6:15 p.m.: No. 1 Adams State perfect scored long-time rival (and No. 2) Western State, with the Mountaineers apparently off to a traditional slow start. Reuben Mwei led the sweep; the only mild surprise was that soph Edwin Cruz was the No. 5 guy and sub-14 minute performer Florian Theophile had an off day.
Western ran Donnan, Pennel and Rasmussen, but two would-be top 5 runners (Irishman David Flynn and Jesse Chettle) were listed as "unattached."
Ah, the gamesmanship begins!
Abilene left its horses at home. Cleophas Tanui made the trip, while Daniel Maina and Amos Sang stayed home. New recruit Spencer Lynn finished sixth.
The big story was the performance of new Anchorage recruit Micah Chelimo, who eased to a 26 second win on what was advertised as a four-mile course. (You can't go wrong with a surname like Chelimo.) And Anchorage was without multi-All America performer Marko Cheseto.
Queens (N.C.) junior Michael Crouch cruised to a win at Appalachian State on Friday. Queens' second through fifth runner crossed within 19 seconds of each other, but the No. 6 D2 team lost to Florida State. North Carolina was third.
Central region power Colorado Mineswon the Colorado-Colorado Springs Rust Buster Invite, edging Air Force. Ben Zywicki won by .3 seconds. Metro State (Colo.) was a close third.
3:56 p.m. Sunday: Harding's Daniel Kirwa was second at the Memphis Twilight meet, 12 seconds behind Mississippi's Barnabas Kirui. The team finished well back in sixth, but may be deeper later.
Later this week: Performance of the weekend
You should look at the results closer. First off That Alaska course could no way be a four mile course with them running 15:18, unless he is setting a world record. I have no doubt about the quality of those squads, but it just a little be unrealistic. Secondly Mines won the UCCS meet not Metro, but Metro did come in third.
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