BU Terrier on Sunday: Men's results and splits

A very long morning, afternoon, evening and early morning for us – worth every second for many of our athletes, as is often the case when we travel to Boston University. We departed Marist at 6a on Sunday; we arrived home at 12:42a on Monday. In between two bus trips, there was some big highlights from the Magic Carpet.

We start with our returning rocket, Glenmour Leonard-Osbourne. After two years away from our team, Glen came back in a big way. He had been chasing an elusive 6.70-second barrier in the 60-meter dash. He eclipsed it not once but twice! In the preliminary, he had the fastest time of 6.69 seconds. In the final, he lowered it to 6.67 seconds and won the event. The time breaks his 2020 school record of 6.73 seconds, it’s also a MAAC record, an IC4A qualifier and currently sits in the top-30 nationally. Wow! Welcome back, Glenmour!

That’s the shortest race on the track. Much later in the meet, in the longest race on the track (5,000 meters), sophomore Ramsey Little rolled to the fourth fastest time in school history (14:24.61), lowering his personal-best time by six seconds and qualifying for the IC4As in his second event (3km, back in December). Look at his splits and you’ll see that Rams was a machine, banging out 34.xx-second laps almost every 200 meters, as he edges closer to the school record in the event.

Other highlights: Chris Paxis’ three-second in the mile (4:15.01); Brendan Dearie’s six-second PR in the 3km (8:34.37); freshman Gabe Rodriguez snipping 20 seconds off his previous PR in the 5km; senior Patrick Kutch lopping about 15 seconds off his PR in the 5km; freshman Jared Tomasetti notching to PRs (60 and 200). So yeah. A pretty decent day in there.

John Thomas Terrier Invitational

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Boston University

Men’s results

60-meter dash

1-Glenmour Leonard-Osbourne 6.67 (6.69 in preliminary) *school record (old record, 6.73 by Glen in 2020), MAAC record, IC4A qualifier

Jared Tomasetti 7.26 (personal best)

200-meter dash

29. Jeremy Mooney 22.34

47. Jared Tomasetti 22.78 (personal best)

400-meter dash

Easton Eberwein 50.17 (personal best)

Roshan Kalikasingh 51.29

800-meter run

68. Aidan Sweeney 1:58.02

26.90, 29.54, 31.07, 30.52

85. Patrick Beglane 2:00.36

28.45, 28.65, 30.93, 30.06

Mile run

Christopher Paxis 4:15.01 (personal best)

31.85, 31.62, 32.68, 33.01, 32.35, 32.21, 31.36, 29.96

Tyler Perry 4:26.26 (personal best)

33.75, 34.44, 33.36, 32.89, 33.38, 33.01, 33.81, 31.65

James Moehringer 4:26.77

34.41, 34.13, 32.24, 33.07, 32.55, 33.02, 33.06, 34.34

Aidan Pech 4:27.93 (personal best)

34.20, 34.29, 32.18, 32.89, 32.77, 33.06, 34.03, 34.54

Steven Viera 4:34.08

35.76, 33.00, 34.00, 34.60, 35.19, 35.38, 34.09, 32.10

3,000-meter run

Brendan Dearie 8:34.37 (personal best)

34.86, 34.47, 32.71, 33.78, 34.48 = 2:50.27

34.58, 34.53, 35.00, 35.07, 33.33 = 5:42.75

34.27, 35.03, 34.69, 34.65, 33.00 = 8:34.37

5,000-meter run

Ramsey Little 14:24.61 *IC4A qualifier, 4^th all-time/Marist

33.96, 35.96, 34.44, 34.00, 34.29 = 2:52.62

34.44, 34.85, 34.93, 34.67, 34.56 = 5:46.04

34.47, 34.83, 34.78, 35.28, 35.04 = 8:40.42

35.00, 34.62, 33.71, 34.52, 34.43 = 11:32.67

35.22, 35.11, 34.79, 34.32, 32.51 = 14:24.61

Gabriel Rodriguez 15:06.31 (personal best)

34.67, 36.41, 36.54, 37.04, 35.98 = 3:00.62

35.08, 35.70, 35.97, 36.19, 35.99 = 5:59.53

36.10, 35.52, 36.03, 36.12, 36.53 = 8:59.79

36.32, 36.60, 36.89, 36.97, 37.11 = 12:03.66

36.39, 36.78, 37.42, 37.27, 34.80 = 15:06.31

Patrick Kutch 15:28.66 (personal best)

