Left Gtown because he was academically ineligible...should be good for second semester if he turns things around. Roll Knights.
I hope he does tbh. Never know what he was going through while at Gtown that caused that. He runs the same races that Ruggles did (minus steeple), so if he can get back on track academically, Dan Moore could have ANOTHER ace up his sleeve with Hagan.
Just got off the phone with my son who is on the St. John Fisher team. Although he has never broken 27 in the 8k, he will make a gutsy attempt to do so this saturday at the Yellowjacket meet by taking the first 400 out in a 62! Just like he did at the Hamilton meet!
Just got off the phone with my son who is on the St. John Fisher team. Although he has never broken 27 in the 8k, he will make a gutsy attempt to do so this saturday at the Yellowjacket meet by taking the first 400 out in a 62! Just like he did at the Hamilton meet!
After looking at the Fisher results from today's Yellowjacket Invite.. you should tell your son to try a 61 next time! Maybe with his contribution in the first 400 meters of a 8k he will keep Fisher in the top 10 rankings of the Niagara region (who are one of the worst regions in the country!)
Just got off the phone with my son who is on the St. John Fisher team. Although he has never broken 27 in the 8k, he will make a gutsy attempt to do so this saturday at the Yellowjacket meet by taking the first 400 out in a 62! Just like he did at the Hamilton meet!
should have learned his lesson like every freshman at McQuaid that going out in 62 at Genesee Valley park is a mistake
Just one meet this week worth discussing: The Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational. Though not the pre-regional meet this year, there were still loads of Niagara teams running (and some good out of region competition as well!). The first big test at the 8k distance for all of these teams, and man, it was a good one.
Yellowjacket Invitational (Rochester) Notable Niagara Region Teams: Hamilton, Ithaca, Oneonta, RIT, Rochester, Cobleskill, Geneseo, St. John Fisher Results: 1st: Cornell (15), 2nd: Colgate (74), 3rd: Geneseo (123), 4th: Buffalo (130), 5th: Rochester (173), 6th: Oneonta, (176) 7th: RIT (210), 8th: Hamilton (222), 9th: Oberlin (223), 10th: St. John Fisher (267). Analysis: No need to read into the top 4 teams results too much - Cornell went 1-12 with their B and C teamers, Colgate looked stronger than usual (5 freshmen in their top 7!), Genny and Buffalo both sent partial squads and did fine. Rochester seemed to do… ok? on their home course and was the top complete Niagara team as expected - though what the heck happened to Hendricks? Was their #1 in their opener and their #7 today. These guys had Oneonta breathing down their necks, hopefully they will continue to improve throughout the season. I’ll chock it up as an off day, but they are in danger of falling out of the top 5 in my book. ONEONTA! Thank you for FINALLY validating my pre-season belief in you. Only 3 points behind Rochester. Another solid run from Bierman who continues to look like a Nationals qualifier, and the rest of their team seemed to step up as well. A serious bummer they lost McClain to Genny but it seems like their depth is picking up the slack and could be in contention for a top 5 finish at regionals. Better run than I expected from RIT - I guess the announcement of their demise was premature. Their #1 Derick Koen (15:37 PB) had an excellent day, finishing as the top D3 runner at the meet. They don’t have the depth to back him up, but it seems like I was wrong to drop them from my rankings. Not a great day from Hamilton. Their top runner Mansbach was only 32nd, and the rest of their runners seemed to stagnate or backslide from their opener. They are young though, and could do much better as a team once they have a few 8ks under their belt.
Jasper Fall Classic (Manhattan) Notable Niagara Region Teams: NYU Results: 1st: Rider (43), 2nd: Canisius (65), 3rd: Siena (68), 4th: NYU (85) Analysis: I lied up above - decided to talk about NYU, who opened up what appeared to be their full team this weekend. No George Brady, Aidin Hasan, or Nick Ankuta - with the later 2 not on the roster at all. Concerning, but they still had a strong day with Tobin leading the charge. Several of their other runs also seemed to have made strides from last season. Hopefully they can get Brady back soon - without him, I feel less confident that this team can qualify for Nationals, though they should be 2nd at regionals on paper. But as I’ve said before, these guys love to blow their load too early, so let's hope it’s not all downhill from here (see: 2022 season).
Another fun weekend of action and we seem to have a better picture of the region as a whole. I’ll throw an updated top 10 out, cause why not. Next major meet for the region is in 2 weeks at Paul Short, though I’ll poke around and see if there are any small meets to highlight next weekend.
1. Geneseo 2. NYU 3. Brockport 4a. Rochester (Giving them the benefit of the doubt for an off day, though they’re on thin ice) 4a. Cortland 6. Oneonta 7. RIT 8. Houghton 9. Hamilton 10. Nazareth
Just one meet this week worth discussing: The Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational. Though not the pre-regional meet this year, there were still loads of Niagara teams running (and some good out of region competition as well!). The first big test at the 8k distance for all of these teams, and man, it was a good one.
