IC4A Championships: Day 1 results

Strong first day at the IC4As for the men, highlighted by a fantastic finish to one of the greatest distance running careers in school history: Dietrich Mosel getting third place (six points!) in the 10,000-meter run in a 21-second PR. Deet is the third fastest 10km runner in school history, trailing only school record holder Will Griffin and indoor 5km/VCP record holder Girma Segni – further cementing his status as one of the all-time greats in Marist Running history. Dietrich went for broke early on, as you can see in his splits. He settled in midrace to a more reasonable pace, and finished with a tremendous final lap, which catapulted him into third place in the race, which was held in a downpour for the last 5km. So happy for Deet and so proud of Deet. Nicely done!

In the same race, junior Mike Kennedy had a strong effort start to finish and earned a nearly 20-second PR and broke 31:00 for the first time (note: photo above has the wrong time listed on the scoreboard; maybe next year!). Kennedy has had a challenging junior year in terms of injury, but he has found a way to step up in a big way on the biggest of stages – the sign of a truly tough runner and a team leader on and off the track. Graduate student Spencer Johnson finished out his long and distinguished career with a solid effort (a second-half cramp hampered him); Spencer enjoyed support from his graduating senior classmates from last year, who convened in Princeton to see off his old friend with love and affection. Sophomore Chris Rivas struggled but fought hard in the 10km, ending a strong sophomore year of distance running. Earlier in the day, junior Drew Burns went out crazy hard and hung on for a very impressive third-place finish in his heat of the 800-meter run. The men’s season concludes on Sunday afternoon (forecast = rainy and miserable, a fitting ending to this weather-challenged spring season) in the 4x800 relay.

IC4A Championships

Princeton University

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Men’s results and splits

800-meter run

29. Drew Burns 1:53.88 (54.28, 59.61)

10,000-meter run

3. Dietrich Mosel 30:23.19 *IC4A All-East

71, 2:22 (71), 3:33 (71), 4:44 (71)

5:55 (71), 7:06 (71), 8:19 (73), 9:30 (71)

10:42 (72), 11:55 (73), 13:08 (73), 14:22 (74)

15:35 (73), 16:49 (75), 18:03 (74), 19:18 (75)

20:33 (75), 21:48 (75), 23:04 (76), 24:20 (76)

25:35 (75), 26:30 (75), 28:05 (75), 29:18 (73)

30:23.19 (65.19)

1600m splits: 4:44, 4:46, 4:52, 4:56, 4:56, 4:58

10. Michael Kennedy 30:59.01

74, 2:27 (73), 3:40 (73), 4:55 (75)

6:09 (74), 7:23 (74), 8:37 (74), 9:50 (73)

11:06 (76), 12:20 (74), 13:34 (74), 14:49 (75)

16:04 (75), 17:18 (74), 18:34 (76), 19:48 (74)

21:02 (74), 22:16 (74), 23:32 (76), 24:47 (75)

26:03 (76), 27:19 (76), 28:33 (74), 29:48 (75)

30:59.01 (71.01)

1600m splits: 4:55, 4:55, 4:59, 4:59, 4:59, 5:01

15. Spencer Johnson 31:25.19

73, 2:26 (73), 3:39 (73), 4:54 (74)

6:08 (74), 7:22 (74), 8:37 (75), 9:50 (73)

11:06 (76), 12:20 (74), 13:34 (74), 14:49 (75)

15:03 (74), 17:18 (75), 18:34 (76), 19:50 (76)

21:06 (76), 22:12 (76), 23:39 (77), 24:57 (78)

26:15 (78), 27:32 (77), 28:52 (80), 30:10 (78)

31:25.19 (75.19)

1600m splits: 4:54, 4:56, 4:59, 5:01, 5:07, 5:13

20. Chris Rivas 31:52.25

74, 2:27 (73), 3:41 (74), 4:56 (75)

6:10 (74), 7:24 (74), 8:39 (75), 9:52 (73)

11:08 (76), 12:23 (75), 13:37 (74), 14:54 (77)