Official 2021 D3 XC Thread

More on Berman. They have no conference affiliation so will not race again until regionals. Berman is a small Lutheran school outside Philadelphia with a strong international population. Top two runners are American but next three are from Somalia Nigeria and Bosnia. Sixth man is weak so they are vulnerable.

Their recruiting pipeline from Bishop Sycamore is sure to pay off in the upcoming years, too.

Bump

PP-CMS dual meet wrapped up, pp men solid W over the stags, CMS women dominated the hens. Times were great on a fairly difficult course, expect a lot of all Americans from West region for both men and women

Based on the results from today, I'm starting to doubt whether Bijan has factored in AGD to his LACCTIC calculations.

#2 CMS women scoring 18 against the #3 Pomona women. Seems like the Athenas are underrated somehow - why is Hopkins first again?

NESCAC results:

https://live.pctiming.com/meets/11661/xc-events/380790/results

Aidan Ryan MIA, Williams beats Middlebury 51-59. Tyler Morris is looking like a serious national title contender, gapping the field by close to 40 seconds. Middlebury is looking underrated, while Williams will have some work to do to keep themselves in a crowded podium race at natties

Heard from a close friend that the Williams men tempo'd their way to victory in trainers today. Good on them - Ryan Cox would be proud!

The Brooks Ghosts are a rather chunky shoe, after all.

"True Cross Country" conditions in Wickham park today - the 'CAC men looked fit despite the slow surface! Hoping that the cowboys from out West are ready to cut their teeth in the muck and mire come Nationals.

neskek wrote:

NESCAC results:

https://live.pctiming.com/meets/11661/xc-events/380790/results

Aidan Ryan MIA, Williams beats Middlebury 51-59. Tyler Morris is looking like a serious national title contender, gapping the field by close to 40 seconds. Middlebury is looking underrated, while Williams will have some work to do to keep themselves in a crowded podium race at natties

Aidan Ryan dnf'd, include him in the race and Williams would've looked a lot better, though not great.

Washed up D3 guy wrote:

Why am I not seeing Berman College in the rankings? Looks like their season hasn't panned out so well.

You might have trouble finding them because they were NAIA last season.

ch hcuvobk wrote:

More on Berman. They have no conference affiliation so will not race again until regionals. Berman is a small Lutheran school outside Philadelphia with a strong international population. Top two runners are American but next three are from Somalia Nigeria and Bosnia. Sixth man is weak so they are vulnerable.

Word on the street is that Berman's 6th man is unvaxxed 😳

DIII Recruit wrote:

Washed up D3 guy wrote:

Why am I not seeing Berman College in the rankings? Looks like their season hasn't panned out so well.

You might have trouble finding them because they were NAIA last season.

BERMAN COLLEGE is an all-male Lutheran divinity school near Philadelphia. For many years its only athletics program was the immensely popular Endurance Team, which competes in road running, triathlons, cross-country skiing, and cycling. A few years ago, the administration decided to make cross country an intercollegiate program, but their only option was NAIA. They immediately began working toward the transition to NCAA D3. The school’s first NCAA competition of any kind will be the upcoming Metro regional championships. In early October, during the school’s autumn break, the team drove to the Smoky Mountains area for the diocesan national championships (six similar schools). Berman placed 2-3-5-6-7. Their top runners have recent half-marathon bests of 1:07, 1:08, 1:08, 1:10, and 1:10. Hard to be objective, but they appear to be better than the top-ranked teams in the region, and are probably on the same level as MIT or SUNY Geneseo based on PRs in other events. (Two have run sub-3:52 for 1500; another has gone 14:16 for 5K).

Anyone else absolutely hate this berman sh*t? The D3 threads used to be good a few years ago, now no one can troll so they just make up fake teams and troll about them. Stupid as hell, whoever's posting this sh*t should be banned from the D3 thread for being so goddamn unfunny

1) Berman is a real school with real potential to win this year. I have talked to their coach and submitted a recruitment form.

2) DIII threads were never good.

Ridiculous statement that Williams is better when Ryan finishes a race. D’uh. Of course they are. But that’s why they run the race and don’t do it on Lactic. If your best guys bail in championship races you’re not going to be as good as Lactic says. XC is a long season and the championships are hardly ever run in perfect conditions. It’s a season that rewards teams made up of grinders with heart.

Who do we think some of the big risers are gonna be heading into regionals? Haverford had a good showing at Centennials, they have developed quite well this season. Middlebury only 8 points off of Williams at NESCACs. La-Crosse with a tight win over Whitewater. Carnegie Mellon, fourth ranked going into UAAs, pulled of the win. What other notable/ surprising performances am I missing?

Lower down, but #30 Colby only 19 points behind Middlebury at NESCACs, beating three other ranked teams.

Hey guys not sure if you have noticed this guy he's kinda flown under the radar but Alex Phillip (John Carroll) has been having a pretty good season. He destroyed the field at AOCs. He also seems to be a very very good and genuine guy off the course as well. He does a lot for runners in the Akon area. My son and daughter really look up to him they even bleached their hair and got bowl cuts to be just like him. I wish I had not already had children so I could have his. Girls really seem to like him and I once saw a puppy jump into his arms mid-race. Pope Francis should canonize him as a Catholic hero. He is a true role model and I hope things go really well for him at Nationals.