Official 2017 NCAA XC Regional Discussion Thread - Find out who is dancing here

And everyone out West with good weather will circlejerk their times as proof that they're better. Why don't you come east where the real men run all year round?

Should we start placing bets on if anyone will have to be treated for hypothermia? I've been at a D1 conference meet where some athletes had to be treated for it as they raced in sleet/snow conditions.

Kenyan runners will underperform?

Wow.

I remember the last time the Northeast Regional was in Buffalo in 2011, it was super windy but nowhere near this cold. That is gonna be no fun to run in, and I think it could come as a shock to the system to some of the athletes. It's been unseasonably warm for most of the fall and this is the first truly cold weekend.

C/M Runner wrote:

The other regions are expected to have high temperatures above 45 degrees F, per weatherunderground.com.

Include the Southeast regional in the cold weather races. At 10 AM the temperature in Charlottesville will be about 40 degrees, and it won't get much warmer.

The course in Buffalo is a mess, they have gotten so much rain. The cold temps could help if the ground is frozen.

Greedy Capitalist wrote:

C/M Runner wrote:

The other regions are expected to have high temperatures above 45 degrees F, per weatherunderground.com.

Include the Southeast regional in the cold weather races. At 10 AM the temperature in Charlottesville will be about 40 degrees, and it won't get much warmer.

Southeast Region (Charlottesville, VA) - high 45, winds N at 10 to 15 mph

10am - 40 F, wind N 11 mph

11am - 41 F, wind N 11 mph

noon - 42 F, wind N 11 mph

I think the other regions would rather have VA weather near 40 degrees than the 30s or lower... but the wind will make it interesting.

I always run my best races in cold conditions. 17 degrees in one 10-miler. But the wind is not good. Wear mini-socks inside the shorts, boys.

Syracuse will be fine, if not better.

I once ran West regionals in 30-32 degree weather. It wasn't that bad.

Final there will be a more even playing field against the stick figures, especially on the women's side.

The women will be suffering in their bunhuggers but at least they can wear arm warmers.

At least 90% of the people who would have qualified under somewhat-warmer conditions will qualify here.

Difficult courses and conditions don't do that much to change who the best performers will be. They *can* mean that the qualifiers will be more beaten up for the next week's race.

Ok, we've turned this into the official thread. Today's schedule and a link to live results appears below. The first race is at 10 am ET.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/11/schedule-results-2017-ncaa-cross-country-regionals/

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Wow.

I remember the last time the Northeast Regional was in Buffalo in 2011, it was super windy but nowhere near this cold. That is gonna be no fun to run in, and I think it could come as a shock to the system to some of the athletes. It's been unseasonably warm for most of the fall and this is the first truly cold weekend.

Clearly you never ran XC in HS or college.

What's with the term "dancing"? Why not just say here's who will be "running" next week? You know, since that's what they'll be doing.

south central women's results?

south regional results are SUPER live. love when timing sites do this

Ole miss 1st, UGA 2nd

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