Re: UPXC Ranked #4 Nationally!

pilotram · by pilotram on Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:43 pm

I would buy a ranking of 5 or maybe 4 if Alfred's hand was ok. Any updates on that?

pilotram · by pilotram on Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:44 pm

mattywizz wrote:When I was a student, we had a runner on the team from Pullman...that's a foreign country, right?

Well it is pretty close to Idaho. But that guy never made "the team." Hehe.

mattywizz · by mattywizz on Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:48 pm

Alfred's hand? I didn't hear about that. An injury, that is what happened at Regionals? I need to stop going on vacation. I miss too much Pilot info.

pilotram · by pilotram on Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:51 pm

mattywizz wrote:Alfred's hand? I didn't hear about that. An injury, that is what happened at Regionals? I need to stop going on vacation. I miss too much Pilot info.

I need to stop going skiing so I don't have to interrupt your Miami vacation for xc updates.

The Angel of Death · by The Angel of Death on Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:46 pm

Sorry about posting the wrong poll. My bad. And about the SID comment, I guess it just comes from the "runner inferriority" complex that most of us (well, in my case retired) runners have. Though I had that beat. Oh well.

Anyway, thanks Stonehouse for the shout out about Letsrun (can't believe anyone saw it). I peruse frequently but rarely post, and there was so much garbage being posted that I felt I had to say something. For anyone who hasn't been there, although there is a lot of good running info, it can often times be a cesspool.

ekrauss · by ekrauss on Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:10 pm

mattywizz wrote:Alfred's hand? I didn't hear about that. An injury, that is what happened at Regionals? I need to stop going on vacation. I miss too much Pilot info.

The only formal mention of this I've seen was in the Sunday Eugene Register Guard. Evidently Alfred broke his wrist in a bicycling accident on the Monday before regionals. If he were completely healthy I would feel more confident about a 4th place ranking in the polls.

**Stonehouse** · by **Stonehouse** on Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:52 pm

The Angel of Death wrote:Sorry about posting the wrong poll. My bad. And about the SID comment, I guess it just comes from the "runner inferriority" complex that most of us (well, in my case retired) runners have. Though I had that beat. Oh well.

Nah nah... no doubt XC tends to be very under-reported, at UP and otherwise. Just kind of how it goes, unfortunately. I follow XC and track pretty closely though I was never a runner... I think that's pretty rare though, honestly.

Maybe a day late, but a nice article was posted today on PortlandPilots.com:

“Considering the fact we lined up a young squad of five freshmen and a sophomore at the Regionals last weekend, its amazing to get a No. 4 ranking,” said head coach Rob Conner. “Honestly we are a little over ranked given the distance our fifth man is behind our fourth man but we will take it. My goal all season has been a top-10 national finish so that is the framework I am working from.”

The Portland men will compete at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Monday, Nov. 23 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Ind. The men’s race will begin at approximately 9:08 a.m. Pacific time, followed by the women’s race at approximately 9:58 a.m. Both championship races will be broadcast live on Versus Network and streamed online via NCAA.com.

Pilot fans are invited to watch a LIVE screening of the event in the Chiles Center Hall of Fame Room starting at 8:45 a.m. Pacific time.

http://www.portlandpilots.com/news/2009/11/18/MXC_1118094934.aspx

Didn't realize the races would be on Versus... that's cool. Is that new? Or am I just forgetting. I seem to remember having to watch a so-so video feed on NCAA.com in years past. Might just have to mosey on over to the CC that morning if I'm free!

mattywizz · by mattywizz on Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:19 pm

Good thing DirecTV no longer carries Versus. Maybe I can go watch the race at Buffalo Wild Wings, I'm sure they'd love to put up a XC race on the big screen.

mattywizz · by mattywizz on Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:20 pm

Or...I could watch it somewhere else, seeing as how Buffalo Wild Wings also has DirecTV.

pilotram · by pilotram on Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:43 pm

Wow, any TV coverage is a big surprise to me. I gotta work at that hour, thankfully we get the internet stream. I watched it live last year online. It was a battle out front between Rupp and Chelanga, which they devoted 90% of the attention to. Hopefully this year they'll show more of what is going on in the chase pack. In general, good coverage though.

The Angel of Death · by The Angel of Death on Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:44 pm

They used to show it on CBS College Sports. Not as big as Versus, but hey, NCAA Cross County of TV is still pretty sweet!

If any of you guys make it to the Hall of Fame room, its pretty fun. Usually just runners and staff, but everyone is amped up!

onetouchfutbol · by onetouchfutbol on Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:44 pm

25 posts. Okay, this adds to my argument that X-Country deserves its own sports thread along with soccer, basketball, and baseball...