What a poorly written piece. Pick against Stanford because McGorty is an American true frosh (not true) and Ches is an older Kenyan?
Weak.
You also mention it being windy on Friday so it playing into Villanova's hands. Too bad the DMR is on Thursday.
I sure hope they split the Championship field into that other College race for the men's 5000 because it has 97 entries haha.
It appears Jenkins isn't racing. I wonder why? I bet in a perfect set up he could challenge the 3:56 barrier. Obviously even if we generously count him for 3:56y the chances of UO are incredibly slim, but it probably wouldn't hurt for him to race under-distance.
Flotrack said ches is running DMR and Jenkins is 4xmile they are splitting the two up
Penn is running behind once again. The women's DMR is coming up in about 15 minutes. I'll post some updates as it happens here.Our preview of the women's DMR was as follows:
LetsRun wrote:
Arkansas won the women's DMR at NCAAs indoors but they aren't at Penn. Runner-up Stanford was clearly the next best team and thus the team to beat here. At the 2015 NCAA indoor meet, Stanford beat third-placer Michigan by nearly five full seconds (4.98) and Stanford was more than 10 seconds better than all other teams in the field.
Now that doesn't count Villanova which got the DQ'd at NCAA indoors. But Villanova only crossed the line eighth in the race.
Angel Piccirillo ran a great 1200 leg for Nova at NCAA indoors but Cranny is way better than their anchor, plus Nova isn't nearly as good as Stanford at 400 (56.95 leads the team this year for Nova, 53.54 leads Stanford).
The question thus becomes what can UNC do in the DMR. They didn't compete in the DMR indoors. The times they've put up this year are decent but again they aren't beating Stanford unless something unusual happens:
UNC Women's Top Times Outdoors
400 Dunston, Cierra - 55.05
800 Whelan, Elizabeth JR-3 - 2:05.54
1500 Farber, Lianne SR-4 - 4:13.16
1500 LeHardy, Annie SR-4 - 4:13.76
LRC Prediction: Stanford FTW.
You Know Me wrote:
What a poorly written piece. Pick against Stanford because McGorty is an American true frosh (not true) and Ches is an older Kenyan?
Weak.
You also mention it being windy on Friday so it playing into Villanova's hands. Too bad the DMR is on Thursday.
Thanks for the positivity.
"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
The facts are the men's DMR is on Friday not THursday. The women's DMR is Thursday. That's always been the case at Penn. We were right, you are wrong.
You think mentioning that Cheserek is an older Kenyan is bad journalism? I just have to disagree.
But you are right McGorty is a redshirt frosh.
Here we go.
Kelvin Selby and Juli Benson are broadcasting on Flotrack.
They said 67-68 for first 400. It looked more like 69 for me.
UNC girl has taken off has about a 5 meter lead at 600.
Villanova has a 10 meter lead at 800.2:17.
Someone needs to tell Kelvin Selby (he and Juli Benson are commenting - I like them both) where the 200 split is at Penn. It's not the line you think it is.
Complete butchering , as usual multiple times already of names by FloTrack dude
3.5 second lead for Villanova (black girl) at 1200. 3:22? Monster 1200 leg.
Bad handoff though at the end of the 400 leg and now Nova is less than a second up at start of 800 leg.
LSU is third. No one is winning though except for Nova and Stanford.
Nova 800 leg took it owut in about 60 to extend it into a 20 meter lead.
Yale 4th.
Columbia 5th.
Stanford leg is coming back on her at the end of 800. It will be neck and neck heading into the 1600. 2:08 for Nova. Nova gets it with a 5 meter lead on Cranny.
We know how this will end.
I really do not know how you would not be 100% sure of who Schappert is
First leg on last lap was so slow 70 that the UNC woman caught up. Now 3 teams up front 600 in.
Cranny took the lead at about 500 as its' too slow.
Yale, Columbia and Gtown are battling it out for 4-5-6.
2:21-2 at 800.
Cranny, Nova, UNC.
Coogan of Gtown is all by herself in 4th. UNC girl is fading at 1k.
3:33 at 1200 (leader to leader to 3:32 for Cranny)
Rojo, HOW was that going to end?
I presume you thought Cranny would win, you could tell by watching she had a good chance to get beat and she did easily, you were not even close.
rojo wrote:
We know how this will end.
I guess there is a reason why they run the race. Cranny got her doors blown off in the last 200. I had Nova in 32.6.
Let's hope Cranny hates cold weather as she had zero response to Nova. Nova FTW.
The meet starts on Thursday. Talk about it here after reading our preview.
Will Oregon and King Ches be unbeatable? What about Stanford and Cranny?
Trialswatcher wrote:
Rojo, HOW was that going to end?
I presume you thought Cranny would win, you could tell by watching she had a good chance to get beat and she did easily, you were not even close.
ROJO thanks for the updates.
Trialswatcher you are obnoxious...
Huge win for Schappert who if folks had done their research was clearly good enough to hang in here
Huge win for Nova, not a very competitive race up and down though.
RESULTS
PL SCHOOL/AFFILIATION MARK ATHLETES ID
1 Villanova 11:09.06 Angel Piccirillo (3:23.25), Michaela Wilkins (56.30), Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (2:09.91), Stephanie Schappert (4:39.61) AA
2 Stanford 11:11.07 Jessica Tonn (3:27.00), Kristyn Williams (53.61), Claudia Saunders (2:09.62), Elise Cranny (4:40.87) AB
3 Georgetown 11:16.83 Becca Deloache (3:30.54), Piper Donaghu (57.25), Sabrina Southerland (2:10.02), Katrina Coogan (4:39.03) AC
4 North Carolina 11:17.29 Lianne Farber (3:27.09), Kendra Douglas (58.08), Elizabeth Whelan (2:08.80), Annie LeHardy (4:43.33) AI
5 Columbia 11:23.12 Sarah Hardie (3:28.64), Akua Obeng-Akrofi (56.36), Brittney Wade (2:10.88), Olivia Sadler (4:47.25) AM
6 Yale 11:25.12 AT
7 Penn 11:31.68 Ashley Montgomery (3:30.83), Candace Taylor (55.30), Carey Celata (2:10.17), Cleo Whiting (4:55.40) BH
8 Duke 11:36.44 Anima Banks (3:32.04), Callie Francis (58.48), Hannah Meier (2:13.85), Haley Meier (4:52.09) AF
9 Indiana 11:37.18 Brenna Calder (3:31.43), Brittni King (57.62), Samantha Gwin (2:14.89), Brianna Johnson (4:53.25) AR
10 Clemson 11:51.21 Brianna Feerst (3:38.33), Olivia James (55.81), Tanisha Coppin (2:21.69), Grace Barnett (4:55.40) AE
11 LSU 11:53.02 AN
Trialswatcher wrote:
Huge win for Schappert who if folks had done their research was clearly good enough to hang in here
Huge win for Nova, not a very competitive race up and down though.
Drop it dude. We did our research. We were at NCAA indoors.
A 4:18 woman doesn't normally beat a 4:10 woman. Yes it's windy, but you don't expect that.
upsets are part of the sport.