Our men’s 4x400 relay team placed fourth out of six teams in Heat 9 of the event on Friday afternoon. The team ran 3:30.01.
Here are the splits phoned in by Coach Horton during T-ball, and then texted later by Team Alternate Dan Conklin:
Chris Coscio: 53.1
Phil Krupka: 53.1
Chris Vanzetta: 51.0
Matt Panebianco: 52.1
It was a solid effort for the team at Penn, where waiting around endlessly in the corral to run is as much a tradition as anything else. At least it was a nice day weather-wise after the torrential rains of Thursday.
Next up: Yale on Sunday.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Caller #2
As the whirlwind trip to Penn Relays came to an end early Friday afternoon with van drop-offs at various houses, we had a little excitement after the long drive.
While parked on the road to drop off Conor and Britt at Fairview, I heard the announcement on my favorite radio station (WDST-100.1, Radio Woodstock) for a contest to see my favorite rock/blues musician Warren Haynes for a special, invitation-only live acoustic show at the radio station later on Friday.
Oh! Such excitement! I punched the number into my phone. It was ringing! We tried to get Quimes to get the number into his fancy iPhone, but it was too late as the line was busy. I had to be caller #9. I was caller #2. NUTS! BUMMER! We tried in vain a few more times …
Just as well. I was whipped from the long two days, and we had T-Ball and Little League to navigate in the late afternoon/evening. I heard a few bits of the Live at 5 broadcast on the radio, and it sure sounded sweet.
Would have been sweeter if I were there in person …
Penn Relays Distance Night: Britt's big 5K!
Good morning from Philly!
That’s right. It’s nearly 2 a.m. as I begin typing this and the Thursday Night Distance Races spilled into Friday. We are all tired and weary from a long day of traveling and a longer night of racing.
The big highlight was Brittany Burns’ school-record and ECAC qualifying performance in the Olympic Development 5,000-meter run. Britt ran 17:10.60, got 18th place and had a strong finishing kick. Some relevant statistics for Britt’s record run:
--This time eclipsed her previous 5k track PR of 18:45 by a whole lot of time.
--This time knocked off 19 seconds from Addie DiFrancesco’s excellent two-year-old school record of 17:29.31.
--This time earned her an ECAC berth, having exceeded that standard of 17:16.64 by a little more than 6 seconds.
Nicely done!
The men’s races were a little bit rougher, but we did get two more IC4A qualifiers and two PRs for those qualifiers.
--In the 5,000-meter run, Will Griffin improved on his personal-best by 12 seconds and just barely squeaked in an IC4A mark with his 10th-place finish in 14:35.85 (IC4A standard is 14:36.00).
--In the 10,000-meter run, freshman Kenny Walshak had a solid debut, notching an IC4A mark of 31:02.72. Discussion after the race was whether this time is a freshman school record for 10km. After further review, Kenny's time is indeed the fastest ever by a freshman. In 2006, Girma Segni ran 31:04.47, and that was the previous fastest mark.
The other men’s results, as you will see, were not so good. No excuses, but it really was a long day. However, we live to fight another week, and hopefully MAACs will be that much better.
It was great to see recent alum Alex Emerel, who is in podiatry school at Temple in Philly, for the night. Also great to see my old college teammate and captain, Kenny Bohan – who was also Kenny Walshak’s coach and mentor in high school at St. Anthony's.
I have typed up the splits below. I am a bit bleary eyed so if there are errors that you can see, let me know.
See you later today!
Penn Relays Distance Night
Women’s Olympic Development 5,000-meter run
18. Brittany Burns 17:10.60 *school record, ECAC qualifier
81, 2:41 (80), 4:03 (82), 5:26 (83)
6:48 (82), 8:11 (83), 9:35 (82), 10:58 (83)
12:22 (84), 13:46 (84), 15:10 (84), 16:32 (82)
17:10.60 (38.60 last 200m)
Men’s College 5,000-meter run
10. Will Griffin 14:35.85 *IC4A qualifier
70, 2:19 (69), 3:28 (69), 4:38 (70)
5:48 (70), 6:57 (69), 8:07 (70), 9:16 (69)
10:29 (73), 11:40 (71), 12:52 (72), 14:01 (69)
14:35.85 (34.85 last 200m)
18. Arquimedes DelaCruz 14:51.00
70, 2:19 (69), 3:28 (69), 4:38 (70)
5:48 (70), 6:57 (69), 8:08 (71), 9:18 (70)
10:37 (69), 11:52 (75), 13:06 (74), 14:17 (71)
14:51.00 (34.00 last 200m)
25. Conor Shelley 15:10.08
73, 2:22 (69), 3:33 (71), 4:43 (70)
5:54 (71), 7:06 (72), 8:18 (72), 9:37 (79)
10:48 (71), 12:03 (75), 13:18 (75), 14:33 (75)
15:10.08 (37.08 last 200m)
10,000-meter run
24. Ken Walshak 31:02.72 *IC4A qualifier
73, 2:29 (76), 3:40 (71), 4:52 (72)
6:04 (72), 7:16 (72), 8:30 (74), 9:42 (72)
10:56 (74), 12:59 (73), 13:24 (75), 14:38 (74)
15:52 (74), 17:08 (76), 19:24 (76), 19:40 (76)
20:55 (75), 22:11 (76), 23:28 (77), 24:45 (77)
26:02 (77), 27:18 (76), 28:34 (76), 29:49 (75)
31:02.72 (73.72)
31. Joel Moss 32:25.20
74, 2:30 (76), 3:40 (70), 4:53 (73)
6:07 (74), 7:21 (74), 8:35 (74), 9:49 (74)
11:05 (76), 12:23 (78), 13:42 (79), 15:00 (78)
16:19 (79), 17:40 (81), 19:01 (81), 20:21 (80)
21:40 (79), 23:00 (80), 24:21 (81), 25:42 (81)
27:03 (81), 28:24 (81), 29:46 (82), 31:06 (80)
32:25.20 (79.20)
32. Tim Keegan 32:37.09
72, 2:32 (77), 3:42 (70), 4:56 (72)
6:09 (73), 7:21 (72), 8:35 (74), 9:49 (74)
11:07 (78), 12:23 (76), 13:42 (79), 15:00 (78)
16:19 (79), 17:41 (82), 19:02 (81), 20:22 (80)
21:41 (79), 23:00 (79), 24:21 (81), 25:43 (82)
27:05 (82), 28:28 (83), 29:49 (81), 31:13 (84)
32:37.09 (84.09)
That’s right. It’s nearly 2 a.m. as I begin typing this and the Thursday Night Distance Races spilled into Friday. We are all tired and weary from a long day of traveling and a longer night of racing.
The big highlight was Brittany Burns’ school-record and ECAC qualifying performance in the Olympic Development 5,000-meter run. Britt ran 17:10.60, got 18th place and had a strong finishing kick. Some relevant statistics for Britt’s record run:
--This time eclipsed her previous 5k track PR of 18:45 by a whole lot of time.
--This time knocked off 19 seconds from Addie DiFrancesco’s excellent two-year-old school record of 17:29.31.
--This time earned her an ECAC berth, having exceeded that standard of 17:16.64 by a little more than 6 seconds.
Nicely done!
The men’s races were a little bit rougher, but we did get two more IC4A qualifiers and two PRs for those qualifiers.
--In the 5,000-meter run, Will Griffin improved on his personal-best by 12 seconds and just barely squeaked in an IC4A mark with his 10th-place finish in 14:35.85 (IC4A standard is 14:36.00).
--In the 10,000-meter run, freshman Kenny Walshak had a solid debut, notching an IC4A mark of 31:02.72. Discussion after the race was whether this time is a freshman school record for 10km. After further review, Kenny's time is indeed the fastest ever by a freshman. In 2006, Girma Segni ran 31:04.47, and that was the previous fastest mark.
The other men’s results, as you will see, were not so good. No excuses, but it really was a long day. However, we live to fight another week, and hopefully MAACs will be that much better.
It was great to see recent alum Alex Emerel, who is in podiatry school at Temple in Philly, for the night. Also great to see my old college teammate and captain, Kenny Bohan – who was also Kenny Walshak’s coach and mentor in high school at St. Anthony's.
I have typed up the splits below. I am a bit bleary eyed so if there are errors that you can see, let me know.
See you later today!
