Atantic Region XC - D3

That course in 2003 (not 2004) was more than a little short. My last mile was a crisp 4:20 (a PR at the time)...Ted's must have been even faster. Since the course was a mess and most of my miles were in the 5:10-5:15 range, I think they may have botched the turn around for the last mile.

If I remember right, they had to make some last minute changes to the course that year, mostly in the last mile that shortened it. And given that the last "mile" isn't a true mile in an 8k, the finishing times were fast. Ted ran a 24:26 on a course that was wet and muddy the whole way. Now, he was/is a strong runner, but there's no way that's an 8k time for that course.

Former ICXCer wrote:

That course in 2003 (not 2004) was more than a little short. My last mile was a crisp 4:20 (a PR at the time)...Ted's must have been even faster. Since the course was a mess and most of my miles were in the 5:10-5:15 range, I think they may have botched the turn around for the last mile.

The top 4 teams are well above the rest of the conference. SUNYAC should do well this year at regionals as Cortland and Geneseo should compete for trips to nationals as well as individuals like Deshane, Nally, Forma, Kolb, Cloke, and a slew of the regular Geneseo guys. Should be another competitive year in the SUNY conference as the usual players step up when it counts.

More importantly though, which SUNY team will finish last in the conference ... New Paltz, Buff St, Potsdam, and IT all look like they will be shitty as usual this season. 3 of the teams dont have any track which explains their low finishes, Buff St is just a horrible program for year round athletes. The money has to be on New Paltz to finish in the cellar again this year. The race for last may be more exciting than the race for first

senior class=1 dude...not much of a huge loss there and I believe cartwright wasn't even in the top 5 last year for that team

I think Plattsburgh is gonna be down this year a little bit with the loss of Cartwright and their senior class and might fall back to Fredonia and Oswego into a great 3 team battle for 4th-6th in the conference.[/quote]

The preview for 2006 has been posted. Please be kind with your comments. Maybe I know something you don't?

Nice work, MK. Thanks.

can someone tell me where those twins from Ithaca transfer too?? i liked racing them

Murray State, they liked the team nickname better

We are now 1 week away from the opening weekend of the season. The Bill Walker invitational hosted by Buffalo State strikes me as the headlining meet for this weekend as Grand Island State Park and Buff State will host the 2006 SUNYAC championships in late October. Many of the SUNYAC big guns will be there to check out the course.

Last year, Malone took the team title from Geneseo on the men's side but i expect a much tighter race at the top this year as one of the strongest fields the Bill Walker invite has ever seen will be coming this weekend.

any predictions?

"Daniel Walker"

First off, it's the Daniel Walker Invitational (not Bill Walker). Not that it's a big deal.

Cortland is also having a home meet that day, so they won't be there. Looking around at some school sites, these teams seem to be going:

Buffalo St (of course)

Geneseo

Brockport

Hobart

Houghton

IUP

Malone

New Paltz

Oswego

RIT

William Smith

Based on their website, Edinboro won't be there as in the past.

Well the crap early season meets wont tell much, suprised if top teams even run all their guys early, and if they do, if they run all out or would run them as tempo run workouts.

Most people wont run hard till mid to late september.

Only matters in November, so anyone who has people hurt or other things, they only need to have their full team when it counts.

Sept. 1, start beating the crap out of each other every week.

Bump...5 more days!

it's a good thing buff state hosts this meet because some of their runners might not finish before it gets dark and the park closes

oh my good lanta .. that was horrrrribalskii

RIT is not attending

Should be a good rust buster for geneseo, brockport and malone to gauge themselves against one another ..... IUP and Oswego may have a runner or two who show that they have what it takes to mix it up .... this meet results in traditionally slow times for several reasons:

season opener

long grass

1pm start time

it will be interesting to see how the times from this saturday will compare to the times run in mid-october at the SUNYAC championship

Was RIT originally schedulued to attend and pulled out or were they never planning on coming this year?

Never planning on attending, the sports director assumed incorrectly.