Patriot "League of their own"

what is the deal with the colgate course? i heard it's really hard but it's quite short of 8k. is this true? will times from this meet really mean anything?

If I remember correctly it is only 7800 meters. Times really don't mean much. In 2006 the top three three of Fennel Hanlon and Forys ran 25:20, 25:29, and 25:36 at patriots. 2 weeks later at mid atlantic regionals Forys and Fennel finished 4th and 7th while Hanlon was 11th in the northeast regional. It runs very slow especially if its muddy.

Its a new course. We ran it earlier in the year. Full 8k but one monster hill and a few medium to mini hills. For how slow it is its actually a pretty cool course. That being said there are 2-3 pretty tight turns that should really get the boot. I guess nothings perfect.

how is Navy ranked 3rd?

They're ranked 4th in the region, is that what you're talking about? If it is they look like a very good team with Hanko up front but they're 4th and 5th need to step up if they want to make some real noise at regionals. 24:40's at Paul Short is good especially from a sophomore and freshman but still a bit off from where they need to be, the scary thing about Navy...no seniors in their top 5.

Was looking at the letsrun polls from the front page where it looks like they are picked 3rd in their conference?

Patriot League Men's Poll

1. Bucknell (1) 8

2. American 7

3. Navy 6

4. Colgate 5

5. Army 4

6. Holy Cross 3

7. Lafayette 2

8. Lehigh 1

http://www.letsrun.com/2009/ncaapolls1015.php

Oh wow that poll is pretty ridiculous is that for the women?...no that cant be it, oh I think just one person voted or something and they voted weird.

theres definitely something wrong with the poll. It looks like only one persons vote was recorded. I know I voted Navy first and that apparently didn't show up.

and apparently that one voter didn't know much about patriot league xc. Navy third? Lehigh last?

what happened to american? they used to be so dominant. bucknell is on the up these days though

How I seez it

1. Navy!

2. Army

3. Bucknell

4. Lehigh?

5. American?

6. Holy Cross

7. Colgate

8. Lafayette

Navy looked outstanding again, cruising to a 19-41 win over Army at West Point.

other results

After this week:

Navy

American

Bucknell

Army

Lehigh

Colgate

Holy Cross

Lafayette

The only thing is that the course at Colgate is really hilly which will hurt the middle distance runners who ran on the flatter courses yesterday.

wow, american looked really good yesterday. think they might have to be the favorite for second place. anybody know how fast that course was, must have been great conditions.

Patriot League Champs...

1 Navy Class of the league

2 American Looked great last weekend

3 Army Giving them the nod over Bucknell

4 Bucknell Just barely behind Army in a close battle

5 Lehigh In no mans land

6 Holy Cross Barely beats out Colgate

7 Colgate See above

8 Lafayette Is it indoor yet?

I heard the course AU ran on last weekend is 180 meters short. If this is true they're probably not clearly ahead of Army or Bucknell. It's looking like a pretty tight team race for 2nd.

peppermint patty mac....where do you go to school?

we were trying to figure it out at practice the other day...main guesses being either bucknell or army.