SeeYouInNovember wrote:
I’m not sure why I had it in my head that Podium was top 10, I think someone earlier in might have mentioned something about him being top 10. Either way you’re right he might as well be a lock for the podium at this point, given he doesn’t blow up at the state meet like we saw with Ricchuiti last year. To add to your list I would throw Saketh Rudraraju, Steven Miller, and both Coffman kids just from central Ohio, as well as Ethan Cope, Connor Reed, Gianni Allwein, and Theo Papas. Don’t get me wrong Gabelman had a phenomenal Track season, but XC is a different beast and I just don’t think it’s impossible for him to finish a little deeper than we might expect. Take Shaughnessy, who Gabelman hammered in the mile this last spring. He finished 30 secs ahead of Gabelman at states.
For sure. Shaughnessy is a stud - 5th last year. He should've been in my preliminary list. But Gabelman has beaten all those other guys in XC, even besting Miller and Smith last year at OCCs. For sure on Saketh and the other guys as well. To me, they're all podium (top 20) guys.