2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:50 pm

CLASS A EDC
@ Lincoln Park, Grand Forks
Saturday, October 13th

GIRLS
Team Scores: 1. Fargo Davies 29, 2. GF Central 86, 3. West Fargo 91, 4. Fargo North 119, 5. Fargo Shanley/Oak Grove/Park Christian 179, 6. GF Red River 182, 7. WF Sheyenne 238, 8. Devils Lake 277, 9. Valley City 398, 10. Fargo South 407.

Individual Top 20: 1. Megan Lundstrom, Davies 19:20; 2. Mikayla Weiss, GFC 19:30; 3. Hope Pringle, WF 19:39; 4. Bridget Henne, Davies 19:43; 5. McKenna Lovehaug, Davies 19:46; 6. Anna Bernhardt, FS/OG/PC 19:53; 7. Anna Lien, North 20:04; 8. Onnica Stansbury, Sheyenne 20:07; 9. Payton Lane, Davies 20:13; 10. Bryn Donaldson, Davies 20:14; 11. McKenzie Burian, Davies 20:21; 12. Alexis Roehl, GFC 20:25; 13. Brenna Barnick, Davies 20:29; 14. Kaelyn Berg, WF 20:30; 15. Pagie Erbstoesser, WF 20:34; 16. Taylor Dietz, Davies 20:35; 17. Shelby Middaugh, North 20:39; 18. Bayley Scott, Davies 20:42; 19. Emily Nelson, GFRR 20:42; 20. Ryleigh Wacha, Davies 20:43

SENIOR ATHLETE of the YEAR: Megan Lundstrom (Fargo Davies); Alexis Roehl (GF Central)
COACH of the YEAR: Jason Edwards (Fargo Davies)

BOYS
Team Scores: 1. GF Red River 31, 2. Fargo North 52, WF Sheyenne 103, 4. Fargo Davies 109, 5. GF Central 134, 6. West Fargo 144, 7. Fargo Shanley/Oak Grove/Park Christian 200, 8. Devils Lake 258, 9. Fargo South 336, 10. Valley City 589.

Individual Top 20: 1. Alex Luz, North 16:38; 2. Jacob Knodle, Sheyenne 16:40; 3. Jake Arason, GFRR 16:50; 4. Matthew Rongitsch, GFRR 16:56; 5. Caleb Yokom, North 17:04; 6. Zach Simon, GFRR 17:11; 7. Thomas Hugo, GFRR 17:15; 8. Braxton Bruer, WF 17:17; 9. Mason Bjorlie, North 17:18; 10. Hunter Barth, Davies 17:20; 11. Ryan Prusak, GFRR 17:22; 12. Hunter McHenry, GFRR 17:25; 13. Aiden Biwer, WF 17:31; 14. Adam Arnold, GFC 17:31; 15. Jack Boub, Davies 17:33; 16. Sam Harmon, North 17:34; 17. Aiden Johnson, Sheyenne 17:34; 18. Ben Asheim, FS/OG/PC 17:37; 19. Noah Vaagene, WF 17:38; 20. Brady Goss, DL 17:41

SENIOR ATHLETE of the YEAR: Alex Luz (Fargo North); Jake Arason (GF Red River)
COACH of the YEAR: Richard DeFoe (GF Red River)
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:50 pm

CLASS A WDA
@ McDowell Dam, Bismarck
Saturday, October 13th

GIRLS
Team Scores: 1. Century 75, 2. Minot 80, 3. Mandan 109, 4. Bismarck 112, 5. Williston 125, 6. Watford City 148, 7. Dickinson 165, 8. Jamestown 245, 9. Legacy 253, 10. Turtle Mountain 585.

