You know … if I bothered to look back on all my outdoor track posts, I probably spend way too much time discussing (complaining) about the weather. But really … but really … you had to be there tonight, at Icahn Stadium, to appreciate the gale-force wind.
It was so windy … you could see the Triboro Bridge (or whatever it’s called these days) swaying in the breeze. Well. Not really, but still …
It was so windy … the big tent at Circ du Soleil right next door their on Randalls Island went airborne and swirled around the track. Well. Not really, but still …
It was so windy … the lap counting stand blew over and nearly impaled a 400-meter sprinter in his blocks in Lane 1. Well. THAT one is true!
It was so windy … the final event of the night – the 4x400 relay – was reduced to a co-ed intrasquad scrimmage of two relays (one male, one female) from the same school. Well. THAT one is true too! Consider that there were 16 actual squads entered in the relay, and you could see that all of us wanted to get out of that wind-swept Dodge as soon as possible.
Yeah, it was windy – a steady breeze of about 25-30 mph, with occasional gusts twice that strong that literally blew you over. Our guys and ladies raced admirably in these less-than-ideal conditions.
In particular:
--Our men’s 4x100 relay had great passes and did quite well. Phil Krupka (2nd leg) bore the brunt of the brutal wind, but had two excellent relay passes. Nicely done, men!
--Jillian Corley looked great and ran strong in winning her section of the 1500
--Briana Crowe ran a rare, negative-split 800 as her section went out absurdly slow in the first 200m as no one wanted to take the lead in the wind (and really, who could blame them?)
--Billy Posch got the lone PR on the night, running a tough 1500
--As nightfall descended, the temperature plummeted and the wind speed seemed to ratchet up a few more notches, the 5km guys did well, with Quimes getting third and falling to an excellent ambush move by his old Wantagh teammate. Q took the lead and moved a bit too early, but still ran a solid time in terrible weather
Men’s results and splits
100-meter dash
Darren Bushey 11.60
400-meter dash
Mike Clifford 54.82
400-meter relay
Marist (Darren Bushey, Phil Krupka, Derrick Powell, Colin Frederickson) 44.08
1500-meter run
Tom Lipari 4:05.55
63, 2:08 (65), 3:16 (68), 4:05.55 (66.55 last 400m)
Billy Posch 4:06.42 (personal best)
63, 2:08 (65), 3:16 (68), 4:06.52 (67.52 last 400m)
Matt Panebianco 4:17.37
63, 2:09 (66), 3:20 (71), 4:17.37 (76.36 last 400m)
5000-meter run
Quimes DelaCruz 15:11.30
74, 2:27 (73), 3:40 (73), 4:54 (74)
6:06 (78), 7:20 (74), 8:34 (74), 9:47 (73)
11:01 (74), 12:17 (76), 13:31 (74), 14:37 (66)
15:11.30 (34.30)
Sam McMullen 15:47.40
76, 2:28 (72), 3:42 (74), 4:56 (74)
6:10 (74), 7:24 (74), 8:42 (78), 9:59 (77)
11:15 (76), 12:36 (81), 13:56 (80), 15:13 (77)
15:47.40 (34.40)
Pat Duggan 15:48.80
76, 2:28 (72), 3:42 (74), 4:56 (74)
6:10 (74), 7:24 (74), 8:42 (78), 9:59 (77)
11:15 (76), 12:36 (81), 13:56 (80), 15:13 (77)
15:48.80 (35.80)
Joel Moss 16:06.90
76, 2:28 (72), 3:42 (74), 4:56 (74)
6:11 (75), 7:29 (78), 8:49 (80), 10:09 (80)
11:30 (81), 12:50 (80), 14:12 (82), 15:31 (79)
16:06.90 (35.90)
Women’s results and splits
800-meter run
Briana Crowe 2:22.68 (opening 400m, 71.5)
1500-meter run
Brittany Burns 4:52.90
73, 2:33 (80), 3:51 (78), 4:52.90
Jackie Gamboli 5:01.36
73, 2:33 (80), 3:59 (76), 5:01.36
Jillian Corley 5:05.90
81, 2:40 (79), 4:02 (82), 5:05.90 (won section!)
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