Sam Howell splits

In the order the races were run ...

FRIDAY NIGHT
3,000-meter steeplechase

John Keenan: 9:42.55
75, 2:27 (77), 3:42 (75), 5:00 (78), 6:21 (81), 7:40 (79), 9:01 (81), 9:42.55 (41.55). Comment: Solid season-opener. I'll be brutally honest when I say this was better than anticipated. You have restored faith in me! Let's end your college career with a bang.

Matt Janczyk: 9:52.04
74, 2:27 (73), 3:40 (73), 4:58 (78), 6:18 (80), 7:43 (85), 9:07 (84), 9:52.04 (45.04). Comment: You looked awesome early on but then crashed hard. You hung tough mentally in spite of the crash. We'll get your strength up and you will improve a lot.

1,500-meter run

Adam Vess: 3:49.61. School record. IC4A qualifying mark.
61.3, 2:03.4 (62.1), 3:04.5 (61.1), 3:49.61 (final 400m, 59.61). Comment: Solid race on tired legs. A good workout that didn't take a lot out of you. I think you can go a lot faster on rested legs.

NOTE: Thanks to Mike Holinko (HINKY) for his major assistance with the 5km and 10km split recording!

5,000-meter run

Matt Flint: 15:08.88. Personal-best time, outdoors.
71, 2:23 (72), 3:35 (72), 4:48 (73), 6:00 (72), 7:14 (74), 8:28 (74), 9:41 (73), 10:54 (73), 12:09 (75), 13:23 (74), 14:35 (72), 15:08.88 (33.88). Comment: Eh. Not bad. You really couldn't get untracked from the slowish groove from the start. And yet, you are still knocking on the door of sub-15:00. You just need to get the spark back. We'll work on that.

Nick Webster: 15:09.77. Personal-best time.
70, 2:23 (73), 3:35 (72), 4:48 (73), 6:00 (72), 7:15 (75), 8:29 (74), 9:42 (73), 10:55 (73), 12:09 (74), 13:23 (74), 14:35 (71), 15:09.77 (34.77). Comment: Ditto Flint comments. A nice PR for you, but just couldn't get untracked from a slightly slower than anticipated overall pace.

Curtis Jensen: 15:24.84. Personal-best time.
70.8, 2:21.0 (70.2), 3:33.0 (72.0), 4:47.4 (74.4), 5:59.7 (72.3), 7:14.1 (74.4), 8:28.6 (74.5), 9:42.7 (74.1), 10:57.4 (74.7), 12:13.5 (76.1), 13:30.7 (77.2), 14:47.8 (77.1), 15:24.84 (37.04). Comment: Really solid race. Obvious fade over the last mile, but you RACED very well. You can lower this by a significant amount next time. Nicely done.

Will Griffin: 15:54.10. Personal-best time (first time run)
71, 2:23 (72), 3:35 (72), 4:48 (73), 6:00 (72), 7:14 (74), 8:28 (74), 9:44 (76), 11:04 (80), 12:30 (86), 13:54 (84), 15:15 (81), 15:54.10 (39.10). Comment: Disaster. We'll fix.

10,000-meter run

Tim Keegan: 31:27.04.
74, 2:28 (74), 3:41 (73), 4:54 (73), 6:07 (73), 7:20 (73), 8:33 (73), 9:47 (74), 11:01 (74), 12:16 (75), 13:30 (74), 14:44 (74), 16:00 (76), 17:17 (77), 18:34 (77), 19:52 (78), 21:10 (78), 22:28 (78), 23:45 (77), 25:03 (78), 26:19 (76), 27:36 (77), 28:53 (77), 30:10 (77), 32:27.04 (77.04). 5km: 15:20. Comment: You were about 10 seconds too fast through the first 5km. In good conditions, this would not have been in an issue. In the wind, it shredded you. To your credit, you hung tough in the second half and did not fade, just maintained a slower tempo. All things considered, a tough effort by you that fell short of our goal.

Joe McElhoney: 32:08.47.
79, 2:35 (76), 3:50 (75), 5:04 (74), 6:20 (76), 7:36 (76), 8:51 (75), 10:07 (76), 11:20 (73), 12:42 (82), 14:00 (78), 15:19 (79), 16:36 (77), 17:53 (77), 10:11 (78), 20:28 (77), 21:46 (78), 23:05 (79), 24:25 (80), 25:45 (80), 27:04 (790, 28:21 (77), 29:39 (78), 30:57 (78), 32:08.47 (71.47). 5km: 15:59. Comment: Excellent race effort, especially after last week's lousy 5km. You were obviously erratic in the early splits, but you smoothed things out nicely and ran really tough over the final 5km.

David Raucci: 32:34.77.
77, 2:32 (75), 3:48 (76), 5:04 (76), 6:20 (76), 7:35 (75), 8:50 (75), 10:05 (75), 11:20 (75), 12:42 (82), 14:00 (78), 15:20 (80), 16:40 (80), 18:00 (80), 19:20 (80), 20:39 (79), 21:57 (78), 23:17 (80), 24:37 (80), 25:58 (81), 27:17 (79), 28:33 (76), 29:56 (83), 31:18 (82), 32:34.77 (76.77). Comments: Maybe those 75s early on were too fast? Oh well...

SATURDAY SPLITS

1,500-meter run

Conor Shelley: 4:06.32. Season-best.
67, 2:13 (66), 3:17 (64), 4:06.32 (64.32 final 400m). Comment: First of all, I must mention this for all those who were not there. Conor busted out the white-shorts/white-singlet look. Startling. It got stares and comments from coaches on the sidelines. I'm not kidding! Listen: When you dress like an ice-cream cone, you better run well. And Conor did that, leading his section wire to wire and bouncing back to decent form. You've still got a long way to go, but this was a huge step in the right direction. And hey: You run like that when you wear the white-white, you got my blessing. I'll just keep my head down and write the splits.

Colin Johnson: 4:07.43.
63.9, 2:10.5 (66.5), 3:17.5 (67), 4:07.43 (66.43 final 400m). Comment: Wind got to you big time at the end, but you hung tough and ran a solid time in those conditions.

Kyle Havard: 4:11.28. 68, 2:16 (68), 3:24 (68), 4:11.28. Comment: Solid, decent effort and nothing more.

Tom Lipari: 4:12.72. 68.0, 2:19.3 (71.3), 3:23.5 (64.2), 4:12.72 (final 400m, 64.72). Comment: Some ridiculous first section! Wicked slow and tactical. You switched gears well, but not well enough. Solid effort considering what you have been through the past few weeks.

Zak Smetana: 4:14.58. Personal-best time.
69, 2:17 (68), 3:23 (65), 4:14.58. Comment: Excellent effort out of event for you. Great job.

NOTE: With the following guys all in the same section, split-taking was impossible. Sorry.
Pat Duggan: 4:20.24.
Brian McCormick: 4:22.12.
Ryan Brown: 4:24.22.
Kris Geist: 4:26.32
Alex Emerel: 4:26.57.
Greg Masto: 4:36.40.
Trevor Thomas: 4:38.60.
Mike Holinko: 4:48.18.
Alex Lombardozzi: 5:14.00.