Division III cross country

[Flea]

Any chance of convincing the Thunder to make the 200.001 mile drive up to GR for the Calvin Invitational next year?

That would be great.  Oshkosh came all the way around the lake for it.

[Oval]

Sept. 16

St. Olaf Invitational MEN
St. Olaf Invitational WOMEN

teams:
Gustavus Adolphus
Hamline  M-#3
Macalester
St John’s  M-#30
St. Olaf ..... W-#23
St. Thomas ..... W-#28
La Crosse  M-#8 ..... W-#5
Wartburg  M-#15 ..... W-#9

[Oval]

Sept. 16

Spartan XC Classic MEN
Spartan XC Classic WOMEN

teams:
- Aurora
- Carthage
- North Central (women)
- Wheaton-IL   M-#2 .... W-#22

[Grutte Dirk]

Wow, St Olaf is a high-end meet.  Exciting to see so many quality teams at one course.  I think the D3 T&F and XC in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and to a lesser extent Illinois really benifit from the solid D3 competition they can find every weekend.

[Trailer Dog]

FOX NEWS -- Mumps outbreak at Wheaton College, Illinois ..... being that men's XC is Wheaton's best chance for an NCAA title this fall, I wonder what they'll do to protect the students?

I'd be taking all my runners off campus until this blows over.

[seventiesraider]

Good source of Division III XC Info Track Shark NCAA Division III Blog

[hawk'ster]

The Track Shark blog is great. Nice source for interviews and results. 

The Track Shark chat is poor, esp. when you want to discuss D3, no one cares.  I think many D1 and D2 athletes do not like to recognize that there are D3 athletes that can compete at their level while paying tuition.

[Bushop]

Where are the big races this weekend?

[Cowman]

SUNY-Geneseo ... 1.) women / 21.) men
   -- Sept. 22, Wilmington Ohio Invitational
Calvin ... 14.) women / 1.) men 
   -- Sept. 23, MIAA Jamboree, Hope College, Holland Michigan
Washington U-MO ... 2.) women / 24.) men
   -- Sept. 22, Pre-Nationals Meet, West Chester Ohio
Wheaton-IL ... 22.) women / 2.) men
   -- Sept. 22, Pre-Nationals Meet, West Chester Ohio
Amherst ... 3.) women / nr.) men
   -- Sept. 23, Tufts Invitational
Hamline ... nr.) women / 3.) men
   -- Sept. 23, Roy Griak Invitational (U of Minnesota)
Williams ... 4.) women / 7.) men 
   -- Sept. 23, Purple Valley Classic, HOME
Haverford-PA ... 4.) men
   -- Sept. 21, Main Line Invitational
W-La Crosse ... 5.) women / nr.) men
   -- Sept. 23, Roy Griak Invitational (U of Minnesota)
W-Oshkosh ... 12.) women / 5.) men
   -- BYE

[Trailer Dog]

So the big D3 XC match-ups are :

La Crosse v. Hamline at the Roy Griak

Washington v. Wheaton at the Pre-Nationals

[Ralph Turner]

A big event in the Southwest this weekend is Orange Crush VIII sponsored by Hendrix and Conway RRCA.

[Cowman]

A big event in the Southwest this weekend is Orange Crush VIII sponsored by Hendrix and Conway RRCA.

Who's racin' at the Orange Crush VIII?

BTW. Don't ya hate the orange on the blue background?

[Harrier]

The Wilmington Ohio Invitational and the Pre-Nationals Meet are the same competition.  It was hosted by Wilmington College in West Chester, Ohio.

NCAA Div III Pre-National Meet WOMEN's RESULTS

NCAA Div III Pre-National Meet MEN's RESULTS

You'd think the SIDs would use a common name for the meet.

[Dark Knight]

The Wilmington Ohio Invitational and the Pre-Nationals Meet are the same competition.  It was hosted by Wilmington College in West Chester, Ohio.

NCAA Div III Pre-National Meet WOMEN's RESULTS

NCAA Div III Pre-National Meet MEN's RESULTS

You'd think the SIDs would use a common name for the meet.

Well, these results will shake up the polls a bit. Here are the top 5 women's teams:

1. Geneseo	#1	33 pts
2. Washington U	#2	66 pts
3. Depauw	#33	99 pts
4. MIT		106 pts
5. Wheaton	#22	164 pts

The most surprising result here is the result by the Wheaton women, behind #33 Depauw and even behind unrated MIT. Have the mumps decimated the XC team?

1. Geneseo	#21	71 pts
2. North Central	#13	109 pts
3. RIT		118 pts
4. Wheaton	#2	119 pts
5. Depauw		144

More surprises! Great showing by Geneseo. The mumps must have reached the Wheaton men's team, too. (2:32 separated their 1st and 12th finishers, unlike 0:40 in the previous meet.)

[Oval]

Calvin ... 14.) women / 1.) men 
   -- Sept. 23, MIAA Jamboree, Hope College, Holland Michigan

What's a Jamboree?  It would have been great to see the two Calvin teams scrapin' paint at the Pre-Nationals Meet.