Penn Relays Distance Night
Women’s Olympic Development 5,000-meter run
18. Brittany Burns 17:10.60 *school record, ECAC qualifier
81, 2:41 (80), 4:03 (82), 5:26 (83)
6:48 (82), 8:11 (83), 9:35 (82), 10:58 (83)
12:22 (84), 13:46 (84), 15:10 (84), 16:32 (82)
17:10.60 (38.60 last 200m)
Men’s College 5,000-meter run
10. Will Griffin 14:35.85 *IC4A qualifier
70, 2:19 (69), 3:28 (69), 4:38 (70)
5:48 (70), 6:57 (69), 8:07 (70), 9:16 (69)
10:29 (73), 11:40 (71), 12:52 (72), 14:01 (69)
14:35.85 (34.85 last 200m)
18. Arquimedes DelaCruz 14:51.00
70, 2:19 (69), 3:28 (69), 4:38 (70)
5:48 (70), 6:57 (69), 8:08 (71), 9:18 (70)
10:37 (69), 11:52 (75), 13:06 (74), 14:17 (71)
14:51.00 (34.00 last 200m)
25. Conor Shelley 15:10.08
73, 2:22 (69), 3:33 (71), 4:43 (70)
5:54 (71), 7:06 (72), 8:18 (72), 9:37 (79)
10:48 (71), 12:03 (75), 13:18 (75), 14:33 (75)
15:10.08 (37.08 last 200m)
10,000-meter run
24. Ken Walshak 31:02.72 *IC4A qualifier
73, 2:29 (76), 3:40 (71), 4:52 (72)
6:04 (72), 7:16 (72), 8:30 (74), 9:42 (72)
10:56 (74), 12:59 (73), 13:24 (75), 14:38 (74)
15:52 (74), 17:08 (76), 19:24 (76), 19:40 (76)
20:55 (75), 22:11 (76), 23:28 (77), 24:45 (77)
26:02 (77), 27:18 (76), 28:34 (76), 29:49 (75)
31:02.72 (73.72)
31. Joel Moss 32:25.20
74, 2:30 (76), 3:40 (70), 4:53 (73)
6:07 (74), 7:21 (74), 8:35 (74), 9:49 (74)
11:05 (76), 12:23 (78), 13:42 (79), 15:00 (78)
16:19 (79), 17:40 (81), 19:01 (81), 20:21 (80)
21:40 (79), 23:00 (80), 24:21 (81), 25:42 (81)
27:03 (81), 28:24 (81), 29:46 (82), 31:06 (80)
32:25.20 (79.20)
32. Tim Keegan 32:37.09
72, 2:32 (77), 3:42 (70), 4:56 (72)
6:09 (73), 7:21 (72), 8:35 (74), 9:49 (74)
11:07 (78), 12:23 (76), 13:42 (79), 15:00 (78)
16:19 (79), 17:41 (82), 19:02 (81), 20:22 (80)
21:41 (79), 23:00 (79), 24:21 (81), 25:43 (82)
27:05 (82), 28:28 (83), 29:49 (81), 31:13 (84)
32:37.09 (84.09)
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Correction on previous post
Greetings from Philly, where later (could be MUCH MUCH later) tonight your favorite Running Red Foxes will be participating in Distance Night.
I say MUCH MUCH later because the severe weather earlier today caused some lightning delays, which could delay the already late start to our events. That severe weather made our van ride down all the more stressful and interesting. But we made it.
Quick correction on the previous post: It was NICK WEBSTER who took recorded Zak Smetana's 5km splits from Princeton. Fitting, as they are classmates, good friends and (as Schanz will be quick to point out) fellow Section 2 bros.
Speaking of Web, illness has forced him to scratch from tonight's steeple, which is a bummer. He will be missed. So we will have athletes in the 5km and 10km, as previously posted.
Check the Penn Relays web site for live results. I will try to post quick results in the wee hours of the morning, with splits to follow later in the weekend.
And don't forget our 4x400 runs on Friday afternoon at Penn.
I say MUCH MUCH later because the severe weather earlier today caused some lightning delays, which could delay the already late start to our events. That severe weather made our van ride down all the more stressful and interesting. But we made it.
Quick correction on the previous post: It was NICK WEBSTER who took recorded Zak Smetana's 5km splits from Princeton. Fitting, as they are classmates, good friends and (as Schanz will be quick to point out) fellow Section 2 bros.
Speaking of Web, illness has forced him to scratch from tonight's steeple, which is a bummer. He will be missed. So we will have athletes in the 5km and 10km, as previously posted.
Check the Penn Relays web site for live results. I will try to post quick results in the wee hours of the morning, with splits to follow later in the weekend.
And don't forget our 4x400 runs on Friday afternoon at Penn.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Zak's race inside the numbers
You know ... I take a lot of time to type up race splits on this blog, and I hope some of you find it worthwhile.
Being a certified numbers geek, I love it and think it is good for record-keeping and objective post-race analysis.
While revisiting the numbers, so dutifully recorded by Doug Ainscow last Friday night, this amazing -- stunning! -- nugget was uncovered.
In Zak Smetana's 14:50.39 5k, his 2,000-meter split was 6:02. This means ... this means ... this means ... his last 3,000 meters were covered in (drumroll, please):
8:48.
For those keeping score at home, that's one second slower than Zak's excellent 3km indoor PR of 8:47.
And remember: That's not Zak's FIRST 3km of the race. That's his FINAL 3km of the race.
I just texted Zak this information, and he replied back: "Oh my God that's unreal. I can't even explain how I did that."
Indeed!
Being a certified numbers geek, I love it and think it is good for record-keeping and objective post-race analysis.
While revisiting the numbers, so dutifully recorded by Doug Ainscow last Friday night, this amazing -- stunning! -- nugget was uncovered.
In Zak Smetana's 14:50.39 5k, his 2,000-meter split was 6:02. This means ... this means ... this means ... his last 3,000 meters were covered in (drumroll, please):
8:48.
For those keeping score at home, that's one second slower than Zak's excellent 3km indoor PR of 8:47.
And remember: That's not Zak's FIRST 3km of the race. That's his FINAL 3km of the race.
I just texted Zak this information, and he replied back: "Oh my God that's unreal. I can't even explain how I did that."
Indeed!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The next two Wednesday practices ...
Quick note on tomorrow's practice and Wednesday, May 4 (Cuatro de Mayo?) ...
--Tomorrow, as usual on Wednesday, we head to Vassar for track practice at 11 a.m. Unlike most weeks, though, we do not have access to any vans as all 5 athletic vans are going to be utilized for the big baseball clinic and game down at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill. So PLEASE ... if you have a car and are going to the track, drive to practice tomorrow. THANK YOU.
--May 4: The mandatory end-of-year meeting for all returning student-athletes will be held at practice time, 11 a.m., in the Gray Gym. You MUST attend this meeting if you plan on being on the team next year. We will adjust our workout schedules accordingly. Those that absolutely need to go to the track on this day, we can make arrangements if schedules permit.
--Tomorrow, as usual on Wednesday, we head to Vassar for track practice at 11 a.m. Unlike most weeks, though, we do not have access to any vans as all 5 athletic vans are going to be utilized for the big baseball clinic and game down at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill. So PLEASE ... if you have a car and are going to the track, drive to practice tomorrow. THANK YOU.
--May 4: The mandatory end-of-year meeting for all returning student-athletes will be held at practice time, 11 a.m., in the Gray Gym. You MUST attend this meeting if you plan on being on the team next year. We will adjust our workout schedules accordingly. Those that absolutely need to go to the track on this day, we can make arrangements if schedules permit.
Style points
Has anyone ever thought of this?
Sophomore Quimes DelaCruz took an innovative approach to the recent Asics shoe order. Q likes the stylish and lightweight Speedstars. Knowing this was the last order before summer, Q ordered two pairs. The Speedstars coming in shockingly stylin' colors, probably another reason he likes them.
So he gets two pairs in two different colors ... and wears a different color left sneaker and a different color right sneaker.
Crazy? Silly? Maybe. But it's the same sneaker. As long as he keeps track of each "pair" and uses them as pairs -- so as to make sure wear patterns are even -- it's not such a bad idea.
