I don't follow the HS scene all that closely outside of the top 10 in the country but I did realize the boys meet record was broken in the DMR at Penn Relays. What I didn't realize is that the anchor leg and 800 leg for Hopewell Valley were run by the sons of Penn coach Steve Dolan. Tim split 1:56.56 in the 800 and Sean split 4:07.57 on the 1600.
Let the nature vs nurture debate begin. Yes, Steve is a college distance coach. But Steve was a multi-eventer as an athlete - the DIII champ in the decathlon. So this fascinates me as a fan of Sports Gene. I mean it doesn't shock me that Jerry Schumacher's son is a star high schooler as his dad was a great runner but this is a lot different.
Did Steve get into distance coaching as he had a propensity for distances as a multi guy? Anyone know?
Sean will be running for his dad next year at Upenn.
Congrats to the Dolans.
PL SCHOOL/AFFILIATION MARK ATHLETES ID
1 Hopewell Valley (Pennington, NJ) 9:57.77 Teddy Meredith (3:02.69), Amos Barnes (50.96), Tim Dolan (1:56.56), Sean Dolan (4:07.57) F
2 St. Anthony's (South Huntington, NY) 9:59.87 Mason Gatewood (3:03.12), Michael Barbaro-Barnett (51.07), Brendan Dearie (1:57.36), Matthew Payamps (4:08.34) A
3 Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, VA) 10:04.49 Colton Bogucki (3:02.98), Akere Simms (49.85), Jacob Hunter (1:55.62), Sam Affolder (4:16.04) B
4 Northport (Northport, NY) 10:10.02 Elijah Claiborne (3:03.49), Eric Stehlik (51.19), Dan O’Connor (1:54.69), Isaiah Claiborne (4:20.66) C
5 William H. Hall (West Hartford, CT) 10:13.47 Miller Anderson (3:04.07), Naji Middleton (51.08), Mohammed Ali (1:56.03), Trey Cormier (4:22.31) E
6 West Morris Mendham (Mendham, NJ) 10:17.83 Jack Stanley (3:04.81), Hans Gallagher (50.63), Colin Hall (1:55.46), Val Figueira (4:26.94) G
7 Seneca Valley (Harmony, PA) 10:19.41 Sam Owori (3:07.72), Luke Bellack (53.04), Alex Dixon (1:59.00), Seth Ketler (4:19.66) J
8 Thacher (Ojai, CA) 10:20.31 Ford Shaper (3:07.04), Jesse Van Newkirk (53.12), Edison Chadwick (2:01.92), Colin Kirkpatrick (4:18.24) I
9 Central Bucks West (Doylestown, PA) 10:21.14 Ben Bunch (3:08.78), Luke Fehrman (50.21), Jake Claricurzio (2:00.12), Brian Baker (4:22.04) O
10 St. Peter’s (Staten Island, NY) 10:22.27 Dom Boccia (3:10.04), Mike Politi (52.74), Marc Carrera (1:56.76), Ryan Tierney (4:22.74) D
11 Christian Brothers (Lincroft, NJ) 10:22.99 Tim McInerney (3:03.64), Andrew Canale (48.05), Kent Anzano (2:01.62), Troy Hill (4:29.69) K
12 Spring-Ford (Royersford, PA) 10:27.12 Zach Smith (3:11.00), JT Clark (53.46), Milan Sharma (1:57.81), Jacob McKenna (4:24.87) M
13 Xavier (Middletown, CT) 10:28.66 William Curran (3:13.59), Pierre Sylvain (49.94), Owen Curran (2:02.17), Peter Schutlen (4:22.99) N
14 McNair Academic (Jersey City, NJ) 10:32.95 Julian Jensen-Lim (3:17.92), Kyril Simmons (51.91), Marcus Hardy (1:59.86), Fahd Nasser (4:23.28) P
15 Ridgewood (Ridgewood, NJ) 10:38.19 Sid Wagh (3:11.38), Matt Tai (51.81), Ben Zamboldi (1:59.87), Will Baginski (4:35.14) L
Pearl River (Pearl River, NY) DNF Patrick McCann, Thomas Wilson, Brian Flaherty (49.97), Matthew Politis (2:07.28)