2012 MAC Cross Country

Eastern will win again. It won't be close.

Northern Illinois is going to own the women's side, they had an amazing recruiting class this year.

Miami's men bring in a 9:01/4:12 guy. Maybe just what they need to bounce back from last years piss poor performance at MAC's

1 guy cant really improve the entire teams performance

Sure as hell will help though. 9:01 is quick.

Hahahaha, cute northern

Brad Hough will make waves come the MAC championship

They will be better but they are a long, long way away from winning. Toledo's "B" team would beat them easily.

ooyepitan wrote:

Northern Illinois is going to own the women's side, they had an amazing recruiting class this year.

Eastern will be tough to beat. Miami has good men's recruits but big hole to dig out of. Central men may be the only team capable of beating Eastern.

Toledo women are too talented and deep for anyone to beat them. Their recruiting class is a Big 10 level class with Footlocker finalist and a couple other girls that are all better than any other MAC recruit. Ohio women are really good though and will be hard to beat for second.

I think BG is now walk-on only for their men. What a fall from grace from back in my day.

a long way to go wrote:

They will be better but they are a long, long way away from winning. Toledo's "B" team would beat them easily.

ooyepitan wrote:

Northern Illinois is going to own the women's side, they had an amazing recruiting class this year.

Northern will probably be in the top half for the first time with their incoming class. Could be one of the best one year turnarounds out there. Toledo will win if they stay healthy but the "B" team thing is a major exaggeration. They're not that deep. Miami, EMU, CMU, WMU and Ohio will all have solid squads. Akron, Kent, BGSU, Ball State and Buffalo look rough.

The MAC is basically a D2 conference in CC/Track

Reality Chickity Check wrote:

The MAC is basically a D2 conference in CC/Track

I fail to understand what this even means. People who make comments like this are insecure tool bags who either come from a DII school or a low level DI. Have you ever even looked at MAC results?

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2002 NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

HOSTED BY INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2002

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MEN'S TEAM RESULTS

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1. 47 STANFORD (29:50.9 149:14.4)

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1 3 Grant Robison 624 29:36.7

2 5 Louis Luchini 622 29:41.0

3 6 Donald Sage 626 29:44.4

4 8 Ian Dobson 617 29:47.2

5 25 Adam Tenforde 628 30:25.2

6 ( 33) Ryan Hall 619 30:31.0

7 ( 77) Peter Meindl 623 31:07.4

2. 107 WISCONSIN (30:16.8 151:23.9)

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1 11 Matt Tegenkamp 858 29:49.1

2 19 Isaiah Festa 851 30:18.9

3 21 Bobby Lockhart 855 30:20.7

4 22 Adam Wallace 859 30:21.3

5 34 Simon Bairu 848 30:34.0

6 ( 89) Tim Keller 854 31:15.5

7 (127) Colin Steele 857 31:42.9

3. 165 EASTERN MICHIGAN (30:23.6 151:58.0)

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1 7 Boaz Cheboiywo 202 29:46.1

2 12 Gavin Thompson 212 29:51.4

3 36 Joel David 205 30:36.3

4 42 Jordan Desilets 207 30:40.5

5 68 Steve Crane 204 31:03.8

6 (137) Paul Pobursky 209 31:52.4

7 (162) Feder Estelus 208 32:09.0

4. 190 COLORADO (30:19.4 151:36.6)

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1 1 Jorge Torres 156 29:04.7

2 9 Edwardo Torres 155 29:47.7

3 38 Bill Nelson 148 30:37.1

4 52 Steve Slattery 154 30:50.7

5 90 Jon Severy 153 31:16.5

6 (152) Payton Batliner 143 32:02.3

7 (170) Bret Schoolmeester 151 32:22.8

5. 210 OREGON (30:39.1 153:15.1)

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1 18 Jason Hartmann 534 30:17.9

2 30 Ryan Andrus 532 30:30.0

3 37 Eric Logsdon 536 30:36.5

4 39 Brett Holts 535 30:37.8

5 86 John Lucas 537 31:13.0

6 (125) Noel Paulson 539 31:42.0

7 (175) Shane Ahlers 531 32:28.2

6. 214 ARKANSAS (30:24.9 152:04.4)

