HEPS Cross Country 2012

Columbia has released theirs.

Women:

http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43607&SPID=3877&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205612725&DB_OEM_ID=9600

Emily Krasinski Middle Distance Lake View, N.Y. Frontier 800m: 2:14; 2000m steeplechase: 7:09

Sophie Maher Middle Distance Patterson, N.Y. Carmel 1000m: 3:07

Leila Mantilla Distance Penfield, N.Y. Penfield 2000m steeplechase: 6:50; 3000m: 9:56

Laura Marzano Middle Distance Tinton Falls, N.J. Red Bank Catholic 800m: 2:11; 1000m: 2:53

Olivia Sadler Distance Bristol, England Bristol 1500m: 4:23

Men:

http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43607&SPID=3877&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205626986&DB_OEM_ID=9600

Taylor Click Middle Distance Lake Forest, Ill. Lake Forest 800m: 1:54

Ben Deal Distance Charlottesville, Va. Albemarle Ninth at Virginia XC State meet

Quinn Devlin Distance Downingtown, Pa. Downingtown 2 mile: 9:21

Tyler Gibbons Distance Basking Ridge, N.J. Ridge Runner-up at NXN Northeast XC Regional

Ben Golestan Distance Southlake, Texas Carroll Senior 3200m: 9:15

Jonathon Harper Distance Phillipsburg, N.J. Phillipsburg 3000m: 8:32

Kyle Lewin Distance Hartland, Wis. Arrowhead 6th place at NXN Heartland XC

Aubrey Myjer Distance Mountain View, Calif. Mountain View 3rd place at California Division II state meet; NXN XC national qualifier

Ryan Rodrigues Middle Distance Corona Del Mar, Calif. Corona Del Mar 800m: 1:56

Tait Rutherford Distance Fort Collins, Colo. Fort Collins 2 mile: 9:35

Marc Violone Distance Armonk, N.Y. Byram Hills 3000m: 8:35; 2 mile: 9:12

Dustin Wilson Distance Philadelphia, Pa. Chestnut Hill Academy 13th at FootLocker XC Nationals; 2 mile: 9:02; mile: 4:12

Thanks for the links, C/M. Man, Columbia keeps on pulling in great recruiting classes. Still nothing much in the throws, esp. on the men's side, so I don't think they'll be contending for Heps outdoor t&f titles just yet--but maybe an indoor men's crown, to match the women's?

Cornell still hasn't announced its male rookies, but between their losses through 2012 graduation and their recent gap in distance races, it seems like they'd have to have a *brilliant* recruiting class this year--or maybe very good classes, this year and next--before they could again be contenders for Heps crowns.

It'll be interesting to see how Penn fares. They've got some fine talent (incoming and returning) and some proven coaches--they could make a real splash in xc and (esp.) t&f.

Big news about Cathrine Erickson (throws coach) leaving Harvard to head N'eastern:

http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/track/2012-13/releases/TFMW120821EricksonNU

The throws have really been a bright spot for H over the last couple years. Interesting to see whom they might snag, at this late date, to replace her.

Oh wow. I am REALLY surprised by this. It makes me wonder why she would leave...

I just hope Harvard can pull in another good throwing coach as they have had a good throwing tradition in the last 15 years (the late Paul Turner and then Erickson).

Speaking of Harvard, found Adam Cotton's athletics' blog. I don't know how much he will be doing for the XC season as it seems like he's coming back from some kind of an Achilles injury...

http://www.athleticos.org/blog/42806-First-year-at-Harvard

League-wide XC schedule is up at Hepstrack.com

http://hepstrack.com/blog/2012/08/21/people-get-ready/

Heps XC will be at Princeton again.

C/M Runner wrote:

Oh wow. I am REALLY surprised by this. It makes me wonder why she would leave...

Here's the NU release:

She's had the success and years of experience that you'd look for in a program director. This is the right time in her career for such a step up, I'd say.

Plus I'd be willing to bet that there's a substantial increase in income involved, as well.

Anyway, NU seems lucky to get her. Harvard WAS lucky to have her--as noted, her throwers scored more than half of H's points at outdoor Heps; now the question is whether, at this late date, Saretsky will be able to get someone comparable to fill her shoes. (I wouldn't bet against him. The prestige of coaching at H is potentially a draw for many good coaches.)

Oh, I didn't realize she will be the director of the T&F programs at NU... that is some promotion.

It now appears that some teams' rosters/recruit lists will not appear until after Labor Day.

By the way, does anyone happen to know the Ivy League's official first date for xc practices this year?

This appeared on another thread (and, I believe, on Hepstrack.com--a while back). I said I would add it here:

Academic All-Americans by institution:

Cornell 16

Columbia 14

Princeton 8

Harvard 8 (7 women)

Yale 7

Brown 4

Dartmouth 4

Penn 0

It should also be noted that Abbey D'Agostino was decided by USTFCCCA as their Outdoor Track Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Wow, Cornell just released their track recruits for the men's team. The roster is impressive to me...

