Ben Saarel Arcadia Champ - 8:45 with 55 last lap, 4:14 second mile.

Who?

incredible, i had montoya at 54 high for the last lap for second. they closed 800 in 2:00

Jow good was he was he in XC?

Was it that fast for BM?

I wrote In the other thread that I thought he was shocked that Saarel would not come back to him. He won't let him get a lead on him when they meet again.

Great finish.

the official results page has Saarels last 200 at 26. WOW

Highlights (including my ratings for the races non-Footlocker races, and Bill Meylan's ratings for the Footlocker meets):

Bob Firman Invitational (ID) - Sep. 22

1 - Hardy, Joe - 15:03.0 - Seattle Prep - 202.3

2 - Wilmot, Taylor (Kai) - 15:06.3 - North Central - 201.2

3 - Saarel, Ben - 15:08.3 - Park City - 200.5

4 - Heslington, Jake - 15:26.7 - Timpanogos - 194.5

5 - Anderson, Tanner - 15:32.1 - North Central - 192.7

6 - Armstrong, Elijah - 15:35.6 - Pocatello - 191.5

7 - De La Rosa, Estevan - 15:46.9 - Arcadia High School - 187.8

8 - Pratt, Mitchell - 15:47.3 - Arcadia High School - 187.7

9 - Cross, Jordon - 15:50.7 - Ogden - 186.5

10 - Williams, Keith - 15:50.9 - North Central - 186.5

Utah State Meet (UT) - Oct. 20

1 - Ben Saarel - Sr - Park City HS - 14:56.7 - 3A - 200.1

1 - Jacob Heslington - Sr - Timpanogos HS - 15:06.9 - 4A - 196.7

2 - Jerrell Mock - Sr - Logan HS - 15:07.8 - 4A - 196.4

1 - Kramer Morton - Jr - Alta HS - 15:13.2 - 5A - 194.6

3 - Conner Mantz - So - Sky View HS - 15:17.8 - 4A - 193.1

2 - Brayden McLelland - Sr - American Fork HS - 15:18.1 - 5A - 193.0

3 - Alex Hedquist - Sr - Davis HS - 15:21.6 - 5A - 191.8

4 - Rory Linkletter - Jr - Herriman HS - 15:23.0 - 4A - 191.3

2 - Jordon Cross - Sr - Ogden HS - 15:30.3 - 3A - 188.9

4 - Connor McMillan - Jr - American Fork HS - 15:30.7 - 5A - 188.8

NXN Southwest Regional (AZ) - Nov. 17

1 - Montoya, Bernie - SR - Una-raiders - 14:48.523 - 196.9

2 - Saarel, Benjamin - SR - Una-park City - 14:52.392 - 195.6

3 - Martinez, Luis - SR - Storm Xc Club - 14:54.365 - 194.9

4 - Cross, Jordan - SR - All Tigers - 14:58.439 - 193.5

5 - Heslington, Jake - SR - Timpanogos - 14:58.824 - 193.4

6 - Mclelland, Brayden - SR - American Fork Xc - 15:03.617 - 191.7

7 - Trouard, Andy - SR - Una-salpointe Catholic - 15:08.969 - 189.9

8 - Shumway, Clayson - JR - Una-liberty - 15:09.236 - 189.8

9 - Mcmillan, Connor - JR - American Fork Xc - 15:09.319 - 189.8

10 - Finch, Michael - SR - Una-pine View Xc Club - 15:10.633 - 189.3

Footlocker West Regional (CA) - Dec. 1

1 Saarel, Benjamin 12 Salt Lake City, UT 15:28 197.7 198

2 Fraley, Troy 12 Kalispell, MT 15:37 194.7 195

3 Lawson, John 12 Forest Knolls, CA 15:37 194.7 195

4 Mantz, Conner 10 Smithfield, UT 15:41 193.3 193

5 Gardner, Andrew 12 Spokane, WA 15:42 193.0 193

6 Dressel, John 10 Colbert, WA 15:42 193.0 193

7 Morton, Kramer 11 Sandy, UT 15:47 191.3 191

8 Perrin, Zach 12 Lakeside, MT 15:47 191.3 191

9 Gibson, Patrick 12 Bellingham, WA 15:48 191.0 191

10 Baltazar, Poli 12 Aberdeen, WA 15:50 190.3 190

Footlocker Nationals (CA) - Dec. 8

1 Edward Cheserek 12 NE, Newark, NJ 14:59.3 1 206.9 207

2 Sean McGorty 12 SO, Fairfax, VA 15:04.7 2 205.1 205

3 Jake Leingang 12 MW, Bismark, ND 15:06.9 3 204.4 204

4 Benjamin Saarel 12 WE, Salt Lake City, 15:12.9 4 202.4 202

