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I'm surprised you'd put WSC and Mankato in front of Harding. They are loaded and should be considered top 4 if not better.

Kosgei (XC runner up in Penscacola & 10k champ), Kirwa (10k champ, 5k runner up, all around fast), Artur Kern (11th or so? in Pensacola), James Cheruiyot (19th in Joplin), Wojciech Kopec (All South Region last year), new kenyan dude

Watch the ASC meet this weekend. Key Western guys injured in the spring not ready to race: Clark, Pennel. No 5th may mean no 3rd.

My underdog is Queens University...for top 5.

As for Queens, they never make it, they always have a good 4 or 3 but never a solid 5 or 7 which is what you need to be ranked.

I would like to see what Harding does are there any meets anytime soon that they run in?

Although the times were slow, Queens' 5th runner at App was All-American Ryan Connelly. I believe he was sick this summer and has just returned to training. They should have a solid top 5

Harding's racing at memphis twilight sept 13th. I am giong to predict a 1-4 finish even though there are some very good teams/individuals that will be there

In the Know....... wrote:

Harding's racing at memphis twilight sept 13th. I am giong to predict a 1-4 finish even though there are some very good teams/individuals that will be there

The only one who would say that would be a slow American from Harding College. Keep on living through the running of some old foreign guys!

Harding redshirted some guys last fall to make a run at the championship this year---

Kirwa is a individual champion contender

Kosgei needs to get back to 06-07 form--if he does, this is an excellent 1-2 punch

Kern ran sub 30 at FLA 2 years ago

Cheruyiot is also strong

Biwott ran a 31 minute 10k this spring in Kenya (on dirt at 7000 feet)

Not super deep---but a team that could contend for the title

This is my guess, cold and windy for Slippery rock, Say good bye kenyans.

They will never race well in teh Cold.

Say hello to RMAC region dominating:

Adams

Western

Metro

Mines

Mankato

Schools like that...Chico and GV can also go in there even though they don't live in the mountains and snow.

Pro league wrote:

This is my guess, cold and windy for Slippery rock, Say good bye kenyans.

They will never race well in teh Cold.

Say hello to RMAC region dominating:

Adams

Western

Metro

Mines

Mankato

Schools like that...Chico and GV can also go in there even though they don't live in the mountains and snow.

Something tells me that Michigan has more snow than either Alamosa, Gunnison, or Denver.

the point is, kenyans can't run in snow. IF it snows, say goodbye to all kenyan teams, ACU, Harding, Queens (i think), game over man.

Yeah, like when a Kenyan won in the snow in Ashland?

and the ACU team got second?

who did they get second too?

Western of course.

gee thats funny, who else ran in that race?

I think Queens will be a top 5 no doubt they have kid named John Tuttle who is cleared by the NCAA yet and runs sub 2:30 in marathons already at 21.

Mr. Tuttle, maybe you should try to be a little less obvious when you are tooting you're own horn....geez...

a 230 marathon barely converts to sub 1530 5k. that wont help queen too much mr. tuttle!