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Post by purplehaze on May 3, 2019 11:21:32 GMT -5
Weather is lousy unfortunately but the league championships started this morning and continue through Sunday at the top of the hill - good luck to our teams !
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Post by bison137 on May 3, 2019 12:16:13 GMT -5
There are a few events today, including the first half of the decathlon and heptathlon. But most of the meet is tomorrow. It is over by late afternoon Saturday, barring inclement weather.
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Post by alum on May 3, 2019 12:42:26 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on May 3, 2019 14:44:41 GMT -5
For the fellow track buffs (I know this is off topic): Too bad recent high school track and internet (9.8 wind-aided 100M) sensation Matthew Boling isn't heading our way next year. He's a senior at a Jesuit high school in Texas (Strake Jesuit College Preparatory). Something tells me he'd place pretty well at the PL champs: "The University of Georgia signee boasts high school track and field’s fastest wind-legal times in both the 100 (10.22) and 200 (20.58), both achieved in mid-March at the Texas Relays. At the same event, he also won the long jump with a wind-legal mark of 26 feet, 3.5 inches, the seventh-best distance in high school track and field history." As a junior he ran a 46.1 400M. sports.yahoo.com/matthew-boling-is-crushing-stereotypes-in-under-10-seconds-144656305.html
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Post by bison137 on May 3, 2019 15:58:25 GMT -5
Amazing athlete. One other thing you didn't mention is that he tried the high jump a few times as a soph and cleared 6-7, despite not really training for it. But he hasn't competed in that event since.
Just to clarify, his time in the 100M last week was 9.98, not 9.8. Video:
It's easy to pick out Boling, as it is beyond rare for a white guy to blow away the field in an elite sprint. It's not apples-to-apples, but only two white athletes in world history (a Frenchman and an Azerbaijani) have bettered 10 seconds in the 100M without excessive wind.
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Post by hcpride on May 3, 2019 16:25:48 GMT -5
Amazing athlete. One other thing you didn't mention is that he tried the high jump a few times as a soph and cleared 6-7, despite not really training for it. But he hasn't competed in that event since. Just to clarify, his time in the 100M last week was 9.98, not 9.8. Video: It's easy to pick out Boling, as it is beyond rare for a white guy to blow away the field in an elite sprint. It's not apples-to-apples, but only two white athletes in world history (a Frenchman and an Azerbaijani) have bettered 10 seconds in the 100M without excessive wind. Sorry about that typo. He was recruited because of his 400M time (as a JR)...this year's sprint and LJ performances are making UGA reconsider his role on the team next year. I quickly glanced at the HC all time record book and I believe his high school 100M, 200M, 400M and LJ records from the article I quoted would all break the all-time HC outdoor records. (Unless my conversions are rusty, I believe that includes conversions from yards also.)
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Post by alum on May 3, 2019 17:39:22 GMT -5
HC women get two first day wins. Allison Smiley won the long jump in 19-8 and Christa Moore won the pole vault at 13 feet even
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 4, 2019 18:28:20 GMT -5
Watched a bit today. From a video replay, one of the pole vault competitions was held inside the Luth. Dreary weather but the track looked good, and the event looked well-managed. HC was running around 6th or 7th in both the men's and women's competitions. Army and Navy easily the top two.
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Post by bison137 on May 4, 2019 21:36:37 GMT -5
Watched a bit today. From a video replay, one of the pole vault competitions was held inside the Luth. Dreary weather but the track looked good, and the event looked well-managed. HC was running around 6th or 7th in both the men's and women's competitions. Army and Navy easily the top two. Both of the pole vaults were held yesterday, when the weather was somewhat worse, so they may have moved it indoors. The only PV today was for the decathlon and that was held outside. Event waswell-managed with the exception of the announcer, who made over 100 mistakes in misidentifying runners. He either didn't bother to get a list of the entries or didn't bother to use it.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 5, 2019 7:20:11 GMT -5
The women finished 6 of 10, and the men finished 6 of 9.
