BU VALENTINE 3K AND 5K ENTRIES

maybeee wrote:

I don't know what is going on. You come talk to me and explain. It doesn't feel good to be left in the dark about what's really going on and I don't deserve to be treated this way. You're acting like some ghost. You showing up and wanting to talk to me isn't creepy. What you're doing online is creepy.

What in the world does this mean or have to do with this thread????

honest seed wrote:

DoItBrah wrote:

Go to Tufts or MIT? There are meets at both of these schools on Saturday.

Thanks. Definitely don't want to be a whiner and I know I'm not some superstar, but I do have goals that I put a lot into. I looked up the Tufts meet just before I saw this, I'll try to enter that maybe. Thanks for the MIT tip too.

Hey, I'd be pissed if I were you too. I don't know how the other fields are shaping up, but the Tufts 5k sounds like it'll be decent.

honest seed wrote:

class bu seeding wrote:

it wouldn't surprise me if these are the actual seed sheets. this is a bu meet remember, so naturally some coaches are going to way over-seed, while others will seed realistically.

I entered with my shitty opener time of 8:48 and was not let into the meet. I'm pretty sure I'm in low-8:30s shape now but I won't get a chance to find out this weekend. Damn. Dropped my mileage and just ran a pre-race workout this afternoon, what the hell do I do now?

Gonna be pissed if a bunch of these guys run 9:00 3ks.

Wait a week and race at Harvard

MAtt Paulson is going to be a DESTROYER in this race. I can guarantee it. Heads are gonna roll.

Shamelessusatfneplug wrote:

Wait a week and race at Harvard

True, here are the top 20 from last year's USATF NE meet. Perfect race for guys left out of Valentine. This year the meet is Sunday, February 17.

Men 3000 Meter Run

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Name Age Team Finals

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1 Eric Ashe 23 Boston Athle 8:29.45

2 Paul Norton 23 New Balance 8:34.38

3 Kevin Treadway 23 Are Racing T 8:35.92

4 Mark McGurrin Brown 8:37.99

5 Peter Najem 25 Boston Athle 8:45.45

6 Malcolm Plunkett 16 Unattached 8:46.60

7 Jason Rengo 27 Unattached 8:48.22

8 Ben Stephenson Brown 8:53.02

9 Mark Gulesian Babson Colle 8:53.11

10 James Randon 17 Unattached 8:53.29

11 Kyle Murray 24 New Balance 8:53.58

12 William Rooney 17 Unattached 8:57.19

13 Brendan Gregg Siena Colleg 8:58.14

14 Garrett O'Toole 15 Middlesex Sc 9:03.56

15 Brian Debronsky 23 Are Racing T 9:04.04

16 Ryan Egan Siena Colleg 9:07.27

17 Ian Donnelly Siena Colleg 9:08.17

18 Grudev Nick Siena Colleg 9:08.79

19 Ben Bunnell 18 St.Johnsbury 9:10.29

20 Daniel Grosvenor 16 Unattached 9:13.31

Men 5000 Meter Run

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Name Age Team Finals Points

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1 Adam Malek 24 Central Mass 14:59.64

2 John Kenworthy 24 Central Park 15:02.00

3 Scott Twardowski Bryant Unive 15:03.27

4 Robert Gomez 28 Dirigo R.C. 15:05.31

5 Alex Gomes Greater Bost 15:18.78

6 Geoff Nelson 26 Unattached 15:23.16

7 Nathaniel Erb-Satullo Greater Bost 15:28.42

8 Gregory Hammett 34 Central Mass 15:36.77

9 Greg Putnam 42 Central Mass 15:39.67

10 Matthew Klein 17 Force 5 Spor 15:42.48

11 Blake Fenwick Bryant Unive 15:45.17

12 Francis Cusick 25 Unattached 15:46.59

13 Andrew Van Hoogenstyn 28 Dirigo R.C. 15:47.88

14 Tim Guerin Boston Athle 15:56.61

15 Chris Mahoney 34 Central Mass 15:58.92

16 Sean Livingston 42 Whirlaway Ra 15:59.86

17 Francis Burdett 47 Greater Spri 16:01.52

18 Jeffrey Sprague 29 Dirigo R.C. 16:01.91

19 Chris Chapruet Bryant Unive 16:05.66

20 Jeffrey Dorosh Bryant Unive 16:11.82

not to be a jerk but... wrote:

looks like a couple of the kids allowed in the 3K at the back attend Boston University...possible coincidence they stopped right after them?

Are you asking BU runners to not run in their own meet? It's their own meet, they can do as they wish.

Also, these are PRELIMINARY seeds.. So you can see the BS seeding.. The first heat will certainly be modified.

Shamelessusatfneplug wrote:

Wait a week and race at Harvard

Don't worry, planning 5k there. Excited for some final indoor races and happy to see how competitive they are around here.

Any takers for how many will be finishing above 9minutes in the BU Valentine 3K? Will the meet staff allow them to finish or will they be escorted from the track during the race for their dishonesty?

Women's entries anywhere? Couldn't find them on the BU site.

Da truths ng wrote:

Any takers for how many will be finishing above 9minutes in the BU Valentine 3K? Will the meet staff allow them to finish or will they be escorted from the track during the race for their dishonesty?

Over/Under is set at 7 currently.

Where can I find the heat sheets for the women 3k and 5k?

Bet the farm on over 7. Under/over should be like 15.

No one cares about women's track, stop posting about it.

^That's why all eyes are on Mary Cain.

Can we BOO any 3k'ers who run over 9mins? Do we have permission?

By looking at the list does anyone know if there are any sub 8 to 8flat guys in the race?

^ That's what the last heat will probably look like. Based on what I've found online, just about everyone in that heat has already broken 9. The three that haven't do have legitimate claims to being in the race anyway (4:21 mile pr for example). While there is certainly the possibility that a few of these guys will blow up trying to run sub 8:40 and end up at 9:0x, I think it's unlikely that 10+ will be in that range. I'll definitely take the under on the +/- 7 line.

That said, the fact that there are a few 8:3x guys in the middle of a bunch of 8:45-8:55 guys says to me that a LOT of people overseeded (everyone knew that would happen though) and a few honest coaches actually entered their athletes at their pr's. It stinks when guys with pr's like "honest seed" has of 8:48 don't get into the meet in favor of 8:5x guys, but I think people are overreacting a little bit to some of the entries in this race.

When are final/revised seeds being released?

Will this include heats?

Obviously people care about women's track if people keep posting about it...

[quote]bu bs wrote:

BU messed with the seeds bigtime in the 3k and basically decided to let in whoever the fvck they want. one of my teammates (3x diii AA) was not let into the meet, despite being seeded faster than another one of my teammates who was let in (presumably on the merit of his 5k earlier this year, but still). how can you turn down someone on the same team seeded faster than his teammate??

its a complete mess and all based on politics and BS, screw BU, go run on a flat track somewhere and have your time mean something.[/quot00

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