en-us Copyright 2006-2008 Flocasts Inc Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:06:25 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/assets/portal/simple30/images/logos/flotrack-logo.gif http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/673-dii-interview-chris-clark Many people have suffered plots against them: Kings, Presidents and University of California PA’s Chris Clark.  Clark, the fourth place finisher in this year’s DII Cross Country Championships and fourth indoor in the 5k, began his athletic career as a basketball player. It was during his junior year in high when the scheming of two worthy adversaries began.  He recounts, “When I was a junior in high school (Mrs. Kellar) and my Assistant Basketball coach (Mr. Briggs) became the assistant XC coach as well. I owe those two so much because they got this running adventure started. They began plotting ways to make me run on the (cross country) team.Clark explains that they recruited outsiders to persuade him to run: “I did not go a day without someone giving me a hard time about not running. It got to the point that one time I was cornered by an alumni of my school in a Wal-Mart parking lot who yelled at me to be a runner all the way across the parking lot as I am walking away from him to my car.” This constant barrage of requests finally got to Clark and he decided to give cross country a try: “I was basically dragged into it kicking and screaming like a little baby. What a wuss right?” Clark had a short high school career at Commodore Perry High School beginning his career, coincidently, at the site of this year’s nationals, old Slippery Rock course. At first he was running the 5k in the unassuming high 20s. By the end of his junior season, he was in the 16:20 range.  After a summer marred by an accident that sent Clark to the hospital where he lost a great deal of blood, Clark was still able to end his high school career  with a  PR of 16:18 and a 22nd  place finish in the Pennsylvania state meet. With this small taste of running, Clark explains that he wanted more, “I wanted to see if I could make it collegiately, and in the back of my mind thought maybe I am capable of being really good someday. I wasn’t sure how much I wanted to put into it though. I decided on Clarion because the coach there at the time was a good coach who was relaxed but had also coached an All-American still on the team (Melissa Terwilliger). I figured if I decided running was for me he knew how to get me to Nationals and if not he was relaxed enough running wouldn’t consume my life.”  In the middle of his freshman year, the coach retired and Coach Caulifield was hired.  “I didn’t know what was in store for me. Coach Caulfield was much more demanding and got me down to 15.3x by the end of my freshman year, and he had me thinking about what I was really capable of achieving if I did everything in my power to become good” Clark states. Not everything went smoothly. The summer before Clark’s junior season, Coach Caulfield took the distance coaching job at California University of PA. Clark began to contemplate a move with his coach, but it was too close to the beginning of the fall semester. Clarion made Clark’s decision to move easier by cutting the men’s cross country and track that fall.  Clark recalls the hard decision he made to leave Clarion halfway through his junior year: “I was really upset, and I had to leave a lot behind. Although Clarion was my home for two and a half years, I knew leaving was what I needed to do to chase my dream.” The move was in his best interest as a runner, and set Clark up for success. He set his goals high for this fall cross country season. He explains, “If I am being totally honest the only goal was to win every race I ran in November. I didn’t care about times or any races until November. I wanted to win PSACs, Regional and have a shot at winning Nationals. I knew that it would take something extremely special to win the National meet. Scott Bauhs is an impressive runner. ” He continues, “However, there is a reason we run the race, and my training was going so well. I genuinely believed it was possible. Anything is; especially if you believe. Sometimes all you need is a prayer if it reaches the right man.” Clark won PSACs and Regional. “The proudest moment of my running career to date would have to be my performance at the NCAA DII Atlantic Region meet this year. I won by a sizable margin against good competition and set a course record. The reason this was my proudest moment is because I ran away with it from 2 miles on, and the people I love were there to share it with me. It felt like things had finally come together for me, and I was getting all the effort I have put in back,” he states. This regional win qualified for the National meet that was run at the same course as the Regional meet. “The plan was to go out with the leaders and be aggressive on the hills if I was ever in a position to attack,” he recalls, “I slipped on the backside of the hill and took a good spill at about 500m I think. This screwed up my race plan, and I could not make up the space to the front small pack by the mile. Falling is not an excuse though. So at that point, I had to be smart and change my race plan to attack the hills and just try to make up as much ground as possible.” Despite the fall, he ended with a fourth place finish. Clark has one more season of eligibility left in outdoor track, where he plans to focus on the 10k. “I will try to drop some very good track times in both the 5k and 10k in order to improve my resume in hopes of garnering support of some kind to run post collegiately,” he explains, “I want a NCAA national title more than anything I have ever wanted as an athlete.” Clark would like to continue his running career after college. “I really hope I will be able to get some support to run professionally whether it is with an elite group, maybe a sponsorship of some sort. I will take whatever I can get and do I what I need to in order to continue my career” he stated hopefully He thinks his greatest potential lies in events longer than the 10k:  “The marathon will be my best event no questions asked. I will still try to run some very good 10K times, but I will be going longer. My best days are ahead of me, which is exciting. I’ve only been seriously running for three and a half years. I truly beyond a doubt believe it is God’s plan for me to do something special with my abilities in this sport.” Cara Hawkins http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/673-dii-interview-chris-clark Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/672-andrew-baker-kwik-e Butler Bulldog senior Andrew Baker recently took 40th at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. He's finished 28th at said meet before and looks for fast indoor track and outdoor track seasons. Can give me the play by play of how YOUR race played out at NCAAs? I got out OK we were in box 29, I got to the front but then by the end of the straight the two sides of the field swamped the middle a little and I found myself a little further back than I wanted to be. My plan was to get to 5k in the mix and then try and move through. I was in a decent position at 5k but still a little far back maybe 40th – 50th. I tried moving through which I successfully did until 7k and then I fell off the group I was running with and the last 3k was just a grind. Coming down the home straight I knew I was around about an all American spot (luckily they changed the rule this year), Matt Withrow came by me and I just got the lad from Iona to get 40th spot. Were you happy with your place? Not really to be honest. I felt I had a legitimate shot of finishing 15-20th, my finishing position wasn’t bad but I felt I was in a lot better shape than last year where I finished 28th. Saying that I am sure if you ask anyone other than (Galen) Rupp if they were happy with their position they would say they could have finished a few spots higher.Sam Chelanga obviously took the pace out very quickly? As a runner, how do respond to that sort of thing happening in the front of the race? I think most people expected Sam to take it out hard, for a guy in my position there is not a lot you can do. It would be suicidal to go with it; you just have to run your own race and hope a few guys go with him and then fall off so you can pick up the pieces, unfortunately for me that didn’t happen.Now that it's over, what do you now before indoor? I’m taking a couple days off and then going to try and build my mileage high again until at least the New Year before doing any quicker stuff.Can you explain how this year's Thanksgiving is going to go? I’m spending this years Thanksgiving (only my second ever) in Chicago at my girlfriend's house, we have a big Thanksgiving meal planned tomorrow where I am meeting all the relatives that I have yet to meet, hopefully I will come out of that alive. I am a big fan of what Thanksgiving is all about, especially the food and the football. Friday, we are going to cut a Christmas tree down and Saturday I think we are going to spend a day downtown. Back to Butler on Sunday for another dose of reality.What can we expect from you in the indoor season?I’m not big on predictions but I am obviously hoping to qualify for indoor nationals, something which I didn’t do last year. Coach Roe and I haven’t fully discussed our plans yet but I’m sure it will involve some 3k’s and some 5k’s with possibly a cheeky mile in there as well. How did you find/choose Butler in the first place? I was recruited to Butler by Joe Franklin (now New Mexico coach), with Tommy Davies. We had a friend out here, Alex Hains, who basically persuaded Coach Franklin to take a shot at us. Both Tommy and I were pretty much just shots in the dark, my PB’s were 3:47 and 14:39 and Tommy’s were similar. We weren’t what you’d call stellar recruits, luckily Coach Franklin took a risk on us and we both progressed massively last year (I ran 13:49 and Tommy 14:10 for 5k). Butler was an easy choice as basically no one else wanted us. Shortly after being recruited Coach Franklin left and Coach Roe came in. There was an uneasy couple weeks as we didn’t know whether Coach Roe would still want us; again, luckily his options were limited and he kept us. I’m really glad we got the opportunity to run in the NCAA’s and at Butler, I don’t think I would change it for the world.Did you have any trouble adapting to running in the United States? My transition to running in the states wasn’t problem free but it was smoother than the transitions of other Brits I know. I instantly got along with and behind everything Coach Roe was about, my only real problem was that I came in with an iron deficiency which led to a 97th finishing performance at Notre Dame last year, not a good way to impress your new coach. Once that was sorted though I had a really good cross season, eventually surprising everyone including coach and myself by finishing 28th at nationals. My indoor and outdoor season then went really well until I fell apart at the end of outdoor last year. I put this down to the lack of serious mileage year long which I hadn’t had in previous years. We are trying to learn from that this year and hopefully I will hold on a lot better. It's a long term goal, but are you going to try to run for Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics? I think that is the goal for any serious athlete from Great Britain at the moment. It is obviously a long way off in terms of times and performance but it is definitely something which is at the back of my mind. It would be silly to focus everything on achieving that goal right now, in order to get there I will have to achieve many “stepping stones”. At the moment I am just trying to achieve these stepping stones in order to progress to where I want to be in 3.5 years time. How would you spend a weekend if you don't have to worry about training, running, or school? This is a tough question which I’m sure my girlfriend will scrutinize me on. If I was at home I think it would start off with a nice pub lunch and then a trip to see a Premiership football match with some mates on Saturday. On Sunday I would take my girlfriend, maybe for a picnic and a walk on the moorlands followed by the beach (providing its not raining of course), no where fancy but just a day together. I would obviously slip a cheeky run in (I wouldn’t worry about it though so technically it counts).What's the hardest workout you've ever done? For me every workout is tough but I would probably have to say in and out 600’s. We did this session last year where you do 200 at 27/8 then 200 at 37 then 200 at 27/8 we did 7 of them off 2 minutes recovery. Coming in to the last few your legs are just jelly and all you want to do is be sick, you know you are in trouble when the 37’s begin to feel quick. Can you give me a crazy running related story? On my first Sunday at Butler which was only three days after I arrived in the states, we had an unofficial long run. It was before official practice and there were probably about ten of us. We went out to this park; we set off down this thin twisty path, after about a mile and a half I fell and tried bracing myself with my left arm unfortunately in doing so I dislocated my shoulder. I was now in a predicament, no one really new where we were, so in order to get back I had to walk the way we came. I tried putting the shoulder back in myself; I can tell you it is not as easy as it looks in the movies. I couldn’t get it back in so just had to walk back with it still out, I was in a lot of pain and it probably took me about 30 minutes to get back to the car. Once in the car no one knew where a hospital was but as we were driving out of the park we saw some fireman, we asked them if they could put it back in but they weren’t allowed to. It