MAAC XC at Disney: Wrapping it up

 We arrived home late last night/early on Halloween morning after a long and enjoyable stay in Disney for our athletes. Obviously, we are down there to race a championship meet. But, it is Disney, and the experience of the weekend is one that they won’t soon forget. The Disney trip has never been a personal favorite, but again it makes great memories for our athletes. And that’s what and who it is about. As far as the actual championship races went, we discussed that in a quick post-race post back on Saturday afternoon – the men’s finish was fantastic, despite falling just shy of the coveted second-place finish to Iona; the women’s finish was less than expected, but certainly not due to lack of effort. The MAAC meet is a pressure cooker – unlike other sports that have “regular seasons,” we are judged on our conference standings based on one race. Fair or unfair, that’s the deal. At this time of year, in this sport, you are judged by how fast and how well you can get five runners to cross a finish line. Harsh assessment? Maybe. But, those are the parameters. We have two more championship meets. We will continue to grind it out every day in the hopes of posting championship level performances at the NCAA Regionals and at the ECAC/IC4As.

(Note: Thanks to Martha Weimann, Palmer's mom, for providing photos)