The blog's Paul Hayes was on site for the 3200 at District One and gave us a solid description of the race. From the sounds of things Power took it out in about 4:32 and had put a decent gap on the field that was content to run 4:40ish pace and simply qualify for next weekend. Diestelow and Power both ran in the race despite speculation regarding their status. Power was apparently at 8:02 at 2800m before slowing down dramatically to a 9:15 victory. Brophy 2nd 9:17. Marston, Comber, Diestelow (9:19 for a PR), Knapp (9:20 for a PR) and then Maguire and McMenamin round out the 8 state qualifiers. The fact that so many top runners were doubling certainly appears to have led to a conservative pace. Thanks again to Paul for the updates.
Exactly 8 at SQS again in 4x8. Cheltenham lead off ends up back of field, Lewis jogs his leg as a result. CB East also not advancing. The rest of qualifiers at 7:54 or faster, very fast district race. 7:43 for Pennsbury winning is awesome for this meet. Might see sub 7:40 at states of competition is there. Mental flashback with Abington and CB West back at the top. With Cedar Creat winning in D3 reminds me a bit of 2010 4x8. Oddly reminiscent. Bishop Shanahan and Penn Wood run nice times, Radnor also impressed. Pennridge and Penncrest also heading to states. Apparently lead off legs were around 1:55 (West in the lead). Sauer held on at the end for the win holding off West and Abington who were the main competitors all race.
With all the speculation of who would run what at D1 I couldn’t bring myself to any early predictions. I just can’t process that much data the way etrain can.
ReplyDeleteToday is shaping up different than expected because although Cheltenhams 4x800 had a rough day that’s maybe that’s not the worst thing. Lewis probably could have won any of the 800, 400, 300 hurdles, maybe even the 200, heck maybe all of them. But to see him down to just two events, the open 800 and the 4x400 sets up for what might be some incredible times both at Districts and states. Lewis fresh in the 800 could be very very interesting this afternoon. The meet record of 1:50.92 is probably in serious jeopardy and without 4x800 relays duty at states, Magahas 1:48.8 might be vulnerable next week. (or today)
1600 – I didn’t expect that many 3200/1600 doubles and just don’t know what impact it will have. It’s pretty cool that two brothers are in the final and I like Jaxson Hoey for the win in 4:13 or so. Though Eddinger has really been running well and is also fresh. Of the guys on the double I believe Webb is still a threat to win it. Other than that I have no clue. I think Rustin’s Cook or Lower Merion’s Perlman might grab the 7th or 8th spot since they’re both fresh in this one and have been running well too.
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Lewis killed it in 1:49.15. If he pushed all the way through he have taken down the state record.
DeleteHe let up at the end?
DeleteHe was at 1:18 on my watch at 600, and i really doubt someone of his strength would die so hard to split it 25/27/26/31. He had no one near him, he had the district record locked up, and he had a 4x4 in about 45 minutes. I was watching from the curve so i didn't have the best view, but it's entirely possible that he let up a bit in the end. He looked like he wasn't pushing the finish as hard as possible.
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Magaha's 800 record is history, either at states or the Henderson meet of champs.
DeleteIf I was running states, I'd want RJJL's endorsement. Dude hits it with predictions most of the time.
DeleteLewis 1:49.1 US #2 behind Brazier's 1:48 from this weekend
ReplyDeleteCheltenham and CB East's lead off legs both went down. CB East kid tried to get back in it. The Cheltenham kid took a little long to get up. Power was out hard in the 3200. It looked he was falling apart a bit rather then just easing up for the win. 1600 out in 65, 2:11, 3:16. Jaxson and Casey had a nice kicking battle until Jaxson pulled away in the last 50.
ReplyDeleteOn the Power note, he essentially was running a 3200m time trial, so you gotta kinda expect that a little at the end. Plus I saw him looking back with 200m to go, so I don't think he felt too bad. I think he ran very smart and took advantage of a slow pace, and I think that smart racing combined with his 9:06/4:13 talent could equal a great state meet performance
DeleteWhy does the AA feel like a Christopher Dock dual meet. Most of these races didn't even have 8 runners at the starting line. AAA is stacked and AA is empty, seems a little unbalanced.
ReplyDeleteAll about location. District 6 has loads of AA teams.
Deletewhat r ur rankings of teams for states AA and AAA in the 4x800
ReplyDeleteWhat are your picks for the AA 4x8?
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