For the first time in program history, our athletes have qualified for both the distance medley and 4x800 relays in the same season. The 4x800 team qualified tonight at the Armory in an extremely competitive race. OK. Let's be honest. Our team got last place. While that is something never to be happy with, the 12th place finish came with an IC4A mark of 7:50.78. And considering it was the same four athletes who ran the DMR less than 24 hours prior, their efforts are to be commended. We knew we might be in over our heads right from the gun. This relay went out FAST, much faster than Friday night's DMR. Coupled with the fact that two of our guys are sort of "fish out of water" in terms of dropping down to the relative sprint of the 800, and you get what you get. A qualifier? We'll take it. Here are today's results:
Armory Collegiate Inviational
Saturday, February 2, 2013
3,200-meter relay: 12. Marist 7:50.78
Arquimedes DelaCruz, 1:58.8: 28, 56 (28), 1:26 (30), 1:58.8 (32.8)
David Marthy, 1:56.1: 26, 54 (28), 1:24 (30), 1:56.1 (32.1)
Matt Panebianco, 1:57.1: 27, 55 (28), 1:25 (30), 1:57.1 (32.1)
Will Griffin, 1:58.2: 28, 56 (28), 1:26 (30), 1:58.2 (32.2)
Comments: You'll notice a distinct crash-and-burn trend to these splits, which is never good. We will have to work on that. In fairness, all four legs were chasing -- big time -- which leads to the over-aggressive start and struggle at the finish. Again, we appreciate these guys coming back on short rest to qualify and enable us, in theory, to bring more athletes to Boston next month.
College mile run
54. Nick Salek 4:26.02
32, 65 (33), 1:38 (33), 2:13 (35), 2:45 (32), 3:19 (34), 3:52 (33), 4:26.02 (34.02)
57. Mark Vuono 4:28.94
32, 65 (33), 1:38 (33), 2:13 (35), 2:47 (34), 3:21 (34), 3:55 (34), 4:28.94 (33.94)
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