Another Week of Action

So we didn't have the highlight reel Fireworks from Magaha and Willig Last Friday Night that would have made my Teenage Dream come true, but these guys had to end their seemingly Extraterrestrial streak eventually right?

Yes I do like Katy Perry.

The big individual names from the first weeks of the season Willig, Magaha, Brooks, MacCauley, Trimble, Kelly, and Harriman were all absent from the individual results this time around (with the exception of Brett Kelly, we will get to that).

Magaha I'm pretty sure was on that fast Upper Moreland 4x4. Probably ran like a 49 split on a Lehigh flat track which is worth 48s on a bank track. No big deal. I'm betting Willig didn't show up to the meet at all and Brooks ran on the DMR? Not anything super fast from that Wiss DMR, but maybe Brooks split fast? Who knows?

I'll tell you Strath Haven probably split pretty fast. Another solid sub 11 performance. Yeah, I'm sure they'd like to be down around states time, yeah this is the second straight week they are running it hot which is interesting, but I like this team. Strath Haven has never really opted for the DMR on the big stage at Indoor States, even when they had guys like Speare and Fink they usually ended up in the 4x8 finals. But this year to be consistently sub 11 this early in the season shows signs that this team can run around 1)10:30 at the end of the season. I don't think that's fast enough to beat Great Valley or a fresh North Penn (we will get to those guys shortly) but its a very nice time that will usually land you all state.

Potential for a pretty good DMR over in HGPrep land. Nice races by Horgan and Israel. Israel was my big sleeper at Districts, I bailed on him for states (as Brendan Shearn told me I should not have) and he proved to be pretty good there. He has potential for a nice 3k/mile kinda season. And heck 1:58.8 this early is pretty quick. It's a shame Magaha and Willig make it look like it sucks.

O'Hara three straight 3k wins. Neither of them named Billotta or Savage. If Pitone can run 9:07, I'd be surprised if Savage couldn't run 9:01 right now in the right race. I think O'Hara is showing why they were the best XC team in PA right now with a nice hot start. They will keep snagging golds as long as Dustin Wilson stays home.

Nice quarter by Haneef Hardy. If he hops on a banked track for an 800 I would be surprised if he is not at least 1:56.

On the D1 side, nice job by LaSalle and North Penn. LaSalle made it look easy. Coyle went out pretty slow and still dusted the field. Stone ran well on the anchor, pretty even splits from everybody on the squad, which had a pretty big lead from 2 laps in.

Trimble probably a little too comfortable at that 3:20 pace, probably had some room to drop, but hey he was by himself and he still ran solid. MacCauley without much competition besides the people he was lapping ran a pretty solid anchor leg. These guys have speed and they are a great 12-16 combination. Kind of reminds me of the CB South DMR from a year ago with developing middle legs and too very good end legs. Waddington was the best pure 1200 runner that I have seen in a while. He knew how to run that race very well.

Brett Kelly does it again, pretty solid even splits. Ferruzzi hung with him for about a k in 2:48ish but then Kelly broke away and Ferruzzi's spirit broke. Ferruzzi has the potential to run a little faster there. He ran about a 78 last 440. As for Kelly the 4:31 wasn't all that impressive but I think he is looking past this race towards Burdette. I would be if I were him. Imagine the possibility of getting to see Magaha or Willig rather than 4 guys who didn't break 4:40. No offense meant of course.

Nice race by a couple newbies to the top of the scene. Metzler, Wiseman, Felt and Logue. Metzler and Logue I've heard the names thrown around, I knew they were good, the other two were impressively fast. A bunch of guys who this time last year were nobodys and now all look like they will clinch a states spot before 2012.

Hopefully some good stuff goes down at Burdette. I'm pumped.