Official 2015 DIII Cross Country Thread

Here Comes Franklin wrote:

Franklin Park is an honest course. While times there can be decently quick, I would not go so far to call it the same as Paul Short. Paul Short is pancake flat- Franklin keeps it honest with Bear Cage and the wilderness.

Paul short was about 10-15 seconds slow this year due to weather, so let's call it even.

not to mention that Paul short also went out pretty slow

Not to mention that Franklin Park isn't 8K

Not a perfect example, but I know Biwott has run both courses the last two years. His TFRRS (https://xc.tfrrs.org/athletes/4137425.html) shows that he is a bit slower at Franklin (18 then 43 seconds). I know the latter time was much slower because he had no one to push him. So based on the first result, if Paul Short was actually ~15 seconds slow, I'd say the courses are very comparable.

It was also very rainy and sloppy at Open New Englands last year.

Sit n kick wrote:

not to mention that Paul short also went out pretty slow

Who is Paul Short?

WhereYouThere wrote:

Sit n kick wrote:

not to mention that Paul short also went out pretty slow

Who is Paul Short?

I could be wrong but I believe it is an old, old wooden ship that was used in the civil war era.

gotta love all the Amherst kids on here trying to make their performance at open new England's look better before it even happens. Franklin park is a very fast course, probably even faster than Paul short. I haven't raced there in college, but I raced there in high school and I can tell you the woods loop is not hilly at all. It was slower last year because the conditions were bad.

Dude no way that's fvckin sweet. We all believe you.

the letter why wrote:

Not to mention that Franklin Park isn't 8K

How many xc 8k's are actually 8k's anyways?

Comparing times in xc is like trying to catch snakes with a spatula. You just end up flailing around looking stupid.

Congratulations. That was the worst analogy I have ever seen in my life. We are all stupider for reading it.

Any serious challengers (D1 or D2) for the Hopkins women this weekend at the Disney Cross Country Classic?

Anwerst wrote:

gotta love all the Amherst kids on here trying to make their performance at open new England's look better before it even happens. Franklin park is a very fast course, probably even faster than Paul short. I haven't raced there in college, but I raced there in high school and I can tell you the woods loop is not hilly at all. It was slower last year because the conditions were bad.

It is fast, but it is not faster then Paul Short. Just do a time comparison and you will see for yourself.

my haiku entry:

november two one

only one will reign supreme

midwest? nah buddy

You are correct, only one team will get 4th place and they might be from the Midwest to go along with the other 3 Midwest teams in the top 3.

Midwest >>>>>>> wrote:

You are correct, only one team will get 4th place and they might be from the Midwest to go along with the other 3 Midwest teams in the top 3.

Straight from the mouth of the valedictorian math major from eau claire, should have taken some exercise science classes because then you'd realize that la crosses 6 mile morning power walks will have them walking all over you at nattys

Salami will take it all. Just watch.

If teams from the Midwest area (and I stress AREA, not region, meaning St. Olaf counts as well) don't go 1,2,3. I will literally eat my own weiners that I make at The Weiner Shop (madison, WI). These weiners are huge and really satly but all the kids from the Madison area say its the best weiners they've ever had. So maybe it'll be good if the Midwest doesn't sweep 1,2,3 but I doubt it will happen because the East Coast is as soft as the weiners you find at East Coast Meats. And we all know that the East Coast Meats is full of soft weiners.

Billy Madison wrote:

Congratulations. That was the worst analogy I have ever seen in my life. We are all stupider for reading it.

So now you run D3 at Augsburg? Haaaaaa