[quote]BRF wrote:
For the sake of amusement, as he might say, here are the virtual scores of Heps *returnees* that "kibitzer" posted back in the summer:
MEN:
1. Princeton 34 (1 4 6 9 14 / 25 35)
2. Columbia 36 (2 3 8 11 12 / 15 23)
3. Cornell 88 (5 18 19 22 24 / 33 43)
4. Dartmouth 118 (10 13 16 37 42 / 47)
5. Yale 132 (7 21 28 31 45 / 48)
6. Brown 144 (17 27 29 30 41)
7. Harvard 150 (20 26 32 34 38 / 44)
8. Penn 210 (36 39 40 46 49)
WOMEN:
1. Columbia 44 (2 5 8 14 15 / 26 29)
2. Cornell 48 (3 4 10 11 20 / 23 25)
3. Yale 91 (6 7 16 30 32 /36 39)
4. Princeton 102 (13 18 19 24 28 / 31 37)
5. Dartmouth 131 (1 17 33 35 45)
6. Brown 146 (9 12 38 40 47 / 49)
7. Harvard 167 (21 27 34 41 44 / 46)
8. Penn 205 (22 42 43 48 50)
It seems like most people's predictions for this weekend vary a good bit from the above. At a bare minimum, two seventh places for Harvard seem unlikely!
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My Initial mid-season predictions for HEPS Women along with their respective finish at Wisconsin and comments/questions.
1. Cornell(5) Moving into a lock for HEPS title
2. Columbia(36) Neer out for season - yikes!
3. Yale(13) In line with expectations, solid run
4. Dartmouth(44) Ran without Abby D - will she be back?
5. Princeton(25) May get podium? Now Harvard is their problem
6. Harvard (23) In the thick of the solid, but still 2nd, tier
7. Brown (26) As for Harvard and Princeton
8. Penn - Ran at Lafayette - won easily. No competition.
Final Predictions - Women:
1. Cornell
2. Yale
3. Columbia
4. Dartmouth
5. Princeton
6. Harvard
7. Brown
8. Penn