had now been out for about an hour and a half. The fireman kindly said they would take me to the nearest hospital (neglecting to tell me they would charge me $700 for the privilege), I then got to the hospital and it took them at least 45 minutes before they put it back in. In total it had been out for about 2.5 hours, it was so bad they had to put me out to put it back in place. I was very naïve at the time and didn’t realize that the US didn’t have a national health system for the following year I was receiving letter after letter of how much I owed everyone. I was told to have at least two weeks without running but a day on the elliptical was all I could take and it was back to running on day two. Tony Casey http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/672-andrew-baker-kwik-e Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/671-agsi-2008-canadian-cross-country-championships (C) - Copyright - Christopher Kelsall - 2008 AGSI Canadian Cross Country Championships – Saturday, Nov 29 2008. - For the AGSI Canadian National Cross Country Championships there is currently a few centimeters of snow on the course and the forecast is for temperatures to hover around the freezing mark. For best results long spikes are advised. There are 739 confirmed entrants to date from across the country, most however, are from the Province of Ontario. Some of the top seeds contesting the Men’s senior race are: Dylan Wykes, ON Steve Osaduik, BCSimon Bairu,  SaskEric Gillis, NSJoel Bourgeois, NBJames Gosselin, ONRyan McKenzie, BCAlex Hutchison, ONGitah Macharia, ONTaylor Milne, ONDerek Nakluski, ONKris Swanson, BC Mathew Normington, ABRob Watson, ONChris Winter Simon Bairu owns personal bests of 27:50 10, 000m, 13:25 5000m 7:49.20 3000m. As an alumni of the NCAA Div 1 Wisconsin Badgers, Bairu won the NCAA Cross Country Championships twice and owns 7 All American certificates. He also has 5 consecutive Canadian Cross Country Championships to his credit. The consecutive streak was broken due to injury. He is currently tied with 5-time winner Paul McCloy who turned the trick from 1983 to 1987. 2007 winner Reid Coolsaet is out due to injury. Also watch for Ontario native and Providence Friar alumni Dylan Wykes who owns a marathon personal best of 2:15:16 from Fortis Rotterdam Marathon 2008 and has IAAF World Cross Country Championships experience.   Eric Gillis a maritimer is another runner to watch as he also has IAAF World Cross Country experience and competed in the 10, 000m at the Beijing Olympics. His 10, 000, personal best is 28:07 and 13:36 for the 5, 000m The women’s race is literally wide open as incredibly none of the top 10 finishers from 2007 are registered as of November 27. Watch for the Tina Turner of Canadian varsity running, Victoria’s very own Marilyn Arsenault to run well. Marilyn recently place decently at the CIS Cross Country Championships despite a possible tactical situation, which may not have been in her favour.  No team declaration for 2008, top 4 athletes across the line score.   The complete (as of November 27, 2008) entry list of juniors, masters and seniors is available here. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9:45AM      Community/Open WINTER CROSS (non championship) 5km10:45AM    Masters Men & Women Championship (ages 30 & up) 8km11:45AM    Children's Fun Run (non championship) 1km12:00PM    Junior Women Championship (1988 or later) 5km12:45PM    Junior Men Championship (1988 or later) 8km1:30PM      Senior Women Championship 7km2:15PM      Senior Men Championship 10km Participation in the Ontario Canadian Cross-Country Championships is expected for athletes wishing to qualify or be considered for the 2009 National Cross Country team. Participation in the NACAC Saturday, March 7, 2009 in Orlando, Florida is also required as well as the entire cross-country program, unless the athlete has a pre-approved competitive conflict. According to Athletics Canada, “Significant funding can be earned in participation through placing at the Trials.” 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships take place in Amman, Jordan March 28, 2009. ________________________________________________       Christopher Kelsall is sponsored by Island Runner Footwear, located in Victoria, BC - Check out the store's site: Island Runner.   This article was made possible through the support of Synergy Health Clinic When visiting Victoria, rent from Chris' favorite RV place CampRVChris is a member of the Lydiard FoundationContact: chriskelsall@flocasts.org  Christopher Kelsall http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/671-agsi-2008-canadian-cross-country-championships Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:20:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/674-adidas-and-iaaf-announce-eleven-year-historic-partnership Monte-Carlo, Monaco - adidas and the IAAF formally announce today a11-year partnership agreement granting adidas the world-wide sponsorship rights for all IAAF World Athletic Series events until 2019. Under the agreement, adidas will be the official IAAF athletic sponsor and licensee product supplier for the next decade.  The partnership incorporates every aspect of athletics, from product creation, to grassroots development and retail distribution.  Among the highlights of the deal, adidas will be the Official Sponsor of the 2009 IAAF World Championships next summer in Berlin, August 15 through 23rd. The partnership was announced during a press event in Monaco supported by CEO and Chairman of adidas AG, Herbert Hainer, and IAAF President, Lamine Diack.  Also present were a host of track and field stars representing adidas including 2008 Olympic gold medallists Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS), Dayron Robles (CUB) and Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR). adidas has a longstanding history in athletics dating back to 1928 when their founder, Adi Dassler, supplied Lina Radke with a handmade pair of spikes to wear during the Olympic Games in Amsterdam.  Lina set a world record in the 800 meters and became the first Olympian to win gold in adidas.  Many more heroes of athletics have followed wearing adidas including Jesse Owens, Emil Zatopek, Al Oerter, Bob Beamon, Daley Thompson, Grete Waitz, Heike Henkel, Haile Gebrselassie and Yelena Isinbayeva. “The heritage of the adidas brand is closely linked with the legacy of athletics and the IAAF" said Herbert Hainer, Chairman and CEO of adidas AG.  “Therefore, we are very proud to announce our new partnership with IAAF and we are looking forward to shaping the future of athletics together at all levels in the coming years." The IAAF President Lamine Diack also welcomed the agreement and said: “adidas is more than just a major business corporation. It is a company which has deep roots in the sport of athletics and has also been a good partner of the IAAF in the past. I am delighted that we are re-signing with adidas, a brand that understands and loves the sport of athletics.” adidas will continue supporting the IAAF development and continental programmes by providing the most advanced adidas athletics apparel, footwear and accessories. The IAAF Continental Programme enables the IAAF to expand support to its continental regions and adidas will make a very significant contribution to this programme.   IAAF   Link to Article: http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=48385.html Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/674-adidas-and-iaaf-announce-eleven-year-historic-partnership Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:46:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/669-fukuoka-marathon-remembering-dave-reed-cis-cross-country-championships (C) - Copyright - Christopher Kelsall  - 2008  62nd Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship Sunday, December 7, 2008 David Jackson and Jon Brown both of Victoria, British Columbia will be competing in the 62nd Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship in Japan. Three-time Olympian Jon Brown will likely be looking to achieve the Athletics Canada A+ qualification standard in this race, which is 2:12:38. Jon Brown owns a personal best of 2:09:32. He currently holds the UK 10, 000m record of 27:18 and has finished fourth in two Olympic Marathons both at Sydney and Athens. Brown’s second half split in both marathons was faster than any other runner’s first or second half split in each event. Jon Brown currently is coaching David Jackson. Run By Common Sense, Jon Brown’s coaching company now has several runners under his tutelage including 40-year-old varsity runner, the opera singing, Marilyn Arsenault. David Jackson will be looking to qualify for the IAAF World Track and Field Championships Marathon for Canada, which will require a new personal best and a sub 2:18 performance (See standards at bottom). Jackson has spent the previous two years on a marathon hiatus while running for the University of Victoria, earning his Masters degree in Education, majoring in sport psychology. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Missing Dave Reed: Many people from the Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria areas are remembering Dave Reed. Dave passed away last week originally suffering from a streptococcal infection, which worsened causing a series of strokes. Dave Reed (1954-2008) will be remembered for his running accomplishments and more for his infectious enthusiasm for all things running. From George Gluppe with BC Athletics: "It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Dave Reed. Dave was well known and respected in the running community. He will be sorely missed. Dave passed away November 20th. His great heart finally quit. He was just too sick. We were hoping for the last two months that somehow he would recover.  He was a unique character; he loved running and other runners who shared his passion. He had a fantastic memory for races and workouts, even from 30 years ago. All who knew him will miss him, and all that he brought to our sport." -George Gluppe A few words from long time, top-level Canadian runner, Nancy Tinari: “George and I knew Dave for thirty years. We all know of Dave's infectious enthusiasm for running-something that was the leading passion of his life, and something that never flagged, as he got older…   …He had a child's ability to get lost completely in the joy and excitement of a moment of play, and he relived the high moments of races with the single-mindedness of a child. Dave also knew how to fully enjoy very simple things--a good meal, a single can of beer, the company of his running pals, rock music, lying on the beach or in our backyard on a sunny day…  …Dave was a superb athlete in many sports, some of his other favourites being hockey, baseball, and golf. He was truly a big kid who never entirely grew up.” -Nancy Tinari Some are measured by apparent quantifiable standards by what they achieve in education, career, business, family or in other ways. Dave will be remembered for his unabashed enthusiasm for sport. His gift to us is his unbridled, child-like love of running and personal generosity and that all else was secondary. Dave's happiness was easy to measure. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Canadian Inter-University 2008 Cross Country Championships (CIS) CIS Canadian Cross Country Championships – Quebec City, QC –  November 8, 2008 - The Guelph University Gryphons dominated the Canadian Interuniversity Championships. In three consecutive years, both the women and men won the titles, the women victorious in four straight years running. Only the University of Victoria and Western University have equalled the women’s four consecutive win streak. Megan Brown of Toronto won the gold medal in a time of 17:36, for her second title in as many years.  Followed by Catherine Cormier of Laval and Lindsay Carson of Guelph. Gueph’s Matt Brunsting breasted the tap with a 32:08 finishing time for gold 5 seconds over Kyle Boorsma also of Guelph and David Gerych StFX. Gryphons are coached by Dave Scott-Thomas. Results:  WOMEN'S RESULTS (5 km) Team standings1. Guelph, 77 points 2. Toronto, 118 3. Calgary, 126 4. McMaster, 132 5. Western, 158 6. Victoria, 164 7. Windsor, 204 8. Laval, 237 9. StFX, 243 10. Queen's, 247 Individual honours Athlete of the year: Megan Brown, Toronto Rookie of the year: Tamara Jewett, Toronto Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Tamara Jewett, Toronto Coach of the year: Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph First all-Canadian team 1. 17:36.8 - Megan Brown, Toronto 2. 17:58.5 - Catherine Cormier, Laval 3. 17:59.3 - Lindsay Carson, Guelph 4. 18:03.3 - Paula Findlay, Alberta 5. 18:22.3 - Tamara Jewett, Toronto 6. 18:25.0 - Marilyn Arsenault, Victoria 7. 18:29.0 - Erin McClure, Toronto Second all-Canadian team 8. 18:33.3 - Heather Sim, Calgary 9. 18:34.6 - Véronique Fortin, Laval 10. 18:36.7 - Rachel Cliff, Guelph 11. 18:38.6 - Jillian Wyman, McMaster 12. 18:41.0 - Jessica Pearo, McMaster 13. 18:42.2 - Gina Stewart, StFX 14. 18:45.6 - Lisa Brooking, Windsor MEN'S RESULTS (10 km) Team standings1. Guelph, 27 points 2. StFX, 108 3. Windsor, 124 4. Toronto, 146 5. Calgary, 150 6. Victoria, 172 6. Western, 172 8. Sherbrooke, 205 T9. Alberta, 231 T9. Manitoba, 231 Individual honoursAthlete of the year: Matt Brunsting, Guelph Rookie of the year: Nyial Majock, Calgary Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Gavin Hamilton, CalgaryCoach of the year: Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph First all-Canadian team 1. 32:08.3 - Matt Brunsting, Guelph 2. 32:13.6 - Kyle Boorsma, Guelph 3. 32:19.8 - David Gerych, StFX 4. 32:25.2 - Allan Brett, Guelph 5. 32:28.2 - Nyial Majock, Calgary 6. 32:32.9 - Derek Snider, Guelph 7. 32:42.2 - Geoff Martinson, Victoria Second all-Canadian team8. 