pre nats predictions

OSU will come out on top.

I saw them doing speedwork yesterday out on the course and they looked mighty impressive. Vail was flying.

oh, and they have German.

Most teams won't win, but won't come in last either.

1. OK State

2. Alabama

3. FSU

4. Minnesota

5. Cal

6. Michigan

7. NC State

8. Providence

9. W&M

10. Providence

11. UMass

12. Syracuse

1. OK State

2. Alabama

3. FSU

4. Minnesota

5. Cal

6. Michigan

7. NC State

8. Providence

9. W&M

10. Providence

11. UMass

12. Syracuse

maybe.. wrote:

1. OK State

2. Alabama

3. FSU

4. Minnesota

5. Cal

6. Michigan

7. NC State

8. Providence

9. W&M

10. Providence

11. UMass

12. Syracuse

I'm interested in how Providence will finish twice in the results.

good call...

10. Notre Dame

Ok. State isn't running their full squad according to an interview with Coach Smith on TrackShark.

http://www.trackshark.com/features/scott/247/Oklahoma+State+Dave+Smith+Interview.html

And Oregon isn't sending it men's or women's teams. So this year Pre-Nats won't help sort out the very top men's or women's teams.

For the men, we won't see any head-to-head competition between the top-4 teams until the Big-12 meet (#2 Oklahoma vs. #3 Colorado). #1 Oregon will go against #4 Portland at the West Regional meet. (At the Oct 4 Dellinger meet, Oregon, with their two best runners out, narrowly beat Portland 49-56.) That's it.

For the top-4 women's teams, #1 Washington & #2 Oregon will go head-to-head twice before Nats (at PAC-10 & West Regional meets). #1 Washington races #4 Minnesota at Pre-Nats. That's it.

The top head-to-head competitions at Pre-Nats will be:

MEN BLUE RACE (#2 Oklahoma St vs. #6 Alabama)

MEN WHITE RACE (#3 Colorado vs. #7 Iona College

WOMEN BLUE RACE (#1 Washington vs. #4 Minnesota)

WOMEN WHITE RACE (#3 Florida St. vs. #5 Princeton)

These top ranked teams should all have easy wins in their Pre-Nats races (except for Oklahoma if they don't send their best runners). A win by Iona, Minnesota or Princeton would be considered an upset.

Top 25 - Combined B&W Races

1. Oklahoma State

2. Colorado

3. Alabama

4. Stanford

5. Iona College

6. Iowa State

7. Florida State

8. Minnesota

9. Virginia

10.North Carolina State

11.Michigan

12.William & Mary

13.Northern Arizona

14.Texas

15.BYU

16.Syracuse

17.Auburn

18.UCLA

19.Providence

20.Tulsa

21.California

22.Cal Poly

23.Michigan State

24.Liberty

25.Notre Dame

colorado, virginia, and bama will all do will.

the watch out for iona and fsu

Chelanga fastest time of the day: 23:01

it's mid october and these guy haven't raced ?

i've beeing seach for results

Fernadaz hasn't raced in months ?

What are you talking about? Fernandez and the rest of the OSU team (minus Kosgei) raced at their home invitational a couple weeks back and looked great.

Still can't figure out why people are ranking Minnesota so high. Just doesn't make any sense.

I think Chelanga will run a course record or at least be under 23.

It cracks me up that Butler never gets any love until they wind up making it to nationals. They will be in the top 25 of the combined races this weekend. They are solid. You will see.

minnesota always seems to peak really well.. and with 2 guys that will potentially place top 20 at nats, they should do well.

runchi wrote:

Butler

Dark horse

Minnesota got 8th last year and is arguably better this year. They always start slow and peak well. I don't think they will do anything spectacular at pre-nats, probably 5th or 6th in their race and about 10th overall, but look for them to win Big 10s, place 2nd and Midwest regionals, and be 6th at the big dance.

I'm trying to find a thread with info in what is up with Wisconsin. They're running an invite that's mostly Div III teams this weekend, and they still haven't run their top two recruits, Rob Finnerty and Maverick Darling. Considering what Fernandez, Derrick, Puskedra, Lowe, Fout, Johnson and others have been doing, it would seem like a big mistake not to run them.