Individual Top 20: 1. Meghan Ford, Jamestown 18:02; 2. Kayla Ogle, Watford 18:48; 3. Kelby Rinas, Mandan 18:52; 4. Eleni Lovgren, Williston 19:00; 5. Erin Palmer, Century 19:04; 6. Emily Goldade, Century 19:10; 7. Hayley Ogle, Watford 19:14; 8. Jilee Golus, Bismarck 19:23; 9. Jaelyn Ogle, Watford 19:34; 10. Maria Moore, Mandan 19:45; 11. Abby Hoffarth, Minot 19:47; 12. Allie Wahlund, Minot 19:49; 13. Acey Elkins, Mandan 19:56; 14. Aislin Anderson, Century 19:57; 15. Ava Marburger, Williston 20:01; 16. Trinity Jessen, Minot 20:18; 17. Symone Beld, Dickinson 20:19; 18. Lindsey Werner, Legacy 20:19; 19. Lily Campbell, Minot 20:28; 20. Morgan Wald, Bismarck 20:36

BOYS
Team Scores: 1. Williston 49, 2. Legacy 64, 3. Century 78, 4. Bismarck 91, 5. Jamestown 163, 6. Minot 184, 7. Dickinson 188, 8. Mandan 328, 9. Watford City 469, 10. Turtle Mountain 642.

Individual Top 20: 1. Brady Yoder, Dickinson 15:45; 2. Sean Korsmo, Bismarck 15:56; 3. Carl Reis, Legacy 16:07; 4. Micade Shumway, Williston 16:11; 5. Gunnar Alvarado, Williston 16:17; 6. Austin Wald, Century 16:72; 7. Juan Flores, Bismarck 16:30; 8. Leif Larsen, Williston 16:35; 9. Aiden Jung, Dickinson 16:37; 10. Isaiah Germolus, Legacy 16:40; 11. Fynn Krenz, Williston 16:42; 12. Mason Kindel, Century 16:42; 13. Diego Guzman, Century 16:43; 14. Bosten Bartholomay, Bismarck 16:47; 15. Jacob Anteau, Jamestown 16:50; 16. Grant Gader, Legacy 16:50; 17. John Ness, Legacy 16:53; 18. Braden Will, Legacy 16:54; 19. Brayden Johnson, Mandan 16:56; 20. William Walker-Rozo, Minot 16:57
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:50 pm

CLASS B WEST
@ Medicine Hole GC, Killdeer
Saturday, October 13th

GIRLS
Team Scores: 1. New Town 63, 2. Bowman County 88, 3. Parshall 91, 4. Stanley 132, 5. Southern McLean 143, 6. Shiloh Christian 156, 7. Killdeer 207, 8. Beulah-Hazen 217, 9. Trenton 267, 10. Solen 289, 11. Bishop Ryan 307, 12. Hettinger-Scranton 334, 13. Standing Rock 342, 14. Max-Garrison-South Prairie 353, 15. White Shield 358, 16. Mandaree 370.

Individual Top 20: 1. Shambre Feiring, Stanley 22:02; 2. Hailey White Owl, NT 22:06; 3. Hannah Westin, Shiloh 22:15; 4. Josie White Eagle, Solen 22:23; 5. Emma Wheeling, NT 22:39; 6. Alexius Miller, Bowman 22:44; 7. Cedar Hall, Parshall 22:49; 8. Jayln Hall, Parshall 22:50; 9. Kaity Hove, Trenton 22:56; 10. Paysha Rex, Bowman 22:58; 11. Danielle Dobitz, Killdeer 23:05; 12. Sidra Sadowsky, H-S 23:18; 13. Shenise Klein, B-H 23:19; 14. Katherine Fox, Parshall 23:23; 15. Brynn Hyttinen, S. McLean 23:29; 16. Kenley Bowman, Bowman 23:32; 17. Sophia Knight, NT 23:36; 18. Emma Pierce, Trenton 24:02; 19. Meadow Haugen, NT 24:10; 20. Xaria Bell, NT 24:14

BOYS
Team Scores: 1. New Town 26, 2. Bowman County 83, 3. Stanley 136, 4. Killdeer 154, 5. Beulah-Hazen 155, 6. Shiloh Christian 182, 7. Southern McLean 254, 8. Bishop Ryan 269, 9. Solen 283, 10. Max-Garrison-South Prairie 284, 11. Parshall 320, 12. Burke Central/Kenmare 356, 13. Williston Trinity Christian 372, 14. White Shield 438, 15. Mandaree 470, 16. Standing Rock 491, 17. Central McLean 493, 18. Trenton 504, 19. Hebron 516, 20. Lewis & Clark/Berthold 540.

