Who will win the Showdown at Pre Nats?

Looks like EKU is running very well. Great Job guys.

Go EKU!!!

What's chapping Hall's ass?

if you couldnt catch the sarcasm in the post where i had the 1-9 im sorry....those are actual results though from 2 years ago when we held ovc's. and as im saying the big pre-nats showdown was a bust. in a race like that you can run 5 sec behind someone the whole way and never even know it. all i know is i was invovled in just a horrible race at prenats where everyone ran subpar...and we scored 19pts at conference a few weeks later. also another year when EKU had 5 kenyans and they crushed us at loyola...only to have us beat them at conference. as i said anything can happen. i think parish is still crying into his beer about that one in 98, or he's crying about the fact he cant fit into his clothes from 2 months ago.

You need to look at the 1989 ovc results when EKU scored a perfect score with only one German and the rest USA boys. Your right anything can happen but the tide is turning and the way the EKU boys are running EIU needs to look to next year to rebuild. So Hall go out and have a beer or two because your season will be over very soon.

Killians the choice of Champions.

Cheers!

its not my place to talk for the guys since im out of eligibility but i know the guys are far from satisfied and that is a huge understatement, about their race and are looking to bounce back next race.

also curious to who you are, come out from behind you little nickname, you can email me if you want so you can still post annonomously

i too am an OVC champ...if you want to take Mtuse out of the results cause he was collecting matsers money on the roadracing scene...coulndt resist on that one.

im more of a lienenkugle fan myself. good luck to you

Don't worry about those guys Ryan, OVC's will be over in a few weeks and we won't have to talk anymore. It is in the nature of a message board to talk trash anonymously, I guess that is part of the appeal. The real question is what are you up to these days? Training for the Marathon? Send me an e-mail or something.

Later,

J.C.

Now that Pre-nats are behind us, does anyone have any new predictions for OVC's?

It looks like it could be an EKU sweep. I do agree with Hall in that the race will be totally different. At OVC there will be about 60 runners total but coming in, EKU has got to be the favorite. I've always been impressed on what EIU has been able to do with in-state athletes but if people want to get mad about teams having Kenyans, either go get your own or get over it. The women's race is the same way only you've got to throw in SEMO in the mix. It should be a great time no matter what.

I keep reading all these posts about the OVC and I am wondering when it became a conference worth a sniff? I guess the internet has really helped some conferences self promote. You can take that as a slam, but it isn't meant as one. From all the talk I would think that these teams are on the level of a Col. Stan. or Ark. It just seems that in reality, there isn't really all that much to talk about? It is a second tier conference. Anyone agree?

Yeah, thanks for noticing buddy! We are sooo sorry we aren't as good as you, but we still have the right to debate about our dinky little conference too. If you don't want to read about our conference then don't, there are plenty of other threads to read.

Sorry for not being as great as you,

J.C. Chirgwin

Yes the OVC is not Stanford or UCLA or even Oregon but it produces some good runners and is a competive conference. The schools in the OVC are not blessed with the big budgets like the so call big conferences but they run pretty well with what they get. I know when I ran at EKU we had 1.5 full rides and we still beat SEC,ACC schools. Also if you look at the History of the OVC. Such runners as Nick Rose, Dave Murphy, David Warren, Elvis Ford, and a host of other Olympic runners have ran for OVC schools Even Ray Flynn. At one time in the Mid 70's and early 80's schools such as Murray State, Western Kentucky and EAst Tenn. were a force. But like all good things Title 9 screwed the whole conf up. The OVC has made a big come back in Cross country over the past 14 years. So there you go hope it helps you out dude.

Cheers!