I hope I'm not jumping the gun for this weekend's rankings, but I think I've seen all the big meet results that I'm going to see. So I'm going to drop down the rankings for this week. With LaSalle racing and Coyle not, he is coming off the list. It's gotta happen, sorry boys. NA looked pretty sick, they didn't have either of their two stud sophomores from last week, only McGoey raced from that group. O'Hara showed up in a big way, they were supposed to win in my opinion, but it was a big win. The Rimkis DQ changes things slightly admittedly, but it was a pretty big win. I'd love to see what NA can do at a race like Carlisle. I want to see if they are in the same league as Henderson/O'Hara. The team rankings will reflect my thoughts on that.
On to the individuals, obviously the Coyle thing will be the big move, but some nice bounce back races for some of the big names this weekend, and of course Tony Russell looks very good in the opener. But don't overlook the work of guys like Austin Pondel and Vinny Todaro (both AA boys this year) they are both looking very good. One more plug for the stock exchange. Once I post up these rankings you can make purchases and sales on the individuals on the rankings. Still plenty of time to get in on the exchange if you'd like. Should be a fun time.
1. Brendan Shearn
2. Rico Galassi
3. Austin Pondel
4. Brent Kennedy
5. Tony Russell
6. Connor Harriman
7. Vinny Todaro
8. Sam Williams
9. Dominic Deluca
10. Ethan Martin
11. Dan Jaskowak
12. Conner Quinn
13. Ryan Smathers
14. Jeff Groh
15. Ross Wilson
16. Dan Savage
17. Ean DiSilvio
18. Ernie Pitone
19. Curt Jewett
20. Luke Jones
21. Kevin James
22. Jack Macauley
23. Ryan Archer
24. Cole Nissley
25. Aaron Valerosa
26. Mac Emery
27. Francis Ferruzzi
28. Lyle Wistar
29. Alec Kunzweiler
30. Reiny Barchet
31. Chris Pastore
32. Jack Huemmler
33. Hunter Johnston
34. Ryan McGuire
35. Bobby Rimkis
36. Alec Brand
37. Josh Zemet
38. Caleb Wakeley
39. Brian Shields
40. Ryan Hertzog
41. Ken Leidal
42. Sam Webb
43. Jon Colwell
44. Sami Aziz
45. Adam Bodine
46. Will Cather
47. Shawn Wolfe
48. Nate Hamilton
49. Jim Belfatto
50. Zach Brehm
Did you look at the results from the Cherokee Challenge? Dwest came up big. http://nj.milesplit.com/meets/119526/results/212225
ReplyDeleteDWest got 2nd in a very competitive meet. Leidal 9:44
DeleteLiedal 9:45, Steadman 10:06, Mucha 10:12, Markle 10:20, Jaffe 10:34
DeleteKevin James beat Savage and Pitone, why is he lower than both of them and just above Macauley who be beat? Russell/Shearn ran the exact same time on the same course, but they're five places away? Wilson beat Conner Quinn's time, why is he below? Ferruzzi beat Emery and Emery's in front? Just wondering. Half for the sake of the exchange and half for the sake of me knowing.
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It's one race, James obviously had a good race but in my opinion he is no savage, he looked to just have an off day. Russell could be the same exact situation with Shearn, one good race doesn't exactly translate to a runner of Shearn's caliber. Lastly Quinn ran that race totally on his own so thats why his time ma have been slow.
Deletelook if i wanted to put people in order of how well they ran one race over the weekend, yeah i could do that ... but so could all of you ... my rankings are opinion based and at the end of the day that's a variable you can't control for. Ferruzzi just opened, Emery beat Wilson in a sub 16 time last weekend ... Shearn is defending state champ in 2 events, Russell doesn't have an individual medal ... James still has to prove more to me to be ahead of the guy who was 4th at states last year
DeleteIt wouldn't surprise me at all to see Russell top that list at year end. Unfortunately Henderson usually lays pretty low until districts so it will be tough to gauge progress.
