Wow, I was informed this week that Malvern Prep would go under 10:40, and I thought no way. Wills would have to go around 3:15, which he ended his season in last season, they're 800 runner just went 2:08 and that would require a 2:03-2:05 split at least. Plus McDevitt ran 4:20 at the end of last season. Then again, despite the disappointment for the team as a whole, Wills and McDevitt both ran very strong during XC. McDevitt looked like a stud during XC and I thought he really broke out. This team is going to be scary to watch for at states. I think McDevitt will be like Wilson was for CRN and run the Mile instead of the 3k for a faster DMR time. Running 10:36.29 this squad placed 2nd overall and really ran fantastic. I'd love to know the splits, but wow that was a quick time. I think they could push 10:20 at the end of the season.
Holy Ghost Prep put together a solid race running 10:52 for 5th place and West Chester Henderson was behind them in 6th with a 10:54. Both teams could make pushes for sub 10:49 efforts later in the season. HGP traditionally likes the DM and I bet they'll hit around 10:45 and sneak into the state meet by the end of the season. I'm not sure what Henderson's plans are this season. Probably individual events or a 4x8. I don't see them going DMR just because I don't see the total speed there in the mile and 1200 legs.
The true story of this meet, however, was the championship race. Grayson Hepp and Nick Dahl teamed up for a big time DMR race as they took PA #1 honors with a 10:33.10. Joe Newmann also must have raced better than his 2:10 open race last weekend. Dahl's split was probably pretty awesome. This sophomore is unreal on the track and I don't see him slowing down this season. Grayson Hepp's 2 flat season opener over Dahl was a good indicator that we would see a strong split from him as well. I forsee Dahl racing the Mile and doubling back for the DMR (much like McDevitt) and I see Hepp racing the open 800 and coming back for a strong 1200m split.
In last place in the race was Conestoga, but that doesn't make there performance unimpressive. They ran a PA #3 in 10:41.00. My speculation is that Pj Murray hung pretty well in ~8th, but Marston split 4:25, which would be a great split for him this time of the year, but there were some very strong anchors out there today. I'd guess Dahl was like 4:22.
Also to note DTW ran 11:04 in the DMR and Great Valley ran 8:44 in the 4x800. In the later 4x8 event DTE put together a solid 2nd place finish with an 8:19 and DTW put out another relay squad in 8:22 for 3rd place.
Overall PA looked pretty good today on the DMR seen, although LaSalle Academy (RI) won the race in 10:22.
Please post splits!!!
--ForrestCRN
Friday, January 16, 2015
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Sam Ritz Wins Millrose Qualifier -- 1:57 last 800m
Sam Ritz wins the Millrose games qualifier in 4:16.69. Ritz let Gavigan (4:09 NY State Champ) take it out slow in 68. The race apparently took off with Patrick Tucker taking the lead with a 58 3rd lap Ritz must have held on nicely and taken the leader with ~150-200 to go and finished really strong. Blaise Ferro finished 2nd in 4:20.68 and Tucker finished 3rd in 4:20.72. Congratulations Ritz on a really smart victory. I think we'll see something similar at the state meet if he wants to realistically win double goal. I think trying to go for both records is a bit out of his reach, but he looks like a total stud who could double 4:15/1:53 by states if he races smart.
--ForrestCRN
--ForrestCRN
Yale Performance List Discussion and Two Meet Results!
Albright College HS Invitational #1
Brook Wilson of Central York ran a very solid 2:03.52 to take
the open 800 by 7 seconds! Hopefully he can find an invitational to race at in
the coming weeks with strong competition to race against so he can try and jump
into the top 24 in the state. He had trouble coming back in the Mile however
with a 4:53 for 3rd place. Seamus Breslin of Bishop Shanahan won in
4:48.
Glen Mills Invitational
Rahi Shah of Bensalem gets the open 800m win in 2:06 over
Chester’s Ryan Rucker. This is a really terrible track to race on and I bet
they went out pretty slow, but good racing from both guys. Also to note is
Haverford’s James Abrahams running 2:07.50. You may recall the sophomore ran
4:41 earlier in the year to win the Mile at TCFA meet. He’s improving and is a
name to keep an eye on.
Kamil Jihad switches up events this week for the first time
running a mile in high school and he wins in 4:42.63 by 5 seconds over Upper
Dublin’s Riley Hannon. I’m sure Jihad closed really quickly after sitting on
the leaders. I’d love to know how much faster he could go against some 4:35
milers or how he’d race in a 400. But he’s got the middle distances on lockdown
for now.
