Arcadia has come full circle. Back in the 80’s, it was rare to have anyone outside of California compete there. Fast forward 25 years, the winner of the 3200 seemed to be won by a visitor. Come 2022, it appears it’s going to be dominated by locals!
What will their 4th guy run? Will they all go under Jeff Nelsons 8:33 conversion?
I think we should at least wait to see heat sheets (coming this afternoon) before making predictions.
Not Rich wrote:
Arcadia has come full circle. Back in the 80’s, it was rare to have anyone outside of California compete there. Fast forward 25 years, the winner of the 3200 seemed to be won by a visitor. Come 2022, it appears it’s going to be dominated by locals!
What will their 4th guy run? Will they all go under Jeff Nelsons 8:33 conversion?
came here to reply the same thing.
do you know what time they'll be public?
Did we ever find out if its true that its sub-9 only to get into the invitational heat? Would be disappointing as I'm sure there are plenty of guys ready to go sub-9 in a stacked heat.
Flavian wrote:
Did we ever find out if its true that its sub-9 only to get into the invitational heat? Would be disappointing as I'm sure there are plenty of guys ready to go sub-9 in a stacked heat.
I just officially heard the invite boys 3200m is sponsored by Scooby-Doo and the winner gets a Mystery Machine. I can't wait
Have they released heat sheets yet?
Flavian wrote:
Did we ever find out if its true that its sub-9 only to get into the invitational heat? Would be disappointing as I'm sure there are plenty of guys ready to go sub-9 in a stacked heat.
If true, the second fastest heat could also get a sub 9 tempo going.
I wonder if Olsen will run the 1600
Iiuui wrote:
I wonder if Olsen will run the 1600
Who is Olsen?
If all 4 boys run it... I predict Aaron/Colin will lead the first 4-5 laps. Specifically Aaron as even in Cross Country he was a glorified rabbit making sure the pace stayed hot. Though I believe he'll fall off a bit the last 700-600m. Predicting Colin and Leo to run under 8:30 and Lex to be at 8:32 while Aaron goes like 8:35 or something. Chris Caudillo will also have a big night running in the low 8:40's.
How come Arcadia doesn't get any pacers for the 3200? Especially since it's been public knowledge for months that it's gonna be a record attempt? One of the NP kids is gonna have to be the sacrificial lamb that goes out at 8:30 pace.
Agreeing with the guy above that Aaron's prolly gonna lead for a while, Colin and Leo are gonna get around 8:25, Lex at or under 8:30, and Aaron right around 8:35. NP will have 5 total under 9.
I think it'll also be the race with the most guys ever under 8:50 and 9.
What 8:50 kid would give up a chance to PR?
Peach Pit wrote:
How come Arcadia doesn't get any pacers for the 3200? Especially since it's been public knowledge for months that it's gonna be a record attempt? One of the NP kids is gonna have to be the sacrificial lamb that goes out at 8:30 pace.
Agreeing with the guy above that Aaron's prolly gonna lead for a while, Colin and Leo are gonna get around 8:25, Lex at or under 8:30, and Aaron right around 8:35. NP will have 5 total under 9.
I think it'll also be the race with the most guys ever under 8:50 and 9.
An actual race would be better. I’ve always thought LV’s record should have a tiny asterisk.
Gavin sherry has the foot speed and the sheer endurance to outrun Aaron Salman. Other than that, ain't nobody beating newburys top 3
Most HS races don't need pacers. They don't look around at each other and wait for someone to do something because they are afraid to lead. 99% of the time someone goes out hard and takes it.
Yeah you realistically need someone to pace through 1600 in sub 4:15, so probably a sub 4:10 guy to handle that evenly from the front. I agree, those type of guys are gonna want to PR themselves, particularly since they wont be getting paid to pace like the pros do.
Best bet is to probably have Aaron/Lex/Leo trade off leads until 1600-2000 and then C Sahlman makes a long drive for home and have everyone try and hold on to that. He did run the last mile totally solo in his 8:33, so he has shown that ability already.
So he can run 8:33 solo but not 8:30?
It wasnt solo, he had a pacer to 1600. Id also imagine they are aiming for sub 8:26 to match LV's 8:29 full two mile, so 7 seconds faster.
Ostrich wrote:
Have they released heat sheets yet?
Why does it take 3 days to setup the heats?