Does anyone have the story on what happened to the Cal men at NCAAs? The article on their website only says that "they weren't at 100 percent."
They were a very strong (but not deep) team the second half of the season and ran very well at the West Regional (not very far out of second place). I would have thought they would have been a contender for the top 10 at Nationals (15 at worst) and that Michael Coe could have finished near the front, too.
Could have been that it simply wasn't possible to run that well again only 9 days after the Regional. Seems more likely that illness or injury must have played a role.
Regardless, they had a fine season and made the most of it.