Official Idaho 2024 Track Thread

Seems like that’d be a big switch from May’s usual track load during championship time, never been a 3200 guy for them. It’ll be interesting how they divide up to try to score as much as possible at State….you are right May, Max CS, and King are most likely the only ones that are high probability to score at the State track meet so they’ll attempt to get them in advantageous combinations. The 1600/800 same day double with limited time between is a tough one at the State meet. Sainsbury somehow accomplished the double win last spring, but he was one of the best milers in the nation last season.

It's not outside the realm of possibility for CDA to pick up a trophy in track. They have a good vaulter and should be able to get the 4x100, 4x200, 4x800 and maybe get some sprinters/Rohlinger in as a hurdler.

It's outside of what May has done, but it's your best entries in the event that will be easiest to score in without taking away from your primary.

As an aside, Rocky loses 61 of their 109 points from last year. Boise loses 27 of their 95. Is this the year that Rocky loses the boys title?

Hard to replace 28 individual points from Sainsbury and 18 from Kelson.

Brad Abbott is a magician, but yeah this does look like the year another school should sneak in and grab the title. It was supposed to be Centennial and Boise last year.

I'm pretty sure that anyone that was paying attention thought Rocky would most likely win last year. This year is difficult to see.

They were actually not favored based off of returners from the previous year, they rarely ever are….that’s why I said Brad Abbott is a magician.

Returning Sainsbury (favored to win the 1600 and 800, place high in the 3200), returning the state champ in cross (favored to win 3200, place high in the 1600), returning one of the top hurdlers in the state, returning 5 guys who finished in the top 10 at state cross.

Just on points, you can count about 60 points on distance events including the 4x800 and 80 total with Kelson included. Since it's a race to around 100 points, Rocky would have had to be very bad at every other event to not be the most likely team to win.

If you are counting on 8 kids to have the races of their lives at state to win, you don't really have a shot of winning. Rocky was the one team that didn't have to have everything break their way in order to win.

This year, they return the favorite for the 3200 who should also be 2nd in the 1600 (Sorry, Stadtlander is too good). They return maybe another 10 points in the 3200m, and under 5 in the 1600m. They might score 10 in the 800 if they are lucky. They should win the 4x800 or be 2nd.

That's 53 points at the high end, and in the range of 30-33 on the low end.

They return points in the vault and the hurdles.

They need to find 30-50 points in other events.

My sneaky team for a trophy is Meridian. If Stadtlander triples and wins all three, which he absolutely could, and they win the 4x400, they are ~60% of the way there on points.

Schools with multiple sub 2 returners:
Boise: 3
Rocky: 3
BK: 3
CDA: 2
Centennial: 2
Eagle: 2

If Boise finds a 4th guy to compliment their 3 headed monster (Helder, Kemper, Sheesley) they should be unbeatable in the 4x800.

5A state schools by 3200 depth at various levels: (Should be noted that CDA, Boise, and Rocky, have all had some pretty high level freshman that could mix this up)

Sub 9:45:
CDA 3
Rocky 3
Boise 2
Eagle 1
Timberline 1
Thunder Ridge 1

Sub 10:
Rocky 5
CDA 3 (or 4 with Carr)
Boise 4
Eagle 3
Cen10 3
Mountain View 1
Highland 1
Timberline 1
Thunder Ridge 1
Capital 1

Sub 10:30:
Rocky 15
Eagle 6
CDA 5
Boise 5
Cen10 5
Mountain View 4
Timberline 2
Capital 2
Highland 1
Thunder Ridge 1
Lake City 1

Sub 11:
Rocky 21
Eagle 7
CDA 6
Mountain View 6
Boise 5
Cen10 5
Highland 4
Timberline 4
Thunder Ridge 3
Capital 2
Lake City 1

Does anyone know who is coaching distance at Timberline this year?

Sean Brosnan is getting back into the game this spring at Timberline. (this is his Doug Soles to Herriman move). Timberline will podium at NXN next fall and then win in 2025.

Rocky coaches or runners following the theme of using the names of well known runners and posting tongue in cheek comments.

My guess is that it’s a local coach that makes the move, it will be a surprising one, and that it will be their Doug Soles to Herriman move but on the girls side.

Realistically, Andrew Rafla will probably end up coaching the distance runners this spring to give the Timberline admin/Corey and Michelle Ihmels a bit more time to find someone that will lead their daughter the next three years of her career coming off her footlocker nationals appearance as a freshman. It would be crazy if Brosnan ended up at Timberline, but his hair and swag are similar to Axtman so that could be a good fit.

Link to information about 4 Indoor track meets at Idaho State.

isubengals.com

High School Home Meet Info

Idaho State University - High School Track and Field Meet Information Indoor Meet(s) Date(s) Meet Meet Information & Schedule Registration

Link:isubengals.com/sports/2023/10/24/high-...

Staedtlander, the Cervi-Skinners, Ihmels and Goss are all registered for the Spokane HS Invitational. Goss and Staedtlander are in the 800m and 1600m, while the Cervi-Skinners and Ihmels are running the 1600m and the 3000m. Should be a decently intertesting meet to keep track of.

CDA track results at the Spokane High School Invitational:

800m:

King - 1:57.55 (really good)

Rohlinger - 2:07.00 (pretty solid)

Mile:

Max Cervi-Skinner - 4:19.91 (great indoor result, 1 second off the win)

Carr - 4:31.48 (really good result for a freshman, not far off his outdoor PR if I remember right)

Zack Cervi-Skinner - 4:32.05 (Quite solid, showing that he's breaking out of a bit of stagnation from last track season)

Roglinger - 4:41.87 (Solid, showing good progression)

3000m: (3200 times in brackets)

Max Cervi-Skinner - 8:39.02 [9:17] (Really good indoor result, will be in the mix for the podium at state)

Zack Cervi-Skinner - 8:56.01 [9:31] (Big day for Zack, for sure will be looking to score points at state, maybe a top 5, assuming he can improve a little during the season)

King - 8:58 [9:33] (Perhaps a little underwhelming given his XC races, but he's been a big fan of the 800 and 1600, so nothing to read into here)

Carr - 9:04 [9:44] (Solid result for a freshman, slightly underwhelming given his mile result and his XC season, but he has time to improve and fight for points at state)

Heule - 9:48 [10:31] (Good day for a freshman and considering he was a 16 high 17 low guy in cross)

Solid recap. Would appreciate it if you don’t use my name as your handle. Thanks