Well there was a lot that went down, a #2 AT 200m out in Arkansas 20.99 and Ed Cheserek running 8:43.17 in the 2 Mile all by himself out front in an all high school race. But these two guys don't run for PA! So let's highlight some weekend action.
Let's start in Division 1. Nice 800 for Joe Logue, the sophomore who got some nice hype a year ago as part of that 7:51ish relay a year ago, and he has helped Pennridge to a very nice relay time this year indoors, around 8:15. Solid run for Kyle Franics, maybe some potential for a 4x8 in Bensalem? We will see what Rivera gets up to in the coming weeks.
Nice to see Sam Hibbs look like his is coming back, very nice mile race with a state qualifying time. He could probably run a pretty solid 3k right now. Maybe around state qualifying time, which not many people can say.
Ferruzzi in the 3k ran pretty solid, 9:09, winning by 21 seconds over the rest of the field. There are a lot of guys who in the upcoming weeks will give a solid chase to the state standard.
How about CB West in the DMR? They ran a 10:57 (not very far away from those Great Valley kids who I talk about all the time) without Chris Berry who was their best guy in XC and a solid 3k/miler and while simultaneously running an 8:35 4x8. Maybe some potential for another good relay for CB West with somebody like Nico Metzler helping lead the relay.
On to Division 2.
Strath Haven's Jack Huemmler continues to roll, solid win in the 800, nothing really fast, but solid for a flat track and spikes. Based on that mile at the Armory and the 4x8 Strath Haven ran this kinda race is no surprise.
Magaha a nice win, but nothing really impressive about that kind of time, especially considering he probably had competition. Very nice race from Unionville's Yannocane who is heading to states for the second straight track season. Magaha may have played with his food before he ate it, but I just think Magaha has a tough tim edropping too fast of a solo mile effort. Like most runners he needs competition to reach his full potential and I think Ned has seen that competition and Drew has not quite yet.
I just want to throw this out there, I didn't really see any results that showed me how Penncrest ran an 8:02 at this meet, so I am excited to see what develops in the upcoming weeks, because that 8:02 is very fast and the potential is great.
As for the anticipated DMR, Holy Ghost Prep pulled out the big 3 second win over one of the preseason favorites for the DMR title Great Valley. Not sure exactly what happened, but neither team ran very fast at all. HG Prep has a 10:33 to their name and Great Valley has some solid legs from a great XC team and a 4:15 miler on the anchor. Neither team was even under 10:50? Surprising. I would be interested to know splits and how this race played out, but overall a pretty disappointing sign for these two relays, and a great sign for teams like LaSalle, North Penn and Strath Haven assuming they are all thinking DMR at states.
-train
I'm pretty sure Ned didn't anchor that DMR, he may have run the 400 or something.
ReplyDeleteThe PCL boys results aren't up yet but I was there and O'hara guys looked good in the mile and Lasalle looked good in the 800 with. Im not sure what their times were but I think 2 lasalle guys were under 2 flat.
ReplyDeleteYeah I was there for that HGP/GV DMR race. Ned didn't run the mile. He was put in 4. I think Wolfe ran the mile. Not sure what his split was. I believe RunDMc was in the 8. I didn't catch the 12 but I would image it was Ned's little brother Matt in there.
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