GoFM wrote:
For those not there, the racing at the Marcus Coach T Invitational was really good upfront for both the girls and boys.
Shewaye Johnson ran from the front the entire way and Samantha was right with her until the last mile. At the 2 mile mark Macy Wingard, Nicole Humphries, and Alexandra Walsh were just being gapped a little.
where did this Wingard kid come from? home schooled? 17:15 out of the gate. or at least in her first race with competition. keep an eye on that one.
GoFM wrote:
Blake talented too, but is he going back to swimming again as state ranked freestyler.
will he be running at state, NXR, or nxn?
carroll is lucky to have all those guys step up after other people moved, sick, or injured. This is why depth on this team is important
Burlinson and Angel Sanchez - both great junior times. Should both make NXN in 2023
speed ratings:
angel Sanchez 187
adam burlinson 184
When I found this list for most improved guys from last year to this year, the Flowers from Stony point improvement from 18:17 to 15:47 intrigued me. This team intrigued me too.
They also had a sophomore step up who was their good fifth man first meet. The interesting thing is that their 4th man last year is also their 4th man this year.
Last year they only finished 13th at regions and retained only 3 guys (which does not include Flowers).
I saw a video about them having a goal of going to state. If they make it it will be really cool. But they got work to do on that. After 13th at regionals last year and losing 4 guys. This team doesn’t have much depth considering their 6th is in the 19s but he’s only a freshman so he got lot of time to grow and improve. They lost to Austin 2 days ago. They got destroyed by round Rock too. They also lost to Westwood but would have beaten them if their 5 wasn’t too far back
Yes, Macy Wingard will be fun to watch. A Freshman with limited racing experience and first time training with a team. Interviewed a couple weeks ago her goals were just "break 18 and maybe make state". Well, running 17:15 on the slowish Marcus Coach T course and putting 5 seconds on Samantha, 15 on Nicole, and 20 on Alex is making a serious statement! Dropping a minute PR that easily and on a challenging course makes you wonder what her real potential is.
I found her Middle School track profile, so she did race on the track quite a bit and showed speed even 7th grade.
woodlands 9th in the nation?
they almost lost to atascocita and vandegrift in their first meet
coach t invitational wrote:
Results from the Marcus Coach T invitational.
Girls: Flower Mound 58, Southlake Carroll 74, Klein 114
Flower Mound girls win by a small but solid margin
Boys: Southlake Carroll 81, Coppell 107, Prosper 166
Looks like Coppell is building some distance between Prosper and catching up to Southlake
Could coppell beat the woodlands at state this year if they close the 4-5 gap?
but in the first race, Reyes was farther behind woodlands 1-2 than expected
Carroll will win but for the second spot it will be a really close race between Coppell, Woodlands, Atascocita and Vandegrift (with schick back) at the state meet
In terms of best speed ratings from this season, it looks like
1. Carroll
2. Coppell
3. The Woodlands
4. Atascocita
5. Vandegrift
6. Prosper
Found a similar story.
coach t invitational wrote:
Results from the Marcus Coach T invitational.
Girls: Flower Mound 58, Southlake Carroll 74, Klein 114
Flower Mound girls win by a small but solid margin
Boys: Southlake Carroll 81, Coppell 107, Prosper 166
Looks like Coppell is building some distance between Prosper and catching up to Southlake
So Coppell thinks they have a chance at the end of the season against Southlake
Top Texas Boys Teams Through First Three Runners
1. Carroll
2. El Paso Franklin
3. Coppell
4. Prosper
5. Round rock
Wasn’t aware that Franklin had the 2nd best top 3 in the state. Their 4th guy is almost a minute far back but man, they could be really something if their 4/5 step up!
Looks like alvarez, golomb and fisher are listed in the entries for Woodbridge. don’t know if that means they are racing
Franklin beat Eastwood by 19 points and have a solid 1-4. If they get a 5th they could be something
Hunter Hill from SLC scores for Rocky Mountain ID today. This team won state last year. Lost 4 guys but returned 3 scorers. The sophomore who was their #5 was close to Keith last race. This team could challenge for an NXN berth from NW or make a case for an at-large if all goes well
Woodlands beats Klein Oak by only 19 points
https://tx.milesplit.com/meets/494855-college-park-invite-2022/results#.YxwEZyVOkWM
Atascocita did not run their top guys.
woodlands chances of being on the podium are looking vulnerable right now.
Observashun wrote:
Hunter Hill from SLC scores for Rocky Mountain ID today. This team won state last year. Lost 4 guys but returned 3 scorers. The sophomore who was their #5 was close to Keith last race. This team could challenge for an NXN berth from NW or make a case for an at-large if all goes well
Cool, this will be interesting to watch. Landon, Tyler, and Hunter ran almost identical times at Garmin last year. First meet Landon and Tyler 20-30 seconds up on Hunter.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
2017 World 800 champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse banned 1 year for whereabouts failures
