With his IC4A qualifying mark in the mile at Friday night’s Armory Collegiate Challenge, sophomore Arquimedes DelaCruz becomes the first Marist distance runner in school history to qualify in the three longest IC4A events – mile, 3,000 and 5,000 – in the same season. That’s a pretty impressive feat.
The only other athlete to qualify in three different individual events in the same season was Adam Vess in 2009 – 1,000, mile, 3,000. Vess’ mile and 3,000 bests stand as our school records.
In all, the program achieved the most IC4A qualifying marks in school history during the 2011 indoor track season, which concludes next weekend at the IC4A meet in Boston. Here’s a list of qualifiers.
Mile run
Will Griffin 4:10.11
Arquimedes DelaCruz 4:13.20
Matt Flint 4:14.55
3,000-meter run
Matt Flint 8:17.21
Will Griffin 8:17.79
Arquimedes DelaCruz 8:22.40
Adam Vess 8:22.59
5,000-meter run
Ken Walshak 14:42.74
Arquimedes DelaCruz 14:43.79
DMR
Marist (Will Griffin, Matt Panebianco, Tom Lipari, Matt Flint) 10:08.05
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Armory Collegiate Challenge
One more Friday night at the Armory …
We brought a small group of athletes to the Armory Collegiate Challenge last night, and it was a good night for us – with several season- and personal-bests, and one more IC4A qualifying mark for Arquimedes DelaCruz.
Here are the numbers:
Armory Collegiate Challenge
Friday, February 25, 2011
Women’s results
800-meter run
24. Jillian Corley 2:27.58
34.6, 70.4 (35.8), 1:47.6 (37.2), 2:27.58 (39.98)
Mile run
19. Jillian Corley 5:22.89 (season best)
36.7, 75.1 (38.4), 1:55.2 (40.2), 2:37.0 (41.8), 3:17.8 (40.8), 3:58.3 (40.5), 4:39.8 (41.5), 5:22.89 (43.09)
3,000-meter run
8. Kiersten Anderson 10:22.66
39.4, 80.9 (41.5), 2:01.4 (40.5), 2:42.1 (40.7), 3:23.0 (40.9)
4:04.1 (41.1), 4:46.3 (42.2), 5:27.7 (41.4), 6:08.9 (41.2), 6:51.0 (42.1)
7:32.9 (41.9), 8:16.3 (43.4), 8:58.7 (42.4), 9:41.2 (42.5), 10:22.66 (41.46)
Kilometer splits: 3:23.0, 3:28.0, 3:31.66
Men’s results
800-meter run
20. Andrew James 1:58.54 (personal best)
27.8, 57.8 (30.0), 1:28.1 (30.3), 1:58.54 (30.44)
1,000-meter run
9. Ben Windisch 2:31.01 (personal best)
29.8, 59.3 (29.5), 1:29.6 (30.3), 2:01.0 (31.4), 2:31.01 (30.01)
11. Matt Panebianco 2:32.10
29.1, 58.0 (28.9), 1:28.4 (30.5), 2:00.0 (31.6), 2:32.10 (32.10)
Mile run
2. Arquimedes DelaCruz 4:13.20 (personal best) *ICAAAA qualifier
31.7, 53.6 (31.9), 1:35.3 (31.7), 2:08.3 (33.0), 2:38.9 (30.6), 3:11.9 (32.0), 3:43.1 (31.2), 4:13.20 (30.10)
11. Billy Posch 4:21.27
32.6, 65.8 (33.2), 1:38.6 (32.8), 2:12.1 (33.6), 2:45.1 (33.0), 3:18.4 (33.3), 3:50.2 (31.8), 4:21.27 (31.07)
3,000-meter run
5. Conor Shelley 8:41.84
34.6, 68.6 (34.0), 1:43.5 (34.9), 2:17.1 (33.6), 2:51.9 (34.8)
3:27.6 (35.7), 4:02.5 (34.9), 4:37.2 (34.7), 5:12.3 (35.1), 5:47.0 (34.7)
6:21.1 (35.1), 6:57.2 (35.1), 7:33.2 (36.0), 8:07.6 (34.4), 8:41.84 (34.24)
Kilometer splits: 2:51.9, 2:55.1, 2:54.84
We brought a small group of athletes to the Armory Collegiate Challenge last night, and it was a good night for us – with several season- and personal-bests, and one more IC4A qualifying mark for Arquimedes DelaCruz.
Here are the numbers:
Armory Collegiate Challenge
Friday, February 25, 2011
Women’s results
800-meter run
24. Jillian Corley 2:27.58
34.6, 70.4 (35.8), 1:47.6 (37.2), 2:27.58 (39.98)
Mile run
19. Jillian Corley 5:22.89 (season best)
36.7, 75.1 (38.4), 1:55.2 (40.2), 2:37.0 (41.8), 3:17.8 (40.8), 3:58.3 (40.5), 4:39.8 (41.5), 5:22.89 (43.09)
3,000-meter run
8. Kiersten Anderson 10:22.66
39.4, 80.9 (41.5), 2:01.4 (40.5), 2:42.1 (40.7), 3:23.0 (40.9)
4:04.1 (41.1), 4:46.3 (42.2), 5:27.7 (41.4), 6:08.9 (41.2), 6:51.0 (42.1)
7:32.9 (41.9), 8:16.3 (43.4), 8:58.7 (42.4), 9:41.2 (42.5), 10:22.66 (41.46)
Kilometer splits: 3:23.0, 3:28.0, 3:31.66
Men’s results
800-meter run
20. Andrew James 1:58.54 (personal best)
27.8, 57.8 (30.0), 1:28.1 (30.3), 1:58.54 (30.44)
1,000-meter run
9. Ben Windisch 2:31.01 (personal best)
29.8, 59.3 (29.5), 1:29.6 (30.3), 2:01.0 (31.4), 2:31.01 (30.01)
11. Matt Panebianco 2:32.10
29.1, 58.0 (28.9), 1:28.4 (30.5), 2:00.0 (31.6), 2:32.10 (32.10)
Mile run
2. Arquimedes DelaCruz 4:13.20 (personal best) *ICAAAA qualifier
31.7, 53.6 (31.9), 1:35.3 (31.7), 2:08.3 (33.0), 2:38.9 (30.6), 3:11.9 (32.0), 3:43.1 (31.2), 4:13.20 (30.10)
11. Billy Posch 4:21.27
32.6, 65.8 (33.2), 1:38.6 (32.8), 2:12.1 (33.6), 2:45.1 (33.0), 3:18.4 (33.3), 3:50.2 (31.8), 4:21.27 (31.07)
3,000-meter run
5. Conor Shelley 8:41.84
34.6, 68.6 (34.0), 1:43.5 (34.9), 2:17.1 (33.6), 2:51.9 (34.8)
3:27.6 (35.7), 4:02.5 (34.9), 4:37.2 (34.7), 5:12.3 (35.1), 5:47.0 (34.7)
6:21.1 (35.1), 6:57.2 (35.1), 7:33.2 (36.0), 8:07.6 (34.4), 8:41.84 (34.24)
Kilometer splits: 2:51.9, 2:55.1, 2:54.84
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Appreciating Vess
Usually, when my cell phone buzzes (text) or rings (call) with an incoming text or call from team captain Adam Vess, I have to admit that I brace myself for some sort of calamitous news. I love Vess. I really do. But it has been one thing after another with our hard-luck and star-crossed school record holder during the past four years.
So last Wednesday afternoon, as I sat in a New Jersey hospital room where my father was recovering from surgery (he is home now, doing well, a modern medical marvel at age 82), when my cell rang and I saw it was Vess calling, I picked up. He had been nursing what we thought was a bad quad/hip flexor injury, and I figured he was calling with an update.
Oh. He was calling with an update, all right. From another hospital, in another state … where he had just gotten an X-ray that revealed a stress fracture of the femur. The femur! For those keeping score at home, that’s the LARGEST BONE IN THE BODY.
How? How can this be! Poor Vess. He’s been trying to ramp up his training volume, but it always seems to get curtailed. How does a stress fracture occur, when the training stress in terms of pounding hasn’t even been that great? Really. We strongly believe that “training error” was not the cause here. What was or is the cause?
Well, these are questions and mysteries for another day.
For today, we must cope with the sudden shock of this season-ending – and, yes, sadly, Marist career-ending – injury. Femoral stress fractures are a big deal. You don’t take four weeks off and then come back quickly, like you might with a metatarsal stress fracture or similar injury to another small bone of the lower extremity. He’s shut down completely for months. Not weeks. Months. Check your calendar, boys and girls. Outdoors will be here before you know it, and over soon thereafter.
Done. Vess’ bizarrely truncated but highly successful Marist career has come to a close. He has run his final lap in a Marist singlet. It makes me incredibly sad to type those words. At the same time, we can be proud for what he did accomplish when he was not hurt, sick or otherwise sidelined with a laundry list of runner’s maladies.
Four years ago, I was warned by family members – Vess comes from the Swift pedigree, one we know and respect very well – that Vess would be a handful. I said I would take my chances, and I’m glad we did.
Sure, Vess WAS a handful. There were many issues to deal with. However, I would like to term his issues more as bad breaks, bad luck or just a tendency toward that and more.
Vess worked hard. He never gave up. When he raced, which was not nearly as much as we would have liked, Vess raced with heart and guts. He was and is an excellent, loyal teammate, and a great team captain.
And hey: He has brewed and fetched more than a fair share of coffee for this coach that he likes to call “old man.’’
Has it been frustrating that he has been inactive for a variety of reasons for more than half of his Marist career? Of course. But again. It happens. Mostly through no fault of his own.
When he was on, he was ON. His records are strong – in particular, his 8:05.82 for 3km indoors is out there. How can we ever forget his IC4A victory with that very same 8:05.82, two years ago at BU?
So that’s it. No more Vess. His running is not done, though – at least, we hope that to be the case. After he graduates from Marist in May, he plans on going to grad school and, God willing, completing his collegiate running eligibility elsewhere. We will be rooting hard for him to succeed, to continue to grow as a runner and to lower his pretty fancy PRs.
And here’s hoping that when my cell phone buzzes or rings in the future, and it is Vess, he is not reporting any more bad news from X-rays, bone scans, MRIs or blood tests. Rather, it would be great to hear that he ran a PR or did something amazing, of which I know he is fully capable.
From a few thousand miles away, that would make this "old man" smile.
So last Wednesday afternoon, as I sat in a New Jersey hospital room where my father was recovering from surgery (he is home now, doing well, a modern medical marvel at age 82), when my cell rang and I saw it was Vess calling, I picked up. He had been nursing what we thought was a bad quad/hip flexor injury, and I figured he was calling with an update.
Oh. He was calling with an update, all right. From another hospital, in another state … where he had just gotten an X-ray that revealed a stress fracture of the femur. The femur! For those keeping score at home, that’s the LARGEST BONE IN THE BODY.
How? How can this be! Poor Vess. He’s been trying to ramp up his training volume, but it always seems to get curtailed. How does a stress fracture occur, when the training stress in terms of pounding hasn’t even been that great? Really. We strongly believe that “training error” was not the cause here. What was or is the cause?
Well, these are questions and mysteries for another day.
For today, we must cope with the sudden shock of this season-ending – and, yes, sadly, Marist career-ending – injury. Femoral stress fractures are a big deal. You don’t take four weeks off and then come back quickly, like you might with a metatarsal stress fracture or similar injury to another small bone of the lower extremity. He’s shut down completely for months. Not weeks. Months. Check your calendar, boys and girls. Outdoors will be here before you know it, and over soon thereafter.
Done. Vess’ bizarrely truncated but highly successful Marist career has come to a close. He has run his final lap in a Marist singlet. It makes me incredibly sad to type those words. At the same time, we can be proud for what he did accomplish when he was not hurt, sick or otherwise sidelined with a laundry list of runner’s maladies.
Four years ago, I was warned by family members – Vess comes from the Swift pedigree, one we know and respect very well – that Vess would be a handful. I said I would take my chances, and I’m glad we did.
Sure, Vess WAS a handful. There were many issues to deal with. However, I would like to term his issues more as bad breaks, bad luck or just a tendency toward that and more.
Vess worked hard. He never gave up. When he raced, which was not nearly as much as we would have liked, Vess raced with heart and guts. He was and is an excellent, loyal teammate, and a great team captain.
And hey: He has brewed and fetched more than a fair share of coffee for this coach that he likes to call “old man.’’
Has it been frustrating that he has been inactive for a variety of reasons for more than half of his Marist career? Of course. But again. It happens. Mostly through no fault of his own.
When he was on, he was ON. His records are strong – in particular, his 8:05.82 for 3km indoors is out there. How can we ever forget his IC4A victory with that very same 8:05.82, two years ago at BU?
So that’s it. No more Vess. His running is not done, though – at least, we hope that to be the case. After he graduates from Marist in May, he plans on going to grad school and, God willing, completing his collegiate running eligibility elsewhere. We will be rooting hard for him to succeed, to continue to grow as a runner and to lower his pretty fancy PRs.
And here’s hoping that when my cell phone buzzes or rings in the future, and it is Vess, he is not reporting any more bad news from X-rays, bone scans, MRIs or blood tests. Rather, it would be great to hear that he ran a PR or did something amazing, of which I know he is fully capable.
From a few thousand miles away, that would make this "old man" smile.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Jut in Arizona
Life gets busy. It really does. Meets, meet entries, practices, recruiting calls, recruiting visits, meetings with admissions, meetings with financial aid. Snow days, holidays, kids sick at home, aging parents ailing in New Jersey. It’s amazing my head stays screwed on straight day to day.
So, sometimes other important stuff slips through the cracks, and it makes you feel guilty. Such was the case Sunday night when freelance writer Nancy Haggerty, who I used to work with at the Poughkeepsie Journal, called me. She wanted to interview me about Justin Harris, our favorite pro triathlete. She was planning a column on Jut, and she wanted to talk to me about his past successes.
Remember, among Jut’s many career accomplishments to date, he remains the school record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Guys will chase that this year and beyond. But he’s still got the mark. 9:09.60.
Note to current team members: Go get it. I dare ya …
Like all of my athletically active alums, I can talk endlessly like a proud parent about what they did in college, have done since college and continue to do post-collegiately. And so it went with Nancy on the phone the other night. Along the way, though, I felt a tinge of guilt for not having reached out to Jut before he left for his training trip to Arizona.
So Jut, if you are reading this, hang in there, bro. You can do it. I’m following his progress now on his blog, which you can check here. It’s really inspirational stuff.
So, sometimes other important stuff slips through the cracks, and it makes you feel guilty. Such was the case Sunday night when freelance writer Nancy Haggerty, who I used to work with at the Poughkeepsie Journal, called me. She wanted to interview me about Justin Harris, our favorite pro triathlete. She was planning a column on Jut, and she wanted to talk to me about his past successes.
Remember, among Jut’s many career accomplishments to date, he remains the school record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Guys will chase that this year and beyond. But he’s still got the mark. 9:09.60.
Note to current team members: Go get it. I dare ya …
Like all of my athletically active alums, I can talk endlessly like a proud parent about what they did in college, have done since college and continue to do post-collegiately. And so it went with Nancy on the phone the other night. Along the way, though, I felt a tinge of guilt for not having reached out to Jut before he left for his training trip to Arizona.
So Jut, if you are reading this, hang in there, bro. You can do it. I’m following his progress now on his blog, which you can check here. It’s really inspirational stuff.
Hopkins running strong
Sean Hopkins graduated from Marist and the Running Program more than half a decade ago now – 2005, to be exact. But his presence and influence on our team remains strong.
He is one of most loyal and ardent followers of our program. Now a graduate student at West Virginia who sometimes travels with their women’s track/cross country program, our paths have crossed at meets. He knows our team, and follows our team closely … and with good reason: As a St. Anthony’s grad, he has direct connections to two current team members: Senior captain Timmy Keegan and freshman distance star Kenny Walshak – both proud Friar alums as well.
Hopkins remains passionate about the sport. And lately, the dude has been running lights-out strong on the indoor circuit. Who knew Hopkins had such wheels?
Specifically, Hopkins nailed two major PRs at meets at the University of Akron, which has an indoor 300-meter Mondo track. At the Akron Invitational on Feb. 11, he ran 8:47.68 for 3km. And at last Friday’s Akron Zips Open College Meet, our guy ran a mind-bending 4:21.6 for the mile! Wow! Where did THAT come from?
Well, at my request, I asked Hopkins for the details. Here’s what he wrote to me in an email about his stellar indoor races:
The first race I ran was a 3k at the Akron Invitational held on February 11th. I don't have much in the way of splits because the guy I traveled with was warming up while I raced. I know I came through the first 800 in 2:22 and the next split I was able to figure out was the 1500 in 4:25, after that it was game on knowing I had a chance to break 8:50. I finished the race having run 8:47.68, 9th out of 20. My PR previous to this race was 8:54.05 which I ran at the Terrier Invitational my sophomore year of college.
The second race I ran was the mile this past Friday at the Akron Zips Open College Meet. I went into this race thinking that if the stars aligned and all was right in the world I'd run 4:23-24. Coming into this race I knew I was in over my head as the majority of the people seeded were sub 4:20. The gun went off, I went immediately to the back and just held on for dear life. My splits were as follows: 400 - 64.? 800 - 2:11, 1200 - 3:17, mile - 4:21.6. I crossed the line placing 10th out of 13 having caught the last three guys over the last 600 meters. I crossed the line and thought my eyes had deceived me when I saw the time. My PR previous to this race was 4:26.7 which I ran at the St. Anthony's Invitational my senior year of high school.
Nicely done, bro!
Next up for Hopkins is a shot at approaching 15 minutes for 5,000 meters indoors. Stay tuned.
He is one of most loyal and ardent followers of our program. Now a graduate student at West Virginia who sometimes travels with their women’s track/cross country program, our paths have crossed at meets. He knows our team, and follows our team closely … and with good reason: As a St. Anthony’s grad, he has direct connections to two current team members: Senior captain Timmy Keegan and freshman distance star Kenny Walshak – both proud Friar alums as well.
Hopkins remains passionate about the sport. And lately, the dude has been running lights-out strong on the indoor circuit. Who knew Hopkins had such wheels?
Specifically, Hopkins nailed two major PRs at meets at the University of Akron, which has an indoor 300-meter Mondo track. At the Akron Invitational on Feb. 11, he ran 8:47.68 for 3km. And at last Friday’s Akron Zips Open College Meet, our guy ran a mind-bending 4:21.6 for the mile! Wow! Where did THAT come from?