On the men's side, Navy (289) and Army (255) are on a different sphere than Bucknell (94) and BostonU (80), and then there are the also rans: Lafayette (45), HC (41), Lehigh (36), Colgate (10), and AU (6),
Narrower spread for the women: Navy (181.50), Army (155), Boston U (137), Bucknell (126.50), Lehigh (96.50), HC (76.50), Loyola (48), Lafayette (20), American (16), Colgate (1)
PL records set for W Javelin Pole Vault 200M Dash, 4 x 400 relay M Javelin, 400 M hurdles, 4 x 400 relay
(The PL record holder for the W 1500 is from Fordham (in 1992), and her time is about 20 seconds faster than was run yesterday. It is the oldest PL record.)
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 5, 2019 9:09:39 GMT -5
Watched a bit today. From a video replay, one of the pole vault competitions was held inside the Luth. Dreary weather but the track looked good, and the event looked well-managed. HC was running around 6th or 7th in both the men's and women's competitions. Army and Navy easily the top two. Both of the pole vaults were held yesterday, when the weather was somewhat worse, so they may have moved it indoors. The only PV today was for the decathlon and that was held outside. Event waswell-managed with the exception of the announcer, who made over 100 mistakes in misidentifying runners. He either didn't bother to get a list of the entries or didn't bother to use it. Yes, I couldn't figure out why Holy Cross would bring in an announcer from Bucknell for this event
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Post by rgs318 on May 5, 2019 9:18:13 GMT -5
Worst job on names still goes the announcer at the Belfast tournament who used the Towson roster when announcing HC players for most of the first half of the HC/Manhattan game. (Even with one HC fan yelling the correct names at the top of his lungs.)
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Post by alum on May 5, 2019 11:00:07 GMT -5
Announcers were stunningly bad. I saw maybe 10 heats. During the 800, the “play by play” guy was saying that the race was “one minute in” and other drivel. I never heard a split or a comparison to an athlete”s PR. I will say that the video coverage was pretty good. They switched cameras efficiently to give good shots. I didn’t see any field events so I’m not sure how that coverage went
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Post by sader1970 on May 5, 2019 11:14:09 GMT -5
Since I know NAD and I didn't go, that would mean . . . . . . . [atta boy!]
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Post by rgs318 on May 5, 2019 12:19:04 GMT -5
LOL
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Post by bison137 on May 5, 2019 13:08:59 GMT -5
Both of the pole vaults were held yesterday, when the weather was somewhat worse, so they may have moved it indoors. The only PV today was for the decathlon and that was held outside. Event waswell-managed with the exception of the announcer, who made over 100 mistakes in misidentifying runners. He either didn't bother to get a list of the entries or didn't bother to use it. Yes, I couldn't figure out why Holy Cross would bring in an announcer from Bucknell for this event I was refferring to the guy on the PA system, not the PLN coverage. And actually they should have brought in the Bucknell PA announcer - or the one at Army - who do the PL meets at those venues.. Both do an infinitely better job. One of my favorites yesterday was when he repeatedly referred to athletes as being from Loyola Marymount. And he also confused the winner of a 1500K with someone who was in 8th place. Misidentified dozens of other runners. They would have been better off with no announcer at all.
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Post by hchoops on May 5, 2019 13:52:08 GMT -5
Bring back Nate
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Post by alum on May 6, 2019 13:24:16 GMT -5
HC write up on men's team performance:
Day 2 Sophomore Michael Pichay placed second in the triple jump with an IC4A-qualifying leap of 14.77 meters, breaking his own outdoor school record. For the second consecutive day, senior Brandon Thornhill broke his own school record in the 110 meter hurdles, clocking in at 14.28 seconds to place third in the finals on Saturday. The Crusaders had three finishers in the top eight of the 400 meter hurdles. Sophomore Gabe Piepergerdes was fourth in a time of 52.61 seconds, just .01 seconds out of third place; he broke a 54-year-old school record in the event. Thornhill was close behind in fifth in a time of 54.03 seconds, while junior Freddie Halloran was eighth at 54.31 seconds. Sophomore Dan Dempsey placed seventh in the high jump at 1.92 meters. Freshman Joseph Leland had a personal best of 14:48.37 in the 5,000 meter run, placing 12th out of 33 competitors. Piepergerdes, Halloran, Thornhill and freshman Will Hornyak ran a time of 3:18.48 in the 4x400 meter relay to place sixth. Senior Alexander Escada was fifth in the decathlon with a personal-record total of 6,150 points.
