Angel Piccirillo ran a 2:09.16 in the 800m and 4:39.42 in the 1600m yesterday to win the PA high school state championship. These times are on par with Jordan Hasay's high school personal bests - should be interesting to see how she does in college in the next few years.
If im thinking correctly, she's been steadily improving. And she's good at cross country too.
i love how somehow JH is the benchmark for all high school runners now. the thing people forget is not only the times jordan ran, but the amount of winning she did in 4 years. very few losses
NUKE PA
4:39 is NOT on par with a 4:14 1500...
Hasay ran 4:14 in a race with professionals.. Hardly comparable than running solo and winning by yourself in 80+ degree heat.
Aside from XC Nationals, what has Piccirillo not won?
lol@onetard wrote:
Hasay ran 4:14 in a race with professionals.. Hardly comparable than running solo and winning by yourself in 80+ degree heat.
hasay ran 4:16 at junior nationals (no pros) as a sophomore... than she won again the next year... then she won again the NEXT year... then she won again the NEXT year... then she got 4th at world juniors...
good luck with that, angel.
Why do we need to compare her to another runner? How about complimenting her for performing incredibly at that meet and having a great high school career? She will have a great group to train with at Villanova, maybe she'll continue to develop well and become a medal contender some day and maybe not. But grow up and get a life and stop trying to predict her future.
Mary Cain destroyed her at Penn Relays.
But still, Angel is a great runner, has been progressing fantastically, and has a very, very bright future at Villanova.
800 & 1600
Oh NOOOOO!!!!! She's going to Villanova? A non track and field school?????? Cross country OK, but T&F? NO way! Why she goin there?? Poor decision. Career over.
Strength = speed. She is a very strong runner that can negative split a 4:39 mile. As long as she stays healthy in cross, that strength will translate well over to track, regardless of whether or not Villanova is an XC school.
Sheila Reid has certainly done well on the track. And, currently, Bogdana Mimic, Emily Lipari, and the freshmen girls are doing well (albeit sometimes inconsistent). And Villanova's track school records are probably the toughest on the books, with possibly the exception of Colorado.
lol@tards.. wrote:
hasay ran 4:16 at junior nationals (no pros) as a sophomore... than she won again the next year... then she won again the NEXT year... then she won again the NEXT year... then she got 4th at world juniors...
good luck with that, angel.
4:39 is awfully close to 4:16..
Seriously, Villanova? Pennsylvanian's make stupid mistakes.
Seriously, Villanova? Pennsylvanian's make stupid mistakes. How many Villanovan's are going to T&F Nationals compare to the top schools in the nation?
Maybe she actually wants to win something individually instead of just making the meet.
Factt wrote:
lol@tards.. wrote:hasay ran 4:16 at junior nationals (no pros) as a sophomore... than she won again the next year... then she won again the NEXT year... then she won again the NEXT year... then she got 4th at world juniors...
good luck with that, angel.
4:39 is awfully close to 4:16..
It's not that close at all. The 4:39.42 was for 1600m, not the full mile. Using standard conversions, the difference between the two times (converted to a full mile) is about 3.5 seconds - in Hasay's favor (using Hasay's 1500m time as a soph (4:16.98)).
isn't the conversion to girls like 22.5 seconds, so you add two seconds or so which converts to roughly 4:19. That's not terrible for a race she won completely solo, without any solid competition while doubling.