35.34, 37.50, 36.77, 36.49, 36.61 = 3:02.70

35.94, 36.36, 36.13, 36.94, 37.16 = 6:05.20

37.69, 38.28, 38.62, 37.65, 37.58 = 9:15.00

37.45, 38.18, 37.84, 37.75, 38.40 = 12:24.60

37.56, 37.94, 37.19, 36.96, 34.43 = 15:28.66

John Ignacz 15:45.79

33.80, 36.58, 36.83, 37.18, 36.02 = 3:00.39

36.07, 36.18, 35.29, 35.99, 35.93 = 5:59.83

36.57, 37.12, 37.88, 39.26, 39.59 = 9:10.23

39.75, 39.63, 38.50, 38.82, 39.97 = 12:26.88

39.69, 39.95, 40.41, 40.35, 38.52 = 15:45.79

Jon Kittredge 16:03.56

34.17, 36.42, 36.46, 37.12, 35.75 = 2:59.92

36.09, 36.14, 36.00, 36.18, 35.94 = 6:00.24

37.21, 38.11, 38.89, 39.52, 39.95 = 9:13.90

39.99, 40.86, 41.31, 41.09, 40.69 = 12:37.81

41.66, 41.27, 40.91, 41.32, 40.61 = 16:03.56

60-meter hurdles

Noah Brown 9.19

1,600-meter relay

8. Marist (Easton Eberwein 50.83, Reed Dexter 52.40, Roshan Kalikasingh 50.70, Ryan Bahnsen 50.65) 3:24.58

Pole vault

9. Noah Brown 4.10 meters (13 feet, 5.25 inches) 

BU Terrier on Sunday: We're here!

We made remarkably good time – normal time! – to Boston this morning. Yes, there’s a lot of snow, but the roads were mostly clear. We left Marist at 6a, made our usual food stop at Price Chopper on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, and away we went. The highways were down to about two lanes where there should be three lanes. It wasn’t all that windy. It was sunny. The bus windshield is caked with road sludge. There's a name for that: January. The roads in the city of Boston were remarkably navigable. Speaking of “remarkably navigable”: Our bus driver, Eric, made one of the most nimble (and illegal) U-turns on Commonwealth Avenue, on the heels of a blizzard, that you’ll ever see, powering through the snowy streets. And then upon arrival at the Track and Tennis Center, Eric and his trusty bus threaded the needle between a six-foot snow bank and a huge metal pole (with a little navigation help outside by an old coach bundled in about eight layers of clothes) to get a nifty spot in the parking lot right across the street from the TTC, where he will sit with the bus idling very non-eco friendly for the next 10 hours or so. We’re so early that we cannot even get our packet for another 30 minutes! Hey. We could have worse issues to deal with this morning!

Millrose Games: Marist presence

We were thrilled and proud to have Marist Running represented on Saturday afternoon at the Millrose Games at the Armory. Despite the snowy day, it was a stellar meet with some incredible elite performances that had the track universe buzzing. Two of our Olympic Trials racewalkers – Katie Miale and Kayla Shapiro – were in the 3,000-meter racewalk at Millrose. Katie placed sixth (14:38.49) and Kayla placed ninth (15:05.76). And in the most unlikely scenario, 2020 graduate Christopher Rivas – for whom even an 800-meter repeat in a workout would be considered a sprint – race in the distance medley relay as part of a curiously named track club called the Dashing Whippets. Again, keep in mind that during his stellar four-year career at Marist, Rivas never once raced a mile and rarely raced shorter than 5km, and predictably has gravitated toward the marathon and half marathon since graduation. So what on earth was our boy doing, racing all out for four laps (800 meters) in the DMR? Hey. He’s a team player! Chris split 2:10.01 and his team ran 11:28.04, good for ninth place. Earlier in the day, Chris excitedly texted me that he had split 2:09 -- this, according to the club coach’s watch, but alas the electronic eye doesn’t lie and he just missed the sub-2:10 by an eyelash.

BU Terrier: Sunday's schedule

 Hey. We are very cognizant that a massive blizzard has happened in Boston so the idea of getting "excited" about going to a track meet in that city tomorrow may seem misplaced. As of this writing, the meet is on as scheduled, with the schedule listed below. We have planned an early bus departure in anticipation of a slower-than-normal journey to Boston because of blowing and drifting snow. Of course, all plans are subject to change. BU seems intent on holding the meet, safely and successfully. Many teams are already in Boston and have stayed put during the historic storm, which spared our region here in the mid-Hudson Valley with a relatively light amount (4-6 inches?). But man, it's cold and windy out there. This has already been a doozy of a winter, far more active than the past several. Here we go. Stay tuned for updates. 

John Thomas Terrier Invitational

Boston University

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Order of events/time schedule

Running Events:

1:00pm Men’s 60H Open Finals 

1:10pm Men’s 60H Invite Trials 

1:15pm Women's DMR - Invite 

1:30pm Men's DMR - Open 

1:45pm Men's 60m Open Finals 

1:55pm Men's 60m Invite Trials 

2:00pm Men's 400m 

2:40pm Men's 60H Invite Finals 

2:50pm Men's 60m Invite Finals 

2:55pm Men's 500m 

3:15pm Men's 200m 

3:55pm Men's 1000m 

4:20pm Men's 4x400m 

4:50pm Men's 800m 

5:40pm Men's Mile 

6:25pm Men's 3000m 

7:25pm Men's 5000m 

8:30pm Estimated completion of Day 2

Field events

1:00pm Men’s pole vault

BU Terrier, Friday: Women's results and splits

We had a “blizzard” of strong performances at BU on Friday afternoon! Yes. Bad pun, for sure. Hayley Collins’ first-ever sub-17:00 5km was the clear highlight. She placed 10^th overall in 16:57.43, a personal-best time, ECAC qualifier and yes that elusive sub-17. Hayley went for it, leading the fastest section for several laps in the early going. She blitzed through 3km in a PR time of 10:02.63 and hung tough and gamely for this gem of an effort. Highly neat! Other strong PRs on the day: Adele Alexander (5:08.00) and Hannah Belleville (5:10.34) in the mile, Tori Mariano (10:10.21) in the 3km, and many, many season-best times. Nothing like the Magic Carpet to jump-start things during the indoor track season. We are heading west now through Connecticut, outrunning the blizzard (for today). We hope to be back in Boston on Sunday for the men’s meet. There will be much snow between now and Sunday morning. Here’s hoping we can make it back to BU and make it back to the Magic Carpet. 

John Thomas Terrier Invitational

Friday, January 28, 2022

Boston University

Women’s results

60-meter dash

12. Gianna Ferrara 8.49

22. Bethany Zekraus 8.98

24. Nina Florio 9.01

200-meter dash

112. Gabrielle Brosnan 28.40

115. Camille McHenry 28.55

119. Gianna Ferrara 29.02

120. Nina Florio 29.04

134. MacKenzie Mitchell 31.43

135. Talia Augusto 32.20

400-meter dash

55. Natalie Tidler 1:02.58

800-meter dash

47. Kayla Sexton 2:25.35

34.37, 36.87, 37.07, 37.06

49. Greta Stuckey 2:25.77

35.12, 36.79, 37.79, 36.09

54. Julianna Fame 2:28.03

34.66, 36.71, 37.24, 39.44

55. Caitlin McCann 2:28.31

33.09, 36.48, 38.31, 40.44

60. Alexa Mocko 2:32.23

34.98, 39.29, 40.08, 37.90

69. Gina Ruotolo 2:39.12

36.10, 39.32, 40.92, 42.80

1,000-meter run

42. Anaiya Bobo 3:18.13

36.04, 38.82, 40.91, 41.41, 40.97

Mile run

59. Adele Alexander 5:08.00

39.24, 38.13, 39.13, 38.29, 38.19, 38.94, 38.35, 37.76

67. Hannah Belleville 5:10.34

39.64, 37.83, 39.14, 38.51, 38.86, 39.01, 39.06, 38.31

114. Raven Stanet 5:30.20

38.74, 40.82, 40.26, 40.31, 41.36, 41.95, 43.08, 43.69

119. Kate Murtagh 5:37.45

42.50, 40.27, 42.14, 41.38, 42.64, 43.70, 44.23, 40.62

120. Kathryn Tenney 5:37.85

40.47, 39.50, 40.94, 42.64, 43.18, 44.29, 45.48, 41.38

130. Kaitlyn Hastings 5:50.85

42.56, 41.45, 44.61, 44.86, 45.10, 45.39, 44.75, 42.16

138. Mary Dougherty 6:00.14.

41.84, 40.20, 43.86, 46.24, 47.17, 48.02, 47.12, 45.62

138. Madison Whited 6:11.01

42.05, 41.74, 45.38, 48.22, 48.31, 49.22, 48.54, 47.57

143. Marissa Sciotto 6:41.64

45.98, 46.00, 49.67, 51.16, 52.64, 53.84, 52.41, 49.97

3,000-meter run

53. Tori Mariano 10:10.21

38.30, 39.54, 40.31, 39.72, 40.24 = 3:18.08

40.88, 41.13, 41.33, 40.21, 40.41 = 6:42.01

41.52, 42.78, 42.51, 41.24, 40.17 = 10:10.21

83. Talia Cutrone 10:47.20

41.62, 42.46, 42.80, 43.34, 42.55 = 3:32.75

42.65, 43.05, 43.54, 44.36, 43.86 = 7:10.18

44.50, 44.73, 43.96, 43.45, 40.40 = 10:47.20

84. Ellie Davis 10:47.32

42.32, 42.78, 42.47, 43.59, 41.86 = 3:33.00

42.98, 43.38, 43.35, 43.36, 43.59 = 7:09.64

43.39, 44.69, 44.30, 43.74, 41.58 = 10:47.32

5,000-meter run

10. Hayley Collins 16:57.43

38.97, 39.78, 39.09, 39.14, 39.48 = 3:16.44

40.19, 40.00, 39.93, 40.25, 40.47 = 6:37.26

40.90, 40.78, 41.51, 41.36, 40.85 = 10:02.63

42.13, 41.00, 42.03, 41.19, 41.47 = 13:30.43

42.00, 42.44, 42.00, 41.51, 39.07 = 16:57.43

60-meter hurdles

13. Sydney Villani 10.08

Pole vault

23. Jessica Ippolito 3.15 meters (10 feet, 4 inches)

Triple jump

23. Kiana Pathirana 10.02 meters (32 feet, 10.5 inches)

BU Terrier: Friday's order of events

We are glad to be able to go to the Terrier meet at BU, sandwiched around the massive snowstorm expected to hit the Boston area. We will be up there on Friday for the women's meet. And yes, the men's meet has been rescheduled for Sunday, and we plan on attending THAT as well. No spectators are allowed at BU (bummer). Here is the order of events/time schedule for Friday. 