32:46.7 - Gavin Hamilton, Calgary 9. 32:48.2 - Johannes Mallie,, Victoria 10. 32:59.9 - Kyle O'Neill, Western 11. 33:03.6 - Etienne Bredin, Toronto 12. 33:10.5 - Russell Christie, Dalhousie 13. 33:11.3 - Matt Sinclair, Windsor 14. 33:13.3 - Jamie Weikum, Alberta ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Canadian Standards (IAAF World Track and Field Championships - Marathon)  Canadian athletes will be selected until the team quota is filled (5 per team) based onperformances in the priority order listed below*. Only performances achieved between January1st, 2008 and May 24th, 2009 that meet IAAF criteria will be considered.1. Run under 2:12:38 (men)/2:29:08 (women) in the 2008 and/or 2009 Ottawa INGMarathon and/or the 2008 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.2. The top-ranked athlete, within the AC qualifying period, with performance of 2:12:38(men)/2:29:08(women) in any other IAAF sanctioned marathon.3. Top Canadian finisher at the 2008 or 2009 Ottawa ING marathon and/or 2008 ScotiabankToronto Waterfront Marathon in under 2:15:00 (men)/2:34:00 (women).4. Other athlete with a performance under 2:12:38 (men)/2:29:08 (women) within the ACqualifying period at any other IAAF sanctioned marathon.5. The top Canadian finisher at the 2008 or 2009 Ottawa ING marathon and/or 2008 ScotiabankToronto Waterfront Marathon, with 2:18:00/2:43:00 achieved within the AC qualifyingperiod.6. Other athlete (no more than 1 man or woman) identified as a 'Rising Star' under the ACregular criteria.7. 2nd Canadian finisher at the 2008 or 2009 Ottawa ING marathon and/or 2008 ScotiabankToronto Waterfront Marathon in under 2:18:00 (men)/2:43:00 (women)8. 3rd Canadian finisher at the 2008 or 2009 Ottawa ING marathon and/or 2008 ScotiabankToronto Waterfront Marathon in under 2:18:00 (men)/2:43:00 (women)9. Performance of 2:18:00 (men)/2:43:00 (women) within the AC qualifying period  ________________________________________________     Christopher Kelsall is sponsored by Island Runner Footwear, located in Victoria, BC - Check out the store's site: Island Runner.   This article was made possible through the support of Synergy Health Clinic When visiting Victoria, rent from Chris' favorite RV place CampRVChris is a member of the Lydiard FoundationContact: chriskelsall@flocasts.org  Christopher Kelsall http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/669-fukuoka-marathon-remembering-dave-reed-cis-cross-country-championships Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:49:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/666-whats-to-see-in-d3-nationals-recap So Nationals came and went, and while I was unable to attend, there is some pretty good footage that was put up by a flotrack user...you may need to search for it, although as of press time it is on the front page under user videos.  As for the results, surprises were kept to a minimum for the most part for both genders individually and for the team scores. Here are your results http://finishtiming.com/2008/11-22/index.htm The Men's Podium featured first time Champion SUNY Cortland, followed by North Central, Williams and Steven's Point leaving Calvin off the podium for the first time since 1997. The Men's Champion was of little surprise, as Peter Kosgei of Hamilton continued his undefeated season. The Women's side saw Middlebury win their 5th title followed by Calvin, Williams and Wartburg. The individual title again not much of a surprise as it went to one of the "contenders"  - Bethel's Marie Borner. The season was an interesting one with a fair amount of surprises throughout the season, even though Nationals went close to as predicted (Williams Men being the only exception). Coming into the season it looked as though the women's defending champion Amherst would be heading back to hanover to defend their title, but after a tough season, they had to pull out a tough race at Regionals just to make it to nationals...Kudos to Elise Tropiano for her individual runner up performance. On the Men's side after losing 4 of its top 5 and 6 of its top 7, defending champion NYU looked like it would struggle just to return to the national championships....and then...they pull out all the stops, they win the UAA conference meet for the third consecutive year, finish runner up to Cortland in the Atlantic regional and finish 12th overall at nationals. Hat's off to Nick Mcdonough for getting it done...seems like this guy has some tricks up his sleaves (or a bunch of sub 9.20 2milers from Jersey, either one). The men of Haverford faced a number of challenges this season (for more info please read the NYTimes Article) and lost the Centenial Conference for the first time EVER, however they still pulled it together to make it to nationals finishing 16th overall, a disspointing finish compared to their second place in 2007 however given everything the Fords went through this season, it should be considered a success and a testiment to the strength of their program.  Williams climbed the ladder all season, culminating in a third place finish at Nationals. This came as little surprise to many, especially those who saw the Ephs earn their 17th trip to nationals in Dominating fashion at their home course. The Williams Women were not to upstaged by their male counterparts as they also finished third in their 17th championship appearance. Congrats to Peter Farwell on the best overall program in the country. Alleghany did what the always seem to do. They were ranked high preseason based on their finish at nationals in the previous year, dropped in the rankings as the season went on and they struggled/trained (depending on how you look at it) and then peaked appropriately with a runner up finish in the mid east region and a 10th place finish at nationals.  On the Women's side the most surprising finish (although perhaps not to those in the know/from the south) was Trinity (TX) 6th place finish. The highest finish for a women's team from the South EVER. The big surprise on the men's side was Trinity as well...however this time it was Trinity (CT). The Bantams, who finished 3rd at the New England regional, finished 7th at Nationals (2nd NE team) on the backs of All America performances from Sam Moorhead and Hunter Norte.  Congrats to all 64 of the teams and the 112 individuals who ran at Nationals, and to all other D3 runners on a great season. Over the next few weeks I will be trying to catch up on Interviews so that you still have something to read on Mondays (or other days if you do not catch the articles when they are first published). Then it will be back to updating you all during the Indoor track season. I may need some suggestions from you all, on how you would like me to cover indoor and outdoor track, as it clearly has much less of a team aspect to it than does cross country. Thank you all for making my first season of writing so rewarding, best of luck to everyone as you transition to the track.   Dan Suher http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/666-whats-to-see-in-d3-nationals-recap Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:47:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/665-floawards-part-3-112308 MEN Individual WOMEN Individual 1 Sam Chelanga (8) 1 Sally Kipyego (14) Liberty Quite the contrast in weather from Pre-Nats to tomorrow's championship race. Will it change Chelanga shot at a title? Probably not, but Rupp will give him his all. Texas Tech Sally has proved her entire career she's the best female runner in the country. On 11/24 she looks to dominate the field, again, and stay undefeated in her XC career.  2 Galen Rupp (6) 2 Susan Kuijken Oregon Rupp's the most experienced runner on the men's side. One of his goals this year was taking an individual title at nationals. Tomorrow, he get's his shot. Florida State Kuijken may have a shot at Kipyego if the stars align and she runs like she did at Pre-Nats. On the team side, FSU is counting on Susan to lead them to a top-3 finish. 3  German Fernandez 3 Kendra Schaaf Oklahoma State Fernandez loves running on the big stage. Monday gives him a shot at collegiate stardom as the OSU men's team is also looking for a team title. Washington Schaaf is bumped up to #3 on the FloAwards ranking on the even of tomorrow's National Championship race. May end up being the top freshman of the year, men or women, once things are wrapped up Sleeper Shadrack Songok Sleeper Brie Felnagle Texas A&M Songak still has a shot at an overall title if the top guns fall off pace. With so many runners, he has to get out early and keep his composure. UNC Felnagle and Holesh are the only Tarheel Women runners represented at Nationals by earning all-region honors and achieving individual qualifier status. Others Receiving Votes: Ryan Vail (OSU), Ben True(Dartmouth) Others Receiving Votes: Hollie Knight (Auburn), Tasmin Fanning (VT), Alex Kosinski (Oregon), Sarah Bowman (Tennessee), Mel Lawrence (Washington), Lilian Baradu (Texas Tech), Nicole Blood (Oregon) MEN TEAM WOMEN TEAM 1 Oklahoma State (10) 1 Washington(12) Cowboys On the eve of the big dance, the OSU Men's team still sits first among our pollsters. Could that change by tomorrow morning? We'll see ... Huskies Dawgs are for real. Chocolate chip cookies and all, this UW squad makes it look easy. Can they do it one more time and grab the nations top honors? 2  Oregon (4) 2 Oregon (2) Ducks Oregon is at full strength. Rupp is a force, and Puskedra has in some respects, taken this team on his shoulders. Huge watch party in Eugene ready to cheer them on. Ducks  The  in most experienced squad on the women's side, Oregon's may be able to sneak around a nervous Husky squad ... a battle looms Monday morning between these rival schools. 3  Colorado 2  Florida State (2) Buffaloes Junior Jordan Kyle has led the Buffs in the last 3 races. He is the only Buff on the current roster who has earned All-American honors on the cross country course. Seminoles Kuijken will lead FSU on the individual side Monday morning. Can her teammates come through for a top 3 team finish? Sleeper Iona Sleeper  Princeton Gaels The No. 8 Iona College men's cross country team earned its fourth straight NCAA Northeast Regional championship in convincing fashion at Van Cortlandt Park Tigers Guiding the Tigers will be junior Liz Costello. Costello has been the top runner all season, and was the first Princeton runner across the line at regionals, taking 2nd place with a time of 21:15. Others Receiving Votes: Stanford, Wisconsin, Alabama, Georgetown, Portland Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia, Arizona State, Villanova, Texas Tech FLOTRACK FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR FLOTRACK FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 1 German Fernandez (14) 1 Kendra Schaaf (14) Oklahoma State He's raced in comfortable meets all season long. Monday morning those vanish, as Fernandez & OSU have a shot to make history. Washington Taking last weekend off, Schaaf is well-rested and ready to lead the Huskies in Terri Haute. A more experienced Schaaf may turn a National Champion out of the Huskies. 2 Chris Derrick 2 Christine Babcock Stanford Derrick has led the Cardinal all season. Finally beating Puskedra in West Regionals, Derrick will finally match up head-2-head with Fernandez. Washington Babcock led the Huskies at West Regional's when Schaaf sat out. She'll be the key for the Huskies 3 Luke Puskedra 3 Laurynne Chetelat Oregon Luke keeps on trucking. Where would Oregon be without him in 2008? This freshman has taken the Pac-10 by storm and will play a key role in UO's hope to repeat Monday. Stanford Chetelat will be going all out Monday morning as the Cardinal need huge performance to sneak into the top 5. Sleeper Colby Lowe Sleeper Morgane Gay Oklahoma State Colby's performance Monday may be a deciding factor on whether OSU can take the team national title. Virginia At the Pre-NCAA meet earlier this season, Morgan and her teammates, finished 23rd in the Women’s 6k White Race. They now sit entered in the national rankings at No. 28. 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Whereas most normal humans would be wrapped up in several layers of clothing, the DII XC fans of Chico, Grand Valley, Western, UAH and Slippery Rock decided to go shirtless to cheer on their teammates, forgoing any worries about frostbite. This Championship race will surely be one talked about for years to come, especially if some of the fans loose a couple of fingers to frostbite. The story unfolded in the men’s race with Chico State’s Scott Bauhs leading a small group through the mile mark in 4:55, including Adams State’s Aaron Braun, Harding’s Daniel Kirwa, California PA’s Chris Clark, and Queen’s Michael Crouch. By the time Bauhs and Braun had passed the four mile mark, they had gapped the field by about 25 seconds Halfway through the race, the team competition was heating up with the top five teams being, Adams, Abilene Christian, Western, Chico and Grand Valley.  Bauhs and Braun were neck and neck through the halfway point, followed by a chase pack of Crouch Western’s Iain Donnan, Harding’s Kirwa, Adams State’s Brian Medigovich, and Alaska Anchorage’s Mark Cheesto. Coming out of the woods, Bauhs had a commanding lead over Braun to take the victory in 30:23. Braun held onto second (30:36) and Crouch came in third (30:56). Chris Clark (31:12), Iain Donnan (31:14), and Brian Medigovich (31:24) rounded out the top five. In the team competition, it was Adams States took home top honors with 67 points, besting their rival Western (88).  The top five was rounded out by Chico (120), last year’s winner, Abilene Christian (128), and Grand Valley (190).   