Proviso East Invite Recap (3/24/12)

PN Distance Crew Highlights-  Proviso East Invite  March 24, 2012

Varsity 4x800

8:54.75

Rysiewicz-  2:06                      Delaney:  2:21                        Wooldridge:  2:10      Foster:  2:15

Richie got us off to a great start, pushing the pace and getting after it on the 1^st leg, tying his season best split.  Mike struggled on the 2^nd leg, battling some sickness, and we were out of the race at that point as DW ran 2:10 and Dominic 2L15, pretty much solo.  As a whole, we need to be able to push ourselves in races regardless of the competition-  if we are alone, if we are in a slow heat, or a fast heat-  No excuses.  The great thing is these guys still have a lot of room to improve as we transition to outdoors-  We have the potential to run under 8:10 if these guys keep working hard and put it together on the same day.

Fr/So 4x800

9:44.54

Oudin-  2:29               J. Villanueva:  2:26                 Richards:  2:28            Sanders:  2:30

These guys competed tough, most of them getting out hard and giving it a shot… Still lack the strength o finish it up in the last lap, as we looked like we were running with a gorilla on our backs the last laps of each split… That being said, PR’s for Richards and Sanders, and great racing experience for all of these guys-  HUGE POTENTIAL! 

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1600

Dan subbed in for a sick teammate and ran one of the best races of his track career-  4:41.9 for a 4 seconds PR… He won his heat going away, splitting 68-71-71-71.  A month from now, Dan will be going through the mile of his 3200’s this fast… Big things to come.

Also a solid race for Sean B., 5:22 running his usual patient, disciplined race.  Be ready to start taking some risks out there and testing yourself as we get to outdoor.

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3200

Adam B. wrapped up a FANTASTIC freshman indoor season-  one of the best in school history- running his first ever 3200-  11:09.1.  He ran strong, went out in 5:25, and competed tough when it started hurting the last half mile.  Adam has been a model of consistency this season, and it doesn’t surprise me at all that he is having such success after the solid winter of training he put in.  Tanner also ran his first 3200 of his HS career, running 11:49.  Very solid effort coming off a winter of injuries.  We need Tanner to be one of our top Fr/So runners this year, and get back to the confidence he had at the close of the XC season

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800

Thomas chipped a little more time off of his season PR and ran a 2L19.  Potential is there to be a sub 2:10 runner this year, but it is going to take a more consistent work ethic in practice, and continuing to take risks in races to give yourself a chance.  Jessie V. came back for his 2^nd 800 of the day, filling in for a teammate… He ran a solid 2:29, gaining more valuable race experience.  As mentioned before, consistent training will be a key for a lot of our young guys, and also upping our expectations for ourselves.  You’ve got the SPEED, but we need to get stronger-  and that comes from the day in day out grind of putting in miles and increasing your pace.

Take-away from this weekend:

As we put a ribbon on the indoor season and look to outdoors, I am incredibly optimistic with where we are at as a distance crew.  Some have had stellar indoor seasons, and need to keep working hard and consistently to keep improving.  Others need to looks themselves in the mirror and decide what they want to be-  RUNNERS or RACERS.  PARTICIPANTS or CONTRIBUTORS.  Who will be the guys that step up this outdoor season-  who will take some risks- both in training and in racing. 

“Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.”

Steve Prefontaine