Final thoughts on the Indiana trip as we get ready to head back home, where hopefully we’ll see the sun (it has been cloudy, cool and stormy our entire stay here) …
--Thanks to Will’s mom, who made the trip out to Indiana with us, for her support of Will and our entire program throughout the school year. She also discovered the Bloomington Rail Trail, where I went jogging the past two mornings. Very nice.
--There are a lot of churches out here. Just a random observation, but seems like there is one on every street corner with an eclectic variety of denominations.
--Ditto that with Marathon gas stations/convenience stores. I’m a big fan of their coffee, and it’s cheap! Nicely done.
--A big highlight from the past few days was hanging with Marist alum Sean Hopkins, who is an assistant coach with the West Virginia women’s track team. Here’s a good one, guys: Hopkins (as far as I know, EVERYONE calls Hopkins “Hopkins” back on Long Island and from his Marist days) is known among the WVU team as “Little Sean.” Oh yeah. Little Sean. We’re gonna have fun with that one. Seriously, it was great catching up with him and talking track with him. We’ll see him later in the summer …
--Will did not finish in 11th place in 29:15, as that word spread like wildfire among the Marist Running family on Facebook and via text messages. While we all got a good laugh over it, from my perspective it’s great to see that so many alums were anxiously tracking the results online. And, even better, so many alums BELIEVED Will could run that fast and place that highly. 29:15. Something to shoot for – not just for Will but also for several of his teammates. Which leads me to my final point …
--Lastly, this was a good experience for Will and our program. But one of the things I liked was that Will did not come out here “for the experience.” He came out here to race hard, and he was disappointed in his finishing place and finishing time. He should not be disappointed with the effort. But again, he was not just “happy to be here.” Here’s hoping Will can return to this meet. More importantly, here’s hoping he’ll have some teammates with him as well for 2012, wherever it is. That’s the goal.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Books and links
We will be in Indiana until Saturday afternoon, when we fly back to Newark. Today, we explored downtown Bloomington, which has a wealth of really nice little shops. I was especially enamored with a very excellent used book store. I found an excellent copy of a David Halberstam baseball book. He is one of my favorite authors.
Speaking of baseball books … check out the brand new book about Derek Jeter called “The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter.” I am currently about halfway through it, and it is a fantastic read. Of course, I am biased, as the author – Ian O’Connor – is a Marist ’86 classmate of mine. We were fellow communication majors who took many of the same journalism classes with David McCraw, a professor who taught us both a lot about writing and editing. Ian is a true star in the industry, and this work will further cement his legacy as a fantastic sports journalist.
Anyway … here are a few links from some interesting and wide-ranging tidbits for you:
--Team captain Matt Flint send along this Flotrack link about stride analysis and Chris Solinsky. Very interesting and thought provoking stuff. Check it out and let me know what you think.
--Marist alum Kris Geist sent along this link about Marist Alumni runners in an Albany-area race. Pictured is former Marist distance runner and former 1,500-meter school record holder Chris McCloskey, who is now a triathlete. Kris said Marist Running and Crew alum Lisa D’Aniello was also in the race. Thanks, Geist!
--Here is a link to post-meet coverage of Will’s race at www.goredfoxes.com. Thanks to Marist Sports Information Director Mike Ferraro and his assistant Alex Lumb for their continued support and encouragement of our program. They have a lot on their plate, publicizing 23 teams, and they are loyal followers and promoters of Marist track and cross country.
We will be heading over to the meet in a little while to check things out and cheer on some fellow MAAC athletes who are hoping to advance to Des Moines.
Speaking of baseball books … check out the brand new book about Derek Jeter called “The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter.” I am currently about halfway through it, and it is a fantastic read. Of course, I am biased, as the author – Ian O’Connor – is a Marist ’86 classmate of mine. We were fellow communication majors who took many of the same journalism classes with David McCraw, a professor who taught us both a lot about writing and editing. Ian is a true star in the industry, and this work will further cement his legacy as a fantastic sports journalist.
Anyway … here are a few links from some interesting and wide-ranging tidbits for you:
--Team captain Matt Flint send along this Flotrack link about stride analysis and Chris Solinsky. Very interesting and thought provoking stuff. Check it out and let me know what you think.
--Marist alum Kris Geist sent along this link about Marist Alumni runners in an Albany-area race. Pictured is former Marist distance runner and former 1,500-meter school record holder Chris McCloskey, who is now a triathlete. Kris said Marist Running and Crew alum Lisa D’Aniello was also in the race. Thanks, Geist!
--Here is a link to post-meet coverage of Will’s race at www.goredfoxes.com. Thanks to Marist Sports Information Director Mike Ferraro and his assistant Alex Lumb for their continued support and encouragement of our program. They have a lot on their plate, publicizing 23 teams, and they are loyal followers and promoters of Marist track and cross country.
We will be heading over to the meet in a little while to check things out and cheer on some fellow MAAC athletes who are hoping to advance to Des Moines.
Summer training updates
Now that the 2010-2011 cross country/track cycle is basically over – we just have two rising sophomores in Isaiah Miller and Nick Hughes running at USA Juniors in the 10,000 next month – it is time to switch our energy to summer training for the upcoming 2011-2012 seasons. It never ends!
All returning athletes should email me their training logs each week so that I know what you are doing. Please start doing this NOW if you have not done so already. In addition, if you are in need of a daily or weekly training schedule for more structure, call or text me and I will get one out to you.
From now until July 1, you should basically be building base mileage, with a weekly long run and a weekly uptempo type run (can be hills, a free-form fartlek or just a hammer run). A more organized training schedule, for those that do not request one sooner, will be on the way via email in the coming weeks.
As always: Run, Rehydrate, Run Some More.
All returning athletes should email me their training logs each week so that I know what you are doing. Please start doing this NOW if you have not done so already. In addition, if you are in need of a daily or weekly training schedule for more structure, call or text me and I will get one out to you.
From now until July 1, you should basically be building base mileage, with a weekly long run and a weekly uptempo type run (can be hills, a free-form fartlek or just a hammer run). A more organized training schedule, for those that do not request one sooner, will be on the way via email in the coming weeks.
As always: Run, Rehydrate, Run Some More.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Will Griffin 33rd at NCAA Regional race
Will Griffin ran his heart out on Thursday night at the NCAA Regionals. The final result was a bit disappointing for Will. But the effort was one to make us all proud. Very proud, in fact.
The race started under a steady drizzle and breezy and cool conditions. In all, not bad for a 10k on the track. Cooler than normal is always a perk for May 26.
Anyway, the pre-race concerns of a slow and tactical race were totally unfounded. Tells you how smart I am!
The field blitzed out to a fast pace and Will followed suit. Will had several 70-second laps in the early going – quite peppy – and was still sitting in between 25th and 30th place.
A little before the 5km, the big chase pack that Will was in ratcheted up the pace even more, and that was a bit much for Will. However, he worked in a smaller pack for the rest of the race.
And although the splits slowed somewhat, if you were there and watching the race, you would have seen Will racing really hard and tough. He did not look like he was “dying” out there, because he wasn’t. The 10km at this level is a race of attrition, and Will held his own from start to finish.
It was great to have our old pal Sean Hopkins there to cheer on Will for the whole race. In fact, we spent some serious quality time with Hopkins, who is a volunteer assistant coach with the West Virginia women’s team. It was also great to have the support of Sacred Heart coach (and Marist alum) Christian Morrison, who came out in the rain to watch Will run. That meant a lot.
Will also had administrative support from our Assistant AD and SWA Liz Donohue, who is on the NCAA Track Committee. Liz was thrilled to have one of her own at an NCAA meet after three years of serving on the NCAA Track Committee.
One last note: As the preliminary (and NOT ACCURATE) results were flashed on the board (and apparently on the Internet), Will was initially listed as the 11th-place finisher in 29:15. This got many Marist Running followers VERY EXCITED and word spread quickly (and erroneously) that Will had qualified for the national final in a 30-second PR. While this would have been a dream come true for us, it was not to be.
From my perspective, though, it was so thrilling and gratifying to know that so many of you out there cared enough to follow the results on a Thursday night and to send me very excited texts about it. Even after the truth was revealed, several texters had the 100-percent accurate sentiment when they said, “that’s OK, we’re still proud.”
Amen.
NCAA East Regional at Indiana University
10,000-meter run
Will Griffin, 30:25.55
33rd out of 48 runners
71, 2:22 (71), 3:33 (71), 4:43 (70)
5:56 (73), 7:06 (70), 8:18 (72), 9:30 (72)
10:41 (71), 11:51 (70), 13:04 (73), 14:16 (72)
15:29 (73), 16:42 (73), 17:56 (74), 19:11 (75)
20:29 (78), 21:45 (76), 23:01 (76), 24:16 (75)
25:31 (75), 26:47 (76), 28:02 (75), 29:15 (73)
30:25.55 (70.55)
5km split: 14:55
1600-meter splits: 4:43, 4:47, 4:46, 4:55, 5:05, 4:59
Final overall results
1 Sam Chelanga SR Liberty 29:00.94Q
2 Shadrack Kipchirchir SO Western Kentucky 29:08.64Q
3 Ciaran O'Lionaird SR Florida State 29:09.75Q
4 Michael Fout SO Florida State 29:09.89Q
5 Tito Medrano SO Syracuse 29:10.01Q
6 Nate Edelman SR Cornell 29:10.11Q
7 Leonard Korir SR Iona 29:10.58Q
8 Matt Llano SR Richmond 29:11.06Q
9 Michael Eaton SR Louisville 29:14.14Q
10 Bo Waggoner SR Duke 29:14.65Q
11 Alexander Soderberg JR Iona 29:18.45Q
12 Jon Grey SR William and Mary 29:25.03Q
13 Paul Katam FR UNC-Greensboro 29:28.57
14 Zachary Mayhew SO Indiana 29:32.73
15 Adam Henken JR North Carolina St. 29:34.86
16 Jeff Martinez SO Binghamton 29:35.58
17 Seth Proctor JR Florida State 29:36.02
18 Drew Hart SR Cornell 29:41.83
19 Brendan Martin JR Columbia 29:43.76
20 David Rooney SO McNeese State 29:48.02
21 Wesley Rickman SO Florida State 29:49.45
22 Keith Capecci SR Villanova 29:51.43
23 Kevin McDonnell JR St. Joseph's (Pa.) 29:54.69
24 Ethan Shaw JR Dartmouth 29:55.07
25 Alex McGrath SO William and Mary 29:55.60
26 Zack Jones SR Oakland 30:01.56
27 Justin Roeder SR Butler 30:07.84
28 Patrick Grosskopf SR Michigan State 30:10.45
29 Tommy Kauffmann SR Xavier (Ohio) 30:15.86
30 Ben Massam SR William and Mary 30:16.83
31 Dan Jackson SR Notre Dame 30:20.95
32 Bobby Aprill JR Michigan 30:21.43
33 William Griffin SO Marist 30:25.55
34 TC Lumbar JR Georgetown 30:27.44
35 Michael Spooner SR Tennessee 30:30.87
36 Christopher Foley FR Virginia 30:37.16
37 Mike Murphy SO Columbia 30:42.57
38 Tom Boardman SR Butler 30:46.01
39 Neal Darmody JR High Point 30:57.43
40 Brett Richardson JR Georgia 31:03.03
41 Jarrett LeBlanc JR McNeese State 31:07.40
42 Mike Stolar JR Duquesne 31:15.73
43 Sean Keefe SO Syracuse 31:24.62
44 Chris Bodary SO Tennessee 31:33.80
-- D.J. McMillan SR Georgia Tech DNF
-- Josh Brewer JR Duke DNF
-- Josh Hardin FR William and Mary DNF
-- Kyle Kling JR Coastal Carolina DNF
The race started under a steady drizzle and breezy and cool conditions. In all, not bad for a 10k on the track. Cooler than normal is always a perk for May 26.
Anyway, the pre-race concerns of a slow and tactical race were totally unfounded. Tells you how smart I am!
The field blitzed out to a fast pace and Will followed suit. Will had several 70-second laps in the early going – quite peppy – and was still sitting in between 25th and 30th place.
A little before the 5km, the big chase pack that Will was in ratcheted up the pace even more, and that was a bit much for Will. However, he worked in a smaller pack for the rest of the race.
And although the splits slowed somewhat, if you were there and watching the race, you would have seen Will racing really hard and tough. He did not look like he was “dying” out there, because he wasn’t. The 10km at this level is a race of attrition, and Will held his own from start to finish.
It was great to have our old pal Sean Hopkins there to cheer on Will for the whole race. In fact, we spent some serious quality time with Hopkins, who is a volunteer assistant coach with the West Virginia women’s team. It was also great to have the support of Sacred Heart coach (and Marist alum) Christian Morrison, who came out in the rain to watch Will run. That meant a lot.
Will also had administrative support from our Assistant AD and SWA Liz Donohue, who is on the NCAA Track Committee. Liz was thrilled to have one of her own at an NCAA meet after three years of serving on the NCAA Track Committee.
One last note: As the preliminary (and NOT ACCURATE) results were flashed on the board (and apparently on the Internet), Will was initially listed as the 11th-place finisher in 29:15. This got many Marist Running followers VERY EXCITED and word spread quickly (and erroneously) that Will had qualified for the national final in a 30-second PR. While this would have been a dream come true for us, it was not to be.
From my perspective, though, it was so thrilling and gratifying to know that so many of you out there cared enough to follow the results on a Thursday night and to send me very excited texts about it. Even after the truth was revealed, several texters had the 100-percent accurate sentiment when they said, “that’s OK, we’re still proud.”
Amen.
NCAA East Regional at Indiana University
10,000-meter run
Will Griffin, 30:25.55
33rd out of 48 runners
71, 2:22 (71), 3:33 (71), 4:43 (70)
5:56 (73), 7:06 (70), 8:18 (72), 9:30 (72)
10:41 (71), 11:51 (70), 13:04 (73), 14:16 (72)
15:29 (73), 16:42 (73), 17:56 (74), 19:11 (75)
20:29 (78), 21:45 (76), 23:01 (76), 24:16 (75)
25:31 (75), 26:47 (76), 28:02 (75), 29:15 (73)
30:25.55 (70.55)
5km split: 14:55
1600-meter splits: 4:43, 4:47, 4:46, 4:55, 5:05, 4:59
Final overall results
1 Sam Chelanga SR Liberty 29:00.94Q
2 Shadrack Kipchirchir SO Western Kentucky 29:08.64Q
3 Ciaran O'Lionaird SR Florida State 29:09.75Q
4 Michael Fout SO Florida State 29:09.89Q
5 Tito Medrano SO Syracuse 29:10.01Q
6 Nate Edelman SR Cornell 29:10.11Q
7 Leonard Korir SR Iona 29:10.58Q
8 Matt Llano SR Richmond 29:11.06Q
9 Michael Eaton SR Louisville 29:14.14Q
10 Bo Waggoner SR Duke 29:14.65Q
11 Alexander Soderberg JR Iona 29:18.45Q
12 Jon Grey SR William and Mary 29:25.03Q
13 Paul Katam FR UNC-Greensboro 29:28.57
14 Zachary Mayhew SO Indiana 29:32.73
15 Adam Henken JR North Carolina St. 29:34.86
16 Jeff Martinez SO Binghamton 29:35.58
17 Seth Proctor JR Florida State 29:36.02
18 Drew Hart SR Cornell 29:41.83
19 Brendan Martin JR Columbia 29:43.76
20 David Rooney SO McNeese State 29:48.02
21 Wesley Rickman SO Florida State 29:49.45
22 Keith Capecci SR Villanova 29:51.43
23 Kevin McDonnell JR St. Joseph's (Pa.) 29:54.69
24 Ethan Shaw JR Dartmouth 29:55.07
25 Alex McGrath SO William and Mary 29:55.60
26 Zack Jones SR Oakland 30:01.56
27 Justin Roeder SR Butler 30:07.84
28 Patrick Grosskopf SR Michigan State 30:10.45
29 Tommy Kauffmann SR Xavier (Ohio) 30:15.86
30 Ben Massam SR William and Mary 30:16.83
31 Dan Jackson SR Notre Dame 30:20.95
32 Bobby Aprill JR Michigan 30:21.43
33 William Griffin SO Marist 30:25.55
34 TC Lumbar JR Georgetown 30:27.44
35 Michael Spooner SR Tennessee 30:30.87
36 Christopher Foley FR Virginia 30:37.16
37 Mike Murphy SO Columbia 30:42.57
38 Tom Boardman SR Butler 30:46.01
39 Neal Darmody JR High Point 30:57.43
40 Brett Richardson JR Georgia 31:03.03
41 Jarrett LeBlanc JR McNeese State 31:07.40
42 Mike Stolar JR Duquesne 31:15.73
43 Sean Keefe SO Syracuse 31:24.62
44 Chris Bodary SO Tennessee 31:33.80
-- D.J. McMillan SR Georgia Tech DNF
-- Josh Brewer JR Duke DNF
-- Josh Hardin FR William and Mary DNF
-- Kyle Kling JR Coastal Carolina DNF
Bloomington on foot
With help and a little direction from my old college roommate, Sacred Heart University track coach Christian Morrison, I set out this morning to check out Bloomington, Indiana, on my morning jog.