A 3200 was on the docket at this meet instead of the 3k and
Tyji Mays and Alex Ramirez went 1-2 for Bensalem with 10:04’s and 10:19’s to
their names. Both guys had strong XC seasons and are probably training for the
4x8, but it’s good to see them both succeeding at longer distances.
In the 4x8 Penn Wood put together a solid 8:22 squad to win
the relay over Cheltenham’s 8:27. It’s always good to see these spring squads
moving up in distance. Wissahickon dropped two seconds from last week with an
8:28 performance to place 3rd.
Yale Invitational Meet Preview
Heat Sheets can be found here: http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-track/2014-15/files/HEAT_SHEETS.pdf
I’ll open the discussion with the 3k and boy am I pumped!
After Great Valley began attending this meet to get some fast times out of
Willig this meet seems to have really hit it off with PA runners. Not as many
teams as I expect attend Armoury meets, but traveling to CT seems to be the
thing. I’m still scratching my head at this, but hey, it makes for a lot of fun
mid-January. So who is on the list this year you might ask? No Brendan Shearn’s
or Tony Russell’s to look out for in the first heat… but WAIT:
PA gets strong representation from the fast heat with 3 runners:
Nick Dahl, Dominic Hockenbury, and Andrew Marston. Quite the trio. Dahl
recently opened his second with a 2 flat performance over 800m. He also PR’d
this XC season in the 3200 with a 9:11. This kid loves to hang onto paces and
clearly excels on the track. I think he goes as low as 8:40, but I’m thinking
~8:45 for the youngster, which is a blazing fast time. He’ll be competing
against David Principe Jr. of La Salle, who is one of the top sophomores in the
nation as well, so that story line is also something to be excited for. Going
up in grade the next young man we have is Dominic Hockenbury. Hockenbury has
yet to open up his track season (to my knowledge), but he finished quite well
at Footlocker regionals for the second year in a row. The track isn’t totally
his thing, but remember he solo’d 9:19 for the win outdoors last season in AA
over 3200m. I think he’s got a solid shot at breaking 9 minutes, but I’m not
sure the speed is there to go that far under the 9 minute barrier. Andrew
Marston is our senior in the fast heat. He has opened up with a 4:28, but we
know that distance is clearly his forte. He beat Dahl in a 3k during XC, but
his strength on hills was able to give him the advantage. Marston, in my opinion,
is the toughest to predict here, but I’m thinking something around 8:55ish, but
I wouldn’t be too surprised to see him drop a real bomb here either.
In the 2nd heat, featuring Alex Ostberg for some
odd reason (the regional winner – coming off a bit of an injury) we have Colin
Abert! I’m shocked he’s not in the fast heat, and I think this hurts him a
little, but he should be able to race behind Ostberg and kick off what should
be a solid pace for him. Honestly depending on Ostberg’s health, I think Abert
can win this heat in 8:52ish. He’s got the kick we’ve seen so many times and I’m
glad he’s really starting to move up in distance and race the 3k more.
The 3rd heat is stacked with PA runners including
Alex Knapp, Colin Wills, Will Swart, and Gordy Barchet. Potentially a bit fast
for Swart and Barchet, but I think they should both be able to handle ~9:10ish
pace. I don’t know too much of their track backgrounds, but that would make
sense with the XC times they hit. I’ve got no idea what to expect from Knapp.
He had a great ending to his XC season at states and regionals, which hopefully
translates to the track, but he’s never been too much of a track runner, so we
shall see. I’d love to see him run between 9 flat and 9:05. I think he’s got
the talent and coaching to run just under 9 minutes, but I’d be surprised to
see it come together like that, especially this early. Lastly, Wills has run a
solo 9:15 for Malvern Prep this season and I think he can go ~9:07ish, but like
Swart and Barchet, I’m afraid too quick of a pace early may really hurt him,
but I think he can hang out pretty well.
In the 5th heat we’ll get to see races from guys
like DTW’s Ben Ryherd and Charlie Barton along with ‘Stoga’s Jack Iffert and
Nick Boccella. These two district one new school powerhouses are going at it
again, but this time on the track. Also to note is Joe Newmann of GTF getting
into a quick heat. And ofc is the other heats are a slew of DTW and Henderson
runners getting to show their chops over the 3000m distance.
