I know it may be early. But I feel a good indicator of how the teams are going to do next year in the MIAC track meet. Here are my thoughts on teams strength next year.
St. Olaf- They will be very strong, even with the hit of losing Swanson they are gaining Ruon who I feel will really develop over this summer. The have a couple freshman, Lambert and Thompson also that could have break out summers.
Hamline-They are returning with Brandon which will certainly add to their team of losing two seniors. Hamline has a solid couple of runners Bauer and Groh.
Bethel- Always a dark horse of mine. They have three good runners of Greeno,Gladitsch and Hinrichs. They have two all-americans returning and if they had two more guys step up they could be a force.
St Thomas- Losing Atzinger but Boumeester having a very impressive 5k is the kind of leader St. Thomas needs to jumpstart their distance program.
St Johns and Carleton- Not quite sure what they will have after losing most of their team to seniors. It will be interesting to see what they can pull up.