7empest wrote:
random coach wrote:
Disagree, in a deeper race Arkansas’ depth at the 5 spot becomes key, obviously the problem with this years team is it lacks a title contender like Werner or Izzo but meets are won in the 5 spot and you have Ewert or Gear at your five spot your doing pretty good. The bigger and deeper the meet the more important the 5 spot becomes.
Not saying there aren’t necessarily better teams out there but this version of Arkansas would do well in a bigger fields relatively speaking. Put it this way, NC State would not have won SEC yesterday but maybe they beat Arkansas in dual meet.
Although I’m cheering for the Wolfpack, I do believe Stanford is the #1 team in the country and the team to beat at Nationals in March! Saying that, the Wolfpack is the clear #2 based on last year and 6 of 7 last year returning! Anyone who thinks Arkansas is a title contender this year is a little delusional. NC State and Stanford would destroy them, plus about 6 other teams. Arkansas is a top 10 team, but not a top 5 team.
And talking about #5 runners, this is the packs strength! That is the way NC State might beat Stanford at Nationals, the strength of their pack! They could place 5 runners ?♀️ n the top 25 and possibly 4 in the top 15. Steelman, Dom, Chmiel, Starliper are all top 15 runners. And they have so much depth that they have at least 5 other runners that could all go top 25!
And that was a ridiculous statement that NC State would not have won the SEC! The ACC is a better conference. Arkansas might have been third in the ACC race.