Iona MOC women's meet analysis

Coach Chuck crunched some very interesting numbers from today's meet, in terms of the times our women's team ran. With a little history and perspective, you will see that:

--Today's meet went well, especially for early in the season.
--Our times (when converted) across the board were faster -- in some cases, by a LOT -- than in the recent past.
--We achieved this despite a heavy workload in terms of mileage and workouts.
--We achieved this despite a lot of illnesses spreading throughout the team in the past week (see post from earlier in the week).

Also note that three of our projected varsity runners -- Addie DiFrancesco, Kathryn Sheehan, Kiersten Anderson -- did not compete today. All are slated to toe the line next week at Fairfield next week and Paul Short the week after that.

Check out these numbers ...


Katie Messina: 23:25.93 (today's converted time); DNF (2009 MAAC)
Briana Crowe: 23:34.99 (today); 25:36.2 (2009 MAAC); 25:27.2 (2008 MOC)
Jillian Corley: 23:42.47 (today); 25:14.8 (2009 MAAC); 25:12.6 (2008 MOC)
Erin O'Reilly: 24:12.40 (today); 24:48.4 (2009 MAAC)
Kara Lightowler: 24:25.43 (today); 25:52.8 (2009 MAAC); 27:06.3 (2008 MOC)
Dayna McLaughlin: 24:27.14 (today); 26:32.2 (2009 MAAC); 24:34.1 (2008 MOC)
Julie Hudak: 24:38.06 (today); 25:02.3 (2009 MAAC); 24:37.7 (2008 MOC)
Allyson O'Brien: 24:51.28 (today); 26:47.9 (2009 MAAC); 26:40.8 (2008 MOC)
Kelley Hanifin: 24:58.30 (today); 25:42.3 (2009 MAAC); 25:56.6 (2008 MOC)
Kelley Gould: 25:03.68 (today); 27:48.6 (2009 MAAC)
Elizabeth O'Brien: 25:41.84 (today); 28:15.5 (2009 MAAC); 27:01.3 (2008 MOC)
Rebecca Denise: 25:54.23 (today); 27:00.1 (2009 MAAC)
Laura Lindsley: 26:25.21 (today); 26:05.2 (2009 MAAC)

In almost every case, you see improvement. In many of the cases, the improvement is startling and dramatic -- a tribute to the hard work of our ladies. Nicely done!

One more stunning statistic, courtesy of Chuck: At last year's MAAC meet, in which our women ran really well, Addie ran 22:51.8 and Kathryn ran 23;54.6.

What does this mean?: No fewer than three (3!) of our women from today ran faster than Kathryn's very respectable MAAC race from last October.

Good stuff indeed.

I will post a more theoretical men's team/race analysis later tonight -- after my son's Fall Ball Little League game under the lights at Spratt Park in Poughkeepsie! Now THAT should be fun times ...