Videos are good as is commentary but in the M Steeple, the commentators never once mention who the father of the winner is. Heck, they have same name and same event. This Columbia winner is very talented but he could use some hurdle coaching from his father, who held the American record at one time.
It is quite possible they didn't know it, considering how the announcers could be more familiar with the Princeton athletes (the on-site general announcer didn't know much about any of the other schools outside of the Princeton athletes - other people had to tell him if their performances or backgrounds were any good).
Anywho - last chance weekends. I know the majority of people would be at either ECACs or IC4As, but are there any other meets that we should look out for? Anyone have the links for them? Someone mentioned in another thread about one in NC? And rumor has it that Abbey D'Agostino is doing an 800m race at the Boston Twilight Meet this weekend.
Wow. It would be interesting if Abbey were to attempt a 1500/5000 double at NCAAs--or just go for the 1500, period.
...all as part of a longterm plan to prepare for U.S. Nationals, then Worlds?
And it just now occurred to me that the Cornell folks may be facing some of the same concerns with Sorna/steeple?
I think Abbey will be focusing on the 5k for NCAAs, which I believe she has shared in the past. All of this other stuff is speedwork (I think).
How many times have Cornellians doubled at NCAAs? I cannot recall any outside of Jeomi Maduka in the LJ/TJ. Did they ever have any of their distance kids do it in recent years?
Seems unlikely that Sorna would double, or attempt to, at NCAA.
Maybe he just means that Sorna and her coach could be thinking longer-term than the NCAA meet.
Evan Weinstock (B) and Amanda Snajder (Y) are competing the IC4A/ECAC multis today and tomorrow. Do you think Weinstock is trying for a better qualifying mark or will this be it for him for the year? He was ranked 20th nationally in the decathlon going into this weekend.
Weinstock ran 10.90 in his dash, slightly faster than his Heps performance (10.91).
Weinstock's Heps performance:
10.91 - 6.93m - 13.17m - 1.92m - 49.82 - 14.62 - 38.60m - 4.10m - 54.97m - 4:45.87 = 7393
Weinstock's LJ was 7.14m, 21cm longer than his Heps performance.
Weinstock's IC4As performance:
10.90 - 7.14m
883 - 847
Weinstock's Heps performance:
10.91 - 6.93m - 13.17m - 1.92m - 49.82 - 14.62 - 38.60m - 4.10m - 54.97m - 4:45.87 = 7393
881 - 797 - 678 - 731 - 823 - 896 - 636 - 645 - 662 - 644
After 3 events -
Weinstock's IC4As performance:
10.90 - 7.14m - 13.51m
883 - 847 - 698
up 72 points
Weinstock's Heps performance:
10.91 - 6.93m - 13.17m - 1.92m - 49.82 - 14.62 - 38.60m - 4.10m - 54.97m - 4:45.87
881 - 797 - 678 - 731 - 823 - 896 - 636 - 645 - 662 - 644 = 7393
Thanks for the updates! Sitting in 20th going into the weekend, he's definitely on the bubble. I hope he makes it in!
SEC, PAC 12 and Big 10 all have multis this weekend. He needs to improve his score to be safe.
Exactly. There'll be lots of position changes on the national list this weekend, and his score going into the weekend would almost certainly not cut it. I wish him well.
I checked the IC4A/ECAC entries and note that Sorna/K. Kellner are not listed. I think I'd rank that right with the sunrise as "most surprising news item of the day."
After Day 1 -
Weinstock's IC4As performance:
10.90 - 7.14m - 13.51m - 1.93m - 49.75
883 - 847 - 698 - 740 - 826 = 3994
up 84 points from Heps
currently in 1st place in IC4As by 49 points
Weinstock's Heps performance:
10.91 - 6.93m - 13.17m - 1.92m - 49.82 - 14.62 - 38.60m - 4.10m - 54.97m - 4:45.87
881 - 797 - 678 - 731 - 823 - 896 - 636 - 645 - 662 - 644 = 7393
I remember reading somewhere of how Weinstock kept hitting new PRs at Heps last weekend, but I don't know in which events (outside of the total decathlon). It looks like he's definitely hitting new PRs again today. I hope he keeps it up through tomorrow! I remember Huber was on good pace last year at NCAAs but then died out on Day 2. Weinstock is a good sprinter, so that will help him out in the hurdles and maybe the javelin approach.
http://lancertiming.com/ecac/results/index.htm
Every time I keep checking the national rankings on TFRRS this past week, they keep adding on new marks so the rankings keep on changing. Mary Hirst is now 23rd in the hept (whereas yesterday, she was 21st) - it seems very unlikely she'll be able to make the cut, particularly with this girl from Maine who is already closing in on 4000 points after Day 1 of the ECAC heptathlon. Hirst isn't doing the heptathlon this weekend - only the HJ.