Well, at my request, I asked Hopkins for the details. Here’s what he wrote to me in an email about his stellar indoor races:
The first race I ran was a 3k at the Akron Invitational held on February 11th. I don't have much in the way of splits because the guy I traveled with was warming up while I raced. I know I came through the first 800 in 2:22 and the next split I was able to figure out was the 1500 in 4:25, after that it was game on knowing I had a chance to break 8:50. I finished the race having run 8:47.68, 9th out of 20. My PR previous to this race was 8:54.05 which I ran at the Terrier Invitational my sophomore year of college.
The second race I ran was the mile this past Friday at the Akron Zips Open College Meet. I went into this race thinking that if the stars aligned and all was right in the world I'd run 4:23-24. Coming into this race I knew I was in over my head as the majority of the people seeded were sub 4:20. The gun went off, I went immediately to the back and just held on for dear life. My splits were as follows: 400 - 64.? 800 - 2:11, 1200 - 3:17, mile - 4:21.6. I crossed the line placing 10th out of 13 having caught the last three guys over the last 600 meters. I crossed the line and thought my eyes had deceived me when I saw the time. My PR previous to this race was 4:26.7 which I ran at the St. Anthony's Invitational my senior year of high school.
Nicely done, bro!
Next up for Hopkins is a shot at approaching 15 minutes for 5,000 meters indoors. Stay tuned.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Fast thoughts from Coach Horton
While continuing to stew over finishing at the bottom of the standings at the MAAC Indoor Championships, allow me today to shed some glass-half-full analysis – thanks to Assistant Coach Terry Horton.
Terry went on DirectAthletics performance lists, which automatically converted our sprinters’ 55-meter times to 60-meter equivalents – the MAAC meet is the one and only on our schedule that has 55-meter dash and hurdle races instead of 60-meter. Here’s the good news: Several/most sprinters exceeded their season’s bests in the dash races.
Men:
Mike McCloskey: 7.25 converted time, beats 7.31 season best
Darren Bushey: 7.27 converted time, beats 7.43 season best
Brian Lochner: 7.65 converted time, beats 8.03 season best
Neal Viets: 7.69 converted time, beats 7.87 season best
Taylor Bombard (hurdles): 9.20 converted time, beats 9.47 season best
Women:
Meghann Cocca: 8.21 converted time, beats 8.42 season best
Amanda Luccarelli: 8.34 converted time, beats 8.42 season best
Kim Ladouceur: 8.60 converted time, beats 8.66 season best
As Terry pointed out, we are still a long way from the St. Peter’s quality sprint programs of the world, but bests are bests. And as he wrote: “Did we score any more points? NO. Do I feel better? Sort of.” I would agree with that assessment 100 percent.
Also, before we put this meet in the rear-view mirror, I feel we need to pay homage to Will Griffin’s sizzling mile time of 4:10.11, a performance that was somewhat overlooked given that he DIDN’T EVEN MEDAL!
Good heavens. It’s the second-fastest mile time in school history, a four-second PR, an IC4A qualifier by a lot, and a damn good run for an athlete training for longer distances. The fact that he got fourth in the race and was an eyelash away from breaking 4:10 speaks volumes about the high quality of athletes we are facing. The MAAC might be a small league and a small meet, but there’s some really good stuff going on there.
Terry went on DirectAthletics performance lists, which automatically converted our sprinters’ 55-meter times to 60-meter equivalents – the MAAC meet is the one and only on our schedule that has 55-meter dash and hurdle races instead of 60-meter. Here’s the good news: Several/most sprinters exceeded their season’s bests in the dash races.
Men:
Mike McCloskey: 7.25 converted time, beats 7.31 season best
Darren Bushey: 7.27 converted time, beats 7.43 season best
Brian Lochner: 7.65 converted time, beats 8.03 season best
Neal Viets: 7.69 converted time, beats 7.87 season best
Taylor Bombard (hurdles): 9.20 converted time, beats 9.47 season best
Women:
Meghann Cocca: 8.21 converted time, beats 8.42 season best
Amanda Luccarelli: 8.34 converted time, beats 8.42 season best
Kim Ladouceur: 8.60 converted time, beats 8.66 season best
As Terry pointed out, we are still a long way from the St. Peter’s quality sprint programs of the world, but bests are bests. And as he wrote: “Did we score any more points? NO. Do I feel better? Sort of.” I would agree with that assessment 100 percent.
Also, before we put this meet in the rear-view mirror, I feel we need to pay homage to Will Griffin’s sizzling mile time of 4:10.11, a performance that was somewhat overlooked given that he DIDN’T EVEN MEDAL!
Good heavens. It’s the second-fastest mile time in school history, a four-second PR, an IC4A qualifier by a lot, and a damn good run for an athlete training for longer distances. The fact that he got fourth in the race and was an eyelash away from breaking 4:10 speaks volumes about the high quality of athletes we are facing. The MAAC might be a small league and a small meet, but there’s some really good stuff going on there.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
First place in something
The MAAC announced its All-Academic Teams for Indoor Track, and once again, your favorite Running Red Foxes led the league in All-Academic Team Members on both the men's and women's sides.
For the MAAC men's release, click the link here.
For the MAAC women's release, click the link here.
As always, we are proud of our student-athletes ... who always make sure to take the "student" part of the word first and foremost.
For the MAAC men's release, click the link here.
For the MAAC women's release, click the link here.
As always, we are proud of our student-athletes ... who always make sure to take the "student" part of the word first and foremost.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
MAAC results, splits, comments
Below are the MAAC results again, with splits and notations of which performances were season bests.
Based on this context, it was a pretty solid meet for the program. But based on the team scoring, it was not.
I’m not a big football fan, but I always like to quote legendary coach Bill Parcells, who was fond of saying: “You are what your record says you are.”
When you are sixth place out of six teams (women) and fifth place out of five teams (men) … you are what your record says you are. It’s not pretty, but it is what it is.
Overall, to date, it has been a pretty solid indoor track season – with more IC4A qualifiers on the men’s side than ever, and several school records on the women’s side. On this night, though, we are what our record says we are.
Here are the stats again …
MAAC Indoor Track Championships
Friday, February 18, 2011
Armory Track and Field Center
Women’s results
55-meter dash
Note: All season-bests, since this is the first meet we have run 55 instead of 60
14. Meghann Cocca 7.69
16. Amanda Luccarelli 7.82
19. Kim Ladouceur 7.98
200-meter dash
15. Meghann Cocca 27.40 (season best)
19. Kim Ladouceur 28.14
20. Christina Turigiano 28.15
400-meter dash
10. Hayley Harnett 1:00.73 (season best)
16. Tara Nuccitelli 1:02.88 (season best)
17. Christina Turigiano 1:03.81 (season best)
18. Rachael Eichacker 1:07.95 (season best)
800-meter run
4. Jackie Gamboli 2:16.60 (season best)
33, 67 (34), 1:42 (35), 2:16.60 (34.60)
8. Briana Crowe 2:20.68
34, 68 (34), 1:43 (35), 2:20.68 (37.68)
13. Nicole Weir 2:22.77 (season best)
35, 70 (35), 1:46 (36), 2:22.77 (36.77)
15. Colleen Meenan 2:25.71 (season best)
35, 70 (35), 1:47 (37), 2:25.71 (38.71)
18. Laura Lindsley 2:28.54
35, 72 (37), 1:50 (38), 2:28.54 (38.54)
Mile run
2. Brittany Burns 5:00.64 *school record
37, 74 (37), 1:53 (37), 2:31 (38), 3:08 (37), 3:46 (38), 4:23 (37), 5:00.64 (37.64)
13. Dayna McLaughlin 5:28.20
39, 77 (38), 1:57 (40), 2:39 (42), 3:21 (42), 4:04 (43), 4:46 (42), 5:28.20 (42.20)
15. Jillian Corley 5:33.62
39, 77 (38), 1:57 (40), 2:39 (42), 3:21 (42), 4:05 (43), 4:50 (45), 5:33.62 (43.62)
16. Allyson O’Brien 5:39.38 (season best)
40, 80 (40), 2:02 (42), 2:45 (43), 3:27 (42), 4:11 (44), 4:56 (45), 5:39.38 (43.38)
18. Colleen Smith 5:57.15 (season best)
40, 80 (40), 2:03 (43), 2:48 (45), 3:34 (46), 4:22 (48), 5:09 (47), 5:57.15 (48.15)
3,000-meter run
8. Erin O’Reilly 10:44.31
41, 82 (41), 2:05 (43), 2:47 (42), 3:30 (43)
4:12 (42), 4:55 (43), 5:37 (42), 6:21 (44), 7:04 (43)
7:49 (45), 8:32 (43), 9:17 (45), 10:01 (44), 10:44.31 (43.31)
Kilometers: 3:30, 3:34, 3:40.31
12. Elizabeth O’Brien 11:16.40 (season best)
43, 85 (42), 2:08 (43), 2:53 (45), 3:37 (44)
4:23 (46), 5:08 (45), 5:54 (46), 6:41 (47), 7:27 (46)
8:13 (46), 9:00 (47), 9:47 (47), 10:33 (46), 11:16.40 (43.40)
Kilometers: 3:37, 3:50, 3:49.40
13. Rachel Bremer 11:31.19 (season best)
44, 86 (42), 2:08 (42), 2:53 (45), 3:37 (44)
4:23 (46), 5:08 (45), 5:54 (46), 6:41 (47), 7:28 (47)
8:15 (47), 9:03 (48), 9:53 (50), 10:42 (49), 11:31.19 (49.19)
Kilometers: 3:37, 3:51, 4:03.19
5,000-meter run
6. Kiersten Anderson 18:06.15 (season best)
42, 85 (43), 2:08 (43), 2:51 (43), 3:34 (43)
4:17 (43), 5:00 (43), 5:43 (43), 6:28 (45), 7:08 (40)
7:51 (43), 8:34 (43), 9:17 (43), 10:00 (43), 10:43 (43)
11:27 (44), 12:12 (45), 12:56 (44), 13:40 (44), 14:24 (44)
15:09 (45), 15:53 (44), 16:38 (45), 17:23 (45), 18:06.15 (43.15)
Kilometers: 3:34, 3:34, 3:35, 3:41, 3:42.15
7. Kathryn Sheehan 18:54.11 (season best)
42, 85 (43), 2:08 (43), 2:51 (43), 3:34 (43)
4:17 (43), 5:01 (44), 5:44 (43), 6:29 (45), 7:11 (42)
7:56 (45), 8:41 (45), 9:26 (45), 10:12 (46), 10:58 (46)
11:45 (47), 12:32 (47), 13:20 (48), 14:08 (48), 14:56 (48)
15:45 (49), 16:33 (48), 17:21 (48), 18:08 (47), 18:54.11 (46.11)
Kilometers: 3:34, 3:37, 3:47, 3:58, 3:58.11
15. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:37.77 (season best)
45, 1:31 (46), 2:18 (47), 3:06 (48), 3:54 (48)
4:42 (48), 5:31 (49), 6:20 (49), 7:08 (48), 7:57 (49)
8:46 (49), 9:35 (49), 10:24 (49), 11:14 (50), 12:04 (50)
12:55 (51), 13:45 (50), 14:37 (52), 15:29 (52), 16:22 (53)
17:14 (52), 18:06 (52), 18:58 (52), 19:48 (50), 20:37.77 (49.77)
Kilometers: 3:54, 4:03, 4:07, 4:18, 4:15.77
Distance medley relay
4. Marist (Brittany Burns, Briana Crowe, Kelley Hanifin, Julie Hudak) 12:35.03
Britt: 38, 76 (38), 1:54 (38), 2:33 (39), 3:10 (37), 3:47.41 (37.41)
Bree: 62.2
Kelley: 35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:25.5 (38.5)
Julie: 36, 74 (38), 1:54 (40), 2:36 (42), 3:17 (41), 3:58 (41), 4:40 (42), 5:19.3 (39.3)
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (Jackie Gamboli, Nicole Weir, Colleen Meenan, Hayley Harnett) 4:06.44 (season best)
Jackie: 60.62
Nicole: 62.72
Colleen: 62.26
Hayley: 60.70
Pole vault
7. Colette Cunningham 2.55 meters (ties season best)
Triple jump
9. Brooke Kristensen 10.69 meters *school record
14. Kristen Vogel 10.29 meters (season best)
17. Shannon Vogel 9.87 meters
Long jump
16. Kristen Vogel 4.58 meters
17. Brooke Kristensen 4.51 meters
18. Shannon Vogel 4.46 meters
Women’s team standings
1-St. Peter’s 196, 2-Manhattan 183, 3-Iona 82, 4-Rider 68, 5-Loyola 57, 6-Marist 32
Men’s results
55-meter dash
Note: All season-bests, since this is the first meet we have run 55 instead of 60
9. Mike McCloskey 6.79
10. Darren Bushey 6.81
14. Brian Lochner 7.19
15. Neal Viets 7.23
200-meter dash
10. Mike McCloskey 23.53
11. Darren Bushey 23.54 (season best)
13. Neal Viets 24.98
14. Brian Lochner 25.09 (season best)
400-meter dash
8. Phil Krupka 51.62 (season best)
12. Alex Cuesta 56.53 (season best)
800-meter run
6. Matt Panebianco 1:57.75
28, 57 (29), 1:27 (30), 1:57.75 (30.75)
9. Tom Lipari 1:59.20
28, 57 (29), 1:28 (31), 1:59.20 (31.20)
13. Andrew James 2:00.83
29, 59 (30), 1:30 (31), 2:00.83 (30.83)
19. Isaiah Miller 2:10.17
30, 61 (31), 1:35 (34), 2:10.17 (35.17)
Mile run
4. Will Griffin 4:10.11 *IC4A qualifier
32, 63 (31), 1:34 (31), 2:05 (31), 2:36 (31), 3:07 (31), 3:38 (31), 4:10.11 (32.11)
6. Matt Flint 4:14.55 (season best)
32, 63 (31), 1:34 (31), 2:06 (32), 2:37 (31), 3:09 (32), 3:42 (33), 4:14.55 (32.55)
10. Nick Salek 4:34.18
33, 67 (34), 1:43 (36), 2:19 (36), 2:54 (35), 3:28 (34), 4:01 (33), 4:34.18 (34.18)
11. Chris Reynolds 4:36.24 (season best)
33, 67 (34), 1:43 (36), 2:20 (37), 2:54 (34), 3:28 (34), 4:01 (33), 4:36.24 (35.24)
12. Isaiah Miller 4:56.15
33, 67 (34), 1:43 (36), 2:20 (37), 2:58 (38), 3:38 (40), 4:18 (40), 4:56.15 (38.15)
3,000-meter run
4. Ken Walshak 8:37.47 (season best)
32, 67 (35), 1:40 (33), 2:14 (34), 2:48 (34)
3:22 (34), 3:57 (35), 4:32 (35), 5:08 (36), 5:43 (35)
6:18 (35), 6:53 (35), 7:29 (36), 8:04 (35), 8:37.47 (33.47)
Kilometers: 2:48, 2:55, 2:54.47
5. Conor Shelley 8:38.34 (season best)
32, 67 (35), 1:40 (33), 2:13 (33), 2:46 (33)
3:20 (34), 3:55 (35), 4:29 (34), 5:04 (35), 5:39 (35)
6:15 (36), 6:51 (36), 7:27 (36), 8:03 (37), 8:38.34 (35.34)
Kilometers: 2:46, 2:53, 2:59.34
7. Zak Smetana 8:49.75 (season best)
33, 69 (36), 1:44 (35), 2:19 (35), 2:55 (36)
3:31 (36), 4:07 (36), 4:42 (35), 5:19 (37), 5:55 (36)
6:31 (36), 7:07 (36), 7:42 (35), 8:17 (35), 8:49.75 (32.75)
Kilometers: 2:55, 3:00, 2:54.75
8. Michael Keegan 8:55.39 (season best)
33, 68 (35), 1:43 (35), 2:16 (33), 2:52 (36)
3:27 (35), 4:03 (37), 4:39 (36), 5:16 (37), 5:52 (36)
6:29 (37), 7:06 (37), 7:44 (38), 8:20 (36), 8:55.39 (35.39)
Kilometers: 2:52, 3:00, 3:03.39
5,000-meter run
3. Arquimedes DelaCruz 14:49.84
34, 69 (35), 1:44 (35), 2:20 (36), 2:56 (36)
3:31 (35), 4:07 (36), 4:42 (35), 5:18 (36), 5:53 (35)
6:28 (35), 7:04 (36), 7:38 (34), 8:14 (36), 8:50 (36)
9:25 (35), 10:00 (35), 10:37 (37), 11:13 (36), 11:48 (36)
12:24 (36), 13:00 (36), 13:38 (38), 14:15 (37), 14:49.84 (34.84)
Kilometers: 2:56, 2:59, 2:57, 2:58, 3:01
6. Tim Keegan 15:14.22
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:22 (35), 2:57 (35)
3:33 (36), 4:08 (35), 4:44 (36), 5:19 (35), 5:56 (37)
6:33 (37), 7:10 (37), 7:46 (36), 8:23 (37), 9:00 (37)
9:37 (37), 10:15 (38), 10:52 (37), 11:29 (37), 12:07 (38)
12:45 (38), 13:22 (37), 13:59 (37), 14:37 (38), 15:14.22 (37.22)
Kilometers: 2:57, 2:59, 3:04, 3:07, 3:07.22
7. Pat Duggan 15:20.20 (season best)
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:22 (35), 2:58 (36)
3:34 (36), 4:09 (35), 4:46 (37), 5:20 (34), 5:57 (37)
6:34 (37), 7:11 (37), 7:47 (36), 8:24 (37), 9:01 (37)
9:38 (37), 10:16 (38), 10:54 (38), 11:32 (38), 12:10 (38)
12:50 (40), 13:29 (39), 14:08 (39), 14:46 (38), 15:20.20 (34.20)
Kilometers: 2:58, 2:59, 3:04, 3:09, 3:10.20
8. Joel Moss 15:20.24
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:22 (35), 2:58 (36)
3:34 (36), 4:09 (35), 4:46 (37), 5:20 (34), 5:57 (37)
6:34 (37), 7:11 (37), 7:47 (36), 8:24 (37), 9:02 (38)
9:39 (37), 10:17 (38), 10:55 (38), 11:33 (38), 12:12 (39)
12:51 (39), 13:29 (38), 14:07 (38), 14:46 (39), 15:20.24 (34.24)
Kilometers: 2:58, 2:59, 3:05, 3:10, 3:08.24
12. Brian Townsend 15:45.51
35, 72 (37), 1:47 (35), 2:22 (35), 2:58 (36)
3:34 (36), 4:09 (35), 4:46 (37), 5:23 (37), 6:00 (37)
6:38 (38), 7:15 (37), 7:53 (38), 8:31 (38), 9:08 (37)
9:46 (38), 10:25 (39), 11:04 (39), 11:44 (40), 12:24 (40)
13:04 (40), 13:45 (41), 14:26 (41), 15:05 (39), 15:45.51 (40.51)
Kilometers: 2:58, 3:02, 3:08, 3:16, 3:21.51
55-meter hurdles
16. Taylor Bombard 8.67 (season best, first time at 55 meters)
Distance medley relay
3. Marist (Ben Windisch, Chris Coscio, Kyle Havard, Billy Posch) 10:22.00
Windisch: 34, 68 (34), 1:40 (32), 2:12 (32), 2:43 (31), 3:10 (27)
Coscio: 53.5
Havard: 28, 57 (29), 1:27 (30), 1:56.8 (29.8)
Posch: 31, 63 (32), 1:36 (33), 2:08 (32), 2:42 (34), 3:15 (33), 3:49 (34), 4:21 (32)
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (John Kristie, Phil Krupka, Connor Dodge, Chris Vanzetta) 3:27.29 (season best)
Kristie: 52.00
Krupka: 50.93
Dodge: 52.20
Vanzetta: 51.90
Triple jump
11. Jesse Aprile 11.62 meters
Long jump
10. Jesse Aprile 5.79 meters
13. Brian Lochner 5.40 meters
Men’s team standings
1-Manhattan 141, 2-Rider 136, 3-St. Peter’s 122, 4-Iona 66, 5-Marist 29
Based on this context, it was a pretty solid meet for the program. But based on the team scoring, it was not.
