NAIA 2023

anyone having trouble getting this stream going of the meet today? Just paid 15 bones to get splits on some blokes

Silva will easily win. He's a 13:29 and 3:41 guy. Today took nothing out of him and I'm guessing tomorrow won't take a thing out of him either. Hopefully he can get his grades under control so he can do more races outdoors

Seemed like the DMR didn’t go as predicted by seed times. To be expected when teams just secure their standard and lay low until finals. Some teams looked to have mistimed the peak. So… who are we saying is the biggest disappointment so far??

lourdes. hands down.

The Aquinas keyboard warriors fell short today. The lady of the lakes men did above average. The Doane relays surprised me a bit. And the 5k looks to be straight edge 12 best men. Glad it wasn’t a jog fest

good to see guys not jogging in stuff to qualify.. except for silva.. kids a stallion. Should be an interesting shakeup in these mid D events tmrw for prelims. Wish silva the fresno kid was in some of 'em

Just in the DMR? Aquinas. To be fair Aquinas wasn't a team that had much of a real shot in the DMR. They were kind of set up for failure. Their biggest strength was having Hodgkinson in the 1200 leg, and the 1200 is always kind of a sit and kick for the prelim, so that advantage wasn't going to be at full display. Then he didn't run too well and the rest of the relay was doomed from there. Hardy is only a 4:15 miler and you really want a guy who can run 4:12 or faster for the anchor.

I also had some pretty high expectations for St. Mary who just hardly missed a finals spot. I thought they could be in contention to win if everything played out right.

Overall, the biggest disappointment had to have been Indiana Tech's 4x4s. Especially on the men's side. From what I overheard they were still aiming to beat Cumberlands or at least try for second place in team score. Now erasing what they probably had projected as 10 points for themselves has to hurt those hopes pretty badly. Missing out by 0.12 is also brutal.

I had silva for the win but there definitely was a large upside to aquinas

Seemed like Aquinas’s 1200 leg had them in it though. I didn’t catch where it slipped but it seems like they usually advance at least one relay to finals so that was tough.

As for the rest of the field it seems like Dordt will take the 4x800 with ease. They didn’t have to use their big pieces so this seems all but wrapped up.

Mauldin can HAMMER that last 120-150 like a BULLY. Man when I'm sitting in those jackrabbit stands tomorrow imma be pissing myself seeing him and silva duke it to the end!!!!!

Was in the bathroom during their race, don't know exactly what happened, and the stream will not load for me as I sit in our hotel lobby.

Silva looks insane. So calm. Dude is salty at the sport of track and field

4x8 finals predictions?

im going with

1. Dordt

2. Dakota State

3. Oklahoma City

4. Kansas Wesleyan

5. Grace

6. LCSC

7. Olivet Nazarene

8. Marian

Not a bad prediction.

Oklahoma City could be anywhere between 2nd and last. They have everyone except Silva running a prelim tomorrow and they all already ran in both the 4x8 and DMR prelims. In the past Robeaux has been pretty bad in finals.

Olivet has the potential to run pretty good. All of their guys will be fresh and they ran right around the same splits as each other which is a little more beneficial in the final. On the other hand, they also don’t have any stud anchor leg to rely on. If it comes down to that they’re getting their doors blown off by anyone else in the final.

Dordt would need a complete implosion to do anything other than win tomorrow. If they can all coast their prelims they should feel pretty good about this final.

Honestly I thought Silva looked kinda slow today. The Spring Arbor kid almost caught him at the end. I don’t know if Silva has what it takes to hang in the NAIA. I did also overhear him say that the race took a lot out of him and he was wishing he never came to the NAIA in the first place.

Ranked #2 i wouldn't call them a team that didn't have a shot. They had the firepower

I was watching from the stands and it was Aquinas’ 800 leg that lost it for them. Split was well over two minutes and after that the anchor leg jogged it in.

Cornerstone men bringing both 4x8 and dmr was odd and also not qualifying either was really disappointing.

A bummer for both sides to not have more wolverine hoosier representation at the big stage. Hodgkinson and Armbrustmacher should have a good match today in the 2 and 2/3rds lapper those two kids bring the best out of each other due to their competitive tendencies and hunter mindsets.