When you’ve got the top three men’s teams (and the No. 1 and No. 9 women’s) in D2-land in one conference, expect those teams to be familiar with each other. Although they know each other’s runners and performances, No. 1 Adams State, No. 2 Western State and No. 3 Colorado Mines won’t toe the line together much until championship season starts. Here’s when they do meet:
- Sept. 18: Adams, Mines at Colorado College
[Note to “anonymous”: Blame me and the media staffs at Oklahoma State, Western State, Adams State and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for confusion over who is racing where on Sept. 25 or Oct. 2.]
Gamesmanship? Familiarity breeds contempt? Regardless, the teams will see each other three straight meets to end the season. And, per recent history, the Central Region race will be arguably the most-important D2 meet outside the two at Louisville (preview and nationals).
check out asc's new roster. Damon recruited professionals to take care of business, and even created a few eligibility years for guys like Cragg (who has competed for at least 12 semesters of college, just check his online training logs).
ReplyDeleteWestern and Mines will meet at Ft. Hayes two weeks after Prenationals, three weeks before conference. Too bad they wont all be at Chile Pepper to mix it up with the D1 guys. And I believe Adams will not race the week after their time trial but you never know, the Springs meet will be training run for the two regardless
ReplyDeleteMines will face Western State at sea level on a fast course at the FHSU Tiger Open on Oct 16th
ReplyDeleteMines and Western at Ft. Hayes 3 weeks prior to conference, flat course, good indicator of nationals course weather permitting
ReplyDeleteLuke Cragg is not eligible, Adams compliance officer cheated. Lucky for Damon Martin the NCAA doesnt care as at least ten DII coaches have sent in proof of complete fraud
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