I’m not a big football fan, but I always like to quote legendary coach Bill Parcells, who was fond of saying: “You are what your record says you are.”
When you are sixth place out of six teams (women) and fifth place out of five teams (men) … you are what your record says you are. It’s not pretty, but it is what it is.
Overall, to date, it has been a pretty solid indoor track season – with more IC4A qualifiers on the men’s side than ever, and several school records on the women’s side. On this night, though, we are what our record says we are.
Here are the stats again …
MAAC Indoor Track Championships
Friday, February 18, 2011
Armory Track and Field Center
Women’s results
55-meter dash
Note: All season-bests, since this is the first meet we have run 55 instead of 60
14. Meghann Cocca 7.69
16. Amanda Luccarelli 7.82
19. Kim Ladouceur 7.98
200-meter dash
15. Meghann Cocca 27.40 (season best)
19. Kim Ladouceur 28.14
20. Christina Turigiano 28.15
400-meter dash
10. Hayley Harnett 1:00.73 (season best)
16. Tara Nuccitelli 1:02.88 (season best)
17. Christina Turigiano 1:03.81 (season best)
18. Rachael Eichacker 1:07.95 (season best)
800-meter run
4. Jackie Gamboli 2:16.60 (season best)
33, 67 (34), 1:42 (35), 2:16.60 (34.60)
8. Briana Crowe 2:20.68
34, 68 (34), 1:43 (35), 2:20.68 (37.68)
13. Nicole Weir 2:22.77 (season best)
35, 70 (35), 1:46 (36), 2:22.77 (36.77)
15. Colleen Meenan 2:25.71 (season best)
35, 70 (35), 1:47 (37), 2:25.71 (38.71)
18. Laura Lindsley 2:28.54
35, 72 (37), 1:50 (38), 2:28.54 (38.54)
Mile run
2. Brittany Burns 5:00.64 *school record
37, 74 (37), 1:53 (37), 2:31 (38), 3:08 (37), 3:46 (38), 4:23 (37), 5:00.64 (37.64)
13. Dayna McLaughlin 5:28.20
39, 77 (38), 1:57 (40), 2:39 (42), 3:21 (42), 4:04 (43), 4:46 (42), 5:28.20 (42.20)
15. Jillian Corley 5:33.62
39, 77 (38), 1:57 (40), 2:39 (42), 3:21 (42), 4:05 (43), 4:50 (45), 5:33.62 (43.62)
16. Allyson O’Brien 5:39.38 (season best)
40, 80 (40), 2:02 (42), 2:45 (43), 3:27 (42), 4:11 (44), 4:56 (45), 5:39.38 (43.38)
18. Colleen Smith 5:57.15 (season best)
40, 80 (40), 2:03 (43), 2:48 (45), 3:34 (46), 4:22 (48), 5:09 (47), 5:57.15 (48.15)
3,000-meter run
8. Erin O’Reilly 10:44.31
41, 82 (41), 2:05 (43), 2:47 (42), 3:30 (43)
4:12 (42), 4:55 (43), 5:37 (42), 6:21 (44), 7:04 (43)
7:49 (45), 8:32 (43), 9:17 (45), 10:01 (44), 10:44.31 (43.31)
Kilometers: 3:30, 3:34, 3:40.31
12. Elizabeth O’Brien 11:16.40 (season best)
43, 85 (42), 2:08 (43), 2:53 (45), 3:37 (44)
4:23 (46), 5:08 (45), 5:54 (46), 6:41 (47), 7:27 (46)
8:13 (46), 9:00 (47), 9:47 (47), 10:33 (46), 11:16.40 (43.40)
Kilometers: 3:37, 3:50, 3:49.40
13. Rachel Bremer 11:31.19 (season best)
44, 86 (42), 2:08 (42), 2:53 (45), 3:37 (44)
4:23 (46), 5:08 (45), 5:54 (46), 6:41 (47), 7:28 (47)
8:15 (47), 9:03 (48), 9:53 (50), 10:42 (49), 11:31.19 (49.19)
Kilometers: 3:37, 3:51, 4:03.19
5,000-meter run
6. Kiersten Anderson 18:06.15 (season best)
42, 85 (43), 2:08 (43), 2:51 (43), 3:34 (43)
4:17 (43), 5:00 (43), 5:43 (43), 6:28 (45), 7:08 (40)
7:51 (43), 8:34 (43), 9:17 (43), 10:00 (43), 10:43 (43)
11:27 (44), 12:12 (45), 12:56 (44), 13:40 (44), 14:24 (44)
15:09 (45), 15:53 (44), 16:38 (45), 17:23 (45), 18:06.15 (43.15)
Kilometers: 3:34, 3:34, 3:35, 3:41, 3:42.15
7. Kathryn Sheehan 18:54.11 (season best)
42, 85 (43), 2:08 (43), 2:51 (43), 3:34 (43)
4:17 (43), 5:01 (44), 5:44 (43), 6:29 (45), 7:11 (42)
7:56 (45), 8:41 (45), 9:26 (45), 10:12 (46), 10:58 (46)
11:45 (47), 12:32 (47), 13:20 (48), 14:08 (48), 14:56 (48)
15:45 (49), 16:33 (48), 17:21 (48), 18:08 (47), 18:54.11 (46.11)
Kilometers: 3:34, 3:37, 3:47, 3:58, 3:58.11
15. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:37.77 (season best)
45, 1:31 (46), 2:18 (47), 3:06 (48), 3:54 (48)
4:42 (48), 5:31 (49), 6:20 (49), 7:08 (48), 7:57 (49)
8:46 (49), 9:35 (49), 10:24 (49), 11:14 (50), 12:04 (50)
12:55 (51), 13:45 (50), 14:37 (52), 15:29 (52), 16:22 (53)
17:14 (52), 18:06 (52), 18:58 (52), 19:48 (50), 20:37.77 (49.77)
Kilometers: 3:54, 4:03, 4:07, 4:18, 4:15.77
Distance medley relay
4. Marist (Brittany Burns, Briana Crowe, Kelley Hanifin, Julie Hudak) 12:35.03
Britt: 38, 76 (38), 1:54 (38), 2:33 (39), 3:10 (37), 3:47.41 (37.41)
Bree: 62.2
Kelley: 35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:25.5 (38.5)
Julie: 36, 74 (38), 1:54 (40), 2:36 (42), 3:17 (41), 3:58 (41), 4:40 (42), 5:19.3 (39.3)
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (Jackie Gamboli, Nicole Weir, Colleen Meenan, Hayley Harnett) 4:06.44 (season best)
Jackie: 60.62
Nicole: 62.72
Colleen: 62.26
Hayley: 60.70
Pole vault
7. Colette Cunningham 2.55 meters (ties season best)
Triple jump
9. Brooke Kristensen 10.69 meters *school record
14. Kristen Vogel 10.29 meters (season best)
17. Shannon Vogel 9.87 meters
Long jump
16. Kristen Vogel 4.58 meters
17. Brooke Kristensen 4.51 meters
18. Shannon Vogel 4.46 meters
Women’s team standings
1-St. Peter’s 196, 2-Manhattan 183, 3-Iona 82, 4-Rider 68, 5-Loyola 57, 6-Marist 32
Men’s results
55-meter dash
Note: All season-bests, since this is the first meet we have run 55 instead of 60
9. Mike McCloskey 6.79
10. Darren Bushey 6.81
14. Brian Lochner 7.19
15. Neal Viets 7.23
200-meter dash
10. Mike McCloskey 23.53
11. Darren Bushey 23.54 (season best)
13. Neal Viets 24.98
14. Brian Lochner 25.09 (season best)
400-meter dash
8. Phil Krupka 51.62 (season best)
12. Alex Cuesta 56.53 (season best)
800-meter run
6. Matt Panebianco 1:57.75
28, 57 (29), 1:27 (30), 1:57.75 (30.75)
9. Tom Lipari 1:59.20
28, 57 (29), 1:28 (31), 1:59.20 (31.20)
13. Andrew James 2:00.83
29, 59 (30), 1:30 (31), 2:00.83 (30.83)
19. Isaiah Miller 2:10.17
30, 61 (31), 1:35 (34), 2:10.17 (35.17)
Mile run
4. Will Griffin 4:10.11 *IC4A qualifier
32, 63 (31), 1:34 (31), 2:05 (31), 2:36 (31), 3:07 (31), 3:38 (31), 4:10.11 (32.11)
6. Matt Flint 4:14.55 (season best)
32, 63 (31), 1:34 (31), 2:06 (32), 2:37 (31), 3:09 (32), 3:42 (33), 4:14.55 (32.55)
10. Nick Salek 4:34.18
33, 67 (34), 1:43 (36), 2:19 (36), 2:54 (35), 3:28 (34), 4:01 (33), 4:34.18 (34.18)
11. Chris Reynolds 4:36.24 (season best)
33, 67 (34), 1:43 (36), 2:20 (37), 2:54 (34), 3:28 (34), 4:01 (33), 4:36.24 (35.24)
12. Isaiah Miller 4:56.15
33, 67 (34), 1:43 (36), 2:20 (37), 2:58 (38), 3:38 (40), 4:18 (40), 4:56.15 (38.15)
3,000-meter run
4. Ken Walshak 8:37.47 (season best)
32, 67 (35), 1:40 (33), 2:14 (34), 2:48 (34)
3:22 (34), 3:57 (35), 4:32 (35), 5:08 (36), 5:43 (35)
6:18 (35), 6:53 (35), 7:29 (36), 8:04 (35), 8:37.47 (33.47)
Kilometers: 2:48, 2:55, 2:54.47
5. Conor Shelley 8:38.34 (season best)
32, 67 (35), 1:40 (33), 2:13 (33), 2:46 (33)
3:20 (34), 3:55 (35), 4:29 (34), 5:04 (35), 5:39 (35)
6:15 (36), 6:51 (36), 7:27 (36), 8:03 (37), 8:38.34 (35.34)
Kilometers: 2:46, 2:53, 2:59.34
7. Zak Smetana 8:49.75 (season best)
33, 69 (36), 1:44 (35), 2:19 (35), 2:55 (36)
3:31 (36), 4:07 (36), 4:42 (35), 5:19 (37), 5:55 (36)
6:31 (36), 7:07 (36), 7:42 (35), 8:17 (35), 8:49.75 (32.75)
Kilometers: 2:55, 3:00, 2:54.75
8. Michael Keegan 8:55.39 (season best)
33, 68 (35), 1:43 (35), 2:16 (33), 2:52 (36)
3:27 (35), 4:03 (37), 4:39 (36), 5:16 (37), 5:52 (36)
6:29 (37), 7:06 (37), 7:44 (38), 8:20 (36), 8:55.39 (35.39)
Kilometers: 2:52, 3:00, 3:03.39
5,000-meter run
3. Arquimedes DelaCruz 14:49.84
34, 69 (35), 1:44 (35), 2:20 (36), 2:56 (36)
3:31 (35), 4:07 (36), 4:42 (35), 5:18 (36), 5:53 (35)
6:28 (35), 7:04 (36), 7:38 (34), 8:14 (36), 8:50 (36)
9:25 (35), 10:00 (35), 10:37 (37), 11:13 (36), 11:48 (36)
12:24 (36), 13:00 (36), 13:38 (38), 14:15 (37), 14:49.84 (34.84)
Kilometers: 2:56, 2:59, 2:57, 2:58, 3:01
6. Tim Keegan 15:14.22
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:22 (35), 2:57 (35)
3:33 (36), 4:08 (35), 4:44 (36), 5:19 (35), 5:56 (37)
6:33 (37), 7:10 (37), 7:46 (36), 8:23 (37), 9:00 (37)
9:37 (37), 10:15 (38), 10:52 (37), 11:29 (37), 12:07 (38)
12:45 (38), 13:22 (37), 13:59 (37), 14:37 (38), 15:14.22 (37.22)
Kilometers: 2:57, 2:59, 3:04, 3:07, 3:07.22
7. Pat Duggan 15:20.20 (season best)
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:22 (35), 2:58 (36)
3:34 (36), 4:09 (35), 4:46 (37), 5:20 (34), 5:57 (37)
6:34 (37), 7:11 (37), 7:47 (36), 8:24 (37), 9:01 (37)
9:38 (37), 10:16 (38), 10:54 (38), 11:32 (38), 12:10 (38)
12:50 (40), 13:29 (39), 14:08 (39), 14:46 (38), 15:20.20 (34.20)
Kilometers: 2:58, 2:59, 3:04, 3:09, 3:10.20
8. Joel Moss 15:20.24
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:22 (35), 2:58 (36)
3:34 (36), 4:09 (35), 4:46 (37), 5:20 (34), 5:57 (37)
6:34 (37), 7:11 (37), 7:47 (36), 8:24 (37), 9:02 (38)
9:39 (37), 10:17 (38), 10:55 (38), 11:33 (38), 12:12 (39)
12:51 (39), 13:29 (38), 14:07 (38), 14:46 (39), 15:20.24 (34.24)
Kilometers: 2:58, 2:59, 3:05, 3:10, 3:08.24
12. Brian Townsend 15:45.51
35, 72 (37), 1:47 (35), 2:22 (35), 2:58 (36)
3:34 (36), 4:09 (35), 4:46 (37), 5:23 (37), 6:00 (37)
6:38 (38), 7:15 (37), 7:53 (38), 8:31 (38), 9:08 (37)
9:46 (38), 10:25 (39), 11:04 (39), 11:44 (40), 12:24 (40)
13:04 (40), 13:45 (41), 14:26 (41), 15:05 (39), 15:45.51 (40.51)
Kilometers: 2:58, 3:02, 3:08, 3:16, 3:21.51
55-meter hurdles
16. Taylor Bombard 8.67 (season best, first time at 55 meters)
Distance medley relay
3. Marist (Ben Windisch, Chris Coscio, Kyle Havard, Billy Posch) 10:22.00
Windisch: 34, 68 (34), 1:40 (32), 2:12 (32), 2:43 (31), 3:10 (27)
Coscio: 53.5
Havard: 28, 57 (29), 1:27 (30), 1:56.8 (29.8)
Posch: 31, 63 (32), 1:36 (33), 2:08 (32), 2:42 (34), 3:15 (33), 3:49 (34), 4:21 (32)
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (John Kristie, Phil Krupka, Connor Dodge, Chris Vanzetta) 3:27.29 (season best)
Kristie: 52.00
Krupka: 50.93
Dodge: 52.20
Vanzetta: 51.90
Triple jump
11. Jesse Aprile 11.62 meters
Long jump
10. Jesse Aprile 5.79 meters
13. Brian Lochner 5.40 meters
Men’s team standings
1-Manhattan 141, 2-Rider 136, 3-St. Peter’s 122, 4-Iona 66, 5-Marist 29
MAAC results from tonight
Highlights from an exciting MAAC meet:
--Congratulations to St. Peter’s for winning the women’s title with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
--Congratulations to Manhattan for winning its umpteenth men’s title, overcoming a lot of adversity along the way.
Marist highlights:
--Brittany Burns had a beautiful school record in the mile, getting second place. Nicely done, Britt!
--Brooke Kristensen broke a 9-year-old school record in the triple jump. Good stuff there!
--Jackie Gamboli ran a strong collegiate-best in the 800, great to see!
--Will Griffin ran a personal-best, an IC4A qualifier and the second-fastest indoor mile in school history.
--All runners in the 3km ran personal-best times, led by freshman Kenny Walshak.
--Quimes DelaCruz was the top individual male finisher, third in the 5km.
The team standings speak for themselves. I won’t candy-coat it: Finishing last is no fun. In fact, it stinks. It is what it is. No excuses. I’m proud of our team’s effort this indoor season, which is not over yet.
More details, highlights and splits when I can get to it over the weekend.
