what is everybody's opinion on the teams that make it to nationals from this region. they're typically last but have been getting better each year considering the majority of them only get one full (if they're lucky) scholarship. mars hill college's men and carson newman's women look to be fairly strong this year.
mars hill men would get smoked by western and adams, and not just by their mens team.
Well, I definitely agree with you on Carson-Newmans women. From the results from their conference race, they look to have gotten things together. They've also ran well over the season. On the men's side I'd have to say that it's going to be a race between Mars Hill and St. Augustine. St. Augustine ran extremely well this past weekend and word here in Raleigh is that they may have two runners that they haven't ran yet. Someone said that they've been training them for region. But I have a question, don't you have to run conference or at least one race before regionals??
Hey man. Southern runner said that they, the Southeastern Region, is improving. Yes, they're not the best team, but they are doing awesome. They put 8 in the top 14, which is All-Conference (1st and 2nd teams). Four of those runners were freshman. Fifteenth, 18th, and 19th were also Mars Hill runners. Carson-Newman's girls should get some respect as well. They went 2, 3, 4 at conference and looked comfortable. They'll do good at region as well. Before you go bashing on teams, give them some respect for trying to make it to Nats, even if their are better teams.
i do think that mars hill will be a very good team in the future. they only lose one person from their top 10 this year and bring back a first team all conference redshirt. with some more experience and time they should bring the southeast out of the basement in the next year or two.
I am sorry but i am a southern runner and i know what people run at nationals and the south east region still has a long way to go. But they will show improvement at nationals this year. If you remember ship can down to the se region and kicked some butt.
And with CN at nationals they have no 4th or 5th girl they have a good or alright front 3 but like i said they have no 4th or 5th those two girls will score close to 300 points by themselves and that is a fact.
Southern guy, Ship did come down to Hagan Stone and did awesome. I commend them for their achievements, but Mars Hill's number 3 ended up dropping out because of an ankle sprain. That might not have effected the score enough to beat Ship, but still they ran good. It was their first chance to see what they could do against a, then, top twenty team. And I, personally think they did well.
Ship put 4 in front of Mars Hill first guy!
Southern guy, we know. The results are clear, but I already said that it probably wouldn't have mattered if they had their three man running like normal. Besides, it's the post season now. A lot can happen. I mean to ANY team.
i heard that the site for the region meet was changed...anyone have any info on the course? i think its at fred g bond park??
who are the favorites for team and individual honors?
who cares!
why did they even have to make the southeast region? the last 10-12 runners at nationals every year is pretty much a dual meet against the two southeast teams.