Wisconsin adidas Invitational XC Friday 10/14

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The biggest college meet of the regular season (biggest except NCAA finals) takes place Friday afternoon at the Wisconsin Zimmer XC course. There will be about 40 teams each for the men and women, including a majority of the ranked teams in the country (19 men, 18 women). The will all be in the same race rather than in a Blue and a Gold race often used in large fields.

The course is similar to La Vern-Gibson at Indiana State (used for many NCAA meets), but is on natural soil, not a clay cap over a land fill. As I understand it T&FNews poster and "marathon guru Sean Hartnett" helped structure the course (he is a geography prof with GIS specialization).

It is a rolling but not hilly course on a very even grass course with no cart paths etc. (it is next to the University Ridge UW golf course and tended by the same folks). Wisconsin will host the Great Lakes Regional next year (to the consternation of some, apparently). Parking will be an issue (buses from two designated locales) for this meet but the November timeframe makes it possible to use the surrounding farm fields for Regionals/NCAAs. I think one of the largest crowds for an NCAA XC meet ever was when they held it in Wisconsin in the 1980s and if they host it again it will get a big following (10,000?, after having several thousand for the Big Ten meet there last year).

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-xc/adidas-Invitational-2011.html

Flotrack will be covering the race for the first time

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/240308-Wisconsin-adidas-XC-Invitational-2011

[Daisy]

Re: Wisconsin adidas Invitational XC Friday 10/16

I'd love to go but have to work. Shame they could not run the A races later.

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Re: Wisconsin adidas Invitational XC Friday 10/14

Two pretty good races with some surprises, Washington and [i]Vanderbilt/i] beat everyone else, including Stanford in 6th and Oregon in 8th (with Reid ahead of Hasay in the finishing straight but my an easy 2.5 seconds), with other Oregon runners not doing their part (Kesselring, Crossman and Friday were 122, 145 and 162). It was cool and very windy, slowing times and making people reticent to set off from the front of the pack.

1. 199 Washington ( 20:45 1:43:42 0:59)
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1 7 Katie Flood SO 20:14
2 23 Justine Johnson SO 20:38
3 25 Lindsay Flanagan JR 20:42
4 50 Christine Babcock SR 20:55
5 94 Megan Goethals SO 21:13
6 ( 98) Eleanor Fulton FR 21:14
7 (207) Chelsea Orr FR 21:56

2. 211 Vanderbilt ( 20:50 1:44:07 0:37)
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1 17 Alexa Rogers SR 20:29
2 35 Liz Anderson SO 20:47
3 45 Jordan White JR 20:52
4 46 Louise Hannallah SR 20:53
5 68 Kristen Smith JR 21:06
6 (191) Grace Orders FR 21:51
7 (222) Kristen Findley JR 22:02

3. 230 Airzona ( 20:49 1:44:01 0:46)
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1 12 Elvin Kibet SO 20:22
2 15 Jennifer Bergman JR 20:26
3 53 Haley Stenquist FR 20:58
4 73 Elizabeth Apgar JR 21:07
5 77 Amanda Russell SO 21:08
6 ( 90) Hanna Henson SR 21:12
7 (193) Stephanie Bulder FR 21:51

4. 232 Villanova ( 20:42 1:43:28 1:35)
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1 1 Sheila Reid SR 20:00
2 6 Bogdana Mimic SR 20:12
3 39 Emily Lipari SO 20:49
4 42 Nicky Akande SO 20:52
5 144 Callie Hogan SR 21:35
6 (206) Stephanie Schappert FR 21:55
7 (220) Courtney Chapman FR 22:01

5. 256 Stanford ( 20:50 1:44:10 1:15)
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1 10 Kathy Kroeger JR 20:17
2 21 Stephanie Marcy SR 20:37
3 32 Jessica Tonn SO 20:46
4 55 Aisling Cuffe FR 20:58
5 138 Alli Billmeyer FR 21:32
6 (197) Molly McNamara FR 21:52
7 (239) Georgia Griffin SR 22:16

6. 273 Syracuse ( 20:54 1:44:26 1:01)
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1 13 Lauren Penney SR 20:24
2 27 Shaylyn Tuite FR 20:43
3 30 Sarah Pagano JR 20:45
4 82 Heather Stephens SR 21:09
5 121 Natalie Busby SR 21:25
6 (170) Jessie Petersen FR 21:42
7 (257) Cassie White SR 22:25