Christian gave me pointers on which streets to take to see the downtown. It’s a nice downtown, a small city with a college-town flavor. About 21 minutes into the jog, though, I saw some pretty incredible devastation from one of the severe storms, funnel clouds or whatever that ripped through this area. There was one small park, called Seminary Park, that was totally ravaged by tree limbs.
On the way back, through the outskirts of the IU campus, I saw some more devastation in the form of huge trees totally uprooted, branches and limbs everywhere – including on top of cars and into the side of buildings. Wow. It’s nowhere near the devastation in Oklahoma and Missouri, but it’s still pretty powerful stuff.
The forecast for the rest of today is calling for on and off thunderstorms and the temperatures getting a bit cooler. Will Griffin’s race is scheduled to go off at 9:15 p.m., but that could change based on severe weather. We will see how that turns out.
Looking forward to seeing Marist alum Sean Hopkins, who texted me that he is in town with the West Virginia women’s track team.
Christian gave me pointers on which streets to take to see the downtown. It’s a nice downtown, a small city with a college-town flavor. About 21 minutes into the jog, though, I saw some pretty incredible devastation from one of the severe storms, funnel clouds or whatever that ripped through this area. There was one small park, called Seminary Park, that was totally ravaged by tree limbs.
On the way back, through the outskirts of the IU campus, I saw some more devastation in the form of huge trees totally uprooted, branches and limbs everywhere – including on top of cars and into the side of buildings. Wow. It’s nowhere near the devastation in Oklahoma and Missouri, but it’s still pretty powerful stuff.
The forecast for the rest of today is calling for on and off thunderstorms and the temperatures getting a bit cooler. Will Griffin’s race is scheduled to go off at 9:15 p.m., but that could change based on severe weather. We will see how that turns out.
Looking forward to seeing Marist alum Sean Hopkins, who texted me that he is in town with the West Virginia women’s track team.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
A new TWIST on the weather
Greetings from Bloomington, Indiana, site of the NCAA Regional meet. We just got back from a nice dinner at a local Applebee’s. The locals are very friendly.
As the waitress handed us our check, she asked if we were from around here. We said no. Well, she said, you all better be careful out there. Tornadoes are touching down everywhere, she noted matter-of-factly. Allllll righty then! We are not in Poughkeepsie anymore.
That’s for sure.
Upon arriving at the nice Holiday Inn at the edge of town, we received this alarming note on bright yellow paper. Here’s the gist of it: “It is tornado season in Indiana and we at the Holiday Inn would like to ensure that you are best prepared for all situations. If we are under a tornado warning and/or you hear the tornado siren, SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. Crouch down along the wall and protect your head from the possible debris.”
Earlier in the evening, while Will was stretching after his pre-meet jog, I decided to check out the track facilities at IU. It started to pour. Then, I heard what sounded like air-raid sirens throughout the IU campus. Tornado warning!
At the coaches’ meeting at Assembly Hall – the same Assembly Hall where the legendary Bob Knight roamed the basketball sidelines with his famous scowl – we were informed of another tornado warning and told to stay put, because this was the designated meet tornado shelter.
If this all seems a bit unsettling … well, it is.
I do not mean to make light of the situation, because this is very serious. Folks across the south and Midwest have been devastated by severe weather that has featured endless spring rains, tornadoes and other assorted bad stuff.
So anyway, I will continue to post from out here in the coming days. But please excuse me now while I go hide in the bathtub.
As the waitress handed us our check, she asked if we were from around here. We said no. Well, she said, you all better be careful out there. Tornadoes are touching down everywhere, she noted matter-of-factly. Allllll righty then! We are not in Poughkeepsie anymore.
That’s for sure.
Upon arriving at the nice Holiday Inn at the edge of town, we received this alarming note on bright yellow paper. Here’s the gist of it: “It is tornado season in Indiana and we at the Holiday Inn would like to ensure that you are best prepared for all situations. If we are under a tornado warning and/or you hear the tornado siren, SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. Crouch down along the wall and protect your head from the possible debris.”
Earlier in the evening, while Will was stretching after his pre-meet jog, I decided to check out the track facilities at IU. It started to pour. Then, I heard what sounded like air-raid sirens throughout the IU campus. Tornado warning!
At the coaches’ meeting at Assembly Hall – the same Assembly Hall where the legendary Bob Knight roamed the basketball sidelines with his famous scowl – we were informed of another tornado warning and told to stay put, because this was the designated meet tornado shelter.
If this all seems a bit unsettling … well, it is.
I do not mean to make light of the situation, because this is very serious. Folks across the south and Midwest have been devastated by severe weather that has featured endless spring rains, tornadoes and other assorted bad stuff.
So anyway, I will continue to post from out here in the coming days. But please excuse me now while I go hide in the bathtub.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
What's next: NCAA Regionals
Will Griffin and I leave for Indiana on Wednesday morning for the NCAA Regional meet out at Indiana University in Bloomington. Will runs in the 10,000-meter race – the national semifinal – on Thursday night at 9:15 p.m.
Will is the 23rd seed out of 48 entrants in the race – pretty much middle of the pack. That’s a pretty cool pack to be in the middle of, I would say. We plan on enjoying the experience and Will plans on giving it his all out there.
As usual, I plan on updating the blog when I can from out there once we get settled into the hotel in Bloomington.
Will is the 23rd seed out of 48 entrants in the race – pretty much middle of the pack. That’s a pretty cool pack to be in the middle of, I would say. We plan on enjoying the experience and Will plans on giving it his all out there.
As usual, I plan on updating the blog when I can from out there once we get settled into the hotel in Bloomington.
Endless parade
I do not recall the year. It had to be in the mid-1990s -- maybe 1995 or 1996, something like that. Heck, that’s a loooooooooong time ago!
I was helping out of the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club Twilight Track Series out at Arlington High School, something we had been doing for a while since our good friends Matt Williams, and then Rich and Marisa Hanson, were in charge of the summer series.
Working the finish line along with good pal Steve Perks, we saw this young girl blazing around the track. She must have been 5 or 6 or 7 … who knows? She was pumping her arms furiously, an earnest look on her very youthful face. She was having fun with it, and she was fast, always speeding her way to that coveted next ribbon. (Years later, my own kids would be sprinting and smiling/smiling and sprinting, after their own ribbons at the same track series!)
Mr. Perks, at that time still a championship-level coach at John Jay High School and always with a keen scouting eye for local talent, turned to me and said: “Whoever gets to coach that girl is going to be lucky. She’s gonna be FAST!”
Turns out, the lucky coach was our pal Mr. Bucket (some know his as “David Swift”) over at Spackenkill High School. The girl was (and is) Siobhan Dwyer, and the flashback to the mid-1990s came to me as I chatted with Siobhan and her parents at the ECAC Championships a few weeks ago down at Princeton.
On that night down at Princeton, Siobhan had just completed her outstanding track running career with Iona College, our MAAC friends down the road in New Rochelle. It was hard for me to fathom how that little girl from the track series had gone through high school and college, along the way becoming a really strong and tough women’s track and cross country athlete at an elite-level Division 1 program.
It seemed to go by in the blink of an eye, something the Dwyers – and all parents -- know all too well. As a father of three young children who are growing up really fast, I am beginning to get the idea of this process. And as a coach now completing my 20th year at Marist, the four-year cycle that ends with graduation each May goes by more quickly each time. To quote my guitar hero Warren Haynes, “it’s like an endless parade.’’
This year’s commencement was on Saturday, and once again we had to say goodbye to a group of young men and women with whom we have become quite close over the years. The class of 2011 will be one of the special ones for me -- for many, many reasons.
Much like the where-did-the-time-go flashback from ECACs, I could not help but remembering the class of 2011 getting together and meeting for the first time at freshman orientation in June of 2007. And now, they are gone. In the blink of an eye. All those practices, those long runs, the endless bus rides, the morning runs, the meets, the workouts … how did that happen so fast?
As I walked away sadly from commencement on Saturday afternoon, my cell phone buzzed. It was an incoming freshman recruit. He wanted to talk about his injuries and how it is affecting his outdoor season, and when he should start training for the fall XC season. Endless parade.
One group says goodbye, and there is another one waiting at the door to say hello.
The young boys and girls I watch at the summer track series in a few weeks? They will be graduating college before we know it. Endless parade.
I was helping out of the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club Twilight Track Series out at Arlington High School, something we had been doing for a while since our good friends Matt Williams, and then Rich and Marisa Hanson, were in charge of the summer series.
Working the finish line along with good pal Steve Perks, we saw this young girl blazing around the track. She must have been 5 or 6 or 7 … who knows? She was pumping her arms furiously, an earnest look on her very youthful face. She was having fun with it, and she was fast, always speeding her way to that coveted next ribbon. (Years later, my own kids would be sprinting and smiling/smiling and sprinting, after their own ribbons at the same track series!)
Mr. Perks, at that time still a championship-level coach at John Jay High School and always with a keen scouting eye for local talent, turned to me and said: “Whoever gets to coach that girl is going to be lucky. She’s gonna be FAST!”
Turns out, the lucky coach was our pal Mr. Bucket (some know his as “David Swift”) over at Spackenkill High School. The girl was (and is) Siobhan Dwyer, and the flashback to the mid-1990s came to me as I chatted with Siobhan and her parents at the ECAC Championships a few weeks ago down at Princeton.
On that night down at Princeton, Siobhan had just completed her outstanding track running career with Iona College, our MAAC friends down the road in New Rochelle. It was hard for me to fathom how that little girl from the track series had gone through high school and college, along the way becoming a really strong and tough women’s track and cross country athlete at an elite-level Division 1 program.
It seemed to go by in the blink of an eye, something the Dwyers – and all parents -- know all too well. As a father of three young children who are growing up really fast, I am beginning to get the idea of this process. And as a coach now completing my 20th year at Marist, the four-year cycle that ends with graduation each May goes by more quickly each time. To quote my guitar hero Warren Haynes, “it’s like an endless parade.’’
This year’s commencement was on Saturday, and once again we had to say goodbye to a group of young men and women with whom we have become quite close over the years. The class of 2011 will be one of the special ones for me -- for many, many reasons.
Much like the where-did-the-time-go flashback from ECACs, I could not help but remembering the class of 2011 getting together and meeting for the first time at freshman orientation in June of 2007. And now, they are gone. In the blink of an eye. All those practices, those long runs, the endless bus rides, the morning runs, the meets, the workouts … how did that happen so fast?
As I walked away sadly from commencement on Saturday afternoon, my cell phone buzzed. It was an incoming freshman recruit. He wanted to talk about his injuries and how it is affecting his outdoor season, and when he should start training for the fall XC season. Endless parade.
One group says goodbye, and there is another one waiting at the door to say hello.
The young boys and girls I watch at the summer track series in a few weeks? They will be graduating college before we know it. Endless parade.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Balled up newspapers
If you live anywhere in these parts, you are all wet.
It has been raining pretty much nonstop for the better part of a week. And, we’re not talking sprinkles or light showers. We’re talking torrential, relentless rain at times. If April showers bring May flowers, then May downpours bring … I dunno. You finish it.
All I know is this: It’s difficult to keep running sneakers dry. In the winter, I can place my soaked sneakers on our old cast-iron radiators and like magic they are toasty warm and dry in hours. But it’s spring, the heat is off; the radiators are cold, and the sneakers stay wet.
My trick is to stuff balled up newspapers inside the soaked sneakers. That seems to work, and it also puts the otherwise useless newsprint to good use. Oh! Is that a jab at my old profession? You be the judge …
It has been raining pretty much nonstop for the better part of a week. And, we’re not talking sprinkles or light showers. We’re talking torrential, relentless rain at times. If April showers bring May flowers, then May downpours bring … I dunno. You finish it.
All I know is this: It’s difficult to keep running sneakers dry. In the winter, I can place my soaked sneakers on our old cast-iron radiators and like magic they are toasty warm and dry in hours. But it’s spring, the heat is off; the radiators are cold, and the sneakers stay wet.
My trick is to stuff balled up newspapers inside the soaked sneakers. That seems to work, and it also puts the otherwise useless newsprint to good use. Oh! Is that a jab at my old profession? You be the judge …
75 more laps ...
The start lists for NCAA Regionals came out today. Will Griffin is the 23rd seed in the 10,000 meters at the East Regional next Thursday at Indiana University. There are 48 runners in the race, which basically amounts to the National Semifinal at that distance. Much more on that, and the trip to IU, as the journey draws closer to reality.
Sadly, our steeplers – Quimes DelaCruz on the men’s side and Brittany Burns on the women’s side – did not make the cut for regionals. It’s not really a huge surprise. Quimes was 60th on the descending order list and Britt was 68th on the list. The top 48 declared athletes move on to Regionals.
Both of these athletes should be proud of their seasons, as we are. The future is bright for Quimes. And so too for Britt, who after 5 years of dedication, loyalty and record-breaking efforts for our program will be sorely missed by this old coach. I know she plans on running post-collegiately, and I bet she will tear it up out there.
After Will’s race at Regionals next week, all that is left of the 2011 track season are our two USA Junior qualifiers in the 10,000 meters – freshmen Isaiah Miller and Nick Hughes. They race in late June out at Oregon.
So there you have it: Three more 10km races, totaling 75 laps of Marist Running for what has been a truly memorable 2010-2011.
Sadly, our steeplers – Quimes DelaCruz on the men’s side and Brittany Burns on the women’s side – did not make the cut for regionals. It’s not really a huge surprise. Quimes was 60th on the descending order list and Britt was 68th on the list. The top 48 declared athletes move on to Regionals.
Both of these athletes should be proud of their seasons, as we are. The future is bright for Quimes. And so too for Britt, who after 5 years of dedication, loyalty and record-breaking efforts for our program will be sorely missed by this old coach. I know she plans on running post-collegiately, and I bet she will tear it up out there.