Sophomore Quimes DelaCruz took an innovative approach to the recent Asics shoe order. Q likes the stylish and lightweight Speedstars. Knowing this was the last order before summer, Q ordered two pairs. The Speedstars coming in shockingly stylin' colors, probably another reason he likes them.
So he gets two pairs in two different colors ... and wears a different color left sneaker and a different color right sneaker.
Crazy? Silly? Maybe. But it's the same sneaker. As long as he keeps track of each "pair" and uses them as pairs -- so as to make sure wear patterns are even -- it's not such a bad idea.
The homestretch
Today's insanely hot weather -- hey, if I'm wearing short sleeves in April, it's HOT -- was a foreshadowing of the summertime to come. I know, it's weird talking about summer when there are still days remaining in April.
But on the college calendar, summer comes well before actual summer. If you know what I mean.
In particular, these two weeks -- this week and next week -- are especially frenetic as the spring semester rushes to its conclusion. In no particular order, we've got:
--Penn Relays on Thursday and Friday
--Yale on Sunday
--Senior Awards Banquet on Sunday
--Returning student-athlete NCAA meeting next Wednesday -- no Vassar practice that day!
--Vassar meet on next Friday night -- always a fan favorite!
--MAAC Meet on next Saturday and Sunday at Rider.
--MAAC Awards Banquet
--Finals Week
--Postseason championships
Phew.
Mix in there some last-minute proofreading for last-minute students, the ongoing McCann Center construction, and on and on, and yeah ... it's a busy time.
But then, after finals week, suddenly it all gets very quiet. And we are into summer.
Stay tuned ...
But on the college calendar, summer comes well before actual summer. If you know what I mean.
In particular, these two weeks -- this week and next week -- are especially frenetic as the spring semester rushes to its conclusion. In no particular order, we've got:
--Penn Relays on Thursday and Friday
--Yale on Sunday
--Senior Awards Banquet on Sunday
--Returning student-athlete NCAA meeting next Wednesday -- no Vassar practice that day!
--Vassar meet on next Friday night -- always a fan favorite!
--MAAC Meet on next Saturday and Sunday at Rider.
--MAAC Awards Banquet
--Finals Week
--Postseason championships
Phew.
Mix in there some last-minute proofreading for last-minute students, the ongoing McCann Center construction, and on and on, and yeah ... it's a busy time.
But then, after finals week, suddenly it all gets very quiet. And we are into summer.
Stay tuned ...
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Larry Ellis splits and comments
800-meter run
Andrew James 1:56:11 (personal-best time)
First 400 meters: 55.6 seconds
Comment: Excellent run start to finish, aggressive when needed. Nicely done.
1,500-meter run
Ben Windisch 4:00.94 (personal-best time)
63, 2:08 (65), 3:13 (65), 4:00.94 (64.94 last 400m)
Comment: Solid PR but needed to kick sooner than 200 meters out. Next time …
Conor Shelley 4:01.86
63, 2:07 (64), 3:13 (66), 4:01.86 (65.85 last 400m)
Comment: You looked like a 5k/10k guy stepping down for foreign feeling speed … which is exactly the case!
3,000-meter steeplechase
Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:06.60 *school record, IC4A qualifier
69, 2:20 (71), 3:33 (73), 4:45 (72), 6:00 (75), 7:15 (75), 8:29 (74), 9:06.60 (37.6 last 200m)
Comment: Good bounce-back from Mt. SAC disappointment. Water jumps much improved. Solid kick. Last 600 meters can be stronger.
Nick Webster 9:37.79 (season best)
72, 2:26 (74), 3:42 (76), 4:58 (76), 6:18 (80), 7:38 (80), 8:57 (79), 9:37.49 (40.49)
Comment: Good effort and tough race. Will get faster.
5,000-meter run
Ken Walshak 14:47.07 (season-best time)
70, 2:23 (73), 3:32 (69), 4:42 (70)
5:53 (71), 7:05 (72), 8:17 (72), 9:27 (70)
10:40 (73), 11:51 (71), 13:02 (71), 14:11 (69)
14:47.07 (36.07 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:42, 4:45, 4:44
Comment: Left it all out there, but needed to move up sooner and race more aggressively earlier.
Zak Smetana 14:50.39 (personal-best time)
71, 2:25 (74), 3:39 (74), 4:51 (72)
6:02 (71), 7:13 (71), 8:25 (72), 9:36 (71)
10:47 (71), 11:59 (71), 13:10 (71), 14:22 (72)
14:50.39 (28.39 last 200m!)
1600-meter splits: 4:51, 4:47, 4:46
Comment: The Perfect Race. Nothing else to add.
Mike Rolek (Marist Alumni Racing Team) 14:52.92 (personal-best time)
71, 2:23 (72), 3:34 (71), 4:44 (70)
5:55 (71), 7:07 (72), 8:19 (72), 9:31 (72)
10:43 (72), 11:56 (73), 13:07 (71), 14:18 (71)
14:52.92 (34.92 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:44, 4:47, 4:47
Comment: As you would expect from a half-marathon/marathon machine, solid and consistent splits and strong but unspectacular kick. Great stuff.
Billy Posch 15:02.13 (personal-best time)
69, 2:22 (73), 3:33 (71), 4:43 (70)
5:54 (71), 7:06 (72), 8:18 (72), 9:32 (74)
10:56 (74), 12:02 (76), 13:19 (77), 14:30 (71)
15:02.13 (32.13 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:43, 4:49, 4:58
Comment: A missed opportunity and a great PR, all in the same race.
Joel Moss 15:07.87 (personal-best time)
71, 2:23 (72), 3:34 (71), 4:44 (70)
5:55 (71), 7:07 (72), 8:20 (73), 9:35 (75)
10:50 (75), 12:05 (75), 13:21 (76), 14:33 (72)
15:07.87 (34.87 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:44, 4:51, 4:58
Comment: Same as Billy; can be better but was pleased with the effort.
Tom Lipari 15:09.61 (personal-best time)
71, 2:23 (72), 3:34 (71), 4:45 (71)
5:56 (71), 7:08 (72), 8:20 (72), 9:34 (74)
10:59 (74), 12:05 (76), 13:20 (75), 14:33 (73)
15:09.61 (36.61 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:45, 4:49, 4:59
Comment: Flashes of hope, can be faster; strong effort.
Pat Duggan 15:17.59 (personal-best time)
72, 2:25 (73), 3:39 (74), 4:52 (73)
6:03 (71), 7:16 (73), 8:29 (73), 9:43 (74)
10:57 (74), 12:14 (77), 13:29 (75), 14:44 (75)
15:17.59 (33.59 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:52, 4:51, 5:01
Comment: Fell asleep in a few laps, otherwise solid.
Brian Townsend 15:32.15
73, 2:25 (72), 3:39 (74), 4:53 (74)
6:05 (72), 7:19 (74), 8:33 (74), 9:48 (75)
11:04 (76), 12:21 (77), 13:38 (77), 14:55 (77)
15:32.15 (37.15 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:53, 4:55, 5:07
Comment: Disappointing, but illness issues need to be considered.
Ryan Scrudato (McCann Harriers) 16:02.83
71, 2:25 (74), 3:39 (74), 4:52 (73)
6:05 (73), 7:22 (77), 8:42 (80), 10:03 (81)
11:24 (81), 12:46 (82), 14:06 (80), 15:23 (77)
16:02.83 (39.83 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:52, 5:11, 5:20
Comment: Ditto Brian T.
Women’s results
1,500-meter run
Jackie Gamboli 4:42.34 (season-best time)
69, 2:27 (78), 3:46 (79), 4:42.34 (76.34 last 400m)
Comment: Considering a tough week-plus of illness, solid effort. Needed to kick sooner.
5,000-meter run
Addie DiFrancesco 17:47.78 (season-best time)
85, 2:50 (85), 4:13 (83), 5:39 (86)
7:04 (85), 8:28 (84), 9:54 (86), 11:19 (85)
12:46 (87), 14:11 (85), 15:39 (88), 17:06 (87)
17:47.78 (41.78 last 200 m)
1600-meter splits: 5:39, 5:40, 5:47
Comment: Frustrating and uneven race, but another step in a strong progression during a heavy race/workout period.
Andrew James 1:56:11 (personal-best time)
First 400 meters: 55.6 seconds
Comment: Excellent run start to finish, aggressive when needed. Nicely done.
