2012 NCAA X COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: discussions, spoilers, and predictions

I think your spot on , Laura may end a little tired by nationals , the freshman lack of background and longer races might catch up with her headed more towards the downside vs Jordan who is picking up speed to the upside and knows how to race these championship events. Should be a great meet to watch !

Stop mentioning Jordan Hasay in the same breath as Laura Hollander THIS CROSS COUNTRY SEASON. Laura has been on a tear destroying course records and Jordan has yet to even win ONE x meet.

Jordan should be top 10 but come on the young lady isn't the same cross country runner she was a year ago and definitely WON'T BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY be in the mix for the individual title this year.

Maverick Darling for top 3, because I never gave 2 f****!! This is his year to go big. Lalang or Sambu for the win obviously.

I agree we don't hear much about the Freshman Andy Rotich.

Does anyone think Tullimak-Brown have a legitimate shot of winning or will it be a runaway three woman battle between Abby D'Agostino, L. Hollander, and B. Saina?

How is nobody mentioning Tosha Rogers? She is the best female distance runner in the NCAA. 2nd at the Olympic trials when nobody even mentioned her in the preview for the NCAA 10K earlier this year. Haters gonna hate?

AhmedWho wrote:

Stop mentioning Jordan Hasay in the same breath as Laura Hollander THIS CROSS COUNTRY SEASON. Laura has been on a tear destroying course records and Jordan has yet to even win ONE x meet.

Jordan should be top 10 but come on the young lady isn't the same cross country runner she was a year ago and definitely WON'T BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY be in the mix for the individual title this year.

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Relax , Championship races are a little different , course records or not everybody is there that has talent and are peaked to run fast and place high.

Sound reason and history show its tough to be sharp the whole season and have a freshman athlete with a base that can carry them through at this level. It would be a cinderella story if Laura pulls it off.

If Jordan is on she will be at the front and yes she does know how to race and win.

BTW , Its the race on the day that counts , not what the season has been that puts you on podium.

I saw somewhere that Natoshoa Rogers is not running cross country.

Hasay very likely won't be the first Oregon woman to finish.

Thank you and I'm not hating on Jordan Hasay just being realistic. If your going to be a contender for the title you don't normally be struggling a month out by finishing as the 5th woman on your team and surely not two weeks out when you can't even win your conference (against someone who is a top 10 contender but not for the individual title).

Jordan Hasay fans, fanatics, and trools need to stop wishing upon a star and realize that she is usally off more then she is on. Many thought Jordan would come to the NCAA and rule and in 3 years the "Golden Girl" has what 2 or 3 individual titles? YES that's good but not compared to what everyone thought she would have after 3 full years.

I hope she does well and think she will make top 10 but you got to be dreaming if you think Jordan is going to win the individual x title OMFG!

Don't count out the Stanford frosh Hatton to finish in the top 15. She can run with Kroeger and usually only finishes a little behind her. She ran in the lead pack for a while at the conference championships, but then fell back. I heard she lost a shoe though.

Megan Goethals will shock the world!!

Hasay was second, moving up through the field and ahead of her teammate in the latter part of the race. What makes this more impressive (compared with earlier in the season) is that she was sick overnight, throwing up etc. with a morning (I think) race. She was back a bit in the first half because taking it carefully because of her condition.

She was starting her period, it was not that big of a deal. Usually she takes amadol and gabapentin for a couple of days to avoid the symptoms, this time she forgot to bring them along.

26mi235 wrote:

Hasay was second, moving up through the field and ahead of her teammate in the latter part of the race. What makes this more impressive (compared with earlier in the season) is that she was sick overnight, throwing up etc. with a morning (I think) race. She was back a bit in the first half because taking it carefully because of her condition.

Hasay is on an upwards trend. She is getting better with every race, which is not always the case with her, and I think she'll bring it at Nats. It's gonna be tough to beat Hollander and Saina. One of the bigger questions is how fit Abbey D is.

Simons15 wrote:

Maverick Darling for top 3, because I never gave 2 f****!! This is his year to go big. Lalang or Sambu for the win obviously.

BRO Kennedy Kithuka holy f***!!! talk about a runner that just doesn't give a s*** about ANYONE

Kennedy Kithuka is very respectable even when he destroyed a very talented field at his conference and asked about the ARIZONA DUO he stated, "I will force the pace and see what happens, maybe I will win." Even though you could tell he was being political correct in his answer and that he think he can actually beat Lawi Lalang and Stephen Sambu.

Any have any footage of the freshman Andy Rotich, cross 2012 season?

Duuuh, nobody is mentioning Tosha Rogers because she has been injured all fall. I suspect that she will redshirt. If healthy, she would have been right there.

Team:

1) Colorado

2) Oklahoma State

3) Iona

4) Wisconsin

5) Stanford

6) Arkansas

7) BYU

8) Tulsa

9) Texas

10) Oklahoma

Individual:

1) Lalang-Arizona

2) Sambu-Arizona

3) Kithuka-Texas Tech

4) Rotich-UTEP

5) Ahmed-Wisconsin

6) O'Hare-Tulsa

7) Lelei-Texas A&M

8) Darling-Wisconsin

9) Dunbar-Oregon

10) Goose-Iona

Will any of the regionals in which teams are NCAA title contenders allow their top stars to run for the win? If they AREN'T allowed to go for the individual win at regionals then I think you can DEFINITELY discount stars like Ahmed (Wis), Oklahoma stars, Jordan (Ore), Kathy (Stan) etc from being individual title contenders at NCAA.

Regionals November 9th

Regionals Map:

http://www.ustfccca.org/infozone/regional-championship-central.php

pac12running wrote:

Don't count out the Stanford frosh Hatton to finish in the top 15. She can run with Kroeger and usually only finishes a little behind her. She ran in the lead pack for a while at the conference championships, but then fell back. I heard she lost a shoe though.

I agree. I’ve observed this young lady at a couple meets over the last year or so…Hatton is strong, focused yet relaxed, highly coachable and tough as nails (it is true that she ran the Pac12 with just one shoe AND I understand the shoed foot was nursing an infection…no joke!). Additionally, she has international and national big meet experience. If she’s at 100% for the championship, we shouldn’t be surprised if she does very well.