After Will’s race at Regionals next week, all that is left of the 2011 track season are our two USA Junior qualifiers in the 10,000 meters – freshmen Isaiah Miller and Nick Hughes. They race in late June out at Oregon.
So there you have it: Three more 10km races, totaling 75 laps of Marist Running for what has been a truly memorable 2010-2011.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Girma marathon: 2:21:36!
What an odd chain of events:
On Friday night at IC4As, Will Griffin breaks Girma Segni’s last remaining outdoor track record in the 5,000-meter run (Girm still has the indoor 5km mark of 14:18.42, which will be a tough mark to break!).
Apparently, Girma wants to have an outdoor record in SOMETHING, so he did something about it … pronto.
Girma placed second at the Pocono Marathon in Stroudsburg, Pa., on Sunday, in 2:21:36 – that is now a Marist Alumni Racing Team marathon record!
I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I will. On Sunday afternoon, Girma texted me this: “2:21 marathon in Stroudsburg, PA.” My reply to him was something in the order of “Nice! Who ran THAT?”
Translation: Based on recent conversations with Girm, I had NO IDEA he was ready to run that fast. When he texted me, I simply figured he was talking about one of his West Side training buddies …
So anyway, I had to call Girma and get the details. Apparently, he was as surprised as anyone. He decided to run this race at the last minute and use it as his “long run.” His long training run entering the race was 2 hours (he estimated it at 18 miles). He cruised through the half marathon in 1:09. According to this race report, he even took the lead late in the race!
The race winner ran 2:20:11. Girm was second in 2:21:36. Third place was 2:21:39. Sounds like a pretty good race!
Congrats to Girma on his latest school record – this one his first as a post-collegian!
On Friday night at IC4As, Will Griffin breaks Girma Segni’s last remaining outdoor track record in the 5,000-meter run (Girm still has the indoor 5km mark of 14:18.42, which will be a tough mark to break!).
Apparently, Girma wants to have an outdoor record in SOMETHING, so he did something about it … pronto.
Girma placed second at the Pocono Marathon in Stroudsburg, Pa., on Sunday, in 2:21:36 – that is now a Marist Alumni Racing Team marathon record!
I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I will. On Sunday afternoon, Girma texted me this: “2:21 marathon in Stroudsburg, PA.” My reply to him was something in the order of “Nice! Who ran THAT?”
Translation: Based on recent conversations with Girm, I had NO IDEA he was ready to run that fast. When he texted me, I simply figured he was talking about one of his West Side training buddies …
So anyway, I had to call Girma and get the details. Apparently, he was as surprised as anyone. He decided to run this race at the last minute and use it as his “long run.” His long training run entering the race was 2 hours (he estimated it at 18 miles). He cruised through the half marathon in 1:09. According to this race report, he even took the lead late in the race!
The race winner ran 2:20:11. Girm was second in 2:21:36. Third place was 2:21:39. Sounds like a pretty good race!
Congrats to Girma on his latest school record – this one his first as a post-collegian!
IC4A/ECAC splits
Here are the splits from Friday night’s races.
You can see that the steeple entrants (Britt and Quimes) ran tough races after long seasons of many steeple races.
Will’s 5km was solid, with a strong finish after some relatively slow middle laps.
The 10km guys ran similar races, with Kenny Walshak maintaining his late-race pace a little better than Conor Shelley (who was wearing a renegade and homemade racing singlet that surprised me!). Amazingly, though they were nowhere near each other, both guys ran identical splits for their respective last laps.
What’s next? Will is definitely in for the NCAA Regional in Indiana. Quimes and Britt are definitely on the bubble in the steeplechase. The top-48 declared entries get to race. We will declare them both and hope for the best.
Women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
12. Brittany Burns 10:45.86
83.5, 2:46.8 (83.3), 4:11.0 (84.3), 5:38.1 (87.1), 7:06.5 (88.4), 8:36.5 (90.0), 10:03.5 (87.0), 10:45.86 (42.36)
Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
20. Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:16.03
68.5, 2:19.1 (70.6), 3:31.3 (72.2), 4:45.4 (74.1), 6:01.5 (76.1), 7:19.3 (77.8), 8:37.2 (77.9), 9:16.03 (39.03)
Men’s 5,000-meter run
23. Will Griffin 14:31.91 *school record
69.6, 2:18.6 (69.0), 3:27.8 (69.2), 4:37.2 (69.4)
5:47.1 (69.9), 6:57.7 (70.6), 8:08.6 (70.9), 9:19.2 (70.6)
10:30.8 (71.6), 11:40.2 (69.4), 12:49.3 (69.1), 13:58.1 (68.8)
14:31.91 (33.91)
1600-meter splits: 4:37.2, 4:42.0, 4:38.9
Men’s 10,000-meter run
16. Ken Walshak 31:01.64
77, 2:29 (72), 3:41 (72), 4:54 (73)
6:06 (72), 7:20 (74), 8:32 (72), 9:46 (74)
11:01 (75), 12:15 (74), 13:30 (75), 14:45 (75)
15:59 (74), 17:14 (75), 18:29 (75), 19:44 (75)
20:59 (75), 22:15 (76), 23:31 (76), 24:47 (76)
26:04 (77), 27:20 (76), 28:36 (76), 29:50 (74)
31:01.64 (71.64)
1600-meter splits: 4:54, 4:52, 4:59, 4:59, 5:03, 5:03
24. Conor Shelley 31:41.64
74, 2:26 (72), 3:39 (73), 4:52 (73)
6:04 (72), 7:18 (74), 8:31 (73), 9:45 (74)
11:00 (75), 12:14 (74), 13:29 (75), 14:45 (76)
16:02 (77), 17:19 (77), 18:39 (80), 19:55 (76)
21:22 (77), 22:30 (78), 23:48 (78), 25:08 (80)
26:30 (82), 27:50 (80), 29:13 (83), 30:30 (77)
31:41.64 (71.64)
1600-meter splits: 4:52, 4:53, 5:00, 5:10, 5:13, 5:22
You can see that the steeple entrants (Britt and Quimes) ran tough races after long seasons of many steeple races.
Will’s 5km was solid, with a strong finish after some relatively slow middle laps.
The 10km guys ran similar races, with Kenny Walshak maintaining his late-race pace a little better than Conor Shelley (who was wearing a renegade and homemade racing singlet that surprised me!). Amazingly, though they were nowhere near each other, both guys ran identical splits for their respective last laps.
What’s next? Will is definitely in for the NCAA Regional in Indiana. Quimes and Britt are definitely on the bubble in the steeplechase. The top-48 declared entries get to race. We will declare them both and hope for the best.
Women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
12. Brittany Burns 10:45.86
83.5, 2:46.8 (83.3), 4:11.0 (84.3), 5:38.1 (87.1), 7:06.5 (88.4), 8:36.5 (90.0), 10:03.5 (87.0), 10:45.86 (42.36)
Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
20. Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:16.03
68.5, 2:19.1 (70.6), 3:31.3 (72.2), 4:45.4 (74.1), 6:01.5 (76.1), 7:19.3 (77.8), 8:37.2 (77.9), 9:16.03 (39.03)
Men’s 5,000-meter run
23. Will Griffin 14:31.91 *school record
69.6, 2:18.6 (69.0), 3:27.8 (69.2), 4:37.2 (69.4)
5:47.1 (69.9), 6:57.7 (70.6), 8:08.6 (70.9), 9:19.2 (70.6)
10:30.8 (71.6), 11:40.2 (69.4), 12:49.3 (69.1), 13:58.1 (68.8)
14:31.91 (33.91)
1600-meter splits: 4:37.2, 4:42.0, 4:38.9
Men’s 10,000-meter run
16. Ken Walshak 31:01.64
77, 2:29 (72), 3:41 (72), 4:54 (73)
6:06 (72), 7:20 (74), 8:32 (72), 9:46 (74)
11:01 (75), 12:15 (74), 13:30 (75), 14:45 (75)
15:59 (74), 17:14 (75), 18:29 (75), 19:44 (75)
20:59 (75), 22:15 (76), 23:31 (76), 24:47 (76)
26:04 (77), 27:20 (76), 28:36 (76), 29:50 (74)
31:01.64 (71.64)
1600-meter splits: 4:54, 4:52, 4:59, 4:59, 5:03, 5:03
24. Conor Shelley 31:41.64
74, 2:26 (72), 3:39 (73), 4:52 (73)
6:04 (72), 7:18 (74), 8:31 (73), 9:45 (74)
11:00 (75), 12:14 (74), 13:29 (75), 14:45 (76)
16:02 (77), 17:19 (77), 18:39 (80), 19:55 (76)
21:22 (77), 22:30 (78), 23:48 (78), 25:08 (80)
26:30 (82), 27:50 (80), 29:13 (83), 30:30 (77)
31:41.64 (71.64)
1600-meter splits: 4:52, 4:53, 5:00, 5:10, 5:13, 5:22
Saturday, May 14, 2011
IC4A/ECAC results
The big highlight from Friday night's IC4A/ECAC was Will Griffin’s school record in the 5,000-meter run (14:31.91), edging out Girma Segni’s 2008 mark of 14:32.65. Will now has the school record in both the 10k and the 5k. It was a hard race and Will had to kick from about 1k out to get the job done.
Speaking of tough efforts, Brittany Burns ran with a lot of tenacity in the steeplechase, just two seconds off her personal best and school record and placing 12th in 10:45.86. This was most likely Britt’s last race in a Marist uniform, and she ran tough and proud as she always has.
Freshman Ken Walshak ended perhaps the best overall freshman year by a Marist male distance runner with a personal-best time of 31:01.64. Nicely done.
Below are the results. I will post splits and more commentary, but it probably will not be till Monday at the earliest.
ECAC/IC4A Championships
Friday, May 13
Princeton University
Women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
12. Brittany Burns 10:45.86
Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
20. Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:16.03
Men’s 5,000-meter run
23. Will Griffin 14:31.91 *school record
Men’s 10,000-meter run
16. Ken Walshak 31:01.64
24. Conor Shelley 31:41.64
Men's sub-15:00 5km list
Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009*
Will Griffin, 14:31.91, 2011 **
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
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
* indoor school record
** outdoor school record
bold indicates returning team members
italics indicates 2011 graduating team members
Speaking of tough efforts, Brittany Burns ran with a lot of tenacity in the steeplechase, just two seconds off her personal best and school record and placing 12th in 10:45.86. This was most likely Britt’s last race in a Marist uniform, and she ran tough and proud as she always has.
Freshman Ken Walshak ended perhaps the best overall freshman year by a Marist male distance runner with a personal-best time of 31:01.64. Nicely done.
Below are the results. I will post splits and more commentary, but it probably will not be till Monday at the earliest.
ECAC/IC4A Championships
Friday, May 13
Princeton University
Women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
12. Brittany Burns 10:45.86
Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
20. Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:16.03
Men’s 5,000-meter run
23. Will Griffin 14:31.91 *school record
Men’s 10,000-meter run
16. Ken Walshak 31:01.64
24. Conor Shelley 31:41.64
Men's sub-15:00 5km list
Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009*
Will Griffin, 14:31.91, 2011 **
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
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
* indoor school record
** outdoor school record
bold indicates returning team members
italics indicates 2011 graduating team members
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
What's next: IC4As and ECACs
We will have athletes competing on Friday night at the IC4A/ECAC Championships at Princeton’s Weaver Track Stadium.
Here’s who is running and when they are running.
Men's steeplechase, 7 p.m.: Arquimedes DelaCruz
Women's steeplechase, 7:20 p.m.: Brittany Burns
Men's 5,000-meter run, 8:45 p.m.: Will Griffin
Men's 10,000-meter run, 9:15 p.m.: Conor Shelley and Ken Walshak
Here’s who is running and when they are running.
Men's steeplechase, 7 p.m.: Arquimedes DelaCruz
Women's steeplechase, 7:20 p.m.: Brittany Burns
Men's 5,000-meter run, 8:45 p.m.: Will Griffin
Men's 10,000-meter run, 9:15 p.m.: Conor Shelley and Ken Walshak
MAAC stories: Proving a point
The news earlier this spring about the elimination of our indoor track facility in the McCann Center hit our sprinting crew the hardest. These athletes practice(d) every day in the fieldhouse for the better part of four months each and every winter. Moving forward will provide us with challenges, to be sure.
For now, though, our men’s sprint crew – and coach Terry Horton -- can bask in the satisfaction of a job well-done at MAACs.
--Freshman Jesse Aprile set the school record in the 200-meter dash (22.78). While this is an amazing performance on its own, consider that this was Jesse’s fourth event – having competed in the long jump, the 4x100 relay and the triple jump prior to the 200.
--The 4x100 relay medaled for the second consecutive MAAC meet, nearing a school record (43.40; the record is 43.33). More impressively, that 4x100 improved its time each and every time it stepped on the track during the 2011 outdoor season. Not too shabby!
--Mike Clifford had another near-miss in the 400 hurdles, running 56.36 (school record is 56.33), one week after running 56.39 at Yale. Cliff should be very proud of his clean and fast races.
--The 4x400 relay blitzed to its best time (3:24.28) of the entire year, by a wide margin. Consider that a week and a half prior, at Penn Relays, this relay was six (6!) seconds slower.
--Chris Vanzetta ran two phenomenal relay legs – in the 4x800 (1:56.1, neg split!) and again in the 4x400 (50.5).
Again, the future for this crew will be challenging. Very challenging. But we will find a way. We always have and we always will.
Thanks to Erin O’Reilly for providing the photo of hurdler Mike Clifford that accompanies this post.
MAAC stories: Die trying
The 10,000-meter run at MAACs is an event where we have had a history of strong performances. Thanks to Addie DiFrancesco’s strong third-place finish in the women’s race, that history continues. Nicely done, Addie!
On the men’s side, the end-result numbers were as depressing as the final team standings: One measly point for a sixth-place finish, despite having five strong entrants in the race.
And yet, during the race and after the race, this old coach was not depressed at all. In fact, it was oddly satisfying to see each and every Running Red Fox in the race crash and burn like a kamikaze pilot. I know, weird, right?
Here’s the deal: The MAAC 10k is usually a “tactical” race in which no one wants to take the lead. Everybody gamely jockeys for position, waiting for the next guy to move. Our guys would have none of it.
First, it was Nicoletti, boldly moving to the front. Then Townsend and Keegan and Joel. Then, Meegan. Ah, Meegan. He heard his coach (that would be me) saying to “put in a surge.” Our boy took this advice quite literally, blitzing an insane mid-race burst that brought him from the back of the pack to the lead by several meters. You may notice in his splits from the results post that his 14th lap was a 73 (!). Yeah. That was the surge, all right.
Again, the results were understandable and predictable.
It was the same story in the 5k on Sunday afternoon, as seniors Zak Smetana and Pat Duggan busted up the mid-race doldrums with bold moves that left them paying dearly in the end of the race.
Admittedly, in most cases the strategy was not smart. But it was bold, and it is what we like to preach about “going for it” and “just racing” out there.
Thanks to Erin O’Reilly for providing the photos that accompany this post.
MAAC stories: Steeplechase
The steeplechase traditionally has been a strong event for us at the MAAC Championships. This year was no different, as we got a runner-up spot in the women’s race by our reigning school-record holder and ECAC qualifier, Brittany Burns; and in the men’s race, we collected four (4!) scoring spots, led by school-record holder and IC4A qualifier Quimes DelaCruz.
