2009 Kolas Calculator, 1 of 4 - NCAA Men

Yah, they haven't updated that site in 3 months...besides the insulting Rio thing...

dosent Iona have a win over NC State?

Just curious, does the Kolas calculator actually rank all 300+ teams in D1?

Very interesting. What does "Kolas" stand for/come from?

ASU beat NM and Butler. UNM and Butler tied

Stanford deserves #1 overall I would have to say. OK State once Vail and Fernandez are back in the line up will be back at it and showing that they are deserving of that #2 ranking (Still my favorite to win NCAAs). I think the team to watch is Arkansas, Ulrey hasn't even raced yet and they had some fast times at MOSO (Which is an extremely fast course) but they will be there I think come time for Nats. I do have to say I was shocked that Oregon 3rd at there home meet with pretty much there full line up. Even more shocked by the fact that Puskedra lost to Dunbar, Trevor may be the top freshman this year if he can keep improving and not get injured.

Just my view on the current situations.

Idea from Dan Knewitz on post #6

how about hats for nats?
bring the craziest hat you can wear to nationals

I just saw that Stanford had 4 guys at 23:54 with Chris Derrick seemingly pacing them. Deserving of the No. 1 ranking.

Also points of interest, Trevor Dunbar narrowly beat Luke Puskedra at the Bill Dellinger Invite. Also, Jeff Thode at Iowa ran a 3:55 (I may be off by a second or two) which I wouldn't have predicted out of him at this point.
I'm a bit surprised at OK State at their own meet. I, of course, realize that German and Ryan Vail were sitting out, but I am not so sure about their depth for Nats.


P.S. Ryan, we had Stache's at Nashies for Track. Any ideas for cross? Maybe a national contest of some sort?

screw floswimming

you also misspelled wisconsin "wisonsin", but other wise great video, thanks for all the hard work and the updates of the team situations

Ryan, can you tell me why floswimming promised updates but has yet to give one for 3 months?

yeah i know, the midwest! i realized right after i recorded. here's what i would have said:

Oklahoma State still looks to be the favorite even after finishing 4 at their own meet. with the addition of vail and fernandez they will be hard to beat. Tulsa looks to be a little under ranked in the region and it will be a real battle for the #2 spot. Iowa State and Minnesota look good up front but the 4 and 5 guys will be the deciding factor in their fate. Oklahoma had a really strong pack time between 1-5 but dropped off after that. The midwest region on a whole looks to be a little a deeper than in the past.

You forgot a region in the recap