Division III cross country

[Flea]

What is going on this fall?

[Dark Knight]

What is going on this fall?

Calvin men's and women's XC previews

[Harrier]

What's going on this fall?

Calvin men's and women's XC previews

Could Calvin be the pre-season #1 ranked team on the men's and women's side?

[Dark Knight]

Could Calvin be the pre-season #1 ranked team on the men's and women's side?

I'd think the men would get the pre-season #1 ranking, with 5 of the top 7 returning from last year's dominant (and deep) team.

I don't think the women will get a #1 pre-season ranking, though. Only one of the three All Americans is returning from last year's third-place team. They have some promising upcoming runners, but you don't get a high pre-season ranking on that basis alone.

[Oval]

Could Calvin be the pre-season #1 ranked team on the men's and women's side?

I'd think the men would get the pre-season #1 ranking, with 5 of the top 7 returning from last year's dominant (and deep) team.

I don't think the women will get a #1 pre-season ranking, though. Only one of the three All Americans is returning from last year's third-place team. They have some promising upcoming runners, but you don't get a high pre-season ranking on that basis alone.

What does Calvin, or anyone or that matter, have for recruits?

[hawk'ster]

USTFCCCA Division III men's cross country poll
Sept. 5, 2007
(first place votes in parenthesis)

1.   Calvin (8 votes)
2.   New York University
3.   W-La Crosse
4.   SUNY Cortland
5.   St. John's (MN)
6.   North Central
7.   College of New Jersey
8.   Allegheny
9.   Wheaton
10.   Colorado College
11.   Haverford
12.   W-Oshkosh
13.   Williams
14.   (tie) Willamette
14.   (tie) Carnegie Mellon
16.   Wartburg
17.   W-Platteville
18.   NB Wesleyan
19.   Heidelberg
20.   SUNY Geneseo
21.   Luther
22.   W-Stevens Point
23.   Ohio Northern
24.   Trinity College (Conn.)
25.   Mount Union
26.   Rochester
27.   Carleton
28.   Augustana
29.   Occidental
30.   Bowdoin
31.   Brandeis
32.   Elmhurst
33.   Case Western Reserve
34.   Rhodes
35.   Grinnell

[hawk'ster]

USTFCCCA Division III women's cross country poll
Sept. 5, 2007
(first place votes in parenthesis)

1.   Amherst (7 votes)
2.   Calvin (1 vote)
3.   Washington (Mo.)
4.   Williams
5.   Grinnell
6.   (tie) Luther
6.   (tie) Tufts
8.   SUNY Geneseo
9.   College of New Jersey
10.   Dickinson
11.   W-Eau Claire
12.   Case Western Reserve
13.   W-La Crosse
14.   Willamette
15.   Keene State
16.   NB Wesleyan
17.   Haverford
18.   Wheaton (IL)
19.   Carleton
20.   SUNY Plattsburgh
21.   W-Platteville
22.   St. Thomas
23.   (tie) Ithaca
23.   (tie) Middlebury
25.   Emory
26.   Puget Sound
27.   DePauw
28.   Wartburg
29.   North Central
30.   W-Oshkosh
31.   Trinity College
32.   St. Lawrence
33.   Johns Hopkins
34.   Colby
35.   (tie) Whitman
35.   (tie) SUNY Cortland

[Dark Knight]

Calvin Invitational Men's 8k and Women's 5k results:

MEN

Place	National Rank	Team	Points	Average
1	#1	Calvin College	31	25:14.40
2		Aquinas College	75	25:36.20
3	#23	Ohio Northern University	78	25:39.80
4		Wisconsin Oshkosh	90	25:44.00
5	#33	Case Western Reserve Univ	108	25:52.00
6	#19	Heidelberg College	145	26:16.40

WOMEN

Place	National Rank	Team	Points	Average
1	#2	Calvin College	36	18:14.60
2	#12	Case Western Reserve	42	18:13.40
3		Baldwin-Wallace	93	18:49.80
4		Aquinas College	115	19:03.20
5		Wisconsin Stevens Point	127	19:12.60
6	#30	Wisconsin Oshkosh	132	19:07.40

[Harrier]

Aquinas men are NAIA #2

Aquinas women are NAIA #19

[OshDude]

Calvin Invitational Men's 8k and Women's 5k results:

MEN

Place	National Rank	Team	Points	Average
1	#1	Calvin College	31	25:14.40
2		Aquinas College	75	25:36.20
3	#23	Ohio Northern University	78	25:39.80
4		Wisconsin Oshkosh	90	25:44.00
5	#33	Case Western Reserve Univ	108	25:52.00
6	#19	Heidelberg College	145	26:16.40

WOMEN

Place	National Rank	Team	Points	Average
1	#2	Calvin College	36	18:14.60
2	#12	Case Western Reserve	42	18:13.40
3		Baldwin-Wallace	93	18:49.80
4		Aquinas College	115	19:03.20
5		Wisconsin Stevens Point	127	19:12.60
6	#30	Wisconsin Oshkosh	132	19:07.40

I'm not sure if either Oshkosh team can be their traditional national contending (the women, at least) ways this season. I hope I'm proven wrong.

