UAA Cross-Country Thread 2017

Is Goebel still running? Fleming didn't have a good track season, either, and Wash. U. gets the Bosnian Bullet back.

Look for a 15 point (at least) W for WUSTL. 2nd place for team more interesting battle, it looks like.

How's Rochester looking this year?

Waaaaay to early. But I agree that Wash U should be the favorite with Carnegie right behind.

Looking forward to Sullivan v. O'Gara at UAA's. Any other front-runner contenders? Maldonado?

Don't be sleeping on Brandeis, fools. They may have surprised you last year, and all their horses are back. Maybe the freshman Ostrander will be the #5 they were sorely missing.

Maldonado graduated, but Saddler is good.

Sullivan hasn't shown us anything of note in XC yet.

UChicago brought in a couple freshmen studs from California. WashU has their usual 3-4 stars. Case men have their first solid recruiting class in quite some time. But as has been the case the last few years, Carnegie has the deepest and most solid incoming class. NYU didn't seem to bring in one single good recruit.

Wayyyyy too much info on freshman classes, just take it easy man. Some of em' are still 17.

Roll 'deis wrote:

Don't be sleeping on Brandeis, fools. They may have surprised you last year, and all their horses are back. Maybe the freshman Ostrander will be the #5 they were sorely missing.

Maldonado graduated, but Saddler is good.

Sullivan hasn't shown us anything of note in XC yet.

UChicago brought in a couple freshmen studs from California. WashU has their usual 3-4 stars. Case men have their first solid recruiting class in quite some time. But as has been the case the last few years, Carnegie has the deepest and most solid incoming class. NYU didn't seem to bring in one single good recruit.

Not UAA Alum wrote:

Looking forward to Sullivan v. O'Gara at UAA's. Any other front-runner contenders? Maldonado?

Merriman, Moore, O'Gara, and Johnsrud are my top 4.

Garret Mountain isn't flat, so Metucchi and Sullivan will struggle.

Merriman and O'Gara are strong returners and had strong Track performances to complement that. Moore came out of nowhere in Track and seems to be on the rise, while Johnsrud has been putting in good work this Summer so I wouldn't be surprised if he blossoms this year.

As far as teams go, WashU is a clear early favorite, as long as they do not majorly screw up in the next 8 weeks the title is theirs.

Rumor has it that Alexa Efraimison is running for Brandeis men's team this year??? When will this liberal snowflake agenda end

Wash U is the clear favorite. Hearing NYU kids didn't run at all this summer and half the team is injured

I agree Wash U all the way. CM for second, Brandeis 3rd, Emory 4th then a battle for the cellar

but what about Rochester?

Hopkins Alumn wrote:

[quote]Not UAA Alum wrote:

Looking forward to Sullivan v. O'Gara at UAA's. Any other front-runner contenders? Maldonado?

Merriman, Moore, O'Gara, and Johnsrud are my top 4.

this doesn't make sense. 5 juniors in the top 5 last year and you pick 2 current juniors, one of whom was 27th?

1. Rochester

2. NYU

3. Emory

4. CMU

5. WashU

6. UChicago

7. Case

8. Brandeis (of course)

BEE-LIEVE!!!!

I know this is a troll but they bring back a FR, SO, SO top 3 from last year and did pretty well in track. Could surprise

Rochester's #1 Fan wrote:

1. Rochester

2. NYU

3. Emory

4. CMU

5. WashU

6. UChicago

7. Case

8. Brandeis (of course)

BEE-LIEVE!!!!

WashU looks like the clear favorite after this weekend. O'Gara looks dominant and their 2-9 gap is very good

I agree O'Gara looks very much like a dominatrix.

course was SOOOO short man

Course was legit. Race directors measured it as 4.99 the day before. Footing was rough, so they could run even faster at a grass track like Oshkosh. Wash U is ready to roll.

always hard to guage things with washu without any competition in their early meets. Given how tight the pack is (except ogara), it will be interesting to see who's up front on a hilly course instead of a flat one