IC4A Championships: Men's result and splits

Freshman Steven Morrison raced at the IC4A Championships this afternoon at Boston University. He gained valuable experience at the trials-and-finals nature of the meet. There were two sections of the 1,000-meter run. He was in the first section, which turned out to be far slower and more tactical than the faster section. He placed fifth out of 10 in his section in 2:29.98. He raced well and competitive in his section. The only problem: His section was by far the slower of the two qualifying heats. The second section was so fast that seven of the nine runners in it qualified and will move on to Sunday's final.

Tactically, Steven ran pretty well. It just wasn't fast enough. He probably should have made a big move early in the race to ensure at top-2 finish. But that sort of hindsight is easy; making such a split-second decision at top speeds is not easy. So we chalk it up to a good learning experience and luck (or, in this case, unluck) of the draw.

IC4A Championships
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Boston University
1,000-meter run
13 out of 20 (5 out of 10 in first section
Steven Morrison, 2:29.98
28.7, 59.2 (30.5), 1:30.0 (30.8), 2:00.4 (30.4), 2:29.98 (29.58)

Here are the heat results, if interested, courtesy of lancertiming.com

Heat  1 Preliminaries                                              
  1 Gil, Ryan                 SO Georgetown             2:27.68Q   
  2 Taylor, Lester            SR Fordham                2:28.00Q   
  3 Cooper, Charles           FR Georgetown             2:28.60    
  4 McCormack, Phelan         SR Cornell                2:29.49    
  5 Morrison, Steven          FR Marist                 2:29.98    
  6 Biler, Mitchell           SR Lehigh                 2:30.19    
  7 Timmerman, Parker         FR Connecticut            2:31.56    
  8 Keith, Stephen            SR Lehigh                 2:32.48    
  9 Trimble, Chris            JR La Salle               2:35.47    
 10 Daly, Patrick             SR Boston College         2:39.51    
Heat  2 Preliminaries                                              
  1 Garcia-Garrison, Andrew   SR Bucknell             L 2:24.99Q   
  2 Westwood, John            JR Bucknell               2:25.59Q   
  3 Tejidor, Francisco        JR Holy Cross             2:25.98q   
  4 Belcher, Sam              SR Cornell                2:26.94q   
  5 Amazan, Bradley           JR Stony Brook            2:27.22q   
  6 Annelli, Jonathan         SR Fordham                2:27.34q   
  7 Kelley, Cameron           JR Umass Lowell           2:28.40q   
  8 Frering, David            FR Bucknell               2:29.08    
  9 Thomas, Ryan              FR Columbia               2:34.33    

Next up is Michelle Gaye in the ECAC 5,000-meter run later this afternoon.