MAC Meet Results

Great post by Dan Wilson! Certainly it is the responsibility of the runner to know the course but in the heat of competition it is easy to forget or get confused. This very thing happened at our Indiana Intercollegiate meet in September. In the women's race, the lead runner, WHO WAS RUNNING ON HER HOME COURSE went the wrong way on the course and led the field astray. You might think that a junior running on her home course would know the way but in the last 800 meters of a tough race with lines going two different ways and no course marshalls, who's to say that they wouldn't get confused?? I remember going off course one time in college and even though I knew the course, when I came to a point that was questionable, I drew a blank.

It's a shame what happened to Boaz and in talking to him after the race, he said that he wasn't so much disappointed that he did not defend his title but that the mistake cost the team the title. Perhaps her overreacted a bit after the race but again, unless you have been in that situation, how would you know how it feels?

Anyway, congrats to the Central team for a nice race and the win. Overshadowed by all of this was an outstanding women's race - a tight three team battle between favored Toledo, Ball State, and host Miami. Toledo emerged the winner on the strength of a 1-2 finish but it was an exciting race with only 12 points separating the top three teams.

Good luck to both Central, Eastern, and all the MAC teams in the Regional meet. Hopefully, we can get a number of qualifiers from our Conference to the NCAA meet!

Not only should Boaz have looked at the course map, but they probably had a walkthough the day before. He didn't prepare to win, so he lost. Stop crying baby!!

Where is Gavin Thompson from??

England

bbs wrote:

How did CMU cheet, EMU's kenyan is to stupid to know where to go (geograph major). the only cheet is EMU getting a kenyan to run for them. this just prooves that without their forigners they're not that good.

Hey, "bbs" are you a spelling major?

someone wrote:

Hey, "bbs" are you a spelling major?

Figures, you have no argument other than someones spelling. Either state some facts about what happened or get the hell out of here.

That's what I was thinking. Granted some maps are tricky but being a Geography major and a front-runner Boaz of all people should know where he's going when that gun goes off.

It is pretty easy for someone to get lost in the race. During the Big South conference meet at winthrop, a leading lady had to stop 3 times in the race just to retrace the course. She had jogged the course the day before and the morining before the race, it is human to forget,

MAC Men team results:

Central Michigan 89

Eastern Michigan 40

Miami 70

Western Michigan 160

Kent State 168

Buffalo 170

Toledo 183

Ohio U 195

Ball State 208

Akron 257

Bowling Green 321

Marshall 259

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Thompson from Eastern wins in 23:50.2

Boaz officially gets 16th after running off-course

more details arriving soon...

sorry, that was supposed to be a 39 for Central Michigan :)

I just got off the phone with my contact but he could not name me the individuals in time....below are the women:

MAC Women team scores

Toledo 51

Ball State 62

Miami 63

Kent State 109

Akron 116

Central Michigan 158

Eastern Michigan 160

Western Michigan 186

Bowling Green 272

Ohio U 281

Northern Illinois 294

Buffalo 305

Marshall 269

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Shook of Toledo wins in 17:03.6, teammate Vergote takes second in 17:21.0

That's all I have at this time....so maybe we simply wait for the results on the web unless someone else has more details.

Full MAC results below:

http://muredhawks.ocsn.com/sports/m-xc/stats/110202aaa.html

(men)

http://muredhawks.ocsn.com/sports/w-xc/stats/110202aaa.html

(women)

JOHN MOODY OF RACINE, WISCONSIN AND STEVE UNDERWOOD (DYESTAT ADMINISTRATOR) OF ROSWELL, GEORGIA HARRASS BY NAME INNOCENT MINORITIES ON MESSAGE BOARDS!

A post to tnfnorth from a witness is below. My 2 cents. Gavin should have kept him on course-that's the classy move. Gavin's reaction after, if true, displays a serious lack of same in any event. But then again Boaz knew he had a shot at winning and I have always thought that people in that position better bloody well know the course. Don't rely on anyone. Lesson learned with not that high a price tag.

Notwithstanding Gavin's behaviour, Boaz was focussing his anger on the wrong person. He should go look in a mirror.

Eastern Michigan loses by one point. Posted 11-2-2002 22:05

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I was at the race today, the MAC championships here in lovely Oxford, Ohio. I ran a 5k in Cincinnati and then came back just in time for the gun. Boaz and Gavin took the race way way out, opening up a half a minute lead by two miles. They went through the first mile in 4:30, yes 4:30. They were together and Gavin was looking real good to stay with Boaz, then they went down into a treed area, and boom, Boaz comes back out with a hundred meter lead. He built on that until about three and a half miles. Then, coming back into the wooded section, there was no marshall to tell him where to go. The course is marked by white lines in the grass, and at the point where he went wrong, the line forks off in two directions (still, did he see the course map?) He went off course by at least 800 meters. I was the guy who had to run down and tell him to turn the f*** around. A few interesting things: after the race, Boaz freaked. Crying, screaming. His coaches tried to calm him down but he was yelling at them too. He was saying that a "man in a suit" told him to go the wrong way. Then he started yelling at Gavin. Which brings me to the second interesting point: Gavin was WAY too happy to win the race. He was acting like he just won Olympic Gold. I think Boaz may have thought that Gavin should have yelled at him to stay on course. And Gavin's response made some people think he didn't half mind that Boaz screwed up. Did he not know that the only reason he won was the same reason his team was going to lose? Which brings me to my third point: EMU lost by a point to CMU.

All of this was far too surreal.

I was trying to cheer for my school, Miami, but it was hard because they are so crap. I kept wanting to yell "I beat you in a 1500 once!" at Gavin, but I exercised some restraint.

All of this to say that Boaz looked awfully strong, despite everything. He'll be a force at NCAAs. More importantly, always beware of the "man in the suit" and the worldwide cross-country directional conspiracy.

To EMU Runner:

You are a f***ing liar.

1. No meet official TOLD Boaz to go the wrong way. The official DID NOT say a word. And he was standing right in the middle of the fork that goes to the left. Boaz ran straight at him and then suddenly veered to the left. The meet official was shocked, and then yelled to stop he was going the wrong way. Boaz didn't stop.

2. Guess reading a map isn't cool these days. Can EMU guys read?

3. Take some f***ing responsibilty.