Met Outdoor Championships, 4.18.09

A nice day in the sun and wind at Overpeck County Park in Palisades Park, New Jersey. As a team, we placed sixth overall with 57 points. There were several highlights and strong performances. Here are the team's complete results, with comments and splits as warranted ...

100-meter dash:
Mike McCloskey 11.41. Made finals. Best meet of the year.
Neal Viets 11.97. Strong effort.
Tom DeVaney 12.32. Strong effort.

200-meter dash:
Mike Cocca 23.31. Strong effort, season's best
Mike McCloskey 23.91. Strong effort.
Neal Viets 24.11. Strong effort.

400-meter dash:
Colin Frederickson 50.92. Strong effort. Feet on fire.
John Carabettaa 51.47

800-meter run:
Brian McCormick 2:01.92. Solid double.

1,500-meter run:
Brian McCormick 4:10.46. 64, 2:10 (66), 3:18 (68). Nicely done.
Kyle Havard 4:13.21. 63, 2:11 (68), 3:22 (71). Eh, coulda been better.
John Keenan 4:17.87. 65, 2:14 (69), 3:25 (71). Yuk.

3,000-meter steeplechase:
Greg Masto 10:25.00. 76, 2:36 (80), 4:00 (84), 5:23 (83), 6:48 (85), 8:14 (86), 9:39 (85). Form broke down early but you hung tough.
Krist Geist 10:45.65. 75, 2:32 (77), 3:56 (84), 5:24 (88), 6:53 (89), 8:25 (92), 9:56 (91). Ugh.

5000-meter run:
Curtis Jensen 15:24.94. First place. Met champ! 79, 2:30 (71), 3:42 (72), 4:57 (75), 6:11 (74), 7:24 (73), 8:40 (76), 9:54 (74), 11:07 (73), 12:21 (74), 13:36 (75), 14:49 (73), 15:24.94 (35.94). Comment: Nicely done on tired legs/body. You took it when you had to and beat some good runners.

Zak Smetana 15:52.68. 81, 2:35 (76), 3:50 (75), 5:04 (74), 6:18 (74), 7:34 (76), 8:49 (75), 10:05 (76), 11:22 (77), 12:39 (77), 13:57 (78), 15:17 (80), 15:52.68 (35.68). Comment: Uneven race. You did a good job in the middle but couldn't carry it through. The unevenness certainly did not help.

Ryan Brown 16:26.03. 81, 2:38 (77), 3:56 (78), 5:15 (79), 6:33 (78), 7:53 (80), 9:14 (81), 10:35 (81), 11:56 (81), 13:16 (80), 14:36 (80), 15:51 (75), 16:26.03 (37.03). Comment: Another solid effort and PR. Just have to eliminate the 80s and 81s and replace them with 78s and 79s. Nicely done.

10000-meter run:

Alex Emerel 33:23.45. 77, 2:33 (76), 3:51 (78), 5:08 (77), 6:26 (78), 7:44 (78), 9:04 (80), 10:23 (79), 11:42 (79), 13:02 (80), 14:22 (80), 15:43 (81), 17:04 (81), 18:25 (81), 19:48 (83), 21:09 (81), 22:31 (82), 23:53 (82), 25:15 (82), 26:36 (81), 25:58 (82), 29:23 (85), 30:45 (82), 32:06 (81), 33:23.45 (77.45). Comment: Not great. Might have been better if you hung back and ran for the win within the pack.

Pat Duggan 33:37.50. 77, 2:34 (77), 3:52 (78), 5:12 (80), 6:31 (79), 7:51 (80), 9:10 (79), 10:34 (84), 11:53 (79), 13:13 (80), 14:33 (80), 15:55 (82), 17:15 (80), 18:37 (82), 19:57 (80), 21:17 (80), 22:37 (80), 23:59 (82), 25:23 (84), 26:48 (85), 28:11 (83), 29:35 (84), 30:58 (83), 32:22 (84), 33:37.50 (75.50). Comment: Not much to say. Solid, decent effort, mostly solo.

Brian Townsend 34:36.40. 77, 2:36 (79), 3:56 (80), 5:14 (78), 6:34 (80), 7:53 (79), 9:11 (78), 10:34 (83), 11:53 (79), 13:14 (81), 14:38 (84), 16:01 (83), 17:25 (84), 18:49 (84), 20:13 (84), 21:38 (85), 23:03 (85), 24:29 (86), 25:56 (87), 27:25 (89), 28:53 (88), 30:22 (89), 31:50 (88), 33:16 (86), 34:36.40 (80.40).

Pole vault:
1. Max Carow 4.14m. Met Champ!

Javelin:
Tom DeVaney 42.45m. Personal-best throw!

Discus:
James Fitzgerald 38.93m. Personal-best throw!