Early in the race, before the first mile mark, a group of three women—including Seattle Pacific’s Jessica Pixler, Shippensburg’s Neely Spence, and Abilene Christian’s Winrose Karunde— broke away from the pack. By the first mile mark, gaps had opened up between these three runners, with Pixler leading the charge hitting the first mile mark in 5:44. About halfway thru the race, it Pixler was still leading Spence.  Karunde, however, had slipped from third to fifth, after being overtaken by Adams State’s Heather Wood and Colorado Spring’s Shannon Payne. Payne continued to close the gap between herself and Spence, which led to an exciting sprint finish with Spence taking it at the line. Pixler finished in the time of 20:59, claiming her second DII XC National Title. Spence finished in the time of 21:27, followed by Payne (21:29). Heather Wood (21:37) and Wisconsin Parkside’s Jessica Monson (21:38) rounded out the top five.  Adams State took their 6th team title with 79 points. They were followed by Grand Valley (102), Western State (183), Seattle Pacific (194), and Augustana (203). Congratulations to all participants and I will be back next week with indoor track action. Interviews can be found here they include: Chris Clark, Jessica Pixler, Neely Spence and Scott Bauhs..and many more! Cara Hawkins http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/664-dii-xc-national-review Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:46:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/662-kyle-perry-kwik-e Kyle Perry, a Brigham Young Cougar senior, has put together an impressive 2008 XC campaign. He's coming a second place finish over 10 kilometers in the Mountain Regional Championships, with a time of 29 minutes, 29 seconds. A runner with great foot speed to match (7:51 3k and 3:59 mile), watch Kyle make a bid for a top spot at the NCAA XC Championships in only a few days. What are you doing this week in preparation for the NCAA Championships? Yeah, we're tapering. We're going to do some shorter, faster stuff this week. We've done a lot of tempo runs this season and not as much fast stuff. So we're trying to do a little bit of speed. Now that things are winding down are you getting nervous? I wouldn't say nervous. I was more nervous for Regionals. Now I'm just excited. The biggest thing was getting the team in and now it's going out and doing what we can do. I get more nervous for all the guys performing the way I know they can. If they do perform the way you know they can, where can your team finish? I think we're good enough, deep enough, and have enough talent with a small enough spread that we can fight for a podium spot. Obviously there are a couple teams at the top of the podium that I don't think anybody will touch. Behind that, the next eight teams are all good enough to beat each other. Although we're ranked 11th or so, there are a lot of teams in there that if we bring it we can get up there. I'd love to get up on the podium. I've never been up there. What are your individual goals? Probably about the same. I've only run at one XC national championship before and I was like 100th place. Obviously anything better than that. I feel like maybe top ten, top ten if I have a great race. But definitely top 25. What happened last year? Why weren't you in the meet? I was ineligible. (Laughs). You know how they have the rule where 60% of your degree has to be completed after a certain semester? Then 80% after another semester? Yup. I enrolled in 2002. I'm an old guy. The rule, the percentage is different if you enrolled in 2002. So, according to the current rules, I was eligible, but I was like one class short according to rules in 2002. I missed my season. It was kind of frustrating. You said you're an old guy. Does that mean the 2002 rule was sort of “grandfathered in” to your situation? Well...they made the rule a little easier. The percent now. But, I had to adhere to the previous rule because of when I enrolled. They had the credits a little bit different. I was like one class off. I didn't find out. I spent all summer in Provo, just hanging out...doing nothing really. Then I found out like a week before XC started that I needed one more class and I could of just taken it in the summer. I was pretty mad. You could have taken any easy class and had your XC season? I could have taken pottery...whatever...it killed my season, but led to a good track season. I actually think it helped with the break through, because it gave me the fire that I needed to really turn around and start focusing. So, it might have been a blessing in disguise? Yeah. Do you work with Stephen Shay throughout races? Yeah, we try to work together. I always have a tendency to get out a little bit faster and he's more of a “relax then come on strong later in the race kind of guy.” The point where we meet, where he catches me or whatever, it's that point where we meet and work together for a few kilometers and just...work together. At Regionals it was a lot different. We had a different plan. We worked together for about 7k, just side by side the whole time. I think that's the best thing, when you have someone who's just as good as you are and you can run fast side by side with him. It's really motivating. We've tried to do that. Do you think it's going to be hard to find him and hold on to him at nationals in such a big field? We'll get separated for sure. It happens. But at whatever point we end up close to each other then we'll roll together as long as we can until we get separated or whatever happens. We'll use each other as best we can and if we can't...we'll just run. Who has better foot speed? I think I've got the better foot speed. I'm a 1500 guy. He's got a really good, from 6k on, he's got a really good/really strong, late part of the race. If it came down to the last 100, I would get him, but if it came down to the last k...well, that's when he normally pulls away. That will definitely be something to look for. I wish Flotrack was allowed to cover it like we've done with Pre-Nats. I'd have to go to Terra Haute to see it live. You don't have CSTV? Because that's where it is. I just hope it's not like last year where I only get to see the men's finish of a video of a video on a mega-tron on site. (Laughs) I read online somewhere that it's on CSTV, but if you don't have that...maybe NCAA.com or something. Well, I read that on Flotrack or Trackshark or something. I know we're not allowed to do any coverage. Oh, man. I felt the same sort of thing. You guys weren't allowed to cover at indoor nationals. I was like “there's nobody there and the coverage was only like 25 minutes long.” I agree with you. Well, anyway, what's this about you hunting bear with a sling shot? I went to Alaska this summer and spent a couple of weeks there. I was actually in Canada and there was a bear on the side of the road. For a little while, we shot gummy bears at them. Then they started eating them and we though “oh, maybe we shouldn't feed the bears.” Cannibal bears...I don't know about messing with those. (Laughs). Yeah, I'm creating cannibal bears. You're 6,5. 150 lbs right? About 155. And you're obviously athletic. Can you dunk a basketball pretty easily? Not very easily. I don't have great hops. I can do it on a good day. But I don't have phenomenal hopping or jumping skills. Do you follow basketball closely? I do follow it. I have my fantasy basketball team. That's what I'm looking for. Are Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer the next John Stockton and Karl Malone? I don't think so. Maybe. Stockton and Malone were pretty dang good. You must be a Jazz fan then? I hate saying that I'm not a Jazz fan. But I'm not a particularly Jazz fan. If The Jazz are there I'll cheer for them, but I just kind of...I don't have a specific team to follow as much as I just watch specific players. What's it like to be a competitive, top DI athlete and a regular college student...while also being married? It's a lot different. I got married last season, right when XC started in 2007. She takes care of me. My eating has gotten a lot better. I didn't have very good eating habits, but she takes care of me. Her dad writes health text books and stuff. She comes from a really health oriented family. They make sure I'm not killing myself with junk food. Other than that, I think it's better. I don't have to worry about any of the other bs. I don't have to worry about dating. I can just focus on my getting my school done and getting my running in. And she's really supportive of it. Personally, I think it's been a lot less stressful the last year...being married. My running has gotten a lot better, so there might be some sort of correlation between the two. We'll give her the credit for that. Everything really came together for you. You ran some really fast indoor prs. Are you really looking forward to indoor season? 7:40s for the 3k? I would love to go in the 7:40s, under 7:50...but that race was a perfect setup. I didn't lead an entire step in the race. Every time the rabbit would drop off, someone would push the pace. It was perfect. If I can get in the perfect race then it would be fun, but the big thing is that I'd like to get my mile time a little bit faster. I feel like I've got the leg speed to go faster than 3:59. If I only match what I did in the 3k next season that's fine. 7:51 is pretty dang fast. But I feel that 3:59 is not. It's the one I want to take down a little bit. How much is a little bit? A second or two. Anything under 3:59. 3:58...3:57. I know it's really fast. I'd just love to go as fast as I can. I guess that's what it boils down to. You're a shorter distance guy then? Yeah. XC has never really been my thing. Until last week I'd never really been high up in any XC meets. You ran about 29:30 at Regionals last week, are you going to give the 10k a shot come outdoor season? I kind of want to because if you put that on a track at sea level, instead of altitude...who knows how long the course was...but if I did, it would be really fun to see how fast I could go. I have goals with the steeplechase outdoors. And with the steeplechase, a 5k or two, and maybe a 1500...I don't know if I'll be able to get the time to squeeze a 10k in there. To be honest, I don't really feel bad for you. Having options of what you want to excel at. (Laughs) I haven't really focused on anything yet. It will be the steeple though? I want to do a few steeples. I did one as freshman and I went 8:56 and haven't done one since. I'd love to try to improve on that, because then I was an 8:15 3k guy. So, take 25 seconds off that and that's a pretty good steeple time. What's some essential running gear for you? I don't know. I've read all your other KWIK-Es and I saw you asked this one. I'm the kind of person where, if I can, I'll take off everything and run in just my shorts and a pair of shoes. Whatever shoes I've got. I'm not really particular, I'll just wear the basics. I guess if I have to choose something...I'll choose these shirts we made this year. It's got a picture of my coach, Ed Eyestone, on it. We put it in Oregon Green colors...made to mock Oregon's shirts. The ones that have Bill Dellinger or Prefontaine. We put Coach Eyestone on one. You could get top dollar for those on the internet! I'm not selling mine! What's it like to have Ed Eyestone as a coach? I love working with him. He's probably the best part about running here at BYU. I mean, he's done it all. I feel like he really knows what he's talking about. He's good at getting the guys motivated for any goals they might have. I feel like he's the complete opposite of any coach I've ever seen. He's like one of the guys with us. He's our friend. He takes the time to coach us, but works with us at a different level. What's the hardest workout you've ever done? There's a canyon up here called “Hobble Creek Canyon.” We do an eight mile tempo run up the canyon. It's already hard enough doing an eight mile tempo run at altitude, but then when you do it uphill the whole way...it always takes it toll. I'm normally one of the top guys on the team, but when we do that, I struggle to just finish. It's long and hard and normally it's really hot when we do it. Is there a course record? Not really. We normally take the first mile or two to ease into it...at like six minute pace. Then we pick it up. It depends on how long we go. I think if there is a course record, I'm sure Josh Rohatinsky has it. That kid was an animal. Can you give me a crazy running related story? It's an old story. It comes from high school. It's still the craziest thing that's ever happened to me. It was me and five other guys in high school. We were running up a canyon near my house. There's just a dirt trail in the middle of nowhere. We see this guy. He's really old, got to be 60 years old, he's kind of bigger. The funniest part about it was that he had saggy man-boobs. He's not wearing a shirt. He's like Native-American or something. I think we found out he was Navajo. As we run by, we're all spread out because we're in high school, he says weird things to each of us. We can't really tell what he's saying. We finish our run. It's like 105 degrees, first off. We're in the middle of nowhere and talking about the weird Indian guy and driving home. We realized that we think he needed water. That's why he was talking to us as we were running by. It was so hot. We drive to my friend's house and get a big thing of water, drive back up there and find him. It turns out it was a woman, an Indian woman. She's doesn't have her shirt on. She's wandering around in the middle of the desert. I take off my favorite running shirt and give it to her. We give her water and call 911 and get an ambulance up there. I ran up to the road because she was two miles off the road and I had to find the ambulance...you know, to tell them where she was. I got to ride in the police car. Turns out she was 15-20 minutes away from dying from dehydration. She didn't know who she was, where she was from, she couldn't tell them anything...she was so out of it. It was funny because we all thought it was an old, naked Indian man. She was wearing shorts. If you've ever seen Wayne's World II, they talk about following the weird, naked Indian...when we run that trail, we always talk about following the weird, naked Indian. To the hospital. Those weren't man boobs. It was really funny because we thought “that man had man boobs.” She just had man face, I guess. Tony Casey http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/662-kyle-perry-kwik-e Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/663-detecting-gene-doping-by-danny-mackey Detecting gene doping (this is the 4th article in a series of 4 focusing on Gene Doping) by Danny Mackey M.S.             