Valentine Invitational: Time schedule (it's long)

We are very much looking forward to the Valentine Invitational at BU this weekend. However, for 2020, it is by far the largest meet to date, with more than 5,000 entries (yikes!). As a result, some of the distance races were moved to the morning. It will be a very long two days in Boston, but hopefully very well worth the time and the effort on the Magic Carpet. Below is the time schedule along with my rough estimates as to when our athletes will be racing. If you are interested in the star-studded lineups in races, go to the BU track website for a performance list. It's astounding. There is a mind-numbing 37 men entered at 4:00 or faster in the mile. Check it out. Hope to see you there (bring coffee).

Valentine Invitational

Boston University

Friday and Saturday, February 14-15, 2020

Time schedule, order of events and estimated race times

Friday running events

11:00am Women’s 5000m (Seed times 17:25.00 and slower): No entries

11:40am Women’s 3000m (Seed times 9:53.00 and slower), starts at 118:

Heat 2 at 11:55a: Ali Bartolotta (unattached, 139)

Heat 5 at 12:30p: Talia Cutrone (214)

Heat 6 at 12:40p: Ellie Davis (238)

12:35pm Women’s 60H Invitational trials (Top 27): No entries

12:40pm Women’s 60H open (107):

Heat 7 at 12:48p: Isabella Azar-Brandes (55)

12:55pm Women’s 800m (283):

Heat 20 at 1:45p: Greta Stuckey (172), Kathryn Tenney (173)

Heat 24 at 1:55p: Caitlin McCann (213)

Heat 27 at 2p: Maddie Tooker (232), Hunter vonAhn (233)

Heat 30 at 2:10p: Gina Ruotolo (272), Erin Flynn (278)

2:10pm Women’s 60m Invitational trials (Top 27): No entries

2:15pm Women’s 60m open (118):

Heat 14 at 2:25p: Alyssa Ridgway (105), Gianna Ferrara (110)

Heat 16 at 2:33p: Bethany Zekraus (113)

2:35pm Women’s 400m (243):

Heat 15 at 2:55p: Debbie Boerke (unattached, 86)

Heat 27 at 3p: Camille McHenry (162)

Heat 29 at 3:05p: Isabella Azar-Brandes (175)

Heat 31 at 3:08p: Natalie Tidler (183)

Heat 33 at 3:13p: Grace Cepeda (204)

Heat 35 at 3:16p: Alicia Chute (228)

Heat 37 at 3:18p: MacKenzie Mitchell (238)

3:20pm Women’s 60H Finals

3:25pm Women’s 60m Finals

3:30pm Women’s 500m

4:00pm Women’s 200m (329):

Heat 20 at 4:20p: Camille McHenry (118)

Heat 50 at 4:40p: Bethany Zekraus (315)

Heat 53 at 4:45p: Gianna Ferrara (321), Alyssa Ridgway (322)

4:50pm Women’s 1000m (116):

Heat 3 at 5:10p: Gianna Mastromatteo (23)

5:30pm Women’s 1mile (275):

Heat 7 at 6:05p: Emily Burns (84)

Heat 12 at 6:35p: Maria Smith (140)

Heat 15 at 6:55p: Kayla Sexton (180), Jill Laliberte (187)

Heat 20 (?) at 7:15p: Sydney Bradle (234), Sinead Heaney (236)

7:30pm Women’s 4x400m (67):

Last section at 7:25p: Marist A (60) and Marist B (64)

8:30pm Women’s 3000m (Seed times 9:52.52 and faster): No entries

9:40pm Women’s 5000m (Seed times 17:20.00 and faster):

Heat 2 at 10p: Gianna Tedeschi (29)

Heat 3 at 10:20p: Hayley Collins (52)

10:40pm Men’s Distance Medley Relay: No entry

Men’s meet

Saturday running events and estimated start times

9:00am Men’s 5000m (Seed times 15:05.00 and slower), starts at 120:

Heat 1 at 9a: Elias Platanias (121), Matthew Hartman (125)

Heat 3 at 9:35a: Daniel Czop (153), Patrick Kutch (154)

9:50am Men’s 3000m (Seed times 8:35.16 and slower), starts at 216:

Heat 2 or 3 at 10a or 10:10a: Christopher Rivas (246)

10:45am Women’s Distance Medley Relay: No entry

11:10am Men’s 60H Invitational trials (Top 27): No entries

11:15am Men’s 60H open: No entries

11:35am Men’s 800m (328):

Heat 15 at 12:05p: Zachary Ropes (116)

Heat 29 at 12:30p: Christopher Tibbetts (231)

Heat 32-33 at 12:35-12:40p: Patrick Beglane (254), Caelan Munsch (257), Vin Tripi (255)

Heat 40 at 12:45p: Ryan Bahnsen (319)

12:50pm Men’s 60m Invitational trials (top 27): No entries

12:55pm Men’s 60m (126):

Heat 4 at 1p: Jeremy Mooney (29)

Heat 12 at 1:05p: Glenmour Osbourne-Leonard (89)

Heat 14 at 1:07p: Sam Higuera (110)

1:15pm Men’s 400m (266):

Heat 37 at 1:50p: Jon Green (220), Vin Manna (221)

Heat 45 at 2:10p: Andrew Lafferty (265)

2:15pm Men’s 60H Finals

2:20pm Men’s 60m Finals

2:25pm Men’s 500m (Jarred Rome Ceremony after 500m): No entries

2:55pm Men’s 200m (274):

Heat 15 at 3:05p: Jeremy Mooney (88)

Heat 28 at 3:20p: Glenmour Osborne-Leonard (163)

3:45pm Men’s 1000m (118):

Heat 4 at 3:55p: CSG (31)

Heat 6 at 4p: Paul Sandford (52)

Heat 8 at 4:06p: Chris Courts (71), Aidan Sweeney (73), Cole Ziskind (79)

4:20pm Men’s 1 mile (379):

Heat 20 at 5:30p: Brendan Dearie (237)

Heat 24 at 5:45p: Matthew Hawker (unattached, 280)

Heat 26 at 5:55p: Dominic Mastromatteo (302)

Heat 28 at 6:05p: Brad Rynkowski (336)

6:15pm Men’s 4x400m (67):

Last heat at 7:05p: Marist A (62) and Marist B (65)

7:10pm Men’s 3000m (Seed times 8:35.00 and faster):

Heat 9 or 10 at 8:30p: James Moehringer (171)

Last section at 8:45p: Ramsey Little (210), Conor Stack (211)

8:55pm Men’s 5000m (Seed times 15:04.00 and faster):

Heat 6 at 10:10p: Alex Hogue (101), Graham Strzelecki (107)