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XC Nationals 2015 at Oshkosh. Disappointing 5th place team finish and 96th overall individually scoring 69 points for the team. its hard to be disappointed because i went from being on the shelf for 7 weeks to being in our top 5 at natties but our team couldve done better as a whole. given my first experience at natties and only 4th 8k ever, i did as well as i could have hoped for given the circumstances, but had i been more knowledgeable, i wouldnt have let the fall and pileup in the first 200 meters keep me from where i needed to be. it was a huge shock falling and then getting pushed down again and losing the pretty good position that ethan and i had. i didnt want to panic so i didnt move up a whole lot the first half of the race where i shouldve. this is what cost our team big time. i overcompensated from last week where i died the last 200 meters to make sure that i felt great the last mile this week and did i ever. i felt fucking phenomenal. the last 2k i passed like 65 people and was just flying past people the whole last k. ive never felt better honestly, but it was too little too late unfortunately. we return all top 5 from this year and 4 of us had never run at regionals or nationals before, 3 of just freshman. we are pissed and we are going to work our asses off because this WILL never happen again!