John Thomas Terrier Invitational

Boston University

Friday, January 28, 2022

Order of events/time schedule

Running events:

11:00am Women’s 60H Open Final

11:10am Women’s 60H Invite Trials

11:20pm Women’s 60m Open Final

11:30pm Women’s 60m Invite Trials

11:35pm Women’s 400m

12:15pm Women’s 60H Invite Finals

12:20pm Women’s 60m Invite Finals

12:25pm Women’s 500m

12:50pm Women’s 200m

1:35pm Women’s 1000m

2:05pm Women’s 4x400m relay

2:40pm Women’s 1 Mile

3:45pm Women’s 800m

4:30pm Women’s 3000m

6:00pm Women’s 5000m

Field events

11:00am Women’s Long jump followed by Women’s Triple

11:00am Women’s Pole Vault 

What's next? = BU Terrier + blizzard

The next few days will be ... interesting. One of perennial favorite meets on the schedule, the John Thomas Terrier Invitational at Boston University, will be held on Friday with all the women's events. The original (new for 2022) format of two separate sessions for the women's meet has been scrapped in favor of one, continuous rolling schedule. The Saturday portion of the meet -- the men's events -- has been canceled due to the impending winter storm that may dump up to 2 feet of snow on Boston. The men's meet MAY be rescheduled to Sunday and if so, we plan on attending provided travel will be safe. As with most coastal storms, there is a lot of uncertainty as to the track and how much snow we will get here in the mid-Hudson Valley -- preliminary estimates are not too significant, like 3-6 inches. However, it's a virtual lock that Boston will get pummeled. That matters, since that where the meet is located! Stay tuned ...

Pole vault school records x2!

 

How cool was THIS? Two school records, same event, same meet! Freshman Noah Brown (above picture, from last week at the Armory) had a breakthrough afternoon and evening at the NYC Gotham Cup, clearing 4.40 meters (roughly 14 feet, 5.25 inches) and placing second in the event. Earlier in the day, graduate student Jessica Ippolito (picture by Noah) debuted on the Marist team with a leap of 3.20 meters (roughly 10 feet, 6 inches). We just met Jess yesterday! She stopped down to McCann to pick up a uniform and some team gear. Jess just started in the DPT (physical therapy program). She vaulted for URI for three years and had an extra year of eligibility, thanks to Covid. We're happy to have her, and thrilled at Noah's progress as well. Neat!

Gotham Cup: Men's results

NYC Gotham Cup

Friday, January 21, 2022

Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex

Men’s results

60-meter dash

20. Jeremy Mooney 7.15

34. Jared Tomasetti 7.29

200-meter dash

18. Roman Katona 22.74

37. Jared Tomasetti 23.39

400-meter dash

34. Pat Beglane 53.42

500-meter dash

8. Easton Eberwein 1:06.45

10. Roshan Kalikasingh 1:06.88

800-meter run

2. Christopher Paxis 1:56.56

28.78, 58.81 (30.03), 1:28.23 (29.41), 1:56.56 (28.32)

18. James Moehringer 2:04.76

1,000-meter run

8. Tyler Perry 2:34.56

30.34, 1:00.93, 1:32.46, 2:04.12, 2:34.56

10. Aidan Sweeney 2:36.64

29.93, 1:00.52, 1:32.26, 2:05.02, 2:36.64

Mile run

19. Brendan Dearie 4:28.30

3,000-meter run

14. Gabriel Rodriguez 9:00.63

2:59.21, 5:55.58, 9:00.63

16. Aidan Pech 9:03.20

3:00.15, 5:58.83, 9:03.20

17. Patrick Kutch 9:04.49

3:00.57, 6:00.12, 9:04.49

60-meter hurdles

19. Noah Brown 9.15

1,600-meter relay

10. Marist (Easton Eberwein 51.39, Roshan Kalikasingh 51.22, Christopher Paxis 52.45, Pat Beglane 53.45) 3:28.60

Pole vault

2. Noah Brown 4.40 meters *school record, old record 4.26 meters by Max Carow, 2009

 

