DIII New England Track 2012-2013

kygel wrote:

not sure where you've been but that whole conversion thing everyone's been talking about, goes both ways. Coaches haven't been drawing times out of a hat, they have been using the banked track equivalent for flat track times. Really makes you wonder about the accuracy doesn't it...

No, it doesn't.

Flat Track wrote:

Pretty sure seed times are converted to a banked track. The one time the ridiculously unfair conversions help NE D3 runners.

LOL.

Please. So many complaints, so little data to back it up. Yeah, the people who pored through millions of performances all conspired to screw New England.

What about all of the data points, year after year, of athletes getting to Nats with bullshit times and then tanking?

People tank all the time outdoors, and as far as I know all outdoor tracks are more or less equal.

its a championship meet fool, the seeds are SBs converted to banked track times

i thought MIT was good? Or atleast when i competed they were dominant. HAHAHAHA jokes.

Day One results are up.

Here are the take-aways for the men:

DMR:

Middlebury - 9:55.27

Bates - 9:55:83

MIT - 9:57.39

Conn - 10:05

...

Tufts - 10:29.05

5k:

Seekins - 14:28 for 2nd

Xie of MIT - 14:35

Martin - 14:42

1k: dunno how many they take for finals, but in 10th was

Boeding (Bowdoin) - 2:29

800 (because I'm saving the best for last!):

LePage - 1:51.59

Desmond (USM) - 1:51.70

Black (Tufts) - 1:51.89

Melton (Amherst) - 1:51.97

Chipman (USM) - 1:52.78

Marvel (Tufts) - 1:53.14 (first one not in finals)

Thoughts:

Damn those 800s were fast! I hope they run faster in the finals, maybe we'll see someone flirt with sub-1:50 (doubt it). Who the hell is Desmond of USM, by the way...? I think he threw down a ~4 second PR there!

Midd, Bates, and MIT seem solid in the DMR. Those time should slot them in right around 4-6 on the NCAA performance lists. Conn might make it on the list around 11th with the conversion, although I'm not exactly sure what the numbers are so somebody who knows the math better than I should do it.

What the funk happened to Tufts? Is someone who was at the meet able to give me a better idea?

Finally, does anybody have splits from the DMRs? Who ran on them, was anybody sitting out from the relays, etc...

Can't wait to see what happens in the mile tomorrow. I predict a 4:03.x from Horowitz, and either a 4:05 or a 4:25 from Tully.

Updates? Most of the events should have been run by now, including the mile.

horowitz wins mile with a 3:50.41

Tully Hannan last with a 5:03

results are up

http://www.neicaaa.org/Indoor/IndoorResults/2013IndoorResultSummary.html

horowitz second in the mile with 4:06. Awesome run, also Widzgowski or however you spell it ran an excellent 4:09. Little East guys really showing up this weekend.

Full results, including day one:

http://neicaaa.org/Indoor/IndoorResults/2013IndoorResultSummary.html

Highlights:

Horowitz 2nd in the mile in 4:06

Widzgowski (?) of Keene 7th in 4:09.0x

Tully of Bates 11th in 4:10.09

Grimes (Amherst), Norton (Tufts), Davies (Midd) and Schaaf (Midd) in 13-16 in 4:10 and 4:11, 4:11, and 4:11 respectively

Lee and Wood from Midd run 8:21 and 8:27 for 3k, Erskine (Amherst) runs 8:30

Williams runs 7:39 in 4x8 out of seemingly nowhere. What the hell?

Colby runs 7:45 and Tufts 7:48, the rest of the NESCAC teams back in the 7:50s.

800 Finals:

Melton runs 1:51.94 for 3rd

Black runs 1:52.7 for 4th

LePage in 5th with 1:52.8

Chipman of USM in 6th with 1:53.09

...and Desmond of USM runs 1:59.09. Who IS this kid?

Anything I missed feel free to put it up.

Looking at Amherst's website for their xc program, each year they are bringing in multiple guys with excellent high school credentials,I.e guys under 9:35/4:25/1:58. yet the past 3 years at cross regionals they have been 10th/8th/and this year 11th?!? They're right around teams like Keene State and Lyndon State who are lucky if they bring in one high caliber recruit. What the hell are they doing wrong?

Anyone have link to D3 NE outdoor track standards? Thank you

Mark my words: Amherst men will be 9th at Cross Country by the end of 2014

How about Williams's Colin Cotton running a 23:51 at nationals for second?? Does he have a shot at sub-14 or sub-30 this year outdoors? I can remember when only a few D3 guys would go sub 25 at nationals.

Amherst xc wrote:

Looking at Amherst's website for their xc program, each year they are bringing in multiple guys with excellent high school credentials,I.e guys under 9:35/4:25/1:58. yet the past 3 years at cross regionals they have been 10th/8th/and this year 11th?!? They're right around teams like Keene State and Lyndon State who are lucky if they bring in one high caliber recruit. What the hell are they doing wrong?

Looks like they turned things around this year! New coach?

They brought in Luke Maher as a consultant from Tufts. The jumbos are putting in an offer to get him installed as the head coach next season

HuskyHarrier wrote:

Amherst xc wrote:

Looking at Amherst's website for their xc program, each year they are bringing in multiple guys with excellent high school credentials,I.e guys under 9:35/4:25/1:58. yet the past 3 years at cross regionals they have been 10th/8th/and this year 11th?!? They're right around teams like Keene State and Lyndon State who are lucky if they bring in one high caliber recruit. What the hell are they doing wrong?

Looks like they turned things around this year! New coach?