Big shout out to Jiminy Cricket, one of our most loyal readers and best commenters who decided to put together a version of the top 50 list for track. This is a tricky proposition given the fact that track has so many different races involved (unlike XC), but the guy (or girl, I technically have no idea) put together a pretty strong set of names. Let him (or her) (and all of us) know what you think!
As promised, here's my top 50 rankings as of right now. I tried to use a mix of guys off to good starts and guys with big PR's, but really it ended up being very close to the indoor state meet results. My plan is to update this every week. Please let me know who I misranked and who I left off altogether. Let's get some more hype going for this season!
1. Josh Hoey (Bishop Shanahan/Senior)
2. Rusty Kujdych (Neshaminy/Senior)
3. Liam Conway (Owen J. Roberts/Senior)
4. Noah Beveridge (Butler/Senior)
5. Evan Addison (LaSalle/Senior)
6. Tristan Forsythe (Winchester Thurston/Senior)
7. Joe Cullen (Wyomissing/Senior)
8. Tyler Wirth (Wallenpaupack/Junior)
9. Tyler Shue (Ephrata/Sophomore)
10. Kamil Jihad (Neumann Goretti/Senior)
11. Jonah Hoey (Bishop Shanahan/Sophomore)
12. Morgan Cupp (Mechanicsburg/Senior)
13. Mitchell Etter (State College/Senior)
14. Brian Baker (CB West/Senior)
15. Matt Eissler (Pennridge/Junior)
16. Colin Ebling (Pottsville/Senior)
17. Brett Zatlin (Great Valley/Senior)
18. Seth Ketler (Seneca Valley/Junior)
19. Tyler Rollins (DT West/Senior)
20. Aidan Sauer (Pennsbury/Senior)
21. Ian Miller (Manheim Township/Junior)
22. Spencer Smucker (WC Henderson/Senior)
23. Sam Owori (Seneca Valley/Junior)
24. Jake Claricurzio (CB West/Senior)
25. Brenden Miller (Upper Dauphin/Senior)
26. Hudson Delisle (Quakertown/Senior)
27. Garrett Baublitz (Juniata/Sophomore)
28. David Endres (CB East/Junior)
29. Jed Scratchard (Pennsbury/Senior)
30. Zack Forney (Ridley/Senior)
31. Isaac Davis (Jersey Shore/Senior)
32. Cameron Binda (Greensburg Salem/Junior)
33. Sam Earley (CR North/Senior)
34. Jarnail Dhillon (Upper Darby/Senior)
35. Aiden Tomov (Haverford Township/Junior)
36. Jacob McKenna (Spring Ford/Senior)
37. Jack Zardecki (Dallas/Senior)
38. Will Merhige (Haverford School/Senior)
39. Sam Snodgrass (South Fayette/Senior)
40. Matt Busche (Franklin Regional/Senior)
41. Jack Wisner (Carlisle/Junior)
42. Ethan Zeh (Radnor/Junior)
43. Avery Lederer (Penncrest/Senior)
44. Dan McGoey (North Allegheny/Sophomore)
45. Jonah Powell (Grove City/Junior)
46. Whoever split 1:56 on Abington’s 4x8 (probably Coleman or Mitchell)
47. Collin Ochs (CR South/Junior)
48. Chayce Macknair (Mifflin County/Junior)
49. Patrick Theveny (Penncrest/Sophomore)
50. Brett Brady (Butler/Senior)
Honorable Mention: Matt Maiale, Elias Lindgren, Connor Shields, Lamaj Curry
Left off for Injury Concerns: Ryan Campbell, Tyler Leeser
-Jiminy Cricket
That's a solid list, tough to argue with it.
ReplyDeleteAwesome list. Personally, I think McKenna should be a decent bit higher after running 4:23 on that DMR, as well as a sub 9 3k. Surprised you left Leeser and Campbell off for injury concerns, yet Baublitz is there, who suddenly stopped racing mid-winter. I think Maiale has a lot of sudden upside going into his last season. I also think Davis, as strong as he is in XC, doesn't quite have the credentials to be this high on the list. Twomey should probably be on the bubble after his 4:27 run today in the random heat wave starting up. Looking forward to seeing more of the western guys get some races in. Thanks again for the list. Really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI would argue Carlos Shultz might belong on this list.
