Interesting that Reid is not running this w/e at Big East meet. She didn't look like she got hurt last w/e, so I gotta believe that it is just a way to avoid her overracing in the spring to give her the best chance to make Canadian Oly team this summer. In the big pix, if true, smart move by Gina and Reid. Too many quality college runners are toast by the end of a long outdoor season.
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I don't thnk Ward is running either. She did not finish the finals at Penn, so maybe she is hurt.
I'd wait until the actual races until I come to the conclusion that Reid isn't racing. The heat sheets for indoors were horribly unreliable. Ward did get hurt during the final at Penn.
Women's 1500 -- someone lost a shoe. Almost hope it was Lipari. She looked cooked and finished way back. Infeld got second.
Men's 1500 -- Notre Dame 1-2, Georgetown 3, Denault and Tully 4&6.
Men's 1500 -- Notre Dame 1-2, Georgetown 3, Denault and Tully 4&6.
women's 800 -- Akande second by 1/100th 2:04.56
men's 800 -- Nova 1,2&5 Ellison, Fitzsimmons, Tetreault
men's 800 -- Nova 1,2&5 Ellison, Fitzsimmons, Tetreault
Nicky Akande is awesome. She's dropped her PR by almost six seconds this season. That's unheard of in that distance. Add to that the fact that it's 90 degrees outside, and the ideal temperature for an 800 is about 65 degrees.
That's an Olympic Trials 'B' qualifying standard for Ms. Akande.
That's an Olympic Trials 'B' qualifying standard for Ms. Akande.
Akande came back and ran the 3rd leg of the 4x800 which Nova won. Lipari anchored and had her usual closing speed.
The way Akande has run this year is probably the best thing about the 2011-2012 season so far. Hopefully she'll be able to come along that way in xc and the 1500 next season.
I don't even care about the 1500. That would be nice, but she's an All-American caliber 800 runner. If her tactics had been slightly sounder, she would have won that race today going away.
The reason to care about the 1500/1600 is the need for a big time anchor at Penn, not just a great 800 runner. They'll need one unless Lipari can make the same jump next year that Akande seems to have made this year.
Mimic, who earlier had the times to become that anchor, now seems to be more comfortable at 5000.
Picirrillo will need a few years, unless she can do what Lauren Searby did as a frosh. Searby won a head to head duel with Joetta Clark by running a 4:34 DMR anchor. That doesn't seem likely, and I wouldn't count on it.
Mimic, who earlier had the times to become that anchor, now seems to be more comfortable at 5000.
Picirrillo will need a few years, unless she can do what Lauren Searby did as a frosh. Searby won a head to head duel with Joetta Clark by running a 4:34 DMR anchor. That doesn't seem likely, and I wouldn't count on it.
Lipari is a tweener. If 1000 meters was more frequently run, she'd be one of the best.
In other news, Angel P ran a 4:44/2:09 double over the weekend, so it looks like she has some speed. I doubt she's exposed to first rate coaching either. It would be nice to have a good 4x8 for the next few years.
In other news, Angel P ran a 4:44/2:09 double over the weekend, so it looks like she has some speed. I doubt she's exposed to first rate coaching either. It would be nice to have a good 4x8 for the next few years.
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