There are some big surprises in the open Mile. FL National
qualifiers Benito Muniz and Ari Klau will be taking on Sam Ritz, who has run
4:14 twice now this season, along with 4:13 miler Kieran Tuntivate from DE. The
biggest surprises, however, as the other two PA guys: Eric Diestelow and Billy McDevitt.
McDevitt and Wills combined for a solid sub 11 DMR and McDevitt as also run 9
flat for 3k, while Diestelow has run 4:33 (or 4:34, I can’t remember) for the
Mile. They must have entered pretty quick to get into the fast heat, but I’m
interested to see how they navigate this race that is going to go out really
fast by all indication (Ritz was out in 3:09 for 1200 last weekend). Hopefully
Ritz can take the title here. I’d love to see a 4:25 from McDevitt and Diestelow
to go sub 4:30.
The biggest shock of the performance list, no questions
asked, is Michael Kolor of Seneca Valley travelling to race in this Mile. WOW.
Not in a million years would I have seen that one coming, but, if it’s not obvious,
this is quite an exciting shock. Kolor medaled in XC after a very strong track
season that saw him go 4:20 for the Mile and split 1:55/6 in the 4x800. I’m
really, really excited to see what he can do in his opening season race. I’m
hoping something along the lines of 4:25, but anything sub 4:28 would be a nice
start for this young man. I think he’s a shoe in for a medal in the Mile this
indoor season.
In the 3rd heat we’ve got Henry Sappey for DT
West and PJ Murray of Conestoga. I love that these teams keep getting put in
the same heats, and hey, it makes sense Sappey opened his season with an
apparent 3:19 split, which is solid from the XC breakout star, but I’d really
like to see a sub 4:30 from him this weekend. Murray had a great track season
for a sophomore (4:29 1600), but it didn’t translate to as big things as some
may have hoped during XC (although he did very well). He jumped quickly to
success on the track this indoor season, however, as he ran 4:29 in the Mile to
open up this season. I think he could take this race in ~4:26/27.
In the 4th heat is HGP’s Patrick Dineen who just
ran 4:38 at Haverford and Josh Hoey’s first open race as a DT West kid. Still
no sign of his older brother Jaxson, but Josh split 2:08 to open his season and
I think under 4:40 would be awesome for a freshman to start indoor open racing.
He should be able to do just that.
In the Open 800 we’ve got Greyson Hepp of GTF racing against
Barton and Drownling (I hope I didn’t mess that up) from DTW along with a few
Malvern Prep runners such as Mueller who just ran 2:08. Hopefully Hepp can get
in a fast heat (they don’t release heat sheets for the 800 due to large numbers
of scratches late in the meet) and really perform. Maybe a 1:57ish is possible
form him after that 2 flat, but I’m thinking 1:58 mid will be his time. Also
Jimmy Cooper of Conestoga will be in the 800 as well. Not sure what to expect
from him.
In the DMR Championship we get to watch GTF take on
Conestoga, which should be a lot of fun. Both teams have a ton of potential
with big legs. Around low 10:40’s for both teams would be really solid in my
opinion. Both teams have the 12/Mile solidly covered (Hepp/Murray and Dahl/Marston),
but the 800m and 400m slots are both question marks that could really hurt
these teams overall times. In the regular DMR we will see Malvern Prep put
something together, which could be a lot of fun, and it’s a shame they aren’t
in the Championship race, but ~10:45-50 seems reasonable for them.
In the 4x8 we’ll see two DTW squads and Henderson going at
it. I’ve got no real expectations here from either team, but they both have
strong relay hopes for the state meet (or should) with the pieces they have.
That being said both teams are clearly focused on individual events for their ‘true’
season opener.
--ForrestCRN
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Results 1/7-10/15 O'Hara State Leading DMR -- 10:48; PB 8:08 w/out Sauer; LaSalle PA#2 -- 10:49; CRN PA #3 -- 10:51
Chester County Indoor Championship
800 – Marlowe Tooles of Coatesville took the win in 2:04.38
over a still recovering Josh Smith of Avon Grove who ran 2:06.30. Tooles is a
sub 2 runner who will look to make it to the bubble for the open 8 in the coming
months.
Mile – Diestelow of WC East gets a solid win in the Mile
with a time of 4:34.26; he cruised to a 5 second win over Twin Valley’s Colin
Geary who ran a 4:39.13. Diestelow has always been right on the outside of cuts
on the track in recent years, but I think he’s working on his speed to drop a
solid 3k later in the season. And Geary should be a key piece in TV’s 4x8
aspirations this season.