Dig deeper and you’ll find the most compelling character in the race for us was junior Tommy Lipari. To say that Tommy has had a rough junior year would be an understatement. Sure, many of us think Tommy is the “boy who cried wolf,” as there is always some matter of gloom and doom surrounding him.
But this year, the gloom and doom were very real, as he battled an endless stream of injuries and illnesses in a never-ending cycle. It was enough to drive a lesser man to quit. Not Tommy.
He volunteered to run the steeple for points, the first time he has attempted the race in two years. Remember: Tommy is “vertically challenged,’’ and those barriers are, well, barriers.
A week and a half before MAACs, Tommy comes down with his seemingly monthly illness. High fever. Sore throat. The usual deal. After 4-5 days off, he starts running again. Almost immediately, his hip flexor injury from last year comes screaming back. He’s back on the shelf. I tell him I will scratch him. It’s not worth it, I say.
He says no. Let’s make it a game-day decision. Before the race, he is shaking his head and mumbling; not good. He warms up. I watch him do strides. He looks OK. I say nothing, and Tommy takes the line. He grits his teeth through the pain, he gets over every barrier without face-planting … and he scores about the hardest-earned single point in the entire meet, finishing sixth.
Afterwards, he is soaked and hobbling. After all he’s been through, I’m proud of him and the effort he exerted for the team he loves.
Thanks for Erin O’Reilly for providing the cool black-and-white picture of Lipari that accompanies this post.
MAAC stories: Jill's fantastic finish
When senior captain Jillian Corley mentioned at practice about a month ago that she was trying the steeplechase after a long hiatus from the event, I’ll admit to being somewhat skeptical and nervous. Wanting to go out in a blaze of glory, Jill did a few decent steeple races and missed a scoring spot at MAACs by one place.
Then, when she announced that she wanted to end her collegiate racing career with a 5,000 at MAACs, the day after the tough steeple race, I felt that she had finally lost her mind. Jill has been a middle distance track runner for her entire career at Marist. What was she thinking?
Well, it worked out great, as she ran the race of her life, scoring in fifth place with a fine time of 18:35.17. Thanks for the memories, Jill!
Thanks to Erin O’Reilly for providing the photo of Jillian in the steeplechase that accompanies this post.
MAAC stories: Happy together
As usual, our “team spirit” at the MAAC meet was strong, as team members lined the track cheering each other on, and in some cases even cheering on runners from other teams. It helped that the weather was nearly perfect on Sunday.
The MAAC meet is our final full team meet of the season, so it’s great to see that big camaraderie one last time.
Thanks to Erin O’Reilly for providing the photos that accompany this post. And thanks to Matt Panebianco’s mom for providing the photo of her son running a strong 800-meter race as well.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
MAAC meet: Men's results and splits
MAAC Championships
May 7-8, 2011
Rider University
100-meter dash
8. Mike McCloskey 11.37
9. Darren Bushey 11.57
200-meter dash
6. Jesse Aprile 22.78 *school record
11. Mike McCloskey 23.33
13. Darren Bushey 23.54
400-meter dash
10. Phil Krupka 51.42
11. Chris Coscio 52.10
12. Josh Lopez 53.39
800-meter run
7. Matt Panebianco 1:56.93
Opening 400m: 57
1,500-meter run
5. Will Griffin 3:55.76
60, 2:06 (66), 3:08 (62), 3:55.76 (62.76 last 400m)
9. Sam McMullen 4:05.95
64, 2:12 (68), 3:17 (65), 4:05.95 (64.95 last 400m)
10. Ben Windisch 4:09.39
60, 2:07 (67), 3:14 (67), 4:09.39 (73.39 last 400m)
5,000-meter run
3. Conor Shelley 14:59.93
68, 2:18 (70), 3:30 (72), 4:42 (72)
5:56 (74), 7:09 (73), 8:23 (74), 9:37 (74)
10:51 (74), 12:04 (73), 13:15 (71), 14:26 (71)
14:59.93 (33.93 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:42, 4:55, 4:49
6. Billy Posch 15:23.00
67, 2:19 (72), 3:30 (71), 4:42 (72)
5:56 (74), 7:09 (73), 8:27 (78), 9:46 (79)
11:04 (78), 12:22 (78), 13:40 (78), 14:53 (73)
15:23.00 (30.00 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:42, 5:06, 5:07
7. Zak Smetana 15:40.03
66, 2:18 (72), 3:30 (72), 4:43 (73)
5:56 (73), 7:09 (73), 8:23 (74), 9:39 (76)
10:58 (79), 12:19 (81), 13:40 (81), 15:00 (80)
15:40.03 (40.03 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:43, 4:56, 5:21
9. Pat Duggan 16:00.91
67, 2:19 (72), 3:30 (71), 4:43 (73)
5:56 (73), 7:08 (72), 8:23 (75), 9:44 (81)
11:10 (86), 12:36 (86), 13:59 (83), 15:22 (83)
16:00.91 (38.91 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:43, 5:01, 5:36
10,000-meter run
6. Tim Keegan 32:20.60
78, 2:35 (75), 3:50 (75), 5:06 (76)
6:23 (77), 7:39 (76), 8:55 (76), 10:12 (77)
11:29 (77), 12:46 (77), 14:04 (78), 15:22 (78)
16:42 (80), 17:58 (76), 19:16 (78), 20:34 (78)
20:51 (77), 23:09 (78), 24:28 (79), 25:46 (79)
27:05 (79), 28:26 (81), 29:46 (80), 31:06 (80)
32:20.60 (74.60)
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:06, 5:10, 5:12, 5:12, 5:20
7. Mike Keegan 32:22.80
80, 2:38 (78), 3:51 (73), 5:08 (77)
6:25 (77), 7:41 (76), 8:56 (75), 10:15 (79)
11:30 (75), 12:48 (78), 14:06 (78), 15:25 (79)
16:44 (78), 17:57 (73), 19:15 (78), 20:33 (78)
20:52 (79), 23:10 (78), 24:29 (79), 25:48 (79)
27:07 (78), 28:28 (81), 29:47 (79), 31:06 (79)
32:22.80 (76.80)
1600-meter splits: 5:08, 5:07, 5:10, 5:08, 5:13, 5:18
8. Brian Townsend 32:45.97
80, 2:37 (77), 3:52 (75), 5:08 (76)
6:25 (77), 7:39 (74), 8:55 (76), 10:13 (78)
11:30 (77), 12:46 (76), 14:04 (780, 15:23 (79)
16:44 (81), 18:02 (78), 19:23 (81), 20:44 (81)
22:06 (82), 23:26 (80), 23:48 (82), 26:10 (82)
27:32 (82), 28:54 (82), 30:14 (80), 31:32 (78)
32:45.97 (73.97)
1600-meter splits: 5:08, 5:05, 5:10, 5:21, 5:26, 5:22
9. Joel Moss 32:49.18
79, 2:36 (77), 3:52 (76), 5:07 (75)
6:24 (77), 7:41 (77), 8:56 (75), 10:14 (78)
11:29 (75), 12:46 (77), 14:05 (79), 15:23 (78)
16:43 (80), 18:00 (77), 19:20 (80), 20:42 (82)
22:05 (83), 23:26 (81), 23:48 (82), 26:10 (82)
27:32 (82), 28:54 (82), 30:15 (81), 31:35 (80)
32:49.18 (74.18)
1600-meter splits: 5:07, 5:07, 5:09, 5:19, 5:28, 5:25
11. Mike Nicoletti 33:09.53
80, 2:34 (74), 3:49 (75), 5:06 (77)
6:23 (77), 7:40 (77), 8:57 (77), 10:17 (80)
11:35 (78), 12:55 (80), 14:15 (80), 15:36 (81)
16:57 (81), 18:18 (81), 19:39 (81), 21:00 (81)
22:22 (82), 23:44 (82), 25:07 (83), 26:30 (83)
27:51 (81), 29:13 (82), 30:34 (81), 31:54 (80)
33:09.53 (75.53)
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:11, 5:19, 5:24, 5:30, 5:24
400-meter hurdles
7. Mike Clifford 56.36
3,000-meter steeplechase
3. Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:33.21
72, 2:30 (78), 3:48 (78), 5:09 (81), 6:32 (83), 7:55 (83), 9:20 (85), 9:33.21 (13.21)
4. Nick Webster 9:40.97
74, 2:34 (80), 3:57 (83), 5:20 (83), 6:45 (85), 8:10 (85), 9:31 (81), 9:40.97 (9.97)
5. Ken Walshak 9:43.35
76, 2:37 (81), 3:59 (82), 5:22 (83), 6:46 (84), 8:10 (84), 9:32 (82), 9:43.35 (11.35)
6. Tom Lipari 9:49.87
75, 2:36 (81), 3:59 (83), 5:23 (84), 6:56 (83), 8:19 (83), 9:40 (81), 9:49.87 (9.87)
8. Nick Hughes 10:09.20
77, 2:39 (82), 4:04 (85), 5:25 (81), 6:57 (82), 8:27 (90), 9:56 (89), 10:09.20 (13.20)
400-meter relay
3. Marist (Darren Bushey, Jesse Aprile, Mike McCloskey, Connor Dodge) 43.40
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (Phil Krupka 51.4, Chris Vanzetta 50.5, Connor Dodge 51.2, Chris Coscio 50.8) 3:24.28
3,200-meter relay
4. Marist (Chris Vanzetta, Matt Panebianco, Andrew James, Ben Windisch) 7:55.82
Chris Vanzetta: 1:56.1 (58.5 opening 400)
Matt Panebianco: 2:00.1 (56.4 opening 400)
Andrew James: 2:01.7 (56.6 opening 400)
Ben Windisch: 1:57.6 (55.2 opening 400)
Long jump
10. Jesse Aprile 6.02 meters
Triple jump
12. Jesse Aprile 12.12 meters
Hammer
12. Sean Ellman 32.42 meters
Javelin
9. Pasquale Magneri 42.66 meters
10. Jake Akey 40.50 meters
Team standings
1-Rider 272, 2. Manhattan 172.66, 3. St. Peter’s 101.33, 4. Iona 62, 5. Marist 38
May 7-8, 2011
Rider University
100-meter dash
8. Mike McCloskey 11.37
9. Darren Bushey 11.57
200-meter dash
6. Jesse Aprile 22.78 *school record
11. Mike McCloskey 23.33
13. Darren Bushey 23.54
400-meter dash
10. Phil Krupka 51.42
11. Chris Coscio 52.10
12. Josh Lopez 53.39
800-meter run
7. Matt Panebianco 1:56.93
Opening 400m: 57
1,500-meter run
5. Will Griffin 3:55.76
60, 2:06 (66), 3:08 (62), 3:55.76 (62.76 last 400m)
9. Sam McMullen 4:05.95
64, 2:12 (68), 3:17 (65), 4:05.95 (64.95 last 400m)
10. Ben Windisch 4:09.39
60, 2:07 (67), 3:14 (67), 4:09.39 (73.39 last 400m)
5,000-meter run
3. Conor Shelley 14:59.93
68, 2:18 (70), 3:30 (72), 4:42 (72)
5:56 (74), 7:09 (73), 8:23 (74), 9:37 (74)
10:51 (74), 12:04 (73), 13:15 (71), 14:26 (71)
14:59.93 (33.93 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:42, 4:55, 4:49
6. Billy Posch 15:23.00
67, 2:19 (72), 3:30 (71), 4:42 (72)
5:56 (74), 7:09 (73), 8:27 (78), 9:46 (79)
11:04 (78), 12:22 (78), 13:40 (78), 14:53 (73)
15:23.00 (30.00 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:42, 5:06, 5:07
7. Zak Smetana 15:40.03
66, 2:18 (72), 3:30 (72), 4:43 (73)
5:56 (73), 7:09 (73), 8:23 (74), 9:39 (76)
10:58 (79), 12:19 (81), 13:40 (81), 15:00 (80)
15:40.03 (40.03 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:43, 4:56, 5:21
9. Pat Duggan 16:00.91
67, 2:19 (72), 3:30 (71), 4:43 (73)
5:56 (73), 7:08 (72), 8:23 (75), 9:44 (81)
11:10 (86), 12:36 (86), 13:59 (83), 15:22 (83)
16:00.91 (38.91 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:43, 5:01, 5:36
10,000-meter run
6. Tim Keegan 32:20.60
78, 2:35 (75), 3:50 (75), 5:06 (76)
6:23 (77), 7:39 (76), 8:55 (76), 10:12 (77)
11:29 (77), 12:46 (77), 14:04 (78), 15:22 (78)
16:42 (80), 17:58 (76), 19:16 (78), 20:34 (78)
20:51 (77), 23:09 (78), 24:28 (79), 25:46 (79)
27:05 (79), 28:26 (81), 29:46 (80), 31:06 (80)
32:20.60 (74.60)
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:06, 5:10, 5:12, 5:12, 5:20
7. Mike Keegan 32:22.80
80, 2:38 (78), 3:51 (73), 5:08 (77)
6:25 (77), 7:41 (76), 8:56 (75), 10:15 (79)
11:30 (75), 12:48 (78), 14:06 (78), 15:25 (79)
16:44 (78), 17:57 (73), 19:15 (78), 20:33 (78)
20:52 (79), 23:10 (78), 24:29 (79), 25:48 (79)
27:07 (78), 28:28 (81), 29:47 (79), 31:06 (79)
32:22.80 (76.80)
1600-meter splits: 5:08, 5:07, 5:10, 5:08, 5:13, 5:18
8. Brian Townsend 32:45.97
80, 2:37 (77), 3:52 (75), 5:08 (76)
6:25 (77), 7:39 (74), 8:55 (76), 10:13 (78)
11:30 (77), 12:46 (76), 14:04 (780, 15:23 (79)
16:44 (81), 18:02 (78), 19:23 (81), 20:44 (81)
22:06 (82), 23:26 (80), 23:48 (82), 26:10 (82)
27:32 (82), 28:54 (82), 30:14 (80), 31:32 (78)
32:45.97 (73.97)
1600-meter splits: 5:08, 5:05, 5:10, 5:21, 5:26, 5:22
9. Joel Moss 32:49.18
79, 2:36 (77), 3:52 (76), 5:07 (75)
6:24 (77), 7:41 (77), 8:56 (75), 10:14 (78)
11:29 (75), 12:46 (77), 14:05 (79), 15:23 (78)
16:43 (80), 18:00 (77), 19:20 (80), 20:42 (82)
22:05 (83), 23:26 (81), 23:48 (82), 26:10 (82)
27:32 (82), 28:54 (82), 30:15 (81), 31:35 (80)
32:49.18 (74.18)
1600-meter splits: 5:07, 5:07, 5:09, 5:19, 5:28, 5:25
11. Mike Nicoletti 33:09.53
80, 2:34 (74), 3:49 (75), 5:06 (77)
6:23 (77), 7:40 (77), 8:57 (77), 10:17 (80)
11:35 (78), 12:55 (80), 14:15 (80), 15:36 (81)
16:57 (81), 18:18 (81), 19:39 (81), 21:00 (81)
22:22 (82), 23:44 (82), 25:07 (83), 26:30 (83)
27:51 (81), 29:13 (82), 30:34 (81), 31:54 (80)
33:09.53 (75.53)
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:11, 5:19, 5:24, 5:30, 5:24
400-meter hurdles
7. Mike Clifford 56.36
3,000-meter steeplechase
3. Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:33.21
72, 2:30 (78), 3:48 (78), 5:09 (81), 6:32 (83), 7:55 (83), 9:20 (85), 9:33.21 (13.21)
4. Nick Webster 9:40.97
74, 2:34 (80), 3:57 (83), 5:20 (83), 6:45 (85), 8:10 (85), 9:31 (81), 9:40.97 (9.97)
5. Ken Walshak 9:43.35
76, 2:37 (81), 3:59 (82), 5:22 (83), 6:46 (84), 8:10 (84), 9:32 (82), 9:43.35 (11.35)
