern Illinois(or maybe indiana?) had the most passouts I think, which at least puts them into the top 3.
Could be right. Heck if I know. I'm still hungover from Pensacola!
well im stoked for the after party. I say we should make this an after party no one ever forgets. NC schools are down with that!!
Well, after the GRIAK, it looks like Minn State and Minn-Duluth were way over-ranked, Duluth much more so.
I would put Minn State around one of the last spots nationally in the top 25, if at all.
Duluth doesn't belong anywhere near the top 25.
Drury is probably about right 15 - 20th.
Adams is really good - still not sure if they can beat ACU at seasons end. ACU is only an injury or 2 away from not having enough to compete for the title. Adams is notorious for not being as good at the end of the year as they are mid-season. Should be interesting.
Doh, What? wrote:
Well, after the GRIAK, it looks like Minn State and Minn-Duluth were way over-ranked, Duluth much more so.
I would put Minn State around one of the last spots nationally in the top 25, if at all.
Duluth doesn't belong anywhere near the top 25.
Drury is probably about right 15 - 20th.
Adams is really good - still not sure if they can beat ACU at seasons end. ACU is only an injury or 2 away from not having enough to compete for the title. Adams is notorious for not being as good at the end of the year as they are mid-season. Should be interesting.
I would say adams is notorious for being as good at the end of the year as mid-season. Yes they usually pull through. But they have also tanked it more than just a few timesat nat's. I mean tanked as in expected to win and getting 3rd or 4th and sometimes even 15th
Adams is looking pretty strong, they won the division I griak which beats 4 ranked teams, although it is debatable were Minnesota should be ranked 9 in DI. Adams is gonna be ACU.
Chico is not looking as strong, Bauhs looked sweet but their 4 and 5 runners don't look that strong for that fast of a course.
look at past results, its a new course, brutally hot day, times were sower in all the races...i think they ran pretty well
thought that i heard that slippery rock handled everyone last year
didnt expect this to drop so far considering how adams ran yesterday and bauhs winning
Bauhs race was amazing to watch. Rono had a commanding lead throughout the race, but Scott really pushed that last 2k, closed a 10 second gap and passed Rono around 400 to go and it was over from there. There was some talk that Bauhs, given a long summer (Olympic trials) and the hot streak Rono was on (shattered Meb’s course record at Balboa Park), was going to lose this race. Just shows how tenacious this guy is…
Chico turned in an average performance at Stanford. There 2-5 gap is way to big, but I think they have a lot of room for improvement given nats is in 8 weeks. If they can close that 2-5 gap they will be solid.
Seeing that Adam State whooped on BYU and Chico was thoroughly beaten by BYU two weeks ago in San Diego, ASU is in champion fitness. However, the real race is 8 weeks from now. Can ASU hold their form till then?
Things to look forward to next week at Willamette Invite:
Rono vs. Bauhs II
Chico vs. Alaska Anchorage