Wisconsin adidas Invite Sat Oct 19, 2013

26mi235 wrote:

Gone back to a Saturday schedule

Well, whaddaya know--a voice of sanity! Now if we could just get some of these other "big" meets to do the same, kids might not have to give up a half-week (or more) of school, three times a season, just for the chance to make Nationals.

Is that the week after Pre-Nats?

Probably not. The schedule looks pushed back a week.

2012: Louisville, Ky. (host: Louisville), November 17

2013: Terre Haute, Ind. (host: Indiana State), November 23

Will there be limited team entries this year?? I know Mick talked about that after this year's race.

This is a pure guess, but I suspect that there will be low-30s teams for both men and women. The last two years have been 'unusual', with ISU doing a 'fill-in' role that lead to a Sunday meet, and the on-off Louisville site for Pre-Nats/NCAAs. mid-40s is just a little too big for single races. A lot of teams have now seen the new course (due to Big Tens, then super-big invite for a couple of years and the Great Lakes Regional. 33 teams implies 230 runners or so on the course, which it can handle reasonably well (any course that can handle 300+ runners is exceptional and in a manner that is not necessary.

I am guessing that the whole DI set of schools has provided a lot of feedback on the pluses an minuses of various issue. Some people (coaches?) really like the Friday scheduling, but the fans do not. The 19th is an away football game, while the 12th is a home game, so the 19th makes it much easier to get hotels and transportation without having to contend with 81,000 football fans.

Why would coaches prefer Friday scheduling? Wouldn't they prefer to minimize missed class time?

The field has been announced. 32 Men's teams and 33 Women's teams.

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-xc/adidas-Invitational-2013.html

Men (32)

• Arizona

• Arizona State

• Arkansas

• BYU

• Dartmouth

• Eastern Kentucky

• Florida

• Georgia

• Harvard

• Illinois

• Indiana

• Iowa State

• Michigan

• Michigan State

• Missouri

• New Mexico

• North Carolina

• Northern Arizona

• Notre Dame

• Oklahoma

• Portland

• Princeton

• Providence

• Stanford

• Syracuse

• Texas

• Texas A&M

• UCLA

• UMass

• Washington

• Weber State

• Wisconsin

Women (33)

• Arizona

• Arizona State

• Arkansas

• Boston College

• BYU

• Connecticut

• Cornell

• Dartmouth

• Duke

• Florida

• Georgia

• Harvard

• Indiana

• Iowa State

• Michigan State

• Minnesota

• New Mexico

• North Carolina

• Northwestern

• Notre Dame

• Providence

• San Francisco

• Stanford

• Syracuse

• Texas

• Texas A&M

• UC Davis

• UCLA

• Vanderbilt

• Washington

• Weber State

• Wisconsin

• Yale

In 2012 there were 45 Men's teams and 48 Women's teams.

Men's additions from 2012 are:

BYU

Florida

UMass

Weber State

Men's teams that competed in 2012, but won't in 2013 are:

Brown

Cal Poly

California

Colorado St.

Columbia

Cornell

Iona

Kansas

La Salle

Minnesota

Nebraska

North Carolina St.

Ohio State

Penn State

Purdue

Virginia

Yale

Women's additions from 2012 are:

Arkansas

Florida

Texas

UC Davis

Women's teams that competed in 2012, but won't in 2013 are:

Brown

Cal Poly

California

Colorado State

Columbia

Iona

Iowa

Kansas

LaSalle

Missouri

Nebraska

North Carolina State

Northern Arizona

Ohio State

Penn State

Princeton

Purdue

Toledo

Virginia