3k – Jack Carmody won in 9:35, which is nothing special from
the young man as he beats out runners like Ettien of Coatesville (9:37) and
Jack Iffert of Conestoga, but the biggest race here was from Kennett sophomore
Austin Maxwell, who is really starting to look like a name to watch for the
future.
In the DMR Bishop Shanahan puts down their second solid time
of the season with a win in 11:11 over a stacked Conestoga squad with Murray,
Marston, Nelson, and Cooper, who only ran 11:21. That would be the opening race
for all those guys, but I’m surprised they didn’t break 11. The pieces are
there for a really solid team.
Perkiomen Valley won the 4x8 in 8:32, but nothing special
from them just yet.
Hill School Prep Invitational
The only event worth talking about here is the open 800
where Grayson Hepp and Nick Dahl opened their seasons running 2:00.12 and
2:00.14 respectively with teammates Goldstein and Newmann following behind in
2:11.55 and 2:11.58. Hepp and Dahl could really open something up for a very
strong DMR out of GTF and is one of these other two can put together a
2:05/2:06 this squad could be pretty scary.
Haverford Holiday Invitational
Mile – Brian Arita took the win in his second 4:33 clocking
of the season after going out in 69.5. Patrick Grant showed he could be a
valuable piece to a LaSalle relay (I’m thinking DMR) with a second place finish
in 4:34.56 as he was able to stay just a second behind a fast closing Arita.
Dineen of HGP showed his XC successes would translate to the track with a
4:38.84 as he was able to beat out Bensalem XC stud Tyji Mays who ran 4:39.28.
Also solid 4:40’s from Price, Shah, Mitchell, and Ramirez. I bet Bensalem’s 4x8
is going to be dropping much lower than a 8:18 in the near future. LaSalle had
6 guys under 4:45. Not too shabby, and their freshman Evan Addison ran 4:48.21.
Donovan St. Louis of Upper Darby ran 52.01 to win the 400m
dash. He’s split ~2 flat before for UD’s relay team and maybe we’ll see him pop
something in the open 800 soon. Also we might see
Bensalem’s Hamzah Massaquoi
(53.22 400) move up and drop a ~2:03 type time in the near future.
John Daly continued to look good as he takes down Stefan
Sutton of LaSalle in a time of 2:02.34 to Sutton’s 2:02.78. Daly should be
capable of running a very solid 3:12 for a 1200 right now, which would be great
for that St. Joe’s DMR squad. Sutton looks to be a key piece of a LaSalle DMR
that would have a 4:34 anchor in Grant and this nice leg from Sutton. I’m sure
one of their solid XC guys could hang with a 3:20 time right now.
Jesse Laitman runs a solid 9:40 to win the 3k by 10 seconds
over the HGP sophomore Sean Dixon.
TFCA of GP Meet #4 – Division II
Addison Mueller the sophomore out of Malvern Prep wins the
open 800 in 2:08.22.
Julian Degroot-Lutzner follows up his 2:02 and 9:03 with a
4:32.97 in the Mile to win by 5 seconds! He’s having a really awesome start to
his season and I don’t see any sign of him slowing down. Second place was a
really great race for Springfield’s sophomore Liam Galligan who ran 4:37.05 to
get himself into the MOC. That’s a great time for a sophomore this early and in
previous years he’d be a guy who might sneak into the Mile with a low 4:32 time
by the end of the season. Sadly I don’t see him making it into the top 20. Ryan
James opened his season for O’Hara with a 4:46.92. I think these guys took a
lot of time off and it’s not a bad rust buster for the kid.
Colin Wills takes the 3k in 9:15.81 for Malvern Prep with
his defeat of Springfield’s Justin Miller who ran 9:25. Wills and McDevitt have
both run very well at the beginning of this season, but I think we’re going to
have to wait till late January to watch them again in a fast DMR. Springfield
could be a surprise story: I like the legs of Miller and Galligan on the Mile
and 1200 leg’s. With a solid 400 guy in Ache Hall (He’s gone 53.42 in the open
400 already this year) they only need a 2:05-2:08 leg to keep this team in
contention. I’m thinking 10:55-11:00 flat by seasons end.
Wissahickon wins the 4x800 in 8:39.25 over Neumann Goretti’s
8:35.51. WC East also takes 3rd in 8:36.41.