7. 331 California ( 20:57 1:44:45 1:09)
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1 3 Deborah Maier SR 20:08
2 62 Chelsea Reilly SR 21:03
3 65 Taylor Dutch SR 21:04
4 95 Kelsey Santisteban FR 21:13
5 106 Elisa Karhu SO 21:17
6 (195) Keena Kohl SR 21:51
7 (284) Rebecka Oberg FR 23:05

8. 350 Oregon ( 20:57 1:44:44 1:23)
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1 2 Jordan Hasay JR 20:02
2 48 Claire Michel SR 20:54
3 74 Sarah Penney JR 21:07
4 104 Melanie Thompson JR 21:16
5 122 Anne Kesselring JR 21:25
6 (145) Bronwyn Crossman SR 21:36
7 (162) Becca Friday JR 21:39

On the men's side Wisconsin dominated, running in group with 1.8 seconds between #1 and #5. They looked more 'within' themselves than others. However Bayer, Indiana's #1 has not yet run (injuries) and they are also sending a team to Indiana State with athletes that have not run there much, including couple guys that would have been in the 3/4/5/6 range.

1. 66 Wisconsin ( 23:47 1:58:53 0:02)
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1 11 Ryan Collins SR 23:46
2 12 Reed Connor JR 23:46
3 13 Elliot Krause SR 23:46
4 14 Mohammed Ahmed JR 23:47
5 16 Maverick Darling JR 23:48
6 ( 42) Andrew Shields SO 24:25
7 (178) Michael Brice SO 25:23

2. 120 BYU ( 24:01 2:00:02 0:58)
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1 7 Miles Batty SR 23:36
2 10 Rex Shields JR 23:45
3 17 Jared Ward SO 23:49
4 30 Alden Bahr SR 24:18
5 56 Curtis Carr SO 24:34
6 (111) Tylor Thatcher SO 24:53
7 (194) Conner Peloquin SO 25:30

3. 125 Stanford ( 24:02 2:00:08 1:01)
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1 6 Chris Derrick SR 23:33
2 8 Jake Riley SR 23:39
3 19 Benjamin Johnson JR 24:02
4 34 Brendan Gregg SR 24:20
5 58 Erik Olson SO 24:34
6 (113) Joe Rosa FR 24:54
7 (192) Jim Rosa FR 25:30

4. 227 Princeton ( 24:20 2:01:38 1:07)
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1 4 Donn Cabral SR 23:31
2 29 Brian Leung SR 24:17
3 60 Peter Maag SR 24:35
4 64 Chris Bendtsen SO 24:37
5 70 Tyler Udland SO 24:38
6 ( 77) Eddie Owens FR 24:42
7 (190) Thomas Dialynas SR 25:29

5. 271 Indiana ( 24:29 2:02:23 0:41)
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1 23 Andrew Poore SR 24:13
2 27 Ben Hubers SR 24:16
3 35 Adrien Dannemiller SR 24:22
4 68 Andrew Weatherford SR 24:38
5 118 Desean Turner SR 24:54
6 (216) Yoshi Shimizu SO 25:44

6. 300 Texas ( 24:28 2:02:16 0:58)
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1 15 Craig Lutz FR 23:47
2 24 Ryan Dohner SO 24:15
3 84 Collin Smith JR 24:44
4 87 Rory Tunningley JR 24:45
5 90 Mark Pinales FR 24:45
6 (164) Brock Simmons SR 25:15
7 (166) Will Nation SO 25:16

7. 309 Minnesota ( 24:27 2:02:15 1:28)
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1 5 Hassan Mead SR 23:31
2 51 Pieter Gagnon JR 24:32
3 52 Andrew Larsen SO 24:32
4 75 Marcus Paulson FR 24:41
5 126 Erik Truedson SO 24:59
6 (224) Travis Burkstrand JR 25:58
7 (247) Bobby Nicolls SO 26:30

8. 332 Northern Arizona ( 24:28 2:02:16 1:31)
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1 3 Diego Estrada SR 23:27
2 39 Jordan Chipangama SR 24:25
3 66 Tim Freriks JR 24:37
4 99 John Yatsko SR 24:49
5 125 Andrew Belus SR 24:58
6 (162) Matthew Coloe SR 25:15
7 (168) Caleb Hoover FR 25:17