Monday, March 31, 2014

Marching into April ...

For what should be my last post of the month, I share with you the following photo sent to me by Marist Running Alum Matt Flint, from Queensbury. Here is what the track team did for a recent practice -- shoveling off their track. Here's hoping that such a winter image is something we won't see again for about 9 months or so.

Monmouth Season Opener: Women's splits

Same as the men: 1,500-meter race splits were missing in action, and the 4x400 race conditions were atrocious at best.

5,000-meter run
8-Michelle Gaye 18:55.79
91, 3:00 (89), 4:29 (89), 6:01 (82)
7:31 (90), 9:04 (93), 10:39 (95), 12:16 (97)
13:44 (88), 15:12 (88), 16:42 (90), 18:11 (89)
18:55.79 (44.79)
17-Brianne Vess 19:35.06
91, 3:00 (89), 4:29 (89), 6:01 (82)
7:31 (90), 9:04 (93), 10:39 (95), 12:18 (99)
13:59 (101), 15:38 (99), 17:15 (97), 18:50 (95)
19:35.06 (45.06)
1,600-meter relay
Marist (Courtney Cartwright 66.2, Jackie Gamboli 66.9, Olivia Jaquith 66.8, Molly Weeks 62.9) 4:22.97

Monmouth Season Opener: Men's splits

Here are the best men's race splits we would cobble together. Again, major thanks to Doug Ainscow for taking care of the splits in the pouring rain AFTER running his 10,000-meter race. The conditions during the 4x400 relays were as bad as I have ever seen, as the rain and wind seemed to ramp it up a notch. Keep that in mind. Also, the 1,500-meter race splits were a jumbled, incomplete mess, so I did not bother to include them here:

3,000-meter run
3-Will Griffin (Garden State Track Club) 8:51.36
70, 2:18 (68), 3:29 (71), 4:40 (71), 5:52 (72), 7:04 (72), 8:16 (72), 8:51.36 (35.36)
8-Johnny Lee 9:08.86
71, 2:21 (70), 3:32 (71), 4:45 (73), 6:00 (75), 7:16 (76), 8:30 (74), 9:08.86 (38.86)
3,000-meter steeplechase
3. Mark Valentino 9:47.19
71, 2:27 (76), 3:46 (79), 5:06 (80), 6:25 (79), 7:46 (81), 9:05 (790, 9:47.19 (42.19)
7. Jake Hensler 9:48.62
73, 2:31 (78), 3:51 (80), 5:12 (81), 6:33 (81), 7:54 (81), 9:08 (74), 9:48.62 (40.62)
11. Zach Toner 10:26.27
75, 2:36 (81), 3:59 (83), 5:28 (89), 6:49 (81), 8:15 (86), 9:42 (87), 10:26.27 (44.27)
5,000-meter run
7-Billy Posch 15:28.55
72, 2:28 (76), 3:36 (68), 4:49 (73)
6:02 (73), 7:17 (75), 6:34 (77), 9:50 (76)
11:06 (76), 12:23 (77), 13:39 (76), 14:55 (76)
15:28.55 (33.55)
12-Brian Edsall 16:11.79
73, 2:27 (74), 3:43 (76), 5:01 (78)
6:20 (79), 7:38 (78), 8:55 (77), 10:14 (79)
11:33 (79), 12:52 (79), 14:12 (80), 15:32 (80)
16:11.79 (39.79)
Eddie White 16:42.62
78, 2:35 (77), 3:55 (800, 5:15 (80)
6:34 (79), 7:56 (82), 9:19 (83), 10:41 (82)
12:05 (84), 13:29 (84), 14:52 (83), 16:11 (79)
16:42.62 (31.62)
Justin Tampellini 16:59.81
74, 2:31 (77), 3:49 (78), 5:10 (81)
6:30 (80), 7:51 (81), 9:14 (83), 10:36 (82)
12:02 (86), 13:27 (85), 14:53 (86), 16:16 (83)
16:59.81 (43.81)
1,600-meter relay
5-Marist A (Tim Johnson 55.3, Zach Berzal 54.0, Kyle Heubner 54.9, Matt Edwards 52.8) 3:37.01
Marist B (Connor Dodge 58.8, Nate Lungarini 53.4, Nestor Taylor 55.8, Mark Vuono 56.7) 3:44.71

Monmouth Season Opener: The Missing 10km splits

As stated previously, split taking was a huge challenge in the awful weather conditions on Saturday at Monmouth. For the first two races of the day -- the unseeded 5km in which freshman Eddie White PRed by 20 seconds, and the 10km final -- the conditions were not all that bad. The rain was just starting, and the wind was persistent -- it's always persistent at Monmouth, which sits about a mile from the beach. Unfortunately, that split page from those races were destroyed in my soaking wet clothes bag.