ReplyDeleteIt's not an XC list.
DeleteThere are 3 runners from Mt. Lebanon who run sub-2:00 800s. I'd be curious to see an update after this weekend.
ReplyDeleteTheir 4x800 will be sick.
DeleteHaha this is sweet. Going to start getting tricky really soon. West's first big meet is this Friday @ Butler
ReplyDeleteWeek 2 Update
ReplyDelete1. Josh Hoey (Bishop Shanahan/Senior)
2. Rusty Kujdych (Neshaminy/Senior)
3. Liam Conway (Owen J. Roberts/Senior)
4. Noah Beveridge (Butler/Senior)
5. Evan Addison (LaSalle/Senior)
6. Tristan Forsythe (Winchester Thurston/Senior)
7. Tyler Shue (Ephrata/Sophomore)
8. Joe Cullen (Wyomissing/Senior)
9. Tyler Wirth (Wallenpaupack/Junior)
10. Kamil Jihad (Neumann Goretti/Senior)
11. Colin Ebling (Pottsville/Senior)
12. Morgan Cupp (Mechanicsburg/Senior)
13. Jonah Hoey (Bishop Shanahan/Sophomore)
14. Mitchell Etter (State College/Senior)
15. Brian Baker (CB West/Senior)
16. Matt Eissler (Pennridge/Junior)
17. Tyler Rollins (DT West/Senior)
18. Spencer Smucker (WC Henderson/Senior)
19. Jake Claricurzio (CB West/Senior)
20. Hudson Delisle (Quakertown/Senior)
21. Aidan Sauer (Pennsbury/Senior)
22. Brenden Miller (Upper Dauphin/Senior)
23. Seth Ketler (Seneca Valley/Junior)
24. Brett Zatlin (Great Valley/Senior)
25. Garrett Baublitz (Juniata/Sophomore)
26. David Endres (CB East/Junior)
27. Ian Miller (Manheim Township/Junior)
28. Jacob McKenna (Spring Ford/Senior)
29. Ethan Zeh (Radnor/Junior)
30. Zack Forney (Ridley/Senior)
31. Sam Owori (Seneca Valley/Junior)
32. Will Merhige (Haverford School/Senior)
33. Jack Baker (Cedar Cliff/Junior)
34. Alexander Ermold (Governor Mifflin/Junior)
35. Isaac Davis (Jersey Shore/Senior)
36. Elias Lindgren (Episcopal Academy/Senior)
37. Andrew Healey (Holy Cross/Sophomore)
38. Jarnail Dhillon (Upper Darby/Senior)
39. Dan McGoey (North Allegheny/Sophomore)
40. Jed Scratchard (Pennsbury/Senior)
41. Avery Lederer (Penncrest/Senior)
42. Le’Shawn Huff (New Castle/Senior)
43. Talus Gaymore (Penn Wood/Senior)
44. Cameron Binda (Greensburg Salem/Junior)
45. Sam Snodgrass (South Fayette/Senior)
46. Matt Maiale (Wissahickon/Senior)
47. Frank Brown (Radnor/Sophomore)
48. Max Steffey (Pittsburgh Central Catholic/Junior)
49. Matt Busche (Franklin Regional/Senior)
50. Collin Ochs (CR South/Junior)
Honorable Mention: Vincent Twomey, Jack Zardecki, Connor Shields, Brett Brady
Quick Notes:
-I tried to reward those who have gone out and run fast so far this season.
-However, I kept proven guys like Delisle and Smucker high up, even if they've lost to some other guys early on.
-Rough cutoffs: 1:58/4:28/9:45. Interested to see how these numbers move.
-I'm a fan of those who run multiple events, which hurts the guys who focus on just one event.
-I feel like I'm lowballing the pure 3200 guys and maybe overrating the 800 guys.
-Jiminy Cricket