Yellowjacket Invitational (Rochester) Notable Niagara Region Teams: Hamilton, Ithaca, Oneonta, RIT, Rochester, Cobleskill, Geneseo, St. John Fisher Results: 1st: Cornell (15), 2nd: Colgate (74), 3rd: Geneseo (123), 4th: Buffalo (130), 5th: Rochester (173), 6th: Oneonta, (176) 7th: RIT (210), 8th: Hamilton (222), 9th: Oberlin (223), 10th: St. John Fisher (267). Analysis: No need to read into the top 4 teams results too much - Cornell went 1-12 with their B and C teamers, Colgate looked stronger than usual (5 freshmen in their top 7!), Genny and Buffalo both sent partial squads and did fine. Rochester seemed to do… ok? on their home course and was the top complete Niagara team as expected - though what the heck happened to Hendricks? Was their #1 in their opener and their #7 today. These guys had Oneonta breathing down their necks, hopefully they will continue to improve throughout the season. I’ll chock it up as an off day, but they are in danger of falling out of the top 5 in my book. ONEONTA! Thank you for FINALLY validating my pre-season belief in you. Only 3 points behind Rochester. Another solid run from Bierman who continues to look like a Nationals qualifier, and the rest of their team seemed to step up as well. A serious bummer they lost McClain to Genny but it seems like their depth is picking up the slack and could be in contention for a top 5 finish at regionals. Better run than I expected from RIT - I guess the announcement of their demise was premature. Their #1 Derick Koen (15:37 PB) had an excellent day, finishing as the top D3 runner at the meet. They don’t have the depth to back him up, but it seems like I was wrong to drop them from my rankings. Not a great day from Hamilton. Their top runner Mansbach was only 32nd, and the rest of their runners seemed to stagnate or backslide from their opener. They are young though, and could do much better as a team once they have a few 8ks under their belt.
Jasper Fall Classic (Manhattan) Notable Niagara Region Teams: NYU Results: 1st: Rider (43), 2nd: Canisius (65), 3rd: Siena (68), 4th: NYU (85) Analysis: I lied up above - decided to talk about NYU, who opened up what appeared to be their full team this weekend. No George Brady, Aidin Hasan, or Nick Ankuta - with the later 2 not on the roster at all. Concerning, but they still had a strong day with Tobin leading the charge. Several of their other runs also seemed to have made strides from last season. Hopefully they can get Brady back soon - without him, I feel less confident that this team can qualify for Nationals, though they should be 2nd at regionals on paper. But as I’ve said before, these guys love to blow their load too early, so let's hope it’s not all downhill from here (see: 2022 season).
Another fun weekend of action and we seem to have a better picture of the region as a whole. I’ll throw an updated top 10 out, cause why not. Next major meet for the region is in 2 weeks at Paul Short, though I’ll poke around and see if there are any small meets to highlight next weekend.
1. Geneseo 2. NYU 3. Brockport 4a. Rochester (Giving them the benefit of the doubt for an off day, though they’re on thin ice) 4a. Cortland 6. Oneonta 7. RIT 8. Houghton 9. Hamilton 10. Nazareth
That U of R course can be really tough when the sun comes out, and even if it’s your home course baking in a hot field for 4 loops on a course that is actually pretty tough anyways despite it being flat can be hard. I think you’re right to give Rochester the benefit of the doubt here. If I had to change your top 10 I’d put Oneonta 5 and Cortland 6.
Roberts Wesleyan is this weekend. Bad course imo but hoping we get to see Geneseo’s A team finally. I think that’s the only meet worth looking at.
I heard from an anonymous source (definitely not myself) that Sean Hendricks threw up midway through the race on saturday. Rumor has it he sipped water straight out of the Genesee River before the race, thus giving him a severe case of giardia!
Call me crazy…. But it’s probs SUNYG because how are NYU’s women not #1 in the regional ranking after their weekend. who knows if they keep rolling but they were better on the weekend.
I wonder if our regional rep reads this thread, we had the exact same rankings except for Hamilton and Houghton being switched.
Wouldn't surprise me if they do. Houghton should be switched with Hamilton, and I don't think Naz should be ranked at all. If the rep does read the thread he should put Hobart #1 I hear they've got a crazy championship season planned.
I wonder if our regional rep reads this thread, we had the exact same rankings except for Hamilton and Houghton being switched.
Wouldn't surprise me if they do. Houghton should be switched with Hamilton, and I don't think Naz should be ranked at all. If the rep does read the thread he should put Hobart #1 I hear they've got a crazy championship season planned.
Poor Hobart. Have they ever been good? Hopefully someday. It's fun when teams like Houghton make jumps.
Would be funny to put out an insanely incorrect regional top 10 next Sunday and see if I can throw all of the official rankings into chaos