11-20-2021, 09:58 AM
I'd say a good result but still mildly disappointing to finish 5th. Great, great runs by Hicks, Robinson and Meika B-R (5th guy but not a scorer for us when we're hitting on all cylinder). Hart ran pretty well. Sprout really underperformed against expectations. Sprout is one of the "Big 3" and was well back of Robinson and finished with Hart and Meika. He was off at Regional too. I don't have any inside knowledge but assume that he has been injured or sick. Missing Boyden today didn't help either.
(11-20-2021, 09:50 AM)Lorcan Wrote:(11-20-2021, 09:47 AM)martyup Wrote:(11-20-2021, 09:44 AM)Lorcan Wrote: Stanford ends up in 5th. No podium today, sadly but some great runs.
Is that considered a good result for our team? Better/worse than expected?
I'd say that 5th is considered a good result for the men, especially considering how young the team is. The team was ranked 7th coming in, so we exceeded the ranking/expectation which is good. I think that there was an outside chance of a podium -- but I'm not disappointed in finishing 5th -- especially when you have another strong runner who didn't even run today due to injury.