MIAC XC 2020

I think UST is moving to the Summit League regardless of whether they have a season this winter/spring. Kinda stinks for them but the young squad looks like they could make a solid presence early on.

Races happened/happening sorta this weekend

Olaf - 8k

Carleton - 8k

Gustavus - 5k/mile

Bethel - 5k (now quarantined)

Concordia- 8k

SMU - cancelled (quarantined)

Thomas - ?

SJU - ?

Hamline- ?

Any results out there?

St Thomas did another 8k on the track and had a few more guys go sub 26

Carleton 8k TT on Home Course

Matt Wilkinson - 24:36

Stephen Lavey - 27:49

Carleton and Oles are soft - St. Marys will go all the waya

Curious how many teams were actually shut down due to Covid issues.

Any other schools looking to not hold indoor?

realistically indoor is out of the picture for all miac schools, except maybe bethel? hopefully they can continue to pray covid away and will be fine.

y'all think outdoor is happening or nah?

Agreed indoor is out of the picture at this point. But lets be hopeful that the MIAC will get some kind of an outdoor season!

Coaches meeting is tomorrow. Maybe they'll come up with a plan. Our coach thinks the MIAC will allow schools that want to compete host and travel out of MIAC but no official championship. Sounds like only STO, the Carls, & Mac are out for sure. It's more to allow basketball than anything.

WIAC is a go for indoor. As is the ARC again since they had XC. Looking somewhat what hopeful for us

President's seem to have approved planning an indoor season. Sounds like we'll have a season after all. Will anyone opt out even if there team competes? Obviously Olaf & Carleton are out.

I doubt anyone super serious will opt out unless their whole school does as well. We're hungry for competition and I'd think most serious runners would seize this opportunity to compete unless they plan on transferring or something.

Agreed! I would like to think that distance runners especially are SUPER hungry for competition as they have missed an outdoor season followed by xc season.

Apparently, no conference championships for indoor but there is a plan for an official season now. Thoughts on how the season will go? I'm guessing dual meets or tri meets at places that don't normally host meets (GAC, Moorhead, or SMU) since 2 of the normal schools are out (STO and Carleton)

What a blessing! I think each team will likely get 2-3 dual meets and be ready to roll with the outdoor season if that happens.

I see a lot of the metro schools duking it out - Bethel, UST, Hamline, and Augsburg. GAC/Concordia/SJU makes the trip to the cities which should be pretty simple. Looks optimistic for these schools and as for a conference meet - what a logistical nightmare that would be.

No surprise Mac joins Northfield in bailing.

Teams can compete but no Conference meets.

"MIAC indoor track and field and swimming and diving programs will be able to participate in regular-season meets at the discretion of each institution, as there is no assigned conference schedule for these sports; however, due to safety and logistical concerns, the typical postseason conference championship meets for these sports will not be held this winter".

https://www.miacathletics.com/general/2020-21/releases/20210112lfbdy1

tbh i think it is incredibly foolish of majority of the miac to compete this winter. actions like this will only prolong our pandemic. selfish decisions.