1,500-meter run
Ben Windisch 4:00.94 (personal-best time)
63, 2:08 (65), 3:13 (65), 4:00.94 (64.94 last 400m)
Comment: Solid PR but needed to kick sooner than 200 meters out. Next time …
Conor Shelley 4:01.86
63, 2:07 (64), 3:13 (66), 4:01.86 (65.85 last 400m)
Comment: You looked like a 5k/10k guy stepping down for foreign feeling speed … which is exactly the case!
3,000-meter steeplechase
Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:06.60 *school record, IC4A qualifier
69, 2:20 (71), 3:33 (73), 4:45 (72), 6:00 (75), 7:15 (75), 8:29 (74), 9:06.60 (37.6 last 200m)
Comment: Good bounce-back from Mt. SAC disappointment. Water jumps much improved. Solid kick. Last 600 meters can be stronger.
Nick Webster 9:37.79 (season best)
72, 2:26 (74), 3:42 (76), 4:58 (76), 6:18 (80), 7:38 (80), 8:57 (79), 9:37.49 (40.49)
Comment: Good effort and tough race. Will get faster.
5,000-meter run
Ken Walshak 14:47.07 (season-best time)
70, 2:23 (73), 3:32 (69), 4:42 (70)
5:53 (71), 7:05 (72), 8:17 (72), 9:27 (70)
10:40 (73), 11:51 (71), 13:02 (71), 14:11 (69)
14:47.07 (36.07 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:42, 4:45, 4:44
Comment: Left it all out there, but needed to move up sooner and race more aggressively earlier.
Zak Smetana 14:50.39 (personal-best time)
71, 2:25 (74), 3:39 (74), 4:51 (72)
6:02 (71), 7:13 (71), 8:25 (72), 9:36 (71)
10:47 (71), 11:59 (71), 13:10 (71), 14:22 (72)
14:50.39 (28.39 last 200m!)
1600-meter splits: 4:51, 4:47, 4:46
Comment: The Perfect Race. Nothing else to add.
Mike Rolek (Marist Alumni Racing Team) 14:52.92 (personal-best time)
71, 2:23 (72), 3:34 (71), 4:44 (70)
5:55 (71), 7:07 (72), 8:19 (72), 9:31 (72)
10:43 (72), 11:56 (73), 13:07 (71), 14:18 (71)
14:52.92 (34.92 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:44, 4:47, 4:47
Comment: As you would expect from a half-marathon/marathon machine, solid and consistent splits and strong but unspectacular kick. Great stuff.
Billy Posch 15:02.13 (personal-best time)
69, 2:22 (73), 3:33 (71), 4:43 (70)
5:54 (71), 7:06 (72), 8:18 (72), 9:32 (74)
10:56 (74), 12:02 (76), 13:19 (77), 14:30 (71)
15:02.13 (32.13 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:43, 4:49, 4:58
Comment: A missed opportunity and a great PR, all in the same race.
Joel Moss 15:07.87 (personal-best time)
71, 2:23 (72), 3:34 (71), 4:44 (70)
5:55 (71), 7:07 (72), 8:20 (73), 9:35 (75)
10:50 (75), 12:05 (75), 13:21 (76), 14:33 (72)
15:07.87 (34.87 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:44, 4:51, 4:58
Comment: Same as Billy; can be better but was pleased with the effort.
Tom Lipari 15:09.61 (personal-best time)
71, 2:23 (72), 3:34 (71), 4:45 (71)
5:56 (71), 7:08 (72), 8:20 (72), 9:34 (74)
10:59 (74), 12:05 (76), 13:20 (75), 14:33 (73)
15:09.61 (36.61 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:45, 4:49, 4:59
Comment: Flashes of hope, can be faster; strong effort.
Pat Duggan 15:17.59 (personal-best time)
72, 2:25 (73), 3:39 (74), 4:52 (73)
6:03 (71), 7:16 (73), 8:29 (73), 9:43 (74)
10:57 (74), 12:14 (77), 13:29 (75), 14:44 (75)
15:17.59 (33.59 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:52, 4:51, 5:01
Comment: Fell asleep in a few laps, otherwise solid.
Brian Townsend 15:32.15
73, 2:25 (72), 3:39 (74), 4:53 (74)
6:05 (72), 7:19 (74), 8:33 (74), 9:48 (75)
11:04 (76), 12:21 (77), 13:38 (77), 14:55 (77)
15:32.15 (37.15 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:53, 4:55, 5:07
Comment: Disappointing, but illness issues need to be considered.
Ryan Scrudato (McCann Harriers) 16:02.83
71, 2:25 (74), 3:39 (74), 4:52 (73)
6:05 (73), 7:22 (77), 8:42 (80), 10:03 (81)
11:24 (81), 12:46 (82), 14:06 (80), 15:23 (77)
16:02.83 (39.83 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:52, 5:11, 5:20
Comment: Ditto Brian T.
Women’s results
1,500-meter run
Jackie Gamboli 4:42.34 (season-best time)
69, 2:27 (78), 3:46 (79), 4:42.34 (76.34 last 400m)
Comment: Considering a tough week-plus of illness, solid effort. Needed to kick sooner.
5,000-meter run
Addie DiFrancesco 17:47.78 (season-best time)
85, 2:50 (85), 4:13 (83), 5:39 (86)
7:04 (85), 8:28 (84), 9:54 (86), 11:19 (85)
12:46 (87), 14:11 (85), 15:39 (88), 17:06 (87)
17:47.78 (41.78 last 200 m)
1600-meter splits: 5:39, 5:40, 5:47
Comment: Frustrating and uneven race, but another step in a strong progression during a heavy race/workout period.
Penn Relays schedule
Here is the Penn Relays schedule for Thursday night, Distance Night at Penn, for those interested. Highlighted events are the ones our athletes most likely will be competing in. Hope to see some of you there ...
Penn Relays Schedule, Thursday
201 College Men's 3000m Steeplechase Championship 7:30 PM
202 College Men's 3000m Steeplechase College 7:40 PM: Nick Webster
203 Olympic Development Men's 3000m Steeplechase 7:50 PM
204 Olympic Development Women's 3000m Steeplechase 8:00 PM
205 College Women's 3000m Steeplechase Championship 8:00 PM
206 College Women's 3000m Steeplechase College 8:15 PM
207 College Women's 3000m Championship 8:30 PM
208 College Women's 5000m Championship 8:40 PM
209 Olympic Development Women's 5000m 9:00 PM: Brittany Burns
210 College Men's 5000m Championship 9:20 PM
211 College Men's 5000m College 9:40 PM: Will Griffin, Quimes DelaCruz, Conor Shelley
212 Olympic Development Men's 5000m 10:00 PM
213 College Women's 10,000m Championship 10:15 PM
214 Olympic Development Women's 10,000m 10:15 PM
215 College Men's 10,000m Championship 10:55 PM: Kenny Walshak, Tim Keegan, Joel Moss
216 Olympic Development Men's 10,000m 10:55 PM
Penn Relays Schedule, Friday
368 College Men's 4x400 (Heats) 4:40 PM: MARIST A
Penn Relays Schedule, Thursday
201 College Men's 3000m Steeplechase Championship 7:30 PM
202 College Men's 3000m Steeplechase College 7:40 PM: Nick Webster
203 Olympic Development Men's 3000m Steeplechase 7:50 PM
204 Olympic Development Women's 3000m Steeplechase 8:00 PM
205 College Women's 3000m Steeplechase Championship 8:00 PM
206 College Women's 3000m Steeplechase College 8:15 PM
207 College Women's 3000m Championship 8:30 PM
208 College Women's 5000m Championship 8:40 PM
209 Olympic Development Women's 5000m 9:00 PM: Brittany Burns
210 College Men's 5000m Championship 9:20 PM
211 College Men's 5000m College 9:40 PM: Will Griffin, Quimes DelaCruz, Conor Shelley
212 Olympic Development Men's 5000m 10:00 PM
213 College Women's 10,000m Championship 10:15 PM
214 Olympic Development Women's 10,000m 10:15 PM
215 College Men's 10,000m Championship 10:55 PM: Kenny Walshak, Tim Keegan, Joel Moss
216 Olympic Development Men's 10,000m 10:55 PM
Penn Relays Schedule, Friday
368 College Men's 4x400 (Heats) 4:40 PM: MARIST A
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Princeton/Larry Ellis results
During the indoor track season, we have what I like to call the “Magic Carpet” at Boston University, where fast times are often run.
