Friday, March 21, 2008
Whitewater reflections
It was a good first meet last night. The competition was a s advertised, and the team looked solid.
The 4X 8 led off for the boys and looked solid. They averaged 2:15 ish from where I was sitting and ran 9 something. I know Dom wanted them under 9, but they looked good going around.
The fast heat of the mile turned out to be a bit of a tactical surprise. Andrew led the first quarter in 70. He held even splits and finished in 5th at 4:42. Kevin ran negative splits which is a great indication that he is on the edge of a great season. He won the race going away in 4:32. The surprise was Agnew from Fort who was favored to win. he tends to go out fast and have a huge kick. I asked him afterwards why he let the first quarter go so slow and he said that he came in worried about kevin and Andrew and so sat on their shoulders at the begining; by the time he realized how slow it was it was too late and Kevin ran away fro
m him. Kevin seems to have a bit of a reputation building. Dom and I were chatting with a mom from CM after her son won the 800. When we said we were from Shorewood she mentioned that her son has a "kill Kevin" sign on his bedroom door. Apparently they are tired of coming in behind us every year. Watching kevin last night I would have to say that they should just get used to it.
Alex debuted in the 400. He ran a very respectable 58.3 and showed some good speed. That was good enough to place 18 out of 30. It will be interesting to see what he can do when we get outside and the turns become less of a factor.
Malachi and Cameron looked good in the long jump. I wish this picture were in better focus, but my camera just does not focus well under the sodium lights. Unfortunately he got shafted a bit in the 55 meter dash. He won his prelim easily and eased up at the finish, which is normal because you want to save something for the finals. In outdoor they take the winner of each heat plus the next fastest whatever. Unfortunately in indoor they take the 8 fastest regardless of heat. malachi just missed the finals by .03. That's the price of tuition.
Matt looked solid in the fast heat of the 800. He took the early lead and looked comfortable. he let a couple guys go by in the middle and wasn't quite able to reel them all back in before the finish. He ran 2:08 I think. With a little more experience he will win races like this.
Aiden and Joe also ran the 800. They give up a lot of height and stride length but they make up for it in guts. Aiden ran 2:16 and Joe was around 2:26
I left before the 4X4 but they apparently got 9th in 3:46; the girls didn't send any distance runners. Kristin got 5th in the 55m. I have some pictures, but I don't have any names to go with them at the moment. If anyone wants to help me out that would be great.
Once again the results are here:
http://www.harriersolutions.com/results/neldand208/index.asp?Type=Evt
http://www.harriersolutions.com/results/neldand208/index.asp?Type=Evt
Cheers,
dash
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Race Today
Yes there is a meet today. It is at UW Whitewater.
The meet starts at 4:30 and runs late. There are men's and Women's races that alternate in each event. There are a lot of schools entered so there will be multiple heats of everything.
The 4 X 8 is always the first event and the ladies will go first. There will be two heats, so figure 1/2 an hour. The Boy's will run next. Also 2 heats and we are in the second one so figure the gun will go off maybe at 5:00. Then hurdles. We have runners in the mile at maybe 6:00; the quarter at 7:00 ....
I'm just guessing but my point is that parents who want to make the drive out ( about an hour if the traffic isn't bad) don't neccessarily have to get there at 4 or 4:30 depending on which race you want to see.
The official heat sheets ( a list of who is running in what race) is here :
http://www.warhawktrack.com/nelsondaniels/ThursdayPreliminary.htm
There is some very good competition at this meet and the track if I remember correctly is nice. This is nothing like the WFB practice meets we just finished.
Track meets do tend to drag out, and indoor meets more so than most. I think that the official bus is planning to get home after 12:00.
Directions can be found here: http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=53211&daddr=826+Starin+Road%2C+Whitewater%2C+WI+53190&hl=en
It does take a good hour to get out there.
This should be a great meet.
I will post pictures and results later. If you take pictures let me know and I can put them up as well. If you want to post video to youtube I can link to that as well.
dash
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The meet starts at 4:30 and runs late. There are men's and Women's races that alternate in each event. There are a lot of schools entered so there will be multiple heats of everything.
The 4 X 8 is always the first event and the ladies will go first. There will be two heats, so figure 1/2 an hour. The Boy's will run next. Also 2 heats and we are in the second one so figure the gun will go off maybe at 5:00. Then hurdles. We have runners in the mile at maybe 6:00; the quarter at 7:00 ....
I'm just guessing but my point is that parents who want to make the drive out ( about an hour if the traffic isn't bad) don't neccessarily have to get there at 4 or 4:30 depending on which race you want to see.
The official heat sheets ( a list of who is running in what race) is here :
http://www.warhawktrack.com/nelsondaniels/ThursdayPreliminary.htm
There is some very good competition at this meet and the track if I remember correctly is nice. This is nothing like the WFB practice meets we just finished.
Track meets do tend to drag out, and indoor meets more so than most. I think that the official bus is planning to get home after 12:00.
Directions can be found here: http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=53211&daddr=826+Starin+Road%2C+Whitewater%2C+WI+53190&hl=en
It does take a good hour to get out there.
This should be a great meet.
I will post pictures and results later. If you take pictures let me know and I can put them up as well. If you want to post video to youtube I can link to that as well.
dash
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Monday, March 03, 2008
Olympic fever
I know that the Track season officially starts today and everyone is focusing on the "time trials" . However, the olympics are this summer and the trials are currently taking place to pick the US team.
Last November the marathon was held in New York and Ryan Hall owned the field. His 5k splits looked like this :
" 16:44, 15:41, 15:27, 15:12, 15:05, 14:48, 14:28. Yes that's right a 14:28 from 30 to 35k. Hall pumped his fist, pointed to the heavens, and waved to the crowd the final mile savoring the incredible run and still ran a 15 minute 5k pace for the final 7.2k (14.56 from 35 to 40k) "
( letsrun.com)
If he can stay healthy leading up to Beijing he has a legit chance to medal. Which isn't something we have been able to say in this country for a long long time.
** Corrected
And a nice Ryan Hall Link: http://www.squidoo.com/ryan_hall
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Last November the marathon was held in New York and Ryan Hall owned the field. His 5k splits looked like this :
" 16:44, 15:41, 15:27, 15:12, 15:05, 14:48, 14:28. Yes that's right a 14:28 from 30 to 35k. Hall pumped his fist, pointed to the heavens, and waved to the crowd the final mile savoring the incredible run and still ran a 15 minute 5k pace for the final 7.2k (14.56 from 35 to 40k) "
( letsrun.com)
If he can stay healthy leading up to Beijing he has a legit chance to medal. Which isn't something we have been able to say in this country for a long long time.
** Corrected
And a nice Ryan Hall Link: http://www.squidoo.com/ryan_hall
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