I raced last week and it was a disaster.  In the beginning of the last article I talked about how my workouts had been coming along and I was excited to race.  But, sometimes the equation does not make sense.  I felt horrible physically, and when things started going bad I think I subconsciously disengaged (then the race went down hill even more).  So to keep it short, the lesson I learned from the race was I should have “manned-up” (as my coach said), it is better to run a C race verses an F race.  As athletes, we expect an A race, it is a part of why we toe the line, but the great ones always run somewhat close to their best, even on off days.             This is the final article in the series.  We are going to look at briefly how to the doctors can catch the testers.   The task is difficult, but we need to keep the faith!  Also the picture gets painted a little more grim because over the past 2 weeks there was been some interesting reads relating to the topic of gene doping.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/drugsinsport/3463606/Drug-cheats-may-benefit-from-gene-work-on-dogs-Athletics.html             The Agency for Cycling Ethics, or ACE has also shut down. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=3683023 Both links relate more the 1st-3rd articles in this series but I since they are so current, if you are interested in this topic you should give them a quick read...... The WADA has gene doping on the list of banned methods for almost 5 years but the strategies for catching cheaters is as uncertain as using gene doping is for the athletes.  Since gene doping is going to be reality in the near future if not already (most experts feel that the 2012 Olympic will be the first gene doping Olympics but Beijing was probably the first), in 2004 $14 million for a research project was used from the WADA to develop anti-doping tests (10).             One way to catch gene doping is to focus on the viral vectors used to carry the gene.  The WADA may assess the athlete’s immune response to these viral vectors.  The WADA can look at the antibodies in the athlete’s blood to determine if doping was the cause of the immune response (16).  The problem with only looking at the immune response will be deciphering if a viral vector or a natural virus caused the response in the athlete.             The structural differences between the athletes own natural proteins and expressed proteins can be possibly used for detection.  Animal studies using the EPO gene have shown small structural differences from the endogenous genes (18).  The reason for the difference may be the proteins injected into the animal may not go through the same post-translational modifications because they are coming from different cells.             Finally, proteomic profiling of athletes along with DNA microassays has been proposed as a potential method to detect gene doping.  The WADA tester can look at expression profiles of endogenous genes that may be altered after the expression of a foreign gene (18).  The proteomic profiling of athletes will show any change that may have resulted from gene doping.             When we watch athletes compete, questions may arise as to how the athlete came to achieve that performance.  Was it because of hard work, good coaching or natural talent?  Natural talent is associated with genes, but where did the genes from, the athlete’s parents or a scientist?  Sports will evolve and the methods of cheating will evolve along with the sport.  As gene therapy researchers learn more about the process the detection strategies will improve (so keep the faith)!  “Detection technologies are not static, Detection will improve.  Then who will get ahead of whom?” - Dr. Tom Friedman.   Danny Mackey http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/663-detecting-gene-doping-by-danny-mackey Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:59:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/661-the-great-hair-scapade (C) Copyright - Christopher Kelsall - 2008 In this age of highly acute environmental consciousness, I have become hyper-aware of what I throw out and what I recycle. Sometimes while performing this household duty, I get into an argument with myself: Thinking: Should I or should I not dump 20 liters of hot tap water into this plastic peanut butter jar to clean it so the plastic can be recycled? Myself: Yes, because the sea-life (where my tap water goes) would like to feed on hydrogenated oils. Me: Or should I just chuck it in with the waste and let the plastic (over the next 100 million years) re-degenerate itself back into oil? And the peanut butter feed another loud seagull for a day. This sometimes makes for a difficult decision. As I ponder this, I think of the many items I throw out and the many items I recycle, including hair. How much hair have I vacuumed up this week? And why does it shoot out the vent; sometimes clinging to the filter like little hair amoebas in an ocean current? Anyway, changing gear rings for a moment, sometimes driving along in my large, gas consuming SUV, I find it difficult to tell if a passing road cyclist is any good. It is very easy to tell if a runner is a good runner, but a cyclist sometimes can fool you. I often see the pretenders and the pros riding up and down the highway with their brilliant gear. From knee to neck and even sometimes on the helmet they are covered in logos, which makes them appear as a serious professional or a moving target. The cyclist, especially if relatively thin and relatively fit looking, could be your Tour de France guy or just the same, your local weekend warrior and even sometimes from a distance a total newb. It’s so hard to tell. One thing they all have in common is hair, or lack of it. For some reason only known to wax manufacturers and to cyclists, they all need to remove their body hair. This trade secret of removing body hair has transcended the sport now, by way of triathlon. Triathletes are cyclists too, so therefore they are in on the secret about hair removal. Now because triathletes also swim and run in different circles (literally and figuratively) swimmers and runners are now removing their body hair too. As do ALL WOMEN of course – thank goodness. 100 million cyclists, swimmers, runners and triathletes (and rowers and posers) x on average 36, 000 hairs per year x 1/1000th of an ounce per hair totals 60 billion tonnes of hair. That’s a lot of hair going to the landfill.   Now saying that, some of my running friends are well aware that I use duct tape for all that ailes. I use it to tape twisted ankles, cover split callouses and to cover the nipples during longer runs, so I don't turn into a bloody squirt gun or worse experience stinging shower sensation. Now I am a reasonably hairy fella, but not completely covered, like it wouldn’t creep out the top of turtleneck sweaters or anything. This past summer, when things got out of hand, I left a larger piece of duct tape on the nips - a little longer than I should have. Pulling it off hurt like hell, like 1000 bee stings. This left behind a bald batch, which I ignored, as I don't look at myself too much. I've seen myself before; I know what I look like. The next day whilst shaving (the face) a refracting flash of light blinded me. I thought I had been tazered by the RCMP; I was in a Parkinson’s-like stagger when I spotted the eclipse, it was the patch on my chest as bald as a newborn baby's bum.  Now I have always thought that for me, removing body hair was unnecessary, being not too-too hairy, but the patch looked like Steve Carrel’s patch in the movie, 40 Year Old Virgin. Which is just plain wrong, no matter how you look at it. Solution: Duct tape. So I retrieved said role of duct tape with the express mumbled intent of thinning things out, to create a synergy in the state between shining bald patch and the rest of my dusted frontage. It all started with a few rips here and a few rips there. Each new rip leaving fragments of glue from the tape on me, which held tangles of hair. Thus I figured it wasn't really working, when actually it was. At this time, I was working out (in my little brain) how to remove the glue and hair chunks safely and in an environmentally friendly manner. In a moment of perplexing enlightenment I pronounce to myself - AHA! I will just use more duct tape, but FASTER! Here a ripThere a ripEverywhere a rip-ripOld McDonaldHad hair farmYeeeeeoooowwwwww So this goes on and now I am mostly bald on my stomach, with bare patches on the chest. I look in the mirror resigned, shoulders sagging...thinking...CRAP! ...Time to WAX. Now I don't know anything about wax, but the box read: Three easy steps – 1.) Warm up wax. 2.) Spread on evenly. 3.) Remove wax. How hard could that be? Gazing, slack-jawed into the mirror, I spy a waxy tangle of hair, duct tape glue and thread and pink skin, quickly turning a neon shade of lobster. I was a mess. The white linoleum floor resembled a black widow spider battle field, Arachnageddon. There was no indication of how long to leave the wax on for or how thick to spread it. So I spread it on thick like peanut butter and left it on for 10 minutes. Pulling mounds of wax off my trunk, I pull the skin away far enough that I could have made a tent awning and install it for half the price of the competition providing a bumper-to-bumper, lifetime warranty. Heck! After all I could always grow more; skin is a renewable resource. After about 30 minutes of pulling and gumming the finger nails with wax and tape, I look into the mirror again and hang my head. At this point I have small, rogue populations of hair growing in a vast red desert. Time to call in the artillery - shaving cream and disposable razor. Psssssssssssssst....I spread the cold gel on, it feels as though I am spreading battery acid over an infection with an alcohol soaked bayonet. I am at war after all.... ... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I shave in stunning circular patterns, which resemble Kristi Yamaguchi’s skate program when she won the bronze medal in the Nagano Olympics Rinse repeat shave. Rinse repeat shave. Analyzing the carnage, I am a vertical, bald lobster with little red planets orbiting a pink solar system. I have a complete galaxy carved into my chest. I think I spot planet Mole. I HAVE HAIR ON MY BACK! Tape, wax, shave, rinse repeat and shave. ...into a cold shower... Putting on my shorts I go for an 8 mile run sporting a poly-cotton shirt, which causes enough scratch and sting and burn to induce sweating in itself, never mind the summer’s heat. The shirt sticks to my planetary network like glue. I might as well have set myself alight. I feel like a warm, rubbery toy. If I had either lived with my flashing, bald patch or have been more environmentally enlightened, this episode would have been completely avoidable and deemed totally unnecessary . Whatsmore, I would have been doing my part, saving the landfill from unnecessary waste.   ________________________________________________      Christopher Kelsall is sponsored by Island Runner Footwear, located in Victoria, BC - Check out the store's site: Island Runner.   