During the outdoor track season, it seems our “Magic Carpet” is Princeton University’s Weaver Stadium.
The Friday night meets at Princeton have become legendary, with usually chilly but decent weather for distance races, incredibly deep fields of talented athletes and great performances as a result.
That was the case for us last night.
Arquimedes DelaCruz’ school record in the 3,000 steeplechase was the big highlight. Quimes ran 9:06.60, broke Justin Harris’ excellent school record by 3 seconds and qualified for the IC4A meet. Will this be fast enough to get him into NCAA Regionals? Time, literally, will tell. Q improved his PR by 11 seconds and atoned for an off race for him out at Mt. SAC. Nicely done!
For me, though, the race that I will remember for a long time – as in, forever; as in, I’ll probably be talking about this one when I’m an old, old man, God willing, at Alumni Weekend with the boys – was Zak Smetana’s truly stunning 5,000-meter race. Zak PRed by 25 seconds and broke 15:00 for the first time. He won the fifth and final section of the long night and truly ran the race of his life.
And it could not have happened to a better or more deserving young man. Zak put in a great summer of training in 2010, but had a disappointing fall XC season, for a variety of reasons. Lesser men would have bagged it, but Zak kept plugging away and cashed in on all that hard work – culminating with the magical race last night. Those who were there saw how pumped his teammates and this old coach were afterwards. Everyone was thrilled for Zak!
It was great to see Marist Running Alum Mike Rolek crack the 15-minute barrier for the first time, getting that huge monkey off his back once and for all. Oh yeah, in case you could not tell by the massive amounts of gear he was sporting, our guy is sponsored by Saucony. The dude was a walking, talking and racing Saucony billboard. Nicely done!
There were many other personal- and season-best performances, as you will see below. Thanks to Doug Ainscow for recording each and every split, which will eventually be typed up here.
For now, though, enjoy Easter Weekend and talk to you all soon.
Larry Ellis Invitational
Friday, April 22, 2011
Men’s results
800-meter run
Andrew James 1:56:11 (personal-best time)
1,500-meter run
Ben Windisch 4:00.94 (personal-best time)
Conor Shelley 4:01.86
3,000-meter steeplechase
Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:06.60 *school record, IC4A qualifier
Nick Webster 9:37.79 (season best)
5,000-meter run
Ken Walshak 14:47.07 (season-best time)
Zak Smetana 14:50.39 (personal-best time)
Mike Rolek (Marist Alumni Racing Team) 14:52.92 (personal-best time)
Billy Posch 15:02.13 (personal-best time)
Joel Moss 15:07.87 (personal-best time)
Tom Lipari 15:09.61 (personal-best time)
Pat Duggan 15:17.59 (personal-best time)
Brian Townsend 15:32.15
Ryan Scrudato (McCann Harriers) 16:02.83
Women’s results
1,500-meter run
Jackie Gamboli 4:42.34 (season-best time)
5,000-meter run
Addie DiFrancesco 17:47.78 (season-best time)
Men’s 5km all-time list
Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009*
Arquimedes DelaCruz, 14:33.20, 2011
Adam Vess, 14:33.41, 2008
Peter Pazik, 14:35.84, 1986
Matt Flint, 14:37.45, 2010
Ken Walshak, 14:37.53, 2011
Michael Melfi, 14:42.36, 1998
Justin Harris, 14:42.88, 2007
David Raucci, 14:42.92, 2006
Michael Nehr, 14:45.61, 2001
Will Griffin, 14:47.86, 2010
David Swift, 14:50.24, 1995
Zak Smetana, 14:50.39, 2011
Kirk Dornton, 14:50.89, 2002
Nick Webster, 14:52.54, 2009
Conor Shelley, 14:52.67, 2008
Greg Salamone, 14:55.79, 2000
Tim Keegan, 14:56.45, 2009
*holds both indoor (14:18.42) and outdoor (14:32.65) school records for the distance
Bold indicates current team member
During the outdoor track season, it seems our “Magic Carpet” is Princeton University’s Weaver Stadium.
The Friday night meets at Princeton have become legendary, with usually chilly but decent weather for distance races, incredibly deep fields of talented athletes and great performances as a result.
That was the case for us last night.
Arquimedes DelaCruz’ school record in the 3,000 steeplechase was the big highlight. Quimes ran 9:06.60, broke Justin Harris’ excellent school record by 3 seconds and qualified for the IC4A meet. Will this be fast enough to get him into NCAA Regionals? Time, literally, will tell. Q improved his PR by 11 seconds and atoned for an off race for him out at Mt. SAC. Nicely done!
For me, though, the race that I will remember for a long time – as in, forever; as in, I’ll probably be talking about this one when I’m an old, old man, God willing, at Alumni Weekend with the boys – was Zak Smetana’s truly stunning 5,000-meter race. Zak PRed by 25 seconds and broke 15:00 for the first time. He won the fifth and final section of the long night and truly ran the race of his life.
And it could not have happened to a better or more deserving young man. Zak put in a great summer of training in 2010, but had a disappointing fall XC season, for a variety of reasons. Lesser men would have bagged it, but Zak kept plugging away and cashed in on all that hard work – culminating with the magical race last night. Those who were there saw how pumped his teammates and this old coach were afterwards. Everyone was thrilled for Zak!
It was great to see Marist Running Alum Mike Rolek crack the 15-minute barrier for the first time, getting that huge monkey off his back once and for all. Oh yeah, in case you could not tell by the massive amounts of gear he was sporting, our guy is sponsored by Saucony. The dude was a walking, talking and racing Saucony billboard. Nicely done!
There were many other personal- and season-best performances, as you will see below. Thanks to Doug Ainscow for recording each and every split, which will eventually be typed up here.
For now, though, enjoy Easter Weekend and talk to you all soon.
Larry Ellis Invitational
Friday, April 22, 2011
Men’s results
800-meter run
Andrew James 1:56:11 (personal-best time)
1,500-meter run
Ben Windisch 4:00.94 (personal-best time)
Conor Shelley 4:01.86
3,000-meter steeplechase
Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:06.60 *school record, IC4A qualifier
Nick Webster 9:37.79 (season best)
5,000-meter run
Ken Walshak 14:47.07 (season-best time)
Zak Smetana 14:50.39 (personal-best time)
Mike Rolek (Marist Alumni Racing Team) 14:52.92 (personal-best time)
Billy Posch 15:02.13 (personal-best time)
Joel Moss 15:07.87 (personal-best time)
Tom Lipari 15:09.61 (personal-best time)
Pat Duggan 15:17.59 (personal-best time)
Brian Townsend 15:32.15
Ryan Scrudato (McCann Harriers) 16:02.83
Women’s results
1,500-meter run
Jackie Gamboli 4:42.34 (season-best time)
5,000-meter run
Addie DiFrancesco 17:47.78 (season-best time)
Men’s 5km all-time list
Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009*
Arquimedes DelaCruz, 14:33.20, 2011
Adam Vess, 14:33.41, 2008
Peter Pazik, 14:35.84, 1986
Matt Flint, 14:37.45, 2010
Ken Walshak, 14:37.53, 2011
Michael Melfi, 14:42.36, 1998
Justin Harris, 14:42.88, 2007
David Raucci, 14:42.92, 2006
Michael Nehr, 14:45.61, 2001
Will Griffin, 14:47.86, 2010
David Swift, 14:50.24, 1995
Zak Smetana, 14:50.39, 2011
Kirk Dornton, 14:50.89, 2002
Nick Webster, 14:52.54, 2009
Conor Shelley, 14:52.67, 2008
Greg Salamone, 14:55.79, 2000
Tim Keegan, 14:56.45, 2009
*holds both indoor (14:18.42) and outdoor (14:32.65) school records for the distance
Bold indicates current team member
Thursday, April 21, 2011
More Boston kudos
Just ran into Marist Running alum Adam Ritter in the locker room here at the McCann Center and he was wondering why there was no mention of his Significant Other on the blog after Boston. Sorry, dude! Here goes …
Michelle Stathers, who is an assistant crew coach here at Marist, ran a marvelous race. She was the top local finisher among women in 3:18:25, and was 524th overall in the women’s field. Great stuff!
