Indoor Season

Here's the thing to remember folks, things aren't going to be fast right away. I mean the SQS is only around 2 flat for the 800 so you can't expect too many guys in December to straight kill it. It's about winning races and beating people at this point.

Looking over the states times its interesting to see where times have been sped up and where things are slow. For starters, making the 3k at states is tough man. 9 flat on a flat track is crazy fast, I know 9:30s for 32 doesn't seem that fast, but you have understand most years at the state championships on a bank track its hard to find 8 guys who are way under 9. The DMR time I think has been made a little easier, 4x8 is about the same. But please PTFCA, don't have these strict standards and then change your standards halfway through the season and let teams in that haven't hit the time. It's not really fair.

Now I'm not trying to say that the first races are going to be boring, but let me just make some things clear. Gilmore opening meet of the season only ran 50.4. The winning 800 and Mile times were in the 4:40s and 2:03 range in the D1 TFCAofGP meet.

But to be fair guys in these races ended up being fast later on. Kodi Burns ran 2:13 first meet, 1:56 by the end of spring. Brad Rivera ran 2:06, by the end of indoors 1:58, by the end of outdoors 1:53. Austin Gregor, eventual 4 teens miler ran just 9:20 in the 3k. And of course Hong Cho ran 2:03 and finished 4th in his race. He went on to do some big things btw (1:50, state champ).

Drew Magaha lost to Nick Libbi in the mile 4:34-4:35.

So don't go too bold with big predictions time wise. But the winners will probably be big names. Maybe names on the rise.

MacCauley, Trimble, Gonzaga, Gilmore, CB West, Boyertown, Okezie, Timmins, Libbi, Wilson, Strath Haven and Great Valley

don't make too much out of a performance in the first meet.