Also from Friday: Marist alum and current Molloy College grad student Matt Walsh ran the 3,000, and he did quite well. His finishing time was 9:21.44.
As you'll see with his splits, he ran even, he ran tough and he had a nice kick. I would like to add the following: He LOOKED strong. During his time at Marist, when healthy Matt was a tough runner (he especially had one fantastic outdoor track season in which he was our best 1500-meter man, if I recall ...). However, he had a lot of "bounce" in his stride -- a bit inefficient -- and it probably led to a lot of his overuse injury issues.
Well, give Walsh credit: Since leaving Marist, he has worked diligently on his form (not to mention his training). That bounce is far less pronounced (nice rhyme, eh?), he has smoothed things out, he is far less injury prone, and he's transformed himself into a pretty darn good grad school runner at Molloy College.
Nicely done!
The splits:
37.6, 76.1 (38.5), 1:53.8 (37.7), 2:31.7 (37.9), 3:09.4 (37.7), 3:46.7 (37.3), 4:24.2 (37.5), 5:01.8 (37.6), 5:39.1 (37.3), 6:17.3 (38.2), 6:55.5 (38.3), 7:33.5 (38.0), 8:11.3 (37.8), 8:47.6 (36.3), 9:21.44 (34.84)
1km: 3:09.4; 2km: 6:17.3 (3:07.9); 9:21.44 (3:04.11)
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