However, from memory of their 5km splits, we can tell you this: The 10km guys ran an excellent races. Spencer Johnson and Omar Perez both ran negative-split efforts, and Doug Ainscow ran a solid, nearly even race, as you can see here.

10,000-meter run
2-Spencer Johnson 33:01.78
5km split: 16:51; second 5km: 16:10 (last 1600 in 5:09)
4-Omar Perez 33:29.29
5km split: 16:51; second 5km: 16:38
6-Doug Ainscow 34:03.62
5km split: 16:53 (I think he was a few steps behind those guys); second 5km: 17:10

In addition, Eddie closed in 72 for the last 400 and I overheard someone say he threw down a 31-second last 200. So ... NICELY DONE!

Still sorting out the rest of the crusty pages in my notebook and will post the splits when possible.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Monmouth Season Opener: Men's results

Here are the men's results. As with the women, some overall places are not available, and whatever splits I can find and transpose I will post soon:

Monmouth Season Opener
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
Men’s results
100-meter dash
Joe Cafaro 12.07
200-meter dash
Joe Cafaro 24.95
400-meter dash
Matt Edwards 51.88
Tim Johnson 53.79
Connor Dodge 55.02
400-meter hurdles
Zach Berzal 58.25
Joe Cafaro 1:03.72
800-meter run
Nate Lungarini 2:00.68
Nestor Taylor 2:02.08
Kyle Heubner 2:04.14
Ty Gamble 2:07.10
1,500-meter run
Nick Salek 4:08.45
Saad Baig 4:11.44
Pat Rynkowski 4:13.25
Bryan Buttigieg 4:15.09
Kyle Hannafin 4:15.58
Ryan Colabella 4:15.83
Stefan Morton 4:17.50
Mark Vuono 4:18.75
Charlie Ropes 4:20.39
Pat Deedy 4:28.85
Billy Hild 4:31.77
Ryan Scrudato 4:31.79
Ian Dorset 4:32.66
3,000-meter run
3-Will Griffin (Garden State Track Club) 8:51.36
8-Johnny Lee 9:08.86
3,000-meter steeplechase
3. Mark Valentino 9:47.19
7. Jake Hensler 9:48.62
11. Zach Toner 10:26.27
5,000-meter run
7-Billy Posch 15:28.55
12-Brian Edsall 16:11.79
Eddie White 16:42.62
Justin Tampellini 16:59.81
10,000-meter run
2-Spencer Johnson 33:01.78
4-Omar Perez 33:29.29
6-Doug Ainscow 34:03.62
400-meter relay
4-Marist (Alex Cunningham, Tim Johnson, Matt Edwards, Jesse Aprile) 43.66
1,600-meter relay
5-Marist A (Tim Johnson, Zach Berzal, Kyle Heubner, Matt Edwards) 3:37.01
Marist B (Connor Dodge, Nestor Taylor, Nate Lungarini, Mark Vuono) 3:44.71
Long jump
24. Andrew Rokoszak 5.42 meters

Monmouth Season Opener: Women's results

Here are the women's results so far. In some events, overall places were not available. Splits will be posted at some point:

Monmouth Season Opener
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
Women’s results
100-meter dash
Danielle Asaro 13.20
Nicole Scicolone 14.36
Alexia Santiago 14.44
200-meter dash
Meaghan Gillespie 30.10
Alexia Santiago 31.94
400-meter hurdles
Alex McCahill 1:09.95
Courtney Cartwright 1:10.23
Meaghan Gillespie 1:14.40
800-meter run
Nicki Nesi 2:29.49
Janelle Solviletti 2:30.71
Marissa Porter 2:32.79
Bryn Gorberg 2:33.67
Christine Coughlin 2:32.51
Jackie Gamboli 2:40.72
Annie Gould 2:43.37
Olivia Lappas 2:44.76
Lauren Traina 2:53.92
1,500-meter run
Janelle Solviletti 4:57.03
Michelle Gaye 4:59.33
Nicki Nesi 5:00.46
Christine Coughlin 5:03.10
Jackie Gamboli 5:18.55
Annie Gould 5:19.72
Taylor Mueller 5:34.21
Jaime Durso 5:39.07
Alli Dellicarri 5:48.09
Kristi Licursi 5:49.04
5,000-meter run
8-Michelle Gaye 18:55.79
17-Brianne Vess 19:35.06
400-meter relay
6-Marist (Amanda Luccarelli, Danielle Asaro, Nicole Scicolone, Molly Weeks) 52.01
100-meter hurdles
Meaghan Gillespie 18.13
Alex McCahill 18.24
1,600-meter relay
Marist (Courtney Cartwright, Jackie Gamboli, Olivia Jaquith, Molly Weeks) 4:22.97
Long jump
6. Nicole Scicolone 4.38 meters