I know of a D2 10,000 national champion who consistently put in over 40 hours a week at work, carried a 19 hour load and still found time to train like an animal, the amount of dedication i have seen from the African athletes far exceeds most that I have seen from the Americans....
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I know of a D2 10,000 national champion who consistently put in over 40 hours a week at work, carried a 19 hour load and still found time to train like an animal, the amount of dedication i have seen from the African athletes far exceeds most that I have seen from the Americans....
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you know what I think? i think americans should get off their lazy behinds and start working harder. then and only then will WE (yes we) start being able to compete with the africans. complaining on the message board aint gonna do squat.
I couldn't agree more....
no one has mentioned age. many foreign d2 runners are at their peak running age (20-30), while american college runners are around 18-23
thats a good point never thought of that. why is that? do other countries not have college? or are even the lowly US schools like Adams and Western, where all you need to do is fog a mirror to pass, still better than foreign colleges?
Western has seen its best days. Without hogath, western beat adams at regionals then 2 weeks later even with Hogath in there they only tie. Hogarth is gone, but if you take him out of the scoring western loses to Abilene and adams badly. Adams clearly ran better than Western at nationals and he big question is why did western fade so badly over the last few weeks?
You really HATE Jen don't you? It is quite comical reading all the hateful post, even the ones that are attempting to knock without really saying it directly.
Keep it coming.
get off the F@#$king thread flower!
with Hogarth leaving, outside of Adams who will be up there in the DMR?
Here are my Predictions, Based off of last years results:
1.ASC- they got all their runners back, Not my favorite team but they win, Also Braun is the 1500m champ and their anchorleg, and Lara is their 1200m leg with ridiculos speed.
2. Minnesota st.- They got 6th last year but are really strong and all the teams in front of them lost 3/4 of their members. Minnesota also has a Kenyan that ran a 1:50 in the 800m. He will probably do the anchor since he is also got 15th place at Cross Nats.
3.Colorado School of Mines - They lost their 800 leg, but Nick Manyard can take that spot, and Several strong runners are coming back, including Joel Hamilton who might run one of the legs (probably anchor).
4.Abilene - They don't have Nicodemus so they definitely might contend for the win. They still have at least 3 very strong kenyans, all of them were all american in cross.
5. South Dakota - Probably about the same time for them a little bit faster because all of their runners are returning.
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Teams contedning for All american Spots
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Lock Haven - finished 7th last year, but there is stronger competition than last year, probably won't make it.
Stonehill - finished 8th last year, but there is stronger competition than last year, probably won't make it.
Lewis- Was third Last year but but lost 3 runners.
Western Washington - Was second last year but lost 3 runners.
Western State - didn't have a team that qualified last year, probably will be top 5 if they qualify. They have many strong cross runners, and some of em have speed. But i also don't think they care about the DMR.
Metro State - They have some solid track runners (Luna Brothers and Todd Tolentino), and could definitely surprize alot of people possible top 5 finish.
GVS - Had 4 all americans in Cross, If any of those guys have speed besides Peck they will be top 8
Southern Connecticut state - THey just missed the cuf off last year and all of their runners are returning, will be sub 10 min.
Mass. Lowell - Returning everyone, i have no idea who they are but they were just behind GVS by .7 secs and 2.1 secs from going to nationals.
What does everyone else think?
the pervious post is for DMR indoor track.
Mines won't get that hihg. They'll make it, but not that high Metro has a shot at placing, but I agree ASC will win it all.
there is no way that MSU-Mankato and Mines will finish 2nd and 3rd. and your prediction about stonehill not making it is stupid they will probably run the auto qualifier.
South Dakota all the way baby!!!!
good luck with that south dakota!!! First of all you don't have a 1200 that can run with abilene or adams second you don't have 800 that can run sub 1.50 like abilene and adams. third you don't have a miler that can run anywhere close to sub four or 404 for that matter... so good luck to all the pretending teams face it you don't have the runners like the top 2 teams have!!!!!!!!!!!
Abilene won't be #2, Nico is GONE!!! Not sure if you are aware of this, but he was good and it will hurt them a lot.
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Abilene won't be #2, Nico is GONE!!! Not sure if you are aware of this, but he was good and it will hurt them a lot.
and you don't think ACU will have another recuit lined up to take his place?
Think back to outdoors last year. Where did ACU score it's points? Everywhere!
It will take more than a group of mid/long runners to win nats.
Just ask the Adams or Western guys.........
there they go again buying themselves a team...