MIAC Track 2017

Coffey and Donson obviously stand the best chance. Their Indoor miles indicate that they are capable of it. Sean Bjork has continued to surprise. Otherwise, I don't think more than the top two guys. That is a tough barrier to break and we have been spoiled the past few years. It would be interesting to see how many sub 3:50's there will be. That might be a bigger number.

Remember during cross when people were saying the MIAC is dead? This is a deep year for Mid-D.

Here we go! wrote:

Coffey and Donson obviously stand the best chance. Their Indoor miles indicate that they are capable of it. Sean Bjork has continued to surprise. Otherwise, I don't think more than the top two guys. That is a tough barrier to break and we have been spoiled the past few years. It would be interesting to see how many sub 3:50's there will be. That might be a bigger number.

Remember during cross when people were saying the MIAC is dead? This is a deep year for Mid-D.

Yeah but they're not all from Olaf or Carleton or Saint Thomas? Gross, no thanks.

Some big questions about outdoor conference...

What does Donnie run at conference? 800 or 1500? or both?

Who wins strong 800 field if no Donnie?

Bugler actually win conference steeple?

Can Coffey double in 1500-5k again and win both?

Biggest distance darkhorse for the 5k/10k?

And the biggest question of all:

Can Adam Brandt improve on his 10th place last year in the 10k and win it this year???

DCG runs the 1500 I bet. He almost snagged Coffey in the mile, 100m shorter makes it a little closer?

My guess for top 3 is Krause/Frederickson/Hatton. Krause is significantly better outdoors than indoors and he just had his best indoor season time-wise. Frederickson doesn't really make any moves, he just goes out hard and tries to hold it. He can save that speed in the outdoor final though, which starts slowly. Hatton over Krogman and Lillehaugen because he did it indoors, but he doesn't have the wheels that Krause or Frederickson have. I don't know which of Hatton, Krogman, and Lillehaugen have a better kick, or will run smarter on that day, but I think they'll be racing for third. Olaf milers stay out of it after that flop indoors.

Bugler will murder the steeple. He wins by 15 seconds after staying with the pack for 2k.

Coffey probably can double. Will he? IDK. Escher and Campbell didn't. Doesn't make sense that close to national 1500 with prelims to run a hard 5k if your team can't win.

Darkhorse: Walter Edstrom if he runs the 5k.

Will Brandt get better than 10th? Probs.

Campbell has doubled 1500/5K the past two years at outdoor conference. Two years ago he looked rough on a warm day but rallied for 3rd. Last year Hart went out hard and Jake sat back and ran for 2nd. With nobody anywhere near Hornor's level for Coffey to contend with, the double is probably available for him if he wants to do it. Who knows though, he didn't run any 3Ks indoors so it's not a given he'll even run a 5K this spring.

So what's with Bugler's 15:54...?

Wash3d up wrote:

So what's with Bugler's 15:54...?

I'm sure it'll be fine.

It is March, probably cold still, not competition. What did you want? a 14:20?

I'm sure he'll be fine. Remember his bad steeple opener last year? People freaked over that, too. This is a time of the year where everyone is working hard and putting in some good workouts and mileage. That, or they just got back from spring break. Either way!

Bugler's performances this year are pretty much the equivalent of NBA teams resting their starters for big games.

No last chance meet even though he was on the bubble in the mile. Never tried to run a fast 3k indoor. Now he tempos his 5k debut. I'm all for moderation but it's maddening how little we've gotten to see from him. It's also interesting because it's a different approach than we saw with Tommy. Maybe Miles dug up Gathje's workouts from the 80s and is replicating them to the "t" in an era where there's an actual indoor season.

Bro--the 1500 is 109 meters shorter

mile and the metric mile wrote:

Bro--the 1500 is 109 meters shorter

109? Might as well throw Huffman in there too.

Hamline heat sheets out yet?

Ohhh this will be a juicy meet. Interesting choice of events for some athletes. And no Cofffey or Eggers? Anyone know what's up?

Yusplz wrote:

Ohhh this will be a juicy meet. Interesting choice of events for some athletes. And no Cofffey or Eggers? Anyone know what's up?

Are you physically incapable of NOT dragging the discussion back to your teammates?

Freal wrote:

Yusplz wrote:

Ohhh this will be a juicy meet. Interesting choice of events for some athletes. And no Cofffey or Eggers? Anyone know what's up?

Are you physically incapable of NOT dragging the discussion back to your teammates?

Genuinely don't run for Olaf. Actually curious. Bjork is running, the other two national qualifiers aren't. So it's apparent they aren't resting them. So one is forced to wonder if they are injured. So I was wondering if anyone knew?

If they were teammates, wouldn't they already know?

uh wrote:

If they were teammates, wouldn't they already know?

Knowing isn't enough. They have to talk about it online with strangers. Think of it as almost self-promotion.

You think the Huffman hype-man doesn't run or coach at Bethel?