6. Tom Lipari 9:49.87
75, 2:36 (81), 3:59 (83), 5:23 (84), 6:56 (83), 8:19 (83), 9:40 (81), 9:49.87 (9.87)
8. Nick Hughes 10:09.20
77, 2:39 (82), 4:04 (85), 5:25 (81), 6:57 (82), 8:27 (90), 9:56 (89), 10:09.20 (13.20)
400-meter relay
3. Marist (Darren Bushey, Jesse Aprile, Mike McCloskey, Connor Dodge) 43.40
1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (Phil Krupka 51.4, Chris Vanzetta 50.5, Connor Dodge 51.2, Chris Coscio 50.8) 3:24.28
3,200-meter relay
4. Marist (Chris Vanzetta, Matt Panebianco, Andrew James, Ben Windisch) 7:55.82
Chris Vanzetta: 1:56.1 (58.5 opening 400)
Matt Panebianco: 2:00.1 (56.4 opening 400)
Andrew James: 2:01.7 (56.6 opening 400)
Ben Windisch: 1:57.6 (55.2 opening 400)
Long jump
10. Jesse Aprile 6.02 meters
Triple jump
12. Jesse Aprile 12.12 meters
Hammer
12. Sean Ellman 32.42 meters
Javelin
9. Pasquale Magneri 42.66 meters
10. Jake Akey 40.50 meters
Team standings
1-Rider 272, 2. Manhattan 172.66, 3. St. Peter’s 101.33, 4. Iona 62, 5. Marist 38
MAAC meet: Women's results and splits
MAAC Championships
May 7-8, 2011
100-meter dash
13. Meghann Cocca 13.30
17. Kim Ladouceur 13.73
200-meter dash
18. Meghann Cocca 27.46
21. Kim Ladouceur 28.53
22. Christina Turigiano 28.60
400-meter dash
16. Tara Nuccitelli 1:03.79
17. Christina Turigiano 1:05.72
800-meter run
5. Briana Crowe 2:18.35
Opening 400m: 68
10. Jackie Gamboli 2:21.15
Opening 400m: 68
13. Kelley Hanifin 2:23.46
Opening 400m: 70
14. Erin O’Reilly 2:25.32
Opening 400m: 70
15. Laura Lindsley 2:26.70
Opening 400m: 71
1,500-meter run
14. Erin O’Reilly 4:55.56
73, 2:28 (75), 3:51 (83), 4:55.56 (84.56 last 400m)
16. Dayna McLaughlin 5:03.24
76, 2:37 (81), 4:01 (84), 5:03.24 (83.24 last 400m)
17. Rebecca Denise 5:08.43
77, 2:40 (83), 4:05 (85), 5:08.43 (84.43 last 400m)
18. Elizabeth O’Brien 5:08.89
77, 2:40 (83), 4:05 (85), 5:08.89 (84.89 last 400m)
19. Julie Hudak 5:11.82
75, 2:35 (80), 4:02 (87), 5:11.82 (91.82 last 400m)
5,000-meter run
5. Jillian Corley 18:35.17
88, 3:00 (92), 4:28 (88), 5:58 (90)
7:30 (92), 9:02 (92), 10:33 (91), 11:58 (95)
13:27 (89), 14:56 (89), 16:25 (89), 17:53 (88)
18:35.17 (42.17 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:58, 6:00, 5:55
10. Kelley Gould 19:05.62
80, 3:00 (91), 4:28 (88), 5:59 (91)
7:30 (91), 9:02 (92), 10:34 (92), 12:04 (90)
13:38 (94), 15:13 (95), 16:50 (97), 18:24 (94)
19:05.62 (41.62 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:50, 6:05, 6:20
14. Rachel Bremer 19:53.45
89, 3:00 (91), 4:29 (89), 6:00 (91)
7:32 (92), 9:05 (93), 10:44 (99), 12:23 (99)
14:03 (100), 15:42 (99), 17:24 (102), 19:04 (100)
19:53.45 (49.45 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 6:00, 6:23, 6:41
15. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:07.23
93, 3:07 (94), 4:40 (93), 6:16 (96)
7:53 (97), 9:29 (96), 11:06 (97), 12:44 (98)
14:23 (99), 16:04 (101), 17:44 (100), 19:23 (99)
20:07.60 (44.60 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 6:16, 6:28, 6:39
10,000-meter run
3. Addie DiFrancesco 37:19.07
87, 2:56 (89), 4:24 (88), 5:52 (88)
7:21 (89), 8:50 (89), 10:18 (88), 11:47 (89)
13:16 (89), 14:45 (89), 16:15 (90), 17:45 (90)
19:15 (90), 20:46 (91), 22:16 (90), 23:47 (91)
25:17 (90), 26:47 (90), 28:17 (90), 29:49 (92)
31:18 (89), 32:48 (90), 34:19 (91), 35:50 (91)
37:19.07 (89.07)
1600-meter splits: 5:52, 5:55, 5:58, 6:02, 6:01, 6:01
3,000-meter steeplechase
2. Brittany Burns 10:47.14
87, 2:57 (90), 4:27 (90), 5:59 (92), 7:33 (94), 9:07 (94), 10:35 (88), 10:47.14 (12.14)
9. Jillian Corley 12:02.13
89, 3:03 (94), 4:41 (98), 6:24 (103), 8:09 (105), 9:59 (110), 11:48 (109), 12:02.13 (14.13)
10. Colleen Smith 12:07.06
91, 3:07 (96), 4:47 (100), 6:33 (106), 8:21 (108) 10:09 (109) 11:58 (109), 12:07.06 (9.06)
400-meter relay
5. Marist (Amanda Luccarelli, Meghann Cocca, Kim Ladouceur, Hayley Harnett) 50.80
1,600-meter relay
5. Marist (Briana Crowe 62.2, Colleen Meenan 62.2, Tara Nuccitelli 62.0, Jackie Gamboli 59.9) 4:06.71
3,200-meter relay
5. Marist (Briana Crowe, Nicole Weir, Colleen Meenan, Jackie Gamboli) 9:35.48
Briana Crowe: 2:19.9 (68.3 opening 400)
Nicole Weir: 2:30.1 (68.2 opening 400)
Colleen Meenan: 2:24.4 (66.9 opening 400)
Jackie Gamboli: 2:20.9 (68.7 opening 400)
Long jump
15. Brooke Kristensen 4.49 meters
Triple jump
13. Brooke Kristensen 10.19 meters
Javelin
10. Rachael Eichacker 29.09 meters
Team standings
1-St. Peter’s 250, 2. Manhattan 224.5, 3. Rider 125.5, 4. Iona 118, 5. Loyola 58, 6. Marist 34
May 7-8, 2011
100-meter dash
13. Meghann Cocca 13.30
17. Kim Ladouceur 13.73
200-meter dash
18. Meghann Cocca 27.46
21. Kim Ladouceur 28.53
22. Christina Turigiano 28.60
400-meter dash
16. Tara Nuccitelli 1:03.79
17. Christina Turigiano 1:05.72
800-meter run
5. Briana Crowe 2:18.35
Opening 400m: 68
10. Jackie Gamboli 2:21.15
Opening 400m: 68
13. Kelley Hanifin 2:23.46
Opening 400m: 70
14. Erin O’Reilly 2:25.32
Opening 400m: 70
15. Laura Lindsley 2:26.70
Opening 400m: 71
1,500-meter run
14. Erin O’Reilly 4:55.56
73, 2:28 (75), 3:51 (83), 4:55.56 (84.56 last 400m)
16. Dayna McLaughlin 5:03.24
76, 2:37 (81), 4:01 (84), 5:03.24 (83.24 last 400m)
17. Rebecca Denise 5:08.43
77, 2:40 (83), 4:05 (85), 5:08.43 (84.43 last 400m)
18. Elizabeth O’Brien 5:08.89
77, 2:40 (83), 4:05 (85), 5:08.89 (84.89 last 400m)
19. Julie Hudak 5:11.82
75, 2:35 (80), 4:02 (87), 5:11.82 (91.82 last 400m)
5,000-meter run
5. Jillian Corley 18:35.17
88, 3:00 (92), 4:28 (88), 5:58 (90)
7:30 (92), 9:02 (92), 10:33 (91), 11:58 (95)
13:27 (89), 14:56 (89), 16:25 (89), 17:53 (88)
18:35.17 (42.17 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:58, 6:00, 5:55
10. Kelley Gould 19:05.62
80, 3:00 (91), 4:28 (88), 5:59 (91)
7:30 (91), 9:02 (92), 10:34 (92), 12:04 (90)
13:38 (94), 15:13 (95), 16:50 (97), 18:24 (94)
19:05.62 (41.62 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:50, 6:05, 6:20
14. Rachel Bremer 19:53.45
89, 3:00 (91), 4:29 (89), 6:00 (91)
7:32 (92), 9:05 (93), 10:44 (99), 12:23 (99)
14:03 (100), 15:42 (99), 17:24 (102), 19:04 (100)
19:53.45 (49.45 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 6:00, 6:23, 6:41
15. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:07.23
93, 3:07 (94), 4:40 (93), 6:16 (96)
7:53 (97), 9:29 (96), 11:06 (97), 12:44 (98)
14:23 (99), 16:04 (101), 17:44 (100), 19:23 (99)
20:07.60 (44.60 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 6:16, 6:28, 6:39
10,000-meter run
3. Addie DiFrancesco 37:19.07
87, 2:56 (89), 4:24 (88), 5:52 (88)
7:21 (89), 8:50 (89), 10:18 (88), 11:47 (89)
13:16 (89), 14:45 (89), 16:15 (90), 17:45 (90)
19:15 (90), 20:46 (91), 22:16 (90), 23:47 (91)
25:17 (90), 26:47 (90), 28:17 (90), 29:49 (92)
31:18 (89), 32:48 (90), 34:19 (91), 35:50 (91)
37:19.07 (89.07)
1600-meter splits: 5:52, 5:55, 5:58, 6:02, 6:01, 6:01
3,000-meter steeplechase
2. Brittany Burns 10:47.14
87, 2:57 (90), 4:27 (90), 5:59 (92), 7:33 (94), 9:07 (94), 10:35 (88), 10:47.14 (12.14)
9. Jillian Corley 12:02.13
89, 3:03 (94), 4:41 (98), 6:24 (103), 8:09 (105), 9:59 (110), 11:48 (109), 12:02.13 (14.13)
10. Colleen Smith 12:07.06
91, 3:07 (96), 4:47 (100), 6:33 (106), 8:21 (108) 10:09 (109) 11:58 (109), 12:07.06 (9.06)
400-meter relay
5. Marist (Amanda Luccarelli, Meghann Cocca, Kim Ladouceur, Hayley Harnett) 50.80
1,600-meter relay
5. Marist (Briana Crowe 62.2, Colleen Meenan 62.2, Tara Nuccitelli 62.0, Jackie Gamboli 59.9) 4:06.71
3,200-meter relay
5. Marist (Briana Crowe, Nicole Weir, Colleen Meenan, Jackie Gamboli) 9:35.48
Briana Crowe: 2:19.9 (68.3 opening 400)
Nicole Weir: 2:30.1 (68.2 opening 400)
Colleen Meenan: 2:24.4 (66.9 opening 400)
Jackie Gamboli: 2:20.9 (68.7 opening 400)
Long jump
15. Brooke Kristensen 4.49 meters
Triple jump
13. Brooke Kristensen 10.19 meters
Javelin
10. Rachael Eichacker 29.09 meters
Team standings
1-St. Peter’s 250, 2. Manhattan 224.5, 3. Rider 125.5, 4. Iona 118, 5. Loyola 58, 6. Marist 34
Soaring over Bowdoin Park
Check out this photo of what we believe to be a bald eagle. It was taken by my wife Heidi on Monday at Bowdoin Park. Yeah, THAT Bowdoin Park.
It was a bit unusual to be at Bowdoin in the spring, as opposed to the late summer and fall when we are there several times per week.
Speaking of transitions, we were there for our end-of-preschool picnic for our youngest son James. That's right. End of preschool! This means ...
1. He enters kindergarten in the fall. Yippee!
2. He is done with preschool already! Yikes! Four months of summer!
Transitions
Finals week of the spring semester -- this week -- is an odd time.
It's a time of transition as our long three-season journey nears its conclusion. For the majority of the team, the 2010-2011 finish line has been reached. Fortunately, we still have some season left for our championship qualifiers. More on them later in the week.
We are done with the daily routine of practice, and this sudden halt is jarring. It's a nerve-jangling time for finals, final papers, planning ahead for next year or planning for a series of goodbyes.
And so it was on Sunday night, as the exhausted teams got off the buses in the fading twilight, that there was not much to say to the boys. No long run the next day. Good luck with finals.
A couple of the senior men came up to me. My natural instinct was to say, "Yeah, easy 11 tomorrow. Take is slow if you are feeling beat up. No Culinary trails because they might be too muddy. Next workout on Tuesday."
But alas ... there was nothing to say.
I couldn't tell if it was the stifling diesel exhaust spewing from the JTR bus, or maybe it was just the sudden realization that it's the end of the line for most of my seniors, but my eyes were welling up as they walked away from the last bus trip of their college careers.
Hang in there, I'm working on the MAAC results ...
It's a time of transition as our long three-season journey nears its conclusion. For the majority of the team, the 2010-2011 finish line has been reached. Fortunately, we still have some season left for our championship qualifiers. More on them later in the week.
We are done with the daily routine of practice, and this sudden halt is jarring. It's a nerve-jangling time for finals, final papers, planning ahead for next year or planning for a series of goodbyes.
And so it was on Sunday night, as the exhausted teams got off the buses in the fading twilight, that there was not much to say to the boys. No long run the next day. Good luck with finals.
A couple of the senior men came up to me. My natural instinct was to say, "Yeah, easy 11 tomorrow. Take is slow if you are feeling beat up. No Culinary trails because they might be too muddy. Next workout on Tuesday."
But alas ... there was nothing to say.
I couldn't tell if it was the stifling diesel exhaust spewing from the JTR bus, or maybe it was just the sudden realization that it's the end of the line for most of my seniors, but my eyes were welling up as they walked away from the last bus trip of their college careers.
Hang in there, I'm working on the MAAC results ...
Sunday, May 8, 2011
MAAC meet, quick recap: 200-meter school record!
It was a long, tiring and fun weekend down at Rider.
The final team results were predictable and not to our liking, but they do not accurately reflect the fine effort of our athletes. Such is life.
I will do my best to post complete results, splits and other comments in the next few days. As always, the end of the semester is a busy time with tidying up a lot of loose ends.
The big highlight today on the men's side was a wonderful school record by freshman Jesse Aprile in the 200-meter dash. Jesse nabbed the last scoring spot (6th) in a very competitive field and ran 22.78 seconds. This eclipsed the shared school record of 22.82, first set by Mike McCarthy way back in 2000 and then equaled by Brian DeMarco in 2007. It is worth noting, for those not in the know, that DeMarco was perhaps the greatest long sprinter in school history.
