41 D3 Cross Country Conference Weekend Questions

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It’s conference weekend. Did you know there are 41 conferences? FOURTY ONE. Crazy. We discussed how on earth we would try to cover all of them. Well, you all get one question we’re asking about your conference.

Here are the 41 questions were asking about D3 Conferences this weekend:

1. The Atlantic East Conference started in 2018. Marywood has swept each year. Will they do it again?

2. The AMCC had a legal dispute with AMC so they added another C to the end of their name. Will anyone stop Penn State Behrend?

3. In 2018, the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rebranded to the American Rivers Conference. Why was the Mississippi River so influential in American history and what impact does it have on Wartburg sweeping for another year?

4. Who will be the new women’s champ in the ASC after McMurry left?

5. At what point do Coast-to-Coast schools regret their decision to join a conference with schools on the east coast and west coast?

6. How will North Central celebrate its 50th straight CCIW title?

7. The CCS (Collegiate Conference of the South, not to be confused with the Southern Athletic Conference) is three years old. Can Piedmont men be the first repeat winners?

8. Can Johns Hopkins post a perfect score for the fourth straight year in the Centennial Conference? (also, like what??)

9. Do you think the Conference of New England has beef with the NESCAC? (New England Small College Athletic Conference)

10. Will SUNY G sweep in their first year in the Empire 8?

11. Who’s stopping Colby-Sawyer women from winning five straight Great Northeast Conference titles?

12. The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference have teams from Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Are these the states we want representing the Heartland of America?

13. Moravian men are going for four straight in the Landmark Conference. Can their women’s team join them as team champs?

14. The Little East Conference is the little cousin of the D1 conference, the Big East. Will Plymouth State win three straight?

15. Can RPI Men make it eight straight at the Liberty League?

16. D3 has its own MAC. The Middle Atlantic Conference will bring the MACtion this weekend, but can it live up to the hype D1 mid major football teams bring on a random Wednesday night?

17. The MASCAC is the NESCAC’s evil twin. Can the Westfield State women win five straight?

18. Can anyone stop Calvin men from 37 straight MIAA conference titles?

19. How much does Mo Bati win by at MIACs? Do St. Olaf women have enough to take down Carleton?

20. The weight of the Midwest is on the shoulders of the Midwest Conference. What do they say if they accidentally elbow another runner? (100% chance it’s “ope ‘scuse me there.”)

21. Husson women are going for three straight in the NAC. Will SUNY Delhi take back the title?

22. MSOE (Milwaukee School of Engineering) is hosting the NACC in Geneva, Illinois. Did MSOE book a cross country course in the wrong state?

23. Can DePauw women win its first ever NCAC title?

24. Will any program sweep the team titles at NESCACs?

25. How many MIT athletes will finish All-Conference (men and women) at the NEWMAC champs?

26. Does the NJAC (New Jersey Athletic Conference) refer to themselves as ‘basically New York Athletic Conference’?

27. Do you think Nick Symmonds will go watch the NWC at his alma mater, Willamette?

28. Will anyone spoil John Carroll’s last year in the OAC?

29. Washington and Lee vs. Lynchburg in the ODAC this weekend. Do they split or does one program sweep?

30. How many US Presidents attended a school in the PAC (Presidents Athletic Conference)?

31. The SAA is the Southern Athletic Association. Do they pronounce it S-A-A or scream SAAAAAAAAA?

32. Colorado College combined for 40 points last year at the SCAC. Will they score more or less combined points this year?

33. How many parents will buy a Flotrack subscription to watch their child run SCIACs but then forget to cancel?

34. St. Joseph’s (Long Island) is hosting the Skyline Cross Country Championships. For my New Yorkers: are you IN Long Island or are you ON Long Island?

35. Do Greenville men win their 9th straight SLIAC title?

36. After the departure of SUNY G, there will be a new SUNYAC men’s team champion for the first time since 2013 and a new women’s team champion since for the first time since 2010. Who will it be?

37. How many combined hours of homework will be done to and from the UAA meet?

38. Will St. Mary's (Md.) make it four straight on their home course in the United East Conference?

39. The Upper Midwest Athletic conference has been dominated by UW-Superior. Does UW-Superior get their powers from Lake Superior? (Also google their location—they’re so close to being UM-Superior).

40. Can anyone beat Southern Virginia in the USA South?

41. Who stops UW-La Crosse from sweeping the WIAC for the fourth straight year?