MAAC Indoor Track Championships
Friday, February 18, 2011
Armory Track and Field Center
Women’s results
55-meter dash
14. Meghann Cocca 7.69
16. Amanda Luccarelli 7.82
19. Kim Ladouceur 7.98
200-meter dash
15. Meghann Cocca 27.40
19. Kim Ladouceur 28.14
20. Christina Turigiano 28.15
400-meter dash
10. Hayley Harnett 1:00.73
16. Tara Nuccitelli 1:02.88
17. Christina Turigiano 1:03.81
18. Rachael Eichacker 1:07.95
800-meter run
4. Jackie Gamboli 2:16.60
8. Briana Crowe 2:20.68
13. Nicole Weir 2:22.77
15. Colleen Meenan 2:25.71
18. Laura Lindsley 2:28.54
Mile run
2. Brittany Burns 5:00.64 *school record
13. Dayna McLaughlin 5:28.20
15. Jillian Corley 5:33.62
16. Allyson O’Brien 5:33.62
18. Colleen Smith 5:57.15
3,000-meter run
8. Erin O’Reilly 10:44.31
12. Elizabeth O’Brien 11:16.40
13. Rachel Bremer 11:31.19
5,000-meter run
6. Kiersten Anderson 18:06.15
7. Kathryn Sheehan 18:54.11
15. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:37.77
Distance medley relay
4. Marist (Brittany Burns, Briana Crowe, Kelley Hanifin, Julie Hudak) 12:35.03
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (Jackie Gamboli, Nicole Weir, Colleen Meenan, Hayley Harnett) 4:06.44
Pole vault
7. Colette Cunningham 2.55 meters
Triple jump
9. Brooke Kristensen 10.69 meters *school record
14. Kristen Vogel 10.29 meters
17. Shannon Vogel 9.87 meters
Long jump
16. Kristen Vogel 4.58 meters
17. Brooke Kristensen 4.51 meters
18. Shannon Vogel 4.46 meters
Women’s team standings
1-St. Peter’s 196, 2-Manhattan 183, 3-Iona 82, 4-Rider 68, 5-Loyola 57, 6-Marist 32
Men’s results
55-meter dash
9. Mike McCloskey 6.79
10. Darren Bushey 6.81
14. Brian Lochner 7.19
15. Neal Viets 7.23
200-meter dash
10. Mike McCloskey 23.53
11. Darren Bushey 23.54
13. Neal Viets 24.98
14. Brian Lochner 25.09
400-meter dash
8. Phil Krupka 51.62
12. Alex Cuesta 56.53
800-meter run
6. Matt Panebianco 1:57.75
9. Tom Lipari 1:59.20
13. Andrew James 2:00.83
19. Isaiah Miller 2:10.17
Mile run
4. Will Griffin 4:10.11
6. Matt Flint 4:14.55
10. Nick Salek 4:34.18
11. Chris Reynolds 4:36.24
12. Isaiah Miller 4:56.15
3,000-meter run
4. Ken Walshak 8:37.47
5. Conor Shelley 8:38.34
7. Zak Smetana 8:49.75
8. Michael Keegan 8:55.39
5,000-meter run
3. Arquimedes DelaCruz 14:49.84
6. Tim Keegan 15:14.22
7. Pat Duggan 15:20.20
8. Joel Moss 15:20.24
12. Brian Townsend 15:45.51
55-meter hurdles
16. Taylor Bombard 8.67
Distance medley relay
3. Marist (Ben Windisch, Chris Coscio, Kyle Havard, Billy Posch) 10:22.00
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (John Kristie, Phil Krupka, Connor Dodge, Chris Vanzetta) 3:27.29
Triple jump
11. Jesse Aprile 11.62 meters
Long jump
10. Jesse Aprile 5.79 meters
13. Brian Lochner 5.40 meters
Men’s team standings
1-Manhattan 141, 2-Rider 136, 3-St. Peter’s 122, 4-Iona 66, 5-Marist 29
--Congratulations to St. Peter’s for winning the women’s title with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
--Congratulations to Manhattan for winning its umpteenth men’s title, overcoming a lot of adversity along the way.
Marist highlights:
--Brittany Burns had a beautiful school record in the mile, getting second place. Nicely done, Britt!
--Brooke Kristensen broke a 9-year-old school record in the triple jump. Good stuff there!
--Jackie Gamboli ran a strong collegiate-best in the 800, great to see!
--Will Griffin ran a personal-best, an IC4A qualifier and the second-fastest indoor mile in school history.
--All runners in the 3km ran personal-best times, led by freshman Kenny Walshak.
--Quimes DelaCruz was the top individual male finisher, third in the 5km.
The team standings speak for themselves. I won’t candy-coat it: Finishing last is no fun. In fact, it stinks. It is what it is. No excuses. I’m proud of our team’s effort this indoor season, which is not over yet.
More details, highlights and splits when I can get to it over the weekend.
MAAC Indoor Track Championships
Friday, February 18, 2011
Armory Track and Field Center
Women’s results
55-meter dash
14. Meghann Cocca 7.69
16. Amanda Luccarelli 7.82
19. Kim Ladouceur 7.98
200-meter dash
15. Meghann Cocca 27.40
19. Kim Ladouceur 28.14
20. Christina Turigiano 28.15
400-meter dash
10. Hayley Harnett 1:00.73
16. Tara Nuccitelli 1:02.88
17. Christina Turigiano 1:03.81
18. Rachael Eichacker 1:07.95
800-meter run
4. Jackie Gamboli 2:16.60
8. Briana Crowe 2:20.68
13. Nicole Weir 2:22.77
15. Colleen Meenan 2:25.71
18. Laura Lindsley 2:28.54
Mile run
2. Brittany Burns 5:00.64 *school record
13. Dayna McLaughlin 5:28.20
15. Jillian Corley 5:33.62
16. Allyson O’Brien 5:33.62
18. Colleen Smith 5:57.15
3,000-meter run
8. Erin O’Reilly 10:44.31
12. Elizabeth O’Brien 11:16.40
13. Rachel Bremer 11:31.19
5,000-meter run
6. Kiersten Anderson 18:06.15
7. Kathryn Sheehan 18:54.11
15. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:37.77
Distance medley relay
4. Marist (Brittany Burns, Briana Crowe, Kelley Hanifin, Julie Hudak) 12:35.03
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (Jackie Gamboli, Nicole Weir, Colleen Meenan, Hayley Harnett) 4:06.44
Pole vault
7. Colette Cunningham 2.55 meters
Triple jump
9. Brooke Kristensen 10.69 meters *school record
14. Kristen Vogel 10.29 meters
17. Shannon Vogel 9.87 meters
Long jump
16. Kristen Vogel 4.58 meters
17. Brooke Kristensen 4.51 meters
18. Shannon Vogel 4.46 meters
Women’s team standings
1-St. Peter’s 196, 2-Manhattan 183, 3-Iona 82, 4-Rider 68, 5-Loyola 57, 6-Marist 32
Men’s results
55-meter dash
9. Mike McCloskey 6.79
10. Darren Bushey 6.81
14. Brian Lochner 7.19
15. Neal Viets 7.23
200-meter dash
10. Mike McCloskey 23.53
11. Darren Bushey 23.54
13. Neal Viets 24.98
14. Brian Lochner 25.09
400-meter dash
8. Phil Krupka 51.62
12. Alex Cuesta 56.53
800-meter run
6. Matt Panebianco 1:57.75
9. Tom Lipari 1:59.20
13. Andrew James 2:00.83
19. Isaiah Miller 2:10.17
Mile run
4. Will Griffin 4:10.11
6. Matt Flint 4:14.55
10. Nick Salek 4:34.18
11. Chris Reynolds 4:36.24
12. Isaiah Miller 4:56.15
3,000-meter run
4. Ken Walshak 8:37.47
5. Conor Shelley 8:38.34
7. Zak Smetana 8:49.75
8. Michael Keegan 8:55.39
5,000-meter run
3. Arquimedes DelaCruz 14:49.84
6. Tim Keegan 15:14.22
7. Pat Duggan 15:20.20
8. Joel Moss 15:20.24
12. Brian Townsend 15:45.51
55-meter hurdles
16. Taylor Bombard 8.67
Distance medley relay
3. Marist (Ben Windisch, Chris Coscio, Kyle Havard, Billy Posch) 10:22.00
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (John Kristie, Phil Krupka, Connor Dodge, Chris Vanzetta) 3:27.29
Triple jump
11. Jesse Aprile 11.62 meters
Long jump
10. Jesse Aprile 5.79 meters
13. Brian Lochner 5.40 meters
Men’s team standings
1-Manhattan 141, 2-Rider 136, 3-St. Peter’s 122, 4-Iona 66, 5-Marist 29
Thursday, February 17, 2011
McCann Invitational today
Today, we held the very informal “McCann Invitational For Some Men’s Distance Runners Not Racing at the MAAC Meet.’’ Quite a name for a meet, huh?
The idea came from sophomore cross country team member Will Schanz. Will is never, ever at a loss for words, ideas and commentary. On any subject. Never. Ever. But all joking aside, most of his ideas are outstanding and filled with well-thought-out merit.
Heck, the dude even has a fartlek workout named after him – several, actually: The Schanz. The Schanzinator. And, as Luke just did the other day, the Mega Schanzinator. For those keeping score at home, The Schanz is a timed fartlek that consists of 5 minutes hard running, 4 minutes easy recovery running, 3 minutes hard running, 2 minutes easy recovery running and 1 minute hard running. The Schanzinator (the preferred workout) is 2 sets of that, with complete recovery between sets. The Mega Schanzinator, suitable only for the Luke Shanes of the world who are training for the Boston Marathon, is 3 sets of that. Wow!
Anyway, Schanz’s idea was to do an AAU-style time trial workout for the Long Distance Grinder group, most of whom have not raced much or at all during the indoor season. The idea to do it the day before the MAAC meet was pure genius. The rest of the team was doing a short and light pre-meet day, so they were able to stand around and cheer (or, in the case of Matt Panebianco and friends, keep track of and write down splits, which you will see below … thank you, BROS!). Heck, even Curtis “Batman” Jensen made a cameo appearance for the festivities!
The workout protocol: 1x3200 meters (that’s 20 laps on the fancy McCann Center 160-meter oval!), followed by full recovery (8-10 minutes); 1x1600 meters, followed by 5-6 minute recovery; 1x800 meters. Fun stuff. Tough stuff.
Originally, Brownie and Nicoletti wanted to beg off it, favoring instead an Accelerator Loop workout. Not a bad idea on this 55-degree day. But I hung a major guilt trip on them, which stunningly worked, and they joined the festivities. I’m glad they did, and as you’ll see, so were they.
It should be noted that Billy “Fresh” Hild lowered his 3200-meter PR by nearly 15 seconds, and looked good doing it. Apparently inspired by his PR effort, Mr. Freshington went blitzing out in the 1,600 – much to the glee of his maturity challenged teammates, who were busy doing backflips and otherwise acting like buffoons on the high jump mats over in the corner of the gym. As you will see, such ambitious pacing did not work out so well for him. But overall, it was a great day for him, and for the rest of the workout participants.
A hearty NICELY DONE to one and all …
Here are the numbers:
Ryan Brown
3200 in 9:53
72, 2:26 (74), 3:40 (74), 4:54 (74)
6:09 (75), 7:25 (76), 8:40 (75), 9:53 (73)
4:54 and 4:59
1600 in 4:47
71, 2:23 (72), 3:37 (34), 4:47 (70)
800 in 2:15
67, 2:15 (68)
Mike Nicoletti
3200 in 9:59
72, 2:26 (74), 3:39 (73), 4:54 (75)
6:10 (76), 7:28 (78), 8:46 (78), 9:59 (73)
4:54 and 5:04
1600 in 4:47
71, 2:23 (72), 3:37 (74), 4:47 (70)
800 in 2:20
69, 2:20 (71)
Billy Hild
3200 in 10:08
72, 2:27 (75), 3:42 (75), 5:00 (78)
6:19 (79), 7:36 (77), 8:54 (78), 10:08 (74)
5:00 and 5:08
1600 in 5:04
70, 2:28 (78), 3:45 (77), 5:04 (79)
800 in 2:26
71, 2:26 (75)
Will Schanz
3200 in 10:18
72, 2:26 (74), 3:42 (76), 4:59 (77)
6:18 (79), 7:37 (79), 8:58 (81), 10:18 (80)
4:59 and 5:19
1600 in 4:59
71, 2:26 (75), 3:43 (77), 4:59 (76)
800 in 2:24
69, 2:24 (75)
Mike Clausen
3200 in 10:21
71, 2:26 (75), 3:42 (76), 4:59 (77)
6:18 (79), 7:38 (80), 9:01 (83), 10:21 (80)
4:59 and 5:22
1600 in 4:58
73, 2:30 (77), 3:44 (74), 4:58 (74)
800 in 2:22
70, 2:22 (72)
Doug Ainscow
3200 in 10:25
75, 2:31 (76), 3:50 (79), 5:08 (78)
6:27 (79), 7:45 (78), 9:05 (80), 10:25 (80)
5:08 and 5:17
1600 in 4:56
72, 2:27 (75), 3:42 (75), 4:56 (74)
800 in 2:24
72, 2:24 (72)
Brendan Green
3200 in 11:07
76, 2:33 (77), 3:56 (83), 5:21 (85)
6:48 (77), 8:18 (90), 9:45 (87), 11:07 (82)
5:21 and 5:47
1600 in 5:15
74, 2:33 (79), 3:56 (83), 5:15 (79)
800 in 2:29
72, 2:29 (77)
The idea came from sophomore cross country team member Will Schanz. Will is never, ever at a loss for words, ideas and commentary. On any subject. Never. Ever. But all joking aside, most of his ideas are outstanding and filled with well-thought-out merit.
Heck, the dude even has a fartlek workout named after him – several, actually: The Schanz. The Schanzinator. And, as Luke just did the other day, the Mega Schanzinator. For those keeping score at home, The Schanz is a timed fartlek that consists of 5 minutes hard running, 4 minutes easy recovery running, 3 minutes hard running, 2 minutes easy recovery running and 1 minute hard running. The Schanzinator (the preferred workout) is 2 sets of that, with complete recovery between sets. The Mega Schanzinator, suitable only for the Luke Shanes of the world who are training for the Boston Marathon, is 3 sets of that. Wow!
Anyway, Schanz’s idea was to do an AAU-style time trial workout for the Long Distance Grinder group, most of whom have not raced much or at all during the indoor season. The idea to do it the day before the MAAC meet was pure genius. The rest of the team was doing a short and light pre-meet day, so they were able to stand around and cheer (or, in the case of Matt Panebianco and friends, keep track of and write down splits, which you will see below … thank you, BROS!). Heck, even Curtis “Batman” Jensen made a cameo appearance for the festivities!
The workout protocol: 1x3200 meters (that’s 20 laps on the fancy McCann Center 160-meter oval!), followed by full recovery (8-10 minutes); 1x1600 meters, followed by 5-6 minute recovery; 1x800 meters. Fun stuff. Tough stuff.
Originally, Brownie and Nicoletti wanted to beg off it, favoring instead an Accelerator Loop workout. Not a bad idea on this 55-degree day. But I hung a major guilt trip on them, which stunningly worked, and they joined the festivities. I’m glad they did, and as you’ll see, so were they.
It should be noted that Billy “Fresh” Hild lowered his 3200-meter PR by nearly 15 seconds, and looked good doing it. Apparently inspired by his PR effort, Mr. Freshington went blitzing out in the 1,600 – much to the glee of his maturity challenged teammates, who were busy doing backflips and otherwise acting like buffoons on the high jump mats over in the corner of the gym. As you will see, such ambitious pacing did not work out so well for him. But overall, it was a great day for him, and for the rest of the workout participants.
A hearty NICELY DONE to one and all …
Here are the numbers:
Ryan Brown
3200 in 9:53
72, 2:26 (74), 3:40 (74), 4:54 (74)
6:09 (75), 7:25 (76), 8:40 (75), 9:53 (73)
4:54 and 4:59
1600 in 4:47
71, 2:23 (72), 3:37 (34), 4:47 (70)
800 in 2:15
67, 2:15 (68)
Mike Nicoletti
3200 in 9:59
72, 2:26 (74), 3:39 (73), 4:54 (75)
6:10 (76), 7:28 (78), 8:46 (78), 9:59 (73)
4:54 and 5:04
1600 in 4:47
71, 2:23 (72), 3:37 (74), 4:47 (70)
800 in 2:20
69, 2:20 (71)
Billy Hild
3200 in 10:08
72, 2:27 (75), 3:42 (75), 5:00 (78)
6:19 (79), 7:36 (77), 8:54 (78), 10:08 (74)
5:00 and 5:08
1600 in 5:04
70, 2:28 (78), 3:45 (77), 5:04 (79)
800 in 2:26
71, 2:26 (75)
Will Schanz
3200 in 10:18
72, 2:26 (74), 3:42 (76), 4:59 (77)
6:18 (79), 7:37 (79), 8:58 (81), 10:18 (80)
4:59 and 5:19
1600 in 4:59
71, 2:26 (75), 3:43 (77), 4:59 (76)
800 in 2:24
69, 2:24 (75)
Mike Clausen
3200 in 10:21
71, 2:26 (75), 3:42 (76), 4:59 (77)
6:18 (79), 7:38 (80), 9:01 (83), 10:21 (80)
4:59 and 5:22
1600 in 4:58
73, 2:30 (77), 3:44 (74), 4:58 (74)
800 in 2:22
70, 2:22 (72)
Doug Ainscow
3200 in 10:25
75, 2:31 (76), 3:50 (79), 5:08 (78)
6:27 (79), 7:45 (78), 9:05 (80), 10:25 (80)
5:08 and 5:17
1600 in 4:56
72, 2:27 (75), 3:42 (75), 4:56 (74)
800 in 2:24
72, 2:24 (72)
Brendan Green
3200 in 11:07
76, 2:33 (77), 3:56 (83), 5:21 (85)
6:48 (77), 8:18 (90), 9:45 (87), 11:07 (82)
5:21 and 5:47
1600 in 5:15
74, 2:33 (79), 3:56 (83), 5:15 (79)
800 in 2:29
72, 2:29 (77)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Let's have the meet outside!
Have you checked the forecast for Friday in New York City? You know that I have: Partly cloudy, windy, high of 63.
Hmmmm. Sounds like the weather for … the MAAC Track Championships. OUTDOORS.
That’s right. There is a very real possibility that the outside temperature on the day of the MAAC INDOOR Championships will be warmer than the outside temperature for the MAAC OUTDOOR Championships. In May. At Rider.
Phil and I started going to Rider for conference championship meets way back in the spring of 1993, the year Rider built its fine and excellent track facility in beautiful Lawrenceville, N.J. (Note: I’m being serious; it really is a nice venue and we love going there.) The NEC meet that year was at a facility so new that the infield grass had not yet been sodded. It was dirt. And, for anyone who has ever been to a track meet at Rider, you know it’s usually windy. Dust Bowl!
MAAC meets at Rider are usually windy and usually extremely warm or unusually cold and wet. Very rarely do you get a temperate day there in early May. That’s not fault of Rider’s; that’s just the way the weather is in the Northeast during the springtime.
So while the weather will be irrelevant on Friday as we are inside the climate-controlled and musically challenged Armory, remember this day and this post in May – when I will most likely by whining about the weather conditions at the MAAC Outdoor Championships.
Hmmmm. Sounds like the weather for … the MAAC Track Championships. OUTDOORS.
That’s right. There is a very real possibility that the outside temperature on the day of the MAAC INDOOR Championships will be warmer than the outside temperature for the MAAC OUTDOOR Championships. In May. At Rider.
Phil and I started going to Rider for conference championship meets way back in the spring of 1993, the year Rider built its fine and excellent track facility in beautiful Lawrenceville, N.J. (Note: I’m being serious; it really is a nice venue and we love going there.) The NEC meet that year was at a facility so new that the infield grass had not yet been sodded. It was dirt. And, for anyone who has ever been to a track meet at Rider, you know it’s usually windy. Dust Bowl!
