NESCAC XC 2021 Thread

Can't really disagree with much here, good analysis overall. Only thing I'd really switch is Amherst and Conn, while Amherst was very quite and Conn had some good performances I'm going to guess that Amherst will end up beating Conn just via depth seeing as they tend to be able to pull together a decent team always and while Conn has definitely stepped up this spring, they seem to have a really good 1-2, and then a few other decent 15-5k guys but neither depth nor tradition.

Could be wrong tho, I wouldn't bet on it.

We need more posts on here nescac threads are usually popping

Middlebury is gonna get a dub this fall at nescac's... no doubt in my mind theyll win

purpledow wrote:

[quote]xcisback wrote: I'm going to guess that Amherst will end up beating Conn just via depth seeing as they tend to be able to pull together a decent team always and while Conn has definitely stepped up this spring, they seem to have a really good 1-2, and then a few other decent 15-5k guys but neither depth nor tradition.

Nothing drives 20 year olds in the last 1k of a race like thinking about all the NESCAC runners that came before them. Tradition > Current talent.

Williams is going 1-2 at nescacs, regionals, perhaps even NCAAs with Ryan and Lindgren. They both broke 14 in the 5k to go under the nescac record, no one is touching them in the northeast

NotAidanRyan wrote:

Williams is going 1-2 at nescacs, regionals, perhaps even NCAAs with Ryan and Lindgren. They both broke 14 in the 5k to go under the nescac record, no one is touching them in the northeast

Idk I've heard one of them is a little banged up, and I also heard Matt Carter is ready for a MONSTER summer.

Thoughts on the NCAAs decision to add more regions for the fall? (thereby splitting New England into 2 for the regional championship)

Bump

bump on the thump the willy boys will give all the other nescac grump's rumps this fall

Little 3s coming up this weekend. On the men's side, I think the question is will Williams sweep 1-7 like they did 2 years ago? I think it's possible, Amherst looked rough in their season opener, and Wesleyan is well, Wesleyan. For the women it's looking like Amherst will beat the ephs for the first time in who knows

Anyone who thinks umass Dartmouth is a legit 8k is an absolute clown. Course was like a quarter mile short, add like a minute to everyone’s time to get a better idea

If it is a quarter mile short I think a minute is very generous. Probably closer to 1:15.

Purple Valley Results now up on finishright.com. Williams won both races, Willams, MIT, Middlebury for men, Williams, MIT, Tufts for women. Elias Lindgren won, followed by Matthew Kearney & Andrew Mah of MIT, then Aidan Ryan. Danielle Page won by 63 seconds ahead of Genna Girard, Cassie Kearney, Meghan Davis.

Make that a three second margin for Page. Don't know where my eyes went. Sigh.

Middlebury men big surprise of this meet. Figured they'd be in top half of NESCAC, but looks like they could be in contention for runner up at NESCACS

purpledow wrote:

Middlebury men big surprise of this meet. Figured they'd be in top half of NESCAC, but looks like they could be in contention for runner up at NESCACS

Midd is very good this year, I've got them with around a 75% of getting second at NESCACs:

Nationally, they are around 20th:

Washed-up Grad Student wrote:

purpledow wrote:

Middlebury men big surprise of this meet. Figured they'd be in top half of NESCAC, but looks like they could be in contention for runner up at NESCACS

Midd is very good this year, I've got them with around a 75% of getting second at NESCACs:

https://www.lacctic.com/simulate/teamIDs=&individualRunnerIDs=&league=272&deleted=

Nationally, they are around 20th:

https://www.lacctic.com/simulate/teamIDs=&individualRunnerIDs=&league=6&deleted=

Go away, Bijan!!!

y'all are hyping up midd way too much. they only averaged 27:08 (I know pvc is a hard course, but still). Why not talk about bates winning against conn and tufts at the Bates Xc Shootout. Conn went 1-2-4 up front but bates took the 5-10 spots to get the win. Bates averaged 26:35 and Conn averaged 26:32 at pineland which is a very hard course. Plus I think conn had a lot of runners have off days so I wouldn't be surprised to see them best that performance.

Either way, bates is gonna be good this season. And conns performance at pineland proves their still better than midd. I bet conn finishes second in the mideast and top 3 at nescacs.