*Official* G-MAC xc 2019 thread

Walsh

Hillsdale

Malone

Saw it happen and Walsh looked strong the whole race! Hillsdale ran strong too. I think Hillsdale might be able to make a push into the National meet with a good run at regional

Let's motivate some lurkers wrote:

Time to send everyone off to their race week tune up workout fired up and angry about some random person on letsrun picking against their squad.

For teams I'll take Walsh, Malone, Hillsdale, and Cedarville in that order for the top 4 teams. Let's be honest, nobody else really has a shot at the top 4, and 5th is a complete coin flip so I'm just gonna stop at 4.

For individuals I'll take Humes, Murray, Miller, Fresenko, and Caniford for the top 5, in that order.

Not bad...still no Kyle's Killer Lemonade though. Try again next year.

Malone choked big time. We could make a movie off of that performance, titled "Charlie and the Choke Factory!"

You're right in saying Hillsdale had a good race. All it takes to make it to the big stage is a good run out of them and a couple other key runners from other teams to star in Malone's movie (see above).

As a spectator of the meet, Walsh was by far the most physical team out there. The lack of sportsmanship out there was atrocious. Every time they passed, there was almost always a Walsh guy throwing unnecessary elbows, and I did not see them congratulate anyone at the finish. As a former runner, I know running will inevitably get rough, but that was more than just the sport, they were poor racers. I expected better

I will say that if Walsh was showing a lot of disrespect shame on them. I didn’t see it but not saying it didn’t happen.

Malone had another choke job and it’s really sad to see. They are good for a performance or two a year from an individual. It was George McCartney and Hannah Thompson last year in track. Overall the team has and will struggle from the looks at it. They could run well in two weeks and qualify for the national meet but it’s going to take a top 5 race.

Hillsdale ran very well and I’m hoping they run like deer at the regional meet.

High School Bests

Malone

Zach Fresenko

9:17

15:47

Nick Chaplik

4:12

9:42

15:48

Noah Chaplik

4:13

9:27

15:48

Nicholas Michels

15:44

9:38

Lucas Clark

4:15

15:50

Matt Kuyken

1:54

4:33

16:01

Chris Cannon

4:19

9:20

16:18

Walsh

Noah Murray

9:22

15:50

Jacob Caniford

4:14

9:24

15:47

Drew Roberts

4:25

9:24

15:41

Beau Boyden

4:24

10:02

16:13

Jay Lutton

9:38

15:55

Jared Bugaj

4:39

9:46

16:40

Hillsdale

Joey Humes

4:16

9:43

15:21

Mark Miller

4:16

9:22

15:58

Morgan Morrison

4:28

10:34

16:58

Adam Wier

4:35

9:48

15:58

Mark Sprague

4:26

9:36

15:57

On paper. Walsh has been very impressive with the talent they have!

I believe that when you look at other D2 teams and what they have, all 3 of these teams SHOULD be making the national meet. D2 isn't filled with a whole lot of depth.

I’m sorry, but that has got to be embarrassing. Writing a diss track is some high school type $h!t. Come on now, most of these guys are 20. Even if the diss track is supposed to be ironic, it’s not funny enough to be not cringe. Grow up boys.

Gmac predictions for regional?

theNCAAisdying wrote:

I’m sorry, but that has got to be embarrassing. Writing a diss track is some high school type $h!t. Come on now, most of these guys are 20. Even if the diss track is supposed to be ironic, it’s not funny enough to be not cringe. Grow up boys.

Maybe I'm out of touch with this generation. But releasing a diss-track about Sacramento BEFORE you've qualified for Sacramento seems just plain stupid. I cannot emphasize this enough. They are really asking to get jinxed, and karma will hit HARD this Saturday. The kid on the team who made this isn't even on their top 5. Kid's a bum. Maybe someone should let coach Rob know because this is embarrassing. If I was a High School commit to Walsh I would seriously re-consider joining a team like this. This trash speaks volumes about their team culture. Sure you can win a couple GMAC championships like this, but you wont build dynasties.

Look at teams like Hillsdale, Malone, and Cedarville. Those boys show up and work hard every race, no trash talk or social media antics necessary. Just check out GreenKetchup's last post, demonstrating just how much Hdale runners improve since HS. You don't see that same thing from Walsh. Consistent improvement is how dynasties are created.

A wise man once said “The boys in the hood are always hard. You come talking that trash, we’ll pull your card.”

Misconduct

The championship handbook and NCAA Division II Manual Bylaw 31.02.3 defines misconduct

as: “…any act of dishonesty, unsportsmanlike conduct, unprofessional behavior or breach

of law, occurring from the time the championship field is announced through the end of the

championship that discredits the event or intercollegiate athletics.”

Nothing like a bunch of sexually frustrated runner boys talking sh!t on an anonymous forum. Bet all ya'll will choke at regionals.

People say girls cause drama but the G-MAC boys for sure have us beat with their pissing contests. 10/10 entertaining to watch though so plz keep it up.

1)- I’d agree. Seems like they have 2 “songs” both are trash. One uses a Malone Logo which is tasteless.

2)- my last post wasn’t posting about the improvements since high school. If you run 9:20 in high school you should run low 25 your freshman year. My post was saying from a talent standpoint Walsh has done well with what they have. Hillsdale is just as good. A lot have been critical about Malone but it’s well deserved. They have a lot of talent and year after year they can’t produce from a team standpoint

Walsh will make the national meet and maybe hillsdale.

Malone: Who is to blame this season?

JaKobe wrote:

Walsh will make the national meet and maybe hillsdale.

Malone: Who is to blame this season?

It's been said on here before, but Hazen hasn't taken an active role in the training since 2015ish. The team seems to work hard and is obviously talented. It's hard to say why exactly they can't put it together, but obviously they need to change something up.

Mizicko is putting together a heck of a program and Hillsdale always impresses with their results considering their lack of high profile recruits.

Cedarville probably should've ran better this year and is wildly unpredictable it seems.

Anyone know what time qualifiers will be officially released this afternoon?

00 wrote:

JaKobe wrote:

Walsh will make the national meet and maybe hillsdale.

Malone: Who is to blame this season?

Anyone know what time qualifiers will be officially released this afternoon?

4 teams out of the Midwest advance to Sacramento--GV, Michigan Tech, USI, and Walsh. Neither Hillsdale nor SVSU made it.

Predictions for the indoor season? Who will take the torch from McCartney in the distance events? Discus

Schaub (Malone) and Humes will run away with every distance event in both indoor and outdoor (barring the 1500m). Don’t even bother speculating.