Shithouse Mouse!

Yesterday, all crazed sports fans across America know, was the Regional Championships for NCAA Cross Country. And as per usual, the lads from Grinnell will be sending an individual to the National Meet, but could not qualify as a team. The guy, by the way, is a hoss among hosses and took 2nd in the race. He is, hands-down, the most talented distance runner the school has had. I'd say overall runner, but there was that F. Morgan Taylor hurdler from the 20s who was actually in the Olympics. And, technically, Taylor was in Chariots of Fire. The careful movie veiwer will note that the Limey hurdler-protagonist is near two Americans in the big race. One of these Americans, historically speaking, would be Grinnell's own F. Morgan Taylor.

Anyway, as a team, it sounds like it was a disappointing showing for Grinnell (a feeling I was all too familiar with), despite the fact that the Central Region was stacked this year (something else I was too familiar with). Anyway, it will be interesting to see how it goes at Nationals next weekend. It really sucks to go and run a cross country race without your team, but I'm sure this guy could get All-American running backwards. The real question is: will he get top ten or even top five? I sure hope so, and I think he has a great chance. So what if I'm the only one reading or writing this who cares? It's my blog damnit, and this is what interests me.