Splits File: 2013

I think this will be a more interesting file if I list it in yearly terms. So here is what I have from 2013 based purely on watching back the video that I found on Youtube and trying to scout out as many splits as possible and make them add up to the right time. Splits are all just estimates, so this file will be far from perfect, but it should serve as a nice point of reference. Some of the names could also be off, I guessed in some points in an educated manner.

In 2013 I have the following (feel free to let me know about more splits! I still am missing a lot!)

Bensalem 2013

Brad Rivera 1:57.8

Matt French 2:01.9

Armond Cox-Finn 1:56.3

Kyle Francis 1:51.8 (1:51.7R)

7:47.82

Pennsbury 2013

Connor Harriman 1:57.2

Sam Webb 2:00.7

Liam O’Connell 1:59.0

Alek Sauer 1:57.6

7:54.56

Cumberland Valley 2013

Brady Miller 2:01.4

Scott St. Peter   2:01.4

Alex Coburn 1:55.8

Alec Kunzweiler 1:54.9

7:53.51

Cheltenham 2013

Casey Trautwein 1:58.9

John Lewis 1:56.8

-2:02.0

- 2:01.7

7:59.44

Downingtown East 2013

Tommy Fitzgerald 2:02.3

Mike Auer 1:58.9

Billy Caldwell 1:57.2

Liam McLaughlin   2:00.2

7:58.63

Cardinal O’Hara 2013

Nick Smart* 1:58.2

Jimmy Boyle* 2:01.0

-          2:05.3

Jim Belfatto* 2:03.8

8:08.44

State College 2013

Sam Bollinger 1:59.1

Chris Golembski 2:03.1

Kyle Adams 2:00.2

Will Cather 1:57.2

7:59.64

Kiski 2013

- 1:59.1

- 2:02.2

- 2:05.2

Brent Kennedy 2:05.7

8:12.19

Carlisle 2013

Corbin Padgett*

Mikey Dennison*

Jon Carroll*

Zach Brehm 1:54.6

 8:01.07

Red Lion 2013

Nick McCabe 2:01.3R

Ethan Gatchell 2:00.3R

Nathan Pardoe 2:01.1R

Caleb Gatchell* 1:56.4 (1:56.3R) 

7:59.40

North Allegheny 2013

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Mike Beiech

8:20.17

Williamsport 2013

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-

-

8:15.35

The Top 10 Record Splits:

1. Kyle Francis 1:51.8

2. Zach Brehm 1:54.6

3. Alec Kunzweiler 1:54.9

4. Alex Coburn 1:55.8

5.  Armond Cox-Finn 1:56.3

6. Red Lion Anchor 1:56.4

7. John Lewis 1:56.8

8. Connor Harriman 1:57.2

8. Billy Caldwell 1:57.2

8. Will Cather 1:57.2

Some cool things I noticed from watching this video like 50 times ....

1. Harriman is a beast. He went from middle/back of the pack to a dominating first at the exchange and really set the stage for a Pennsbury team that, if weather had been better, would have been remembered as a very surprisingly strong 4x8 squad. Harriman came to play big time on the relay both indoors and outdoors in 2013.

2. John Lewis runs a dominating 2nd leg out there. He really set up Cheltenham nicely for a stretch run. His leg was clearly the best #2 leg. Worth noting is that Sam Webb had a pretty nice double in there considering he had just run the 3200. No joke of a double.

3. The third leg had a lot of big time performances. Coburn was absolutely huge in getting his team back in the race. That was clutch. By the same token, Cox-Finn had a monster split of his own out front to really set Francis up with a cushion (which he ended up not really needing). Running well in the front at any point was going to be a huge problem in that weather, but the Bensalem boys delivered. Caldwell also had a pretty strong leg on the 3rd slot, a strategy which I commended when it first happened as a genius move. It set them up perfectly to finish in the top 5. They outstrategized some better teams perhaps that day. 

4. Kyle Francis dominated this anchor leg. Dominated. 1:51 split on that day when nobody could really do much is unreal, and he did it unchallenged out front. It's that kind of mark that makes his 1:50 from indoors seem like it was a long time coming. There were some really compelling anchor legs on this leg. DT East ran a very tactically sound leg. McLaughlin let the others go out way to hard and chewed them all back up on the final straightaway. Monster kick. Red Lion's anchor (Caleb Gatchell I think?) also had a nice kick on the final straight. 

Send in splits if you got them! I'll probably be working on 2012 next