BU meet: Time schedule + (important) ticket information

 
Boston University
Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
Final meet schedule
Track events
Doors open at 9a
10a: Men’s 5,000 (2 slowest heats)
10:32a: Women’s 60 hurdle trials
10:37a: Men’s 60 hurdle trials
10:41a: Women’s mile
11:07a: Men’s mile
11:30a: Women’s 60 dash trials
11:38a: Men’s 60 dash trials
11:48a: Women’s 400 dash
12 noon: Men’s 400 dash
12:14p: Women’s 60 hurdle finals
12:17p: Men’s 60 hurdle finals
12:20p: Women’s 600 dash
12:25p: Men’s 600 dash
12:32p: Women’s 60 dash final
12:35p: Men’s 60 dash final
12:38p: Women’s 800 run
12:45p: Men’s 800 run
1p: Women’s 200 dash
1:08p: Men’s 200 dash
1:15p: Women’s 300 dash
1:27p: Men’s 300 dash
1:38p: Women’s 1,000 run
1:47p: Men’s 1,000 run
1:55p: Women’s 3,000 run
3:05p: Men’s 3,000 run
4p: Women’s 4x400 relay
4:10p: Men’s 4x400 relay
4:25p: Women’s 5,000 run
6:25p: Men’s 5,000 run
8:45p: Estimated completion of the meet
Field events (women followed by men)
10:30a
High jump
Shot put
Pole vault
Long jump
Weight throw (following men’s shot put)
Triple jump (following men’s long jump)
 
Spectators: Tickets may be purchased in advance online here:
https://am.ticketmaster.com/agganis/track or at the door for $12 (card or cash).  Tickets will be limited so we recommend purchasing in advance.
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Indoor track, 2023-2024

 The 2023-2024 indoor track season begins with two December meets. On Saturday, we will be at Boston University for the season opener meet there. This meet has grown in popularity during the past several years -- especially in the distance events. We always cherish an opportunity for meets on the Magic Carpet, which has been newly renovated. Neat. Next Friday (8 Dec), we will be at Ocean Breeze for a meet hosted by Wagner College. Then, we will be off from meets for a little more than a month before resuming the 2024 portion of the schedule. We look forward to "playing track" this winter!

(Some) Turkey Trot results/photos

 

Nice way to brighten (my) Thanksgiving morning with these photos from various Turkey Trot races in the Northeast. In the above photo! These four young men placed in the top 10 of the Nissequogue River State Park 5k on Long Island = Daniel Czop third in 15:31.74, Brendan Dearie, sixth in 16:21.71, Anthony Citera, seventh in 16:34.13, Patrick Kutch, 10^th in 16:58.38. In Flemington, NJ, it was Ian Wiesinger, second overall in 16:35; John Ignacz, second in age group in 17:07 and Gary Wiesinger (the "old guy") a very impressive second in age group in 23:29, after only a week of training following a foot injury. At the Port Washington Turkey Trot on Long Island, Marist Running alums Ellie Davis and Bianca Luparello went 1-2 (sorry, no photo of them!). Nicely done to one and all. 

Philadelphia Marathon: (Some) great results!

Marist Running Alums were well represented at Sunday’s Philadelphia Marathon:

 

--Graham Strzelecki (Class of 2021) had an outstanding debut at the distance, placing 69^th overall and ninth in his age group with a time of 2:35:07. First half split = 1:16:00. Nicely done.

--Mike Guarascio (Mike G!) was sixth in the 40-44 and notched a two-minute PR and negative split with a time of 2:41:36. First half split = 1:21:02, second half split = 1:20:34. Very neat. Mike G also ran into '06 alum Andrea Ditrani volunteering at the finish. She works at Neumann University teaching physical therapy. See photo below.

--Our old pal Lurch (“Todd Coulson”) had an admirable finish at 3:48:58, and send the following text afterwards: “FYI: my watch time was 3:38. I stopped in the med tent at mile 23 for 15 minutes, legs locked up again. But this year I was able to run the entire course unlike last year, just have to figure out why the cramping keeps happening to me. I felt like I ran pretty conservative this year, I stayed with the 320 pace group for most of the race, I fell off a little bit at my 20 to 23, but I felt really good until the stinger hit.”

One direction = down!

 Scene from track practice today (courtesy of Coach Billy's phone) = two sprinters, captain Easton Eberwein and freshman Weston LaBreque, are splayed out on the track after another torturous workout from the Coach Billy catalog. Yes, I'm well aware that our men are named Easton and Weston, and those directional names could very well be handing off to each other on a 4x400 relay. Neat! For this moment in time, the direction was neither East(on) nor West(on) but rather down and out. OK!

NCAA Northeast Regionals: 29th place(s)

Men's and women's teams both placed 29th at the regionals today at Van Cortlandt Park.  

NCAA Northeast Regional
Friday, November 10, 2023
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY
Women’s individual results, 6km course
114. Parker O’Brien 21:44.6
140. Sierra Fisher 22:15.3
191. Kayla Hawkins 23:01.4
201. Mallory Holloway 23:09.8
214. Paige McCaul 23:28.7
234. Raven Stanet 23:59.3
245. Christina Diorio 24:21.3
264 finishers
Team standings
29th place of 41 teams, 837 points
 
NCAA Northeast Regional
Friday, November 10, 2023
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY
Men’s individual results, 10km course
128. Kieran Donnelly 31:47.1
164. Gabe Rodriguez 32:23.3
173. Tyler Perry 32:36.6
177. Jeremy Mbogo 32:40.9
181. Raffi Buchakjian 32:45.0
192. John Ignacz 33:02.7
199. Sean Dearie 33:06.8
253 finishers
Team standings
29th place of 39 teams, 807 points

Coach Billy on a podcast

 Check out this excellent (and long) listen with Coach Billy Poole-Harris on the Gill Athletics coaches podcast. It's long and it tells of Billy's unique journey that has landed him here with us at Marist. It's highly neat. Listen here ...