D-3 Central Region XC

Last year the region got 4 teams in. Thoughts on chances again?

I would assume it would be the same number.

On my last count it was five schools.

Although I guess some may not count Wartburg as an actual college.

Vanbruggen should be able to recover in time for regions race...he will be back and in form by Nov. Stree fractures take what? usually 8-10 weeks (he caught it early by the sounds) so they have two huge front runners in fermoyle/erichsen and if VB rounds into shape he will be right there as he significantly better at Cross Country than track...

the stress fracture might actually help MVB. a little forced cross training will hopefully mean that his intermittent burnout problems won't come back (although obviously the heavy mileage worked pretty well for him last year)

Tony Hoff will make a post-collegiate comeback, you heard it here first.

enough with tony hoff. he was a hard worker who fell on hard times, and now he's graduated.

as far as the erichsen/fermoyle "frontrunner" comment, i would just like to note that erichsen is a far better track guy than he is in cross country. i wouldn't expect the same type of results that he had in track this year. on the other hand, i think the opposite holds true for fermoyle, and i would expect him to have a monster season this year.

dunker and fermoyle will go 1-2 at regions, with neb. wesleyan taking home the team title in an upset.

What about Wartburg? Will they have a better year this year or will it be a repeat of last year?

did they have a bad yaer last year? or what do you mean will it be a repeat of last year. it looks like they had a good year to me.

I didn't say they had a bad year, but they were in the same boat of mediocrity as Neb. Wesleyan. 4-5 at Regions and then low 20s at Nationals. How many guys does Wartburg return this year?

I remember Wesleyan having some good young runners at a track meet I was at this spring. If they keep imroving along with defending champ Dunker they could be pretty good.

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pretty sure wartburg was 3rd at regionals, and they were definitely a level above neb wesleyan and they will be again this year.

Yes, but NWU was ahead of Wartburg at nationals. So you could argue that they were close in talent last year.

NWU will be a good squad as always this year. Wartburg lost some key runners. NWU will be better. St. Johns looks like the team to beat. This region will not get 5 bids this year unless teams 3-4-5 are close. It seems to be the weakest it has been in about 5-6 years.

I don't see how it can appear to be the weakest in years before the season has started. People develop, and there is no way to tell who and how much at this point in the year.

Summer training is sweet.

Going off of who was lost from last year's squads and how the region finished at nationals. It is the same as talking about who is going to be the top team or teams. Had I said it is going to be the strongest it has been, you would be fine.

how much mileage do you think the average central region varsity cc runner does over the summer? just curious..

Peak of 60-70 for upperclassmen I would guess. Some more, some less. It would be interesting to know how the different programs approach the summer