Individual Top 20: 1. Jaiven Hale, NT 17:30; 2. Robert White, NT 17:47; 3. Noah Rolfe, Stanley 18:03; 4. Ricardo Chase, NT 18:40; 5. Camden Wokal, Bowman 18:50; 6. Ian Busche, B-H 18:53; 7. Patrick Wrigley, Shiloh 18:58; 8. Addison Red Fox, NT 19:03; 9. Brian Miller, Bowman 19:08; 10. Coltan Hyttinen, S. McLean 19:10; 11. Brady Bratvold, NT 19:21; 12. Brayden Lennings, Parshall 19:21; 13. Jace Andersen, Killdeer 19:25; 14. Isak Olson, B-H 19:30; 15. Daniel Cruz, WTC 19:34; 16. Owen Duttenhefner, Killdeer 19:41; 17. Hunter Baer, M-G-SP 19:42; 18. Colby Antell, NT 19:44; 19. Jon Kusler, Shiloh 19:47; 20. Ashton Grady, Mandaree 19:52
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:50 pm

CLASS B EAST
@ Cooperstown
Saturday, October 20th

GIRLS
Team Scores: 1. Hillsboro-Central Valley 74, 2. Rugby 94, 3. May-Port-CG 124, 4. Kindred 141, 5. Thompson 255, 6. Carrington 268, 7. Sargent Central/Lidgerwood/Oakes 276, 8. Lisbon 321, 9. Grafton 325, 10. Harvey-Wells County 355, 11. Langdon/Edmore/Munich 360, 12. Hatton-Northwood-Larimore 353, 13. New Rockford-Sheyenne 372, 14. Central Cass 384, 15. Griggs County Central 439, 16. Surrey 475, 17. Pembina County North 512, 18. Northern Cass 529, 19. LaMoure-LM 545, 20. St. John 682, 21. Rolla 708, 22. Barnes County North 715, 23. Edgeley-Kulm 716, 24. Velva 719, 25. Dunseith 726, 26. Ellendale 748, 27. Four Winds-Minnewaukan 805, 29. Richland 815, 30. Warwick 821.

Individual Top 20: 1. Lana Krack, Thompson 18:47; 2. Reagan Baesler, HCV 19:16; 3. Jensyn Zink, HCV 19:33; 4. Quinn Neppl, Rugby 19:45; 5. Dreah Frolek, SC/L/O 19:52; 6. Jakkia Duffy, LaMoure-LM 20:10; 7. Drew Frolek, SC/L/O 20:30; 8. Kayla Parisien, SJ 20:36; 9. Anna Strand, MPCG 20:37; 10. Ondrea Betner, HCV 20:40; 11. Elise Ramberg, Langdon/E/M 20:45; 12. Ally Goodmanson, Kindred 20:50; 13. Olivia Frolek, SC/L/O 20:52; 14. Jenna Soine, H-N-L 20:53; 15. Peyton Gette, Kindred 20:55; 16. Grace Bachmeier, Surrey 20:58; 17. Madison Anderson, MPCG 21:00; 18. Mykell Heidlebaugh, Rugby 21:03; 19. Amanda Jarrett, Carrington 21:05; 20. Kodi Lautt, Lisbon 21:06