In addition, a shout-out to my early-morning jogging partner Fast Tony, who ran a rare negative split (1:33:41/1:32:43 for a 3:06:24) at Boston on Monday. Even better, his 5km splits were amazingly consistent: 22:15, 22:09, 22:04, 22:24, 22:12, 22:12, 22:11, 21:36.
Both were mentioned in my weekly running column in Dutchess County’s Finest Daily Newspaper, linked here.
Michelle Stathers, who is an assistant crew coach here at Marist, ran a marvelous race. She was the top local finisher among women in 3:18:25, and was 524th overall in the women’s field. Great stuff!
In addition, a shout-out to my early-morning jogging partner Fast Tony, who ran a rare negative split (1:33:41/1:32:43 for a 3:06:24) at Boston on Monday. Even better, his 5km splits were amazingly consistent: 22:15, 22:09, 22:04, 22:24, 22:12, 22:12, 22:11, 21:36.
Both were mentioned in my weekly running column in Dutchess County’s Finest Daily Newspaper, linked here.
Congrats to women's tennis
Those that know me understand that I'm not a "social media" guy -- Facebook, Twitter, etc.
But I have to admit to somehow figuring out (without creating an account) how to follow somebody/something on Twitter just now, and it was thrilling!
The Marist College women's tennis team, coached by good friends of ours and running pals Roge Nesbitt (and her husband, Patrick), just won the MAAC title in thrilling fashion. I know this because I was following Twitter feeds (Tweets?) on MAAC Sports and Marist athletics through goredfoxes.com.
Anyway, it was a close match and seemed very exciting. Anytime a Marist team can win a MAAC title in any sport, it's great news to us! To happen to good folks and friends like the Nesbitts makes it even nicer.
Here's hoping the men's tennis team can follow suit with a title of their own next.
But I have to admit to somehow figuring out (without creating an account) how to follow somebody/something on Twitter just now, and it was thrilling!
The Marist College women's tennis team, coached by good friends of ours and running pals Roge Nesbitt (and her husband, Patrick), just won the MAAC title in thrilling fashion. I know this because I was following Twitter feeds (Tweets?) on MAAC Sports and Marist athletics through goredfoxes.com.
Anyway, it was a close match and seemed very exciting. Anytime a Marist team can win a MAAC title in any sport, it's great news to us! To happen to good folks and friends like the Nesbitts makes it even nicer.
Here's hoping the men's tennis team can follow suit with a title of their own next.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Time trials at practice
Today’s midday practice at the Vassar College track was a bit of a departure from the norm.
Because most team members have this coming weekend off from racing, and because last Saturday’s Metropolitan meet at Rutgers was for all intents and purposes a waste of time due to terrible weather, the Track Coaching Braintrust decided a Time Trial would make sense.
Side note: The Track Coaching Braintrust did NOT include me, which is probably a good thing. I was not around last weekend to witness the horrendous conditions (rather, we were endlessly circling JFK Airport, waiting for appropriate conditions to land our jet). Coach Chuck and Coach Horton independently came up with this idea, which I wholeheartedly endorsed.
Anyway, the protocol for the men’s sprint crew centered around an all-out 400-meter dash. It included a lane start and two-turn stagger. Serious stuff!
On the women’s side, Chuck – who is recuperating from knee surgery and could not be there – emailed me with the race groups.
Group 1 did an all-out 800, followed by a 15-minute recovery, and then an all-out 400.
Group 2 did an all-out 1500, followed by a 15-minute recovery, and then an all-out 800.
Group 3, which was really not a “group” per se as it only included two Rachels, did an all-out 3,000.
Here are the results, in some cases very impressive!
Men’s 400-meter dash
(Note of explanation: This was such a CLOSE race and we obviously did not have FAT systems at our disposal. Terry clicked his watch as quickly as possible and these are the most accurate results possible. Top to bottom, everyone ran well, in our opinion. Very well, in fact!)
Phil Krupka, 51.7 seconds
Chris “America” Coscio, 52.0 seconds
Chris Vanzetta, 52.3 seconds
John Kristie, 52.3 seconds
Mike Clifford, 52.4 seconds
Connor Dodge, 52.6 seconds
Josh Lopez, 53.0 seconds
Women’s group 1
800-meter run
Briana Crowe, 2:22
Laura Lindsley, 2:27
Tara Nuccitelli, 2:27
Kelley Hanifin, 2:30
400-meter dash
Colleen Meenan, 64
Briana Crowe, 64
Kelley Hanifin, 67
Tara Nuccitelli, 68
Laura Lindsley, 70
Women’s group 2
1,500-meter run
Erin O’Reilly, 4:52
Dayna McLaughlin, 5:02
Becca Denise, 5:04
Jillian Corley, 5:06
Elizabeth O’Brien, 5:12
Kelley Gould, 5:16
Julie Hudak, 5:21
Colleen Smith, 5:27
Rachael Peterson, 5:40
800-meter run
Jillian Corley, 2:33
Becca Denise, 2:34
Kelley Gould, 2:34
Dayna McLaughin, 2:39
Colleen Smith, 2:40
Julie Hudak, 2:42
Rachael Peterson, 2:51
Women’s group 3
3,000-meter run
Rachel Bremer 11:31
Rachel Lichtenwalner 11:46
Traditional workout for men
--The men’s long-distance group did 8x1000m thresh cruise intervals with 1 min recovery, and they did it quite well.
--Billy Hild did the above thresh workout (Thresh by Fresh?) last week. As a result, he did a very impressive 20x400 workout (2 sets of 10, 1 min break, full recovery between sets). Impressive in that it was solo, and while working on about 3 hours of sleep.
To one and all, a hearty thumbs’ up and nicely done …
Because most team members have this coming weekend off from racing, and because last Saturday’s Metropolitan meet at Rutgers was for all intents and purposes a waste of time due to terrible weather, the Track Coaching Braintrust decided a Time Trial would make sense.
Side note: The Track Coaching Braintrust did NOT include me, which is probably a good thing. I was not around last weekend to witness the horrendous conditions (rather, we were endlessly circling JFK Airport, waiting for appropriate conditions to land our jet). Coach Chuck and Coach Horton independently came up with this idea, which I wholeheartedly endorsed.
Anyway, the protocol for the men’s sprint crew centered around an all-out 400-meter dash. It included a lane start and two-turn stagger. Serious stuff!
On the women’s side, Chuck – who is recuperating from knee surgery and could not be there – emailed me with the race groups.
Group 1 did an all-out 800, followed by a 15-minute recovery, and then an all-out 400.
Group 2 did an all-out 1500, followed by a 15-minute recovery, and then an all-out 800.
Group 3, which was really not a “group” per se as it only included two Rachels, did an all-out 3,000.
Here are the results, in some cases very impressive!
Men’s 400-meter dash
(Note of explanation: This was such a CLOSE race and we obviously did not have FAT systems at our disposal. Terry clicked his watch as quickly as possible and these are the most accurate results possible. Top to bottom, everyone ran well, in our opinion. Very well, in fact!)
Phil Krupka, 51.7 seconds
Chris “America” Coscio, 52.0 seconds
Chris Vanzetta, 52.3 seconds
John Kristie, 52.3 seconds
Mike Clifford, 52.4 seconds
Connor Dodge, 52.6 seconds
Josh Lopez, 53.0 seconds
Women’s group 1
800-meter run
Briana Crowe, 2:22
Laura Lindsley, 2:27
Tara Nuccitelli, 2:27
Kelley Hanifin, 2:30
400-meter dash
Colleen Meenan, 64
Briana Crowe, 64
Kelley Hanifin, 67
Tara Nuccitelli, 68
Laura Lindsley, 70
Women’s group 2
1,500-meter run
Erin O’Reilly, 4:52
Dayna McLaughlin, 5:02
Becca Denise, 5:04
Jillian Corley, 5:06
Elizabeth O’Brien, 5:12
Kelley Gould, 5:16
Julie Hudak, 5:21
Colleen Smith, 5:27
Rachael Peterson, 5:40
800-meter run
Jillian Corley, 2:33
Becca Denise, 2:34
Kelley Gould, 2:34
Dayna McLaughin, 2:39
Colleen Smith, 2:40
Julie Hudak, 2:42
Rachael Peterson, 2:51
Women’s group 3
3,000-meter run
Rachel Bremer 11:31
Rachel Lichtenwalner 11:46
Traditional workout for men
--The men’s long-distance group did 8x1000m thresh cruise intervals with 1 min recovery, and they did it quite well.
