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any results up yet?

I agree with Jorge on this way -- way to rock it Ben Hatch. I should've known to pick you to finish higher than third for two reasons:1.) IUP obviously knows how to coach 800m runners...just ask Strauman2.) You've proven you can win big races...if I recall, you were the PIAA AA 800m champ last yearAwesome run! I'm guessing your 1:51.84 will get you to San Angelo, TX for Nats. Keep training hard...you're definitely rounding into shape...by 6:55 PM on May 22 you'll be capable of running 1:50-low...which will put you right in the mix. Hoovis

jorge wrote:

WOW!!!! Where the heck did IUP recruit Ben Hatch??!! I dont anything about this kid, but all season he has been getting better and better. Ben, great job bud. Hope to meet you at coach's retirement party.

Russ: Dude you are a freaking beast!!! You won PSAC's in the jav. Im proud of you man and I will be honest, you surprised the heck out of me. Good luck at nats.

PSAC's was a great meet and I wish I could have been there to see it. There were a lot of great performances from both the men and the women. Most of all, I wish I could have seen the women's 1500 in person. Great race.

Good luck to all PSAC'ers headed to Nationals. Bring back some awards!

-Jorge

Did anyone else notice that Ben Hatch was also on the 4X100 team? What does he run the 100m in?

I asked him about that, he didn't actually run it. But the IUP team ran fasssst in the prelim, they are the 7 seed at NCAA's.

It has been really great racing amongst friends these last couple years. I was waiting to say something until after nationals, but I learned this morning I did not make the cut.

As some of you know I was told not to race at PSAC's because of some health concerns, not an injury. I found out yesterday I was in pretty bad shape during IUP and Penn Relays (but raced anyway). In two weeks I will truly know if I am back to normal. Could I have improved my mark enough to get in (.18) – I have no doubts, but at the end of the day my team brought me to several great meets and I did not perform until late in the season.

I will always wonder what would have happened if I hadn't picked up the phone. Moral of the story, run fast when you can.

I am really glad I was not scratched from the 800, it meant a lot to hear my name announced, and to see great races (not that sit and kick championship fare). If you think this post is self righteous, I am surprised you read this far, but you are probably right.

-Chuck

H.S. 2:03.5 4x8 2:07.9 open 51.0

Career 1:52.51o 1:53.4i

Hatch never ran the 4x100...

IUP's 4x100 is Hopeton, Kevin, Tristan, and Nafee.

Speaking of the 4x100, that white boy from ESU was scootin'!

Props to Hatch on a nice double, PRing on back to back days to bring it home. Would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Chuck would have been in the mix.

Chuck: nice post. Not too self-righteous, but was well put. I hope that by the time I call it quits, I can get down to where you were at. Like you, my high school times are not stellar(2:08.9 open, 2:04.7 4x8 split), and getting to the level you're at would be awesome. It's definitely an accomplishment to go from a mediocre HS runner to a provisional national qualifier. Congrats on a good career. I'm at 1:57.04 and dropping...

I just wanted to put my two cents in because that is what letsrun is all about...

Why did Coach Caulfield have Clark run the 10km at PSAC's (not to mention the double back in the 1500m) when he has a shot to win the national title in that event in two weeks? It is possible (and also probable) that I'm looking at this all wrong but I don't think that was a good idea at all. Maybe it won't end up hurting Clark's chances, but why risk running him in an event that takes a long time to recover from that close to nats? I understand that he's at least a 29:00 guy (and possibly quite a bit faster) and didn't have to run that to win, but 29:40 is still not an easy effort. In my mind, its not even slow enough to be considered a tempo effort.

These are just a few of my thoughts, I'm sure most who read this will disagree. And I just want to say that I have an incredible amount of respect for Coach Caulfield (and Clark), and I usually agree with absolutely everything he has his runners do; I see this situation differently, however, and I would like to know what everyone else thinks about it.

Clark is probably in better shape than we know. I mean 29:41 or whatever he ran is nearly 40 seconds slower than his best. So he wasn't quite maxing out. But who's to know but him and his coach.

And Chuck great post! The 800's were fast. Quality races. Wish you could have been in there, they would have been even crazier, even if it would have bumped me down a spot. Best of luck, but like you told me, at the very least, hopefully, you can have your health and keep the running lifestyle!

all the best!

It's is nice to see athletes doing fine jobs out there for our PSAC schools. I am also sorry to hear about the health issues of "Chuck". Shizzy, your post to Chuck was most definitely a positive one. Let's keep it positive out there guys! Go get em' at Natioanls everyone!

I just came across the Red Marathon results and I noticed that Bryan Morseman won the marathon this past weekend. He ran a 2:23.58!

That is a very impressive time for him and I thought he deserved some recognition. Job well done Morseman ! He is another PSAC alumni doing well after college running.

Good luck to all of the PSAC' athletes that will be competing at Nationals. You all worked too crazy hard to get this far.

-jorge

It's a great question. My recommendation, in my predictions thread, was to just have him run the 5K and go out and blast it. Save the big races for nats. Hoovis

any one know what happened at nats?

times were fairly slow and clark boofed with a 30:50? Weiss ran ok with a 30:16? Was is real hot?

nice to see Hilton qualify for finals for steeple. GOOD LUCK NICK.

clark went down

I knew that was going to happen

Clark and Weiss did all the pacing duties for the first 5k trading off the lead. I think they were trying to keep the pace fast so it wouldn't come down to a super slow race where the kickers would rule. Clark started to fade around 4 miles and Wiess lost contact with about 1600 or 1200 to go. It ended up being an insane kick from the guys from adams and harding anyway.

I thought Clark and Weiss ran gutsy but just didn't have that extra gear. I didn't think either would win in a kickers race so they had to do what they did. They tried to break everyone early and a lot of guys did crack with the pace they tried to run. It just didn't work out that either of them won. Grats to both of them on some really strong careers in college. I hope to see them continue running after college

Sounds like a rough race for Clark and Weiss... but to walk away with AA in what is considered "a bad race" is wholly impressive. Props to both on bringing home some hardware and lets hope they can come back and throw down in the 5k.

well finals are tomorrow so its not like its all over for them yet. although it is unlikely either of them will push for top 3.

Jeff McCabe, another PSAC alum took 3rd in the race with a 2:28.

jorge wrote:

I just came across the Red Marathon results and I noticed that Bryan Morseman won the marathon this past weekend. He ran a 2:23.58!

That is a very impressive time for him and I thought he deserved some recognition. Job well done Morseman ! He is another PSAC alumni doing well after college running.

Good luck to all of the PSAC' athletes that will be competing at Nationals. You all worked too crazy hard to get this far.

-jorge