BOYS
Team Scores: 1. Hillsboro-Central Valley 58, 2. Griggs County Central 137, 3. Rugby 164, 4. Thompson 187, 5. Grafton 188, 6. Kindred 202, 7. Edgeley-Kulm 233, 8. Carrington 244, 9. Langdon/Edmore/Munich 257, 10. May-Port-CG 273, 11. Lisbon 278, 12. Pembina County North 338, 13. Four Winds-Minnewaukan 356, 14. Surrey 388, 15. Central Cass 396, 16. Velva 452, 17. Sargent Central/Lidgerwood/Oakes 505, 18. Ellendale 509, 19. Medina/Pingree-Buchanan 535, 20. Hatton-Northwood-Larimore 615, 21. Harvey-Wells County 615, 22. LaMoure-LM 616, 23. Richland 670, 24. Northern Cass 771, 25. Warwick 896, 26. Rolla 925.

Individual Top 20: 1. Isaac Huber, Edgeley-Kulm 16:13; 2. Colton Anderson, HCV 16:44; 3. Jacob Hendrickson, Thompson 17:03; 4. Hunter Denault, PCN 17:04; 5. Riley Zachmeier, Rugby 17:07; 6. Payton Smith, Carrington 17:11; 7. Chase Fossum, HCV 17:14; 8. Pierce Cooper, Thompson 17:26; 9. Kadin Neppl, Rugby 17:27; 10. Jackson Anderson, HCV 17:41; 11. Lucas Nitchske, Edgeley-Kulm 17:45; 12. Braetyn Yanish, Velva 17:52; 13. Nathan Rage, HCV 17:58; 14. Keaton Shelton, Lisbon 17:59; 15. Shawn Klabo, MPCG 18:00; 16. Cole Horner, Surrey 18:06; 17. Tavon Stadler, GCC 18:15; 18. Arik Christianson, Langdon/E/M 18:19; 19. Zach Koetz, CC 18:20; 20. Tommy Kern, Grafton 18:21
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby that guy » Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:22 am

There are 409 runners between girls and boys in class b regional at Cooperstown Sat. registered to run. That is a good number more that I thought would be running.
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby XCguy » Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:57 pm

Compared to 245 between the boys/girls and Var/JV races at the Class B West Region. I've got to imagine that the Class B East Region is the fastest growing meet over the last 10 years, no??
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby WDA_fan » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:52 pm

that guy wrote:There are 409 runners between girls and boys in class b regional at Cooperstown Sat. registered to run. That is a good number more that I thought would be running.



Is that 409 Varsity runners?
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby XCguy » Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:50 pm

WDA_fan wrote:
that guy wrote:There are 409 runners between girls and boys in class b regional at Cooperstown Sat. registered to run. That is a good number more that I thought would be running.



Is that 409 Varsity runners?


I'm pretty sure they only run Varsity races in that region. Frankly, it makes sense. I don't really understand running JV races at this point of the year (especially in Class B where nobody really has a "JV").
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:08 pm

XCguy wrote:
WDA_fan wrote:
that guy wrote:There are 409 runners between girls and boys in class b regional at Cooperstown Sat. registered to run. That is a good number more that I thought would be running.



Is that 409 Varsity runners?


I'm pretty sure they only run Varsity races in that region. Frankly, it makes sense. I don't really understand running JV races at this point of the year (especially in Class B where nobody really has a "JV").


There is usually a JH/JV division at the Region meets.
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby XCguy » Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:33 pm

^ Not in the B East.
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby theman » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:30 am

XCguy wrote:
WDA_fan wrote:
that guy wrote:There are 409 runners between girls and boys in class b regional at Cooperstown Sat. registered to run. That is a good number more that I thought would be running.



Is that 409 Varsity runners?


I'm pretty sure they only run Varsity races in that region. Frankly, it makes sense. I don't really understand running JV races at this point of the year (especially in Class B where nobody really has a "JV").

I dunno, maybe to avoid having 200 runners in each varsity race?
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby XCguy » Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:44 pm

theman wrote:
XCguy wrote:
WDA_fan wrote:
that guy wrote:There are 409 runners between girls and boys in class b regional at Cooperstown Sat. registered to run. That is a good number more that I thought would be running.



