In my projections, Redondo and Ayala were right next to each other, so Redondo winning without their #1 runner is impressive.
I wonder if Ayala's timing chips were on the right runners, because their #1 and #3 runners were freshmen. If so, that's good news for a team that was already state finalist level. But they will need a low stick or two to get to the top level.
I don't see any freshmen on Palisades listed roster who broke 5 last year, although middle school results are probably incomplete on athletic.net. It's unlikely that someone who didn't break 5, or barely did last year, will be good enough to score at the state meet for a top team 5 months later, but could help in the divisional race.
Menlo did pick up the fastest 8th grader over 1600m in California last season, who ran 4:25. That's the level of runner who could make an impact even on a top team, especially a team like Menlo which is not deep either.
well that is pretty huge for menlo. They could legit be very good this year. Any other good teams got sub 4:40 8th graders?
>>Any other good teams got sub 4:40 8th graders?
Davis got arguably the second best 8th grader in track, and has top 5 potential. Vacaville looks like they got a good one, but they are so stacked already he probably won't run varsity.
ML King and great oak go 1-2 but both are missing one of their top runners at cool breeze. No westin brown and no Brayden Lunetta. Anyone know if they are out for injury?
ML King and great oak go 1-2 but both are missing one of their top runners at cool breeze. No westin brown and no Brayden Lunetta. Anyone know if they are out for injury?
Lunetta started the race, but was way back at the halfway split, and then dropped out. A great race from Wesolowski at 15th overall kept them on top.
Great Oak’s 4th and 5th runners did a lot better than they did at the time trial. Wouldn’t be surprised if ML King and Great Oak qualify for NXN with Brown and Lunetta healthy. State meet is almost 3 months from today
Great Oak’s 4th and 5th runners did a lot better than they did at the time trial. Wouldn’t be surprised if ML King and Great Oak qualify for NXN with Brown and Lunetta healthy. State meet is almost 3 months from today
that's true if the damage is minimal they can still cross train and get back in this. Early season it's Jesuit CA ballgame but once midseason start I see that switching over to Beckman when their transfers are eligible. But at the end, it will depend on who is consistent and most focused
Hart and Tesoro 3rd and 4th and are looking to have the best season in school history. Oak Park not too far behind, and this is a team that wasn’t on my radar
Hart and Tesoro 3rd and 4th and are looking to have the best season in school history. Oak Park not too far behind, and this is a team that wasn’t on my radar
Oak Park barely made the cut on my list at #43, and they were missing their #3 returner from last year, although they are kind of a unique team in that returning runners #2-7 have a 3200m spread of just 9 seconds. Hart's #2 returner ran the JV race. Glendora missing one of their big 4, plus a transfer who will be 5th. Millikan missing #2 and #4 Factor that all in and things went almost exactly as the projections stood. I didn't see a true Wow team or individual runner, so that's a bummer because you can't read too much from early season meets, but the interesting thing is sometimes you see some huge leaps.
Would have liked to see Beckman and Jesuit today in the race but it looks like both schools had good days at their respective meets. Jesuit historically peaks late in the season I am not worried about them running well late in the year but Beckman seemed to burn out late last year if I remember. I do want to see how their transfers impact the squad but I think they have the best depth. Great Oak and MLK have great talent 1-5 but see a decent drop off so they are going to have to stay healthy for sure. Jesuit though overall seems to be the team to beat though right now but at the end of the day its a long season a lot can happen
Interview video lengths Zavaleta - 3:37 Flores - 3:37 Blade - 3:39 Did not expect these interviews to be almost the same length Also, Glendora is trying to go to NXN this year.
And Tesoro is hoping to make NXN. with so many top programs having a down year like Dana hills, the NXN spots are up for grabs and lots of new teams are taking advantage of that
As much as I respect tullyrunners ratings, and use it for the basis of all my work, I am really puzzled by these ratings. At Cool Breeze, he followed his typical fashion of giving very low ratings to the early season meets, with most runners WELL below their best SRs of last year. However at this meet, it was SpeedRating PR City. The result was that San Clemente team looks to be on nearly par with Great Oak (without W. Brown, but still 2nd at CB).
San Clemente
Yohan Anderson 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:09.0 167.00 167 Mattheus Dos Santos 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:19.1 163.63 164 Magnus Johansson 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:34.4 158.53 159 Erik Troester 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:50.7 153.10 153 Ben Wyman 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:53.0 152.33 152
Note: NONE of the runners #2-5 have a PR of 4:45 OR 10:20, and even the #1 was 4:36/10:02
Great Oak
Jack Paradise 12 Great Oak (SS) 15:04.6 168.47 168 Jacob Brown 12 Great Oak (SS) 15:21.8 162.73 163 Christian Gump 12 Great Oak (SS) 15:27.6 160.80 161 Marco Franco 11 Great Oak (SS) 15:41.3 156.23 156 Carson Lynch 12 Great Oak (SS) 16:02.3 149.23 149
It's not a big deal, no one wins prizes based on speed ratings. It would be an incredible story if they really are this good, and in 2 weeks they go against Beckman, Mira Costa, JSerra and Woodbridge, so that will give a better indicator.
As much as I respect tullyrunners ratings, and use it for the basis of all my work, I am really puzzled by these ratings. At Cool Breeze, he followed his typical fashion of giving very low ratings to the early season meets, with most runners WELL below their best SRs of last year. However at this meet, it was SpeedRating PR City. The result was that San Clemente team looks to be on nearly par with Great Oak (without W. Brown, but still 2nd at CB).
San Clemente
Yohan Anderson 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:09.0 167.00 167 Mattheus Dos Santos 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:19.1 163.63 164 Magnus Johansson 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:34.4 158.53 159 Erik Troester 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:50.7 153.10 153 Ben Wyman 10 San Clemente (SS) 15:53.0 152.33 152
Note: NONE of the runners #2-5 have a PR of 4:45 OR 10:20, and even the #1 was 4:36/10:02
Great Oak
Jack Paradise 12 Great Oak (SS) 15:04.6 168.47 168 Jacob Brown 12 Great Oak (SS) 15:21.8 162.73 163 Christian Gump 12 Great Oak (SS) 15:27.6 160.80 161 Marco Franco 11 Great Oak (SS) 15:41.3 156.23 156 Carson Lynch 12 Great Oak (SS) 16:02.3 149.23 149
It's not a big deal, no one wins prizes based on speed ratings. It would be an incredible story if they really are this good, and in 2 weeks they go against Beckman, Mira Costa, JSerra and Woodbridge, so that will give a better indicator.
cool breeze always puzzles me tbh. I never understood how guys can go 15:00 at cool breeze than 14:10 at woodbridge a week later than 15:50 at woodward park a week later? then you have guys go 15:05 cool breeze then 15:20 woodbridge? I imagine it's tricky to speed rate early races. There really needs to be that one big race that can be used as a guideline for the west. Usually that would be woodbridge, then clovis. Speed ratings are always better towards the middle/end of the season. I would say he got footlocker/nxn pretty spot on.