D3 Atlantic Region Track and Field

Isaac will break 4, but Grant will not break 29. He's not on that level yet. Otto will AA in the 5k, Bailey will qualify for natties after a shitty xc szn. Genny bois will send a DMR squad and Alex Burks in the 5k for Natties. He wont AA. SOC will be close to qualifying in the 5k, he will qualify for the steeple outdoors. Hernandez will be top 5 in the mile indoors and top 8 for sure in the 1500 outdoors. GOC and Darin should have a solid dual outdoors in the 10k assuming he runs the 10k. YEET

If this is really a track thread then let's talk about track. The region has some strong teams and individuals in most areas. Can Cortland or Rowan break through and podium or challenge for the title? Can anyone else challenge those two for the top team in the region?

The region has a ton of returning All Americans (listed if they were not listed as a sr last year) as well as even more national qualifiers that could move into All American positions with graduations and outdoor/xc improvements.

60H

Dave Benjamin- Rowan-NCAA Champion

Bobby Cooks- transferred to Rowan- 6th

Storm Malone- Cortland 8th

Mile

Isaac Garcia Cassini- Geneseo- NCAA Champion

Jeremy Hernandez- Ramapo- 6th

DMR

RPI- NCAA Champion

Geneseo- NCAA runner up

High Jump

Jeffrey Jon Tucker- Rowan- 4th

Long Jump

Jeffrey Jon Tucker- Rowan- 3rd

Triple Jump

Jared Lewis- Stockton- NCAA Champion

Clarence Skipper- Utica- 8th

Heptathlon

Brett DiVittorio- Cortland- 7th

Burks in the 5k is joke. Won't even break 14:40. Otto won't AA, he probably will barely make it and have one good race to get there. Bailey going is also a joke. Isaac won't break 4 indoors, has a solid chance outdoors at Penn if they race goes as planned

Might be hammered rn wrote:

Isaac will break 4, but Grant will not break 29. He's not on that level yet. Otto will AA in the 5k, Bailey will qualify for natties after a shitty xc szn. Genny bois will send a DMR squad and Alex Burks in the 5k for Natties. He wont AA. SOC will be close to qualifying in the 5k, he will qualify for the steeple outdoors. Hernandez will be top 5 in the mile indoors and top 8 for sure in the 1500 outdoors. GOC and Darin should have a solid dual outdoors in the 10k assuming he runs the 10k. YEET

I think Burks could go somewhere in the high 14:30s which would give hims an outside shot of making it. He had a solid cross season minus blowing up at nats, but more importantly Neil Saddler should be a lock for nationals given his 14:21 outdoors last year (6th returner by time, 9th by place at nationals). He should be a very serious all-american contender in the 5k whereas Burks will need a pretty stellar season in order to make it.

Heard from a reliable source that Alfredo Mazzuca did not run outdoors last year so he could run outdoors this year as a grad student. Can anyone confirm?

Rumors? wrote:

Heard from a reliable source that Alfredo Mazzuca did not run outdoors last year so he could run outdoors this year as a grad student. Can anyone confirm?

Yes

He should be a threat to qualify for nationals in the 10k. Also prediction: Veltre finishes top 5 in the steeple outdoors.

Mazzuca will not return next season

(In a fake mario sounding italian accent) Mama mia! Geneseo boys Alfredo and Lorenzo are some of the best italiano men in the region! They like to eat pasta and a spicy meat-a-ballaz the night before every race! I know these boys will make me proud. If they run well they get the sweet tasty cannolis to celebrate.

Italian Chef wrote:

(In a fake mario sounding italian accent) Mama mia! Geneseo boys Alfredo and Lorenzo are some of the best italiano men in the region! They like to eat pasta and a spicy meat-a-ballaz the night before every race! I know these boys will make me proud. If they run well they get the sweet tasty cannolis to celebrate.

Painful.

Ah yes, the Geneseo 10k twins. Burks O'Connor and Fredo O'Connor

Do you mean Bilbo and Frodo O'Connor?

Nice meme guy

Shut up Fazio

Hernandez almost broke 4 at Valentine. Will he break 4 by the end of the year? IGC is apparently injured but whats up with GOC? He hasn't run well for the past two weeks.

ARTF wrote:

Hernandez almost broke 4 at Valentine. Will he break 4 by the end of the year? IGC is apparently injured but whats up with GOC? He hasn't run well for the past two weeks.

No.

Sick.

ARTF wrote:

Hernandez almost broke 4 at Valentine. Will he break 4 by the end of the year? IGC is apparently injured but whats up with GOC? He hasn't run well for the past two weeks.

If you have flotrack and watched the video, pay attention to how long he was in lane 2 for... he suffered so much time from doing so. He also won his heat. Put him in the 1st section of the mile and he would've done it.

What is it with these acronyms wrote:

ARTF wrote:

Hernandez almost broke 4 at Valentine. Will he break 4 by the end of the year? IGC is apparently injured but whats up with GOC? He hasn't run well for the past two weeks.

If you have flotrack and watched the video, pay attention to how long he was in lane 2 for... he suffered so much time from doing so. He also won his heat. Put him in the 1st section of the mile and he would've done it.

That's nice, but he was not in the first section, if pigs could fly.

Good race for him, but it is what it is...

Poll: What do you think is the biggest dumpster fire of team in the Atlantic Region?

1) Utica

2) Geneseo

3) Brockport

4) RIT

5) All the New Jersey Teams