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Post by rgs318 on Feb 19, 2024 15:25:01 GMT -5
They run a mile on 400 meter tracks just by changing the finish line or starting line. I have never seen an 800 meter track at a school in all my years as a coach and/or official.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Feb 19, 2024 15:36:05 GMT -5
It's no longer run in high school or college, it's all 1600. But the mile and two mile are still run occasionally at pro and invitational meets on a metric track. The best known is the Wanamaker Mile, which is run indoors at the Millrose games on a 200 meter track. It was last weekend and I watched it on TV. The women's mile was won by Elle St. Pierre in 4.16.41 and the men's by Yared Naguse in 3.47.83 Thanks. Those are amazing times. I ran the 880 mostly. I suppose 440 yard long tracks didn't need to be torn up, just change the starting and/or ending points for 800, 1600 meter, etc. races? I don't know how old you are but many states have Masters track and field events. I'm thinking of participating in this year's CT Master's games. |
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 19, 2024 20:33:24 GMT -5
Thanks. Those are amazing times. I ran the 880 mostly. I suppose 440 yard long tracks didn't need to be torn up, just change the starting and/or ending points for 800, 1600 meter, etc. races? I don't know how old you are but many states have Masters track and field events. I'm thinking of participating in this year's CT Master's games. I'm waiting on warmer weather to begin taking longer walks. It's rewarding to build up endurance again after the winter just doing that. I ran a few road races as a young adult but kept getting injured so have been a walker since. Good luck in the Masters games. |
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 20, 2024 11:11:07 GMT -5
Is this the same Vinny DePalma that ended our hopes vs BC this year? If it is, thats a heck of a jump to the NFL coaching ranks even as a defensive assistant.
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Post by drjack on Feb 20, 2024 11:14:42 GMT -5
Looks like it is.
Huge jump going from playing to an immediate NFL assistant position
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Post by hc69 on Feb 20, 2024 13:04:04 GMT -5
A quality control coach is an entry level position, akin to an internship. They are assistants to the assistant coaches, doing grunt work. Long hours, low pay. But like any internship it gets a foot in the door and several NFL head coaches got their start that way. He may have gotten the position with the assistance of Bob Bicknell, former BC player and son of Jack Bicknell.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Feb 20, 2024 14:47:30 GMT -5
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Post by Ignutz on Feb 20, 2024 16:50:24 GMT -5
So there are no more mile runs? My record is safe, no one will ever be recorded running slower.🙂 I wonder if Holy Cross had the last 220 track on a D-1 college campus? Baseball fields and golf courses and cross country routes are still left where quirky dimensions and angles can still create interest. Kinda like Art Dulong ‘70, who holds the Boston Garden record for the fastest mile. Never to be broken! |
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Post by timholycross on Feb 20, 2024 17:05:48 GMT -5
Wrong year (it was 82), but the tangerine comment is otherwise quite accurate. BCs first bowl game since the 1942 Orange Bowl. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Tangerine_BowlI think the bowl game was my first look at Bo Jackson. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 20, 2024 18:45:59 GMT -5
I remember the HC band forming an”empty
Sugar bowl” during a halftime performance to call attention to bc’s bowl chances
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 20, 2024 19:36:43 GMT -5
One of the BC games at Alumni Stadium in that era was on ABC. D-1AA was new and HC had a great record entering the game. I remember an HC fan with an ABC sign to catch the cameras,
Ain't we
Bowl
Contenders, too?
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Post by hc87 on Feb 21, 2024 12:44:01 GMT -5
One of the BC games at Alumni Stadium in that era was on ABC. D-1AA was new and HC had a great record entering the game. I remember an HC fan with an ABC sign to catch the cameras, Ain't we Bowl Contenders, too? I think that was '83 in Foxboro....I'm pretty sure the'82 Harvard game at Fitton was on ABC....which was another one of those frustrating losses to the Johnnies. |
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Post by timholycross on Feb 21, 2024 23:11:45 GMT -5
Harvard in 82 knocked HC out of the playoffs; it was only an 8 or 12-team field at the time. That and losing a heartbreaker to Colgate which was supposed to be on TV but was preempted by a MLB playoff game because the baseball game had a long rain delay.
