Weekend Results (HS and College) 12/7

You know those nightmares we all have about going to class/work naked and not realizing it until you get there? Or being late to an important meeting/exam? That happened to me today... well not the naked part. Luckily I woke up at 10:20 for my 8:30 statistics exam that tests until 11:30, giving me ~ an hour to do the exam. It was just a wonderful experience! Except not at all...

Luckily, some PA runners and graduates did have some actually wonderful experiences this weekend as we saw the first meets of indoor begin:

Recent PA graduate Will McDermott is killing it for Widener this season. He was the top freshman at regionals and just dropped an 8:39.51 for 3k at the Jack Pyrah Invitational. 

The 1k was opened up quite fast with Sam Ellison (UD) winning in 2:28.35, McGarvey (CBW) 2:31.35, Trimble (NP) – 2:36.45, Magee (LaS)- 2:39.84. Ellison almost broke the meet record of 2:27.99 held by another PA grad Matt Wikler (CRN).

Another UD grad killed it in the open mile, Michael Palmisano ran 4:18.93 for second place.

Over at the Bow-Tie Track Classic, David Klein (SH) ran a 4:32.26 for 5^th place in the Mile, followed by other PA grad Vincent Flood (HGP) in 4:35.53.

At Princeton’s New Year’s Invitational Haneef Hardy made an appearance in the 600m placing 4^th in 1:21.90, nice to see him racing again!

Rad Gunzenhauser (Mt. Lebo) opened his last indoor season quite nicely for William and Mary doubling a 14:49 5k for second and winning the 3k in 8:41.61. (CNU Holiday Open)

The Bucknell Bison Opener saw some very fast times by PA graduates. Christian Lupica (HGP) broke the Bucknell record in the 300 with a time of 34.62 for the win. 

Jack Felt (CRN) ran a blazing 1:57.31 in the 800 for the win over Mathieu Bee (CBW) who ran 1:57.88. Felt’s teammate Alex Monroe (Mufflin) ran an ridiculous 14:17.86 for 5k, easily getting him the IC4A Q, as he got close to breaking the Facility record from 1979 of 14:03. Monroe is coming off a second place finish at D2 XC nationals.

The High Schoolers opened up as well this weekend at the Franklin and Marshall Invitational:

The Germantown Friends girls opened up very strong with Sarah Walker winning the 800 in a swift 2:19.45 and Brigit Anderson winning the Mile in 5:25.16, and Alice Wistar placing second in the 3k with a fast time of 10:57.03. Walker’s time is good enough to beat the SQS by 4 seconds, but her teammates just missed getting the Q. They’ll be a DMR squad to watch for as well.

For the guys James Finney opened up nicely for a 6 second win the 800 with a time of 2:00.74, missing the SQS by .01!! I’m looking forward to watching him break 2 soon. 

Josh Smith of Avon Grove kicks it in for a win in 4:40.71, which is a solid opening season time for a guy who took off after the state meet. 

** Edit'd out the 3k piece since I totally dropped the ball with the times... too much coffee.

Smith's Avon Grove came back to the run the 4x800 (not sure if Smith was on it) to run 8:16.13, which handily gets them the SQS. I’m not sure if this team took a break after districts, but if they did, that’s a fast opening time, especially since they won by over 20 seconds. Really impressed by this squad. 

That's all for Now Folks! - Although in my extreme coffee ravished state I'm sure that the DMR+ preview will be out sooner than I expect :)

--ForrestCRN