Margey

[TheFoyeEffect]

Collegiate leader in the 800m going into the break. Her converted time is 2:09.50 (from 2:10.99) which is faster than any Villanova girl ran indoors last year. I was at the meet, she probably could have run even faster had she been pushed, but she ran from the front virtually the entire way.

It will be interesting to see what they do about a women's DMR this year. There are a lot of possibilities

Piccirillo/Akande/Lipari
Varonica Johnson/Michaela Wilkins(?)
Margey/Akande
Akande/Lipari/Piccirillo

That's a lot of possibilities. I think that Lipari has to be the anchor, because that's the leg that matters the most, and I think she has the best kick. But I think that at Penn, they'll do DMR/4x8 this year instead of DMR/4x1500 like they have for the last few years.

 

[sebastianc]

Forgot a couple of people: Mimic and Neutts. And, believe it or not, Chapman ran 4:23 (1500) in HS. They are definitely running DMR. Weak link is 400. One can make an argument for either 4x1500 or 4x800. The schedule, though, for women is: DMR (Thurs), 4x1500 (Fri), and 4x800 (Sat). School could conceivably run all three. Can Akande and Lipari run on three consecutive days?

 

[TheFoyeEffect]

I don't think that the 400 leg is much of an issue. They have people competent enough to do it, I think.