--Billy Hild did the above thresh workout (Thresh by Fresh?) last week. As a result, he did a very impressive 20x400 workout (2 sets of 10, 1 min break, full recovery between sets). Impressive in that it was solo, and while working on about 3 hours of sleep.
To one and all, a hearty thumbs’ up and nicely done …
Will Griffin earns MAAC kudos
Congrats to Will Griffin for winning the weekly MAAC award for outstanding performance.
Check the link to the story at www.goredfoxes.com right here.
Check the link to the story at www.goredfoxes.com right here.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Met Championships results
At long last, the (assumed to be) official results from Friday/Saturday at Rutgers. Friday highlights included:
--Personal best hammer throw by Sean Ellman.
--Personal best runs by Nicoletti, Meegan and Brownie in 10km.
--Strong performances by women in 5km.
Based on all reports I heard, there was nothing memorable -- and everything forgettable -- about the Saturday portion of this meet, which featured terrible conditions that got worse as the day wore on.
Funny what a difference a week makes in April: At UMass, we had ideal conditions and the performances showed. At Rutgers, we had terrible conditions ... and the performances showed.
Note on splits: Thanks to my pals for doing them. You'll notice different formats on different runners. This is how they were presented to me. The information is all there. If you have a preference in format, let me know. The only-lap-splits format is easier to type and easier to read, but I still like to include the overall time when available. If anyone cares to comment, shoot me an email or let me know.
Metropolitan Championships
Friday and Saturday, April 15-16, 2011
Rutgers University
Women’s results
100-meter dash
16. Meghann Cocca 13.03
21. Amanda Luccarelli 13.26
22. Kim Ladouceur 13.53
400-meter dash
28. Colleen Meenan 1:08.40
29. Tara Nuccitelli 1:08.54
30. Briana Crowe 1:09.16
800-meter run
22. Erin O’Reilly 2:32.10
27. Jillian Corley 2:35.30
36. Laura Lindsley 2:40.81
37. Kelley Hanifin 2:41.39
1,500-meter run
23. Dayna McLaughlin 5:21.04
25. Rebecca Denise 5:23.18
28. Elizabeth O’Brien 5:27.37
31. Miy Mahran 5:35.48
5,000-meter run
2. Addie DiFrancesco 17:50.10
Splits not available, sorry!
17. Kelly Gould 19:18.6
88, 92, 92, 92
91, 92, 92, 92
94, 96, 96, 92
43
19. Rachel Bremer 19:39.8
88, 92, 92, 92
92, 93, 95, 96
96, 98, 97, 96
47
21. Ashley Jensen 19:59.1
89, 93, 95, 97
95, 97, 98, 98
97, 98, 97, 96
22. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:10.8
91, 93, 99, 98
97, 98, 98, 98
97, 99, 98, 96
3,000-meter steeplechase
5. Colleen Smith 12:11.5
86.9, 94.5, 96.2, 100.9, 100.9, 99.9, 101.2, 52.6
12. Jillian Corley 12:41.1
83.9, 94.2, 97.2, 100.9, 106.6, 111.4, 106.2, 47.4
Long jump
22. Brooke Kristensen 4.20 meters
Javelin
13. Rachael Eichacker 26.78
Men’s results
100-meter dash
16. Darren Bushey 11.68
17. Jesse Aprile 11.71
18. Mike McCloskey 11.71
400-meter dash
25. Dan Conklin 55.82
29. Josh Lopez 57.03
31. John Kristie 57.57
800-meter run
23. Kyle Havard 2:06.38
37. Alex Cuesta 2:14.93
1,500-meter run
15. Billy Posch 4:15.98
5,000-meter run
15. Will Schanz 16:19.5
77, 2:29 (72), 3:42 (73), 5:00 (78)
6:17 (77), 7:35 (78), 8:56 (81), 10:15 (79)
11:37 (82), 12:58 (81), 14:20 (82), 15:39 (79)
16:19.5 (40.5)
1600-meter splits: 5:00, 5:15, 5:24
16. Mike Clausen 16:19.7
78, 2:31 (73), 3:47 (76), 5:05 (78)
6:25 (80), 7:45 (80), 9:06 (81), 10:26 (80)
11:47 (81), 13:08 (81), 14:27 (79), 15:43 (76)
16:19.8 (36.8)
1600-meter splits: 5:05, 5:21, 5:17
10,000-meter run
3. Mike Nicoletti 32:14.7
75, 2:31 (76), 3:47 (76), 5:04 (77)
6:22 (78), 7:39 (77), 8:57 (78), 10:16 (79)
11:34 (78), 12:51 (77), 14:09 (78), 15:28 (79)
16:45 (77), 18:04 (79), 19:21 (77), 20:39 (78)
21:56 (77), 23:13 (77), 24:31 (78), 25:50 (79)
27:09 (79), 28:28 (79), 29:45 (77), 31:03 (78)
32:14.7 (71.7)
1600-meter splits: 5:04, 5:12, 5:12, 5:11, 5:11, 5:13
4. Mike Keegan 32:15.2
75, 76, 76, 77
79, 77, 78, 78
78, 77, 78, 79
77, 79, 77, 78
77, 77, 78, 79
79, 79, 79, 77
72
1600-meter splits: 5:04, 5:12, 5:12, 5:11, 5:11, 5:14
(Note: Amended splits)
6. Kevin O’Sullivan 33:06.9
76, 76, 77, 77
77, 78, 78, 79
79, 78, 78, 79
78, 79, 79, 81
81, 81, 80, 80
82, 82, 81, 79
76
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:12, 5:14, 5:17, 5:22, 5:24
7. Ryan Brown 33:16.9
77, 77, 78, 79
79, 80, 79, 81
80, 81, 80, 80
79, 81, 81, 80
80, 80, 80, 79
81, 81, 80, 78
72
1600-meter splits: 5:11, 5:19, 5:21, 5:21, 5:19, 5:20
9. Nick Salek 34:04.1
75, 77, 77, 77
78, 78, 79, 80
79, 80, 81, 81
83, 85, 84, 83
84, 85, 85, 85
85, 84, 84, 84
82
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:15, 5:21, 5:35, 5:39, 5:37
Long jump
10. Jesse Aprile 5.98 meters
Hammer throw
16. Sean Ellman 32.60 meters
Javelin
13. Jake Akey 39.01
14. Pasquale Magneri 38.59
--Personal best hammer throw by Sean Ellman.
--Personal best runs by Nicoletti, Meegan and Brownie in 10km.
--Strong performances by women in 5km.
Based on all reports I heard, there was nothing memorable -- and everything forgettable -- about the Saturday portion of this meet, which featured terrible conditions that got worse as the day wore on.
Funny what a difference a week makes in April: At UMass, we had ideal conditions and the performances showed. At Rutgers, we had terrible conditions ... and the performances showed.
Note on splits: Thanks to my pals for doing them. You'll notice different formats on different runners. This is how they were presented to me. The information is all there. If you have a preference in format, let me know. The only-lap-splits format is easier to type and easier to read, but I still like to include the overall time when available. If anyone cares to comment, shoot me an email or let me know.
Metropolitan Championships
Friday and Saturday, April 15-16, 2011
Rutgers University
Women’s results
100-meter dash
16. Meghann Cocca 13.03
21. Amanda Luccarelli 13.26
22. Kim Ladouceur 13.53
400-meter dash
28. Colleen Meenan 1:08.40
29. Tara Nuccitelli 1:08.54
30. Briana Crowe 1:09.16
800-meter run
22. Erin O’Reilly 2:32.10
27. Jillian Corley 2:35.30
36. Laura Lindsley 2:40.81
37. Kelley Hanifin 2:41.39
1,500-meter run
23. Dayna McLaughlin 5:21.04
25. Rebecca Denise 5:23.18
28. Elizabeth O’Brien 5:27.37
31. Miy Mahran 5:35.48
5,000-meter run
2. Addie DiFrancesco 17:50.10
Splits not available, sorry!
