Hannon wrote:
5k: Mazaheri and Xie will be the main competitors, maybe Wood. Xie and Wood will be more fresh.
3k: Inde and Hale will battle it out, should be a good race. Its too bad Turissini is not in this.
Mile: Stansel and Schaaf, I'm gonna go with Schaaf because he is rested and peaking for indoor.
1000: Mitchell Black. Roy is good, but Black is better.
800: Parker should win, but he might choke because he is from MIT.
600: Goehring will win.
Where did you find entries?
KD in the 800 ftw. Kid's in shape. Heard it here first.
thoughts:
600: Odd that Desmond isn't running the 600 since SMU already have Webb in the 8. I'd say a close finish between Geohring and Bhalla but Geohring winning. However, I think the last time these two raced was at tufts last chance in the 800 where Bhalla beat Geohring and qualified for nats.
800: Parker unless he has a bad race. Ellis second because he had a similar upswing last indoor season. Desmond/Cattanach/Yannacone fight for third. Surprised that Cattanach isn't in the mile or 3k given his XC performances.
1000: Black looks like a lock. The "bold" prediction is Sukeforth to make it close and edge Roy at the line. An upset would be cool with Sukeforth taking down Black but weighing the 1:49.1 to a 4:08 you have to go with the 800 guy.
Mile: I guess Sukeforth doesn't need to run the mile but it would have been a good race. Schaaf over Stansel but barely due to the whole peaking for indoors thing. Chelimo third unless he finds his XC/Outdoor form.
3000: Got to give this to Inde unless its super slow race through 2k. I'd say Deyo/Bosworth/Hale will be close behind in any order. I would note that Bosworth and Hale might have better mile speed than Deyo for that final 1k.
5000: Mazaheri and Xie are heads and shoulders better based on times coming in but I'll give a significant edge to Mazaheri based on this XC season and past outdoor championship experience. Wood third.
Mostly safe predictions.
MIT is incredibly volatile when it comes to performance during championship season...
beaver eater wrote:
MIT is incredibly volatile when it comes to performance during championship season...
That 800 upset.
Great call by whoever that was with Desmond winning the 8
6 - Bhalla won as expected. Good to see Geohring back at it. Nothing crazy about this one.
8 - Desmond ran a good tactical race. His 4x4 anchor leg was also noteworthy. Cattanach showing good range mixing it up with the 6/8 specialists after individually qualifying for XC Nats. Ellis ran decently and hopefully Parker had a hard week and is focusing on Opens.
1k - Black put the hammer down with 200 to go and won comfortably over Sukeforth. Tight fight for 2nd-4th.
mile - Godwin ran a good race and was MITs highlight on the track. Stansel couldn't close hard enough the last 200. Schaaf was never in it. Rest of the times weren't all that fast. It didn't help that there was only one heat due to the low number of entrants. Thought Chelimo would run a bit better but his 12th place at XC and 3:49 1500 says enough about his ability.
3k - this was a good race and the only big surprise was Hoagland taking 3rd. Inde against Hale was a good matchup. Bosworth and Hoagland had big PRs to place ahead of XC AAs Deyo and Hussein.
5k - Mazheri won as expected but Xie was never in the mix for this. Curley of Tufts had a big race going sub 15 for the first time to grab 2nd. Nelson from Amherst going sub 15 as well as a freshman. Flat track PR for Dermody in 4th.
Don't feel like doing relays.
xie took the 5k out at a suicidal pace
Bmx wrote:
xie took the 5k out at a suicidal pace
You're right. I totally forgot he was in front at the start because he faded so much.
Am I the only one who doesn't trust the timing system at Springfield?
Why not?
DMR- Amherst Men won handily as Turissini was anchoring fresh.
4X4 - Two man race between USM and Coast Guard. Desmond brought it home in the end for the Huskies.
4x8 - Williams ran well from the slow to take 2nd overall. It was bunched up for a while in the fast heat, Black made a move at 150m and no one could match. I believe he split 1:53-1:54. Stansel was tough and hung for 2nd.
CONN College made that race fast, handing off in first on the first three legs. Bosworth came off a 4th place in the 3000 with just over an hour rest to run 1:58 on their anchor, only .8 out of first.
Do Women run New England DIII Track in 2014-2015?
Skipper Ad wrote:
Do Women run New England DIII Track in 2014-2015?
MIT Distance have been dominating this indoor season.
Maryann Gong - US#9 2:14.87, US#1 4:51.12, US#1 9:33.49
Sarah Quinn - US#5 4:53.53, US#4 9:42.74, US#4 16:56.65
Christina Wicker - US#7 4:58.48, US#13 9:55.83
Nicole Zeinstra - US#6 17:00.97
Elaine McVay - 10:04.66, US#8 17:18.80
US #7 DMR - 12:01.08
Can they hold it all together for a few more weeks and compete well at NCAAs? Quinn hasn't competed since Terrier (1/30)....
Middlebury Women have also been running strong. Alison Maxwell ran 4:53.63 this weekend and three other Midd women ran 4:59, 5:02, 5:02. They also have US#3 DMR.
Three women from Amherst (Sinclair,Gornisiewicz, Briskin) have run well in the 5k.
What a weekend!
1:58? Is this college we're talking about? What did he run in the 3000? 7:55
Start with the biggest - Amherst DMR taking the national record and Open victory with a 9:48.61. Not sure if "taking" is a good word since Amherst already had the record. I think splits are in the DIII Track Thread. Great team run with each leg throwing down big PRs. Lets hope they maintain this at Nationals, Turissini will probably double with the 3k, I don't think anybody else on the squad has individual qualifying times. Bates also with a sub 10 performance. I don't know what McCauley split but I imagine its faster than what he's been running recently so its a good sign he's getting back into things.
Hale runs a big 14:25 to win the 5k with Hussein right behind, which is another big performance for the Amherst freshman. Hale had a 5k PR of 14:51 before this season. Hussein had a PR of 15:12 from Tufts before his 14:29 Friday night as well. Both in the top 15 as of now, lets hope they stay there. Wood coming in 5th in 14:37, which is also a PR.
Turissini comes back from the stellar DMR to get second in the 3000 in 8:23. Deyo of MIT nabs 5th in 8:26 .
Stansel avenges his loss to Godwin last weekend and breaks 4:10 for 5th in what was a very slow race through 800. I think the 800 split was 2:07 or something like that. Godwin with another PR of 4:11. Sukeforth didn't run, hope he isn't injured.
Bowdoin Freshman Donahue makes the final of the 1000 and runs 2:27 for third. Kilcoyne of MIT also in the top 8.
Cattanach? Drops a 1:50.8 out of nowhere in the 800 prelims Friday night. A full 4 second PR and throws him into 4th on the national list. He didn't break 2 in the 800 until a year ago and was running 2:06-2:09s up until then. Came back and ran 4:15 in the mile Saturday and managed a 1:57 in the 8 final. Desmond from Southern Maine runs back to back 1:52s to get second in the final and then helps SMU win the 4x4 in 3:13. Desmond is having a solid season with his New England DIII title from last weekend on top of this. Webb from Southern Maine also runs well with 1:52 /1:53. Bhalla 1:52/1:54, which is better than what he did last year at Opens in a season that ended in a AA at Nationals.
I probably missed some things.
Cattanach squats 75lbs. Source-R2W.