ReplyDeleteIt is one race, but these are rankings as of now, not who is better overall or will be better. As of right now, by the stats that we have, James is better. Also, the other runners that I stated beat people higher ranked than them, which also is odd.
ReplyDeleteQuinn was alone, but even if he was with someone pushing him, he wouldn't have been near 15:40. Maybe 16 flat. Quinn is definitely a late-season racer.
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Think of it like this, if I was picking someone to win a race tomorrow then this is the order in which I would pick them for my team
DeleteOhhhh okay. That makes sense
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ReplyDeleteIs NA going to foundation because their listed?
ReplyDeleteHenderson and NA will face off at Carlisle!
ReplyDeleteI believe NA is racing at Foundation.
ReplyDeleteSo o'hara vs NA?
ReplyDeleteTeams with State title aspirations should be running Foundation. It's a huge opportunity to gain experience racing the unique Hershey course
ReplyDeleteThe AAA boy's team State Champion has never run the Foundation Race.
ReplyDeleteThey should have, they would have won bigger instead of having it go down to the 6th man.
ReplyDeleteI guess it doesn't hurt but as one alluded to above none of the AAA boys state champ has ran Foundation. I think having a sound strategy/course management is one key. Case in point, just this past weekend Brendan Shearn who never ran the Briarwood course still ran on the fastest times in that course.
ReplyDeletenorris is back
ReplyDeleteYuuuuuuup.
DeleteI see that Kiski is going to Carlisle, is this going to be a Russell vs. Kennedy race????? What other big names are going to be there?
ReplyDeleteFerruzzi definitely, Pennsbury definitely,shearn and La Salle have gone in years past
DeleteDon Bosco Prep (NJ) and St. Anthony's (NY) will both be at Carlisle. Both had 11 runners under 17min last year. Michael Wegner (UNAT-MD), 3rd at PTXC4, is racing. Lower Dauphin generally attends so Groh and Nissley. Brehm, Klink, Padgett, Reilly(Dallastown), Kazanjian brothers are all likely to be medalists.
DeleteShearn has declared for Paul Short, LaSalle is unknown.
Pondel ran a 15:45 on a pretty flat course, in no way does Brent and Tony deserve to be behind him from how they've performed. Brent with a 15:27, also on a fast course is a big difference, and Russell with a 15:41.4 on a course much harder is a very big difference also. I don't quite think Austin could hang with Shearn and run a time only 3 seconds slower than Dustin wilson on a hilly course (note, only 4 seconds slower than jim rosa also). Plus, Russell ran a 15:43 on a flat course as a sophomore. I understand that it's your opinion and view and I'm not trying to challenge it, but I wanted to share my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteTo me, Pondel has been more impressive. He crushed Smathers and DiSilvio that first race and those guys have both gone on to look pretty impressive since. Also Pondel ran virtually the same time as Jaskowak with none of the competition. He crushed at Boardman. To me that is impressive because there is so much upside there when he gets in a race with good competition.
DeleteYeah I understand where you're coming from, on the Russell side especially. He only has one race to show for himself but i'm sure he'll make it to the top 2 on that list sometime this season after he kills it at a couple more meets.
DeletePondel also ran a 15:37 the opening weekend on a relatively challenging McDowell Invitational course. In both of those races he really wasn't pushed to the end - could have gone faster? Whether or not he can hang with Shearn will remain to be seen later in the season. For now, he is definitely a top 5 runner.
ReplyDeleteThat is true, he won by 20+ secs at Mcdowell and 39 secs at Boardman. It's a shame he hasn't raced some good kids yet..
DeleteSpeaking of Briarwood, the famous photographer c-stone over on penntrack has tons of pics of the invitational. now if only I would stop making such agonizing faces when I run. here's the link
ReplyDeletehttp://www.stone-photo.com/f233712246
How about a girls top 50 and team rankings?
ReplyDeletesafe to say that Jaskowak, DiSilvio and James will be moving up a bit in the rankings. I wanted to see if james could duplicate what he did last week and I now believe he could be a legitimate contender.
ReplyDeletewheres max norris??
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