MAAC meets at Rider are usually windy and usually extremely warm or unusually cold and wet. Very rarely do you get a temperate day there in early May. That’s not fault of Rider’s; that’s just the way the weather is in the Northeast during the springtime.
So while the weather will be irrelevant on Friday as we are inside the climate-controlled and musically challenged Armory, remember this day and this post in May – when I will most likely by whining about the weather conditions at the MAAC Outdoor Championships.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Pitchers and catchers
I was just emailing an alum who was mulling whether he should attend Friday’s MAAC meet or be a “good boyfriend” and go somewhere on a Friday night with his girlfriend, whose idea of a “fun Friday date” probably does not include a trip to the Armory. As much as I would like to see him, I advised him to be the good boyfriend and spend time with his lady going to a non-Armory destination to be named later.
It got me thinking about something that some team members know, but that may surprise some readers of this fancy blog: I’m not really a fan of track.
Huh? What! This makes no sense, right?
Let me explain: I am very passionate about Marist Track. I am extremely interested in a track meet involving Marist College athletes. I am also somewhat interested in high school track meets involving prospective student-athletes that might be considering Marist.
After that, my interest level tails off rather quickly. Not entirely. But the cliff is pretty steep.
You want to talk to me about the latest news, links, threads and message boards on LetsRun.com? I might be interested, but I’m more apt to be clueless as to what you are discussing – unless it involves a meet at which I was in attendance. However, if you want to talk about pitchers and catchers reporting to Major League Baseball spring training camps, I’m all in that conversation.
Put it this way: If I’m flipping through the channels on a weekend and I happen upon a track meet on Channel 1 and a meaningless Grapefruit League (spring training) game on Channel 2 … you got it. I’ll put on Channel 2, and leave it there.
I do not make this admission with pride. In fact, it is somewhat embarrassing. It’s just a fact.
Having said that … I hope to see you at Friday’s MAAC meet, where I will be far more than an impartial observer.
It got me thinking about something that some team members know, but that may surprise some readers of this fancy blog: I’m not really a fan of track.
Huh? What! This makes no sense, right?
Let me explain: I am very passionate about Marist Track. I am extremely interested in a track meet involving Marist College athletes. I am also somewhat interested in high school track meets involving prospective student-athletes that might be considering Marist.
After that, my interest level tails off rather quickly. Not entirely. But the cliff is pretty steep.
You want to talk to me about the latest news, links, threads and message boards on LetsRun.com? I might be interested, but I’m more apt to be clueless as to what you are discussing – unless it involves a meet at which I was in attendance. However, if you want to talk about pitchers and catchers reporting to Major League Baseball spring training camps, I’m all in that conversation.
Put it this way: If I’m flipping through the channels on a weekend and I happen upon a track meet on Channel 1 and a meaningless Grapefruit League (spring training) game on Channel 2 … you got it. I’ll put on Channel 2, and leave it there.
I do not make this admission with pride. In fact, it is somewhat embarrassing. It’s just a fact.
Having said that … I hope to see you at Friday’s MAAC meet, where I will be far more than an impartial observer.
Development vs. points
In preparing entries for Friday’s MAAC Championships, the dynamic is different than most meets. Most of the time, meet entries are driven by what is best for the athlete and at times by the parameters and limitations of the meet.
For MAACs, maximizing potential points for the team is another factor. Is it my primary driving force? That’s a tough question to answer. It should be, but sometimes it is not. As an example: I wouldn’t want to run a distance athlete in too many long races in a row, even if that athlete might be best fitted in a certain event at the MAAC meet. It is a delicate balance.
Also, we are allowed five athletes per event. Do I fill one of those precious spots with an athlete who is chasing a PR time? Or do I put someone in there that might have a better chance of scoring? The answers to all the questions vary.
In general, we cannot and do not view the MAAC meet as a “developmental” meet in which we are chasing PRs for the sake of PRs. But at the same time, we’re also not going to over-race an athlete in an event he or she wouldn’t normally be in, for a “regular” meet, just to chase a few extra points. What’s the point? (Pun intended. Of course.)
Unfortunately for our program, points are hard to come by in this meet. We will do our best and hope for the best – stretching our athletes as well as we can, with their best interest and the team’s best interest in mind.
In that order.
For MAACs, maximizing potential points for the team is another factor. Is it my primary driving force? That’s a tough question to answer. It should be, but sometimes it is not. As an example: I wouldn’t want to run a distance athlete in too many long races in a row, even if that athlete might be best fitted in a certain event at the MAAC meet. It is a delicate balance.
Also, we are allowed five athletes per event. Do I fill one of those precious spots with an athlete who is chasing a PR time? Or do I put someone in there that might have a better chance of scoring? The answers to all the questions vary.
In general, we cannot and do not view the MAAC meet as a “developmental” meet in which we are chasing PRs for the sake of PRs. But at the same time, we’re also not going to over-race an athlete in an event he or she wouldn’t normally be in, for a “regular” meet, just to chase a few extra points. What’s the point? (Pun intended. Of course.)
Unfortunately for our program, points are hard to come by in this meet. We will do our best and hope for the best – stretching our athletes as well as we can, with their best interest and the team’s best interest in mind.
In that order.
MAAC schedule for Friday
For friends and family planning on attending, here is the schedule for Friday's MAAC meet at the Armory. Hope to see you there.
Running Events
5:00pm Men’s 5000 M Run
5:20pm Women’s 5000 M Run
5:45pm Men’s 55 M Hurdles Trials
5:55pm Women’s 55 M Hurdles Trials
6:05pm Men’s 55 M Dash Trials
6:10pm Women’s 55 M Dash Trials
6:15pm Men’s Mile Run
6:25pm Women’s Mile Run
6:35pm Men’s 55 M Hurdles Finals
6:40pm Women’s 55 M Hurdles Finals
6:45pm Men’s 55 M Dash Finals
6:50pm Women’s 55 M Dash Finals
6:55pm Men’s 400 M Run
7:05pm Women’s 400 M Run
7:15pm Men’s 800 M Run
7:25pm Women’s 800 M Run
7:35pm Men’s 200 M Dash
7:45pm Women’s 200 M Dash
8:00pm Men’s 3000 M Run
8:15pm Women’s 3000 M Run
8:30pm Men’s Distance Medley Relay
8:45pm Women’s Distance Medley Relay
9:00pm Men’s 1600 Relay
9:05pm Women’s 1600 Relay
*-All Running Events are timed finals except Dash and Hurdles
Field Events
5:00pm Men’s 35lb Weight Throw
6:00pm Women’s 20lb Weight Throw
5:30pm Women’s Pole Vault
5:15pm Men’s and Women’s Triple Jump
6:30pm Men’s Pole Vault
7:00pm Men’s and Women’s Long Jump
7:00pm Men’s Shot Put
7:30pm Women’s Shot Put
*-All Field Event Preliminaries athletes can compete out of order.
*-All Field Event Finals, athletes must compete in order.
Running Events
5:00pm Men’s 5000 M Run
5:20pm Women’s 5000 M Run
5:45pm Men’s 55 M Hurdles Trials
5:55pm Women’s 55 M Hurdles Trials
6:05pm Men’s 55 M Dash Trials
6:10pm Women’s 55 M Dash Trials
6:15pm Men’s Mile Run
6:25pm Women’s Mile Run
6:35pm Men’s 55 M Hurdles Finals
6:40pm Women’s 55 M Hurdles Finals
6:45pm Men’s 55 M Dash Finals
6:50pm Women’s 55 M Dash Finals
6:55pm Men’s 400 M Run
7:05pm Women’s 400 M Run
7:15pm Men’s 800 M Run
7:25pm Women’s 800 M Run
7:35pm Men’s 200 M Dash
7:45pm Women’s 200 M Dash
8:00pm Men’s 3000 M Run
8:15pm Women’s 3000 M Run
8:30pm Men’s Distance Medley Relay
8:45pm Women’s Distance Medley Relay
9:00pm Men’s 1600 Relay
9:05pm Women’s 1600 Relay
*-All Running Events are timed finals except Dash and Hurdles
Field Events
5:00pm Men’s 35lb Weight Throw
6:00pm Women’s 20lb Weight Throw
5:30pm Women’s Pole Vault
5:15pm Men’s and Women’s Triple Jump
6:30pm Men’s Pole Vault
7:00pm Men’s and Women’s Long Jump
7:00pm Men’s Shot Put
7:30pm Women’s Shot Put
*-All Field Event Preliminaries athletes can compete out of order.
*-All Field Event Finals, athletes must compete in order.
Valentine men's results with splits
Valentine Invitational
Boston University
Saturday, February 12, 2011
60-meter dash
60. Mike McCloskey 7.43
65. Darren Bushey 7.46
200-meter dash
73. Jesse Aprile 23.20 (personal best, season best)
104. Mike McCloskey 23.50
107. Mike Clifford 23.52 (season best)
136. Darren Bushey 24.00 (season best)
144. Connor Dodge 24.10 (season best)
158. Taylor Bombard 24.62
400-meter dash
112. John Kristie 52.33 (season best)
115. Chris Vanzetta 52.40 (season best)
131. Chris Coscio 53.01 (season best)
133. Mike Clifford 53.18 (season best)
500-meter dash
33. Phil Krupka 1:07:06 (personal best, season best)
800-meter run
105. Andrew James 1:59.46 (season best)
27.61, 57.74 (30.13), 1:27.98 (30.24), 1:59.46 (31.48)
1,000-meter run
49. Kyle Havard 2:35.27
29.1, 59.9 (30.8), 1:31.0 (31.1), 2:03.0 (32.0), 2:35.21 (32.21)
Mile run
76. Billy Posch 4:20.75 (personal best, season best)
31.9, 64.9 (33.0), 1:37.3 (32.4), 2:09.3 (32.0), 2:42.2 (32.9), 3:15.3 (33.1), 3:48.4 (33.1), 4:20.75 (32.35)
125. Ben Windisch 4:31.24
32.6, 64.4 (31.8), 1:36.6 (32.2), 2:09.3 (32.7), 2:43.3 (34.0), 3:18.4 (35.1), 3:54.4 (36.0), 4:31.24 (36.84)
140. Nick Salek 4:34.45
32.6, 66.5 (33.9), 1:39.8 (33.3), 2:13.8 (34.0), 2:48.3 (34.5), 3:23.4 (35.1), 3:58.1 (35.1), 4:34.45 (36.05)
3,000-meter run
85. Joel Moss 8:46.48 (personal best, season best)
35, 72 (37), 1:45 (33), 2:20 (35), 2:55 (35)
3:30 (35), 4:05 (35), 4:40 (35), 5:16 (36), 5:51 (35)
6:27 (36), 7:03 (37), 7:38 (35), 8:14 (36), 8:46.48 (32.48)
Kilometer splits: 2:55, 2:56, 2:55.48
97. Brian Townsend 8:55.97 (personal best, season best)
34, 71 (37), 1:45 (36), 2:21 (36), 2:55 (34)
3:31 (36), 4:07 (36), 4:42 (35), 5:18 (36), 5:54 (36)
6:30 (36), 7:07 (37), 7:44 (37), 8:21 (37), 8:55.97 (34.97)
Kilometer splits: 2:55, 2:59, 3:01.97
5,000-meter run
20. Ken Walshak 14:42.74 *ICAAAA qualifier; fastest indoor freshman time in school history
35, 70 (35), 1:45 (35), 2:21 (36), 2:55 (34)
3:29 (34), 4:04 (35), 4:39 (35), 5:15 (36), 5:50 (35)
6:25 (35), 7:00 (35), 7:35 (35), 8:10 (35), 8:45 (35)
9:21 (36), 9:36 (35), 10:32 (36), 11:08 (36), 11:44 (36)
12:21 (37), 12:57 (36), 13:33 (37), 14:08 (35), 14:42.74 (34.74)
Kilometer splits: 2:55, 2:55, 2:55, 2:59, 2:58.74
24. Conor Shelley 14:54.25 (season best, indoor personal best)
35, 70 (35), 1:44 (34), 2:19 (35), 2:53 (34)
3:29 (36), 4:04 (35), 4:39 (35), 5:15 (36), 5:50 (35)
6:26 (36), 7:01 (35), 7:37 (36), 8:13 (37), 8:49 (36)
9:25 (36), 10:01 (36), 10:38 (37), 11:14 (36), 11:52 (38)
12:28 (36), 13:05 (37), 13:43 (38), 14:19 (36), 14:54.25 (35.25)
Kilometer splits: 2:53, 2:57, 2:59, 3:03, 3:02.25
33. Tim Keegan 15:03.96
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:22 (35), 2:56 (34)
3:31 (35), 4:05 (34), 4:40 (35), 5:16 (36), 5:51 (35)
6:27 (36), 7:02 (35), 7:38 (36), 8:15 (37), 8:52 (37)
9:28 (36), 10:05 (37), 10:43 (38), 11:20 (37), 11:58 (38)
12:35 (37), 13:13 (38), 13:50 (37), 14:27 (37), 15:03.96 (36.96)
Kilometer splits: 2:56, 2:55, 3:01, 3:06, 3:05.96
48. Pat Duggan 15:24.85 (personal best, season best)
33, 72 (35), 1:47 935), 2:24 (37), 3:00 (36)
3:37 (37), 4:14 (37), 4:48 (34), 5:24 (36), 6:00 (36)
6:36 (36), 7:13 (37), 7:49 (36), 8:26 (37), 9:02 (36)
9:39 (37), 10:17 (38), 10:56 (39), 11:35 (39), 12:13 (38)
12:52 (39), 13:29 (37), 14:08 (39), 14:47 (39), 15:24.85 (37.85)
Kilometer splits: 3:00, 3:00, 3:02, 3:11, 3:11.85
50. Zak Smetana 15:27.40 (season best, indoor personal best)
36, 73 (37), 1:48 (35), 2:25 (37), 3:01 (36)
3:38 (37), 4:15 (37), 4:51 (36), 5:27 (36), 6:04 (37)
6:41 (37), 7:19 (38), 7:56 (37), 8:33 (37), 9:11 (38)
9:49 (38), 10:27 (38), 11:04 (37), 11:42 (38), 12:20 (38)
12:58 (38), 13:37 (39), 14:15 (38), 14:51 (36), 15:27.40 (36.40)
Kilometer splits: 3:01, 3:03, 3:07, 3:09, 3:07.40
52. Ryan Scrudato 15:28.80
36, 72 (36), 1:47 (35), 2:24 (37), 3:00 (36)
3:37 (37), 4:14 (37), 4:49 (35), 5:25 (36), 6:01 (36)
6:38 (37), 7:15 (37), 7:52 (37), 8:29 (37), 9:07 (38)
9:46 (39), 10:24 (38), 11:02 (38), 11:41 (39), 12:21 (40)
13:00 (39), 13:39 (39), 14:17 (38), 14:49 (32), 15:28.80 (39.80)
Kilometer splits: 3:00, 3:01, 3:06, 3:14, 3:07.80
60-meter hurdles
44. Taylor Bombard 9.69
1,600-meter relay
30. Marist A (Chris Coscio 53.03, Phil Krupka 51.67, John Kristie 52.50, Connor Dodge 52.47) 3:30.04 (season best)
37. Marist B (Kyle Havard 53.12, Nick Salek 55.31, Ben Windisch 52.97, Billy Posch 54.47) 3:36.27
Weight throw
23. Sean Ellman 11.31 meters (37 feet, 1.25 inches) (season best, personal best)
Long jump
22. Jesse Aprile 5.95 meters
Boston University
Saturday, February 12, 2011
60-meter dash
60. Mike McCloskey 7.43
65. Darren Bushey 7.46
200-meter dash
73. Jesse Aprile 23.20 (personal best, season best)
104. Mike McCloskey 23.50
107. Mike Clifford 23.52 (season best)
136. Darren Bushey 24.00 (season best)
144. Connor Dodge 24.10 (season best)
158. Taylor Bombard 24.62
400-meter dash
112. John Kristie 52.33 (season best)
115. Chris Vanzetta 52.40 (season best)
131. Chris Coscio 53.01 (season best)
133. Mike Clifford 53.18 (season best)
500-meter dash
33. Phil Krupka 1:07:06 (personal best, season best)
800-meter run
105. Andrew James 1:59.46 (season best)
27.61, 57.74 (30.13), 1:27.98 (30.24), 1:59.46 (31.48)
1,000-meter run
49. Kyle Havard 2:35.27
29.1, 59.9 (30.8), 1:31.0 (31.1), 2:03.0 (32.0), 2:35.21 (32.21)