While he did not get the school record, kudos to intermediate hurdler Mike Clifford. Cliff proved his 56.39 mark from Yale last Sunday was no fluke. He ran 56.36 on Sunday at MAACs, just missing a scoring spot and just missing the SR of 56.33. We are very proud of his effort.
The men's 4x100 relay team blazed around the track in 43.40 seconds, just a few ticks off the SR of 43.33.
Lastly, the men's 4x400 team of Phil Krupka (51.4), Chris Vanzetta (50.5), Connor Dodge (51.2) and Chris Coscio (50.8) got fourth in a season-best time of 3:24.28. Calling this a "season best" does not do it justice, as it was more than 5 seconds faster than any 4x400 run this year. Talk about saving the best for last ...
The men's 5k was the usual slugfest, with our guys gamely surging and racing with gusto. Whatever the outcome, we go at it and race hard. Great to see my boy Duggan busting up the pack with a ridiculously bold mid-race surge, for which he paid dearly. Such is life.
Fifth-year senior Conor Shelley saved the best for last, medaling with a third-place time of 14:59.93. Yes. This is the same Conor Shelley who, a few years ago indoors at BU, had the audacity to run 15:00.00 for 5,000 meters. Well, Conor mustered that extra .07 on Sunday, somehow. Of course, he has broken 15:00 a few times in between, but it's great to see our old pal still has a flair for the dramatic. One more race, bro.
On the women's side, it was so thrilling to see senior Jillian Corley finish in a blaze of glory in the 5,000, running a strong fifth in 18:35.17. Great job, Jill! We will miss you.
Again, more details to follow ... when I can this week ... be patient ...
The final team results were predictable and not to our liking, but they do not accurately reflect the fine effort of our athletes. Such is life.
I will do my best to post complete results, splits and other comments in the next few days. As always, the end of the semester is a busy time with tidying up a lot of loose ends.
The big highlight today on the men's side was a wonderful school record by freshman Jesse Aprile in the 200-meter dash. Jesse nabbed the last scoring spot (6th) in a very competitive field and ran 22.78 seconds. This eclipsed the shared school record of 22.82, first set by Mike McCarthy way back in 2000 and then equaled by Brian DeMarco in 2007. It is worth noting, for those not in the know, that DeMarco was perhaps the greatest long sprinter in school history.
While he did not get the school record, kudos to intermediate hurdler Mike Clifford. Cliff proved his 56.39 mark from Yale last Sunday was no fluke. He ran 56.36 on Sunday at MAACs, just missing a scoring spot and just missing the SR of 56.33. We are very proud of his effort.
The men's 4x100 relay team blazed around the track in 43.40 seconds, just a few ticks off the SR of 43.33.
Lastly, the men's 4x400 team of Phil Krupka (51.4), Chris Vanzetta (50.5), Connor Dodge (51.2) and Chris Coscio (50.8) got fourth in a season-best time of 3:24.28. Calling this a "season best" does not do it justice, as it was more than 5 seconds faster than any 4x400 run this year. Talk about saving the best for last ...
The men's 5k was the usual slugfest, with our guys gamely surging and racing with gusto. Whatever the outcome, we go at it and race hard. Great to see my boy Duggan busting up the pack with a ridiculously bold mid-race surge, for which he paid dearly. Such is life.
Fifth-year senior Conor Shelley saved the best for last, medaling with a third-place time of 14:59.93. Yes. This is the same Conor Shelley who, a few years ago indoors at BU, had the audacity to run 15:00.00 for 5,000 meters. Well, Conor mustered that extra .07 on Sunday, somehow. Of course, he has broken 15:00 a few times in between, but it's great to see our old pal still has a flair for the dramatic. One more race, bro.
On the women's side, it was so thrilling to see senior Jillian Corley finish in a blaze of glory in the 5,000, running a strong fifth in 18:35.17. Great job, Jill! We will miss you.
Again, more details to follow ... when I can this week ... be patient ...
Saturday, May 7, 2011
MAAC meet, Day 1
We got off the bus to a sunny and warm afternoon, but the weather quickly turned sour. The wind whipped, the rain spitted out sideways and it was generally breezy, damp and – by the end of the 10,000 – chilly.
Overall, it was a solid afternoon for us.
On the track, the 3,200-meter relays were a bit disappointing for us, but the wind was REALLY whipping at that point.
Brittany Burns had a strong race in the women’s steeplechase. In the men’s steeple, we took four of the six scoring spots.
Addie DiFrancesco ran a season-best time and got third in the women’s 10k. The men’s 10k was a tactical mess, as usual, with our guys surging and leading and falling back throughout the race. We did manage to eke out a scoring spot.
Doug Ainscow dutifully recorded all the results, but I am too tired to type them up at this time. I will compile all the results and splits after the weekend is over – early next week.
Back at it in the morning, when the weather promises to be lovely!
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers in the blogosphere.
Men’s results
Hammer throw
12-Sean Ellman, 32.42 meters
Javelin
9-Pasquale Magneri, 42.66 meters (personal best)
10-Jake Akey, 40.50 meters
Long Jump
10-Jesse Aprile, 6.02 meters
4 X 800 meter relay
4-Marist (Chris Vanzetta 1:56.1, Matt Panebianco 2:00.1, Andrew James 2:01.7, Ben Windisch 1:57.6), 7:55.82
3,000-meter steeplechase
3-Arquimedes DelaCruz, 9:33.21
4-Nick Webster, 9:40.97
5-Ken Walshak, 9:43.35
6-Thomas Lipari, 9:49.87
8-Nick Hughes, 10:09.20
10,000-meter run
6-Timothy Keegan, 32:20.62
7-Michael Keegan, 32:22.80
8-Brian Townsend, 32:45.97
9-Joel Moss, 32:49.18
11-Mike Nicoletti, 33:09.53
Women’s results
10,000-Meter Run
3-Addie DiFrancesco, 37:19.07
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
2-Brittany Burns, 10:47.14
9-Jillian Corley, 12:02.13
10-Colleen Smith, 12:07.06
4 X 800 meter relay
5-Marist (Briana Crowe 2:19.9, Nicole Weir 2:30.1, Colleen Meenan 2:24.4, Jackie Gamboli 2:20.9), 9:35.48
Long jump
15-Brooke Kristensen, 4.49 meters
Javelin
10-Rachel Eichacker, 29.09 meters
Overall, it was a solid afternoon for us.
On the track, the 3,200-meter relays were a bit disappointing for us, but the wind was REALLY whipping at that point.
Brittany Burns had a strong race in the women’s steeplechase. In the men’s steeple, we took four of the six scoring spots.
Addie DiFrancesco ran a season-best time and got third in the women’s 10k. The men’s 10k was a tactical mess, as usual, with our guys surging and leading and falling back throughout the race. We did manage to eke out a scoring spot.
Doug Ainscow dutifully recorded all the results, but I am too tired to type them up at this time. I will compile all the results and splits after the weekend is over – early next week.
Back at it in the morning, when the weather promises to be lovely!
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers in the blogosphere.
Men’s results
Hammer throw
12-Sean Ellman, 32.42 meters
Javelin
9-Pasquale Magneri, 42.66 meters (personal best)
10-Jake Akey, 40.50 meters
Long Jump
10-Jesse Aprile, 6.02 meters
4 X 800 meter relay
4-Marist (Chris Vanzetta 1:56.1, Matt Panebianco 2:00.1, Andrew James 2:01.7, Ben Windisch 1:57.6), 7:55.82
3,000-meter steeplechase
3-Arquimedes DelaCruz, 9:33.21
4-Nick Webster, 9:40.97
5-Ken Walshak, 9:43.35
6-Thomas Lipari, 9:49.87
8-Nick Hughes, 10:09.20
10,000-meter run
6-Timothy Keegan, 32:20.62
7-Michael Keegan, 32:22.80
8-Brian Townsend, 32:45.97
9-Joel Moss, 32:49.18
11-Mike Nicoletti, 33:09.53
Women’s results
10,000-Meter Run
3-Addie DiFrancesco, 37:19.07
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
2-Brittany Burns, 10:47.14
9-Jillian Corley, 12:02.13
10-Colleen Smith, 12:07.06
4 X 800 meter relay
5-Marist (Briana Crowe 2:19.9, Nicole Weir 2:30.1, Colleen Meenan 2:24.4, Jackie Gamboli 2:20.9), 9:35.48
Long jump
15-Brooke Kristensen, 4.49 meters
Javelin
10-Rachel Eichacker, 29.09 meters
Friday, May 6, 2011
Matthew Vassar Open results
What’s not to love about one of the best nights of the year, when we have our “home meet” at the Matthew Vassar Open?
The weather was perfect, as usual. The support – from team members, family, friends, administrators, etc. – was the best, as usual.
As has become our tradition, we loaded up on the night’s finale in the 10,000-meter run. Congrats to freshman Billy Hild for a nearly 1-minute PR and that coveted sub-33:00; sophomore Will Schanz for improving his PR by more than a minute; freshman Mike Clausen for a wonderful debut in the event.
Thanks for Pat Deedy for helping me with the splits you read below.
Now, it’s off to the MAAC meet at Rider on Saturday. Check for first-day results if I can get them up from the hotel on Saturday night.
Matthew Vassar Open
Friday, May 6, 2011
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Men’s results
100-meter dash
6. Mike McCloskey 11.92
7. Darren Bushey 12.02
110-meter hurdles
3. Taylor Bombard 18.33
800-meter run
4. Danny Mendoza 2:03.44
Opening 400-meter split: 59.5
5. Isaiah Miller 2:03.48
Opening 400-meter split: 59.6
1,500-meter run
6. Kevin O’Sullivan 4:16.14
68, 2:16 (68), 3:24 (68), 4:16.14 (70.14 last 400m)
7. Chris Reynolds (unattached) 4:19.38
68, 2:16 (68), 3:26 (70), 4:19.38 (71.38 last 400m)
5,000-meter run
6. Isaiah Miller 16:19.53
77, 2:31 (74), 3:48 (77), 5:06 (78)
6:26 (80), 7:46 (80), 9:07 (81), 10:27 (80)
11:47 (80), 13:08 (81), 14:30 (82), 15:46 (76)
16:19.53 (34.53 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:21, 5:19
10. Ryan Fitzsimons 16:39.63
78, 2:35 (77), 3:52 (77), 5:11 (79)
6:30 (79), 7:51 (81), 9:11 (80), 10:32 (81)
11:54 (82), 13:17 (83), 14:40 (83), 16:00 (80)
16:39.63 (39.63 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:11, 5:21, 5:28
10,000-meter run
2. Billy Hild 32:59.02
76, 2:37 (81), 3:55 (78), 5:14 (79)
6:33 (79), 7:51 (78), 9:10 (79), 10:27 (77)
11:47 (80), 13:05 (78), 14:25 (80), 15:44 (79)
17:04 (80), 18:24 (80), 19:42 (78), 21:02 (80)
22:21 (79), 23:40 (79), 24:59 (79), 26:21 (82)
27:39 (78), 29:00 (81), 30:20 (80), 31:40 (80)
32:59.02 (79.02)
1600-meter splits: 5:14, 5:13, 5:17, 5:18, 5:19, 5:19
3. Will Schanz 33:09.65
76, 2:37 (81), 3:56 (79), 5:14 (78)
6:33 (79), 7:51 (78), 9:10 (79), 10:28 (78)
11:47 (79), 13:04 (77), 14:25 (81), 15:44 (79)
17:03 (79), 18:23 (80), 19:41 (78), 21:02 (81)
22:21 (79), 23:42 (81), 25:03 (81), 26:24 (81)
27:45 (81), 29:06 (81), 30:31 (85), 31:52 (81)
33:09.65 (77.65)
1600-meter splits: 5:14, 5:14, 5:16, 5:18, 5:22, 5:28
4. Mike Clausen 33:21.29
76, 2:36 (80), 3:55 (79), 5:13 (78)
6:32 (79), 7:50 (78), 9:09 (79), 10:27 (78)
11:47 (80), 13:05 (78), 14:25 (80), 15:44 (79)
17:03 (79), 18:24 (81), 19:46 (82), 21:09 (83)
22:31 (82), 23:53 (82), 25:15 (82), 26:37 (82)
28:01 (84), 29:23 (82), 30:45 (82), 32:06 (81)
33:21.29 (75.29)
1600-meter splits: 5:13, 5:14, 5:17, 5:25, 5:28, 5:29
5. Nick Salek 34:49.35
76, 2:36 (80), 3:55 (79), 5:13 (78)
6:32 (79), 7:50 (78), 9:09 (79), 10:29 (80)
11:52 (83), 13:17 (85), 14:43 (86), 16:10 (87)
17:37 (87), 19:02 (85), 20:29 (87), 21:55 (86)
23:23 (88), 24:50 (87), 26:16 (86), 27:44 (88)
29:12 (88), 30:38 (86), 32:05 (87), 33:28 (83)
34:49.35 (81.35)
1600-meter splits: 5:13, 5:16, 5:41, 5:45, 5:49, 5:44
6. Doug Ainscow 34:56.17
80, 2:40 (80), 4:01 (81), 5:21 (80)
6:41 (80), 8:02 (81), 9:23 (81), 10:45 (82)
12:07 (82), 13:30 (83), 14:53 (83), 16:16 (83)
17:41 (85), 19:05 (84), 20:31 (86), 21:54 (83)
23:31 (87), 24:48 (87), 26:14 (86), 27:41 (87)
29:06 (85), 30:34 (88), 32:02 (88), 33:30 (88)
34:56.17 (86.17)
1600-meter splits: 5:21, 5:24, 5:31, 5:38, 5:48, 5:49
7. Brendan Green 36:35.88
80, 2:41 (81), 4:01 (80), 5:22 (81)
6:46 (84), 8:13 (87), 9:41 (88), 11:08 (87)
12:35 (87), 14:02 (87), 15:30 (88), 16:57 (87)
18:28 (91), 20:03 (95), 21:35 (92), 23:04 (89)
24:34 (90), 26:03 (89), 27:33 (90), 29:05 (92)
30:36 (91), 32:09 (93), 33:43 (94), 35:14 (91)
36:35.88 (81.88)
1600-meter splits: 5:22, 5:36, 5:49, 6:07, 6:01, 6:09
Women’s results
1,500-meter run
7. Rachael Peterson 5:19.71
77, 2:45 (88), 4:15 (90), 5:19.71 (86.71 last 400m)
10. Miy Mahran 5:31.25
80, 2:50 (90), 4:24 (94), 5:31.25 (92.25 last 400m)
3,000-meter steeplechase
3. Katie Messina (unattached)
91, 3:09 (98), 4:49 (100), 6:32 (103), 8:17 (105), 10:00 (103), 11:44 (104), 12:35.48 (51.48 last 200m)
The weather was perfect, as usual. The support – from team members, family, friends, administrators, etc. – was the best, as usual.
As has become our tradition, we loaded up on the night’s finale in the 10,000-meter run. Congrats to freshman Billy Hild for a nearly 1-minute PR and that coveted sub-33:00; sophomore Will Schanz for improving his PR by more than a minute; freshman Mike Clausen for a wonderful debut in the event.
Thanks for Pat Deedy for helping me with the splits you read below.
Now, it’s off to the MAAC meet at Rider on Saturday. Check for first-day results if I can get them up from the hotel on Saturday night.
