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Post by bbg95 on Nov 12, 2021 15:30:14 GMT -5
Here are the 31 teams that have qualified for nationals for women's cross country: Automatic qualifiers: 1 Notre Dame 2 Wisconsin 3 Georgetown 4 West Virginia 5 Minnesota 6 Oklahoma State 7 New Mexico 8 Colorado 9 Harvard 10 Syracuse 11 Ole Miss 12 Florida State 13 Arkansas 14 Rice 15 North Carolina St. 16 North Carolina 17 Stanford 18 Washington At-large bids: 19 BYU 20 Colorado St. 21 Utah 22 Providence 23 Iowa State 24 Northern Arizona 25 Utah State 26 Alabama 27 Michigan 28 Michigan State 29 Butler 30 Villanova 31 Oregon #1-18 are the auto-bids (i.e. the teams that finished in the top two at their regional), whereas 19-31 are the at-large bids. This link shows how the at-large teams were selected. Regionals generally don't tell us much about who will win nationals, as the top teams often are just trying to qualify. For example, BYU didn't run three of their expected top five, including top runner Whittni Orton, and those that do run are often just trying to get through it. Regionals are still important for the bubble teams, though, as they need to finish high enough to be eligible to be selected, either via the auto-bid or an at-large bid.
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Post by bbg95 on Nov 12, 2021 15:33:20 GMT -5
Here are the qualifiers for cross country nationals on the men's side (how this was determined can be seen here): Automatic qualifiers: 1 Notre Dame 2 Wisconsin 3 Princeton 4 Georgetown 5 Oklahoma State 6 Iowa State 7 BYU 8 Northern Arizona 9 Syracuse 10 Harvard 11 Ole Miss 12 Alabama 13 Texas 14 Arkansas 15 Wake Forest 16 Furman 17 Stanford 18 Washington At-large bids: 19 Colorado 20 Michigan 21 Florida State 22 Tulsa 23 Air Force 24 Michigan State 25 Butler 26 Southern Utah 27 North Carolina 28 Minnesota 29 Portland 30 Oregon 31 Gonzaga
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Post by bbg95 on Nov 20, 2021 10:07:24 GMT -5
Cross country nationals are this morning. Coverage has started on ESPNU. The women will race first and then the men.
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Post by bbg95 on Nov 20, 2021 10:46:05 GMT -5
NC State wins their first title with just 84 points in the team race, which is a very solid number. They had the best team on paper if everyone ran to form, and that's how it played out. BYU finished second with 122 points, followed by New Mexico with 130 and Colorado with 187. As a BYU and New Mexico alum, I can't be upset by that. If someone scores 84 points at nationals, they will win, and you just have to tip your cap. Whittni Orton won the individual title, and she is the first BYU woman to win that title in the storied history of BYU women's cross country (five team titles, five runner-ups). Defending champ Mercy Chelangat finished second, followed by Ceili McCabe of West Virginia. All three women were undefeated this season before nationals. The men are up next.
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Post by bbg95 on Nov 20, 2021 11:50:40 GMT -5
Northern Arizona is a machine. They looked a little more vulnerable this year, but they easily won their fifth title in the last six seasons, with only a blip in 2019 when they finished second to BYU. NAU recorded 92 points to finish well ahead of Iowa State, who finished second with 137 points. Oklahoma State was third, and Arkansas was fourth. Conner Mantz repeated as the individual champion, as Wesley Kiptoo finished second and Athanas Kioko of Campbell finished third. Mantz ran the 10K course in 28.33.1, which shattered the previous course record by nearly 20 seconds. I think BYU might be the first school to have the individual champion for both the men and the women in the same year, though I need to look through the previous results to be sure.
Edit: Indiana had both individual champions in 1988. They are the only other school to pull off a sweep of the individual titles.
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 5, 2022 14:26:56 GMT -5
Indoor Nationals is next week, starting on Friday. Looks like the live broadcasts are on ESPN3. ESPNU has a tape delay on Sunday.
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 12, 2022 21:16:31 GMT -5
Congrats to the Texas men and Florida women on winning indoor nationals. Texas won it in the last race, whereas Florida blew away the field (technically, they only won by 12, but they had it wrapped up with two events to go). This is the first title for Texas and second for Florida, with the first in 1992.
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 26, 2022 13:09:24 GMT -5
Yulimar Rojas broke her own triple jump world record about a week ago. Her new mark of 15.74 meters bettered her old mark of 15.67 (15.43 indoors) that she set in her last jump at the Olympics. It's not very common for an indoor record to be better than the outdoor record, but that's what we have now. If she can do this indoors, she may be able to jump even farther in the outdoor season with a decent but legal tailwind. Is 16 meters possible? Maybe.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Apr 8, 2022 14:49:35 GMT -5
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Post by akbar on Apr 8, 2022 15:11:12 GMT -5
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Apr 8, 2022 16:23:46 GMT -5
He’s lightning, but brittle. Long shot, but why not give it a try?
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 8, 2022 12:35:12 GMT -5
Outdoor nationals start today at 7:30 ET on ESPN2. Just tagging those who might be interested. c4ndlelight avid 2.0 nellynel @nyline geddyleeridesagain According to the latest formcharts, it looks like Texas should win the women's competition easily (they're projected to finish with 16 points more than projected second Florida and 24 more than projected third LSU), whereas the men's competition is projected to be very close, with Florida, Texas and NCA&T all projected within four points of each other. Georgia, Stanford and possibly Florida State are also projected to be within striking distance if the favorites falter.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 8, 2022 13:23:38 GMT -5
anyone specific to watch for? (also want this in my participated lol)
arent the track WCH's this summer too?
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 8, 2022 13:56:34 GMT -5
anyone specific to watch for? (also want this in my participated lol) arent the track WCH's this summer too? Yes, the World Championships are July 15 to July 24 in Eugene. As for who to watch for, I'm not exactly sure. NCAA.com did some winner prediction articles. Some records could fall, though I'm not sure on exactly which ones other than the women's steeplechase, which I think could be in danger. BYU's Courtney Wayment ran a faster time at the US Olympic Trials last year than the current collegiate record, so she definitely has the potential.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jun 8, 2022 16:05:41 GMT -5
Outdoor nationals start today at 7:30 ET on ESPN2. Just tagging those who might be interested. c4ndlelight avid 2.0 nellynel @nyline geddyleeridesagain According to the latest formcharts, it looks like Texas should win the women's competition easily (they're projected to finish with 16 points more than projected second Florida and 24 more than projected third LSU), whereas the men's competition is projected to be very close, with Florida, Texas and NCA&T all projected within four points of each other. Georgia, Stanford and possibly Florida State are also projected to be within striking distance if the favorites falter. Thanks for the heads up. I don't follow NCAA that closely - I'm more of a Diamond League guy - but I'll tune in to see if NCA&T can take it to the big boys. Also interested in watching the progression of the Boling kid, and there's a freshman at Cal throwing the discus 225' I'd like to see as well.
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