Gotham Cup: Women's results

NYC Gotham Cup

Friday, January 21, 2022

Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex

Women’s results

60-meter dash

32. Gianna Ferrara 8.39

41. Kiana Pathirana 8.61

49. Nina Florio 8.95

200-meter dash

44. Camille McHenry 28.27

51. Gabrielle Brosnan 28.93

400-meter dash

35. Natalie Tidler 1:04.81

800-meter run

21. Alexa Mocko 2:36.99

22. Gina Ruotolo 2:37.02

Mile run

6. Adele Alexander 5:10.15

8. Hayley Collins 5:10.73

35. Marissa Sciotto 6:39.47

3,000-meter run

16. Kate Murtagh 11:51.34

60-meter hurdles

21. Sydney Villani 10.10

29. Talia Augusto 11.16

3,200-meter relay

2. Marist (Greta Stuckey 2:23.9, Kayla Sexton 2:35.2, Julianna Fame 231.7, Caitlin McCann 2:37.6) 10:08.58

Distance medley relay

3. Marist (Raven Stanet 4:05.2, Alexa Mocko 65.8, Anaiya Bobo 2:32.1, Kathryn Tenney 5:50.9) 13:34.24

High jump

8. Grace O’Neill 1.50 meters

Long jump

29. Kiana Pathirana 4.47 meters

36. Alexa Spain 4.27 meters

Triple jump

27. Kiana Pathirana 9.13 meters

Pole vault

8. Jessica Ippolito 3.20 meters *school record; old record 3.10 meters by Justine Colabraro in 2007

Gotham Cup: Time schedule + NO SPECTATORS

We look forward to returning to Ocean Breeze. Time schedule was just posted last night, along with the announcement that NO SPECTATORS will be allowed in the building. OK.

NYC Gotham Cup

Friday, January 21, 2022

Ocean Breeze, Staten Island

Time schedule

1p: 60 hurdles

1:20p: 5k

2p: 60 hurdle final

2:10p: 60 dash

2:50p: 500 dash

3:20p: 400 dash

4p: Mile

4:40p: 1,000

5:05p: 800

5:35p: 200

6:15p: 3k

7:05p: 4x800 relay

7:28p: DMR

7:50p: 4x400 relay

Field events

1p: Women’s pole vault (men to follow)

1p: Long jump, triple jump to follow

Following dash: High jump

Indoor track schedule, 2022

An alert blog follower indirectly reminded me that I haven’t posted the track schedule here. I guess we’re so used to the day-to-day and what ifs that we have been going meet by meet, which is a good way to approach things anyway. But alas, we do have “fans” who want to know when and where to “root for” their favorite Running (and Jumping and Sprinting) Red Foxes. And so! Here’s the remainder of the indoor track schedule for 2022.

Friday, January 21: Gotham Cup, Ocean Breeze (side note: As of this writing, spectators ARE allowed for this meet. If that CHANGES, we’ll let you know)

Friday (women)/Saturday (men), January 28-29: Terrier Invitational, BU

Thursday (pole vault)/Friday, February 3-4: Metropolitan Championships, Ocean Breeze

Friday (women)/Saturday (men), February 11-12: Valentine Invitational, BU

Saturday/Sunday, February 19-20: MAAC Championships, Armory

Friday, February 25: Fastrack Qualifier (Last Chance), Ocean Breeze

Saturday/Sunday, March 5-6: ECAC/IC4A Championships, BU

Spencer Johnson = PR at Houston Marathon

Congrats to Marist Running Alum Spencer Johnson, as he continues to make great progress at the 26.2-mile distance. On Sunday morning in Houston, Spencer lowered his PR by more than a minute with a strong finishing time of 2:21:18. Racing for the San Diego Track Club, Spencer was on sub-2:20 pace for much of the race. Racing that hard and that far is not easy. Spencer is making steady, gradual improvement and ran what is likely a Marist Alumni record for the marathon distance (according to a Loyal Blog Follower, the unofficial Marist Alumni record was Girma Segni’s 2:21:36). Spencer’s splits:

5km = 16:35

10km = 32:53

15km = 49:19

Half marathon = 1:09:31

25km = 1:22:26

30km = 1:39:04

35km = 1:55:48

40km = 2:13:23

Finish = 2:21:18

Alumni race well in the cold on LI

It was really cold on Saturday morning and that didn’t stop three Marist Running Alums from racing hard at the SRC 10-mile run to the Blue Point Brewery at Patchogue, Long Island. Pat Rynkowski was seventh overall in 57:40.40 (5:46 pace), Will Duggan was 26^th in 1:02:58.78 (6:18 pace) and Mark Valentino was 44^th in 1:05:59.98 (6:36 pace).

TCNY Lions: Quick recap

Newsflash. It’s really cold here in the Northeast! Not much of a newsflash for January. But yeah. We haven’t had this kind of cold for a few years. It was really nice to be at the Armory again last night, after nearly two years away from Washington Heights. That old building is usually plenty warm, toasty warm for the sprinters and uncomfortably warm for distance races. Last night, for some reason (perhaps to provide ventilation during the Covid era), several windows were open. Did I mention it’s cold out there? Well. It was cold IN there last night. Yikes. Here’s the thing! A year ago, I would have given anything to complain about a chilly night INSIDE the Armory. So. No complaints here. Just a few more layers of flannel, a winter hat, and we’re good to go.