Matthew Vassar Open
Friday, May 6, 2011
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Men’s results
100-meter dash
6. Mike McCloskey 11.92
7. Darren Bushey 12.02
110-meter hurdles
3. Taylor Bombard 18.33
800-meter run
4. Danny Mendoza 2:03.44
Opening 400-meter split: 59.5
5. Isaiah Miller 2:03.48
Opening 400-meter split: 59.6
1,500-meter run
6. Kevin O’Sullivan 4:16.14
68, 2:16 (68), 3:24 (68), 4:16.14 (70.14 last 400m)
7. Chris Reynolds (unattached) 4:19.38
68, 2:16 (68), 3:26 (70), 4:19.38 (71.38 last 400m)
5,000-meter run
6. Isaiah Miller 16:19.53
77, 2:31 (74), 3:48 (77), 5:06 (78)
6:26 (80), 7:46 (80), 9:07 (81), 10:27 (80)
11:47 (80), 13:08 (81), 14:30 (82), 15:46 (76)
16:19.53 (34.53 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:21, 5:19
10. Ryan Fitzsimons 16:39.63
78, 2:35 (77), 3:52 (77), 5:11 (79)
6:30 (79), 7:51 (81), 9:11 (80), 10:32 (81)
11:54 (82), 13:17 (83), 14:40 (83), 16:00 (80)
16:39.63 (39.63 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:11, 5:21, 5:28
10,000-meter run
2. Billy Hild 32:59.02
76, 2:37 (81), 3:55 (78), 5:14 (79)
6:33 (79), 7:51 (78), 9:10 (79), 10:27 (77)
11:47 (80), 13:05 (78), 14:25 (80), 15:44 (79)
17:04 (80), 18:24 (80), 19:42 (78), 21:02 (80)
22:21 (79), 23:40 (79), 24:59 (79), 26:21 (82)
27:39 (78), 29:00 (81), 30:20 (80), 31:40 (80)
32:59.02 (79.02)
1600-meter splits: 5:14, 5:13, 5:17, 5:18, 5:19, 5:19
3. Will Schanz 33:09.65
76, 2:37 (81), 3:56 (79), 5:14 (78)
6:33 (79), 7:51 (78), 9:10 (79), 10:28 (78)
11:47 (79), 13:04 (77), 14:25 (81), 15:44 (79)
17:03 (79), 18:23 (80), 19:41 (78), 21:02 (81)
22:21 (79), 23:42 (81), 25:03 (81), 26:24 (81)
27:45 (81), 29:06 (81), 30:31 (85), 31:52 (81)
33:09.65 (77.65)
1600-meter splits: 5:14, 5:14, 5:16, 5:18, 5:22, 5:28
4. Mike Clausen 33:21.29
76, 2:36 (80), 3:55 (79), 5:13 (78)
6:32 (79), 7:50 (78), 9:09 (79), 10:27 (78)
11:47 (80), 13:05 (78), 14:25 (80), 15:44 (79)
17:03 (79), 18:24 (81), 19:46 (82), 21:09 (83)
22:31 (82), 23:53 (82), 25:15 (82), 26:37 (82)
28:01 (84), 29:23 (82), 30:45 (82), 32:06 (81)
33:21.29 (75.29)
1600-meter splits: 5:13, 5:14, 5:17, 5:25, 5:28, 5:29
5. Nick Salek 34:49.35
76, 2:36 (80), 3:55 (79), 5:13 (78)
6:32 (79), 7:50 (78), 9:09 (79), 10:29 (80)
11:52 (83), 13:17 (85), 14:43 (86), 16:10 (87)
17:37 (87), 19:02 (85), 20:29 (87), 21:55 (86)
23:23 (88), 24:50 (87), 26:16 (86), 27:44 (88)
29:12 (88), 30:38 (86), 32:05 (87), 33:28 (83)
34:49.35 (81.35)
1600-meter splits: 5:13, 5:16, 5:41, 5:45, 5:49, 5:44
6. Doug Ainscow 34:56.17
80, 2:40 (80), 4:01 (81), 5:21 (80)
6:41 (80), 8:02 (81), 9:23 (81), 10:45 (82)
12:07 (82), 13:30 (83), 14:53 (83), 16:16 (83)
17:41 (85), 19:05 (84), 20:31 (86), 21:54 (83)
23:31 (87), 24:48 (87), 26:14 (86), 27:41 (87)
29:06 (85), 30:34 (88), 32:02 (88), 33:30 (88)
34:56.17 (86.17)
1600-meter splits: 5:21, 5:24, 5:31, 5:38, 5:48, 5:49
7. Brendan Green 36:35.88
80, 2:41 (81), 4:01 (80), 5:22 (81)
6:46 (84), 8:13 (87), 9:41 (88), 11:08 (87)
12:35 (87), 14:02 (87), 15:30 (88), 16:57 (87)
18:28 (91), 20:03 (95), 21:35 (92), 23:04 (89)
24:34 (90), 26:03 (89), 27:33 (90), 29:05 (92)
30:36 (91), 32:09 (93), 33:43 (94), 35:14 (91)
36:35.88 (81.88)
1600-meter splits: 5:22, 5:36, 5:49, 6:07, 6:01, 6:09
Women’s results
1,500-meter run
7. Rachael Peterson 5:19.71
77, 2:45 (88), 4:15 (90), 5:19.71 (86.71 last 400m)
10. Miy Mahran 5:31.25
80, 2:50 (90), 4:24 (94), 5:31.25 (92.25 last 400m)
3,000-meter steeplechase
3. Katie Messina (unattached)
91, 3:09 (98), 4:49 (100), 6:32 (103), 8:17 (105), 10:00 (103), 11:44 (104), 12:35.48 (51.48 last 200m)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Vassar meet schedule
We are all looking forward to our “home meet” Friday night at Vassar College -- the Matthew Vassar Open.
Here is the MVO order of events, with an estimated time schedule.
Please note that these times are ESTIMATED and that the meet more than likely will move AHEAD OF THIS SCHEDULE. Do not hold us to these exact times.
Women, then men
5:30 p.m.: High hurdles
5:50 p.m.: 100 dash
6:05 p.m.: 400 dash
6:25 p.m.: Steeplechase
7:05 p.m.: 800 run
7:25 p.m.: 200 dash
7:45 p.m.: 1500 run
8:25 p.m.: 5000 run
9:20 p.m.: 4x400 relay
9:30 p.m.: 10000 run
Again, let me reiterate: THESE TIMES ARE ESTIMATES. Meet may run ahead of schedule, based on scratches.
Weather is looking good. Just like last year.
Hope to see you there …
Here is the MVO order of events, with an estimated time schedule.
Please note that these times are ESTIMATED and that the meet more than likely will move AHEAD OF THIS SCHEDULE. Do not hold us to these exact times.
Women, then men
5:30 p.m.: High hurdles
5:50 p.m.: 100 dash
6:05 p.m.: 400 dash
6:25 p.m.: Steeplechase
7:05 p.m.: 800 run
7:25 p.m.: 200 dash
7:45 p.m.: 1500 run
8:25 p.m.: 5000 run
9:20 p.m.: 4x400 relay
9:30 p.m.: 10000 run
Again, let me reiterate: THESE TIMES ARE ESTIMATES. Meet may run ahead of schedule, based on scratches.
Weather is looking good. Just like last year.
Hope to see you there …
Let's go Mets!
Thanks to Mr. Paulson (DJ’s dad) for his kind words on my previous post “Where were you when …”
In an offering of an olive branch to my Mets’ brethren out there … please let it be known that, although I am a Yankee fan, I like the Mets too and will openly root for them – except in the interleague Subway Series games, of course.
Mr. Paulson, a Marist alum, shared his memory of where he was when the Amazins shocked the world and won the 1969 World Series.
“I was in Donnelly Hall when the Mets won the World Series in 1969,’’ Mr. Paulson wrote in an email. “I was watching it on a TV set up in the hallway right outside of what was then the library. The World Series was played in the afternoon back in the day. Thanks for letting me remember this memory.’’
Any time, my old friend.
And just so you know, one of my fondest baseball memories from growing up was sneaking a radio into freshman high school English so that I could hear the first few innings of the 1978 one-game playoff for the AL East between the Yankees and the Red Sox.
For those Red Sox fans keeping score at home, the Yankees won that game. You might remember some shortstop named Bucky Dent … if you are from Red Sox Nation, Mr. Dent was christened with an impromptu middle name based on his improbable heroics on that fine October day.
In an offering of an olive branch to my Mets’ brethren out there … please let it be known that, although I am a Yankee fan, I like the Mets too and will openly root for them – except in the interleague Subway Series games, of course.
Mr. Paulson, a Marist alum, shared his memory of where he was when the Amazins shocked the world and won the 1969 World Series.
“I was in Donnelly Hall when the Mets won the World Series in 1969,’’ Mr. Paulson wrote in an email. “I was watching it on a TV set up in the hallway right outside of what was then the library. The World Series was played in the afternoon back in the day. Thanks for letting me remember this memory.’’
Any time, my old friend.
And just so you know, one of my fondest baseball memories from growing up was sneaking a radio into freshman high school English so that I could hear the first few innings of the 1978 one-game playoff for the AL East between the Yankees and the Red Sox.
For those Red Sox fans keeping score at home, the Yankees won that game. You might remember some shortstop named Bucky Dent … if you are from Red Sox Nation, Mr. Dent was christened with an impromptu middle name based on his improbable heroics on that fine October day.
MAAC travel information
Saturday bus departure time is 11 a.m. Bus will be packed.
Team gear is required. This means Marist apparel top and bottom.
Whether you are racing or not.
We are looking and acting like a TEAM on this weekend.
Gray Nike bottoms, red Nike tops.
Thank you.
Team gear is required. This means Marist apparel top and bottom.
Whether you are racing or not.
We are looking and acting like a TEAM on this weekend.
Gray Nike bottoms, red Nike tops.
Thank you.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Where were you when ...
The death of the evil Osama bin Laden is one of those historic, watershed moments in one’s life in which you remember the exact circumstances under which you heard the news. Wow. That was a terrible sentence. But I don’t feel like rewriting it. You get the idea.
Anyway … if you are old enough to recall, everyone knows where and what they were doing when they heard about JFK’s assassination. Not me. That tragedy occurred precisely nine months before I was born. Hmmm.
The Space Shuttle disaster is another such event. I was actually a college senior, walking into Donnelly Hall for class, when I heard about that terrible moment in history back in 1986.
9.11 … Geez, I remember that one Tuesday morning as vividly as though it were last Tuesday as opposed to 10 years ago this September.
The bin Laden thing is quite interesting. On pretty much any other “normal” night in my life, I would have been long asleep when the news broke late on Sunday night.
But Sunday was not a “normal” day. In fact, it was a rather lengthy day. It started, as usual, with my morning jog, at around 5 a.m. Then, it was off to Marist to get the van loaded up for a track trip to Yale. Great day in the sun, as we have recounted here.
Upon arriving back to Marist in the late afternoon, though, instead of typing up the results at home on the laptop, it was time to change into my formal wear for the Senior Awards Banquet. By all accounts, this went well, despite the fact that I had to make not one but two speeches.
I departed for home a little after 10 p.m., exhausted but also wired from all the coffee I downed with Vess at the banquet.
Naturally, there was Sunday Night Baseball to listen to on the radio, a bonus in that the Mets were playing the Phillies. Much to Salek’s dismay, the Amazins were actually winning this game, 1-0. Upon arriving home and getting changed and ready for bed, I remembered to check on the Mets’ game – figuring, accurately, that their atrocious bullpen would cough up this tenuous the lead.
By the time I turned on the TV, there was no surprise at all to see the score was tied at 1-1. But, what was that crawl at the bottom of the ESPN screen about BREAKING NEWS and TURN TO ABC NEWS for details?
THAT’S how I found out about the despicable terrorist menace’s very timely demise – checking out a basically meaningless early-season ballgame. The baseball game was forgotten and it was time to watch the President speak and to find out what exactly happened.
Again, had it been a normal Sunday night, I would have dozed off well before the Mets’ bullpen blew the lead (yeah yeah Bambi, I know they eventually won the game in 14 innings), and I would not have heard about this news until the early morning hours.
Where were you when you heard? What were you doing?
If I had to guess, the overwhelming majority of college students were probably on Facebook or studying in the library (or some combination thereof) when word started spreading. Or, knowing the brain surgeons on our men’s distance team, probably playing video games. Just a hunch.
For me, it feels utterly unnatural to “celebrate” a death. But for those of us who lived through 9.11 and had close friends who were deeply impacted by the events of that day, this surprising bit of news does hold some semblance of satisfaction. I do not like it when politicians and the like speak of “closure” as there is no “closure” ever from such horrors.
Where were you, and what were you doing, on that May Day in 2011? For the rest of our lives, we’ll remember. That’s for sure.
Anyway … if you are old enough to recall, everyone knows where and what they were doing when they heard about JFK’s assassination. Not me. That tragedy occurred precisely nine months before I was born. Hmmm.
The Space Shuttle disaster is another such event. I was actually a college senior, walking into Donnelly Hall for class, when I heard about that terrible moment in history back in 1986.
9.11 … Geez, I remember that one Tuesday morning as vividly as though it were last Tuesday as opposed to 10 years ago this September.
The bin Laden thing is quite interesting. On pretty much any other “normal” night in my life, I would have been long asleep when the news broke late on Sunday night.
But Sunday was not a “normal” day. In fact, it was a rather lengthy day. It started, as usual, with my morning jog, at around 5 a.m. Then, it was off to Marist to get the van loaded up for a track trip to Yale. Great day in the sun, as we have recounted here.
Upon arriving back to Marist in the late afternoon, though, instead of typing up the results at home on the laptop, it was time to change into my formal wear for the Senior Awards Banquet. By all accounts, this went well, despite the fact that I had to make not one but two speeches.
I departed for home a little after 10 p.m., exhausted but also wired from all the coffee I downed with Vess at the banquet.
Naturally, there was Sunday Night Baseball to listen to on the radio, a bonus in that the Mets were playing the Phillies. Much to Salek’s dismay, the Amazins were actually winning this game, 1-0. Upon arriving home and getting changed and ready for bed, I remembered to check on the Mets’ game – figuring, accurately, that their atrocious bullpen would cough up this tenuous the lead.
By the time I turned on the TV, there was no surprise at all to see the score was tied at 1-1. But, what was that crawl at the bottom of the ESPN screen about BREAKING NEWS and TURN TO ABC NEWS for details?
THAT’S how I found out about the despicable terrorist menace’s very timely demise – checking out a basically meaningless early-season ballgame. The baseball game was forgotten and it was time to watch the President speak and to find out what exactly happened.
Again, had it been a normal Sunday night, I would have dozed off well before the Mets’ bullpen blew the lead (yeah yeah Bambi, I know they eventually won the game in 14 innings), and I would not have heard about this news until the early morning hours.
Where were you when you heard? What were you doing?
If I had to guess, the overwhelming majority of college students were probably on Facebook or studying in the library (or some combination thereof) when word started spreading. Or, knowing the brain surgeons on our men’s distance team, probably playing video games. Just a hunch.
For me, it feels utterly unnatural to “celebrate” a death. But for those of us who lived through 9.11 and had close friends who were deeply impacted by the events of that day, this surprising bit of news does hold some semblance of satisfaction. I do not like it when politicians and the like speak of “closure” as there is no “closure” ever from such horrors.
Where were you, and what were you doing, on that May Day in 2011? For the rest of our lives, we’ll remember. That’s for sure.
Men's splits/comments from Yale
These splits posts, for obvious reasons, tend to be mid and long distance event centric, since those events tend to lend themselves to splits and further analysis. The Yale meet, however, was an opportunity for our entire team to shine and really tune up for MAACs.