This article was made possible through the support of Synergy Health Clinic When visiting Victoria, rent from Chris' favorite RV place CampRVChris is a member of the Lydiard FoundationContact: chriskelsall@flocasts.org  Christopher Kelsall http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/661-the-great-hair-scapade Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:23:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/660-hall-running-boston JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES TOP AMERICAN RYAN HALL TO RUN 2009 BOSTON MARATHON Olympian and U.S. Trials Champion Ryan Hall seeks American win in Boston BOSTON, MA November 18, 2008—In its 24th year as the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial today announced the signing of Olympic marathoner and American half marathon record holder Ryan Hall for the 113th running of the race on April 20, 2009. The fastest American marathoner in 2007 and 2008, Hall has quickly proven himself as one of the best distance runners in the world. He seeks to become the first American winner of the race since Grey Meyer in 1983. “I am grateful to have the opportunity to compete on the John Hancock elite team at the 2009 Boston Marathon,” said Hall. “The Boston Marathon is the grand daddy of the World Marathon Majors, to win here would mean as much to me as winning any marathon in the world, including the Olympic Games. To win in Boston would show the world that American distance running is indeed back to the days of Salazar, Beardsley, and Rodgers. I hope that I can contribute to bringing American marathoning back to the forefront. There is no better place to do that than Boston. What is done in Boston lives on for all time.” A 2005 Stanford graduate and three-time All American, Hall quickly found his greatest potential on the roads. In late 2006, he set the American 20K record at the World Championships and in early 2007 broke the 21-year old American half marathon record at the U.S. Championships. His 59:43 win marked the first time an American had ever broken the one-hour barrier. Hall's American Record Run Turning to the marathon, Hall made his debut on the London course in 2007 and stayed with the African leaders until the final miles. His 2:08:24 was the fastest debut ever by an American. A few months later at the U.S. Olympic Trials, he set a course record as he cruised to a nearly two-minute lead over one of the best U.S. fields ever assembled. Continuing his meteoric rise Hall returned to London in advance of the Olympics and ran a remarkable 2:06:17, making him the second fastest American of all time. At the Olympics Hall placed 10th, and although he had some disappointment in that showing, he is young and eager to build on his potential. Hall after London 08 “Ryan’s Boston Marathon debut will be a highly anticipated performance throughout the sports world,” said Executive Director Guy Morse, of the Boston Athletic Association, which oversees the race. “As an American Olympian recruited by our principal sponsor John Hancock Financial, his commitment to race in Boston, combined with his record of outstanding performances are indicators that he will add great excitement to the 113th Boston Marathon as he challenges some of the world’s best athletes on the world’s most famous course.” Hall Leading up to the Olympics Hall is married to professional runner Sara Bei Hall and the couple resides in Mammoth Lakes, California. The Halls are active with charitable groups such as Team World Vision. They worked on a campaign this year, “More Precious than Gold,” that raised nearly a million dollars to help bring clean water wells and irrigation systems to poor communities in Zambia. About John Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial Corporation John Hancock Financial is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation (the Company), a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and in most of Asia, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States, the Company offers clients a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$385.3 billion (US$363.5billion) as at September 30, 2007. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as ‘MFC’ on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under ‘0945’ on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com. The John Hancock unit, through its insurance companies, comprises one of the largest life insurers in the United States. John Hancock offers a broad range of financial products and services, including life insurance, fixed and variable annuities, mutual funds, 401(k) plans, long term care insurance, college savings, and other forms of business insurance. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at www.johnhancock.com. PR 2008—79 Hall on the Great Wall after the Olympics Mark From Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/660-hall-running-boston Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/659-dii-national-preview “The time has come,” the walrus said, “to talk of many things.” With a few days left until November 22, 2008, the time has come to make final predictions for DII XC Nationals.  This year’s race is shaping up to have its share of drama. The weather in Slippery Rock, PA looks to be brutal, with a chance of snow the entire week and an estimated high temperature of 39 degrees on race day. The question is how these adverse conditions will affect those runners who are use to warmer weather? There will be other factors, besides the weather, that have the potential to affect the race; below are some other facts to take into consideration when making predictions. Lively debate and commentary is always encouraged . Flotrack is a community. Abilene Christian’s Nicodemus Naimadu has graduated, making way for a new winner. Last year’s runner-up, Adams State’s Aaron Braun is back and is the top returner.  The question is, can he defeat Harding’s Daniel Kirwa and Chico’s Scott Bauhs? Kirwa has won an impressive number of major races this season, some of them against fast DI competitors including those at the Memphis Twilight. He also led his team to a perfect score of 15 at the South Regional race. Bauhs redshirted last year to gain some experience at the elite   level. Despite having to run a 16k last week due to a course error, Bauhs won the West Regional race.  Let’s not forget the dark horses, such as Alaska Anchorage’s Marko Cheesto, last year’s fourth place finisher Abilene Christian’s Julius Nyango, and Queen’s Oscar Ogwaro. In the men’s team title race, the latest USTFCCCA poll has Adams State ranked first, followed by Abilene Christian and Harding. It was only last year that Abilene Christian took top honors and Adams State and Western tied for second. Along with Western, Chico rounds out the top five in the poll. Polls always have a margin of error (as we know all too well from predictions for an Al Gore victory) and it will always come down to which team puts together five stellar performances on race day. In the women’s race, last year’s top two finishers—Seattle Pacific’s Jessica Pixler and Winrose Karunde—are returning. It appears doubtful that we will see a repeat of last year’s race, especially with freshman phenom Shippenburg’s Neely Spence racing for top honors. Some of the dark horses in this race include: University Of Colorado at Colorado Spring’s Shannon Payne, Wayne State’s Rachel Malette, and former DII XC champion Harding’s Esther Komen. The USTFCCAA poll has ranked last year’s team title winners, Adams State, in the top position. Grand Valley State, Augustana, Western State, and Chico round out the top five in the poll and any of them could challenge for top honors. Last year’s runner-up Seattle Pacific could also have an impact with Jessica Pixler and Jane Larson both vying for All-American honors. Shippensburg is also expected to have an impact in team title hunt. Best of luck to all of the participators in the National Championship races!  If anyone is swinging by TN to Nationals and has room for an extra passenger let me know. Cara Hawkins http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/659-dii-national-preview Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/658-ncaa-d-iii-championship-field-announced Nov. 16, 2008     NDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2008 Division III Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships.   In order to be eligible to participate in the championships, teams and individuals must qualify in their respective NCAA regions.   Thirty-two teams were selected to participate in each championship.  The top two, seven-person teams automatically qualified from each of the eight regions, for a total of 16 teams.  Sixteen additional teams were selected at-large.   Fifty-six individuals, the first seven athletes from each region who are not a part of a qualifying team, were selected to participate in each championship.    Hanover College will host the championships, November 22, at the L.S. Ayres Complex in Hanover, Indiana.  The men’s race will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern time followed by the women’s race at noon Eastern time.     The following teams and individuals were selected to the championships:   Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams Men’s At-large Teams Allegheny Augustana (Illinois) Amherst Brandeis Calvin Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon Dickinson Centre Geneseo State Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Grinnell Cortland State Haverford Emory Heidelberg Nebraska Wesleyan Mount Union New York University Plattsburgh State North Central (Illinois) St. Lawrence Ohio Northern St. Olaf St. John’s (Minnesota) Trinity (Connecticut) Whitworth Willamette Williams Wisconsin-Oshkosh Wisconsin-La Crosse Wisconsin-Stevens Point                 Women’s Automatic Qualifying Team           Women’s At-large Teams Calvin Amherst Case Western Bethel (Minnesota) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Carleton Cortland State Colby Dickinson DePauw Emory Ithaca Geneseo State Kenyon Johns Hopkins Messiah Luther MIT Middlebury The College of New Jersey Pomona-Pitzer St. Lawrence Trinity (Texas) St. Thomas (Minnesota) Wartburg Washington U. in St. Louis Williams Wheaton (Illinois) Wisconsin-Eau Claire Willamette Wisconsin-La Crosse Wisconsin-Oshkosh               Men’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers       Atlantic Region Peter Kosgei Hamilton Chris Guerriero TCNJ Tom Bocchino TCNJ Nick Stenuf Nazareth Travis Stewart Rutgers-Camden Tom Williams Fredonia State Curt Bell Ithaca       Central Region David McKay Luther Daniel Greeno Bethel (Minnesota) Brandon Gleason Hamline Brian Chenoweth Wartburg Carl Gladitsch Bethel (Minnesota) Brent Haglund Augsburg Brad O'Neil Coe       Great Lakes Region Andy Williams Manchester Grant Russo Denison Seth Weener Hope Brandon Welti Franklin Seth Einterz Wabash Tim Murray Trine Makorobo Salukombo Denison       Mideast Region Eddie Penatar Cabrini Francis Eanes Messiah Tim Van Syckle Muhlenberg Paul Thistle Susquehanna Chris Wasnetsky Scranton Garrett Cichowitz Grove City David Chorney Muhlenberg       Midwest Region Brandon Mull Wheaton (Illinois) Brian Wurtz Wheaton (Illinois) Pat Austin Elmhurst Dominic Maio Milwaukee Engr. Christopher Wirtz Wis.-Eau Claire Mathias Werve Wis.-Whitewater Zach Shiels Wisconsin Lutheran       New England Region Jesse Faller Tufts Brian Murtagh Connecticut College Thompson Ogilvie Bowdoin Michael Griffin Springfield Tyler Jasud Southern Maine Alex Gomes Southern Maine Avery Bouchard Bridgewater State       South/Southeast Region David Woodson Chris. Newport Ricky Flynn Lynchburg Bryant Wright Trinity (Texas) Ben Donnan Texas-Tyler Ken Wheeler McMurry Warren Brown Texas-Tyler Mark Handelman Rhodes                   West Region Francis Reynolds Puget Sound Eric Kleinsasser Occidental Torrey Olson Pomona-Pitzer Shawn Fisher Linfield Keith Blumenfeld Occidental Jackson Brainerd Colorado College Clay Hoadley Occidental                 Women’s Individual Automatic Qualifiers   Atlantic Region Jennifer Schaffhouser Plattsburgh State Kelsey Conn College of Brockport Johanna Spangler Vassar Joan Kanarkiewicz New York University Sarah Gollub Rochester Lauren Norton Rochester Erin Kyle Rensselaer       Central Region Jackie Spelts Nebraska Wesleyan Mary Bridget Corken Loras Rachelle Hawkins Cornell College Ashley Ryan From Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/658-ncaa-d-iii-championship-field-announced Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/656-kolas-calculator-ncaa-picks NCAA Men’s Qualifiers   QUALIFIER #1 is IONA (#1 NE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is GEORGETOWN (#1 Md-At) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is WILLIAM AND MARY (#1 SE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is WISONSIN (#1 Gr-Lk) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is OK STATE (#1 Mid-W) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is TEXAS AM (#1 S-Cen) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is COLORADO (#1 Mtn) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is OREGON (#1 West) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is ALABAMA (#1 South) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is PROVIDENCE (#2 NE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is PENN STATE (#2 Md-At) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is VIRGINIA (#2 SE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is MICHIGAN (#2 Gr-Lk) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is MINNESOTA (#2 Mid-W) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is ARKANSAS (#2 S-Cen) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is NORTHERN ARIZONA (#2 Mtn) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is STANFORD (#2 West) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is AUBURN (#2 South) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------  At-Large Bids -----------------------------------------------------------------------------    QUALIFIER #19 is FLORIDA STATE (#3 South) (Entered on 6 wins) Wins against qualified listed: MINNESOTA (PRENATS BLUE) WILLIAM AND MARY (PRENATS BLUE) PROVIDENCE (PRENATS BLUE) TEXAS AM (NOTRE DAME) PROVIDENCE (NOTRE DAME) MICHIGAN (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #20 is BYU (#3 Mtn) (Entered on 5 wins) Wins against qualified listed: MINNESOTA (ROY GRIAK ) AUBURN (ROY GRIAK ) AUBURN (PRENATS WHITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE) COLORADO (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #21 is TULSA (#3 Mid-W) (Entered on 4 wins) Wins against qualified listed: COLORADO (PRENATS WHITE) TEXAS AM (NOTRE DAME) PROVIDENCE (NOTRE DAME) MICHIGAN (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #22 is IOWA STATE (#4 Mid-W) (Entered on 4 wins) Wins against qualified listed: BYU (ROY GRIAK ) MINNESOTA (ROY GRIAK ) AUBURN (ROY GRIAK ) TEXAS AM (BIG 12 CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #23 is PORTLAND (#3 West) (Entered on 2 wins) *PORTLAND wins head-to-head against VILLINOVA Wins against qualified listed: ALABAMA (BILL DELLINGER) PENN STATE (BILL DELLINGER)   QUALIFIER #24 is CALIFORNIA (#4 West) (Entered on 2 wins) *CALIFORNIA wins head-to-head against VILLINOVA Wins against qualified listed: ARKANSAS (STANFORD) PROVIDENCE (PRENATS BLUE)   QUALIFIER #25 is WASHINGTON (#5 West) (*Pushed in by UCLA) (Entered on 0 wins) Wins against qualified listed: NO WINS   QUALIFIER #25 is UCLA (#6 West) (Entered on 5 wins) Wins against qualified listed: PENN STATE (BILL DELLINGER) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE) TULSA (PRENATS WHITE) COLORADO (PRENATS WHITE) IOWA STATE (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #27 is CAL POLY (#7 