The women just don't have the depth and could miss nationals for the second straight season. Keep an eye on freshman Ayla Mitchell, though. She placed second at Calvin. After a rough two years for Oshkosh, Mitchell could lead that team back to near the top. But not this year.

The Oshkosh men are without their top runner from last year, Willy Kaul, who has a nagging injury from the track season and will not run CC this year. There's a lot of quality depth on the roster, but without Kaul, who was fourth at 2006 nationals, I think they'll finish in the mid-teens.

[Cowman]

I'm not sure if either Oshkosh team can be their traditional national contending (the women, at least) ways this season. I hope I'm proven wrong.

The women just don't have the depth and could miss nationals for the second straight season. Keep an eye on freshman Ayla Mitchell, though. She placed second at Calvin. After a rough two years for Oshkosh, Mitchell could lead that team back to near the top. But not this year.

Looks like Mitchell (New Richmond HS, WI) could be a transfer from the University of Minnesota?  If so she's a beast on the track as well (and not a frosh).

800m .... 2:08.09
mile .... 4:59.80 indoors on 300m oval

Speaking of Oshkosh and transfers .... did 2007 D3 400m champion Amanda Donath transfer to Madison, or anywhere else?

[Dark Knight]

Results from the Sept. 15 St. Olaf Invitational (Men's 8k), with seven teams coming in with a pre-season ranking:

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St Olaf Invitational -- Men's 8k

Plce Rank Pts  Team                 Avg
  1.  #3   83  UW La Crosse        (26:08)
  2. #17  105  UW-Platteville      (26:16)
  3.      108  Iowa Central CC     (26:09)
  4. #22  122  UW Stevens Point    (26:20)
  5.  #8  132  Allegheny           (26:22)
  6.      153  MIT                 (26:32)
  7. #16  254  Wartburg            (26:59)
  8.      259  Minnesota State Mhd (26:56)
  9.      286  Bethel              (27:05)
10.      302  UW Whitewater       (27:09)
11.      329  St Olaf             (27:20)
12.      340  Macalester          (27:20)
13.      352  Hamline             (27:25)
14.      359  Gustavus Adolphus   (27:25)
15.      372  Carthage            (27:32)
16. #10  379  UW Eau Claire       (27:33)
17.      396  UW River Falls      (27:37)
18. #27  499  Carleton            (28:10)
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It looks as though the pre-season poll bears very little relation to outcome...

[Harrier]

College of Wooster Invitational –
Case Western women (12)
TBA Women's results
Case Western men (33)
TBA Men's results

NWC Preview –
Willamette women (14)
TBA Women's results
Willamette men (14)
TBA Men's results

Iona Invitational –
Keene St. women (15)
TBA Women's results

Highlander Invitational –
Ithaca women (24)
TBA Women's results
Rochester IT men (35)
TBA Men's results

Bulldog Stampede –
Emory women (25)
TBA Women's results

Otterbein Invitational –
Depauw women (27)
TBA Women's results
Ohio Northern men (23), Mount Union men (25)
TBA Men's results

Concordia University Invitational –
(W) Oshkosh women (30)
TBA Women's results
(W) Oshkosh men (12)
TBA Men's results

Texas Little State Championships –
Trinity women (31)
TBA Women's results

Connecticut College Invitational –
St. Lawrence women (32), Colby women (34)
TBA Women's results

Wes Cook Bear Fete Invitational –
Whitman women (35)
TBA Women's results

(W) Eau Claire Blugold Open –
Luther women (06), (W) Eau Claire women (10), (W) La Crosse women (13), Carleton women (19), (W) Platteville women (21), St. Thomas women (22), Wartburg women (28)
TBA Women's results
(W) La Crosse men (03), St. John's men (05), Wartburg men (16), (W) Platteville men (17), Luther men (21), (W) Stevens Point men (22)
TBA Men's results

Purple Valley Classic –
Amherst women (01), Williams women (04), SUNY Plattsburgh women (20), Middlebury women (24)
TBA Women's results
Williams men (13)
TBA Men's results

MIAA Jamboree at Tri-State -
Calvin women (02)
Women's results
Calvin men (01)
Men's results

Connecticut College Invitational -
NYU men (02), Brandeis men (31)
TBA Men's results

Lundeen/Brissman Invitational –
Augustana men (28), Elmhurst men (32), Grinnell men (35)
TBA Men's results

St Vincent Invitational –
Carnegie Mellon men (14)
TBA Men's results

Colorado College Invitational –
Colorado men (10)
TBA Men's results

Allegheny Classic –
Allegheny men (08)
Men's results

Forester Invitational –
North Central men (6)
Men's results

Jumbo Invitational –
Tufts women (6)
TBA Women's results
Bowdoin men (30)
TBA Men's results

Main Line Invitational –
TCNJ women (9), Haverford women (17)
Women's results
TCNJ men (7), Haverford men (11)
Men's results

[Harrier]

Interesting article:

What makes an XC champion? (Women)
What makes an XC champion? (Men)

[Dark Knight]

Trackshark.com posted an interesting interview of Jed Christiansen -- Calvin's top runner.

Running 5Ks at 3 years old!?