D3 XC Individual Contenders

Brian Butzler

Chris Erichsen of St. John's.

Colin Sanders of Vassar will win the Atlantic Region and will be a contender to win D3.

Jed Christiansen, calvin

willy kaul, la crosse

hany abdallah, nyu

jon phillips, nyu

ryan williams, nyu

shamus nally, cortland

julian boggs, colorado

I would definitely include the 2006 Central Region Champion, Chris Dunker.

billy kaul, LAX???

didn't you mean oshkosh?

Since I was the first to pick him to win the steeple last year (on outdoor DIII thread) I want to be the first to pick Peter Kosgei. Any guy that is willing to run a 15k in July in sweats and also runs steeple has the right kind of physical and mental toughness for me.

yea my bad

wtf... wrote:

billy kaul, LAX???

didn't you mean oshkosh?

What about Tyler Seagull from UW-P?

Peter Kosgei will win no contest.

I don't know much about DIII, but I'll second the vote for its "plastic cross-country" champ, Kosgei. Anybody who improved that much during an outdoor track season can improve much more.

Plus, he won't be beaten up by spending the season sorting out who's number one on his own team. I've seen that happen on some potentially-great squads--the guys compete in every practice to see who's where in the team pecking order, and they run each other into the ground by the end of the season.

Place

MXC wrote:

Chris Erichsen of St. John's.

I second this. 25:25 on a very tough course in early September.

Jason Rexing, UNA

Kevin Chavez, Occidental

Dan Whisler, Mount Union

Willy Kaul (Oshkosh) is rumored to be out for the season.

Kaul is not on Wisc. Oshkosh roster.

(Insert top runner from your team here)