DII Weekend Action

braun isnt going to be afraid of crouch, he finished runner up to two of the best d2 runners ever the last two years. oh and his pr's are better in every distance i believe. and who cares how anyone races right now? the best runners are pounding out the miles and wont race well yet

Correction.........Braun's altitude converted times are better. Too bad they never hold up to head-to-head competition.

But you have to admit Crouch has the advantage going in.

And seriously, Braun may not be the best guy on his own team. You are foolish if you think Brian and Ruben are going to lie down and let Braun beat them. Brian keeps getting closer and closer. It's time that guy got his own national title!

Chef Boy-R-I-Stupid wrote:

I thought the recipe for disaster was

Take a DII national champion team (ACU)

mix in a few more Kenyans

bake with a egotistical former DI GA for three months and presto...

you've got a mess

A unique twist is to sprinkle your team with dollar bills at Christmas time and you end up with NCAA violations

Except, his bio reads of grad studies seven years ago.

Except, there haven't been any new Kenyan arrivals since he came on board.

Except, those violation occured before he assumed the position.

But you are right, his ego does fill a room.

yo ruben sanca is a true baller who is going to surprise many in his post collegiate running years

mikegravel100mpw wrote:

yo ruben sanca is a true baller who is going to surprise many in his post collegiate running years

for real, shut the f up!!!!!!

no. braun's sea level times are better you r tard. and no, braun has the advantage. youve obviously never doubled at track nationals (or even been there) cause its way harder than youd ever imagine mentally and physically.

Braun: 13:36, 3:43

Crouch: 13:40, 3:45

-both times are unconverted on a 400m outdoor track from 2009

he isgay wrote:

mikegravel100mpw wrote:

yo ruben sanca is a true baller who is going to surprise many in his post collegiate running years

for real, shut the f up!!!!!!

No you shut up cuz Sanca is ballin out of control these days. He no longer lives in Lowell!!!

Who else does everyone think will close out the top ten after Braun and crouch?

Ruben Sanca of Umass Lowell is ballin' out of control these days since moving out of Lowell.

According to wikipedia, Lowell household income is 39,192 with 16.8% of the population BELOW the poverty line!

"The median income for a household in the city was $39,192, and the median income for a family was $45,901. Males had a median income of $33,554 versus $27,399 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,557. About 13.6% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.2% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over."

Just the fact that anyone is considering a guy to win who this time last year had a 5k best 0f around 15:20 is pretty amazing.

You have to hand it to Crouch for improving so much. If he improves even a little bit this year, he will take a step ahead of Braun.

This may just be be me, but seeing him control both the indoor 5k and outdoor 1500, I think Crouch may become the best runner in DII history........ and I do know how good Bauhs was.

They look like one in the same except one can string together a complete sentence.

For real?Might want to check some Naimadu stats: 12 national titlesCross country: 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007Indoor: 5000m 2005, 2006, and 2007Outdoor:5000m(2005, 2006), 3000m/sc (2005, 2006, and 2007) 18 time All-AmericanCross country:2004, 05, 06, & 07Indoor: DMR( 05, 06, & 07), Mile (06 & 07), 5k (05, 06, & 07)Outdoor: 5k ( 05 & 06), 3000m/sc (05, 06, & 07), 10k (07)

lower than lowell wrote:

This may just be be me, but seeing him control both the indoor 5k and outdoor 1500, I think Crouch may become the best runner in DII history........ and I do know how good Bauhs was.

You can pile all of Nicodemus's wooden plaques and plastic trophies in one pile and you will not equal Scotty's 27:48 and adidas contract.

Where is your Nico now? Flipping burgers while Bauhs is getting a massage?

I'm not going to throw fuel on the fire. Nico and Scotty are two of the best runners in D2 history. Nico is the only 4 time cross country champion in NCAA history (men/women, D1/D2/D3). Scotty has the D2 record in the 10k. Nico wasn't too far off back at Stanford a few years back when he kicked down Ryan Hall (among others) to run sub 28:10 for the win.

Any attempt to degrade either of them because you support the other is completely childish.

lower than lowell wrote:

You can pile all of Nicodemus's wooden plaques and plastic trophies in one pile and you will not equal Scotty's 27:48 and adidas contract.

Where is your Nico now? Flipping burgers while Bauhs is getting a massage?

While Scotty is getting his weekly rub down, Nicodemus will be in dental School. But nice try to down grade the most decorated xc athlete EVER in the history of the NCAA system. Troll scale: 3 / 10

Braun is twice the athlete crouch is. Braun was 22 seconds ahead of Crouch at 8k in Slippery Rock and 21 seconds ahead come the finish so of course Crouch would have won if it was 11k..... NAAAAAAAAAAT!

Braun has better prs and mans up and doubles for his team. Crouch pussies it and just does the 1500 at Outdoors because it might be "too hot" for a 5k LOL then pussies USA's as well.

Braun > Crouch

People may think I'm crazy now but I predict that ultimately the UML Lowell Ruben Sanca aka Baller outta control will be the best runner to come out of NCAA Division 2 of all time

i.e. olympic trials surprise win

hahahaha crouch is a very good runner but winning two weak races in track doesnt mean much. indoor 5k; all the other top 5k runners had doubled

outdoor 1500; crouch's competition either doubled and/ or ran from behind

and are you saying Bauhs or Crouch cant speak properly? and who in d2 worships crouch like this?

3 top d2 runners alltime; Mike Aish, Nico Naimadu, Scotty Bauhs

Agreed. Crouch picks races he knows he has a shot to win, what is wrong with that? He knows if he had to dig down and be a man he'd get dropped.

I know more than you wrote:

Agreed. Crouch picks races he knows he has a shot to win, what is wrong with that? He knows if he had to dig down and be a man he'd get dropped.

Like he dug down and won 2 national titles.... Winning is winning.