Huge day for America. Glad to see the Supreme Court issue these decisions, but it also pains me that this is still largely a partisan issue. Would have preferred to see a 9-0 response, but oh well.

by the side our Goverment is backing.

Could our Foreign Policy be any worse for Catholics/Christians in the Middle East?





http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23138679

Looks like the rules panel added the 10 second backcourt rule to the women's game, effective this upcoming season.. .we seemed like we always took our sweet time advancing the ball, can't do that anymore.

NM, this country is so out of control. Is anyone in government ever going to present the truth?

Notwithstanding local laws is it legal for a homeowner to shoot down a small drone that is hovering 10 feet above his house and property? Think about it.

High school girl just ran a 4:04 1500.

Is that even humanly possible? This girl is going to be a legend if she isn't already.
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With the recent appointment of a new head coach at Alabama, Clarisse has now moved on to take an assistant coaching position with Wake Forest. Best of luck to her!

Lipari ran 4:12.17 the other day.

"You just can't trust those damn Catholics"
Even though this was said in the context of a private meeting, can you imagine any university president or executive surviving this if you substitute Jew, Muslim or Homosexual in place of Catholic?
If comments like these are not punished, I fear it is time for Catholics to defend themselves!

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letsrun.com has a long recruiting thread on Nova women's recruiting for this year.

It will be a fitting curtain call before many members including our C7 departs from the storied conference that has meant so much to so many. Hopefully our players will both enjoy and prosper in their new league beginning next year possibly with games scheduled with some of our departing BE members.

This years BE final four with 3 BE teams among the 4 mirrors the men's 1985 one where Villanova brought down the house.

Congratulations to Villanova's own Denise Dillon and her Drexel Dragons for winning this years NIT championship.

Lipari is the only woman who qualified, running 4:15+ in the 1500. Schappert ran a personal best of 4:18.94 to qualify for the regional finals but did not advance to the NCAA finals.

Denault and McEntee qualified for the 1500 m finals, Williamsz came up .03 of a second short. Denault and McEntee join Ellison at the NCAA finals for the men.
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I hate to seem ill-informed but whom have we signed for next year.

A story in today's Record states that Ben Malone (2012 US prep Indoor 800 meter champion 1:49.94) has narrowed his college choice to either Villanova or Georgetown. He intends to make a choice soon. Below is the link to the full story, video, PRs, etc at the Villanova Running website.



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Ben Malone Down to Two

I got up at some ungodly hour this morning and doing my daily reading: thoughts on Benghazi. We discussed this at length and it now appears some very damning stuff coming out that essentially backs up the position of gross incompetence from the Administration as well as a direct attempt to mislead Americans prior to the election. Specifically, they were lying about the video and knew this was an act of terror at the time and covered it up with purpose. Furthermore, a special forces team was prepared to assist when the attack was launched and told to stand down for what we believe to be political reasons.

STRICK/MAV other defenders I would welcome your thoughts on the issue.

Is it too early to send her to a xc camp? I don't want to push and burn her out as right now she loves the sport... She is solid not great 6:40 for the mile and 7:30 mile pace for 5k..I have heard horror stories of young girls who run too many miles any advice is appreciated

Declarations were regionals were yesterday. 12 women and 6 men will be at regionals.


800 Meters

Angel Piccirillo

Kelsey Margey

1500 Meters

Emily Lipari

Nicky Akande

Stephanie Schappert

Ariann Neutts

5000 Meters

Summer Cook

100 Meter Hurdles

Emerald Walden

400 Meter Hurdles

Faith Dismuke

High Jump

Samantha Yeats

Pole Vault

Alexandra Wasik
Javelin

Jamie Klein


800 Meters

Samuel Ellison

Dusty Solis

1500 Meters

Rob Denault

Jordy Williamsz

Sam McEntee

10000 Meters

Matt Kane

Either this guy is a dope or he is pandering.

McCain or Graham would never stoop to this BS

Pandering

Kelsey Margey ran 4:17.14 to qualify first in the 1500. Neutts ran 4:23+ and Cook ran 4:32+. Neutts also qualified for the finals.

