Brother Jasper: Day 2

A total of five (5) Marist track athletes competed Saturday at the Brother Jasper Invitational at Draddy Gymnasium, Manhattan College: Jumper/sprinter Jesse Aprile, and four distance runners in the 3,000-meter run.

Jesse had a busy day in his first meet of the season. He competed in the long jump, the 60-meter dash and the triple jump. Of the three events, the 60 dash went best for him. Jesse sprinted to a time of 7.27 seconds, a season-best for the Marist sprinters in the early season.

In the long jump, Jesse struggled a bit and had a series of 5.57 meters, 5.83 meters and a foul. His best jump (5.83 meters, 19 feet, 1.5 inches) was good for 10th place.

In the triple jump, Jesse made the finals and got six jumps. His progression: 10.92, 11.82, 11.95/11.89, 12.14, 11.98. His best jump on his penultimate leap of the day (12.14 meters, 39 feet, 10 inches) earned him a sixth-place finish. Not a bad start to the season for Jesse.

In the 3,000-meter run, Joel Moss was fourth, Isaiah Miller (sporting his patented last-lap kick) was seventh, Rob Gorski (in his first-ever indoor track race!) was ninth, and Kevin O’Sullivan (welcome back!) was 10th. Here are the lap-by-lap statistics on our 3km entrants:

3,000-meter run
4. Joel Moss, 9:03.15
35, 70 (35), 1:45 (35), 2:21 (36), 2:57 (36)
3:32 (35), 4:09 (37), 4:44 (37), 5:20 (36), 5:57 (37)
6:35 (38), 7:13 (38), 7:50 (37), 8:28 (38), 9:03.15 (35.15)
1km splits: 2:57, 3:00, 3:06.15

7. Isaiah Miller, 9:16.94
35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:24 (37), 3:00 (36)
3:37 (37), 4:14 (37), 4:52 (38), 5:30 (38), 6:10 (40)
6:49 (39), 7:27 (38), 8:08 (39), 8:45 (37), 9:16.94 (31.94)
1km splits: 3:00, 3:10, 3:16.94

9. Rob Gorski, 9:19.51
36, 72 (36), 1:48 (36), 2:24 (36), 3:00 (36)
3:37 (37), 4:14 (37), 4:52 (38), 5:30 (38), 6:08 (38)
6:47 (39), 7:25 (38), 8:04 (39), 8:42 (38), 9:19.51 (37.51)
1km splits: 3:00, 3:08, 3:11.51

10. Kevin O’Sullivan, 9:22.24
37, 72 (35), 1:49 (37), 2:24 (35), 3:00 (36)
3:37 (37), 4:13 (37), 4:50 (37), 5:27 (37), 6:05 (38)
6:44 (39), 7:23 (39), 8:03 (40), 8:42 (39), 9:22.24 (40.24)
1km splits: 3:00, 3:05, 3:17.24

One unusual aspect of coaching on the flat-track and obstructed-view Draddy Gymnasium: After seeing our boys go through the start/finish line and yelling out their splits … poof! They disappeared from site for a good 155 meters before reappearing on the finish straight.

Despite this, the general consensus among the men was that the Draddy Gym track was indeed a splendid one for an early-season, flat-track meet. And we all certainly would love to have such a nice facility at our disposal for practice. That’s for sure.