Sorry I didn't post over the weekend. After the great day at VCP on Saturday, I was busy with the Dutchess County Classic road race all day Sunday. Below are the results. More commentary to follow ...
Team standings:
1. University of Michigan 39
2. Penn State 121
3. Iona 153
4. Navy 197
5. Lehigh 205
6. Marist 210
7. Kentucky 211
8. Penn 214
9. Southern Utah 218
10. UMass Lowell 241
11. St. Joseph’s 289
12. Stony Brook 295
13. Boston College 325
14. Stonehill 328
15. Providence 482
16. Marist Alumni Racing Team 486
17. Wayne State 495
18. Toledo 495
19. California (PA) 549
20. Bloomsburg 559
21. Hofstra 564
22. Manhattan 585
23. Ramapo 663
24. UDC 784
25. Dowling 806
26. Mercy 812
27. Cornell, CW Post, KSU incomplete
Marist finishers
9. Girma Segni 25:01.4. personal-best, VCP school record
23. David Raucci 25:19.1. personal-best
38. Conor Shelley 25:33.8. personal-best
82. Matthew Flint 26:25.2. personal-first
86. Tim Keegan 26:28.5. personal-best
93. Nick Webster 26:35.1. personal-best
108. Joe McElhoney 26:42.1
116. Will Griffin 26:49.7. personal first
120. Curtis Jensen 26:51.0. personal first
131. John Keenan 27:01.6
132. Matt Janczyk 27:02.0. personal best
133. Tom Lipari 27:02.3. personal first
139. Brian Townsend 27:05.1. personal first
159. Alex Emerel 27:17.6
163. Zak Smetana 27:21.3. personal best
183. Sam McMullen 27:46.1. personal best
188. Frank Stewart 27:54.3. personal first
205. Patrick Duggan 28:10.9
212. Gregory Masto 28:20.4
229. Kyle Havard 28:47.8. personal first
241. Ryan Brown 29:25.6. personal first
Notes/stats:
-- Top-five combined time average of 25:45.2. School record
-- 9 guys under 27
-- 12 guys between 26:25 and 27:21. Less than a minute. Great depth
-- Every Marist runner under 30:00
-- I was especially impressed with all the "personal-firsts." In other words, I thought as a class, the freshmen ran extremely well for their first time on the challenging VCP course.
Speaking of the course: There was some question among a few alums on the validity of the course because of construction. I believe the course was accurate and possibly even slower than the "normal" course, because the horseshoe-shaped start for the first 600m added two sharp turns that are not normally there.
Visually, it seemed to me the course was accurate. Correcting just the first 600m on the flats (the rest of the course was the same) would seem to me an easy fix, and I think the Iona staff did fine with it. The times were fast but not insane. The weather conditions were perfect, never better for this meet. That, and a national caliber field made for perfect, fast-time conditions.
No asterisks needed, in my book.
Sore calves? I thought so. This happens after racing at the hard Vanny course. Recover well and get ready for some Ogden Hills on Tuesday.
Also: This will be a heavy mileage week as there is no race this weekend. Workouts Tuesday and Friday, mileage and recovery (and ice baths, no doubt) the rest of the time.
See you this afternoon.
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