diii SOUTH/southeast region 2006 (part 2)

We know the region is gauranteed 2 national berths, but let's say Centre wins by a pretty good margin and the 2-3 teams are separated by less than 5 points, what do you think are the chances the NCAA gives the #3 team an at-large. Each region is only allowed 5 max, and there's 8 regions. Anybody see that as a possibility? That being said, Centre has it locked up. If Rhodes runs to their best, then they're #2. For a third spot, either Emory or UMW will be close behind Rhodes if everyone steps up.

definitely not. the south has one ranked team, and they will receive no at-large bids

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Is he going to grad school? Or how does he get to come back for another year?

I never understood D3 redshirts.... i dont think he's gonna be a pro runner. I'd rather get on with my real life.

dude if you had a real life you wouldn't be on here

Where's the region meet next year?

I've heard it's at CNU

I've heard... wrote:

I've heard it's at CNU

correct

Wow, I was actually thinking about trying to be top-7 on my team next year, but if all it gets me is a trip to CNU, maybe I'll just slack off again.

what's that course like?

they used to have it on William and Mary's course, but that was for mason dixons like 4 years ago

not sure if it's the same but that was a sweet course

Not sure if they have a new course, but the one that I ran on was at a park in Newport News. The place is completely flat but had a lot of switchbacks that made it slow in some parts. There are a few little areas where you run into trails but a lot of open space. It's a fast course.

holy crap, rhodes destroys centre -- rhodes 21st, centre 28th

Yeah, nice run by Mahoney, 49th. Rhodes overall was quite impressive.

I heard the conditions were really poor so the field was really spread out, which is to be expected because a lot of people end up underperforming in those conditions. Just look at Haverford, their guys should have all been up there. 50 guys who ran slower than 30:00, and winning time was 26:31.

Rhodes would have beaten Centre if their normal number 5 hadn't DNFed at the Regional meet. They also return everyone but Sheftall and Barrows next year.

I know these numbers don't mean much because the conditions were so crappy. But I'm a stat geek and I figure them anyway. South region guys (excluding Warth and Stephenson) as a group were 2:43 slower on average at nationals than at regionals. For Centre, the difference was 2:55, for Rhodes 2:25 and for the qualifiers 2:49.

Warth, who dnf'd for Rhodes at regionals, was still their 7th guy at nationals, so I don't think his race made any difference.

Obviously his injury carried over.

The regional course next year will most likely be at Newport News Park. It's very flat and very fast. I don't know if the course will be designed the same as last time.

nice cbs piece on d3 nationals, including an interview with the guy from methodist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp6OHBEtVUw

the good old days....