And they indirectly ruined '83 as well. 10-10 tie which wasn't particularly damaging; but Gill Fenerty hurt his shoulder in the first quarter and pretty much was done for the season.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 21, 2024 23:38:36 GMT -5
Harvard in 82 knocked HC out of the playoffs; it was only an 8 or 12-team field at the time. That and losing a heartbreaker to Colgate which was supposed to be on TV but was preempted by a MLB playoff game because the baseball game had a long rain delay. And they indirectly ruined '83 as well. 10-10 tie which wasn't particularly damaging; but Gill Fenerty hurt his shoulder in the first quarter and pretty much was done for the season. The Johnnies ruined this past season also. Sluka, Coker, Dobbs and Chesney all get a chance to rep Holy Cross in one last post season if Harvard doesn't beat us at Polar. But we should drop the Ivies because they are too weak. |
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Post by alum on Feb 22, 2024 6:32:49 GMT -5
They run a mile on 400 meter tracks just by changing the finish line or starting line. I have never seen an 800 meter track at a school in all my years as a coach and/or official. Interestingly, the NCAA runs the mile as opposed to the 1500 at the indoor national championships. The PL has followed suit. HC soph Liam Lyons is ranked 9th in the conference going into the meet with a 4:07. |
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Post by gks on Feb 22, 2024 7:17:32 GMT -5
Harvard in 82 knocked HC out of the playoffs; it was only an 8 or 12-team field at the time. That and losing a heartbreaker to Colgate which was supposed to be on TV but was preempted by a MLB playoff game because the baseball game had a long rain delay. And they indirectly ruined '83 as well. 10-10 tie which wasn't particularly damaging; but Gill Fenerty hurt his shoulder in the first quarter and pretty much was done for the season. The Johnnies ruined this past season also. Sluka, Coker, Dobbs and Chesney all get a chance to rep Holy Cross in one last post season if Harvard doesn't beat us at Polar. But we should drop the Ivies because they are too weak. No one has ever said they are weak. Quite the opposite. HYP could compete at the FBS level very easily. They have more equivalencies than Alabama and Michigan. You want to compete nationally....you have to schedule smartly. You want to compete for the fur coat and 50s MG title....play every Ivy you can. |
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Post by hcpride on Feb 22, 2024 7:50:44 GMT -5
They run a mile on 400 meter tracks just by changing the finish line or starting line. I have never seen an 800 meter track at a school in all my years as a coach and/or official. Interestingly, the NCAA runs the mile as opposed to the 1500 at the indoor national championships. The PL has followed suit. HC soph Liam Lyons is ranked 9th in the conference going into the meet with a 4:07. Slightly off the topic but I’d like to see a sub-4:00 in our record books. |
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Post by hcpride on Feb 22, 2024 7:54:54 GMT -5
Harvard in 82 knocked HC out of the playoffs; it was only an 8 or 12-team field at the time. That and losing a heartbreaker to Colgate which was supposed to be on TV but was preempted by a MLB playoff game because the baseball game had a long rain delay. And they indirectly ruined '83 as well. 10-10 tie which wasn't particularly damaging; but Gill Fenerty hurt his shoulder in the first quarter and pretty much was done for the season. The Johnnies ruined this past season also. Sluka, Coker, Dobbs and Chesney all get a chance to rep Holy Cross in one last post season if Harvard doesn't beat us at Polar. But we should drop the Ivies because they are too weak. I thought our loss to Laffy ultimately killed our chances (at large and auto-bid) to make the post-season. Beyond that, beating the better CAA teams is a wise route to national rankings. |
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 22, 2024 8:19:15 GMT -5
The Johnnies ruined this past season also. Sluka, Coker, Dobbs and Chesney all get a chance to rep Holy Cross in one last post season if Harvard doesn't beat us at Polar. But we should drop the Ivies because they are too weak. No one has ever said they are weak. Quite the opposite. HYP could compete at the FBS level very easily. They have more equivalencies than Alabama and Michigan. You want to compete nationally....you have to schedule smartly. You want to compete for the fur coat and 50s MG title....play every Ivy you can. If we can't get a national team to fly into Worcester, just leave the dates empty? Ever think H&Y are two of the best we can get on a home and home basis? Schools choose FCS so they don't have to pay to fly around the country. We start flying out to the Dakotas or below the Mason Dixon line and soon there will be only three games a year at Fitton and one at Polar. Quality opponents that don't require an overnight stay are priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard. |
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 22, 2024 8:40:59 GMT -5
The Johnnies ruined this past season also. Sluka, Coker, Dobbs and Chesney all get a chance to rep Holy Cross in one last post season if Harvard doesn't beat us at Polar. But we should drop the Ivies because they are too weak. I thought our loss to Laffy ultimately killed our chances (at large and auto-bid) to make the post-season. Beyond that, beating the better CAA teams is a wise route to national rankings. URI, Maine and UNH are great. A home and home series with Nova, Bill and Mary or Richmond would be tougher to pull off. We have played Albany three times in history, 2014-15-16. The series was two games in Albany and one in Worcester. The home team won each game, although we snatched defeat from the mouth of victory in one of the games in Albany. Is Albany in a one for two series preferable to H&Y in an equal home and home series? |
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Post by alum on Feb 22, 2024 8:45:53 GMT -5
Interestingly, the NCAA runs the mile as opposed to the 1500 at the indoor national championships. The PL has followed suit. HC soph Liam Lyons is ranked 9th in the conference going into the meet with a 4:07. Slightly off the topic but I’d like to see a sub-4:00 in our record books. Me, too. If Lyons drops a couple more seconds this year, it will give me hope he is the one. Of course, Dulong, who we have discussed on this board previously, ran 4:04 in high school but never got below 4:00 in college and then gave up competing within a couple of years after that. |
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Post by nhteamer on Feb 22, 2024 8:49:36 GMT -5
Go play across the country
Vandy
Rice
Cal
EXPAND THE VISION HC!
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