West) (Entered on 3 wins) *CAL POLY wins head-to-head against VILLINOVA *CAL POLY wins head-to-head against NC STATE *CAL POLY wins head-to-head against FLORIDA Wins against qualified listed: PENN STATE (BILL DELLINGER) CALIFORNIA (PRENATS BLUE) PROVIDENCE (PRENATS BLUE)   QUALIFIER #28 is VILLINOVA (#3 Md-At) (Entered on 2 wins) Wins against qualified listed: IONA (PAUL SHORT) PROVIDENCE (BIG EAST CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #29 is BUTLER (#3 Gr-Lk) (Entered on 1 wins) *BUTLER wins head-to-head against NC STATE *BUTLER wins head-to-head against NEW MEXICO *BUTLER wins head-to-head against FLORIDA Wins against qualified listed: MICHIGAN (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #30 is NORTE DAME (#4 Gr-Lk) (Entered on 4 wins) *NORTE DAME wins head-to-head against VILLINOVA *NORTE DAME wins head-to-head against NC STATE *NORTE DAME wins head-to-head against FLORIDA Wins against qualified listed: BUTLER (PRENATS BLUE) VILLINOVA (BIG EAST CHAMPS) PROVIDENCE (BIG EAST CHAMPS) MICHIGAN (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #31 is NC STATE (#3 SE) (Entered on 3 wins) *NC STATE wins head-to-head against FLORIDA Wins against qualified listed: NORTE DAME (PRENATS BLUE) BUTLER (PRENATS BLUE) FLORIDA STATE (ACC CHAMPS)    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Teams Outside Looking In  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------    QUALIFIER #32 is INDIANA (#5 Gr-Lk) (Entered on 2 wins) *INDIANA wins head-to-head against FLORIDA Wins against qualified listed: COLORADO (PRENATS WHITE) IOWA STATE (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #33 is FLORIDA (#4 South) (Entered on 2 wins) Wins against qualified listed: NORTE DAME (NOTRE DAME) MICHIGAN (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #34 is NEW MEXICO (#4 Mtn) (Entered on 1 wins) MICHIGAN (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #35 is COLUMBIA (#3 NE) (*Pushed in by DARTMOUTH) (Entered on 0 wins) *COLUMBIA wins head-to-head against MISSOURI *COLUMBIA wins head-to-head against AIR FORCE *COLUMBIA wins head-to-head against TENNESSEE Wins against qualified listed: NO WINS   QUALIFIER #35 is DARTMOUTH (#4 NE) (Entered on 0 wins)   QUALIFIER #37 is SYRACUSE (#5 NE) (Entered on 2 wins) Wins against qualified listed: VILLINOVA (PAUL SHORT) IONA (PAUL SHORT)   NCAA Women’s Qualifiers   QUALIFIER #1 is PROVIDENCE (#1 NE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is PRINCETON (#1 Md-At)> (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is VIRGINIA (#1 SE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is MICHIGAN (#1 Gr-Lk) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is MINNESOTA (#1 Mid-W) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is ARKANSAS (#1 S-Cen) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is TEXAS TECH (#1 Mtn) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is WASHINGTON (#1 West) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is FLORIDA STATE (#1 South) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is SYRACUSE (#2 NE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is WEST VIRGINIA (#2 Md-At) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is KENTUCKY (#2 SE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is WISCONSIN (#2 Gr-Lk) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is ILLINOIS (#2 Mid-W) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is RICE (#2 S-Cen) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is NEW MEXICO (#2 Mtn) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is OREGON (#2 West) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is FLORIDA (#2 South) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------  At-Large Bids -----------------------------------------------------------------------------    QUALIFIER #19 is VILLANOVA (#3 Md-At) (Entered on 11 wins) Wins against qualified listed: WISCONSIN (LEHIGH PAUL SHORT) SYRACUSE (LEHIGH PAUL SHORT) MINNESOTA (PRENATS BLUE) FLORIDA (PRENATS BLUE) WISCONSIN (PRENATS BLUE) RICE (PRENATS BLUE) NEW MEXICO (PRENATS BLUE) PROVIDENCE (PRENATS BLUE) WEST VIRGINIA (BIG EAST CHAMPS) PROVIDENCE (BIG EAST CHAMPS) SYRACUSE (BIG EAST CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #20 is MICHIGAN STATE (#3 Gr-Lk) (Entered on 7 wins) Wins against qualified listed: FLORIDA (PRENATS BLUE) WISCONSIN (PRENATS BLUE) RICE (PRENATS BLUE) NEW MEXICO (PRENATS BLUE) PROVIDENCE (PRENATS BLUE) ILLINOIS (BIG TEN CHAMPS) MICHIGAN (BIG TEN CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #21 is GEORGETOWN (#4 Md-At) (Entered on 4 wins) *GEORGETOWN wins head-to-head against BAYLOR Wins against qualified listed: SYRACUSE (PRENATS WHITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE) PROVIDENCE (BIG EAST CHAMPS) SYRACUSE (BIG EAST CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #22 is BAYLOR (#3 S-Cen) (Entered on 4 wins) Wins against qualified listed: WISCONSIN (LEHIGH PAUL SHORT) SYRACUSE (LEHIGH PAUL SHORT) SYRACUSE (PRENATS WHITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #23 is SOUTHERN METHODIST (#4 S-Cen) (Entered on 7 wins) Wins against qualified listed: PROVIDENCE (NOTRE DAME INVITE) RICE (NOTRE DAME INVITE) ILLINOIS (NOTRE DAME INVITE) NEW MEXICO (NOTRE DAME INVITE) TEXAS TECH (NOTRE DAME INVITE) KENTUCKY (NOTRE DAME INVITE) RICE (CONFERENCE USA )   QUALIFIER #24 is STANFORD (#3 West) (Entered on 3 wins) Wins against qualified listed: RICE (PRENATS BLUE) NEW MEXICO (PRENATS BLUE) PROVIDENCE (PRENATS BLUE)   QUALIFIER #25 is ARIZONA STATE (#4 West) (Entered on 4 wins) Wins against qualified listed: NEW MEXICO (ROY GRIAK) BAYLOR (PRENATS WHITE) SYRACUSE (PRENATS WHITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #26 is NOTRE DAME (#4 Gr-Lk) (Entered on 3 wins) Wins against qualified listed: TEXAS TECH (NOTRE DAME INVITE) KENTUCKY (NOTRE DAME INVITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #27 is NEBRASKA (#3 Mid-W) (Entered on 3 wins) *NEBRASKA wins head-to-head against NORTHERN ARIZONA Wins against qualified listed: SYRACUSE (PRENATS WHITE) NOTRE DAME (PRENATS WHITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #28 is NORTHERN ARIZONA (#3 Mtn) (Entered on 3 wins) Wins against qualified listed: SYRACUSE (PRENATS WHITE) NOTRE DAME (PRENATS WHITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #29 is IOWA (#4 Mid-W) (Entered on 2 wins) *IOWA wins head-to-head against NORTHERN ARIZONA *IOWA wins common-opponent against TENNESSEE Wins against qualified listed: NEW MEXICO (PRENATS BLUE) PROVIDENCE (PRENATS BLUE)   QUALIFIER #30 is BOSTON COLLEGE (#3 NE) (*Pushed in by STONY BROOK) (Entered on 1 wins) Wins against qualified listed: VIRGINIA (ACC CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #30 is STONY BROOK (#4 NE) (Entered on 14 wins) Wins against qualified listed: FLORIDA (NOTRE DAME INVITE) SOUTHERN METHODIST (NOTRE DAME INVITE) PROVIDENCE (NOTRE DAME INVITE) RICE (NOTRE DAME INVITE) ILLINOIS (NOTRE DAME INVITE) NEW MEXICO (NOTRE DAME INVITE) NOTRE DAME (NOTRE DAME INVITE) TEXAS TECH (NOTRE DAME INVITE) KENTUCKY (NOTRE DAME INVITE) NEBRASKA (PRENATS WHITE) NORTHERN ARIZONA (PRENATS WHITE) SYRACUSE (PRENATS WHITE) NOTRE DAME (PRENATS WHITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Teams Outside Looking In  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------    QUALIFIER #32 is TENNESSEE (#3 South) (Entered on 2 wins) Wins against qualified listed: KENTUCKY (PENN STATE NATIONALS) KENTUCKY (SEC CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #33 is PENN STATE (#5 Md-At) (Entered on 2 wins) *PENN STATE wins head-to-head against DUKE Wins against qualified listed: TENNESSEE (PENN STATE NATIONALS) KENTUCKY (PENN STATE NATIONALS)   QUALIFIER #34 is NORTH CAROLINA (#3 SE) (*Pushed in by DUKE) (Entered on 1 wins) Wins against qualified listed: KENTUCKY (NOTRE DAME INVITE)   QUALIFIER #34 is DUKE (#4 SE) (Entered on 2 wins) Wins against qualified listed: TENNESSEE (PENN STATE NATIONALS) KENTUCKY (PENN STATE NATIONALS)   Ryan From Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/656-kolas-calculator-ncaa-picks Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:07:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/646-hollie-knight-kwik-e Auburn sophomore Hollie Knight, originally from England, was an All-American in the 5000 meters last outdoor season. After finishing second in the Blue Race at Pre-Nats and second at the SEC Meet, she's ready to threaten a top spot at the NCAA Championships. Check out her profile here: http://www.flotrack.org/members/Hollieknight       What did you do at practice today? Today was another steady run. We did eight miles. It wasn't too bad. What kind of mileage do you usually do? On the build up to racing season I was probably at 75 miles a week. Now we're tapering for regionals and nationals and I'll drop back down to about 65. Last year you got injured before the NCAA XC Championships, how did that whole process go? I was actually injured for most of the season. I had a lot of problems with my Achilles. Being from England and only having concrete to run on, it was a lot different coming to Auburn and running on trails. That really messed up my Achilles. You ran through it a lot of the time? Yeah. Yeah I did. I think it kind of progressed as the season went on. Yeah, I ran through it. And you're 100% now? I feel great. I haven't had any niggles or anything. So I hope everything goes to plan in the next couple of weeks. How did you find Auburn and The United States in the first place? I really wanted to come over here for university. So I looked on the internet and contacted the coach. He was pretty keen to get me over here for a visit. I came over and loved it...so I signed. You mentioned that it's all concrete back home compared to trails in The States. What are some other differences between England and the United States? In Alabama the weather makes a huge difference. It's pretty cold and wet in England right now, but here there's sunshine everyday and it doesn't dip below the 60s. Definitely the weather is a main difference. There's also a lot more support. I've found a slew of medical supplies here to get you through injuries. What's it like over there to have the 2012 Olympic Games coming? There's a big buzz really...in the athletic world. Coaches are already preparing their athletes for it because it's home ground. I think there's been a big push in the athletic world towards training for it I guess. Is that your big goal, or are you not looking that far ahead? I really just take each day as it comes. I'm looking forward to finishing this season then I'm looking to track. If the time comes around and I feel I'm fit enough, I definitely think it would be a good goal to have. But right now I'm just trying take on each season as it comes. What are your individual goals this season? I would definitely like to be an All-American. I didn't run it last year, so I just want to go out and have a great race. I want to know that I've had a great race. That's all I'm really looking for. What are your team goals? It would great if the team managed to get there. We're looking for a good race for all of us at regionals. If we all have great races at regionals, then there's a chance we could go, but I think the team goal would just be to get to nationals really. Who were your running heroes growing up? I was really influenced by Paula Radcliffe. She digs down and finds everything she has in every race. She's been through so many tests and trials. And things like the Olympics, where a win has eluded her there. Every time she steps on the track or road, you know she's going to perform her best. I think that's amazing. Also I look up to Kelly Holmes a lot. She went through so many injuries and kept trying. Finally the Olympics came around and she went at the 15 and the eight. I guess it shows a lot of perseverance and that hard work will pay off. Being such a Paula Radcliffe fan...does that mean we might see you in the marathon in the future? I probably will get up there in the end. I think definitely longer distances my body type is more fit to. Maybe. Do you catch a lot of the Auburn football games on campus? Yeah. Yeah, I do! We've been to a couple of games and they're pretty exciting. It's unlike anything I've ever seen before. A little different than the football back home? Just a little bit. Just a little bit. No David Beckham. No. Just big American football players. What's about Ali G and Borat? How big are those characters in London? He's (Sasha Baron Cohen) pretty big in England. Definitely Ali G. I don't know...do they have it over here? I haven't seen it on television at all. Oh, yeah. You can catch it on the internet. YouTube certainly has clips. Yeah, it's definitely pretty big. Manners are considered to be top-notch in the United Kingdom and you went straight into Auburn's southern hospitality...is that a coincidence? It's a coincidence. When I first came here for my visit, I was so shocked at how polite people actually were. There are so many little etiquettes that you would never know. Being called “mam” when you go out to eat in a restaurant...that was a shock, even coming from England. What's the hardest workout you've ever done? We do five by seven minutes pretty much flat out. I felt like vomiting in the end. It was pretty rough because we didn't run on the track, we ran on one of the trails we have...which is pretty hilly. It was a hard workout definitely. Was it this season? It was this season. Last season I wasn't able to do many of the workouts. I'd be racing then be back in the pool or the gym on the elliptical trainer. Do you have other girls on the team who can push you in those workouts? I actually run with one of the guys from the guy's team. We normally run as a group on our steady runs, but on our workouts...I run with a guy. How did you get into this sport in the first place? I was actually a swimmer to start with. One of the swimming coaches I used to swim with used to say “why are you a swimmer? You look like a runner.” So I went to my local athletics club and started up when I was like nine years old. It just progressed from there. What do you do when you're not at class or running? We hang out a lot as a team. We have team dinners and team cookouts. We go to the cinema and go out to eat a lot. That's pretty much all there is to do in Auburn. Can you give me a crazy running story? This baby deer came hurdling down the hill at me, Laurel (Pritchard), and Amber (Riley) on our long run, head down trying to charge us. Luckily it didn't hit us and just kept running down the road. Tony Casey http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/646-hollie-knight-kwik-e Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/640-dii-regional-review “Six miles…10,000 meters over hill and dale out in the middle of nowhere. Spit freezing on your godamn [sic] chin. Five hundred complete wild men in the mud, running up your heel with long spikes. Oh, I love cross country all right. I also like being flayed alive with a rusty straight razor” so proclaimed the famous fictional runner, Quenton Cassidy.  