The biggest story of the meet, however, came from Cardinal O’Hara’s
state leading DMR win with a time of 10:48.14. Kevin James must have been a
part of this relay, but if anyone has splits please post them up! Radnor also
placed second in a solid 11:00.53 as they take down Bishop Shanahan who ran a
10 second season best in 11.01.51. Radnor hasn’t had any individuals run particularly
well so far this season, so it’s good to see them put together a solid relay
time for early January. Bishop Shanahan has run two solid DMR’s this season,
and it’s awesome to see them drop 10 seconds in just 3 days. Clearly they will
keep improving all season. They’ve got a focused squad with a distinct goal of
top 12 in the state in the DMR. I’m rooting for them to do it. Also of note is
Msgr Bonner who took 4th in 11:02.69 as they get pulled to a very
strong time. Sean Sullivan has run some solid open times this season and I bet
he had a big leg for this squad.
TFCA of GP Meet #4 Division I
In the open 800 Chester finds another star as Ryan Rucker
wins in 2:04.83. Maybe we’ll start to find more distance stars from this
school. He takes down XC stud Isaiah Fisher of St. Joes who ran 2:05.12.
In the Mile Andrew Hanna grabbed another victory with his
4:32.95 win over Connor McMenamin, the sophomore out of Souderton, who ran
4:38.94. La Salle’s freshman Evan Addison continues to impress with a 4:45.55
for 3rd place (by 10 seconds).
LaSalle’s team continued to perform well with Eddie Goebel
taking the 3k with a time of 9:21.35. Tucker Desko of Pennridge also ran well
and took second in 9:29.89.
The 4x800 saw Pennridge edge out Boyertown in 8:29.00 to
8:29.54; both teams lost big time anchors last season and are coming back with
some nice relay teams once again. Upper Darby also qualified for the Meet of
Champions with an 8:35.86. They also lost a strong anchor leg.
Once again the DMR was the event of the day as LaSalle runs
a PA #2 time of 10:49.14! They looked great at Haverford and all their pieces
must have come together nicely. I’d love to know the splits of everyone or at
least the relay order. Council Rock South also put together a squad that ran
11:04. And maybe Casey Comber opened up his season on that Hatboro Horsham
11:11 DMR? Comment below and let me know!
State College Invitational #2
Alex Milligan dipped under two minutes in the open 800 as he
clocked 1:59.3 for his victory. Brian Hackman of SJCA hung in well for a
2.00.7. Tony Degleris ran well with a 2:05, but Nick Feffer didn’t run as well
as the first meet with just a 2:06.9 this time. This team could become something
if everyone starts running well.
Aaron Gebhart won the mile in 4:32.6 to open his season with
an 11 second victory over Mifflinburg’s Quincy Amabile. After a strong end to
his XC season it’s good to see Gebhart starting to roll on the track. Gebhart
and Amabile came back in the 3k and Gebhart once again took the crown with a
strong 9:05.9! Amabile was second once again, this time in 9:22. After a
breakout XC season Jerrod Sunderland took 3rd in a solid season
opener of 9:30.2. He was the top Altoona runner as we saw Foust, Stroh, and
George run 9:42, 9:50, and 10:05.
The Altoona boys with Uliano did run 8:35 in the 4x800 to
take a big win with a clear solo effort. Nice double in the second meet of the
year.
Hispanic Games - Updated 11:00PM
After looking unbelievable at the start of the season Sam
Ritz took a tougher day at the Hispanic Games. After leading the Mile for 1200m
Ritz was pasted by 4 runners despite finishing in a season tying time of
4:14.59. Jeremy Spiezio took the win in 4:10.92 with Lundy, Brannigan, and Rice
all dipping under 4:14 to beat Ritz. It’s still a solid time to run and his
second 4:14 of the season, this time with him doing a lot of the work. Maybe a
bit antsy, but Ritz should still be solid. Andrew Marston ran his first open
race hitting 4:28.77 to take 15th out of 19 runners.
Ritz returned
in the open 800 as a preparation for the state meet and found the double tough
when he placed 3rd overall in 1:57.70 off of a presumably slower
pace. Khai Samuels ran another great indoor race as he placed 5th
overall in 1:58.63. He continues to roll in quick races and has broken 2 twice
now. The Penncrest duo ran well in their first big open race of the season with
Evan Emanuel placing 7th overall in 1:59.93 and Soham Kamat placing
12th in 2:00.67. They have already run a strong 4x8 this season and
it’s good to see them succeeding in open races so far this season. Ritz’
4:14/1:57 double shows he getting ready for the state double, but he’ll have to
work on that strength. It’s tougher than most people assume. Often times we
forget how strong of an XC runner Wade Endress was for him to complete that
double. Brendan Hanna also ran the open 800 for Penncrest hitting 2:04.95.