17. Kelly Gould 19:18.6
88, 92, 92, 92
91, 92, 92, 92
94, 96, 96, 92
43
19. Rachel Bremer 19:39.8
88, 92, 92, 92
92, 93, 95, 96
96, 98, 97, 96
47
21. Ashley Jensen 19:59.1
89, 93, 95, 97
95, 97, 98, 98
97, 98, 97, 96
22. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:10.8
91, 93, 99, 98
97, 98, 98, 98
97, 99, 98, 96
3,000-meter steeplechase
5. Colleen Smith 12:11.5
86.9, 94.5, 96.2, 100.9, 100.9, 99.9, 101.2, 52.6
12. Jillian Corley 12:41.1
83.9, 94.2, 97.2, 100.9, 106.6, 111.4, 106.2, 47.4
Long jump
22. Brooke Kristensen 4.20 meters
Javelin
13. Rachael Eichacker 26.78
Men’s results
100-meter dash
16. Darren Bushey 11.68
17. Jesse Aprile 11.71
18. Mike McCloskey 11.71
400-meter dash
25. Dan Conklin 55.82
29. Josh Lopez 57.03
31. John Kristie 57.57
800-meter run
23. Kyle Havard 2:06.38
37. Alex Cuesta 2:14.93
1,500-meter run
15. Billy Posch 4:15.98
5,000-meter run
15. Will Schanz 16:19.5
77, 2:29 (72), 3:42 (73), 5:00 (78)
6:17 (77), 7:35 (78), 8:56 (81), 10:15 (79)
11:37 (82), 12:58 (81), 14:20 (82), 15:39 (79)
16:19.5 (40.5)
1600-meter splits: 5:00, 5:15, 5:24
16. Mike Clausen 16:19.7
78, 2:31 (73), 3:47 (76), 5:05 (78)
6:25 (80), 7:45 (80), 9:06 (81), 10:26 (80)
11:47 (81), 13:08 (81), 14:27 (79), 15:43 (76)
16:19.8 (36.8)
1600-meter splits: 5:05, 5:21, 5:17
10,000-meter run
3. Mike Nicoletti 32:14.7
75, 2:31 (76), 3:47 (76), 5:04 (77)
6:22 (78), 7:39 (77), 8:57 (78), 10:16 (79)
11:34 (78), 12:51 (77), 14:09 (78), 15:28 (79)
16:45 (77), 18:04 (79), 19:21 (77), 20:39 (78)
21:56 (77), 23:13 (77), 24:31 (78), 25:50 (79)
27:09 (79), 28:28 (79), 29:45 (77), 31:03 (78)
32:14.7 (71.7)
1600-meter splits: 5:04, 5:12, 5:12, 5:11, 5:11, 5:13
4. Mike Keegan 32:15.2
75, 76, 76, 77
79, 77, 78, 78
78, 77, 78, 79
77, 79, 77, 78
77, 77, 78, 79
79, 79, 79, 77
72
1600-meter splits: 5:04, 5:12, 5:12, 5:11, 5:11, 5:14
(Note: Amended splits)
6. Kevin O’Sullivan 33:06.9
76, 76, 77, 77
77, 78, 78, 79
79, 78, 78, 79
78, 79, 79, 81
81, 81, 80, 80
82, 82, 81, 79
76
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:12, 5:14, 5:17, 5:22, 5:24
7. Ryan Brown 33:16.9
77, 77, 78, 79
79, 80, 79, 81
80, 81, 80, 80
79, 81, 81, 80
80, 80, 80, 79
81, 81, 80, 78
72
1600-meter splits: 5:11, 5:19, 5:21, 5:21, 5:19, 5:20
9. Nick Salek 34:04.1
75, 77, 77, 77
78, 78, 79, 80
79, 80, 81, 81
83, 85, 84, 83
84, 85, 85, 85
85, 84, 84, 84
82
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:15, 5:21, 5:35, 5:39, 5:37
Long jump
10. Jesse Aprile 5.98 meters
Hammer throw
16. Sean Ellman 32.60 meters
Javelin
13. Jake Akey 39.01
14. Pasquale Magneri 38.59
Monday, April 18, 2011
Quick Boston results
First of all, MAJOR THANKS to Kelley Gould for enabling me to watch the race online. That was HUGE. Of course, I got no work done today. But this is OK.
The women's elite race was stunningly exciting. I was yelling at my laptop. The men's elite race was nothing short of historic, with world best and American best times recorded.
Now, for your Marist Running updates ...
Junior Luke Shane: 2:44:49. 6:17 pace. 333rd overall. 1:19:18 at the half. Great job!
Alum David Raucci: 2:46:18. 6:21 pace. 621st overall. 1:10:51 at the half. He'll be back to fight another day!
Alum Mike Guarascio: 2:53:16. 6:37 pace. 755th overall. 1:24:22 at the half. Great job!
Three Marist runners in the top 1,000. That's not bad.
The women's elite race was stunningly exciting. I was yelling at my laptop. The men's elite race was nothing short of historic, with world best and American best times recorded.
Now, for your Marist Running updates ...
Junior Luke Shane: 2:44:49. 6:17 pace. 333rd overall. 1:19:18 at the half. Great job!
Alum David Raucci: 2:46:18. 6:21 pace. 621st overall. 1:10:51 at the half. He'll be back to fight another day!
Alum Mike Guarascio: 2:53:16. 6:37 pace. 755th overall. 1:24:22 at the half. Great job!
Three Marist runners in the top 1,000. That's not bad.
Bell lap
There was nothing ceremonious about the last lap run around the McCann Center indoor track. No one was there to witness it. Except for the mournful groan of the train whistles on the nearby tracks below, the building was silent.
This morning, the long-awaiting renovation of the McCann Recreation Center will begin. When the updated McCann Fieldhouse reopens in the fall, there will be new hardwood flooring throughout the arena. That floor will cover a battered and scarred but very useful 160-meter track that served our program well for several decades.
This morning, the watch on my wrist recorded a long (for me) jog of 1:14:11. I started my final laps very early, at 5 a.m., to assure that I would not bother anyone nor impede the construction that will begin the new era in McCann.
We have witnessed gallons of sweat poured out on that track through the years by the dedicated men and women of our program. I have run thousands of laps on that old, beat-up surface – most of them like today, during the silent, early-morning hours with nothing but my thoughts and maybe a few iPod tunes in my ears.
After all that effort and all that sweat through the years, all that remains this morning are the tears.
This morning, the long-awaiting renovation of the McCann Recreation Center will begin. When the updated McCann Fieldhouse reopens in the fall, there will be new hardwood flooring throughout the arena. That floor will cover a battered and scarred but very useful 160-meter track that served our program well for several decades.
This morning, the watch on my wrist recorded a long (for me) jog of 1:14:11. I started my final laps very early, at 5 a.m., to assure that I would not bother anyone nor impede the construction that will begin the new era in McCann.
We have witnessed gallons of sweat poured out on that track through the years by the dedicated men and women of our program. I have run thousands of laps on that old, beat-up surface – most of them like today, during the silent, early-morning hours with nothing but my thoughts and maybe a few iPod tunes in my ears.
After all that effort and all that sweat through the years, all that remains this morning are the tears.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Photos from California
Thanks to Brittany Burns for sharing the following photos from our trip to the Mt. SAC Relays.
Patriot's Day in Boston
Monday is Boston Marathon Day, and Marist Running will be well-represented on the famous Hopkinton to Boston route.
--Recent Marist alum David Raucci will be among the elite field -- he has bib #47! -- and will be proudly donning the red-and-white Marist Alumni Racing Team jersey.
--Marist alum Mike Guarascio, now a Boston resident, will be on the line in his hometown race. Mike G runs for Greater Boston TC and this is his first Boston.
--Marist junior Luke Shane will be running his first Boston Marathon. We now first-hand how hard Luke trained all winter.
We will be rooting hard for all of them from afar.
Be sure to track their progress tomorrow if you are interested.
--Recent Marist alum David Raucci will be among the elite field -- he has bib #47! -- and will be proudly donning the red-and-white Marist Alumni Racing Team jersey.
--Marist alum Mike Guarascio, now a Boston resident, will be on the line in his hometown race. Mike G runs for Greater Boston TC and this is his first Boston.
--Marist junior Luke Shane will be running his first Boston Marathon. We now first-hand how hard Luke trained all winter.
We will be rooting hard for all of them from afar.
Be sure to track their progress tomorrow if you are interested.
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