The first meet after a long layoff is usually referred to as a “rust buster,” a term that annoys the crap out of Loyal Marist Running Alum Sami Ellougani. I know Sami is a loyal reader of this blog, and so that is why I include these sentences, and I will mention the term “rust buster” again here – just to piss him off! Sometimes, though, clichés are true. This was truly a rust-buster meet, a kind of a meh meet for the team (and, really, for much of the athletes on other teams too), but highlighted with some good and strong performances. Hayley Collins ran a PR in the 3km, deep into her long and successful career. Great! Chris Paxis (Pax) ran a scintillating win in the 3km, and set a PR in the process. Noah Brown nabbed two PRs (hurdles and pole vault) and narrowing missed the school record in the pole vault. He’s getting close, and he really didn’t get a chance to practice over break. So that’s neat too. Glenmour Leonard-Osbourne returned (though not in a Marist uniform yet, that should happen soon), adding depth and pizzazz to our ever-improving sprint program. A few other mini-PRs as well. So not bad and it gets us hungry to work hard and get after it. Even though it’s currently 3 degrees out and a long run in planned in about an hour. We’ll continue to shake off that rust and hopefully have more highlights in the coming weeks – whether it’s cold outside, inside, or both. OK!

TCNJ Lions Invitational: Men's results

TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational

Armory Track and Field Center, NYC

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Men’s results

60-meter dash

2. Glenmour Leonard-Osbourne (unattached) 6.75

22. Jared Tomasetti 7.32

200-meter dash

14. Jared Tomasetti 23.55

17. Jeremy Mooney 23.68

400-meter dash

9. Easton Eberwein 52.44

16. Ryan Bahnsen 53.81

800-meter run

11. Aidan Sweeney 1:59.55

28.104, 57.435 (29.332), 1:28.536 (31.101), 1:59.542 (31.007)

13. Tyler Perry 2:00.16

28.400, 58.892 (30.492), 1:29.803 (30.912), 2:00.16 (30.354)

Mile run

15. John Ignacz 4:31.75

35.074, 67.659 (32.585), 1:40.744 (33.086), 2:15.324 (34.580), 2:49.770 (34.447), 3:24.287 (34.517), 3:58.840 (34.554), 4:31.749 (32.910)

3,000-meter run

1-Christopher Paxis 8:35.80

2:54.227, 5:50.072 (2:55.845), 8:35.797 (2:45.725)

10. Brendan Dearie 8:51.60

2:53.543, 5:50.304, 8:51.597

25. Jack Parsons 9:26.28

3:02.318, 6:07.990, 9:26.279

60-meter hurdles

5. Noah Brown 8.80

1,600-meter relay

4. Marist 3:28.88 (Easton Eberwein 51.278, Roshan Kalikasingh 51.487, Thomas Dinsmore 52.501, Ryan Bahnsen 53.613)

Long jump

8. Lukas Bussetti 6.45m (21 feet, 2 inches)

Pole vault

7. Noah Brown 4.25m (13 feet, 11.25 inches)

TCNJ Lions Invitational: Women's results

TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational

Armory Track and Field Center, NYC

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Women’s results

60-meter dash

22. Kiana Pathirana 8.58

28. Nina Florio 8.99

33. Briana Koutros 9.22

200-meter dash

27. Gabrielle Brosnan 29.17

35. Nina Florio 30.05

500-meter dash

16. Anaiya Bobo 1:25.37

19. Alexa Mocko 1:26.34

27. Gina Ruotolo 1:31.77

800-meter run

11. Raven Stanet 2:27.82

34.447, 1:11.305 (36.859), 1:49.588 (38.283), 2:27.812 (38.225)

16. Kayla Sexton 2:29.52

34.605, 1:11.555 (36.950), 1:50.245 (38.690), 2:29.517 (39.273)

17. Greta Stuckey 2:29.66

35.275, 1:13.126 (37.852), 1:51.995 (38.870), 2:29.655 (37.660)

24. Caitlin McCann 2:36.44

35.240, 1:13.408 (38.168), 1:53.606 (40.199), 2:36.434 (42.828)

3,000-meter run

3. Hayley Collins 10:05.48

3:18.245, 6:41.608 (3:23.363), 10:05.477 (3:32.869)

7. Talia Cutrone 10:44.99

3:28.555, 7:08.139, 10:44.984

9. Ellie Davis 10:55.08

3:31.053, 7:11.152, 10:55.075

60-meter hurdles

11. Sydney Villani 10.13

16. Talia Augusto 10.98

18. Isabella Azar-Brandes 11.18

1,600-meter relay

13. Marist 4:24.61 (Greta Stuckey 65.563, Anaiya Bobo 65.363, Alexa Mocko 67.699, Natalie Tidler 65.980)

High jump

13. Anne Bekasi 1.46m (4 feet, 9.5 inches)

Long jump

11. Alyssa Ridgway 4.65m (15 feet, 3.25 inches)

17. Maria Rivell 4.30m (14 feet, 1.25 inches)

18. Alexa Spain 4.19m (13 feet, 9 inches)

Triple jump

3. Kiana Pathirana 10.22m (33 feet, 6.5 inches)

TCNJ Lions Invitational on Saturday

Our first meet of 2022 is on Saturday night at the Armory, where all individuals (athletes, coaches, officials, spectators) must show proof of vaccination and ID to match. Also, masks are required at all times except for competing athletes. So while it’ll be great to be back in the Armory, these are most definitely 2022-esque reminders. We look forward to getting back on the track (and in the field) at the Armory.

TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational

Armory Track and Field Center, NYC

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Field events begin at 5 p.m.

Women’s long jump/men’s long jump

Triple jump to follow

Pole vault at 5:30 p.m.

High jump following 60-meter dash final

Track events

Women’s Events before Men Except:

In the Hurdle Final, Men Go First

5:30pm 60-Meter Hurdle Trials

5:50pm  60-Meter Dash Trials

6:10pm  Mile

6:55pm  60-Meter Hurdles Finals (Men’s Hurdle Final First)

7:10pm  60-Meter Dash Finals

7:15pm  400 Meters

7:45pm  800 Meters

8:10pm  500 Meters

8:35pm  200 Meters

9:00pm  3000 Meters

9:40pm  4x400 Meter Relay

Common sense

A family member (vaccinated, no symptoms) tested positive last week. He’s fine, no problem. Two close friends (both vaccinated, one boosted) are both Covid positive, and currently dealing with not insignificant symptoms. They are not young, and both are grateful to have had the vaccine as added protection for their respective illnesses (this is not a "political" statement but rather echoing their thoughts; they are hurting physically but also feel fortunate). Please understand that this stuff is real. It’s not the flu. It’s not the common cold. But it’s also not January 2021 (which is good). It’s also not January 2020, when things were still “normal” (although the rumblings of this mess were being felt behind the scenes). Anyway, back to January 2022. Hundreds of thousands of people a day are testing positive for Covid (most likely, this omicron variant). The need for vigorous contact tracing, endless quarantines and isolation – that’s so 2021. On my way home from jogging this morning, I heard on the radio that because of the sheer high volume of Covid cases, and because a fair amount of them are mild or asymptomatic cases, we won’t be getting calls from state-contracted contact tracers anymore. That's over, done with. We’re not getting countdowns on how many more days of quarantine or isolation we must endure. It’s now five days (or six really, if you factor in that the first day is actually “Day 0” …). Again. This stuff remains real, folks. However, we are slowly, gradually pivoting to the “common sense” phase of this pandemic. Or, as the fancy scientists say, the “endemic” phase. We’re not there yet with the endemic thing. But the "common sense" approach? We can always be there! 

The “common sense” approach goes something like this: If you feel sick, stay home. If you feel sick, stay away from other people until you feel better. If you don’t feel sick but you have a runny nose, a cough, a scratchy throat, etc. … maybe stay home or maybe go live your life but stay away from people as much as possible and/or wear a mask. We can argue about mask mandates and the effectiveness of face coverings. We can bicker about vaccine mandates and/or the need for booster shots. We can roll our eyes at the “wash hands, wash hands, wash hands” finger wagging. We can squabble over anything and everything. It is, it seems, the American Way. So, as always in life, we have choices. We can take it seriously. Or we can not take it seriously. We can take parts of it seriously. We can do whatever we want, I suppose. But really, what we CAN do and what we SHOULD do are often at odds. I can’t tell you what to do. I can suggest something that most of us can agree upon, and that is a “common sense” approach. Have an awareness of how you feel. If you are sick, stay away. If you feel better, still be careful. If you feel fine, congratulations. Enjoy that feeling, because eventually, you’ll probably get it. What’s “IT?” Sick. Covid. Cold. Flu. Sinus infection. Stomach bug. Something. Anything. It’s January. Don’t matter what year. It’s January. Most of us are gonna get it. Why? Because it’s everywhere. People implore us to “follow the science.” That’s all well and good, but even that pisses some people off. So I’ll try to not piss you off and impart very simple advice: Follow common sense. Or even better, as Gattine says when he signs off his morning shift on Radio Woodstock: “Spread out, spread love.”

Wagner Invitational: Pax's mile PR

The first race result from 2022 is a good one, a nice PR in the mile for sophomore Christopher Paxis. Pax, who lives in Staten Island, asked if I could enter him in Friday’s meet at Ocean Breeze. He ran a strong negative-split race with a blazing last 400 meters. The official race splits from Ocean Breeze did not include his 1,400-meter split. Pax has been putting in the work and it showed here. We look forward to a strong indoor track season – for Pax and for the entire team. OK!

