Patriot League XC 2012

Based on returning runners of last years PLC:

1. Navy (4,5,12,14,15) 50

2. Lehigh (8,10,11,16,27) 72

3. Army (7,9,13,20,25) 74

4. American (2,3,17,22,41) 85

5. Bucknell (6,18,19,21,20) 90

6. Colgate (1,28,30,32,34) 125

7. Lafayette (23,29,31,33,37) 153

8. Holy Cross (35,36,38,39,40) 188

My predictions:

1. Lehigh (big 3 of mueller, miller and bernitt will anchor this team to its first Patriot League Championship)

2. Navy (very deep, they will find a way to replace some of their top guys)

3. American (centro will need a studly recruiting class to bring the championship back to American, i can see Mark Allen making a run for the individual title)

4. Bucknell (team with some young talent, they will be right there competing for a top 3 finish)

5. Army (like navy, they are always going to have guys that will show up)

6. Lafayette (if Will Volkmann can crack the top ten, i can this team being very close with colgate)

7. Colgate (Chris Johnson will most likely lock up that 1 spot, but will that be enough?)

8. Holy Cross (yeah...)

bruce jenner wrote:

Based on returning runners of last years PLC:

1. Navy (4,5,12,14,15) 50

2. Lehigh (8,10,11,16,27) 72

3. Army (7,9,13,20,25) 74

4. American (2,3,17,22,41) 85

5. Bucknell (6,18,19,21,20) 90

6. Colgate (1,28,30,32,34) 125

7. Lafayette (23,29,31,33,37) 153

8. Holy Cross (35,36,38,39,40) 188

My predictions:

1. Lehigh (big 3 of mueller, miller and bernitt will anchor this team to its first Patriot League Championship)

2. Navy (very deep, they will find a way to replace some of their top guys)

3. American (centro will need a studly recruiting class to bring the championship back to American, i can see Mark Allen making a run for the individual title)

4. Bucknell (team with some young talent, they will be right there competing for a top 3 finish)

5. Army (like navy, they are always going to have guys that will show up)

6. Lafayette (if Will Volkmann can crack the top ten, i can this team being very close with colgate)

7. Colgate (Chris Johnson will most likely lock up that 1 spot, but will that be enough?)

8. Holy Cross (yeah...)

Nice predictions. Bucknell will surprise some people this year I believe. They have three stud rising sophomores who have performed well on the track, two of those being IC4A qualifiers outdoors this year. Krystek returns as well to lead the charge.

We didn't hear much from Robbie Patterson of Navy in track this year, but he was 12th at xc Patriots last fall. Look out for him. Navy always brings guys out of the woodwork throughout the season (big roster, great coach) so they will be a threat even without their notorious front runners.

American is hurting, but Centro knows what he's doing. Allen, Pope, and Leininger will have big years. Look for Constantine Matsakis to step up into that top 5.

After seeing what Johnson did to Cody Rome in the last 2 laps of the outdoor 5k, he looks incredibly tough to beat at this point.

Lehigh is young and deep. They also may have the package to pull out a win.

"Lehigh is young and deep. They also may have the package to pull out a win."

I, too, have noticed the nice packages on the Mountain Hawks of Lehigh

UPS wrote:

"Lehigh is young and deep. They also may have the package to pull out a win."

I, too, have noticed the nice packages on the Mountain Hawks of Lehigh

Yes, nice packages all around. Tyler Mueller is ready to let the beast hang out of the bottom of his shorts.

I'm sure we all care about Tyler MF Mueller's junk, but why are there two Patriot League XC boards???

Bump for all that junk inside that trunk

Mueller's hang down has been confirmed to have tickled Emma Watson's bottom hole. Seems as though he has the jump on the field right now