Week 3: Where's Abilene Christian?

Well, it's on their schedule and they were on the start list. But Abliene Christian didn't materialize at Saturday's Missouri Southern Stampede.

Arkansas handled all D2 comers easily, although Harding's Daniel Kirwa made an emphatic statement, recording a 23:11 (!!) over 8k to top everyone. Wow!

Harding, however, didn't fare well as a team. Pittsburg State edged Southwest regional rivals Southwest Baptist, Missouri Southern and Tarleton State.

But what happened to Abliene Christian? I certainly hope it's "only" something like a bunch of sick runners. Hopefully the faithful ACU backers will again post a comment.

Update: ACU had one runner in the race and a women's squad. (What's up?)

Elsewhere in d2cross-land:

• Adams State perfect scores the field at Colorado State.
• Apparently, no one kept team scores at Michigan State, where No. 5 Grand Valley State was running. Sounds like the Lakers did quite well. And, hey, you don't want to upset the hosts on homecoming weekend.
• Queens' Michael Crouch won Appalachian State's Mountaineer Open, leading the Royals to a runner-up finish behind Ohio State.
• Western Washington topped conference rival Alaska-Anchorage in the Sundodger Invite in Seattle. Washington won that meet, but Anchorage's Micah Chelimo had another strong showing in second.
• Colorado Mines won Nebraska's Woody Greeno meet, and that's with usual top runner Ben Zywicki coming home as their No. 2 runner. Aaron Swift took the top honors for the Orediggers, finishing second out of 341 runners. Nice work, Mines!
• Led by senior James Krasja, Minnesota State-Mankato swept the St. Olaf home meet, besting some quality D3 squads (like St. John's (Minn.)) and conference and regional foes.
• Edinboro was eighth at the Iona Meet of Champions. Notice who was third, just behind Kent State (!) and Wisconsin? Malone, an NAIA squad which was rejected by the NCAA fathers this summer.

Contour: I'm stiff and sore after a brutally hot Mount Helena Classic. I had to walk twice and took a tumble on the way down, but, hey, I would've been second in the women's race!