Mile run
76. Billy Posch 4:20.75 (personal best, season best)
31.9, 64.9 (33.0), 1:37.3 (32.4), 2:09.3 (32.0), 2:42.2 (32.9), 3:15.3 (33.1), 3:48.4 (33.1), 4:20.75 (32.35)
125. Ben Windisch 4:31.24
32.6, 64.4 (31.8), 1:36.6 (32.2), 2:09.3 (32.7), 2:43.3 (34.0), 3:18.4 (35.1), 3:54.4 (36.0), 4:31.24 (36.84)
140. Nick Salek 4:34.45
32.6, 66.5 (33.9), 1:39.8 (33.3), 2:13.8 (34.0), 2:48.3 (34.5), 3:23.4 (35.1), 3:58.1 (35.1), 4:34.45 (36.05)
3,000-meter run
85. Joel Moss 8:46.48 (personal best, season best)
35, 72 (37), 1:45 (33), 2:20 (35), 2:55 (35)
3:30 (35), 4:05 (35), 4:40 (35), 5:16 (36), 5:51 (35)
6:27 (36), 7:03 (37), 7:38 (35), 8:14 (36), 8:46.48 (32.48)
Kilometer splits: 2:55, 2:56, 2:55.48
97. Brian Townsend 8:55.97 (personal best, season best)
34, 71 (37), 1:45 (36), 2:21 (36), 2:55 (34)
3:31 (36), 4:07 (36), 4:42 (35), 5:18 (36), 5:54 (36)
6:30 (36), 7:07 (37), 7:44 (37), 8:21 (37), 8:55.97 (34.97)
Kilometer splits: 2:55, 2:59, 3:01.97
5,000-meter run
20. Ken Walshak 14:42.74 *ICAAAA qualifier; fastest indoor freshman time in school history
35, 70 (35), 1:45 (35), 2:21 (36), 2:55 (34)
3:29 (34), 4:04 (35), 4:39 (35), 5:15 (36), 5:50 (35)
6:25 (35), 7:00 (35), 7:35 (35), 8:10 (35), 8:45 (35)
9:21 (36), 9:36 (35), 10:32 (36), 11:08 (36), 11:44 (36)
12:21 (37), 12:57 (36), 13:33 (37), 14:08 (35), 14:42.74 (34.74)
Kilometer splits: 2:55, 2:55, 2:55, 2:59, 2:58.74
24. Conor Shelley 14:54.25 (season best, indoor personal best)
35, 70 (35), 1:44 (34), 2:19 (35), 2:53 (34)
3:29 (36), 4:04 (35), 4:39 (35), 5:15 (36), 5:50 (35)
6:26 (36), 7:01 (35), 7:37 (36), 8:13 (37), 8:49 (36)
9:25 (36), 10:01 (36), 10:38 (37), 11:14 (36), 11:52 (38)
12:28 (36), 13:05 (37), 13:43 (38), 14:19 (36), 14:54.25 (35.25)
Kilometer splits: 2:53, 2:57, 2:59, 3:03, 3:02.25
33. Tim Keegan 15:03.96
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:22 (35), 2:56 (34)
3:31 (35), 4:05 (34), 4:40 (35), 5:16 (36), 5:51 (35)
6:27 (36), 7:02 (35), 7:38 (36), 8:15 (37), 8:52 (37)
9:28 (36), 10:05 (37), 10:43 (38), 11:20 (37), 11:58 (38)
12:35 (37), 13:13 (38), 13:50 (37), 14:27 (37), 15:03.96 (36.96)
Kilometer splits: 2:56, 2:55, 3:01, 3:06, 3:05.96
48. Pat Duggan 15:24.85 (personal best, season best)
33, 72 (35), 1:47 935), 2:24 (37), 3:00 (36)
3:37 (37), 4:14 (37), 4:48 (34), 5:24 (36), 6:00 (36)
6:36 (36), 7:13 (37), 7:49 (36), 8:26 (37), 9:02 (36)
9:39 (37), 10:17 (38), 10:56 (39), 11:35 (39), 12:13 (38)
12:52 (39), 13:29 (37), 14:08 (39), 14:47 (39), 15:24.85 (37.85)
Kilometer splits: 3:00, 3:00, 3:02, 3:11, 3:11.85
50. Zak Smetana 15:27.40 (season best, indoor personal best)
36, 73 (37), 1:48 (35), 2:25 (37), 3:01 (36)
3:38 (37), 4:15 (37), 4:51 (36), 5:27 (36), 6:04 (37)
6:41 (37), 7:19 (38), 7:56 (37), 8:33 (37), 9:11 (38)
9:49 (38), 10:27 (38), 11:04 (37), 11:42 (38), 12:20 (38)
12:58 (38), 13:37 (39), 14:15 (38), 14:51 (36), 15:27.40 (36.40)
Kilometer splits: 3:01, 3:03, 3:07, 3:09, 3:07.40
52. Ryan Scrudato 15:28.80
36, 72 (36), 1:47 (35), 2:24 (37), 3:00 (36)
3:37 (37), 4:14 (37), 4:49 (35), 5:25 (36), 6:01 (36)
6:38 (37), 7:15 (37), 7:52 (37), 8:29 (37), 9:07 (38)
9:46 (39), 10:24 (38), 11:02 (38), 11:41 (39), 12:21 (40)
13:00 (39), 13:39 (39), 14:17 (38), 14:49 (32), 15:28.80 (39.80)
Kilometer splits: 3:00, 3:01, 3:06, 3:14, 3:07.80
60-meter hurdles
44. Taylor Bombard 9.69
1,600-meter relay
30. Marist A (Chris Coscio 53.03, Phil Krupka 51.67, John Kristie 52.50, Connor Dodge 52.47) 3:30.04 (season best)
37. Marist B (Kyle Havard 53.12, Nick Salek 55.31, Ben Windisch 52.97, Billy Posch 54.47) 3:36.27
Weight throw
23. Sean Ellman 11.31 meters (37 feet, 1.25 inches) (season best, personal best)
Long jump
22. Jesse Aprile 5.95 meters
Valentine women's results with splits
Boston University
Valentine Invitational
Friday, February 11, 2011
Women’s results
60-meter dash
42. Meghann Cocca 8.42 (season best)
48. Kim Ladouceur 8.66
200-meter dash
53. Hayley Harnett 26.70 (season best)
85. Amanda Luccarelli 27.55 (season best)
86. Meghann Cocca 27.62 (season best)
94. Kim Ladouceur 27.81 (season best)
104. Christina Turigiano 28.01 (season best)
400-meter dash
76. Amanda Luccarelli 62.69 (season best)
86. Tara Nuccitelli 64.16 (season best)
90. Ailish Rowley 64.33 (season best)
800-meter run
51. Briana Crowe 2:19.27 (season best)
32.3, 67.5 (35.2), 1:43.5 (36.0), 2:19.27 (35.77)
77. Nicole Weir 2:23.65 (season best)
34, 70 (36), 1:48 (38), 2:23.65 (35.65)
89. Colleen Meenan 2:26.05 (season best)
34, 69 (35), 1:47 (38), 2:26.05 (39.05)
90. Kelley Hanifin 2:26.08 (season best)
34, 70 (36), 1:48 (38), 2:26.08 (38.08)
99. Laura Lindsley 2:27.48 (season best)
34, 72 (38), 1:50 (38), 2:27.48 (37.48)
101. Jillian Corley 2:27.74 (season best)
34, 70 (36), 1:48 (38), 2:27.74 (39.74)
103. Julie Hudak 2:28.46
33, 71 (38), 1:49 (38), 2:28.46 (39.46)
114. Tara Nuccitelli 2:30.31 (season best)
35, 72.4 (37.4), 1:52.9 (39.5), 2:30.31 (37.41)
1,000-meter run
40. Julie Hudak 3:08.32 (season best)
33.9, 70.6 (36.7), 1:48.4 (37.8), 2:28.1 (39.7), 3:08.32 (40.22)
57. Rachael Peterson 3:22.18
36.5, 77.3 (40.8), 1:59.3 (42.0), 2:41.7 (42.4), 3:22.18 (40.48)
Mile run
60. Jackie Gamboli 5:12.49 (season best)
37.7, 76.6 (38.9), 1:54.7 (38.1), 2:33.5 (38.8), 3:12.1 (38.6), 3:51.9 (39.8), 4:33.6 (41.7), 5:12.49 (38.89)
93. Jillian Corley 5:24.38 (season best)
39, 77 (38), 1:58 (41), 2:39 (41), 3:21 (42), 4:02 (41), 4:43 (41), 5:24.38 (41.38)
97. Dayna McLaughlin 5:25.77 (season best)
39, 80 (41), 1:59 (39), 2:41 (42), 3:22 (41), 4:04 (42), 4:45 (41), 5:25.77 (40.77)
126. Allyson O’Brien 5:42.37 (season best)
41.4, 83.8 (42.4), 2:07.3 (43.5), 2:50.6 (43.3), 3:33.4 (42.8), 4:16.2 (42.8), 4:59.7 (43.5), 5:42.37 (42.67)
136. Colleen Smith 5:57.63 (season best)
41.5, 84.4 (42.9), 2:09.5 (45.1), 2:55.0 (45.5), 3:41.0 (46.0), 4:21.3 (46.3), 5:12.9 (45.6), 5:57.63 (44.73)
3,000-meter run
32. Brittany Burns 10:04.30 (season best, personal best)
39, 79 (40), 2:00 (41), 2:40 (40), 3:20 (40)
4:02 (42), 4:42 (40), 5:22 (40), 6:03 (41), 6:45 (42)
7:26 (41), 8:07 (41), 8:47 (40), 9:27 (40), 10:04.30 (37.30)
Kilometer splits: 3:20, 3:25, 3:19.30
67. Erin O’Reilly 10:36.02 (season best, personal best)
42, 86 (44), 2:06 (40), 2:49 (43), 3:32 (43)
4:15 (43), 4:57 (42), 5:40 (43), 6:22 (42), 7:05 (43)
7:48 (43), 8:31 (43), 9:13 (42), 9:55 (42), 10:36.02 (39.02)
Kilometer splits: 3:32, 3:33, 3:31.02
73. Kiersten Anderson 10:39.93
41, 80 (39), 2:01 (41), 2:42 (41), 3:24 (42)
4:06 (42), 4:49 (43), 5:33 (44), 6:16 (43), 7:00 (44)
7:44 (44), 8:29 (45), 9:13 (44), 9:56 (43), 10:39.93 (43.93)
Kilometer splits: 3:24, 3:36, 3:39.93
Long jump
32. Shannon Vogel 4.36 meters (14 feet, 3.75 inches)
39. Kristen Vogel 3.94 meters (12 feet, 11.25 inches)
Triple jump
22. Shannon Vogel 10.07 meters (33 feet, 0.5 inches)
30. Kristen Vogel 9.58 meters (31 feet, 5.25 inches)
Valentine Invitational
Friday, February 11, 2011
Women’s results
60-meter dash
42. Meghann Cocca 8.42 (season best)
48. Kim Ladouceur 8.66
200-meter dash
53. Hayley Harnett 26.70 (season best)
85. Amanda Luccarelli 27.55 (season best)
86. Meghann Cocca 27.62 (season best)
94. Kim Ladouceur 27.81 (season best)
104. Christina Turigiano 28.01 (season best)
400-meter dash
76. Amanda Luccarelli 62.69 (season best)
86. Tara Nuccitelli 64.16 (season best)
90. Ailish Rowley 64.33 (season best)
800-meter run
51. Briana Crowe 2:19.27 (season best)
32.3, 67.5 (35.2), 1:43.5 (36.0), 2:19.27 (35.77)
77. Nicole Weir 2:23.65 (season best)
34, 70 (36), 1:48 (38), 2:23.65 (35.65)
89. Colleen Meenan 2:26.05 (season best)
34, 69 (35), 1:47 (38), 2:26.05 (39.05)
90. Kelley Hanifin 2:26.08 (season best)
34, 70 (36), 1:48 (38), 2:26.08 (38.08)
99. Laura Lindsley 2:27.48 (season best)
34, 72 (38), 1:50 (38), 2:27.48 (37.48)
101. Jillian Corley 2:27.74 (season best)
34, 70 (36), 1:48 (38), 2:27.74 (39.74)
103. Julie Hudak 2:28.46
33, 71 (38), 1:49 (38), 2:28.46 (39.46)
114. Tara Nuccitelli 2:30.31 (season best)
35, 72.4 (37.4), 1:52.9 (39.5), 2:30.31 (37.41)
1,000-meter run
40. Julie Hudak 3:08.32 (season best)
33.9, 70.6 (36.7), 1:48.4 (37.8), 2:28.1 (39.7), 3:08.32 (40.22)
57. Rachael Peterson 3:22.18
36.5, 77.3 (40.8), 1:59.3 (42.0), 2:41.7 (42.4), 3:22.18 (40.48)
Mile run
60. Jackie Gamboli 5:12.49 (season best)
37.7, 76.6 (38.9), 1:54.7 (38.1), 2:33.5 (38.8), 3:12.1 (38.6), 3:51.9 (39.8), 4:33.6 (41.7), 5:12.49 (38.89)
93. Jillian Corley 5:24.38 (season best)
39, 77 (38), 1:58 (41), 2:39 (41), 3:21 (42), 4:02 (41), 4:43 (41), 5:24.38 (41.38)
97. Dayna McLaughlin 5:25.77 (season best)
39, 80 (41), 1:59 (39), 2:41 (42), 3:22 (41), 4:04 (42), 4:45 (41), 5:25.77 (40.77)
126. Allyson O’Brien 5:42.37 (season best)
41.4, 83.8 (42.4), 2:07.3 (43.5), 2:50.6 (43.3), 3:33.4 (42.8), 4:16.2 (42.8), 4:59.7 (43.5), 5:42.37 (42.67)
136. Colleen Smith 5:57.63 (season best)
41.5, 84.4 (42.9), 2:09.5 (45.1), 2:55.0 (45.5), 3:41.0 (46.0), 4:21.3 (46.3), 5:12.9 (45.6), 5:57.63 (44.73)
3,000-meter run
32. Brittany Burns 10:04.30 (season best, personal best)
39, 79 (40), 2:00 (41), 2:40 (40), 3:20 (40)
4:02 (42), 4:42 (40), 5:22 (40), 6:03 (41), 6:45 (42)
7:26 (41), 8:07 (41), 8:47 (40), 9:27 (40), 10:04.30 (37.30)
Kilometer splits: 3:20, 3:25, 3:19.30
67. Erin O’Reilly 10:36.02 (season best, personal best)
42, 86 (44), 2:06 (40), 2:49 (43), 3:32 (43)
4:15 (43), 4:57 (42), 5:40 (43), 6:22 (42), 7:05 (43)
7:48 (43), 8:31 (43), 9:13 (42), 9:55 (42), 10:36.02 (39.02)
Kilometer splits: 3:32, 3:33, 3:31.02
73. Kiersten Anderson 10:39.93
41, 80 (39), 2:01 (41), 2:42 (41), 3:24 (42)
4:06 (42), 4:49 (43), 5:33 (44), 6:16 (43), 7:00 (44)
7:44 (44), 8:29 (45), 9:13 (44), 9:56 (43), 10:39.93 (43.93)
Kilometer splits: 3:24, 3:36, 3:39.93
Long jump
32. Shannon Vogel 4.36 meters (14 feet, 3.75 inches)
39. Kristen Vogel 3.94 meters (12 feet, 11.25 inches)
Triple jump
22. Shannon Vogel 10.07 meters (33 feet, 0.5 inches)
30. Kristen Vogel 9.58 meters (31 feet, 5.25 inches)
Sunday, February 13, 2011
BU Valentine men's results
It was another solid night on the Magic Carpet up at Boston University.
The biggest highlight of the meet, by far, was freshman distance runner Ken Walshak. He ran a 20-second personal-best time in the 5,000-meter run, finishing 20th in 14:42.74. That time qualified him for the IC4A Championships in the event.
It also represented the fastest freshman time in school history in the event, edging out David Raucci’s 2006 mark of 14:42.92. Walshak becomes the 17th runner in school history to break the 15:00 barrier for 5,000 meters, and he vaulted to seventh on the all-time list with this remarkable race. When you see his splits, which I will post later in the weekend or Monday, you will see that his early pace was aggressive. But he hung tough and made it through. NICELY DONE!
Other highlights: The meet featured multiple season- and personal-best performances. Among the notable ones:
--Freshman Sean Ellman in the weight throw. Great stuff!
--Sophomore Joel Moss and junior Brian Townsend in the 3,000-meter run. Both broke 9:00 for the first time, with Joel crushing the barrier in 8:46.48, a personal-best time by 24 seconds.
--Sprinters Jesse Aprile (200 dash) and Phil Krupka (500 dash), with strong PRs.
It is late, so splits for men and women will have to wait. Here you go ...
Valentine Invitational
Boston University
Saturday, February 12, 2011
60-meter dash
60. Mike McCloskey 7.43
65. Darren Bushey 7.46
200-meter dash
73. Jesse Aprile 23.20 (personal best, season best)
104. Mike McCloskey 23.50
107. Mike Clifford 23.52 (season best)
136. Darren Bushey 24.00 (season best)
144. Connor Dodge 24.10 (season best)
158. Taylor Bombard 24.62
400-meter dash
112. John Kristie 52.33 (season best)
115. Chris Vanzetta 52.40 (season best)
131. Chris Coscio 53.01 (season best)
133. Mike Clifford 53.18 (season best)
500-meter dash
33. Phil Krupka 1:07:06 (personal best, season best)
800-meter run
105. Andrew James 1:59.46 (season best)
1,000-meter run
49. Kyle Havard 2:35.27
Mile run
76. Billy Posch 4:20.75 (personal best, season best)
125. Ben Windisch 4:31.24
140. Nick Salek 4:34.45
3,000-meter run
85. Joel Moss 8:46.48 (personal best, season best)
97. Brian Townsend 8:55.97 (personal best, season best)
5,000-meter run
20. Ken Walshak 14:42.74 *ICAAAA qualifier; fastest freshman time in school history; personal best; season best
24. Conor Shelley 14:54.25 (season best, indoor personal best)
33. Tim Keegan 15:03.96
48. Pat Duggan 15:24.85 (personal best, season best)
50. Zak Smetana 15:27.40 (season best, indoor personal best)
52. Ryan Scrudato 15:28.80
60-meter hurdles
44. Taylor Bombard 9.69
1,600-meter relay
30. Marist A (Chris Coscio, Phil Krupka, John Kristie, Connor Dodge) 3:30.04 (season best)
37. Marist B (Kyle Havard, Nick Salek, Ben Windisch, Billy Posch) 3:36.27
Weight throw
23. Sean Ellman 11.31 meters (37 feet, 1.25 inches) (season best, personal best)
Long jump
22. Jesse Aprile 5.95 meters
The biggest highlight of the meet, by far, was freshman distance runner Ken Walshak. He ran a 20-second personal-best time in the 5,000-meter run, finishing 20th in 14:42.74. That time qualified him for the IC4A Championships in the event.
It also represented the fastest freshman time in school history in the event, edging out David Raucci’s 2006 mark of 14:42.92. Walshak becomes the 17th runner in school history to break the 15:00 barrier for 5,000 meters, and he vaulted to seventh on the all-time list with this remarkable race. When you see his splits, which I will post later in the weekend or Monday, you will see that his early pace was aggressive. But he hung tough and made it through. NICELY DONE!
Other highlights: The meet featured multiple season- and personal-best performances. Among the notable ones:
--Freshman Sean Ellman in the weight throw. Great stuff!
--Sophomore Joel Moss and junior Brian Townsend in the 3,000-meter run. Both broke 9:00 for the first time, with Joel crushing the barrier in 8:46.48, a personal-best time by 24 seconds.
--Sprinters Jesse Aprile (200 dash) and Phil Krupka (500 dash), with strong PRs.
It is late, so splits for men and women will have to wait. Here you go ...
