What I'm most amazed about is that NYU ran 9:58 with Piece on the 400 leg, meaning they couldn't have got much better than a 54. Imagine if Nile was in there running sub 50 like he did last spring.
What I'm most amazed about is that NYU ran 9:58 with Piece on the 400 leg, meaning they couldn't have got much better than a 54. Imagine if Nile was in there running sub 50 like he did last spring.
Angela Gargorrigan wrote:
Piece on the 400 leg...couldn't have got much better than a 54.
Their website says Napiecek split 51.0.
NYU again getting the job done!--I wonder whether it *is* possible to win the UAA with no sprinters/jumpers/throwers/hurdlers?--because it looks like NYU could pile up significant mid- and distance points.
OTOH, I've heard that in the past McDonough has basically gone easy at UAA to get his guys ready for NCAA the next week. Looks like he'll have a bunch there...
http://www.nyu.edu/athletics/teams/track/m
Men's Track's Abdallah Sets 5,000m Indoor Mark at Valentine's Invitational
02/09/07
Junior Hany Abdallah set a school record, posted an NCAA Division III automatic-qualifying time and recorded the top showing in Division III in the 5,000-meter run this season, at the Boston University Valentine’s Invitational on Friday.
Abdallah’s time of 14:25.72 eclipsed his previous indoor school record of 14:26.89 set at the Boston University Terrier Invitational on Jan. 27, 2006. A two-time NCAA Division III Cross Country All-American, Abdallah placed sixth out of 85 runners and second among collegiate competitors.
It is the second straight weekend an NYU runner achieved the nation’s top time in the 5,000-meter run. Senior Jon Phillips raced to a time of 14:27.47 in the event on Feb. 2 at the Yale University Giegengack Invitational and also achieved an NCAA automatic-qualifying time.
“Hany looked good and he’s on track for the Nationals,” NYU head coach Nick McDonough said. “Now he’s got a month to train for the Nationals.”
Senior Ryan Williams also competed in the 5,000-meter run, recording a time of 14:43.01 that was good for an NCAA provisional qualifying time. Williams placed 13th overall while topping his personal-best showing by 8.44 seconds.
Also for NYU, senior James McCarthy finished 21st out of 125 runners in the one-mile run with a time of 4:14.64 that was just 1.43 seconds off the personal-best time he set at the Metropolitan Championships on Jan. 26.
Senior Jon Phillips, who posted the third-fastest time in the 5,000 meters this season, stepped down in distance and notched a personal-best time of 4:20.43 in the one-mile run while finishing 47th. The senior's previous best time was 4:23.54.
Also establishing a personal-best time in the mile was freshman Zach Maher, taking 55th in 4:23.64.
In the men's 3,000-meter run, junior Michael Peroutka bested his previous personal best by eight seconds, finishing second in his heat and 67th out of 165 in 8:45.26. Sophomore Brian McAuley recorded a season-best time of 8:50.79 that was good for 89th place, but was one second off his personal best recorded last season.
Another highlight in the 3,000 was the performance of freshman Calvin Lee, who ran his first sub-nine minute time in the event by crossing the finish line in 8:58.02. Lee improved over his previous personal-best posted as a high school senior by 11 seconds.
Actually, now that I think about it, I wouldn't want a guy running 5k two weeks in a row either. I would expect that McDonough's guys who've definitely qualified for Nationals (two auto qualifiers in the 5k, and the DMR will make it in for sure) would run under their Nationals distance at UAA's.
...which, I guess, means that a guy who goes about 15:10 (which would put him, what, sixth on the NYU squad?) might get the chance to run that at UAA's.
As I think even more about it: you can't give away six field events and the hurdles at a conference meet and expect to win, no matter how tough you are in the other events. So why kill your best guys the week before Nationals, just to take third place (say) in the meet, instead of fourth?
It's a tough situation for the UAA schools. I'm surprised that they have their conference meet so late. You'd think that having it *two* weeks before Nationals would be a lot better, given that the conference seems to send a fair number of men and women to Nats...
I noticed Brandeis ran 10:04 in the DMR at BU invite. Not too bad. That should be close for nationals for them.
Also, Rob Leventhal doubled 4:20 for a win with a 1:55 800 finishing second behind Kevin Hicks this weekend.
Bojanov had a decent 3k finishing just behind 2 North Central guys at 8:43.
At this point though, it looks like if it were just distance events NYU could win a dual meet against the whole conference pretty handily.
Okay, I just got a look at Wash U's results in its last couple meets. Their men and women have good coverage of the events, with a couple of outstanding individuals on each squad; dunno whether that would translate into UAA championships or not.
Wash would certainly cream most UAA schools in a dual meet (depth and breadth will do that); but in a larger meet depth doesn't always pay off. Should be an interesting meet!
why doesn't rochester compete in uaa track?
I know they used to--maybe it's a money thing? Too bad--in the Hale/Blackett days they were always the team to beat in the UAA.
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so who is running well
track fan wrote:
so who is running well
Dunno, but there should be more of a line on NYU's performances by the end of the day today (Friday):
http://www.armorytrack.com/nyu_fast_track_invitational_2007.htmlAs of ~1:30pm EST they don't have anyone listed as running the 5k, but about eight guys are listed as tentative entries in the 3k. So I'm guessing that anyone who's a borderline qualifier for the National 5k will run 5k at UAA's--I would doubt that they'd have anybody who's definitely qualified for Natls run the UAA 5k.
Once again, it certainly looks like NYU is only covering a segment of the events, so they're not likely to be in the team hunt at UAA's and I'd bet they'll be more interested in getting guys ready for Nationals, rather than doubling or tripling their studs. So there could actually be some points available in the distance races at UAA's.
So what are the predictions?? Who is running what and who is going to win?
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NYU men win the DMR in 10:13, no big guns in 5k:
http://www.nyu.edu/athletics/teams/track/m
Full Day 1 results:
http://my.brandeis.edu/athletics/one-game?group_id=1457&item_id=486887
Women's Day 1 results:
http://my.brandeis.edu/athletics/one-game?group_id=1458&item_id=486889
Not sure what's going on with the NYU women--they used to be fairly competitive...
WashU looking pretty strong on both sides.
I may be missing something... but it looks like the the top case female distance team didn't run the 5k. whats up with that?
BTxc wrote:
I may be missing something... but it looks like the the top case female distance team didn't run the 5k. whats up with that?
Dunno--too lazy to check the Nationals performance lists--but have they already qualified for the Natls 5k? If so, it would make sense that they, like the male 5k qualifiers from NYU, would avoid running 5000 the weekend before...
I guess it could make a difference if the Case women were in the hunt for a UAA team title. Are they? (The NYU men certainly aren't.)
Congrats to WashU, winners of the men's and women's UAA! They were pushed by Emory on the men's side, and pushed hard by Chicago on the women's.
http://my.brandeis.edu/athletics/one-game?group_id=1457&item_id=486888
NYU men went 1-2-3 in the 3k, in a nice tempo run to get ready for NCAA 5k next week.
So aside from Leventhal becoming a player on the national scene in the mile what were some of the big surprises
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