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1 2 Alistair Cragg 43 29:06.0

2 13 Daniel Lincoln 45 29:59.3

3 27 Jason Sandfort 48 30:29.1

4 60 Silverus Kimeli 44 30:57.6

5 112 Chris Mulvaney 46 31:32.5

6 (166) Westley Alkin 41 32:17.7

7 (198) Luis Bordes 42 33:11.5

7. 247 NORTHERN ARIZONA (30:47.8 153:58.9)

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1 16 Seth Watkins 476 30:16.2

2 45 Nurani Sheikh 474 30:42.9

3 54 Andy Weilacher 477 30:54.7

4 65 Travis Laird 471 31:01.6

5 67 Henrick Ahnstrom 466 31:03.5

6 ( 94) Tyler Williams 478 31:18.7

7 (212) Charlie Koeppen 470 34:29.9

8. 309 MICHIGAN (30:54.0 154:29.9)

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1 20 Nate Brannen 332 30:20.4

2 24 Nick Willis 340 30:24.7

3 80 Thomas Greenless 333 31:08.6

4 92 Nic Stanko 338 31:18.1

5 93 Sean Moore 336 31:18.2

6 (148) Ryan Hesselink 334 31:59.1

7 (197) Brian Turner 339 33:07.5

9. 337 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (30:59.1 154:55.1)

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1 31 Tristen Perlberg 118 30:30.4

2 35 Jake Flynn 112 30:35.1

3 56 Luke Humphrey 114 30:55.6

4 98 Dave Ernsberger 111 31:19.8

5 117 Jeff Davis 110 31:34.3

6 (131) Don Wilkins 124 31:46.7

7 (173) Pete Remein 120 32:27.0

Why can't MAC kids just admit they took the bigger scholarship to basically run a little better HS track. The Ohio state champion high school kids could score at the MAC while in HS. I know every once in a while, you have an athlete who is great, but the 3rd best in evey distance event wouldn't be top 25 in the Big 10 or PAC 10: FACT.

Sorry Sparky...I ran for a MAC school

Division 1, using a fluke year results from a decade ago only serves to confirm my statement.

LOL you're joking right? Toledo lost their top 2 but did you bother to look what was lying in their wake? Toledo will outright win, the race is for 2nd place.

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It will be a battle for the individual title between Terefe and Tec, money is on Terefe after having a very solid outdoor season. EMU will win team wise, but CMU has steadily been rising to the occasion, it will be close.

The dude crumbled under pressure at Indoor and Outdoor. He'll be in the top 5, but not in contention to win.

The men's side of things are nothing like they were 10 years ago. It is sad but the loss of great coaches and the loss of programs is what killed the conference on the men's side. I think that Eastern and Central should have a great battle. Eastern returns Terefe (14:01, 30:01), Hanke (3:48, 14:25), Dixon (14:28) and Kalinowski (3:45) and with other guys capable of being the 5th, they are tough to beat. CMU may have lost their distance coach so that is going to be cause for concern. But they return Tec (13:55), Stacks (14:22), Sanchez (3:52) and add in some good talent.

On the women's side you cannot argue with Toledo's run of success. They are very deep so I am not sure what the Northern fans are talking about. They return Vogelson (9:50, 16:50, 34:15), Belair (4:28, 9:35, 17:00), Chonacki (10:00, 10:37 SC), Timmons (4:58i) and add redshirts Wright (4:26, 9:46, 16:56) and Ramsay (9:53) and a slew of other 17:30 women. They add FL Finalist Burdette and an international 9:50 girl and a northern michigan girl who went 2:13 and 4:56.

I think that we could potentially see a Top-8 regional finish for the men in Eastern and Central but that is about it. Toledo should be a top-3 finisher again and a Top-25 team. The race for 2nd is really the more interesting one with Ohio being a clear favorite with the return of Accurso and Pfifer.

Fire up Chips!

I hear that the dbag Miami men's coach is about to get the boot before the season starts. Anyone know if the rumors are true? This could only help the team bounce back after last years.. no, the last 17 years, of shi**y results.