squire17 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) The DI East XC regionals have been moved from Audubon to a course on the road. What part of snow, ice, winds of 40 mph don’t the race directors like? Edited November 15, 2019 by squire17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire17 Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 I can’t imagine the coaches of teams that were in contention to go to nationals were too thrilled to have to send their kids out to pound concrete for over 6 miles today. That will do a number on the legs. Apparently, several teams had to send assistant coaches back to retrieve flats because spikes sure weren’t going to work. What a shit show. They should NEVER hold it here ever again. Alan Pergament had an article bemoaning the fact that news and sports people are forever bringing up Buffalo weather. Hey Alan! Listen up: Buffalo weather sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire17 Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 One good thing: Harvard shocked the XC world by taking first place in the men’s. UB 16th. Canisius 27th. Niagara and Bonaventure nabbed the last two spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire17 Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Harvard won the women’s race too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 The course was un-run-able due to the warm ground becoming frozen chunks with the cold air temps. It would've been injury-city had they raced on it. Yes, it changes the sport in a pretty big way running on the roads, but I think we can all agree that is better than having countless injuries of varying degrees, with some probably being on the extreme end due to the unsafe footing over 6k/10k. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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