I'm surprised that our DMR victory nor our collegiate record setting 4 X 800 win has yet to appear on this board while the DMR win was posted on NOVA NATIO days ago.

Junior Emily Lipari anchored three races over as many days including both wins.

What happened - particularly with the runners?

One should have patience in such matters. Studies can take a toll - and VU is one of the better academic institutions. Injuries can be a factor. But what happened to Courtney Chapman and Megan Venables. They seemed like the gems of the class. They were outstanding in high school, but there has been no improvement. In reality, they seem to have gone backwards. Chapman ran 4:23 (1500) in 2011 - 5th in nation behind Chapus, Cain, Cuffe & Meier (good company) ; latest 1500 is 4:36 at Raleigh Relays. She did finish 2nd in 3000 at Colonila Relays. Is that a good sign?

Schappert has been the surprise. She will have a role at Penn Relays, this year. And I think Veronica Johnson is progressing well. She might be a better posibility at 400? And Walden has been good. The rest?

It is not listed on the schedule, but some of VU's athletes are competing at Princeton, this weekend. Interesting: Summr Cook and Ariann Neutts are both running the 1500. Is this with the Penn Relays in mind and a possible spot on 4x1500?
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Peter Winslow attends Exeter HS (NH) and plans to compete in the decathlon at VU and major in business.

Go over to Milesplit - NH or just google his name with Exeter. And he does compete in just about every event.

I don't believe this is the same high school as Phillips Exeter Academy ...?

An interesting track & field athlete for VU.. Will he be running any relays?

Marcus is getting to be very creative.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130314-SPORTS-303140427

VU has signed a 400 man - Ayo Obadare (Elmont, NY). Ran 48.49 indoors, this year. Split 47.5. There is evidence that he was running in 2011, but may not beens serious until indoor 2012.

The last good 400 man for VU , Elvis Lewis, also came from same part of Long Island..

Check out a map. Elmont, NY is close to Hempstead (Lewis) and just south of Floral Park (Sabrina Southerland). Will that be of importance?


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On anothere thread, I mentioned that I had read that Arkansas was not coming to the Penn Relays, this year. Nor are they going to Drake. Went over to their website and discovered that this is true. Furthermore they have established the Arkansas Invitational for that Saturday (4/27) and they will be at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford the next day. Why? They have the horses
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When one doesn't understand something, my suggestion is follow the $.

They will save $ by not flying to Philadelphia and they will make $ by holding their own t&f meet. Guess that is important.

Weekend before, they are at Oregon for a sort of dual meet as part of the Oregon Relays. Believe there is a telecast of sorts.

What I always find fascinating about track & field in the U.S. is that it works overtime to prove that that it does not exist. If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound. The Penn Relays probably draws more fans in its three days than all of these other meets combined. Even has a TV contract. It is a great weekend for track fans. Instead of supporting this event, those in track seem bent on diminishing it. Never understood why Drake Relays were the same weekend.

Note: the first Russian - American dual meet I believe was held at Franklin Field and it was a big deal.

Track meets use to be held at the Los Angeles Colesium, but now we hold the national trials and championships at Tracktown USA - Eugene - home of Nke $. It is quaint, but its like the NFL holding its Super Bowl in Canton, OH.

Great track on Randalls Island in NYC and the view of the city is great. Could use more stands though, but that can be fixed by simply building more. Philly has Frankin Field. LA and the Colesium. These are major metropolitan areas and people will come and track will have a platform. Right now it is a backwater sport that only has relevance during Olympic years. And it is a great sport ...

1500

1. Lipari 4:20.08 4. Akande 4:20.95 5.Schappert 4:21.20 6. Piccirillo 4:21.79 8. Margey 4:22.54 13. Cook 4:26.17

800

1. Akande 2:06.42 2.Piccirillo 2:06.62 4. Schappert 2:07.81 5.Margey 2:07.93 6.Lipari 2:08.16 14. Tucker 2:10.17

1000H
Walden 14.08

IMH
Dismuke 1:00.43

Drexel is in the semi-finals of the Women's NIT. Drexel's Hollie Mershon had 19 points and 13 rebounds in their win at Auburn on Saturday. She averaged 19.4 ppg this season and is the 5th leading scorer in Drexel history. She played on the same Archbishop Carroll team as Megan Pearson. Did Villanova recruit Hollie Mershon?