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2012/8/24/MTRACK_0824125809.aspx

C/M Runner wrote:

Wow, Cornell just released their track recruits for the men's team. The roster is impressive to me...

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2012/8/24/MTRACK_0824125809.aspx

No formal additions of frosh to Cornell's xc roster yet, but here are some "possibles" for cross:

Samuel Baxter | St. Mary's, Ontario

Baxter was one of the top distance runners in Ontario and all of Canada when he sped to a 9:12 two-mile. He's been a low mileage athlete who will develop into a college star.

Brian Eimstad | South Eugene, Ore.

Eimsted is another excellent distance prospect from talent-rich Oregon, where he ran 9:12 for the two-mile to finish second at the state meet.

Connor Herr | Shawnee, N.J.

Herr finished the year as one of the top high school cross country runners in the Northeast with a 21st-place finish at Footlocker Regionals to follow up on his top-five finish at the New Jersey state meet. He has a best of 9:23 in the two-mile.

Tyler Kawalec | Solon, Ohio

Kawalec enters his Big Red career with a personal best of 9:39 in the two-mile race.

Mitch Martin | Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Martin comes to campus holding a personal record of 4:19 in the mile.

George Oliver | Mt. Tabor, N.C.

Oliver holds a personal best of 9:22 in the two-mile race.

Ben Rainero | San Francisco International, Calif.

Rainero ran 4:12 at the very competitive California State meet in 2011 and took the year off to do research last year. He is another low-mileage kid who has dramatic potential.

___________________________________________________

Frankly, it looks like the real dynamite in Cornell's recruiting class is more likely to show up in track season. The Big Red had major graduation losses this spring, esp. in the hurdles and decathlon, and they did a solid job of refilling those slots with their recruits.

And Coach Johnson (the only one left there!) brought in some more *outstanding* throwers, to help offset graduation losses, fill the team's hole in the javelin, and complement her returning crew. "Wow" indeed!--this year, as last, the throwing areas should be key for Heps t&f team titles.

...Particularly given that Princeton's *preliminary* track roster--NB: minus C. McCullough--looks a bit thin in the throws, and no specialist throwers were listed among their recruits. (OTOH we've already seen them plug roster holes pretty successfully in the spring semester...)

haehr wrote:

Brown women's xc roster (with frosh) also up:

http://www.brownbears.com/sports/w-xc/2012-13/roster

I took a look at that Brown women's roster and they've gotten some frosh who should help immediately, plus some outstanding returners. For whatever reasons, in recent years Brown seems to pretty consistently underrated going in to Heps meets, then often surprises people. I would NOT be surprised if they moved into the first half of the League this season.

BTW the Dartmouth men's roster is up--still no PRs listed for their incoming frosh men or women, though. It'll be interesting to see whether those projected Heps scores (for returning runners) that "kibitzer" posted will hold up, or whether a team like Dartmouth can push Cornell off the podium.

Has Harvard released its roster yet? Curious to see whether they had another big recruiting year or whether things cooled off a bit after last year's somewhat disappointing showing.

veritas wrote:

Has Harvard released its roster yet? Curious to see whether they had another big recruiting year or whether things cooled off a bit after last year's somewhat disappointing showing.

Nothing so far...

Do the various Ivy colleges begin practices on different dates?

ivyguy wrote:

...Particularly given that Princeton's *preliminary* track roster--NB: minus C. McCullough--looks a bit thin in the throws, and no specialist throwers were listed among their recruits. (OTOH we've already seen them plug roster holes pretty successfully in the spring semester...)

I wonder if the college penalized McCullough again for his academic issues that caused him to miss outdoor NCAAs...

ivyguy wrote:

BTW the Dartmouth men's roster is up--still no PRs listed for their incoming frosh men or women, though. It'll be interesting to see whether those projected Heps scores (for returning runners) that "kibitzer" posted will hold up, or whether a team like Dartmouth can push Cornell off the podium.

Courtesy of Dyestat, alleged PBs for some of Dartmouth's rookies:

Gorman, Tim 1:55 4:12/1600

King, Curtis 1:57 4:12/1600 9:02/3200

Klein, Matthew 9:43/2mi 15:42/5000

Bennett, Sarah 2:19 4:56/1600 11:02/3200

Giordano, Dana 2:14 4:51/1600 10:16/2mi

Rutledge, Christie 4:55/1500 9:52/3000

Cornell women have "trimmed" that preliminary roster--a quick check suggests that they lost four projected sophs and added another (unpublicized) frosh, and are down to 52.

CU has also posted its initial freshmen-included men's roster (http://cornellbigred.com/roster.aspx?path=mcross&); 25 names there. Quite a discrepancy, but

a) the shorter women's distances make it more reasonable for a middle-distance specialist to run cross, and

b) in recent years it seems that Cornell has rotated people on and off its men's roster--a Title IX effect, perhaps?

_______________________________________________

Still no roster or announcement of recruits from Harvard, as far as I can tell. I believe their semester starts later than other teams'--perhaps rosters will be later as well.