speaking of 800 runners, strauman moved up 10 spots from psac's to regionals to 28th. good season for him?
speaking of 800 runners, strauman moved up 10 spots from psac's to regionals to 28th. good season for him?
Great season for him...think about it. How many runners do you know in the PSAC that never ran cross before and in their senior year could go out and finish 28th at conference?
Dude is talented & tough...a good combination.
Hoovis
haven and boro will have much better teams next year since they are both very young. Boro looks to have the edge though with three front runners in hahn mclaughlin and arthur but if they cant get depth then they still wont look too impressive. Haven's Getz, Hilton, and Pomerantz aren really too comparable but a solid year of training could make them a suprise next year. Ship is young but they need more top guys to compare to Haven or Boro.
I agree that ships women will need some more additions to the line up to get that #3 or #4 spot...but they also have Mccollum who was out this year with an anemia problem who was there number 2 or 3 girl depending last year, with her healthy and running again in the line up they should be able to do it, also strayer the freshman will have a year of experience under her belt to move up and close the gap. congrats ladies on a great year!
Hey...anybody else attend D2 Nats and have any comments/thoughts to close out the cross season?
sean craig from LH will win the outdoor 800 for the next four years if he stays healthy
HOOVIS = D-BAG
If any press truly is good press...then, I guess I owe you a thanks there dbag.
Hoovis
Nice Chris Clark Interview over at Flotrack:http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/673-dii-interview-chris-clarkHoovis
Hoovis 2 wrote:
A couple of thoughts from Nationals...
On the men's side, I thought the overall performances by Lock Haven & Boro were slightly worse than expected, but, not nearly as bad as many people on this board perceive.
With that said, when you look at this team, none of us should've expected them to finish higher than say 12th. Haven didn't even make Nats last year and while they ran solid this year, they lack a front-runner and are not as strong as past years at the #4 and #5 slots. Some noted that Pom had an off day, but even if he would've run great, he would've finished near Hilton & Getz, would would've shaved off about 70 pts. but still placed them behind #16 Boro.
Hoovis
Just becuase the PSAC teams had exceptionally low expectations going in does not change the fact that they pretty much sucked at Nats. Relative to the rest of DII the distance running in the PSAC has lost a tremendous amount of ground in the last 10 - 15 years.
I flew in from Boston for the race.
And a few others came as well:
Nearly all of the 1986 Championship team was there.
And probably 30-40 Boro alumni probably 25 All-Americans.
The President of the University(EUP) attended as did one Olympic Gold Medalist.
Any time it comes close to the East the Old Boro guys try to get there to support Edinboro and the PSAC.
I have been to all the Slippery Rock Nationals and they do a great job, just a great job.
Needless to say I was not one of those nutjobs running around with no clothes on all painted up.
Had a great time anyhow!
i painted up and it was one of the best experiences to be able to wear no clothes and paint up and support my teammates great times
So, Word has it that Matt Gaudet and Nate shelly were kicked off IUP's track team?
The distance situation at IUP is not good. Training formally three times a week is asinine. Perhaps Gaudet and Shelly should buy into the philosophy of the new head track coach, who has been extremely successful at every other school he's coached. Surely, trying to be better than mid-pack in the PSAC can't be a bad idea.
the new coach at iup has also gotten fired at every other school he has coached at too. so that should should tell you something about him. maybe there is something wrong with that dude. EDWIN FRY for President!!!
I heard the head coach was pisssed at fry because he wasn't going meet with the Distance runners After regionals unitl January 12th.
Sounds to me like the distance coach at IUP is a complete idiot. But how does that lead to Matt and Nate getting kicked off the team?
Sounds about right. Coach Fry has always had a very hands-off style. That can be either a great thing, or a horrible one -- depending upon the maturity of the runners on any given team. If there is strong senior leadership, a team can flourish with a coach who writes great workouts but is a bit more hands off. If there is not strong leadership, the model fails.
Personally, I believe that this is the biggest reason for such fluctation in the IUP program over the years. Some years, there was strong senior leadership and the team did well. Many years, there was not and the team struggled.
