"The third year (2011) is when things blew up,"
Krause said. "We had tons of people, probably
more than half of the ranked teams came to the
meet, so it was nationals before the national
meet in regards to the depth of the teams there."
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head to head.
"They came to Madison the second year due to
word of mouth and people got excited about our
course."
Krause says the adidas meet gives the competing teams the feel of the NCAA championship with
the level of competition and the field size. He recalls
the 2011 event, when the level of competition really
took off and helped propel the Badgers to their fifth
national title.
"The third year is when things blew up," Krause
said. "We had tons of people, probably more than
half of the ranked teams came to the meet, so it was
nationals before the national meet in regards to the
depth of the teams there.
"That race, the five of us ran together and it was
a practice for nationals, we watched what the other
teams were doing. That is great experience to have
a meet like that, extremely competitive with tons of
people, it mirrors the national meet, and you can use
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"THE TYPE OF COMPETITION IS SYNONYMOUS WITH WISCONSIN CROSS COUNTRY,"
BYRNE SAID. "IT IS FIRST-CLASS COMPETITION. PEOPLE RESPECT OUR HISTORY,
THEY WANT TO COME AND COMPETE
WITH UW AND ON THE GREAT COURSE."
it as a learning experience."
The adidas meet also allows the Badgers to race in
front of their hometown fans, a feeling that former
harrier and current UW volunteer assistant coach
Caitlin Comfort finds hard to describe.
"It gave me goosebumps thinking about running
in front of our fans out there," Comfort, a four-time
All-Great Lakes Region performer, said. "It's like
