How does everybody see the great lakes region turning out?? it looks like only 4-5 teams at most are going to make it out this year.
Heres my predictions
1. Wisconsin
2. Michigan
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan State
5. Eastern Michigan
6. Butler
7. Indiana
8. Indiana State
9. Ohio State
10. Ohio/Oakland
Ohio State wil be in the top 5. MSU will not. Butler is somewhat unkown. Indiana is better than expected. ND that high? Will Michigan bomb at Regionals for the 3rd straight year? Please remove ISU from any list.
If warhurst doesn't make it back to nationals after not qualifying the last 2 years, he should be fired.
They have too much talent.
Agreed.
Heard a Michigan guy claim it should be their best cc team they've had in 10 years.
Replace ohio/oakland with kent state or miami (oh), bump ohio state and eastern michigan a bit higher and michigan a bit lower and that would would be my list.
MSU should be dropped.
Burler should be dropped.
OSU raised.
Eastern is a big mystery.
IU might be higher because Regionals is in Bloomington.
Oakland, Kent, Miami - who cares.
Last time Eastern ran in Bloominton for the Great Lakes they made it to the big dance. Defintely think it will happen again this year.
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Last time Eastern ran in Bloominton for the Great Lakes they made it to the big dance. Defintely think it will happen again this year.
i agree, eastern should be pretty good this year and make it past regionals. although they routinely have a roster double the size of most universities they compete against.
Last Regionals at Indiana, so did Wisconsin then ND then Ohio State then Butler then Indiana then Eastern (Eastern and IU barely got in after an obscure point gotten from beating American University).
It sounds like what you are complaining about is the rules. So what about the teams that didnt make it last year because of this same system. What place did Eastern finish out of the teams that went to NCAA from Great Lakes? Also, If I recall correctly I believe U of M had quite of few at-large points and they didnt make it that year because of a poor regionals performance. Your arguement has no validity, except its sounds like you are upset with the system in place. I guess you have two options: 1) Get involved and try to change the situation or 2) Continue to complain about it. Your choice.
loyd carr not wrote:
If warhurst doesn't make it back to nationals after not qualifying the last 2 years, he should be fired.
Yeah, about 30 years of coaching champions, Big Ten titles like crazy, All-Americans by the score--all of that counts for nothing. You need to learn more about cross country.
Otherwise, go sit with all the idiots that think Olympian and NCAA champion Prefontaine sucked.
How many of Warhurst athletes that were All-Americans or Big Ten Champions were good before they got to him?
All of them.
There was a time when Warhurst really coached a group of guys, now maybe one or two at a time.
keep Miami in your back pocket for Great Lakes...just saying..
sovacool yes.
the tean, no way.
if those are all the teams for the great lakes regions, then deffinately it will be just Wisconsin and Michigan. for a second, i wondered if Michigan has the guys to beat Notre Dame, then I looked at their roster and realized that yeah, they should. And like another poster said, Warhurst does have quite a bit of talent; he should be able to get to nationals this year. Here's who we're looking at on their roster of top guys.
Runner # Place at GL Regionals 2006
Mike Woods 26th
Lex Williams 44th
John Black 19th
Victor Gras DNS
Brandon Fellows 45th
Justin Switzer 108th
Sean McNamara DNS
Craig Forys(Freshman)
Should do better this year.