Abington inv performance list

This meet generally has a lot of great performances throughout the years, most notably two years ago when Magaha broke the State record in 1:48. I expect this year to be just like the rest in terms of the 800m: Fast.

There are a lot of big names on the list for this 800, but ultimately this is how I see it playing out. Kyle Francis being Kyle Francis and leading it out in around 53 low. I expect Kevin Moy and Ramsey Kerkula to take it out with him the first 200 and come in around 54 mid. In the chase pack will be Steve Thompson, Eric Stratman, Soham Kamat, Seamus Collins, and Evan Emmanuel in around 56. Russell in around 57. Francis creates a big gap with 300 to go and puts on the burners. Moy and Kerkula go at it, but are dying because of the fast starting pace. In the chase pack, Thompson, Stratman, Kamat, Collins, Emmanuel, and Russell are all gaining ground on them with 250 to go. Russell makes a big move and is in fourth now with 150 to go, Stratman, Kamat, and Thompson go with with him. Emmanuel and Collins fall off a bit. Francis takes the win and 2-5 are all about a second from each other. Here's how I see the rest of the heat going.

Kyle Francis- 1:51.76
Kevin Moy- 1:55.95
Ramsey Kerkula- 1:56.35
Tony Russell- 1:56.55
Soham Kamat- 1:56.68
Eric Stratman- 1:57.04
Steve Thompson- 1:58.95
Evan Emmanuel- 1:59.01
Seamus Collins- 1:59.34

It wouldn't surprise me if Andrew Marston and Greg Dix snuck into this group as well from the next to hot heat. I can see both going around 1:59 low.

The 1600 is certainly way less stacked, but we get to see Kardish and the Kazanjian brothers go at it. It'll be good to see how their miles go to see what kind of shape they're in. Not very knowledgeable on this Kyle Kroon kid, but from a little research he's a sick 3200m runner and has some nice mile/800 speed to go with it. I see the race ending something like...

Kyle Kroon- 4:17.42
Chris Kazanjian- 4:22.54
Jilian Degroot-Lutzner-4:23.45
Christian Kardish- 4:24.97
Matt Kazanjian- 4:25.64

The 3200 is really the Delaware show. Not sure why Garrett is running it again but he will easily take the win. It appears as though Jack Hagood is there solely to pace Ben Boswell and maybe Michael Flanagan. Marston is in it, but it's 30 minutes after the 800 so I'm not sure why really. Maybe he will use it just to get some extra distance in or turn the day into a workout day. I can't imagine him going too much under 10 though under those circumstances. The race isn't exactly stacked though, so he could still place top 5.

Stephen Garrett- 9:30.55
Jack Hagood- 9:45.53
Ben Boswell- 9:45.59
Michael Flanagan- 9:47.42
Andrew Marston- 9:58.35

This meet is really all about the 800. I expect fast fast times, especially since it's at night under the lights. Not sure how wind is going to be there, but I don't expect it to be too out of hand.

-RTJ