Seth Slavin took his chances with the 2 mile invitational
run. After struggling with some 3ks earlier this season Slavin posted a very
strong 9:46 flat time to place 5th overall.
After his fantastic 1:52 showing to open his season John
Lewis placed 4th overall in the open 400 with a strong tie of 48.81.
He was the top PA contestant however with Charles Snorweah of Pennsbury taking
6th overall in 49.28. They were 1st and 2nd
last season at the PA state meet over this distance. Also in the open 400m
Donovan St. Louis of Upper Darby ran another strong 400 this week with a 50.09
on the banked track of the armoury. Isiah Smith of Abington also found success
with a time of 50.93.
Lavino Relays - Updated 11:00PM
I want to give quick props to Council Rock North’s 4x200
team winning from the second heat in 1:33.52 – We’re rarely a school with
sprinters, and it’s fun for me to see you guys doing well.
CB East wins the 4x800 with a solid time of 8:06.30. Jake
Brophy opened his season with a 1:58 split for this squad that has pulled some
nice pieces together. Pennsbury placed 3rd overall with a time of
8:08.9 without Alek Sauer and a 1:57 split from Webb who was out quickly. Both of
these teams could probably also put together a strong DMR and it will be
interesting to see what they do, but both have preferred the 4x800 in recent years. They are
both teams to watch as the season continues with the pieces to break 8 minutes.
Council Rock North takes second overall in the DMR in 10:51.98. Ben Heintz had a breakout race running 3:18 as the 1200 leg, their 400m runner split 56, and Sean Griswold split 2:06. Brian Arita got the baton with Bensalem's Tyji May's who went out in 60 flat; Arita traveled behind in 65. They came through in 2:15. Arita charged on the 3rd lap and finised with a 4:28 split. Bensalem ran 10:57, which is slightly ahead of their 8:18 from a few weeks ago, but I expect them to run a strong 4x800 in the coming weeks. CB West had a tougher day running behind both teams with a time of 11.09.
Youngstown State Invitational #1
Hempfield Areaand Penn Hill’s take 2nds and 3rd in
the 4x800 with solid times of 8:38 and 8:41 to open their seasons.
Eric Kennedy of Kiski Area had a fine season opener of
4:41.72 to place 3rd overall. I think he’ll greatly improve in this
next month and be low 4:30’s if not high 4:28’s by February.
Andrew Koryak brought it in his season opener with a victory
and a sub 2 clocking of 1:58.64, which is just .8 seconds off of Dylin
Wilhoites Facility record from a month later than this last season. Koryak
could be a sleeper medal threat to watch out for.
Jeff Van Kooten opens up with the 3200 and a slower time of
10:09.72 to place 3rd overall. With his injuries at the end of the
season I’m not surprised to him starting a bit slower right now, but he had a
tough indoors last season, but it led to a very successful outdoor season, so I’m
not worried about this young man.
Franklin and Marshal High School Meet #2
J.P. McCaskey opened the 4x800m relay up with a 20 second
victory and a very nice early season time of 8:23.15. With better competition (maybe
Kevin Dare) we can watch this team drop 10 to 15 seconds. They’ve put together
very strong relays in the past and are a sleeper to watch out for.
Kyle Shinn looked strong taking a 5 second win in the Mile
in 4:36.95. This Wyomissing team had
some nice DMR pieces like last season, but
will they be able to finally put a strong relay together?
Two sophomores
battled it out with Johnelle Joe (??) taking second over J.P. McCaskey’s XC
stud Nathan Henderson by .05 seconds. Dan Filler of Gettysburg also stuck his
neck in there and placed 4th in 4:41.85. If Henderson doubled back
off that 4x8 I’d be pretty impressed, but not too surprised. The kid is a stud.
And I like Filler sticking in this race. He started to break out during XC that’s
for sure. We could see success on the track from him in the coming months.
Nate Becker of Ephrata took the 3k win over J.P. McCaskey’s
Duncan Hopkins. A nice day all around for McCaskey with Hopkins running 9:21. Filler
doubled back in 9:25, which is a strong second race of the day. Henderson also
ran 9:43 for 5th place over teammate Xavier Guttierrez.
Thanks all for Now,
-- ForrestCRN
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