TRT wrote:
John Clendon wrote:Where did TRT go? Did enough people give him crap for every analysis he gave?
It is nice to know that you missed me. I have been unable to keep up my posts for this thread recently due to other running related commitments. This is my final major post for this thread this year as my predictions for the regional meet. I am well aware that predictions are intended to be proven wrong (I enjoy proving them wrong myself). It was my pleasure to have contributed to this thread. I enjoy reading the meaningful posts as much as the troll posts. Thanks to all who contributed some thoughtful feedback and analysis this year. And yes, thanks to those who contributed troll posts, what would this thread be without it. I’m glad to see this thread still going after so many years.
Let’s hope that the AR gets in as many teams as possible to the NCAA meet, and that the AR performs well this year! I only make predictions for the men but it is my opinion that the Geneseo women’s team looks similar to their 2005 championship team.
Team
1) SLU
2) Geneseo
3) RPI
4) Cortland
5) Oneonta
I’m picking SLU for the win as I have to stick with my logic that Geneseo’s schedule was on the excessive side this year. Cortland looked good at SUNYACs and it’s these last few races that count the most in the season. It’s better to be on an upswing now, rather than stagnating or regressing. I originally had Cortland ahead of RPI and Oneonta, but since John Clendon Cubed had the same predictions I decided to change mine in order to avoid redundancy. I put RPI in front of Oneonta simply because Oneonta appears to be going in the wrong direction right now, while RPI is on an upswing. Oneonta is traditionally a mid distance oriented team and I am more confident that RPI’s coach knows what he is doing when is comes to cross country.
Individual Title
1) Matt Giannino, RIT
2) Nick Marcantonio, Cortland
3) Cohen Miles-Rath, Geneseo
4) Jonathan Sewnig, Rowan
These are the contenders and the way I see it, it will be Matt Giannino’s race to lose right now. Besides the one off race at the Yellow Jacket invite earlier in the season, he has been consistently running well. The defending champion, Nick Marcantonio appears to be rounding into shape after a lackluster season. He is the best natural cross-country runner in the field but I have heard that he was possibly injured again this summer, which may have hampered his early preparation for the season. Cohen Miles-Rath looked impressive to me earlier in the season but has not shown anything impressive recently. However, last year he placed 5th at SUNYACs before turning it up for the regional meet. Jonathan Sewnig is my dark horse pick. He won his most recent race at the NJAC by over 30 seconds (Paul Juelis, 2nd:
http://www.rowanathletics.com/documents/2014/11/1//2014_Mens_NJAC_XC_Results.html?id=3398). It would not be unexpected for him to steal the show. This is going to be a great race to watch. See you all there!