Day 1 Senior Brandon Thornhill advanced in the 110 meter hurdles and enters the finals with the third-best time of prelims at 14.40 seconds, which broke his own school record in the event.
Sophomore Michael Pichay placed fifth in the long jump at 6.94 meters.
The 4x800 meter relay team of freshman Corey Kumamoto, sophomore Peter Mitchell, freshman Will Hornyak and freshman Joseph Leland placed sixth in a time of
Junior Garrett Fortin ran a personal-best time of 11.04 seconds in the 100 meter dash, placing 15th in the prelims; he later had an IC4A-qualifying time of 22.12 seconds in the 200 meters, also a personal best.
Senior Alexander Escada sits in fifth place in the decathlon after one day of competition with 3,267 points; he finished fifth in the 400 meter dash in a time of 52.20 seconds
Leland's non scoring performance in the 5000 is quite impressive. It was a 15 second PR for the freshman. He has run 4:00 flat for the 1500 and 1:56 for the 800 this spring as well. I looked at his high school stats. PR's were 4:29 for 1600 (equivalent to about 4:11 in the 1500) 2:09 in the 800, and 9:41 for the 3200 which I would say is comparable to a 15:25 in the 5000. Good job by him and his coaches.
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Post by alum on May 6, 2019 13:36:26 GMT -5
Writeups for the women's team:
DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS:
Sophomore Christa Jay Moore broke both school and Patriot League meet records with her victory in the pole vault, clearing a height of 3.97 meters. Junior Allie Smiley won the long jump; her best mark of the day came at 5.99 meters, an ECAC-qualifying mark. Freshman Eva McCool-Guglielmo placed eighth at 5.54 meters. Seniors Alexandra Curtin and Sarah Friess advanced to the finals of the 100 meter dash. Curtin enters the final with the fourth-best time after finishing second in her heat at an ECAC-qualifying 12.05 seconds, while Friess made it through with the eighth-best time of the day at 12.14 seconds. Curtin also qualified for the finals of the 200 meter dash with the seventh-best time of the day at 24.96 seconds. The 4x800 meter relay team of freshman Grace Hoelscher, sophomore Marina MacKinnon, freshman Kelsey O’Hara and junior Allison McArdle finished in seventh place with an ECAC-qualifying time of 9:05.14. Junior Morgan Sanders finished 11th in the prelims of the 100 meter hurdles in a time of 14.82 seconds.
DAY 2 HIGHLIGHTS:
After setting personal, school and meet records in the pole vault on Friday, May 3, sophomore Christa Jay Moore was named the Women’s Field Athlete of the Meet. The 4x100 meter relay team of seniors Isabella DiMare, Sarah Friess and Alexandra Curtin and junior Allie Smiley set a school record with a time of 46.43 seconds; the quartet finished in second place. Senior Lauren Rasmus broke her own school record in the 400 meter hurdles with her third-place finish in a time of 1:00.81. DiMare was eighth in the event at 1:02.87; both times were ECAC-qualifying marks. Sophomore Abbie Mokwuah placed third in the shot put with a mark of 13.94 meters, an ECAC-qualifying throw. Junior Jenna Gasparrini placed fourth in the 5,000 meter run in a time of 17:21.13. Sophomore Elizabeth Graves ran a time of 17:33.31 to finish eighth. Sophomore Sydney McDonald finished fifth in the high jump, clearing 1.60 meters. Curtin placed fifth in the finals of the 100 meter dash in a time of 12.06 seconds; she also turned in a fifth-place finish in 25.16 seconds in the 200 meter dash. Friess placed seventh in the finals of the 100 meters in 12.26 seconds. Junior Caroline Frey broke a school record in the 400 meter dash, placing sixth at 56.63 seconds. Frsehman Emily Koufos surged late to take sixth place in the 1,500 meter run in a time of 4:38.36. Junior Allison McArdle also scored in the event with an eighth-place finish at 4:38.90. Freshman Eva McCool-Guglielmo was seventh in the triple jump with a New England-qualifying mark of 11.48 meters. Sophomore Caitlin Tzimorotas set a school record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, clocking in at 11:16.18 to place 10th. Rasmus, Frey and freshmen Kelsey O’Hara and Milly O’Brien ran an ECAC-qualifying time of 3:50.57 in the 4x400 meter relay, placing fifth.
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