Not sure what's going on with Gaudet & Shelly, but they are that Senior leadership...so, hopefully, it's all just a rumor or gets worked out quickly.
Hoovis
One other thing I feel compelled to add. The distance program at IUP has not fluorished over the past 10 years. It needs some change. I'm not sure I agree with how the change has taken place, and dont' have strong sentiments on the new coaches one way or another (simply don't have direct knowledge), but one thing is clear -- if you judge a program by its success (PSAC Championships & All Americans) - there is a need for change at IUP (and likely many other schools in the PSAC).
Below is the list of T&F All-Americans from IUP over the past 10 years. There are only two distrance runners -- Sara & Mindy. That's not "success" in my opinion. It doesn't necessarily imply that the previous coaches had to "go" -- but, it does imply that change was/is needed.
Hoovis
1998
Derek Brinkley 400 IH 52.16 5th
Brian Spickler Decathlon 6941 5th
1999 Mark Bridge Javelin 224’3” 2nd
Derek Brinkley 400 IH 51.70 4th
Erik Friedman Javelin 200’5” 7th
2000 Dave Singer Decathlon 6,542 7th
Amber Plowden 200M 24.05 4th
Amber Plowden 100M 11.89 3rd
Derek Brinkley 400 IH 51.50 2nd
Mark Bridge Javelin 224’7” 2nd
Sara Raschiatore 3,000M 9:49.31 6th
2001 Amber Plowden 200M 24.47 6th
Amber Plowden 100M 11.66 National Champion
Amber Plowden Indoor 55M 7.06 6th
Sara Raschiatore Steeple chase 10:43.95 5th
Derek Brinkley 400 IH 51.17 National Champion
2002 Sara Raschiatore Steeplechase 10:54.84 3rd
Mark Bridge Javelin 228’5” National Champion
Noah Christian Javelin 212’ 5” 2nd
Amber Plowden Indoor 60M 7.48 2nd
Amber Plowden 100M 11.56 3rd
Amber Plowden 200M 24.03 5th
2003 Becky Bullard Heptathlon 4,900 7th
Mindy Sawtelle 10,000M 35.50.49 4th
2004 Becky Bullard Indoor High Jump 5’8” 3rd
Mindy Sawtelle Indoor 10,000M 16:48.89 4th
2005 Ron Jett Decathlon 7088 3rd
Mike Rairigh Javelin 204’0” 6th
Becky Bullard Indoor High Jump 5’7” 7th
Mindy Sawtelle Indoor 5000M 16:58.28 7th Mindy Sawtelle 10,000M 35:55.57 3rd
Mindy Sawtelle 5000M 17:18.73 8th
2006 Sean Strauman Indoor 800M 1:53.68 8th
Sean Strauman 800M 1:56.60 7th
Rob Conrad Javelin 208’ 9” 8th
2007 Sean Strauman Indoor 800M 1:50.62 2nd
Sean Strauman 800M 1:50.68 4th
Troy Litten Pole Vault 15’ 11” 7th
2008 Chris Gardner High Jump 6’8 ¾” 5th
Sean Strauman
we never had official practice after xc ended, but that did not mean we did not run. after xc season ended, we had two weeks off and then resumed to training again. coach fry gave us work outs to do until we came back from break. once school started up we met officially.
when i was around, the guys and i met on our own and did our work outs with out fry. this will be fry's last year, but he is still the distance coach. after 43 year of coaching at IUP, i feel he should have more respect from everyone, including the new coach. nate and matt got kicked off the team because they did not show up to practice a few weeks ago. but we are all used to fry's method.
after this year it will be different. but i think fry was disrespected by the new coach by kicking the 2 best runners off the team. oh well, cant do anything about it now.
I stand by coach fry. he is the most amazing person i have ever met and his dedication to the program showed year after year. i hate to see him leave IUP.
-jorge
I’m a D2 female runner. Our coach explicitly told us not to visit LetsRun forums.
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