D3 Atlantic Region 2012 XC

Saratoga? wrote:

Great to see Kosgei can still bust some skulls after all that he has been through. Good for him

He's been running well since the summer. Was in the 14:30s at that Bergen 5k road race. He's at least as good as he was in the last part of his collegiate career right now, maybe even back to his old old self, of 08-09 (at least at the longer distances)

Boston Bobcat wrote:

Trouble TRouble TROuble wrote:

Predictions for RPI this weekend? How will Bates running influence the region? Who is the top individual at that meet?

Bates wins big. Don't overlook Union. A big win in newbrugh last week. My prediction:

1. Bates, 2. Oneonta 3. Vassar 4, Union, 5. RPI 6. Plattsburgh,

Geez you needed to give RPI some credit,

9 Patrick Cavanaugh SR RPI 26:00.02

11 Benjamin Levitz SR RPI 26:03.61

15 Patrick Condon SR RPI 26:10.31

17 Sean Quinn JR RPI 26:12.23

18 Jacob Andrews SO RPI 26:16.23

24 Aldous Strother JR RPI 26:26.68

28 Mike Debronsky SR RPI 26:31.69

Without one of their scorers from regionals last year even running. Bates #5 was between their 1 and 2 but still, that squad has a shot.

Looks like SUNY G should be #1 comfortably, then Cortland and NYU will be fighting it out for #2. UR looks pretty safe at #4 (and they have been running very well at regionals the last few years, maybe they can get up with Cortland and NYU) but the RPI/SLU/TCNJ battle for 5 should be interesting. Not sure how Ithaca will do but they may also be in the hunt for that last potential spot for natts.

Still giving the edge to SLU at the moment. SLU & RPI race twice in the next 3 weeks (Ithaca in one of those races) so that should clear up the picture a little

that was bates' number 6, they swept 1-5 without their AA hannan. rpi looked solid though, and should have a leg up on those other teams for the 5th spot. could be a toss up whether they would get in at #5

Yeah...granted RPI isn't like...RIT-bad, but they aren't making Nationals, and Bates stomped them just like any reasonable person expected. Nobody under 26 at that course is not impressive IMO.

Kosgee wrote:

Results from Hamilton today. Wasn't there, so I can speak as to the conditions, but it's never a very fast course. Ithaca finished 2nd to a d2 PA team. Some possible individual qualifiers raced, w/ Utica's Payne coming in over Bickell, Zikrey, and Geary.

http://bombers.ithaca.edu/custompages/mccountry/2012/2012_Hamilton_MResults.htm

Ithaca's top 2 looked to be racing conservatively at Hamilton, for what it counts. Not like it makes their team a real threat or anything, but as far as the individual battle goes, I'd still take Bickell over Payne. I would've taken Zikrey over him too, but he just missed a race...didn't he? Anyone know if he's been dealing with injuries or anything?

Looks like U of R finished 3rd behind Carnegie Mellon and Dickinson at CMU Invite, but a couple of their top guys seemed to be missing (Pacheck, Wakimoto). They didn't race last weekend either. Maybe some injuries? Regardless, Rochester may take a hit in the rankings.

http://athletics.cmu.edu/sports/mxc/2012-13/files/cmuinvite.htm

RittMomney wrote:

alberto wrote:

that was bates' number 6, they swept 1-5 without their AA hannan. rpi looked solid though, and should have a leg up on those other teams for the 5th spot. could be a toss up whether they would get in at #5

Yeah...granted RPI isn't like...RIT-bad, but they aren't making Nationals, and Bates stomped them just like any reasonable person expected. Nobody under 26 at that course is not impressive IMO.

Now that I've actually seen the results, this was much more of a blowout than I realized. Bates' #1 didn't run, and they still swept and appeared to have been running as a pack...their scoring five were within two seconds. I don't really see how RPI can claim to be a national-caliber team after a beating like that. But carry on calling them a top five team in the region, I just thought I'd add some sense to this thread.

