Good morning from Philly!
That’s right. It’s nearly 2 a.m. as I begin typing this and the Thursday Night Distance Races spilled into Friday. We are all tired and weary from a long day of traveling and a longer night of racing.
The big highlight was Brittany Burns’ school-record and ECAC qualifying performance in the Olympic Development 5,000-meter run. Britt ran 17:10.60, got 18th place and had a strong finishing kick. Some relevant statistics for Britt’s record run:
--This time eclipsed her previous 5k track PR of 18:45 by a whole lot of time.
--This time knocked off 19 seconds from Addie DiFrancesco’s excellent two-year-old school record of 17:29.31.
--This time earned her an ECAC berth, having exceeded that standard of 17:16.64 by a little more than 6 seconds.
Nicely done!
The men’s races were a little bit rougher, but we did get two more IC4A qualifiers and two PRs for those qualifiers.
--In the 5,000-meter run, Will Griffin improved on his personal-best by 12 seconds and just barely squeaked in an IC4A mark with his 10th-place finish in 14:35.85 (IC4A standard is 14:36.00).
--In the 10,000-meter run, freshman Kenny Walshak had a solid debut, notching an IC4A mark of 31:02.72. Discussion after the race was whether this time is a freshman school record for 10km. After further review, Kenny's time is indeed the fastest ever by a freshman. In 2006, Girma Segni ran 31:04.47, and that was the previous fastest mark.
The other men’s results, as you will see, were not so good. No excuses, but it really was a long day. However, we live to fight another week, and hopefully MAACs will be that much better.
It was great to see recent alum Alex Emerel, who is in podiatry school at Temple in Philly, for the night. Also great to see my old college teammate and captain, Kenny Bohan – who was also Kenny Walshak’s coach and mentor in high school at St. Anthony's.
I have typed up the splits below. I am a bit bleary eyed so if there are errors that you can see, let me know.
See you later today!
Penn Relays Distance Night
Women’s Olympic Development 5,000-meter run
18. Brittany Burns 17:10.60 *school record, ECAC qualifier
81, 2:41 (80), 4:03 (82), 5:26 (83)
6:48 (82), 8:11 (83), 9:35 (82), 10:58 (83)
12:22 (84), 13:46 (84), 15:10 (84), 16:32 (82)
17:10.60 (38.60 last 200m)
Men’s College 5,000-meter run
10. Will Griffin 14:35.85 *IC4A qualifier
70, 2:19 (69), 3:28 (69), 4:38 (70)
5:48 (70), 6:57 (69), 8:07 (70), 9:16 (69)
10:29 (73), 11:40 (71), 12:52 (72), 14:01 (69)
14:35.85 (34.85 last 200m)
18. Arquimedes DelaCruz 14:51.00
70, 2:19 (69), 3:28 (69), 4:38 (70)
5:48 (70), 6:57 (69), 8:08 (71), 9:18 (70)
10:37 (69), 11:52 (75), 13:06 (74), 14:17 (71)
14:51.00 (34.00 last 200m)
25. Conor Shelley 15:10.08
73, 2:22 (69), 3:33 (71), 4:43 (70)
5:54 (71), 7:06 (72), 8:18 (72), 9:37 (79)
10:48 (71), 12:03 (75), 13:18 (75), 14:33 (75)
15:10.08 (37.08 last 200m)
10,000-meter run
24. Ken Walshak 31:02.72 *IC4A qualifier
73, 2:29 (76), 3:40 (71), 4:52 (72)
6:04 (72), 7:16 (72), 8:30 (74), 9:42 (72)
10:56 (74), 12:59 (73), 13:24 (75), 14:38 (74)
15:52 (74), 17:08 (76), 19:24 (76), 19:40 (76)
20:55 (75), 22:11 (76), 23:28 (77), 24:45 (77)
26:02 (77), 27:18 (76), 28:34 (76), 29:49 (75)
31:02.72 (73.72)
31. Joel Moss 32:25.20
74, 2:30 (76), 3:40 (70), 4:53 (73)
6:07 (74), 7:21 (74), 8:35 (74), 9:49 (74)
11:05 (76), 12:23 (78), 13:42 (79), 15:00 (78)
16:19 (79), 17:40 (81), 19:01 (81), 20:21 (80)
21:40 (79), 23:00 (80), 24:21 (81), 25:42 (81)
27:03 (81), 28:24 (81), 29:46 (82), 31:06 (80)
32:25.20 (79.20)
32. Tim Keegan 32:37.09
72, 2:32 (77), 3:42 (70), 4:56 (72)
6:09 (73), 7:21 (72), 8:35 (74), 9:49 (74)
11:07 (78), 12:23 (76), 13:42 (79), 15:00 (78)
16:19 (79), 17:41 (82), 19:02 (81), 20:22 (80)
21:41 (79), 23:00 (79), 24:21 (81), 25:43 (82)
27:05 (82), 28:28 (83), 29:49 (81), 31:13 (84)
32:37.09 (84.09)
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