Valentine Invitational
Boston University
Saturday, February 12, 2011
60-meter dash
60. Mike McCloskey 7.43
65. Darren Bushey 7.46
200-meter dash
73. Jesse Aprile 23.20 (personal best, season best)
104. Mike McCloskey 23.50
107. Mike Clifford 23.52 (season best)
136. Darren Bushey 24.00 (season best)
144. Connor Dodge 24.10 (season best)
158. Taylor Bombard 24.62
400-meter dash
112. John Kristie 52.33 (season best)
115. Chris Vanzetta 52.40 (season best)
131. Chris Coscio 53.01 (season best)
133. Mike Clifford 53.18 (season best)
500-meter dash
33. Phil Krupka 1:07:06 (personal best, season best)
800-meter run
105. Andrew James 1:59.46 (season best)
1,000-meter run
49. Kyle Havard 2:35.27
Mile run
76. Billy Posch 4:20.75 (personal best, season best)
125. Ben Windisch 4:31.24
140. Nick Salek 4:34.45
3,000-meter run
85. Joel Moss 8:46.48 (personal best, season best)
97. Brian Townsend 8:55.97 (personal best, season best)
5,000-meter run
20. Ken Walshak 14:42.74 *ICAAAA qualifier; fastest freshman time in school history; personal best; season best
24. Conor Shelley 14:54.25 (season best, indoor personal best)
33. Tim Keegan 15:03.96
48. Pat Duggan 15:24.85 (personal best, season best)
50. Zak Smetana 15:27.40 (season best, indoor personal best)
52. Ryan Scrudato 15:28.80
60-meter hurdles
44. Taylor Bombard 9.69
1,600-meter relay
30. Marist A (Chris Coscio, Phil Krupka, John Kristie, Connor Dodge) 3:30.04 (season best)
37. Marist B (Kyle Havard, Nick Salek, Ben Windisch, Billy Posch) 3:36.27
Weight throw
23. Sean Ellman 11.31 meters (37 feet, 1.25 inches) (season best, personal best)
Long jump
22. Jesse Aprile 5.95 meters
Saturday, February 12, 2011
BU Valentine Invitational women's results
What an unusual night at BU for the women’s portion of the Valentine Invitational.
Go ahead. Pick a cliché, any cliché: It was the best of times and the worst of times; feast or famine; really good or really bad.
Now, on paper – as you’ll see below – the meet seemed like a rousing success, with tons of season- and personal-best performances. But if you were there, you know better. Yes, there were some great efforts and great races. But there were also some disastrous nights for some of our ladies. It was certainly NOT due to lack of effort. On the contrary. All our athletes care deeply about what they are doing, and not having a good night bothers them (and us) deeply.
So yeah. Look below. It looks great. And in many cases, it was. But overall, it was the true definition of a mixed bag. There you go. Another cliché.
Because of a lengthy day and an unwanted detour through Waltham to get to the hotel – don’t even get me started on that – I am too weary to post splits at this time. I will do all the splits as soon as possible after the weekend.
Boston University
Valentine Invitational
Friday, February 11, 2011
Women’s results
60-meter dash
42. Meghann Cocca 8.42 (season best)
48. Kim Ladouceur 8.66
200-meter dash
53. Hayley Harnett 26.70 (season best)
85. Amanda Luccarelli 27.55 (season best)
86. Meghann Cocca 27.62 (season best)
94. Kim Ladouceur 27.81 (season best)
104. Christina Turigiano 28.01 (season best)
400-meter dash
76. Amanda Luccarelli 62.69 (season best)
86. Tara Nuccitelli 64.16 (season best)
90. Ailish Rowley 64.33 (season best)
800-meter run
51. Briana Crowe 2:19.27 (season best)
77. Nicole Weir 2:23.65 (season best)
89. Colleen Meenan 2:26.05 (season best)
90. Kelley Hanifin 2:26.08 (season best)
99. Laura Lindsley 2:27.48 (season best)
101. Jillian Corley 2:27.74 (season best)
103. Julie Hudak 2:28.46
114. Tara Nuccitelli 2:30.31 (season best)
1,000-meter run
40. Julie Hudak 3:08.32 (season best)
57. Rachael Peterson 3:22.18
Mile run
60. Jackie Gamboli 5:12.49 (season best)
93. Jillian Corley 5:24.38 (season best)
97. Dayna McLaughlin 5:25.77 (season best)
126. Allyson O’Brien 5:42.37 (season best)
136. Colleen Smith 5:57.63 (season best)
3,000-meter run
32. Brittany Burns 10:04.30 (season best, personal best)
67. Erin O’Reilly 10:36.02 (season best, personal best)
73. Kiersten Anderson 10:39.93
Long jump
32. Shannon Vogel 4.36 meters (14 feet, 3.75 inches)
39. Kristen Vogel 3.94 meters (12 feet, 11.25 inches)
Triple jump
22. Shannon Vogel 10.07 meters (33 feet, 0.5 inches)
30. Kristen Vogel 9.58 meters (31 feet, 5.25 inches)
Go ahead. Pick a cliché, any cliché: It was the best of times and the worst of times; feast or famine; really good or really bad.
Now, on paper – as you’ll see below – the meet seemed like a rousing success, with tons of season- and personal-best performances. But if you were there, you know better. Yes, there were some great efforts and great races. But there were also some disastrous nights for some of our ladies. It was certainly NOT due to lack of effort. On the contrary. All our athletes care deeply about what they are doing, and not having a good night bothers them (and us) deeply.
So yeah. Look below. It looks great. And in many cases, it was. But overall, it was the true definition of a mixed bag. There you go. Another cliché.
Because of a lengthy day and an unwanted detour through Waltham to get to the hotel – don’t even get me started on that – I am too weary to post splits at this time. I will do all the splits as soon as possible after the weekend.
Boston University
Valentine Invitational
Friday, February 11, 2011
Women’s results
60-meter dash
42. Meghann Cocca 8.42 (season best)
48. Kim Ladouceur 8.66
200-meter dash
53. Hayley Harnett 26.70 (season best)
85. Amanda Luccarelli 27.55 (season best)
86. Meghann Cocca 27.62 (season best)
94. Kim Ladouceur 27.81 (season best)
104. Christina Turigiano 28.01 (season best)
400-meter dash
76. Amanda Luccarelli 62.69 (season best)
86. Tara Nuccitelli 64.16 (season best)
90. Ailish Rowley 64.33 (season best)
800-meter run
51. Briana Crowe 2:19.27 (season best)
77. Nicole Weir 2:23.65 (season best)
89. Colleen Meenan 2:26.05 (season best)
90. Kelley Hanifin 2:26.08 (season best)
99. Laura Lindsley 2:27.48 (season best)
101. Jillian Corley 2:27.74 (season best)
103. Julie Hudak 2:28.46
114. Tara Nuccitelli 2:30.31 (season best)
1,000-meter run
40. Julie Hudak 3:08.32 (season best)
57. Rachael Peterson 3:22.18
Mile run
60. Jackie Gamboli 5:12.49 (season best)
93. Jillian Corley 5:24.38 (season best)
97. Dayna McLaughlin 5:25.77 (season best)
126. Allyson O’Brien 5:42.37 (season best)
136. Colleen Smith 5:57.63 (season best)
3,000-meter run
32. Brittany Burns 10:04.30 (season best, personal best)
67. Erin O’Reilly 10:36.02 (season best, personal best)
73. Kiersten Anderson 10:39.93
Long jump
32. Shannon Vogel 4.36 meters (14 feet, 3.75 inches)
39. Kristen Vogel 3.94 meters (12 feet, 11.25 inches)
Triple jump
22. Shannon Vogel 10.07 meters (33 feet, 0.5 inches)
30. Kristen Vogel 9.58 meters (31 feet, 5.25 inches)
Friday, February 11, 2011
Varied news at practice
Congratulations to junior distance runner Ryan Brown, who told us at practice Thursday that he was accepted for a summer internship program at The Hartford in Connecticut. The hourly pay is very, very good for a college student, and the internship comes with housing as well. And, of course, the professional experience is great for Brownie.
You never know what kind of news each day at practice will bring.
On Wednesday, I had to inform Brownie and two other hard-working and strong distance men that their entry seed time for the 3,000 at Valentine was rejected due to field size limitations. The meet did state that they were limiting the fields, and unfortunately they were among the first runners on the chopping block. It stinks, but they will be undeterred and train hard for the next racing opportunity -- whenever that may be.
A day later at practice, Brownie gets this great news. It is well-deserved and well-earned. As always, I am proud that our team members are students and athletes – usually in that order. Which is the way it should be. Always.
OK, we are off to Boston soon. I will not be getting back to the hotel until very late, so the women’s meet results from today may not be posted till the early-morning hours Saturday or not till I get back on Sunday. Look for the men's results here on Sunday, or online sooner at www.lancertiming.com.
One more programming note: Rumor has it we might be seeing 50 degrees late next week. That will feel like a heat wave.
You never know what kind of news each day at practice will bring.
On Wednesday, I had to inform Brownie and two other hard-working and strong distance men that their entry seed time for the 3,000 at Valentine was rejected due to field size limitations. The meet did state that they were limiting the fields, and unfortunately they were among the first runners on the chopping block. It stinks, but they will be undeterred and train hard for the next racing opportunity -- whenever that may be.
A day later at practice, Brownie gets this great news. It is well-deserved and well-earned. As always, I am proud that our team members are students and athletes – usually in that order. Which is the way it should be. Always.
OK, we are off to Boston soon. I will not be getting back to the hotel until very late, so the women’s meet results from today may not be posted till the early-morning hours Saturday or not till I get back on Sunday. Look for the men's results here on Sunday, or online sooner at www.lancertiming.com.
One more programming note: Rumor has it we might be seeing 50 degrees late next week. That will feel like a heat wave.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Important parking note
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK TEAM MEMBERS:
With Friday night being a home basketball game, PLEASE DO NOT drive your car and park it in the McCann Parking Lot for the busses to Boston on Friday. Unless you have a McCann Parking Sticker, your car will be ticketed if it is parked in that lot.
Please spread the word to other team members. See you in the morning or afternoon (reminder: women's early bus is 9:30 a.m.; men's late bus is 12:30 p.m.)
With Friday night being a home basketball game, PLEASE DO NOT drive your car and park it in the McCann Parking Lot for the busses to Boston on Friday. Unless you have a McCann Parking Sticker, your car will be ticketed if it is parked in that lot.
Please spread the word to other team members. See you in the morning or afternoon (reminder: women's early bus is 9:30 a.m.; men's late bus is 12:30 p.m.)
45,000 minutes
As has been stated here numerous times, I’m not a “movie guy.” Not at all. Chances are, if you make a movie reference, I will be as clueless as if you were having a discussion of the Periodic Table of Elements (I was terrible in chemistry and biology).
The other night as I was reading a book around bedtime, my wife was flipping through the channels on TV. I mumbled something like “just put on 62” (that’s the Weather Channel on our cable system). But as she was surfing with the remote, she got to AMC – where Rocky II was on. Wait! Stop! Put that back on!
Rocky! Yo, Adrian! If I have one weakness, one movie vice, it is the Rocky movies. I can – and have – watched them, repeatedly. Heck, one time a few years ago when I was up in the middle of the night with one of my children when they were sick, I remember watching Rocky IV on the Spanish language station. I love it. Can’t get enough Rocky.
So there I was the other night. I put my book down. I shut my reading light. Rocky II was on! Gotta watch it.
Admittedly, the dialog in these Rocky movies isn’t the most scintillating. Put it this way: When I watched Rocky IV in Spanish, not much was lost in the translation. Grunting sort of transcends language.
But these Rocky movies contain some priceless nuggets. Midway through Rocky II, when our hero’s motivation is flagging and he is going through a moribund workout session with his ancient trainer Mickey, Mick turns to Rock and bellows out:
“For a 45-minute fight, you gotta train hard for 45,000 minutes, 45,000! That's 10 weeks, that's 10 hours a day, ya listenin'? And you ain't even trained one!’’ And then he follows Rocky into the lockerroom and proceeds to call him a bum.
Fuzzy math aside (I think Mick is off by a few thousand minutes, but whatever …), as an athlete you cannot help but be motivated by the training scenes in these Rocky movies – replete with the now-dated, cheesy theme music. C’mon, admit it: Tell me you’ve NEVER been pumped up hearing “Gonna Fly Now” or “Eye of the Tiger.”
So my books will have to wait a few nights, as AMC runs through their Rocky week. Gotta cheer for my hero vs. Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang and the truly evil Ivan Drago.
45,000 minutes. Gonna Fly Now. Eye of the Tiger. Yo.
The other night as I was reading a book around bedtime, my wife was flipping through the channels on TV. I mumbled something like “just put on 62” (that’s the Weather Channel on our cable system). But as she was surfing with the remote, she got to AMC – where Rocky II was on. Wait! Stop! Put that back on!
Rocky! Yo, Adrian! If I have one weakness, one movie vice, it is the Rocky movies. I can – and have – watched them, repeatedly. Heck, one time a few years ago when I was up in the middle of the night with one of my children when they were sick, I remember watching Rocky IV on the Spanish language station. I love it. Can’t get enough Rocky.
So there I was the other night. I put my book down. I shut my reading light. Rocky II was on! Gotta watch it.
Admittedly, the dialog in these Rocky movies isn’t the most scintillating. Put it this way: When I watched Rocky IV in Spanish, not much was lost in the translation. Grunting sort of transcends language.
But these Rocky movies contain some priceless nuggets. Midway through Rocky II, when our hero’s motivation is flagging and he is going through a moribund workout session with his ancient trainer Mickey, Mick turns to Rock and bellows out:
“For a 45-minute fight, you gotta train hard for 45,000 minutes, 45,000! That's 10 weeks, that's 10 hours a day, ya listenin'? And you ain't even trained one!’’ And then he follows Rocky into the lockerroom and proceeds to call him a bum.
Fuzzy math aside (I think Mick is off by a few thousand minutes, but whatever …), as an athlete you cannot help but be motivated by the training scenes in these Rocky movies – replete with the now-dated, cheesy theme music. C’mon, admit it: Tell me you’ve NEVER been pumped up hearing “Gonna Fly Now” or “Eye of the Tiger.”
So my books will have to wait a few nights, as AMC runs through their Rocky week. Gotta cheer for my hero vs. Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang and the truly evil Ivan Drago.
45,000 minutes. Gonna Fly Now. Eye of the Tiger. Yo.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sub-15:00 for 5,000 meters
Last week, I sent out several emails to past athletes and coaches, in an effort to come up with a comprehensive (complete) list of all men’s track athletes in school history who have broken 15:00 for 5,000 meters – either indoors or outdoors.
Below is the list of athletes that I am aware of, since these performances have occurred in the past 16 years, when I was fortunate enough to have witnessed them first-hand. UPDATE: Thanks to former teammate and Marist alum Steve Pierie for reminding me of Pete Pazik's 14:35, which stood as the indoor SR for 22 years before Girma broke it.
Note that several of the athletes listed broke 15:00 on several occasions. Only their personal-best times are listed.
Also see the asterisk note about 2009/2010 graduate Girma Segni, who owns both the indoor and outdoor school record in the event. Several runners have noted that Girma’s outdoor record is “weak,” but to date it remains the fastest. So, in that regard, it remains “strong.”
Again, to review: At the time of his graduation (as an undergrad and graduate student), Girma held (and still holds) the school record at 5km indoors and outdoors, 10km outdoors (30:22), and the Van Cortlandt Park 8km/5 mile all-time best (25:01). Obviously, current runners are aiming to take some of those numbers down, but it’s a tribute to his consistency and longevity that he was able to achieve those marks in his wonderful time here in Poughkeepsie.
Anyway, here’s the list, with current team members in boldface.
If anyone has additions or corrections to the list, please email me at runhed246@hotmail.com.
Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009*
Adam Vess, 14:33.41, 2008
Peter Pazik, 14:35.84, 1986
Matt Flint, 14:37.45, 2010
Michael Melfi, 14:42.36, 1998
Justin Harris, 14:42.88, 2007
David Raucci, 14:42.92, 2006
Arquimedes DelaCruz, 14:43.79, 2011
Michael Nehr, 14:45.61, 2001
Will Griffin, 14:47.86, 2010
David Swift, 14:50.24, 1995
Kirk Dornton, 14:50.89, 2002
Nick Webster, 14:52.54, 2009
Conor Shelley, 14:52.67, 2008
Greg Salamone, 14:55.79, 2000
Tim Keegan, 14:56.45, 2009
*holds both indoor (14:18.42) and outdoor (14:32.65) school records
Below is the list of athletes that I am aware of, since these performances have occurred in the past 16 years, when I was fortunate enough to have witnessed them first-hand. UPDATE: Thanks to former teammate and Marist alum Steve Pierie for reminding me of Pete Pazik's 14:35, which stood as the indoor SR for 22 years before Girma broke it.
Note that several of the athletes listed broke 15:00 on several occasions. Only their personal-best times are listed.
Also see the asterisk note about 2009/2010 graduate Girma Segni, who owns both the indoor and outdoor school record in the event. Several runners have noted that Girma’s outdoor record is “weak,” but to date it remains the fastest. So, in that regard, it remains “strong.”
Again, to review: At the time of his graduation (as an undergrad and graduate student), Girma held (and still holds) the school record at 5km indoors and outdoors, 10km outdoors (30:22), and the Van Cortlandt Park 8km/5 mile all-time best (25:01). Obviously, current runners are aiming to take some of those numbers down, but it’s a tribute to his consistency and longevity that he was able to achieve those marks in his wonderful time here in Poughkeepsie.
Anyway, here’s the list, with current team members in boldface.
If anyone has additions or corrections to the list, please email me at runhed246@hotmail.com.
Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009*
Adam Vess, 14:33.41, 2008
Peter Pazik, 14:35.84, 1986
Matt Flint, 14:37.45, 2010
Michael Melfi, 14:42.36, 1998
Justin Harris, 14:42.88, 2007
David Raucci, 14:42.92, 2006
Arquimedes DelaCruz, 14:43.79, 2011
Michael Nehr, 14:45.61, 2001
Will Griffin, 14:47.86, 2010
David Swift, 14:50.24, 1995
Kirk Dornton, 14:50.89, 2002
Nick Webster, 14:52.54, 2009
Conor Shelley, 14:52.67, 2008
Greg Salamone, 14:55.79, 2000
Tim Keegan, 14:56.45, 2009
*holds both indoor (14:18.42) and outdoor (14:32.65) school records
A win and a PR for Billy Hild
Congratulations to cross country team freshman Billy "Fresh" Hild for his 20-second personal-best time and victory at the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club's Pete Sanfilippo Winter Run 5-mile race out in LaGrange on Sunday morning.
Billy ran 27:44.15, his first time sub-28:00 for 5 miles/8km. He was first in a field of more than 100 runners on one of the nicest winter days we've had around here in a while, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees -- felt like a heat wave! Parts of the course had remnants of the ice storm from the previous night, but for the most part it was smooth sailing for Mr. Freshington.
Click here for many, many, many photos from Sunday's race. And for results too.
Billy ran 27:44.15, his first time sub-28:00 for 5 miles/8km. He was first in a field of more than 100 runners on one of the nicest winter days we've had around here in a while, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees -- felt like a heat wave! Parts of the course had remnants of the ice storm from the previous night, but for the most part it was smooth sailing for Mr. Freshington.
