pioneer runner wrote:
sdfsssssssssssssssssssssssssss wrote:bryant seriously underranked in womens poll
How so?
They've got one decent runner and were ranked 7th coming in. They'll be very lucky to be top 6
I'm thinking top 4 with an outside shot at top 2! Need something out of 5-7
ray wrote:
I'm thinking top 4 with an outside shot at top 2! Need something out of 5-7
Their team is pretty awful outside of Eimear. Reynolds and Robertson have potential, but they were 7th last year and really didn't bring in much talent, so they'll finish right around the same spot in the team competition.
I see 3 in the top 10, for Bryant including the winner. Hard to be 7th with that up front.
As someone else said, theyll do well if 4-5 pick up the slack
what meets are this weekend
Monmouth Invite at Holmdel. I'm sure a few NEC teams will be there for both sides.
Shippensburg (D2) is also coming (100% positive the girls are coming, but not sure about the guys). So they'll provide some extra competition up front.
qu-ccsu dual meet
Saint Francis ran at Norte dame on fri, things aren't looking so hot for them. Compared to wat they ran last yr there its pathetic. They ran awful on a very fast course. They might be in some trouble this yr
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Sfblah wrote:
Saint Francis ran at Norte dame on fri, things aren't looking so hot for them. Compared to wat they ran last yr there its pathetic. They ran awful on a very fast course. They might be in some trouble this yr
i heard horrible things about the previous coach there so it will take some time for the new coach to right the ship if he can. id have to agree with you even though its early, as they do have 2-3 returning guys who arent running well.
I don't think they ran awful. Two guys under 26:50 and two guys under 27:10. That's decent placing at NEC's if they just close the 4th-5th guy gap.
Considering that 2 of the returning guys ran well over a min slower than last yr that they r in trouble. Supposedly the top guys r only running 50 miles a week. If that's true that explains a lot bout why they r running so shitty.
Rich Marcello wrote:
I don't think they ran awful. Two guys under 26:50 and two guys under 27:10. That's decent placing at NEC's if they just close the 4th-5th guy gap.
Those are decent times at an NEC meet on a course like Holmdel. I heard the course at Notre Dame is as flat as a pancake.
Apparently those times would be decent at an early season Bryant race as well. 26:50 at Bryant 2 weekends ago puts them 13th and 14th out of the NEC guys that were there. Although ND is much faster than Bryant. Also flat doesn't always equal fast. Two weeks ago I only ran 10-15 seconds faster at Bryant than I did at the preview meet at Homdel last year. And those courses couldn't be more different. Can't count anyone out, it's still too early.
Side note: How come they didn't run the back hills at
Homdel this past weekend?
QU is definitely better than they were the last two seasons. Not sure if it is enough to contend for top 3 in the conference this year... It's going to be a surprising meet in October. Count on that.
Rich Marcello wrote:
Apparently those times would be decent at an early season Bryant race as well. 26:50 at Bryant 2 weekends ago puts them 13th and 14th out of the NEC guys that were there. Although ND is much faster than Bryant. Also flat doesn't always equal fast. Two weeks ago I only ran 10-15 seconds faster at Bryant than I did at the preview meet at Homdel last year. And those courses couldn't be more different. Can't count anyone out, it's still too early.
Side note: How come they didn't run the back hills at
Homdel this past weekend?
flat might not mean fast for you, but as another poster pointed out, their returning guys had a much better showing last year. couldnt agree more with you on the point that its still early though. plenty of time to improve.
Rich Marcello wrote:
Side note: How come they didn't run the back hills at
Homdel this past weekend?
They claimed that the backwoods were "too dangerous" this year to include them in the course. It was a real bummer, that is my favorite part of the Holmdel college course.
Amazing... 2 pages on the worst conference in the NCAA. And no Bobby Mo references (yet)
With only 5 true cross country guys, they have to keep their mileage low to make sure they are healthy. They will not be a tired team at the end of the year. One injury would lead to a disasterous NEC meet.
QU has been running some bigger miles this year and from what those who I've talked to are running pretty tired. Attitude on the squad is certainly better this year than it was the last few years though I'm not sure they're strong enough to contend for the conference title yet. In years to come they will be a force again but they fell an awful long way when the track team got cut. 2nd or 3rd would be a good season
chris mills ran 1:05:47 at philly
glad to see an ex-conference guy training hard after college. people should follow by that example, seems like sfu has a good tradition of people excelling post-collegeiatly