Some More Races

So good news. I watched the PA action friday night at the armory and it was awesome.

Pennwood very fast 4x4 with Futch looking like himself killer last 50m especially it was amazing. My worries are healed. Awesome relay for Penn Wood, definitely can get the state record but with guys doubling at states it's still a question mark. Pennwood is a serious state title contender as a team so I doubt they hit anything faster than 3:19 at states. Strath Haven is probably the favorite for the team title right now between their distance crew and their sprint crew and Williams ansd Zaza.

Ned Willig just misses Robby Andrews USR, coming through in 1:52.9 and only missing it in part because of Zavon Watkins's cheap racing tactics throughout. But wait. Watkins cut in too early and the crew was DQd. BUT this means Ned is on Robby Andrews esque pace, meaning that he and Zavon may push each other to the USR indoors for 800, or at least a sub 1:50 effort. Mark it down, if they chose to run the 8 at New Balance they will definitely both have top 5 all time efforts.

I'm going bold with some of these predictions but hey.

Penncrest 7:55! Dang. That's pretty awesome. This is the first time they have been legitimate state title contenders. Year in and year out they are medalist contenders, maybe a top 5 squad, but now they look great. If they keep their legs fresh I think they can beat anyone. With a doubling squad a fresh LaSalle or Strath Haven eh maybe they have an outside chance. Penncrest has kind of not quite lived up to my expectations before at states so I would not be surprised if they didn't run 7:55 again, but they are way ahead of the field right now it looks like.

Haneef 1:19 in the 600m. Never gets a lot of credit on here from me, but the guy could definitely win states in the 8. 1:19 is very fast, that's gotta be around a top 5 time in state history at least and it indicates that he can run very fast, very soon. We will see if he puts it together for a full 800, but I hoping if he goes out hard at states and runs with somebody like Ned he can dip into the mid 1:53s.