And so in this post, we will highlight a lot of the non-distance highlights:
--Mike Clifford’s 400-meter hurdle race was nothing short of remarkable. He nearly broke Matt McClellan’s long-standing school record, just missing by .06! I failed to start my watch for his race; I knew it was fast, but I did not know it was THAT fast until I checked the official results. Nicely done!!!!
--Jesse Aprile quietly had one of the best all-around days we’ve had here in a long time. He started off with a PR long jump of 6.40 meters early in the morning. A little later in the morning, he was part of the 4x100 relay that ran a season-best time and the first sub-44.00 this season. Then, he capped it off with a strong PR in the 200-meter dash that had him asking what the SR is in that event (for those keeping score at home, it’s 22.82 seconds). And oh yeah, he also had a decent triple jump best of 12.28 meters, that did not even show in the official results. Jesse will be equally busy at MAACs this coming weekend. Good stuff!
--Phil Krupka had a strong season-best in the 400-meter dash. I was a bit harsh on Phil after his 4x400 leg at Penn Relays. We know he is capable of better and he showed it at Yale. Phil’s in phenomenal shape and we are hoping for a great finish out of him at MAACs too.
--Chris Vanzetta ran a beautiful 800-meter race, just 2 days after a strong Penn 4x400 split. We are hoping for great relay legs from him at MAACs in the 4x800 and 4x400. Nicely done!!
--The 4x400 relay team ran FASTER than the relay at Penn, this despite everyone doubling back and the fact that three of the four legs were actually penciled in to our B TEAM, which did not even run. Crazy.
--Freshman spear chucker Jake Akey had a great series of throws in the javelin, earning a personal-best and probably topping it afterwards in unmeasured throws because of the minimum marks requirements at Yale. Jake has been dealing with a throwing hand injury, but he has gamely changed his throwing grip and is adapting well.
--Great to have senior Sam McMullen, who is perpetually injured, back and running very very strong. He won his section of the 1500 with a blazing 62-second last lap.
--In the same race, we welcomed back our old pal and long-lost teammate Ryan Fitzsimons. Fitz‘ study abroad period in London ended last week and he is now back on campus, training and racing. There was some obvious rust there, but he ran what amounts to a solid first-meet time. He’ll be back for more Friday at Vassar! Great to have him back!
Men’s results
100-meter dash
15. Mike McCloskey 11.54
17. Darren Bushey 11.63 (season best)
25. Neal Viets 12.31
200-meter dash
19. Jesse Aprile 23.17 (season best)
26. Phil Krupka 23.53 (season best)
32. Darren Bushey 23.81 (season best)
400-meter dash
9. Phil Krupka 51.26 (season best)
18. Dan Conklin 53.18 (season best)
19. Chris Coscio 53.31
21. Andrew James 54.01
800-meter run
8. Chris Vanzetta 1:55.83 (season best)
Opening 400 in 57
18. Matt Panebianco 1:58.60
Opening 400 in 53.86 on Coach Pete’s watch (YIKES!)
27. Kyle Havard 2:00.27
Opening 400 in 58
32. Danny Mendoza 2:01.97 (season best)
Opening 400 in 59
1,500-meter run
17. Sam McMullen 4:05.82 (season best)
65, 2:12 (67), 3:19 (67), 4:05.82 (62.82 last 400m)
25. Ben Windisch 4:09.82
62, 2:06 (64), 3:15 (69), 4:09.82 (72.82 last 400m)
31. Pat Duggan 4:13.91
65, 2:11 (66), 3:21 (70), 4:13.91 (70.91 last 400m)
40. Ryan Fitzsimons 4:25.71
67, 2:19 (72), 3:31 (72), 4:25.71 (76.71 last 400m)
5,000-meter run
2. Billy Posch 15:06.02
70, 2:22 (72), 3:35 (73), 4:48 (73)
6:02 (74), 7:16 (74), 8:28 (72), 9:42 (74)
10:56 (74), 12:11 (75), 13:26 (75), 14:34 (68)
15:06.02 (32.02 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:48, 4:54, 4:52
12. Michael Keegan 15:35.60
73, 2:25 (72), 3:38 (73), 4:51 (73)
6:03 (72), 7:17 (74), 8:32 (75), 9:48 (76)
11:04 (76), 12:22 (78), 13:40 (78), 14:58 (78)
15:35.60 (37.60 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:51, 4:57, 5:00
14. Brian Townsend 15:42.53
73, 2:25 (72), 3:39 (74), 4:52 (73)
6:05 (73), 7:19 (74), 8:34 (75), 9:50 (76)
11:07 (77), 12:25 (78), 13:46 (81), 15:06 (80)
15:42.53 (36.53 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:52, 4:58, 5:16
21. Kevin O’Sullivan 15:55.29 (season best)
72, 2:29 (77), 3:41 (72), 4:57 (76)
6:12 (75), 7:28 (76), 8:45 (77), 10:02 (77)
11:22 (80), 12:40 (78), 13:59 (79), 15:17 (78)
15:55.29 (38.29 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 4:57, 5:05, 5:12
23. Will Schanz 16:05.28 (season best)
73, 2:29 (76), 3:45 (76), 5:03 (78)
6:19 (76), 7:36 (77), 8:55 (79), 10:14 (79)
11:33 (79), 12:53 (80), 14:12 (79), 15:29 (77)
16:05.28 (36.28 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:03, 5:11, 5:15
25. Billy Hild 16:07.81 (season best)
75, 2:30 (75), 3:46 (76), 5:02 (76)
6:20 (78), 7:37 (77), 8:55 (78), 10:14 (79)
11:34 (80), 12:53 (79), 14:12 (79), 15:29 (77)
16:07.81 (38.71 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:02, 5:12, 5:15
27. Ryan Brown 16:12.38
75, 2:31 (76), 3:47 (76), 5:06 (79)
6:23 (77), 7:40 (77), 8:59 (79), 10:19 (80)
11:39 (80), 12:58 (79), 14:18 (80), 15:34 (76)
16:12.38 (38.38 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:06, 5:13, 5:15
34. Isaiah Miller 16:22.56
72, 2:28 (76), 3:45 (77), 5:02 (77)
6:20 (78), 7:37 (77), 9:03 (86), 10:25 (82)
11:47 (82), 13:09 (82), 14:30 (81), 15:48 (78)
16:22.56 (34.56 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:02, 5:23, 5:23
38. Doug Ainscow 16:41.61
77, 2:33 (76), 3:50 (77), 5:10 (80)
6:29 (79), 7:49 (80), 9:10 (81), 10:32 (81)
11:54 (82), 13:16 (82), 14:37 (81), 16:00 (83)
16:41.61 (41.61 last 200m)
1600-meter splits: 5:10, 5:22, 5:28
3,000-meter steeplechase
Note on splits: Yale track runs this event “international style” which is basically a 7-lap race and the water on the outside. MAAC meet is the same next week at Rider. Thus, splits are longer/slower.
4. Chris Reynolds (Flying Jackalope TC) 10:01.67
80, 2:42 (82), 4:08 (86), 5:32 (84), 6:59 (87), 8:26 (87), 9:51 (85), 10:01.67 (10.67)
7. Nick Hughes 10:17.36
78, 2:40 (82), 4:04 (84), 5:30 (86), 6:59 (89), 8:30 (91), 10:03 (93), 10:17.36 (14.36)
400-meter hurdles
8. Mike Clifford 56.39 (season best)
400-meter relay
5. Marist (Darren Bushey, Jesse Aprile, Mike McCloskey, Connor Dodge) 43.98 (season best)
1,600-meter relay
7. Marist (Mike Clifford 53.2, Dan Conklin 52.7, Connor Dodge 51.7, Chris Coscio 52.1) 3:29.74
Long jump
9. Jesse Aprile 6.40 meters (season best)
Triple jump
Jesse Aprile 12.28 meters (season best)
Javelin
8. Jake Akey 41.54 meters (season best)
Women's splits from Yale
Results and relevant splits from women's meet at Yale are below. Big highights:
--Erin O'Reilly's huge 1500 race
--Brooke Kristensen's great jumping day
--Many, many season-best performances.
Also, note additional Mrs. Gould photos above, from 1,500-meter race. THANKS!
Women’s results
100-meter dash
12. Meghann Cocca 13.00 (season best)
14. Amanda Luccarelli 13.12 (season best)
18. Kim Ladouceur 13.63
200-meter dash
13. Amanda Luccarelli 27.32 (season best)
19. Christina Turigiano 28.74
400-meter dash
22. Christina Turigiano 1:06.61
800-meter run
11. Briana Crowe 2:19.86
Opening 400 in 68.4
22. Colleen Meenan 2:25.11 (season best)
Missed opening 400, sorry! Great race though, she won her section!!!
34. Kelley Hanifin 2:28.63 (season best)
Missed opening 400, sorry!
41. Julie Hudak 2:30.32 (season best)
Opening 400 in 73
44. Nicole Weir 2:31.51
Opening 400 in 69
47. Laura Lindsley 2:32.24
Opening 400 in 71
48. Jillian Corley 2:33.06
Opening 400 in 71
1,500-meter run
2. Erin O’Reilly 4:48.72 (season best)
74, 2:32 (78), 3:49 (77), 4:48.72 (77.72 last 400m)
6. Jackie Gamboli 4:53.90
71, 2:28 (77), 3:50 (82), 4:53.90 (84.90 last 400m)
21. Julie Hudak 5:07.12
78, 2:40 (82), 4:04 (84), 5:07.12 (84.12 last 400m)
22. Rebecca Denise 5:08.53
78, 2:40 (82), 4:04 (84), 5:08.53 (85.53 last 400m)
23. Dayna McLaughlin 5:09.55 (season best)
76, 2:39 (83), 4:05 (86), 5:09.55 (86.55 last 400m)
32. Elizabeth O’Brien 5:17.81
80, 2:45 (85), 4:13 (88), 5:17.81 (87.81 last 400m)
42. Rachael Peterson 5:36.76 (season best)
84, 2:56 (92), 4:32 (96), 5:36.76 (88.76 last 400)
3,000-meter run
13. Kelley Gould 11:04.92 (season best)
86, 2:54 (88), 4:22 (87), 5:51 (89), 7:21 (90), 8:54 (93), 10:23 (89), 11:04.92 (41.92)
18. Rachel Bremer 11:14.66 (season best)
87, 2:53 (86), 4:21 (88), 5:51 (90), 7:22 (91), 8:54 (92), 10:26 (92), 11:14.66 (48.66)
25. Rachel Lichtenwalner 11:34.76 (season best)
89, 2:58 (89), 4:31 (93), 6:05 (94), 6:40 (95), 9:15 (95), 10:49 (94), 11:34.76 (45.76)
3,000-meter steeplechase
Note on splits: Yale track runs this event “international style” which is basically a 7-lap race and the water on the outside. MAAC meet is the same next week at Rider. Thus, splits are longer/slower.
5. Jillian Corley 11:59.49 (season best)
93, 3:12 (99), 4:51 (99), 6:32 (101), 8:15 (104), 10:00 (105), 11:46 (106), 11:59.49 (13.49)
7. Colleen Smith 12:14.07
94, 3:16 (102), 4:59 (103), 6:44 (105), 8:31 (107), 10:17 (106), 12:01 (104), 12:14.07 (13.07)
1,600-meter relay
5. Marist (Briana Crowe 62.7, Colleen Meenan 62.9, Nicole Weir 64.6, Jackie Gamboli 63.0) 4:13.43
Long jump
10. Brooke Kristensen 5.03 meters (season best)
13. Kristen Vogel 4.75 meters (season best)
16. Shannon Vogel 4.32 meters
Triple jump
7. Brooke Kristensen 10.55 meters
11. Kristen Vogel 9.79 meters
12. Shannon Vogel 9.49 meters
Monday, May 2, 2011
Yale meet results
Thanks to Kathy Gould (Kelley's mom) for above photos from women's 3k and men's 5k start. Results are below, some good performances on a beautiful day.
Splits and other comments to follow when I can ...
Yale Springtime Invitational
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Women’s results
100-meter dash
12. Meghann Cocca 13.00 (season best)
14. Amanda Luccarelli 13.12 (season best)
18. Kim Ladouceur 13.63
200-meter dash
13. Amanda Luccarelli 27.32 (season best)
19. Christina Turigiano 28.74
400-meter dash
22. Christina Turigiano 1:06.61
800-meter run
11. Briana Crowe 2:19.86
22. Colleen Meenan 2:25.11 (season best)
34. Kelley Hanifin 2:28.63 (season best)
41. Julie Hudak 2:30.32 (season best)
44. Nicole Weir 2:31.51
47. Laura Lindsley 2:32.24
48. Jillian Corley 2:33.06
1,500-meter run
2. Erin O’Reilly 4:48.72 (season best)
6. Jackie Gamboli 4:53.90
21. Julie Hudak 5:07.12
22. Rebecca Denise 5:08.53
23. Dayna McLaughlin 5:09.55 (season best)
32. Elizabeth O’Brien 5:17.81
42. Rachael Peterson 5:36.76 (season best)
3,000-meter run
13. Kelley Gould 11:04.92 (season best)
18. Rachel Bremer 11:14.66 (season best)
25. Rachel Lichtenwalner 11:34.76 (season best)
3,000-meter steeplechase
5. Jillian Corley 11:59.49 (season best)
7. Colleen Smith 12:14.07
1,600-meter relay
5. Marist 4:13.43
Long jump
10. Brooke Kristensen 5.03 meters (season best)
13. Kristen Vogel 4.75 meters (season best)
16. Shannon Vogel 4.32 meters
Triple jump
7. Brooke Kristensen 10.55 meters
11. Kristen Vogel 9.79 meters
12. Shannon Vogel 9.49 meters
Men’s results
100-meter dash
15. Mike McCloskey 11.54
17. Darren Bushey 11.63 (season best)
25. Neal Viets 12.31
200-meter dash
19. Jesse Aprile 23.17 (season best)
26. Phil Krupka 23.53 (season best)
32. Darren Bushey 23.81 (season best)
400-meter dash
9. Phil Krupka 51.26 (season best)
18. Dan Conklin 53.18 (season best)
19. Chris Coscio 53.31
21. Andrew James 54.01
800-meter run
8. Chris Vanzetta 1:55.83 (season best)
18. Matt Panebianco 1:58.60
27. Kyle Havard 2:00.27
32. Danny Mendoza 2:01.97 (season best)
1,500-meter run
17. Sam McMullen 4:05.82 (season best)
25. Ben Windisch 4:09.82
31. Pat Duggan 4:13.91
40. Ryan Fitzsimons 4:25.71
5,000-meter run
2. Billy Posch 15:06.02
12. Michael Keegan 15:35.60
14. Brian Townsend 15:42.53
21. Kevin O’Sullivan 15:55.29 (season best)
23. Will Schanz 16:05.28 (season best)
25. Billy Hild 16:07.81 (season best)
27. Ryan Brown 16:12.38
34. Isaiah Miller 16:22.56
38. Doug Ainscow 16:41.61
3,000-meter steeplechase
7. Nick Hughes 10:17.36
400-meter hurdles
8. Mike Clifford 56.39 (season best)
400-meter relay
5. Marist (Darren Bushey, Jesse Aprile, Mike McCloskey, Connor Dodge) 43.98 (season best)
1,600-meter relay
7. Marist 3:29.74
Long jump
9. Jesse Aprile 6.40 meters (season best)
Javelin
8. Jake Akey 41.54 meters (season best)
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