This love-hate relationship with the sport is familiar to many; as grueling as cross country races can be, many runners are reluctant to see the season come to an end.  For a handful of hard working individuals and teams, however, there is one last opportunity for sweat and glory: The DII Cross Country National Championships, being held at Slippery Rock, PA on November 22, 2008.  Below is a recap of last weekend’s regional championship races.  As usual, I encourage readers to supplement the information below. I will also be making a roadtrip (8 hours and 15 mins) to DII Nationals! Hope to see some of you there!   Midwest- The meet was hosted by Ferris State.  Grand Valley State University took both the men’s and women’s regional titles. In the women’s race, Wayne State’s Rachel Malette took home top honors, covering the 6k course in 21:19.1.  Megan Maceratini of Grand Valley State placed second (21:31.8) and Wisconsin-Parkside's Jessica Monson took third (21:33.6). Grand Valley State totaled 35 points to win the women's crown, with Wayne State placing second (90) and Ferris State placing third (111). All three teams will be making the trip to Nationals. Along with Monson, Southern Indiana's Mary Ballinger also qualified for Nationals.   On the men’s side, it was Grand Valley State's Chris Hammer, covering the 10k course in  31:52.8, who narrowly took the regional title over Jaime Villa Zapatero of Drury (31:53.6). Wayne State's Abdullah Saleh was third place (31:59.9). Grand Valley State totaled 45 points, earning the men's overall title. Wayne State and Southern Indiana tied for second place (102) and Ashland finished fourth (108). All four teams will move on to the National meet. Hillsdale's Tim Jagielski also advanced to Nationals.   Atlantic –Hosted on the National course at Slippery rock, it was Shippenburg’s Neely Spence who took top honors, covering the 6k course in 21:09. She was followed by Slippery Rock’s Jaime Wright (22:07), Millersville’s Priscilla Jennings (22:07), and Edinboro’s Tina Yi (22:08). Shippensburg took home the team title with 62 points and will advance along with Slippery Rock (97). Along with Spence and Wright, who will advance with their teams, Yi and Jennings will advance as individual entrants.   On the men’s side, the individual champion was Chris Clark of California (PA), who ran a course-record time of 31:00, a notable 35 seconds faster than the previous mark over the 10k course. He was followed by Edinboro’s Ben Hahn (31:23) and Slippery Rock’s duo of Jeff Weis (31:33) and Pat Reagan (31:39). All will advance to Nationals. Lock Haven won the team title with 51 points, followed by Edinboro (71). Both teams will advance to Nationals.                   Central-  Although there were five spots open on the women’s side, it was nevertheless a hard fought contest for these national bids.  In the individual race, it was University Of Colorada at Colorado Spring’s Shannon Payne who took top honors, covering the 6k course in 21:14. She was followed by Adams State’s duo of Heather Wood (21:25.8) and Lavenna Mullenbach (21:25.9).  Adams State took home the team title with 30 points, placing their top five in the top fifteen places. They were followed by Augustana (81), Western State (83), Minnesota Duluth (129) and Metro State (180), all of whom qualified Nationals. Besides Payne, the other individual qualifier is Mesa State’s Alexis Skarda.   On the men’s side, Adams State secured the regional crown by delivering a one-two punch by Aaron Braun and Brian Medigovich, who covered the 10k course in 30:47.51 and 30:59.51 respectively.   Western State’s Iain Donnan (31:05.66) placed third. Adams State took home the team title with 33 points and will advance to Nationals. Also advancing will be Western State (52), Minn. St. Mankato (108), Colorado Mines (115), Metro State (135) and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (205). New Mexico Highland’s Laurent Ngirakamaro finished sixth overall in the field of 138 runners (21 teams) to earn one of the two individual qualifying spots. State’s (Neb.) Nate Preston took twelfth place to earn the other spot.                 South-  In the women’s race, it was Tampa’s Jessica Forrester who took top individual honors covering the 6k course 21:50. She was followed by Florida Southern’s Carolyne Kwambai (22:26) and teammate Heather Nicolosi (22:26).  Tampa won the team title with 28 points and will advance along with second place finisher Harding (47 points). Along with Kwambai, Alabama Huntsville’s Gwen Kyser will also advance.   In the men’s race, Harding’s Daniel Kirwa won his seventh straight race, covering the 10k course in 29:25. Kirwa led his team to a perfect finish, the bisons taking the first through fifth places for an exceptional 15 points. Harding will advance along with Alabama Huntsville, who took second with 92. Advancing individually are Florida Southern’s Scott Mackley and Christian Brother’s Stephen Hill.   South Central-  In the women’s race, it was the 2007 NCAA XC runner-up, Abilene Christian’s Winrose Karunde, who claimed the individual title covering, the 6k course in 20:45.6. She was followed by Missouri Southern’s Kimi Shank (21:55.3) and teammate Loice Cheboi (21:21.4). Missouri Southern took the team title with 88 points, followed by Midwestern State (94) and Pittsburg State (105). All three teams will advance along with Karunde and Cheboi.             In the men’s race, Abilene Christian grabbed the top six places on their way to win with 31 points over Missouri Southern (105 points) and Pittsburg State (149 points).  All three teams will advance to the National Championship meet. Abilene Christian was led by Julius Nyango, who covered the 10k course in 30:10.7.  Also advancing are Texas A&M-Commerce’s Tyler Tyndell and St. Edward’s David Fuentes.                    Southeast  - On the rolling Wingate 6k course, it was Clayton State’s Allison Kreutzer who took home top honors, covering the course in 22:24. She was followed by Carson Newman’s Aubrey Morris (23:03), Anderson’s Whitney Bishoff (23:15), St. Andrew’s Alyson Trovato (23:29) and Queen’s Jessica Neville (23:35). All four individuals will advance along with the squads from Lee-McRae, winner of team title (85 points) and second place squad Augusta State (110).   On the men’s side, Queens took five of the top seven spots and were led by junior Oscar Ogwaro’s.  Oscar secured the individual title by covering the 10k course in 30:54. He was followed by teammate’s Michael Crouch (31:07) and Futsum Mebrahtu (32:05). Individually advancing will be Wingate’s Jayce Watson and St. Andrew’s Mitch Cooper. Queen’s took the team title with 19 points and were followed by Columbus State (87).                    West- The 2007 National Cross Country Champion, Jessica Pixler, won the individual title covering the 6k course in 20:57.1.  Jubilant about her win, Pixler said, “It was great to be racing in warm weather and I am happy with how my team and I raced, and am excited for Nationals.”  Pixler was followed by Chico State’s Tori Tyler (21:33.9) and Western Washington’s Sarah Porter (21:38.1).  Chico State took the team title with 60 points. They were followed by Seattle Pacific (92), Alaska Anchorage (104), Cal St. Los Angeles(114), and Western Washington (141). All four teams will be advancing. Individually, UC San Diego’s Bre Schofield and Byu-Hawaii’s Amanda Whitford will also compete at the National meet. The unimaginable happened in the men’s race; officials had to restart the race after the lead bicycle missed a turn causing the race to deteriorate into chaos (race video can be see here).  After much confusion—during which the lead group of fifty runner realized the cycist’s mistake and ran back to reconnect with the on-course chase pack—race officials eventually halted the race.  Unfortunately, the runners had already put in 5k worth of work. It was decided that the race would be rerun after the women’s race. Chico’s Scott Bauhs won the individual title covering the 10k course in 32:15.8. He was followed by Alaska Anchorage’s Marko Cheesto (32:24.6) and St. Martin’s John Riak (32:35.1).    Chico State garnered 28 points to easily earn the team crown, while second place Alaska Anchorage tallied 67. Western Washington’s 103 were good enough for third. All three teams will advance. Riak and University of San Diego's Jake LeVieux qualified on the men’s side. East- In the women’s race, UMass Lowell’s Christina Dalomba led her squad to the team title, capturing the individual title by covering the 6k course in 22:10.0. She was followed by Bentley’s Melissa Nash (22:25.7) and Adelphi’s Ify Anene (22:32.5). Both teams will advance. UMass Lowell won the regional title with 46 points. Second place finisher, Stonehill (56 points), will also advance. On the men’s side, it was UMass Lowell’s Ruben Sanca who took individual honors by covering the 10k course in 30:36.3. He was followed by Southern Connecticut State’s Christopher Croff (31:07.0) and NYIT’s Nicholas Koiyet (31:18.3). Both will advance. UMass Lowell won the team title with 43 points and will advance along with second place finisher Stonehill (54 points). Cara Hawkins http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/640-dii-regional-review Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/641-kolas-calculator-ncaa-pre-regional-projections-men   NCAA Men's National Qualifiers (based on Kolas Calculator projections) (Click HERE for Women's List.)   QUALIFIER #1 is IONA (#1 NE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is GEORGETOWN (#1 Md-At) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is VIRGINIA (#1 SE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is WISONSIN (#1 Gr-Lk) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is OK STATE (#1 Mid-W) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is TEXAS AM (#1 S-Cen) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is NORTHERN ARIZONA (#1 Mtn) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is OREGON (#1 West) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is ALABAMA (#1 South) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is PROVIDENCE (#2 NE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is PRINCETON (#2 Md-At) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is WILLIAM AND MARY (#2 SE) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is MICHIGAN (#2 Gr-Lk) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is MINNESOTA (#2 Mid-W) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is ARKANSAS (#2 S-Cen) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is COLORADO (#2 Mtn) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is STANFORD (#2 West) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)   QUALIFIER #1 is AUBURN (#2 South) (PLACED TOP 2 AT REGIONALS)     At-Large Qualifiers     QUALIFIER #19 is FLORIDA STATE (#3 South) (Entered on 6 wins) Wins against qualified listed: MINNESOTA (PRENATS BLUE) WILLIAM AND MARY (PRENATS BLUE) PROVIDENCE (PRENATS BLUE) TEXAS AM (NOTRE DAME) PROVIDENCE (NOTRE DAME) PRINCETON (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #20 is BYU (#3 Mtn) (Entered on 5 wins) Wins against qualified listed: MINNESOTA (ROY GRIAK ) AUBURN (ROY GRIAK ) AUBURN (PRENATS WHITE) VIRGINIA (PRENATS WHITE) COLORADO (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #21 is TULSA (#3 Mid-W) (Entered on 4 wins) Wins against qualified listed: COLORADO (PRENATS WHITE) TEXAS AM (NOTRE DAME) PROVIDENCE (NOTRE DAME) PRINCETON (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #22 is IOWA STATE (#4 Mid-W) (Entered on 4 wins) Wins against qualified listed: BYU (ROY GRIAK ) MINNESOTA (ROY GRIAK ) AUBURN (ROY GRIAK ) TEXAS AM (BIG 12 CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #23 is NORTE DAME (#3 Gr-Lk) (Entered on 2 wins) *NORTE DAME wins head-to-head against VILLINOVA Wins against qualified listed: PRINCETON (NOTRE DAME) PROVIDENCE (BIG EAST CHAMPS)   QUALIFIER #24 is INDIANA (#4 Gr-Lk) (Entered on 2 wins) *INDIANA wins head-to-head against VILLINOVA *INDIANA wins head-to-head against NC STATE *INDIANA wins head-to-head against BUTLER *INDIANA wins head-to-head against FLORIDA Wins against qualified listed: COLORADO (PRENATS WHITE) IOWA STATE (PRENATS WHITE)   QUALIFIER #25 is BUTLER (#5 Gr-Lk) (Entered on 2 wins) *BUTLER wins head-to-head against VILLINOVA *BUTLER wins head-to-head against NC STATE *BUTLER wins head-to-head against FLORIDA *BUTLER wins common-opponent against NC STATE Wins against qualified listed: NORTE DAME (NOTRE DAME) PRINCETON (NOTRE DAME)   QUALIFIER #26 is NC STA