Men's splits from Albany

Hello men! Below are the 2-mile splits from Albany, as best as I could get them. Good news/bad news about the splits. Good news: There were no injured runners to help me take the splits down. Bad news: There were no injured runners to help me take the splits down.

That's more good news than bad. But given the chilly temps and my frozen digits, I did the best I could. Here are the splits (in parenthesis after the results), with some short commentary as well as warranted.

Men's varsity results

2. Conor Shelley 24:39.8 (9:48). Nice PR, dude!
4. Will Griffin 24:53 (9:55). Excellent neg split effort on tired legs.
9. Quimes DelaCruz 25:20.3 (10:08). You continue to impress. Nicely done.
14. Tim Keegan 25:27.8 (9:55). Considering your recent illness woes, this was a strong and positive effort.
18. Nick Webster 25:36.4 (10:08). A little sluggish, still good.
41. Sam McMullen 25:54.2 (10:20). Strong breakthrough effort. You looked great!
60. Tom Lipari 26:08.1 ((10:30). Nice bounce-back race. You will peak at the right time this year.
82. Matt Janczyk 26:24.6 (10:25). Let down after breakthrough at Paul Short. Negative energy.
122. Zak Smetana 27:04.3 (10:30). The Albany jinx continues.

Men's Purple Race Results

2. Sean Nestor 26:14.0 (10:22). Great bounce back from your injury.
4. Mike Nicoletti 26:27.1 (10:35). Great job considering you were less than 100 percent.
6. Pat Duggan 26:31.3 (10:30). Solid effort but not as good as previous two.
8. Brian Townsend 26:49.7 (missed it?). Really excellent progression. Nice job.
9. Matt Panebianco 26:50.8 (10:40). Another strong effort.
11. Billy Posch 26:55.6 (10:42). Flat. Can be better. Will be better.
13. Colin Johnson 26:57.2 (10:44). Breakthrough. Perfect race.
14. Mike Keegan 27:01.2 (10:44). Breakthrough. Perfect race.
19. Ryan Brown 27:11.3 (10:57). Strong effort.
29. Ryan Fitzsimons 27:23.0 (11:02). Perfectly executed.
34. Joel Moss 27:38.7 (10:56). Solid effort.
61. Will Schanz 28:21.5 (11:01). All things considered, pretty strong.
63. Greg Masto 28:24.7 (11:02). Went out too fast! Otherwise pretty good.
72. Brendan Green 28:51.2 (11:15). Wow. Wow. Wow!
101. Luke Shane 30:38.7 (12:01). Strong PR.

Note for women's team followers: I'm pretty sure Chuck got the splits as he darted into the woods for the mile and got to the 2-mile mark as well. As a team on the women's side, I thought we showed a lot of depth and for the most part, everyone ran very aggressively early (getting out fast) and strong late. A good meet on which to build.