Click here for many, many, many photos from Sunday's race. And for results too.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
New Balance Collegiate results
Our limited squad at the Armory this weekend had positive performances. Each race in which we were entered had its strong points. Here are the highlights, in the order the events were run.
Women’s DMR: Season-best time, solid efforts across the board, especially Britt’s stellar leadoff leg.
Men’s DMR: IC4A qualifier, easily exceeding the standard by more than 11 seconds. Solid relay splits, including a personal-best 1200 split for Will Griffin and a negative-split 1600 for Matt Flint (2:07/2:05).
Men’s 5,000: IC4A qualifying mark for Quimes DelaCruz, as well as a 20-second PR and his first time under 15:00. Incredibly even splits, as you will see below.
Men’s 800: Personal-best time for sophomore Matt Panebianco, who had a less-than-stellar start and tried unsuccessfully -- twice! -- to pass on the inside lane (a Coach Pete pet peeve!). Despite all this, Matt still ran tough and PRed.
Splits follow …
New Balance Collegiate Invitational
Armory Track and Field Center
Friday and Saturday, February 4-5, 2011
Women’s distance medley relay
9. Marist (Brittany Burns, Colleen Meenan, Briana Crowe, Jackie Gamboli) 12:15.29 *season best time
Relay splits
Brittany Burns, 1200, 3:40.3: 34, 71 (37), 1:48 (37), 2:26 (38), 3:03 (37), 3:40.3 (37.3)
Colleen Meenan, 400, 62.6
Briana Crowe, 800, 2:19.9: 31, 66 (35), 1:42 (36), 2:19.9 (37.9)
Jackie Gamboli, 1600, 5:12.0: 33, 70 (37), 1:48 (38), 2:27 (39), 3:08 (41), 3:50 (42), 4:31 (41), 5:12.0 (41.0)
Men’s distance medley relay
8. Marist (Will Griffin, Matt Panebianco, Tom Lipari, Matt Flint) 10:08.05 *ICAAAA qualifier
Relay splits
Will Griffin, 1200, 3:04.4: 29, 60 (31), 1:31 (31), 2:03 (32), 2:33 (30), 3:04.4 (31.4)
Matt Panebianco, 400, 52.7
Tom Lipari, 800, 1:58.1: 27, 57 (30), 1:26 (29), 1:58.1 (32.1)
Matt Flint, 1600, 4:12: 30, 62 (32), 1:35 (33), 2:07 (32), 2:39 (32), 3:11 (32), 3:43 (32), 4:12 (29)
Men’s 5,000-meter run, College Division
4. Arquimedes DelaCruz, 14:43.79 *ICAAAA qualifier
34.1, 69.7 (35.6), 1:45.7 (36.0), 2:21.2 (35.5), 2:56.3 (35.2)
3:31.9 (35.6), 4:07.2 (35.3), 4:42.4 (35.2), 5:17.2 (34.8), 5:52.5 (35.3)
6:28.2 (35.7), 7:03.8 (35.6), 7:39.2 (35.3), 8:14.2 (35.0), 8:50.0 (35.8)
9:25.7 (35.7), 10:01.2 (35.5), 10:36.6 (35.4), 11:12.2 (35.6), 11:47.5 (35.3)
12:23.7 (36.4), 13:00.0 (36.3), 13:36.3 (36.3), 14:10.2 (34.5), 14:43.79 (33.79)
Kilometer splits: 2:56.3, 2:58.2, 2:57.5, 2:57.5, 2:56.29
1600 splits: 4:42.4, 4:43.3, 4:44.5
Men’s 800-meter run
Matt Panebianco 1:57.13 *personal best time
27.7, 56.7 (29.0), 1:26.3 (29.6), 1:57.13 (30.83)
Women’s DMR: Season-best time, solid efforts across the board, especially Britt’s stellar leadoff leg.
Men’s DMR: IC4A qualifier, easily exceeding the standard by more than 11 seconds. Solid relay splits, including a personal-best 1200 split for Will Griffin and a negative-split 1600 for Matt Flint (2:07/2:05).
Men’s 5,000: IC4A qualifying mark for Quimes DelaCruz, as well as a 20-second PR and his first time under 15:00. Incredibly even splits, as you will see below.
Men’s 800: Personal-best time for sophomore Matt Panebianco, who had a less-than-stellar start and tried unsuccessfully -- twice! -- to pass on the inside lane (a Coach Pete pet peeve!). Despite all this, Matt still ran tough and PRed.
Splits follow …
New Balance Collegiate Invitational
Armory Track and Field Center
Friday and Saturday, February 4-5, 2011
Women’s distance medley relay
9. Marist (Brittany Burns, Colleen Meenan, Briana Crowe, Jackie Gamboli) 12:15.29 *season best time
Relay splits
Brittany Burns, 1200, 3:40.3: 34, 71 (37), 1:48 (37), 2:26 (38), 3:03 (37), 3:40.3 (37.3)
Colleen Meenan, 400, 62.6
Briana Crowe, 800, 2:19.9: 31, 66 (35), 1:42 (36), 2:19.9 (37.9)
Jackie Gamboli, 1600, 5:12.0: 33, 70 (37), 1:48 (38), 2:27 (39), 3:08 (41), 3:50 (42), 4:31 (41), 5:12.0 (41.0)
Men’s distance medley relay
8. Marist (Will Griffin, Matt Panebianco, Tom Lipari, Matt Flint) 10:08.05 *ICAAAA qualifier
Relay splits
Will Griffin, 1200, 3:04.4: 29, 60 (31), 1:31 (31), 2:03 (32), 2:33 (30), 3:04.4 (31.4)
Matt Panebianco, 400, 52.7
Tom Lipari, 800, 1:58.1: 27, 57 (30), 1:26 (29), 1:58.1 (32.1)
Matt Flint, 1600, 4:12: 30, 62 (32), 1:35 (33), 2:07 (32), 2:39 (32), 3:11 (32), 3:43 (32), 4:12 (29)
Men’s 5,000-meter run, College Division
4. Arquimedes DelaCruz, 14:43.79 *ICAAAA qualifier
34.1, 69.7 (35.6), 1:45.7 (36.0), 2:21.2 (35.5), 2:56.3 (35.2)
3:31.9 (35.6), 4:07.2 (35.3), 4:42.4 (35.2), 5:17.2 (34.8), 5:52.5 (35.3)
6:28.2 (35.7), 7:03.8 (35.6), 7:39.2 (35.3), 8:14.2 (35.0), 8:50.0 (35.8)
9:25.7 (35.7), 10:01.2 (35.5), 10:36.6 (35.4), 11:12.2 (35.6), 11:47.5 (35.3)
12:23.7 (36.4), 13:00.0 (36.3), 13:36.3 (36.3), 14:10.2 (34.5), 14:43.79 (33.79)
Kilometer splits: 2:56.3, 2:58.2, 2:57.5, 2:57.5, 2:56.29
1600 splits: 4:42.4, 4:43.3, 4:44.5
Men’s 800-meter run
Matt Panebianco 1:57.13 *personal best time
27.7, 56.7 (29.0), 1:26.3 (29.6), 1:57.13 (30.83)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Toughness vs. stupidity
There is a fine line between toughness and stupidity when it comes to distance running. Walking the tightrope of that continuum continues to be a challenge, especially when dealing with highly motivated athletes.
This thought popped into my head on Wednesday morning, as I slogged through a hideous half-hour jog in my neighborhood as ice pellets rained down like missiles from the gray sky above (Murphy’s Law Side Note: After 10 trusty years of service, it figures THIS winter our NordicTrack treadmill at home would finally go kaput on us; I hate treadmill running, but it can be useful on days like Wednesday …). On this day, toughness and stupidity merged into one jangled mess.
Toughness: About 15 minutes into it on the ice-encrusted roads, with Trey Anastasio and Warren Haynes blaring in my earbuds, I actually thought to myself: “Geez, this isn’t THAT bad. It must be like 25 degrees out here; that’s pretty warm these days. This is fun!”
Stupidity: As I headed home on Route 9G near my house, I had about a half-inch to spare as a town plow truck came barreling my way. It had no room to maneuver, either. As I jumped on top of the snow bank, hanging on for dear life, I realized that I would definitely lose a game of chicken with the plow. Yeah. Maybe this wasn’t such a great idea.
Whenever I think of that toughness/stupidity line, my mind wanders back about 20 years to a 13-mile run I did with Bob, back when I did such things on a regular basis. It was the middle of winter. Wind-chill near zero. Blowing snow. We ran hard through it, and the cars did not have a lot of room on the roads. Later on, I vaguely recall going to Andy’s Place for a hot bowl of chili and a cold mug, satisfied to have done such a quality run and survived at the same time. Toughness. Stupidity.
As a coach, a big part of the job is to have our athletes avoid doing stupid things in the name of toughness. With a clear, level head, an objective eye and the wisdom of years of coaching idiotically tough runners, there is a wealth of knowledge to fall back on – but it’s never perfect.
When do you “train through” that sore Achilles? When do you take time off? When do you “train through” that cold or bronchitis or Lyme disease? When do you take time off? How much cross training is just right, not enough or too much? When is it too dangerous to go over the bridge, to run on town or city roads? Should we just stay on campus and do mile loops? Should we bag that last interval of the workout? Should we finish the workout? Another set of hills? Or not? Should I make him or her drop out on the next lap? Should he or she finish the race?
The questions are endless. The line between toughness and stupidity can be blurry, indeed.
In general on a daily basis when it comes to training, I say err on the side of caution. Save it for another day, so another day will be fruitful and not filled with trips to the training room, the X-ray or MRI machine or a doctor’s office. In racing, unless there may be serious physical ramifications, maybe we shouldn’t be so cautious. In racing, sometimes a little stupidity can go a long way. But again, it’s fuzzy math to be sure, and the safety of the athletes must always take precedence.
I will say this: When dealing with highly motivated athletes, trying to navigate that toughness-stupidity tightrope is a great dilemma to have. It may not be perfect, but at least there are runners tough enough (and yes, stupid enough at times) to put it all on the line and do their best every day.
This thought popped into my head on Wednesday morning, as I slogged through a hideous half-hour jog in my neighborhood as ice pellets rained down like missiles from the gray sky above (Murphy’s Law Side Note: After 10 trusty years of service, it figures THIS winter our NordicTrack treadmill at home would finally go kaput on us; I hate treadmill running, but it can be useful on days like Wednesday …). On this day, toughness and stupidity merged into one jangled mess.
Toughness: About 15 minutes into it on the ice-encrusted roads, with Trey Anastasio and Warren Haynes blaring in my earbuds, I actually thought to myself: “Geez, this isn’t THAT bad. It must be like 25 degrees out here; that’s pretty warm these days. This is fun!”
Stupidity: As I headed home on Route 9G near my house, I had about a half-inch to spare as a town plow truck came barreling my way. It had no room to maneuver, either. As I jumped on top of the snow bank, hanging on for dear life, I realized that I would definitely lose a game of chicken with the plow. Yeah. Maybe this wasn’t such a great idea.
Whenever I think of that toughness/stupidity line, my mind wanders back about 20 years to a 13-mile run I did with Bob, back when I did such things on a regular basis. It was the middle of winter. Wind-chill near zero. Blowing snow. We ran hard through it, and the cars did not have a lot of room on the roads. Later on, I vaguely recall going to Andy’s Place for a hot bowl of chili and a cold mug, satisfied to have done such a quality run and survived at the same time. Toughness. Stupidity.
As a coach, a big part of the job is to have our athletes avoid doing stupid things in the name of toughness. With a clear, level head, an objective eye and the wisdom of years of coaching idiotically tough runners, there is a wealth of knowledge to fall back on – but it’s never perfect.
When do you “train through” that sore Achilles? When do you take time off? When do you “train through” that cold or bronchitis or Lyme disease? When do you take time off? How much cross training is just right, not enough or too much? When is it too dangerous to go over the bridge, to run on town or city roads? Should we just stay on campus and do mile loops? Should we bag that last interval of the workout? Should we finish the workout? Another set of hills? Or not? Should I make him or her drop out on the next lap? Should he or she finish the race?
The questions are endless. The line between toughness and stupidity can be blurry, indeed.
In general on a daily basis when it comes to training, I say err on the side of caution. Save it for another day, so another day will be fruitful and not filled with trips to the training room, the X-ray or MRI machine or a doctor’s office. In racing, unless there may be serious physical ramifications, maybe we shouldn’t be so cautious. In racing, sometimes a little stupidity can go a long way. But again, it’s fuzzy math to be sure, and the safety of the athletes must always take precedence.
I will say this: When dealing with highly motivated athletes, trying to navigate that toughness-stupidity tightrope is a great dilemma to have. It may not be perfect, but at least there are runners tough enough (and yes, stupid enough at times) to put it all on the line and do their best every day.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
New Balance schedule
For potential fans of this weekend’s festivities at the Armory, we are bringing a very small contingent to the New Balance Collegiate meet, as per usual. Here’s what we have going on, at this point.
Friday, 8:05 p.m.: Women’s DMR
Friday, 8:17 p.m.: Men’s DMR
Saturday, 9:35 a.m.: Men’s 5,000
Saturday, 10:55 a.m.: Men’s mile
Saturday, 11:28 a.m.: Men’s 800
If you are planning on coming, check with me first to confirm this, especially the Saturday entries.
Friday, 8:05 p.m.: Women’s DMR
Friday, 8:17 p.m.: Men’s DMR
Saturday, 9:35 a.m.: Men’s 5,000
Saturday, 10:55 a.m.: Men’s mile
Saturday, 11:28 a.m.: Men’s 800
If you are planning on coming, check with me first to confirm this, especially the Saturday entries.
Kill the messenger
Because I am a self-confessed Weather Geek, this winter has earned me a sort of cult status in the McCann Center. I have become the go-to guy for secretaries, staffers and athletes on potential school closings, delays and class cancellations.
A storm coming? Ask Coach Pete! With help from my trusty weather Web site – which Schanz was verbally bashing today, all because he had to go to class when we figured all day classes would be canceled (waaah! waaaah!) – I usually give an educated guess:
--Maybe morning classes will be canceled, with administrative offices opening at 11.
--Maybe the whole day is shot.
--Maybe night classes will be lost.
--Or maybe some variation of them all.
Apparently, eager student-athletes – eager, that is, to not have to go to that endless 2 o’clock bio lab or night class – have turned to me in the hope of the Gospel Truth. So today, when all afternoon and evening classes were NOT canceled, several runners turned on me like I was Benedict Arnold. But, but, but … coach! You said? You said!
Yeah. Yeah. I said. So, I was wrong. It’s not the first time. Deal with it. What the hey. I don’t have a degree in meteorology. And besides, the Winter Storm Warning was/is still in effect until 6 a.m. Thursday. So, blame the National Weather Service, already.
But hey: I hope your labs and night classes were filled with scintillating lectures and with lots of brain-expanding learning.
A storm coming? Ask Coach Pete! With help from my trusty weather Web site – which Schanz was verbally bashing today, all because he had to go to class when we figured all day classes would be canceled (waaah! waaaah!) – I usually give an educated guess:
--Maybe morning classes will be canceled, with administrative offices opening at 11.
--Maybe the whole day is shot.
--Maybe night classes will be lost.
--Or maybe some variation of them all.
Apparently, eager student-athletes – eager, that is, to not have to go to that endless 2 o’clock bio lab or night class – have turned to me in the hope of the Gospel Truth. So today, when all afternoon and evening classes were NOT canceled, several runners turned on me like I was Benedict Arnold. But, but, but … coach! You said? You said!
Yeah. Yeah. I said. So, I was wrong. It’s not the first time. Deal with it. What the hey. I don’t have a degree in meteorology. And besides, the Winter Storm Warning was/is still in effect until 6 a.m. Thursday. So, blame the National Weather Service, already.
But hey: I hope your labs and night classes were filled with scintillating lectures and with lots of brain-expanding learning.
More matters of degree
As a follow-up to my previous post regarding the differential between cold temperatures and miles run, I knew one person that needed to be factored in was my good friend from out West, Marist alum and USA ultra stud Bob Sweeney. Bob provides some extremely interesting metrics:
1-Being an Ultra Guy, his race distances are absurdly long. He has raced with much skill at distances of 100 kilometers (62 miles, for those keeping score at home), where he was a USA Team member several times, and 100 miles, where he PR averages out to less than 8:00 per mile. Yes. That’s right: 8-minute pace for more than half a day, and for a Century Run – put it in perspective, that’s from Marist to the Armory and about a third of the way back!
2-He currently lives in Colorado, near Boulder, a curious climate that features extreme temperature fluctuations – now! An example: Last week it was 70 degrees there. Yesterday, Bob checked in via e-mail with the report of a 5-miler that started at minus-4 and finished at minus-2. Good heavens! From late spring to mid-winter … all in the span of days! Of course, I would sign up for just one 70-degree day, now, in exchange for minus-4 – which we are getting on a regular basis anyway.
Bob gave me several degree-variation examples from his ultra experience – which also includes 24-hour races spread out over the span of two different days, and that means wild temperature fluctuations within the same race! I would have to say his best degree-variation would be from a 100km national championship in Pittsburgh, where the high temperature was under 40 – thus a differential of about 25. More importantly, cranking out a hard 62-mile effort in winter-like conditions would be considered pretty tough.
Anyway, this makes for interesting (to me, at least) chatter while we negotiate wintry mixes and crowded practice days in the McCann Fieldhouse.
1-Being an Ultra Guy, his race distances are absurdly long. He has raced with much skill at distances of 100 kilometers (62 miles, for those keeping score at home), where he was a USA Team member several times, and 100 miles, where he PR averages out to less than 8:00 per mile. Yes. That’s right: 8-minute pace for more than half a day, and for a Century Run – put it in perspective, that’s from Marist to the Armory and about a third of the way back!
2-He currently lives in Colorado, near Boulder, a curious climate that features extreme temperature fluctuations – now! An example: Last week it was 70 degrees there. Yesterday, Bob checked in via e-mail with the report of a 5-miler that started at minus-4 and finished at minus-2. Good heavens! From late spring to mid-winter … all in the span of days! Of course, I would sign up for just one 70-degree day, now, in exchange for minus-4 – which we are getting on a regular basis anyway.
Bob gave me several degree-variation examples from his ultra experience – which also includes 24-hour races spread out over the span of two different days, and that means wild temperature fluctuations within the same race! I would have to say his best degree-variation would be from a 100km national championship in Pittsburgh, where the high temperature was under 40 – thus a differential of about 25. More importantly, cranking out a hard 62-mile effort in winter-like conditions would be considered pretty tough.
Anyway, this makes for interesting (to me, at least) chatter while we negotiate wintry mixes and crowded practice days in the McCann Fieldhouse.
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