RittMomney wrote:

RittMomney wrote:

Yeah...granted RPI isn\\\\\\\'t like...RIT-bad, but they aren\\\\\\\'t making Nationals, and Bates stomped them just like any reasonable person expected. Nobody under 26 at that course is not impressive IMO.

Now that I\\\\\\\'ve actually seen the results, this was much more of a blowout than I realized. Bates\\\\\\\' #1 didn\\\\\\\'t run, and they still swept and appeared to have been running as a pack...their scoring five were within two seconds. I don\\\\\\\'t really see how RPI can claim to be a national-caliber team after a beating like that. But carry on calling them a top five team in the region, I just thought I\\\\\\\'d add some sense to this thread.

I bet RPI paid their way into the national rankings, or they are taking their races easy. I heard that they race walked this weekend just so they wouldn\\\\\\\'t run the risk of getting injured.

Lot-O'-Huggin' Bear wrote:

FRED_XC wrote:

Where did brockport's two seniors go? they dissappeared

They tried sneakin' out of the caterpillar room, now they are spending the night in the box.

I heard they both quit

Any news from SLU this weekend?

all the slu guys confessed that they are planning to transfer to geneseo and major in rocks

Dog-sized spider wrote:

all the slu guys confessed that they are planning to transfer to geneseo and major in rocks

They would never. They wouldn't want to conduct field studies and get dirt on their Lacoste cardigans and Ralph Lauren polos.

table wrote:

They would never. They wouldn't want to conduct field studies and get dirt on their Lacoste cardigans and Ralph Lauren polos.

That would be NYU or UR, not SLU. Assist them, for they are destitute.

I hear a bunch of Bates guys got injured on their bus ride home. Some kind of pie-related accident.

poison? wrote:

I hear a bunch of Bates guys got injured on their bus ride home. Some kind of pie-related accident.

I heard that they were eating pie in their apartments, when buses crashed through all of their walls.

HAHAHA ROCKS!!!!

Cortland put their top 3 in front of Rakok and handled SLU pretty easily 26-49.

St. Lawrence's 5th man was a little better this week running 26:56 as opposed to 27:13 last week

the results are in PDF form (wtf St lawrence) so you have to click on this link and then click another link to download the results.

here are the results through St. Lawrence's 5th man

sults - Men

1 Hopkins, Tom SR Cortland St. 5:13.0 25:55.86 1

2 Amengual, Cody JR Cortland St. 5:13.7 25:59.02 2

3 Marcantonio, Nick SO Cortland St. 5:13.8 25:59.80 3

4 Rakoc, Sam SR St. Lawrence 5:14.2 26:01.74 4

5 Patterson, Spencer FR St. Lawrence 5:15.0 26:05.74 5

6 Ramsey, Dan 11 St. Lawrence Alumni 5:21.0 26:35.34 6

7 Wilkie, Alex FR Ottawa Lions 5:21.6 26:38.38 7

8 Lee, Tim JR Cortland St. 5:22.0 26:40.36 8

9 Jackson, Seth 12 St. Lawrence Alumni 5:22.3 26:41.97 9

10 Carroll, Patrick SR Clarkson 5:23.3 26:47.13 10

11 Bibb, Trevor SO St. Lawrence 5:24.1 26:50.86 11

12 Hotchkiss, Brian JR Cortland St. 5:24.4 26:52.43 12

13 Smolensky, Scott SO St. Lawrence 5:25.2 26:56.41 13

looks like it was wet: http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/sites/stlawu.edu.athletics/files/imagecache/sports_panel_featured_story/story_images/samforstory.jpg?

Looks like Cortlands 4-7 were jumbled and had an off day, otherwise it would have been an even bigger win, probably comparable to how they beat Hamilton back in September. I see St. Lawrence as over-rated. Very fortunate to have a freshman step up like Patterson has, because without that they would be fighting for a top 10 spot instead of 5th.

Also that is only SLUs 4th man.