Armory Collegiate Invitational: Friday night, DMR results

It was a night of near misses for our two distance medley relays. Our women’s team ran a strong time of 12:09.53, but it was just off the ECAC standard of 12:08.64. The plan is for us to make another run at the qualifying standard at the Valentine meet at Boston University next weekend. Our men’s team ran a very competitive race, placing third out of 16 teams in 10:05.61. This time fell just short of that elusive school record of 10:04.20, set at this meet back in 2009. Here are the details.

Women’s College DMR

17th of 21 teams: Marist, 12:09.53

Kristen Traub, 1200 leg in 3:42.5: 36, 72 (36), 1:50 (38), 2:28 (38), 3:06 (38), 3:42.5 (36.5)

Colleen Meenan, 400 leg in 62.4: Opening 200 in 29

Christine Coughlin, 800 leg in 2:19.8: 32, 67 (35), 1:44 (37), 2:19.8 (35.8)

Kathryn Sheehan, 1600 leg in 5:04.5: 35, 71 (36), 1:49 (38), 2:27 (38), 3:06 (39), 3:46 (40), 4:25 (39), 5:04.5 (39.5)

Comments: We were just a little off in every way in this relay; each leg was a little off its game, and that little bit was all it took. Our team members ran hard and ran competitive; we are proud of how they all competed out there tonight. With another week, we are hopeful to get the qualifying mark out of the way.

Men’s College DMR

3rd of 16 teams: Marist, 10:05.61

Arquimedes DelaCruz, 1200 leg in 3:07.0: 31, 63 (32), 1:34 (31), 2:05 (31), 2:36 (31), 3:07.0 (31.0)

Matt Panebianco, 400 leg in 51.8: Opening 200 in 24

David Marthy, 800 leg in 1:55.3: 27, 55 (28), 1:24 (29), 1:55.3 (31.3)

Will Griffin, 1600 leg in 4:11: 30, 61 (31), 1:33 (32), 2:04 (31), 2:36 (32), 3:09 (33), 3:40 (31), 4:11 (31)

Comments: The event was scratched down from two sections to one, and that alone was a contributing factor to our missing out on the record. The first leg of the relay was CROWDED and as a result did not go out as fast as it needed to go out. Quimes ran a smart and strong race, and did his best to keep the team competitive, which he did. But the entire field was relatively slow through the first leg, and we needed at least a 3:05 to have a strong shot at the record. Everybody on the relay did their jobs to the best of their ability and ran strong and competitive, placing third overall. We just fell a little shy of the school mark.

We have a quick turnaround back down to the city in the morning, for the mile run. Then, these same four men will run in the 4x800 relay in the afternoon.