Wagner Invitational

Ocean Breeze, Staten Island

Friday, January 7, 2022

Mile run

4. Christopher Paxis 4:18.70

32.89, 65.79 (32.90), 1:39.37 (33.58), 2:12.89 (33.52), 2:45.67 (32.78), 3:18.47 (32.80), 4:18.70 (60.23 last 400m)

January 2022 update

Whoa! This Omicron variant packs quite a wallop in terms of case numbers! As we approach the two-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic, there seems no end in sight. However, there is a difference this time. I think. Several people have asked: What will become of this indoor track season? The implication being: Will meets get canceled, will the season be shuttered, will we be stuck at home, staring at Zoom screens all day (again). Throughout much of the pandemic, I have tended to skew toward the realistic/negative bent. Rarely was I viewed as a voice of positive reason (more than once, on MAAC coaches Zoom calls, I was referred to as the "grumpy old man"). With that context? I believe that this indoor season will happen. I do not believe there will be catastrophic outcomes as it applies to our sport’s ability to function. When I was realistic/pessimistic, I tended to be closer to accurate than not. Let’s hope my predictive powers remain the same in this case. Let's hope we'll be at the Armory, at Ocean Breeze, at Boston University. I will say THIS, though: I am not optimistic about spectators being allowed at any of these venues. Sorry to say that ...

For now (and, the caveats and qualifying statements and what-ifs most definitely apply here), we are scheduled to return to practice on Sunday and Monday, with our first meet on Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Armory. Again … for now. We’ll see how this goes. But this time, at the beginning of 2022, I’m going with a coffee-mug-half-full (rather than half-empty) mentality.

Rock stars (in my earbuds)

Who do we admire? Who do we idolize? What types of famous people do we want to meet? Quickly think about this. Most of us would gravitate toward luminaries in the music world (rock stars, singers, other performers, entrepreneurs, etc.), sports world (Hall of Fame caliber quarterbacks, Cy Young caliber pitchers, home run hitters, Olympians, etc.), entertainment (movie stars, TV talk show hosts, lead characters in your favorite Netflix shows, etc.) and for some, maybe, even politicians or those in the political sphere (Andrew Yang, the president, the governor, other world leaders, etc.). Not me (although I do like Yang, a lot). Nope. My “rock stars” are decidedly more unknown, niche -- some would say even … nerdy! The folks I idolize are literally the voices inside my head, oftentimes in the predawn darkness while walking, or in bed while trying to drift off to sleep. My superheroes are the podcast hosts that I have grown to rely upon, on an almost daily basis. I was a bit late to the podcast world. I’m making up for lost time. Trust me on this. I listen to a LOT of podcasts. But oddly? Not a lot of DIFFERENT podcasts. I have dedicated much of the past few years binge listening to (and eventually, catching up on) podcasts like Freakonomics Radio, Hidden Brain and Deep Questions. There are others -- notably in the “Freakonomics Radio Network” -- that I like as well. And yes, I do occasionally listen to running-related podcasts, but not as much as you would think. In fact, not much at all.

Anyway. It all starts with Stephen Dubner. Dubner (along with Steve Levitt) co-authored a seminal book, an amazing work of sterling journalism and economics called “Freakonomics,” published back in 2011. They followed it up with two books – “Super Freakonomics” and “Think Like a Freak.” I loved the books. Loved them! Dubner is a truly outstanding journalist. Levitt is one of the top economists in the country (maybe the world). Both are witty, highly intelligent and write with clarity, good humor and packed with easy-to-digest (and sometimes mind-blowing) data. It is Dubner whom I truly admire. A classically trained journalist (well, actually, not really … he spent his 20s playing in a rock band!), he balances deep and incisive reporting skills with equally adept writing skills. Both of those traits – in-depth interviews, well-written copy – have translated into Freakonomics Radio (“the hidden side of everything”), the first podcast I started listening to (about 3-4 years ago) and the standard to which I judge all other podcasts. Actually, that’s a pretty high bar. Freakonomics Radio, which has now spawned a whole series of other podcasts that I equally enjoy, is deeply reported, edited and written. This isn’t some random dude sitting down in his basement with a microphone and some good sound equipment, talking shit for an hour and uploading it to Stitcher. Not even close. You can tell that each episode – and, he’s nearing the 500 mark in episodes! – is well crafted and takes probably days and weeks to create. I deeply appreciate it. I’ve learned so much from Dubner and his podcast. It has led me to read dozens of books. It has led me to listen to other podcasts – some of his spinoff podcasts are must-listens to me (No Stupid Questions, with Angela Duckworth; Freakonomics MD, with Dr. Bappu Jena; People I Mostly Admire, with Levitt; Freakonomics Book Club). It has educated me. It has made me laugh. Mostly, it has entertained me on long walks and long car rides. Dubner is my rock star. Absolutely yes. This blog post is an homage to him, as well as my other nerdy “rock stars” like Shankar Vedentam (Hidden Brain) and Cal Newport (Deep Questions) and even the prolific James Altucher. Their voices are so well-known to me by now that I feel like I know these guys personally. I would love to meet them, shake their hands (OK, maybe fist-bump in this Covid era) and tell them how much I appreciate them. They have led me to my newest habit of listening to audio books via Audible; since I started that habit in early October, I have “read” about a dozen books already. (Side note: Does listening to audio books “count” as reading books? What’s your thoughts on this?) So many words clanging around in my head now, draining my cheap Android phone’s battery life. Well worth it. Thank you, Stephen Dubner. Thank you for the worlds you have introduced me to, through your podcast network. You are my rock star. You are a rock star, decades after actually having been (sort of) a rock star! Thanks again.