While continuing to stew over finishing at the bottom of the standings at the MAAC Indoor Championships, allow me today to shed some glass-half-full analysis – thanks to Assistant Coach Terry Horton.
Terry went on DirectAthletics performance lists, which automatically converted our sprinters’ 55-meter times to 60-meter equivalents – the MAAC meet is the one and only on our schedule that has 55-meter dash and hurdle races instead of 60-meter. Here’s the good news: Several/most sprinters exceeded their season’s bests in the dash races.
Men:
Mike McCloskey: 7.25 converted time, beats 7.31 season best
Darren Bushey: 7.27 converted time, beats 7.43 season best
Brian Lochner: 7.65 converted time, beats 8.03 season best
Neal Viets: 7.69 converted time, beats 7.87 season best
Taylor Bombard (hurdles): 9.20 converted time, beats 9.47 season best
Women:
Meghann Cocca: 8.21 converted time, beats 8.42 season best
Amanda Luccarelli: 8.34 converted time, beats 8.42 season best
Kim Ladouceur: 8.60 converted time, beats 8.66 season best
As Terry pointed out, we are still a long way from the St. Peter’s quality sprint programs of the world, but bests are bests. And as he wrote: “Did we score any more points? NO. Do I feel better? Sort of.” I would agree with that assessment 100 percent.
Also, before we put this meet in the rear-view mirror, I feel we need to pay homage to Will Griffin’s sizzling mile time of 4:10.11, a performance that was somewhat overlooked given that he DIDN’T EVEN MEDAL!
Good heavens. It’s the second-fastest mile time in school history, a four-second PR, an IC4A qualifier by a lot, and a damn good run for an athlete training for longer distances. The fact that he got fourth in the race and was an eyelash away from breaking 4:10 speaks volumes about the high quality of athletes we are facing. The MAAC might be a small league and a small meet, but there’s some really good stuff going on there.
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