Week 3 Rankings:
1. Josh Hoey (Bishop Shanahan/Senior)
2. Rusty Kujdych (Neshaminy/Senior)
3. Noah Beveridge (Butler/Senior)
4. Liam Conway (Owen J. Roberts/Senior)
5. Jonah Hoey (Bishop Shanahan/Sophomore)
6. Tyler Shue (Ephrata/Sophomore)
7. Evan Addison (LaSalle/Senior)
8. Tristan Forsythe (Winchester Thurston/Senior)
9. Colin Ebling (Pottsville/Senior)
10. Tyler Wirth (Wallenpaupack/Junior)
11. Matt Eissler (Pennridge/Junior)
12. Joe Cullen (Wyomissing/Senior)
13. Kamil Jihad (Neumann Goretti/Senior)
14. Morgan Cupp (Mechanicsburg/Senior)
15. Tyler Leeser (Milton/Senior)
16. Isaac Davis (Jersey Shore/Senior)
17. Mitchell Etter (State College/Senior)
18. Seth Ketler (Seneca Valley/Junior)
19. Brenden Miller (Upper Dauphin/Senior)
20. Brian Baker (CB West/Senior)
21. Garrett Baublitz (Juniata/Sophomore)
22. Hudson Delisle (Quakertown/Senior)
23. Jonah Powell (Grove City/Junior)
24. Jacob McKenna (Spring Ford/Senior)
25. Elias Lindgren (Episcopal Academy/Senior)
26. Sam Owori (Seneca Valley/Junior)
27. Ethan Zeh (Radnor/Junior)
28. Jake Claricurzio (CB West/Senior)
29. Tyler Rollins (DT West/Senior)
30. Jack Wisner (Carlisle/Junior)
31. Brett Zatlin (Great Valley/Senior)
32. David Endres (CB East/Junior)
33. Connor Shields (Warwick/Junior)
34. Ian Miller (Manheim Township/Junior)
35. Zack Forney (Ridley/Senior)
36. Jack Baker (Cedar Cliff/Junior)
37. Aidan Sauer (Pennsbury/Senior)
38. Vincent Twomey (LaSalle/Sophomore)
39. Sam Snodgrass (South Fayette/Senior)
40. Alexander Ermold (Governor Mifflin/Junior)
41. Christian Fitch (Fox Chapel/Sophomore)
42. Cameron Binda (Greensburg Salem/Junior)
43. Matt Busche (Franklin Regional/Senior)
44. Alex Morales (Ephrata/Senior)
45. Brett Brady (Butler/Senior)
46. Le’Shawn Huff (New Castle/Senior)
47. Mitchell Forgash (Wyoming Valley West/Senior)
48. Zachary Leachman (Mars/Sophomore)
49. Spencer Smucker (West Chester Henderson/Senior)
50. Dan McGoey (North Allegheny/Sophomore)
Honorable Mention: Matt Maiale, Tyler Bailey, Andrew Healey, Linus Blatz
Sorry for the delay. Penn Relays will tell us a lot about some of these guys in the top half, good luck to all those competing! As always, please comment to let me know where I went wrong.
-Jiminy Cricket
With the exception of Ephreta it was not a real good showing by PA and Penn Relays today.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Shanahan?
ReplyDeleteAre those Jamaica teams really high schoolers? 3 teams would have broken the PA 4x800 and the PA 4x400 records. That doesn't smell right.
ReplyDeleteThey’re just jacked out of their minds and train in high altitude. Just hard work and genes.
DeleteActually 5 Jamaican teams yesterday beat the PA all time 4x400. Even with hard work and genes those odds are staggering. Does Penn Relays check birth certificates or drug test?
DeleteAlright let's not automatically jump to cheating as the cause. I think theres a lot of factors here. First off, as much as we might hate to admit it, PA is not the best state for track and field, especially for 4x4s. So yeah 5 teams beat our record, but only 1 beat the state records in California and Texas. Plus, these are elite Jamaican prep schools that can draw kids from all over the country, which obviously helps. If the US could do this, we could match it. In fact, a Florida-Texas all star team of high schoolers also ran 3:03 last year. It's insanely fast, but also not impossible.
DeleteYes, age is a factor. Penn Relays allows 19-year olds to compete, and most US kids are in college by the time they're 19. And Calabar, the team that went 3:03/7:26, includes "13th grade" (from Wikipedia). So sure, they probably have an age advantage.
I don't think we should get too worked up about it either way. Sure, American teams might be at a disadvantage, but its just for one meet. I know Penn Relays are a big deal, but its not the end of the world if Jamaica wins more wheels than we do. But don't forget Jamaica is the second best sprint nation in the whole world. I am not that surprised that they can field teams of 47/152 guys.
-Jiminy Cricket
Jamaica College is a prominent secondary school located in St. Andrew, Jamaica. It provides traditional classroom education to its students in a variety of subject areas. The institution caters to students aged 11 to 19 years. (I would guess there teams are mostly average 19 which would be a year above US)
DeleteI'm not sure how you rate everyone but I not sure how you rate #32 David Endres (CB East/Junior). He's good at 800 but not 1600 or 3200. There are better Suburban One runners.
DeleteIt's obviously not a level playing field for Jamaican "high school" teams vs. US high school teams, and in particular PA teams. A PA high school team that can throw down a sub 3:20 or sub 7:50 is amazing, sub 3:15/7:45 is phenomenal. To go to Penn Relays and get spanked by a bunch of Jamaican untested prep schools is a waste of time. Better to run the Mars, Cy Fritz or Unionville Relays. at least you know it's a fair deal.
DeleteTyler Shue split 1:52 in the leadoff leg, he's getting better every race.
ReplyDeleteDid Jimmy Stop Posting his Weekly Top 50?
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