CT Hs XC/indoor/outdoor thread

Having gone to high school in CT:

Irv black was an ahole

Guy would yell so loud and hard it has to be verbal abuse

Maybe high blood pressure killed the guy

That sums up CT HS xc/track

Tolland wins on the Girls side and obviously Hannah Debalsi takes the individual title.

Irving S Black - yelled and startled and humiliated kids

should he be arrested for verbal assault?

Oh wait, the guy croaked

This sends me way back, it seems like all the real CT running nerds were in the mid-late 2000s and have disappeared.

Do any of you guys think there is a chance Donn's record at Wickham goes down? O-berg was only two seconds off and with Alvarado on his back on opens he doesn't have much choice but to go from the gun and try to drop Alvarado. This seems like it could give Alvarado a great shot at the record but the conditions might make it tough.

The glory days coincided with the heyday of Danbury . CT high school distance was at its zenith in 2007-2010. Willie Ahearn, Matt Terry, and the rest of the crew claimed 5th at NXN one year. Donn Cabral and Ahearn dueled over 2 miles at the Danbury Dream Invite - with both going sub-9.

How has no one mentioned ME yet!?

Invisible Walrus wrote:

The glory days coincided with the heyday of Danbury . CT high school distance was at its zenith in 2007-2010. Willie Ahearn, Matt Terry, and the rest of the crew claimed 5th at NXN one year. Donn Cabral and Ahearn dueled over 2 miles at the Danbury Dream Invite - with both going sub-9.

Graham Snow, Ryan Brown (really cool dude) and the Laboy brothers

Joe LeMay !!!

Fairly certain Joe Lemay is not from Danbury HS, but nice try.

And the heyday of CT cross country begins and ends with the females in the state who have accomplished far more than any of the boys. Although you'd be correct in saying some of the top boys teams in history have come out of teh FCIAC including Danbury.

As for Irv Black, maybe you can let the guy RIP. He's been gone for some time now and regardless of his gruffness and often what many considered abusive personality, if it wasn't for him there would be nothing resembling track, indoor track and cross country in CT.

There is a tendency to romanticize the "glory" days of yore, but CT produces a crop of new studs year after year.

In the collegiate ranks, we've got guys like Chris Bendsten (Princeton, by way of Wolcott), John Raneri (UNC, by way of New Fairfield), and Connor Rog (UVA, by way of Fairfield Prep) flying the flag. Recent grads include Henry Wynne (UVA/Staples), Jake Feinstein (Providence College/Newtown), Logan Fulton (Loyola Marymount/Joel Barlow), etc.

Ostberg, Alvarado, and the Ridgefield boys are all tearing it up at the present. There is no current lack of talent in the state. We nutmeggers have reason to be proud.

What really tears at the heartstrings, though, are the underwhelming college careers of several CT high school stars. Ahearn is a prime example: he came from a strong Danbury background, but never amounted to much at Georgetown. Levene, Terry, Fitzsimons, and Vess didn't fare much better.

Regardless of their respective fates, I maintain the highest respect for each the aforementioned athletes. They all contributed to the lore of CT distance running.

It will be interesting to see how Velasquez does. He has yet to be really tested this season and I wouldn't be too surprised if he is able to hang with the big boys up front.

Good point I think velasquez can hang, Im also looking for a breakthrough performance from sophmore phenom randy neish

ray wrote:

Fairly certain Joe Lemay is not from Danbury HS, but nice try.

As for Irv Black, maybe you can let the guy RIP. He's been gone for some time now and regardless of his gruffness and often what many considered abusive personality, if it wasn't for him there would be nothing resembling track, indoor track and cross country in CT.

Joe LeMay lived in Danbury and trained his butt off there

And Irv S Black was a turd. He does not deserve to be honored due to his gruff and abusive behavior towards others.

Ct t&f summary wrote:

ray wrote:

Fairly certain Joe Lemay is not from Danbury HS, but nice try.

As for Irv Black, maybe you can let the guy RIP. He's been gone for some time now and regardless of his gruffness and often what many considered abusive personality, if it wasn't for him there would be nothing resembling track, indoor track and cross country in CT.

Joe LeMay lived in Danbury and trained his butt off there

And Irv S Black was a turd. He does not deserve to be honored due to his gruff and abusive behavior towards others.

Which has nothing to do with the topic being discussed here, but thanks for trolling.

Any results in from afternoon CC championships @Wickham?

Of all those great runners, the only one's who really have succeeded are both pro's now: Donnie Cabral and Katie Matthews

Irving s black yelling

Duck Fanbury wrote:

Of all those great runners, the only one's who really have succeeded are both pro's now: Donnie Cabral and Katie Matthews

You're kidding right? You do know that history goes back futher than 2 years???