The awards banquet program included the opponents for the upcoming season, the first in the "new" Big East for the Nova women.

As expected, we will play a home and away with all nine of the other Big East teams, making our first visits to Omaha (Creighton) and Indianapolis (Butler), while making an annual visit to Cincinnati (Xavier) to replace the every other year to play Cincinnati who remains in the "old" Big East, now called America's Dumping Ground, or some similar name.

The four Big Five games will have us at Temple and LaSalle, and staying at home for St. Joes and Penn.

The other seven non-conference games will consist of a home game with Lafayette, road games at Lehigh and Sacred Heart, with the other four games taking place at Florida International for a Thanksgiving tournament and at Toledo's Tip-Off tournament to start the season (probably playing Drexel in one of those games).

Say goodbye to a top 50 RPI, but probably a good shot at 18 or 19 wins against that schedule, even with the significant loss of talent and experience this year. Still no word on a Big East commissioner or a site for the women's Big East tournament. They need to get their crap together soon if they expect to be taken seriously as anything more than a mid-major conference getting an NCAA bid for only the conference tournament champion and maybe one other team each year.

10 of 15 from behind the arc. Winner plays Syracuse tomorrow 8:30 on ESPNU. Clocks go ahead tonight.

The Inquirer had a picture of Devin Kane from Notre Dame going down with a probable ACL in yesterday's game. With four of the five guards returning next year I assume she was slated to red-shirt anyway?

Starts at 11:00 today


http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/OutdoorTrackField/2013OutdoorTrackFieldChampionship.aspx

There are a couple of posts under Raleigh Relays that address Penn Relays. It is about four weeks away, so maybe we discuss the entire issue.

TFE, the women's DMR is Thursday, the 4x1500 is Friday, and the 4x800 is Saturday. Thus, one doesn't necessaryily have a conflict in running all three relays. However, one could be concerned about running some people all three days. Basd on the results from Raleigh Relays, VU could run a 4x800 without Lipari. Thus she would only have to run Thursday (DMR) and Friday (4x1500). Akande, on the other hand, might have to run all three days. Question is where are Mimic and Neutts? Neutts has run 2:07 and 4:23 and ran legs on relays at Penn in 2011.

Go over to the Penn Relays website and check-out the times from last year. Then you can get a sense of what is needed. Summer Cook might be able to run on 4x1500.

Excattyguy is really right about Oregon. They are deep and talented. Figure Hasay and Phylis Francis will be available, this year. Can Lipari stay with Hasay? How does VU make-up the four sec differential on the 400 leg? And the have added Annie LeBlanc, this year.

VU has some talent. Can they put together the right combination(s) to win?

According to the Oregon website, Oregon is coming to the Penn Relays. Arkansas is not coming nor is Florida. They are both at the new Arkansas Invitational. There is a thread on that subject. All the other top schools seem to be coming. Wonder if ireland will send a team from Dublin City University (DCU) or University College Dublin (UCD)? Get them confused. Which school came during indoor season 2012?

Men do have a conflict because DMR is Friday (2:25 pm); 4xmile is Saturday at 12:55 pm and 4x800 is Saturday at 4:40 pm. So you have about three and a half hours to recover. Is that enough time for the same guys (Williamsz & McEntee) to perform well in both relays? It is possible. In 2005, Michigan won all three - DMR, 4xmile & 4x800 - using Ellerton, Willis & Brennan on all three relays. Where is Mildenhal? And is he better than Tully or Solis?

Keys for men in DMR are Ellison (400) and Fitzsimons (800). Ellispn is really an 800 guy, but he is VU's best 400 man.. Fitzsimons has not shown the dominance you would expect from him. Can he run in the 1:46 - 1:47 range?

I think Bob McDonnell is probably a good guy. Don't know what the fallout will be. I think this would preclude me from voting for him in a general election, but I don't believe he should be removed from office. Pay back the $15,000 that your top donor gave to pay the wedding catering bill and move on. Probably disassociate yourself from this donor as well.

Donors paying for wedding bills?