How did her career compare to Shelley's?

Great win for Delaware against UNC. Dell Donne was being mauled in first half with rare fouls being called. Refs changed their persona in 2nd half which impacted on the play. Announcers were repeatedly talking about the no calls somewhat like they did about the bogus calls or no calls in our game. Since we didn't get her I'm happy she ended up staying in Delaware.

Only blue chip performer was Chris Fitzsimons in 1500.

http://widenerpride.com/documents/2013/3/29/Curran13results.htm?id=761

Just in case anyone didn't know. Tpenter, how did you enjoy your Newark visit today?
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Lady Cats are IN the Dance.

Just curious what the followers of the women's program think of the new league? Seems like Villanova has a chance to become a real power without ND, UCONN, Rutgers, etc. standing in our way? I know Depaul is usually decent, as is SJU, but I can't imagine the A-10 schools being very competitive, looks like both X and Butler are around .500 this year. Let's hear it.
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Stanford is a womderful school - excellent academics. Climate is great; not far from SF (great city); nice neighborhood - Palo Alto; fine athletic program; president of school is a VU grad. But what is even more impressive is their recruiting in track. Kids will pay to go to Stanford instead of accepting $ from VU. Now that is good. Check their roster and see the names of former HS track & field stars. Okay, some didn't quite workout, but they still come. And it is not Lananna now. He is busy working his magic in Oregon. See the size of Stanford's team. Impressive. I bring this all up now because of a recent "discovery." Check who is a freshman sprinter on the team - Steve Solomon (AUS). Do the research (Google works fine). Wow! Think your DMR can compete?

VU recruits in Australia. Blincoe represents VU; Gibney just graduated; Nic Bideau (Sonia O'Sullivan's husband) is a major coach in Australia. Did VU not try to recruit Solomon?

Solomon's father is a doctor. Had to know the kid would pursue education and possible medical degree. Think of Mary Cain the same way.

Rich just seem to get richer. VU has to try harder and be more creative.

Maybe this is the beginning of the West coast schools tapping into Australia and New Zealand. They are a lot closer than the East coast schools.

But Steve Solomon ... Wow.

Just some thoughts ...
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Looks like Final 4 for Nova Women...

Michigan... no problem!

Stanford next... we didn't get our Big East upset of UCONN so we will just upset Stanford instead...

Easy from here...
Georgia will be too scared to play after they see what we do to Stanford...

Penn State... yeah right, like we will let them stop us...

FINAL FOUR HERE WE COME...

Anybody going to the Final Four? Do you have any extra tickets?

Go Nova Women!


So, where do we play regionals?

He is a free man again. He was released from South African prison after 21 months. Still has some limitations to movement but out of jail according to his sons.

Let's Go Cats

Nova women as an 8 seed vs Miami. Hurricanes are solid. The Canes had wins vs Penn St. and Duke this year.

The Sweeney injury hurt us but hopefully she will get healthy and be ok. That was a vicious shot she took. I think a lot of players would have been knocked out after that hit. Tough lady.

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Just get in the Dance and go from there

Emily Leer is starting in her place.

Watch that game tonight. Very competitive and interesting game. Ending was a Holy Cow special. Glad to see ND win. Question for those of you who follow the womens game, are the ND guards the best guard tandem in the nation? They were really impressive tonight. I had know about and seen Tyler Degan ? before, and she is simply outstanding. The other guard, McBride ?, was also outstanding tonight. She was knocking down all types of shots. Both of them can play the game.

Promises they will hit America with a nuke. Will this be a true test for John Kerry? Can we incorporate the anti-missle defense Israel is using against Hezbollah rockets?

Great comeback with a real chance to get the win. Get better Laura Sweeney. Too bad you missed this one.

8:30

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. Could not be any simpler than that.