Studs and Duds

So this is what I have come up with, I'm sure there are plenty of names I'm missing but these are just some thoughts.

Stud to Dud
Mike Mahoney- 15:43 5k as a sophomore at Lehigh, finishing as the top freshman at the District One Championships, and only behind Miles out of sophomores. Mahoney also dropped some solid track times early in career but kind of fizzled out by his senior year, esepcially on the cross country course where he never got a states medal.

Alex Coburn- In the 16:20s as a freshman, and a top runner in the state, Coburn has come back over the last two years and not quite improved into a top ranked cross country runner in the state as he was projected to be early on. Coburn has had some improved performances on the track and hopefully will bounce back this year with a big track season as part of Cumberland Valley's relay squad.

Bobby Bishop- Bishop started off breaking out his sophomore year as a great runner who could boast 1:56 and 4:17 PRs after he anchored Baldwin to the fastest DMR they ever ran in recent years (even faster than TJ Hobarts crew). Bishop was also a sophomore medalist at XC states. After just missing medal contention as a Junior, its been all downhill for Bishop.

Vince McNally- McNally was a big time national contender after his Junior year 4:07 and state championship, but McNally had a few crippling moments at the state championships. He was a surprising 18th at XC states, followed by being caught in a kickers race at indoor and otudoor states, both of which he finished a disappointing 4th. He didn't match his mile PR and never even ran under 1:55 which he split early in his freshman days on their state champion 4x8.

Dud to Stud

Glen Burkhardt- Burkhardt sat with just a 17 minute 5k PR as a sophomore, but he rolled onto the scene his Junior year with a state medal and a surprising District One championship and 9:16 PR. Then after an injury that caused Glen to miss two seasons and become another non factor on the PA scene, he dominated the outdoor 3200m scene with convincing wins at Districts and States.

Zach Hebda- Everyone was all up on super youngsters Joe Kush and Juris Silenieks who were dropping excellent freshman and sophomore times, but after a surprising 9:17 from Hebda at outdoor states his Junior year, Hebda took over and became the leader of the big 3, unbeaten by his teammates all XC season and running his way to the Gatorade state XC runner of the year, and just missed an outdoor state title in the 3200m because of the guy above him.

Alex Galli- After finishing 100th at the D3 Championships as a Sophomore, Galli became a major factor his Junior and Senior year, become a legitamate state medalist contender in XC and also anchoring Cedar Crest to a shocking 4x8 end of season run with a group of 4 dud to stud kind of guys.

Ben Scheetz- Ran a 51.59 in the 400m Dash at indoor states his Senior year. Then dropped a 1:55 and then 1:53 at the end of outdoors. In college, Scheetz ran a fantastic 1:48.08 indoors in the 800m which is a D3 record and he has earned many All American honors at Amherst.

Vince Perozze- During his sophomore year, Perozze was a non factor, running 4:30s at indoor states and not even qualifying for XC states, but the next year Perozze was a medalist indoors in the mile, took 9th at XC states, and then was second at outdoor states with a near miss for the 1600m state title.

Ben Furcht- Furcht was a nobody on the scene as a sophomore and had a modest Junior year that included a 15:53 and an 8:55 before blasting a 4th place finish at both states and districts outdoors his junior year and following it up with an XC season and track season that was arguably the best of any distance runner in the state (although he missed out on a state championship by just a few seconds in 4 races, and missed out on a Penn Relays title as well just slightly).