Carius slaps your gf’s booty, what you doin’? wrote:
2018 NCC @ ILL State: 24:57, 25:09, 25:21, 26:04, 26:08.
2019 NCC @ ILL State: 24:45, 24:59, 25:15, 25:22, 25:30.
Keep lying to yourself, Division III knows they are screwed again this year LOL
1) Conditions
2) Competition
Osmulski's 24:45 was for 3rd this year, so it's easy to say this, but Dhruvil's time was for the Win last year (not to mention Norvell for 2nd). Comparing these two teams is a lot more difficult, especially when their 5th man used to be on the team, wasn't on the roster at all last year, and then is back. How much can Pommier really be trusted when it comes to an important race? Lots of variables this year that other teams can take advantage of.
The one thing NCC has over the entire field is experience. No body at the top has been in a position like this before. (Wartburg, Carleton, CMS, CMU come to mind). Yes, they've found themselves at the podium level before, but to be in a position like this where a title is certainly within reach, there's a lot these teams have never done before.
To counter that, it's clear that NCC doesn't have the man power in experience as they did last year, but you have a dynasty of a program and it's easy to buy into it if your head is in the right spot.
It's not set in stone until November 23rd. Don't count your chickens until they've hatched.