1. Harris, Isaiah SO-2 Penn State 1:45.12 - 1(1)
2. Arroyo, Andres SR-4 Florida 1:45.74 - 1(2)
3. Piazza, Drew SR-4 Virginia Tech 1:46.02 - 1(3)
4. Joseph, Patrick JR-3 Virginia Tech 1:46.47 - 1(4)
5. Perretta, Domenic FR-1 Penn State 1:47.29 - 1(5)
6. Heppenstall, Robert SO-2 Wake Forest 1:47.30 - 1(6)
7. Hampton, Jeramey SO-2 Georgia 1:48.17 - 1(7)
8. Schnulle, Ryan SR-4 Florida 1:48.84 - 1(8)
Great to see Piazza running so well.
VA tech is a very underrated team. They're quietly putting together the deepest middle distance program in the country right now. Ole Miss might be slightly better, with faster runners, but Tech has more depth
That's a man's race!
Splits were 52.57/52.56 so be interesting to see fast he goes come NCAAs and USAs.
If he runs through the summer I bet he could shave at least a second off of that time, if not dip under 1:44. Especially given his 1:14 600 indoors.
Big PR for Arroyo of PR.
Quite the race to watch. Arroyo went for it, I mean went for it and Harris was smooth the whole way. Great to see some VT runners in the mix too...
Not to mention the #2 in the nation in the women's 800 with Davis from VT running 2:02.1
I want to reiterate the statement above that VT is quietly putting together one of the strongest middle D teams in the COUNTRY! I believe that had 3 in the top 10 of both mens and womens races... maybe even top 5.
afromanmiler wrote:
Quite the race to watch. Arroyo went for it, I mean went for it and Harris was smooth the whole way. Great to see some VT runners in the mix too...
Not to mention the #2 in the nation in the women's 800 with Davis from VT running 2:02.1
I want to reiterate the statement above that VT is quietly putting together one of the strongest middle D teams in the COUNTRY! I believe that had 3 in the top 10 of both mens and womens races... maybe even top 5.
Hannah Green from VT running 2:02.1?
That's one heck of a race! Lots of impressive runs in there. Harris looking tough, PR for Arroyo, VA Tech guys looking strong. It also looks like Perretta is coming along quite nicely as a true freshman.
drew pizza hahaha PIZZA! hahaaa
Very nice run for Harris. Also impressed with VT middle distance/distance.
PSU is the 800m U.
Yeah, meant to say Hanna Green with that 202.17, flying!
Based on Penn Relays leg, is Isaiah Harris OK .... 1:45 to a 1:51 split?
2 Penn State 7:20.54 Billy McDevitt (1:51.20), Jordan Makins (1:48.37), Domenic Perretta (1:49.23), Isaiah Harris (1:51.75) AA
Lickety Split wrote:
Based on Penn Relays leg, is Isaiah Harris OK .... 1:45 to a 1:51 split?
2 Penn State 7:20.54 Billy McDevitt (1:51.20), Jordan Makins (1:48.37), Domenic Perretta (1:49.23), Isaiah Harris (1:51.75) AA
With his 1:51 split, his team finished second. If he had run 1:45, his team would have finished second.
Assuming the VT kid had something left in the tank to run a bit faster if pushed, Harris would have had to run ~1:43 to win it. He had no chance of winning, and he did what he had to do to hold onto second place.
An interesting perspective .... so
* Your telling me that Coach Gondak directed Isaiah to "Go For 2nd!" during the Penn Relays exchange because they were down ~ 4 1/2 seconds to Penn State & he was concerned about Clemson bumping them down for 3D?
* Your telling me that Coach Gondak, fully knowing that UTEP's Manny K had thrown down a 44 second (A) 400 meters the week prior, would walk away from turning Isaiah loose in front of thousands of screaming Penn Relays fans for a 1:43 split shot?
What your telling me is that Penn State goes for 2nd ... both at Penn Relays & Isiah's preparation for a NCAA showdown with Manny K. This is either CRAZY TALK by you OR Coach Gondak's coaching Penn State for 2nd.
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An interesting perspective .... so
* Your telling me that Coach Gondak directed Isaiah to "Go For 2nd!" during the Penn Relays exchange because they were down ~ 4 1/2 seconds to [VIRGINA TECH] & he was concerned about Clemson bumping them down for 3D?
* Your telling me that Coach Gondak, fully knowing that UTEP's Manny K had thrown down a 44 second (A) 400 meters the week prior, would walk away from turning Isaiah loose in front of thousands of screaming Penn Relays fans for a 1:43 split shot?
What your telling me is that Penn State goes for 2nd ... both at Penn Relays & Isiah's preparation for a NCAA showdown with Manny K. This is either CRAZY TALK by you OR Coach Gondak's coaching Penn State for 2nd.
Lickety Split wrote:
An interesting perspective .... so
* Your telling me that Coach Gondak directed Isaiah to "Go For 2nd!" during the Penn Relays exchange because they were down ~ 4 1/2 seconds to Penn State & he was concerned about Clemson bumping them down for 3D?
* Your telling me that Coach Gondak, fully knowing that UTEP's Manny K had thrown down a 44 second (A) 400 meters the week prior, would walk away from turning Isaiah loose in front of thousands of screaming Penn Relays fans for a 1:43 split shot?
What your telling me is that Penn State goes for 2nd ... both at Penn Relays & Isiah's preparation for a NCAA showdown with Manny K. This is either CRAZY TALK by you OR Coach Gondak's coaching Penn State for 2nd.
I'm saying that there is basically nothing that he could have done that would have resulted in a better outcome. No, I am not saying any of the things that you did mention, as evidenced by the fact that I did not say them.
did what he could wrote:
Lickety Split wrote:An interesting perspective .... so
* Your telling me that Coach Gondak directed Isaiah to "Go For 2nd!" during the Penn Relays exchange because they were down ~ 4 1/2 seconds to Penn State & he was concerned about Clemson bumping them down for 3D?
* Your telling me that Coach Gondak, fully knowing that UTEP's Manny K had thrown down a 44 second (A) 400 meters the week prior, would walk away from turning Isaiah loose in front of thousands of screaming Penn Relays fans for a 1:43 split shot?
What your telling me is that Penn State goes for 2nd ... both at Penn Relays & Isiah's preparation for a NCAA showdown with Manny K. This is either CRAZY TALK by you OR Coach Gondak's coaching Penn State for 2nd.
I'm saying that there is basically nothing that he could have done that would have resulted in a better outcome. No, I am not saying any of the things that you did mention, as evidenced by the fact that I did not say them.
- Your analysis implies that Penn State was focused on 2nd Place: reread your post!