Not many Harvard people in the open sprints, but they are doing the 4x400. I guess they are loading up for that. Hale in the 200m, no 400m. Feldman in the 800m. I haven't checked out the men entries yet.
An obviously belated but well-earned shoutout to the Brown men, who took third in last week's Heps "dual meet" (PU + CU > The Other Six combined, again). The Bruins did a great job of upsetting the form charts.
And overall congrats to the women's field, which had four teams over 100 points for the first time since 2010, when Heps were last at Weaver. That 2010 women's meet has to stand as one of the all-time great competitions.
Weinstock's IC4As performance:
10.90 - 7.14m - 13.51m - 1.93m - 49.75 - 15.13 - 37.02n
883 - 847 - 698 - 740 - 826 - 834 - 604 = 5432
behind Heps by 10 points
currently in 2nd place at IC4As
Weinstock's Heps performance:
10.91 - 6.93m - 13.17m - 1.92m - 49.82 - 14.62 - 38.60m - 4.10m - 54.97m - 4:45.87
881 - 797 - 678 - 731 - 823 - 896 - 636 - 645 - 662 - 644 = 7393
Sub-par hurdles (headwind -1.2) and discus. Hopefully he can regain ground on the PV, javelin, and 1500. He's behind 1st place by about 90 points, a guy who has been a consistent 700+ point performer in all events so far (who I cannot find any info on previous season's performances, as it appears he is a master's student using up some final eligbility. This athlete's previous season mark included a NH in the HJ).
Ivy winners, thus far: Imbesi, women's jav, and Bell, men's LJ (both Cornell).
Seems like most/all of the Ivies have skeleton crews in these meets, but a few could do okay in the team placings.
And I don't know why BYU seems such a stretch for the IC4A--which has had Duke and Notre Dame as members for a long time.
I think because BYU is out in Utah and not many schools typically come out to IC4As if they are situated west of the Mississippi River.
Does anyone know what happened in the men's 800 trials? Three guys DNF in one heat (including Princeton's Paternostro). Did they fall or something?
Weinstock update - 1500m left
Weinstock's IC4As performance:
10.90 - 7.14m - 13.51m - 1.93m - 49.75 - 15.13 - 37.02m - 3.75m - 49.86m
883 - 847 - 698 - 740 - 826 - 834 - 604 - 549 - 632 = 6613
behind Heps by 136 points
currently in 2nd place at IC4As by a good margin
Weinstock's Heps performance:
10.91 - 6.93m - 13.17m - 1.92m - 49.82 - 14.62 - 38.60m - 4.10m - 54.97m - 4:45.87
881 - 797 - 678 - 731 - 823 - 896 - 636 - 645 - 662 - 644 = 7393
I guess at this point, all we can do is pray for him to make the cut...
Wow - Alexis Mikaelain of Princeton drops a 4:19 in the 1500m trials! 2nd fastest of the trials.
Glauser throws 196+ ft in the hammer, besting Servino (188 ft).
Hopkins 46.66 sec in the 400m trials.
Bruno made it to the 100m and 200m semis. 100m in 10.74, while 200m in 21.33
And Bell won the LJ by 1 cm.
Weinstock's IC4As performance:
10.90 - 7.14m - 13.51m - 1.93m - 49.75 - 15.13 - 37.02m - 3.75m - 49.86m - 4:44.61
883 - 847 - 698 - 740 - 826 - 834 - 604 - 549 - 632 - 652 = 7265
finished 3rd overall
Weinstock's Heps performance:
10.91 - 6.93m - 13.17m - 1.92m - 49.82 - 14.62 - 38.60m - 4.10m - 54.97m - 4:45.87
881 - 797 - 678 - 731 - 823 - 896 - 636 - 645 - 662 - 644 = 7393
C/M Runner wrote:
I think because BYU is out in Utah and not many schools typically come out to IC4As if they are situated west of the Mississippi River.
Does anyone know what happened in the men's 800 trials? Three guys DNF in one heat (including Princeton's Paternostro). Did they fall or something?
No two of them were just acting as pacers (Paternostro and one other).
Mozia (Cornell) bested Mattis (Penn) in the IC4A discus, 57.63 to 56.05. (All five of Mozia's legal throws were ahead of Mattis's best.) They finished second and third in the event. Clavette (Brown) and Levine (Yale) finished fifth and eighth, so the League provided half of the event's scorers.