IONA MOC

Not sure that it was actually "slower" as it seemed more likely it was long. Finish line is in the same place, and the start is moved to the opposite side of the field, back corner. The odds that it's exactly the same distance as the previous course are pretty slim. the construction itself didn't seem as thought it would've made the course slower, all the running surfaces were in great condition. i ran the course before hand, and i kind of liked having the fences up, the one thing that always bugged me about VCP was the openness of that field, the fences seemed to "break it up" more, imo.

The course is 5 miles

just so you all know, 5 miles > 8 kilometers.

Why do the results say the course is an 8k if it's 5 miles?

interesting bits of info from the top iona guys, and coach santos.

It sounds like they are trying to make excuses. I know they sat out most of their top guys but the ones that did run got handled, hope they can turn it around come nationals

Cedmar wrote:

1.) Black Guy (unattatched)

2.) White Guy (Cincinnatti)

3.) Craig Miller (Wisco)

4.) Jew Guy(unattatched)

5.) Blob Guy (Kent State)

6.) Joe Parks (Iona)

7.) Pee Face Guy (Wisco)

8.) Gay Guy (Kent State)

9.) Surfer Guy (Kent State)

10.) Headband Guy (Unattatched)

11.) Smart Guy (Yale)

12.) Other Smart Guy (Penn)

13.) Ryan Gasper (Wisco)

14.) Fart Face Guy (unattached)

15.) Poop Face Guy (Iona)

Just look through the photo album posted on ny.milesplit.com

I love the names, but you could have come up with some good ones for Joe Parks and Ryan Gasper. That race looks horrible. Everyone is wearing a massive pain face.

the one oh K wrote:

who constitutes as wiscos top five? just curious

[From LetsRun Front Page Link

Craig Miller (SR): 14th at Big 10's, 7th at NCAA regionals, 71st at NCAAs in 2008 [3:37 1500, good 3000]

Coach Byrne on Miller: He's much better holdin back and being patient when he races. And that's something we've talked about and something we're certainly going to be workin on. He doesn't need to be up front stickin his nose in the mix early on in the race. I would certainly say that overall his strength is at another level from last year. There's no reason why a good miler like him - there's a lot of good milers out there who run well in cross country so there's no reason he can't.

Ryan Gasper (redshirt SR): 19th at Big 10's, 42nd at NCAA regionals, 180th at NCAAs in 2008

Landon Peacock (redshirt JR): 2nd at Big 10's, 4th at NCAA regionals, 21st at NCAAs in 2008

Coach Byrne on Peacock: We're actually excited about where he's at. Some of his workouts have gone up to another level over where he was this time last year. We really expect him to be the team leader.

Jack Bolas (redshirt JR): 7th at Big 10's, 77th at NCAAs in 2008 [3:37 1500]

Elliot Krause (SO): 25th at Big Ten XC Champs as a true freshman

Taking a look at the youngsters, in the stable in no particular order are:

Cross Country: Nike Cross Nationals Reed Connor, a true freshman from Texas who won Nike XC Nationals (right) and was the 2008 Gatorade Boy's National Cross Country Runner Of The Year.

Coach Byrne on Reed: We did run Reed Connor in our first meet unattached and he did look real smooth, very comfortable over 6k. [he won by a ton for such a short race]

Redshirt freshmen Rob Finnerty and Maverick Darling were 9th and 3rd, respectively, in the 2007 Foot Locker Championships. Finnerty also ran a 4:01 mile in 2008 during his senior year.

Coach Byrne on Finnerty and Darling: Maverick Darling is ready to step in. Rob Finnerty - who basically missed the entire freshman year through illness - we need to take him along really slowly and not rush the process. Obviously he's a 4:01 high school miler and has a ton of talent and a lot of training. With him it will be a week to week decision of what we'll do with him.

Mohammad Ahmed might be the best of the bunch as he won the Pan Am 5000m in 14:12 and is a Canadian junior xc runner-up. Badger fans will certainly hope for Ahmed to progress like fellow Canadian and 2-time NCAA XC champion Simon Bairu did during his tenure in Madison.

Coach Byrne on Ahmed: Mohammad Ahmed was at Pan Ams in the middle of August so he had to take some down time after that. He's in the middle of Ramadan fasting right now so we're kind of taking things really slowly with him, just introducing him to some light workouts, but not rushing anything.

Drew Shields - 4th at Foot Lockers and 7th at Nike Nationals in 2008 - is yet another dynamite pick-up. Coach Byrne sees Shields as a guy ready to compete right way.

Perhaps the least heralded guy, 6'3" Alex Brill, will be right at home in his hometown of Madison with his 9:02 3200m high school credentials. Coach Byrne says he's likely to redshirt in 2009.

Cedmar wrote:

1.) Black Guy (unattatched)

2.) White Guy (Cincinnatti)

3.) Craig Miller (Wisco)

4.) Jew Guy(unattatched)

5.) Blob Guy (Kent State)

6.) Joe Parks (Iona)

7.) Pee Face Guy (Wisco)

8.) Gay Guy (Kent State)

9.) Surfer Guy (Kent State)

10.) Headband Guy (Unattatched)

11.) Smart Guy (Yale)

12.) Other Smart Guy (Penn)

13.) Ryan Gasper (Wisco)

14.) Fart Face Guy (unattached)

15.) Poop Face Guy (Iona)

Just look through the photo album posted on ny.milesplit.com

This was hilarious, please go through and do the rest of the top 25 like this.

heard wrote:

Harvard women crushed Wisconsin. Not sure who Wisconsin ran. Overall, field was very weak.

Wisconsin women didn't run their A team...Grinaker, Beutler and Coyle didn't run...they're a much better team than that meet showed...

heard wrote:

Harvard women crushed Wisconsin. Not sure who Wisconsin ran. Overall, field was very weak.

Wisconsin women didn't run their A team...Grinaker, Beutler and Coyle didn't run...they're a much better team than that meet showed...