5 Jacob Thomson 12 SO, Louisville, KY 15:14.5 5 201.8 202

6 Sam Wharton 12 MW, Tipp City, OH 15:18.7 6 200.4 200

7 Aaron Templeton 11 SO, Knoxville, TN 15:29.1 7 197.0 197

8 Ryan Kromer 12 MW, Hudson, WI 15:29.7 8 196.8 197

9 John Lawson 12 WE, Forest Knolls, 15:31.3 9 196.2 196

10 Zach Perrin 12 WE, Lakeside, MT 15:32.4 10 195.9 196

Men 3200 Meter Run Invitational

8:45.74

1

Ben Saarel (12)

Park City (UT)

8:18.978 (8:18.978) 8:45.739 (26.762)

8:47.064

2

Bernie Montoya (12)

Cibola (AZ)

8:48.58

3

Blake Haney (11)

Stockdale /CE

8:48.73

4

Jacob Thomson (12)

Holy Cross (KY)

8:50.74

5

Jack Keelan (12)

Saint Ignatius Prep (IL)

8:51.008

6

Joe Hardy (11)

Seattle Prep (WA)

8:51.26

7

Andy Trouard (12)

Salpointe Catholic (AZ)

8:51.75

8

Brock Baker (12)

Oakland (TN)

8:52.65

9

Christian Freeman (12)

Carlsbad /SD

8:52.94

10

Ja

Is anybody else a bit impressed with the talent that comes out of Utah? Not to mention their history of great xc teams (mountain view, bingham, american fork, davis, etc)

beehive wrote:

Is anybody else a bit impressed with the talent that comes out of Utah? Not to mention their history of great xc teams (mountain view, bingham, american fork, davis, etc)

Absolutely. Greatest state per-capita. Made several mentions to that effect following their ridiculously good state meet last fall.

Pushers 2.0?

What about the sophomore who led early? Nice future.

That was easy wrote:

Pushers 2.0?

What about the sophomore who led early? Nice future.

Definitely nice potential for the future - he ran 15:17.8 in cross as a sophomore and top-15 at FLN... and I think 9:18 for 3200 last year as a freshman.

Think he might have been just a little excited at this race though? gapping the field on the first lap with a 62...

watchout wrote:

That was easy wrote:

Pushers 2.0?

What about the sophomore who led early? Nice future.

Definitely nice potential for the future - he ran 15:17.8 in cross as a sophomore and top-15 at FLN... and I think 9:18 for 3200 last year as a freshman.

Think he might have been just a little excited at this race though? gapping the field on the first lap with a 62...

Agreed. It's funny, autocorrect changed Puskedra to pushers.

Incredible. We have a condo in Park City near the high school and I saw Ben doing tempo and intervals on the streets as I "jogged" 2 weeks ago. Very, very strong. Park City is ideal running terrain. Plenty of relatively flat roads and smooth bike paths trails at about 6900 feet with hundreds of miles of higher steeper trail terrain, all very runnable. After all Rupp and Mo trained there for 7 weeks before London and we know what happened. I also see the Princeton and BYU teams in town late summer training.

Pushers 2.0?

4:14 last 1600, not mile.

well. wrote:

WOW. 4:31 and 4:14 splits

Where can I find a video of this incredible race?

Complete FAT splits now posted:

http://www.prepcaltrack.com/2013/04/06/arcadia-invitational-saturday/

Where are the results on that?

watchout wrote:

That was easy wrote:

Pushers 2.0?

What about the sophomore who led early? Nice future.

Definitely nice potential for the future - he ran 15:17.8 in cross as a sophomore and top-15 at FLN... and I think 9:18 for 3200 last year as a freshman.

Reminiscent of Craig Lutz- 9:17 in the 3200 as a frosh