Is that 409 Varsity runners?


I'm pretty sure they only run Varsity races in that region. Frankly, it makes sense. I don't really understand running JV races at this point of the year (especially in Class B where nobody really has a "JV").

I dunno, maybe to avoid having 200 runners in each varsity race?


Ya, it's terrible how it's congested for the first 5 seconds of a race. :roll:

Beyond that, I was talking more so about why the smaller regions would need JV races. You think it's necessary to split up the 103 West girls in to two races? I don't. JMO though.
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:35 pm

XCguy wrote:
theman wrote:
XCguy wrote:
WDA_fan wrote:
that guy wrote:There are 409 runners between girls and boys in class b regional at Cooperstown Sat. registered to run. That is a good number more that I thought would be running.



Is that 409 Varsity runners?


I'm pretty sure they only run Varsity races in that region. Frankly, it makes sense. I don't really understand running JV races at this point of the year (especially in Class B where nobody really has a "JV").

I dunno, maybe to avoid having 200 runners in each varsity race?


Ya, it's terrible how it's congested for the first 5 seconds of a race. :roll:

Beyond that, I was talking more so about why the smaller regions would need JV races. You think it's necessary to split up the 103 West girls in to two races? I don't. JMO though.


Some athletes aren't capable of running a 5K...even now at the end of the season. That is why you have shorter JV/JH races at Regions...and to help with the congestion.

We had a Class A 4K in Fargo yesterday and some athletes were not capable to run even that distance without slowing down the meet.
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby XCguy » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:46 pm

That reason I can understand to an extent … although, decades ago, we used to cut off the junior high season the week before regionals so the varsity could focus on the 5k postseason. I understand both ways. Another meet, especially after a rough-weather season, can't hurt the young kids. I will never be convinced of the other "congestion" issue though. There are marathons with 50k+ runners. :) A well-laid-out XC course should be congested for a matter of seconds.
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby theman » Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:22 pm

XCguy wrote:That reason I can understand to an extent … although, decades ago, we used to cut off the junior high season the week before regionals so the varsity could focus on the 5k postseason. I understand both ways. Another meet, especially after a rough-weather season, can't hurt the young kids. I will never be convinced of the other "congestion" issue though. There are marathons with 50k+ runners. :) A well-laid-out XC course should be congested for a matter of seconds.

You're comparing major marathons to small-town XC 5ks on 9-hole golf courses? Woof. Finding places to start a race with 200 runners that doesn't bottleneck them in the first 100 meters, especially in this state, is quite hard.
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby XCguy » Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:56 pm

theman wrote:
XCguy wrote:That reason I can understand to an extent … although, decades ago, we used to cut off the junior high season the week before regionals so the varsity could focus on the 5k postseason. I understand both ways. Another meet, especially after a rough-weather season, can't hurt the young kids. I will never be convinced of the other "congestion" issue though. There are marathons with 50k+ runners. :) A well-laid-out XC course should be congested for a matter of seconds.

You're comparing major marathons to small-town XC 5ks on 9-hole golf courses? Woof. Finding places to start a race with 200 runners that doesn't bottleneck them in the first 100 meters, especially in this state, is quite hard.


Nope, not comparing the two. Simply stating that if a major marathon can start on the width of a typical city street, then I think a high school cross country meet on a course the size of Killdeer can start 100 or so kids. The "bottleneck" theory is mute unless all the kids are the same approximate speed which is CLEARLY not the case. Medicine Hole is plenty wide to host a single race that size. If they choose to do so for competitive reasons, so be it, but the congestion issue is a poor rationale here. Again, my opinion. I'm sure I won't change yours and you won't change mine. :wink: That's what makes the discussions fun.
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:19 pm

XCguy wrote:
theman wrote:
XCguy wrote:That reason I can understand to an extent … although, decades ago, we used to cut off the junior high season the week before regionals so the varsity could focus on the 5k postseason. I understand both ways. Another meet, especially after a rough-weather season, can't hurt the young kids. I will never be convinced of the other "congestion" issue though. There are marathons with 50k+ runners. :) A well-laid-out XC course should be congested for a matter of seconds.

