Team time trial today

Because of move-out day, the Team Time Trial at Vassar was early. We met at McCann at the ungodly hour of 6:15 a.m. Because of the unwieldy nature of this team, I decided to break the group into two time trials: Freshmen/sophomores and juniors/seniors.

My “eye test” indicated that, at that early hour, guys looked very fast going around the track while not going very fast (as you’ll see). Interestingly, though, after the Time Trial, I had the guys jog across the street to Vassar Farm and do a 4-kilometer tempo run. Most men drilled that, running fast and looking very strong in the process.

I guess, at this point, looking good in a 4km tempo run is more positive than looking bad in a 3,200-meter time trial is negative. If that makes any sense. So anyway, for those keeping score at home, here are the “results” of the 8-lap time trial at Vassar.

Group 1 (freshmen/sophomores): I have noted the freshmen (fr)
Quimes DelaCruz 9:50
Billy Posch 9:50
Sam McMullen 9:51
Kevin O’Sullivan (fr) 9:51
Ken Walshak (fr) 9:53
Matt Panebianco 9:56
Ben Windisch (fr) 9:58
Ryan Scrudato (fr) 9:58
Joel Moss 9:58
Chris Reynolds (fr) 10:05
Mike Nicoletti 10:06
Nick Hughes (fr) 10:13
Mike Clausen (fr) 10:26
Pat Deedy (fr) 10:27
Doug Ainscow (fr) 10:31
Billy Hild (fr) 10:32
Isaiah Miller (fr) 10:35
Mike Keegan 10:36
Brendan Green 10:43
Luke Shane 10:56
Danny Mendoza (fr) 10:57

Group 2 (juniors and seniors)
Adam Vess 9:45
Matt Flint 9:45
Nick Webster 9:50
Tom Lipari 9:53
Tim Keegan 9:54
Pat Duggan 9:57
Zak Smetana 9:57
Ryan Brown 9:59
Kyle Havard 10:05
Ryan Fitzsimons 10:16
Brian Townsend 10:26

Thanks to Will Griffin, who is rapidly on the mend from his summer injury, for helping with the timing and recording.

Thanks to Vassar Coach James McCowan for allowing us access to the track.

Several inquiring minds have asked if the Team Time Trial will become a regular part of preseason. The short answer is Yes. But we may tweak it in the future.

The women’s team did 1,000-meter threshold intervals on the Cator Loop at FDR. Coach Chuck reported that they went very well.

Back to Minnewaska on Thursday.