Really solid race out of Garton and a nice way to end his
season on what looked to be a PR. Gatchell ran a nice race for second as did
Hoyt for 4th. Stratman dropped a PR and I would guess he’ll be on a 4x800, but
his 4:19 1600 earlier this season has got me to believe he’ll be in the 4x1Mile
as well. This could also make him there 800 leg in the DMR. They have so many
pieces that are interchangeable, should be interesting to see what they do.
Mixed Mile-
Seems like a lot of guys didn’t have their best days, but it
is always tough to run a PR almost a month after a lot of these guys were
peaking (leagues or districts). Keeping that in mind Billy Caldwell runs a
fantastic time in the Mile. He’s a junior and split about 1:55 at
states in the 4x8. He’ll be a big force next season. Ryan Grace’s time
encouraged me as well. He was injured throughout XC and most of winter, but has
come on strong at the end of this season. He’ll be leading a young NP team next
season. It will be interesting to see how they rebuild, they always do! As for
Reiny he’s had 3 rough races in a row and it’s been a long season for him and
after getting All-American in XC and NBIN, it seems he’s slowing down. I hope
he can bounce back for one last bang in the 4x 1 Mile relay. I have faith he
will.
Elite 800- Wow! Stone, apparently solo’d the whole second
last lap for a 1:51.64. Maybe we’ll see a 1:50 split by him at Nationals?
Really great race by him, I didn’t see something that fast out of him, but it’s
really good news for their 4x8. Nothing too surprising from the rest of the
guys.
As for Wiseman, sorry for the speculation; I should have
left the DNF up and said I didn’t know what happened. I have reports from a
very good source that Wiseman is fine and ready to rock and roll in the Caribbean.
He leaves on Wednesday. I really hope he gets good weather, because he’s got
1:50 potential in the open 8.
Just a little Nationals preview La Salle 4x800 Based on
yesterday’s results:
Bilotta- 1:59.45
Stone – 1:51.64
Magee – 1:56.75
Coyle – 1:52.00
Final - 7:39:84 – I do believe they can break 7:40 and I
hope they do. Also, I think Coyle can run 1:50 in good competition on that
anchor leg (and this isn’t the order, just the way I put it together).
From calculations I have found you multiply by (.994) to convert a Mile to 1600m
Putting Brehm at 4:07:58 -- Magaha ran 4:07.32 as a Jr (4:16 as a SO, but he won districts easily from what I remember watching. Not sure what happened at states, I believe he was sick and ran 5 flat in finals. I think he had around 4:13 potential as a Sophomore. Paul Vandergrift ran 4:14.50 to win AA States. He ran went on to run 4:09.22 as a JR for some perspective).
That being said… Goodness Gracious… this sophomore class has
really stepped it up recently and it makes me quite excited for the future of
PA running.
Brehm winning the Mile in 4:09.27 (splits apparently 61,
2:05high, 3:09), but sophomore Sam Ritz was not to be outdone running 4:11.73
for second place, beating out his older brother Ben. Ben Ritz seems to peak
really well for nationals, so I’m not too worried about him. I think he will go
4:10 for a full mile. Tony drops his open PR just slightly to 4:14.52 (it was
4:14.20 for 1600) and he got Coyle. There was a lot of blogging speculation on
who would be better after a fast pace and the two were very equal (.09 apart).
I truly think Jack Huemmler would have fared just as well in this race so in
the end all 3 were extremely close. Brent Kennedy didn’t run a lot of 1600’s
this season and his 4:17 is pretty solid going forward. Kevin James also had a
really great race for a sophomore running 4:15.
Just to put these 3 SO’s in perspective, according to
Milesplit they are ranked 1, 2, and 5 in the nation for 1600m (if you convert)
and not to forget Sam Webb who is ranked 39th, which is also very
impressive. And Colin Abert is 52nd. DANG (I’ll be discussing this
class more in a later post).
All in all it was a fast meet with some nice PR’s for a lot
of runners. Just wanted to thank Coach Kelly again for setting up this meet.
That’s all for now Folks
--ForrestCRN
Caldwell is a junior. I think you got a little excited with sophomore breakouts. Anyway, is there a way to see how many page views the blog has had so far? I wanna see how many people are still looking at the new blog
ReplyDelete4:09.27 is worth 4:07.82 for 1600m ... you don't subtract .994 you multiply by .994
ReplyDeleteall u gotta do is subtract 1.6 seconds
DeleteAh ok, that makes way more sense, because I've always been told that you add 1.6 from 1600 to the Mile and I was confused why it wasn't the other way around.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! I'm going to change the post.
And dang it, I knew Caldwell was a jr, yeah I'm getting super hype on there class and next year in general.
--ForrestCRN
As for visits, Etrain11 was getting about 1500 per day for the past few months. This blog peaked at 700, but has gotten 656 views today. Averaging about 400 per day :)
It'll take some time for word to get out, and the summer will probably be light, but come XC it could be kicking.
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I definitely used to check etrain more than 1500 times a day...
DeleteWhy would O'Hara completely mess up the seeding of the Elite HS mile by seeding all of their guys at 4:15. Coach Kelly should have just moved them to the regular mile. That's BS. Good meet though.
ReplyDeleteWhat's BS is that Jewett travelled over 3 hours to be in the slower heat of that when he is one of the best in the state.
DeleteJewett still didn't run fast enough for me to believe that being in the fast heat would have made that much of a difference. People around the state have soloed fast times all year. if Jewett dropped a 4:17 or so then that's one thing, but he didn't go sub 4:20. I don't think he was in top shape anymore even in the fast heat wouldn't run too much faster. Maybe 4:18 or so (he peaked at the right moment, states). It is BS however that he didn't get into the fast heat because he deserved it. Kevin James should have been the only 4:15 seed. Belfatto/Pitone sub 4:20 and the rest over.
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There were 2 sections of that race a fast and slow. James was the only Ohara kid in the fast heat with a rabbit. The second heat didn't have a rabbit so that is why Jewett got jipped. James was the last seed in the fast heat so I think the should have extended the first heat so Jewett could have got in that heat. He ran 4:20 without a legit rabbit (someone did try to do it but the finished the race because they were entered in it)
DeleteGreat meet. After such a weird State meet it was awesome to see so many top runners still pushing it.
ReplyDeleteWould anyone want to see a website made for
ReplyDeleteThis blog?
......what?....maybe you mean a twitter page to hep promote it? I don't know what you mean but a twitter/Facebook page might help
DeleteIf you're considering creating a more professional blog with a custom domain name I highly recommend squarespace.com. With a little tinkering Google Adwords could easily pay the $16 a month...
DeleteTwo hikers on a trail came around the bend to find an enormous brown bear about 75 yards up the trail. The bear spies them and begins running toward them at a full gallop. One hiker drops his backpack, sits down, throws off his boots, and starts lacing up a pair of running shoes. The other hiker says: "What are you doing? You will never outrun that bear!". The first hiker replies: "I don't have to outrun the bear..."
ReplyDeleteHaha...never gets old.
Delete"I need a pencil sharpener," said Tom (Coyle) bluntly.
ReplyDeleteAdd the hit counter to see how many page views there are!
ReplyDeleteWill you do the xc top 50?
ReplyDeleteNats preview?
ReplyDeleteXC top 50 will definitely be after the nationals preview. I don't believe the performance list is up... is it?
ReplyDelete-RTJ
It's up now.
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