You're comparing major marathons to small-town XC 5ks on 9-hole golf courses? Woof. Finding places to start a race with 200 runners that doesn't bottleneck them in the first 100 meters, especially in this state, is quite hard.


Nope, not comparing the two. Simply stating that if a major marathon can start on the width of a typical city street, then I think a high school cross country meet on a course the size of Killdeer can start 100 or so kids. The "bottleneck" theory is mute unless all the kids are the same approximate speed which is CLEARLY not the case. Medicine Hole is plenty wide to host a single race that size. If they choose to do so for competitive reasons, so be it, but the congestion issue is a poor rationale here. Again, my opinion. I'm sure I won't change yours and you won't change mine. :wink: That's what makes the discussions fun.


But a marathon has chip timing that allows for people who start near the back of that city street to not start their time until they cross the starting line. Cross Country doesn't afford that opportunity plus if a meet is run correctly with the specific starting boxes being 4-6 feet wide...that doesn't always make for an easy start; I see the pros & cons to each side of the 'argument/discussion' though.

Most courses should be able to handle a large start. Some people/sites know what they are doing...others do not!
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby theman » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:28 pm

Run4Fun2009 wrote:
XCguy wrote:
theman wrote:
XCguy wrote:That reason I can understand to an extent … although, decades ago, we used to cut off the junior high season the week before regionals so the varsity could focus on the 5k postseason. I understand both ways. Another meet, especially after a rough-weather season, can't hurt the young kids. I will never be convinced of the other "congestion" issue though. There are marathons with 50k+ runners. :) A well-laid-out XC course should be congested for a matter of seconds.

You're comparing major marathons to small-town XC 5ks on 9-hole golf courses? Woof. Finding places to start a race with 200 runners that doesn't bottleneck them in the first 100 meters, especially in this state, is quite hard.


Nope, not comparing the two. Simply stating that if a major marathon can start on the width of a typical city street, then I think a high school cross country meet on a course the size of Killdeer can start 100 or so kids. The "bottleneck" theory is mute unless all the kids are the same approximate speed which is CLEARLY not the case. Medicine Hole is plenty wide to host a single race that size. If they choose to do so for competitive reasons, so be it, but the congestion issue is a poor rationale here. Again, my opinion. I'm sure I won't change yours and you won't change mine. :wink: That's what makes the discussions fun.


But a marathon has chip timing that allows for people who start near the back of that city street to not start their time until they cross the starting line. Cross Country doesn't afford that opportunity plus if a meet is run correctly with the specific starting boxes being 4-6 feet wide...that doesn't always make for an easy start; I see the pros & cons to each side of the 'argument/discussion' though.

Most courses should be able to handle a large start. Some people/sites know what they are doing...others do not!

State xc two years ago someone brought up the idea of having two start lines at state, and it was shot down pretty quick because it's kind of ridiculous. I agree that many courses in this state do have the space to handle large races, especially once everyone gets spread out after a half mile. But there is a big difference between 100 and 200 people starting a race.

And as for the bottleneck theory being "mute", have you ever run xc? It happens all the time, even in college races. Best example I can think of is the u of nebraska. Nice, big wide course, but with 400 runners on the start lines, we were shoved in pretty tight. It's part of the fun of racing xc sometimes!
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Re: 2018 REGIONAL RESULTS

Postby XCguy » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:32 pm

theman wrote:Best example I can think of is the u of nebraska. Nice, big wide course, but with 400 runners on the start lines, we were shoved in pretty tight. It's part of the fun of racing xc sometimes!


This is my point … you mention 400 kids on the course being the fun part of racing. Agreed 100%. It's not ideal. It's not smooth. It's not track. It's crowded and there's bumping but it's cross-country and it's the same for everyone! Bring on State!
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