after SDSU day 1 Noella Ross drops a 2:07.33 to be #3 in the US this year and #2 all time in MN. Carley behind her dives for a 2:08.06 to secure #5 in the US and #3 in MN. Indoors and out PRs for both. They were "racing" college comp but beat their comp by at least 3 seconds.
after SDSU day 1 Noella Ross drops a 2:07.33 to be #3 in the US this year and #2 all time in MN. Carley behind her dives for a 2:08.06 to secure #5 in the US and #3 in MN. Indoors and out PRs for both. They were "racing" college comp but beat their comp by at least 3 seconds.
Momentum Performance and their coach is arguably the best middle distance team that Minnesota has ever seen. Yes, they do have very talented individuals, but their coach has done a excellent job developing that talent.
Scott Christiansen would like a word. But Austin is doing a great job. From what I've seen from the Gopher women, the Tommies, and even Macalester, it seems to be a great time to be an 800m runner in Minnesota. MSU
I'm seeing more winter track clubs than ever before. Maybe it is time to start a state Indoor series?
Ryan Littlefield from Cotter just ran 8:57 in an indoor 3000m at Mankato. Erik Semling also ran a 4:14 mile last week some time. Cotter distance is looking really strong and should lock up all distance events (unless Brady Rach can beat Semling in the 1600M) However I doubt that after a 4:14 in february.
Tate Gregoren in 1:53 last week, looks to be a lock for the state title this year
Perhaps this means GAC can topple the absolute stranglehold the Oles have on the MIAC distance rankings. And arguably, the Ole 800 group may be better than their XC squad. Getting guys like this will help close the gap in a hurry.
Sean Fries 8:32 3K, quite good. Looking at the results there was no competition for him and he had to lap slower runners. If we convert to outdoor this would be 8:26 and probably 5-7 sec for lapping slower runners. So he is probably in 8:20 outdoor shape or 8:55 3200m shape. Can he break 8:40 this year?
Sean Fries 8:32 3K, quite good. Looking at the results there was no competition for him and he had to lap slower runners. If we convert to outdoor this would be 8:26 and probably 5-7 sec for lapping slower runners. So he is probably in 8:20 outdoor shape or 8:55 3200m shape. Can he break 8:40 this year?
I don't know if he's quite in 8:55 shape right now, but I do think he'll break the state record of 8:43. In my opinion, which might be a hot take, he will not be the fastest 1600 runner this year. Maybe for AAA, but Gabe Hallen and maybe even Semling could be faster
Sean Fries 8:32 3K, quite good. Looking at the results there was no competition for him and he had to lap slower runners. If we convert to outdoor this would be 8:26 and probably 5-7 sec for lapping slower runners. So he is probably in 8:20 outdoor shape or 8:55 3200m shape. Can he break 8:40 this year?
I don't know if he's quite in 8:55 shape right now, but I do think he'll break the state record of 8:43. In my opinion, which might be a hot take, he will not be the fastest 1600 runner this year. Maybe for AAA, but Gabe Hallen and maybe even Semling could be faster
I know Semling is doing well this indoor season but I don't know if there is any chance that he can beat Sean in any event, especially his weakest which is the mile.
Nevertheless, Hamline 3200m should be stacked this year with Fries, Semling, Stuwe, Littlefield, Potentially Gabe Hallen and Charlie Loth, Tyler Flippen, Max Molinaro, and David Meberg.
I see Hamline as Sean's best chance to break 8:43. If you look at his XC times, on average he was about 10-25 seconds faster on each course. If we multiply by 2/3 because it is only a 2 mile, then we could expect a 7-16 second improvement from last year where he ran 8:57, putting him right in range to get 8:43 on the right day.