Today is actually a rest day, but this week is the World Track & Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea. The meet opened last Saturday with the women's marathon that saw the Kenyans sweep the medals, and it continues through Sunday when the men's marathon will be contested, along with the men's 5K and the women's 800.
A complete schedule of events is available here.
Results are available online, in near real-time.
With South Korea being 13 hours ahead of us, I don't expect TV coverage to be particularly useful, but NBC will be showing something on Saturday and Sunday.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Busy Week
We have a busy week ahead of us:
- today we are at Ellison Park
- tomorrow's practice starts at 4pm (at Schroeder), before WABO night
- Wednesday is at Webster Park
- Thursday is back at Schroeder
- Friday is the Blue & Gold meet!
- And Saturday is a special run where we will start at Webster Park, but finish up at North Ponds.
I'll dig up the historical Blue and Gold results, so you'll be able to compare your performance to all the others over the past several years. For now, here is the link to last year's results.
- today we are at Ellison Park
- tomorrow's practice starts at 4pm (at Schroeder), before WABO night
- Wednesday is at Webster Park
- Thursday is back at Schroeder
- Friday is the Blue & Gold meet!
- And Saturday is a special run where we will start at Webster Park, but finish up at North Ponds.
I'll dig up the historical Blue and Gold results, so you'll be able to compare your performance to all the others over the past several years. For now, here is the link to last year's results.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Kudos
I never got around to congratulating the Schroeder alumni, for their dominating performance at the Dirt Cheap Trail Run at Webster Park last week. They won a dual meet against the rest of the field, 26-31. It was mostly the Class of 2011 (how they'll be missed!), who were led by AJ (2nd overall) and Geoff (4th), followed by Adrian, John, Joe and Justin, sweeping 8th-11th. Nate ('10) helped out with a 3rd place finish.
Ethan, placing 12th, barely behind Justin officially, in a controversial "chip" vs torso debate, was the only current runner to match the alumni. Justin and Tristan were 36th and 37th, after they jogged behind Coach Lyons for the first half of the race. Steve was 45th, Zach was 57th, and Adam coasted to 82nd.
On the women's side, no current runners participated, but two alumnae were spotted, with Chelsea ('08) placing 17th for women (first for F20-24) and Emily Duke ('07) grabbing 37th.
At least 4 WDR parents participated, with Coach Lyons placing 1st among M45-49, the Mallerys making fine showings, placing 67th and 20th (3rd in her age group) among their respective genders. And Geoff's mom was 28th among women, and 2nd in her age group.
Complete results are available at Yellow Jacket Racing (go to Results, 2011 and scroll to August 17th). The current direct link is here.
Ethan, placing 12th, barely behind Justin officially, in a controversial "chip" vs torso debate, was the only current runner to match the alumni. Justin and Tristan were 36th and 37th, after they jogged behind Coach Lyons for the first half of the race. Steve was 45th, Zach was 57th, and Adam coasted to 82nd.
On the women's side, no current runners participated, but two alumnae were spotted, with Chelsea ('08) placing 17th for women (first for F20-24) and Emily Duke ('07) grabbing 37th.
At least 4 WDR parents participated, with Coach Lyons placing 1st among M45-49, the Mallerys making fine showings, placing 67th and 20th (3rd in her age group) among their respective genders. And Geoff's mom was 28th among women, and 2nd in her age group.
Complete results are available at Yellow Jacket Racing (go to Results, 2011 and scroll to August 17th). The current direct link is here.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Today's Routes
From the reports that I received, nice work at Ellison Park yesterday! Sorry I couldn't be there to share the fun. Here are today's routes, in case anyone wants a preview:
White - 3.16 miles
Yellow/Orange/Purple/Green - 4.0 miles
Red/Blue - 6.3 miles
White - 3.16 miles
Yellow/Orange/Purple/Green - 4.0 miles
Red/Blue - 6.3 miles
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Today's Routes
For posterity, here are the routes we ran (or were supposed to run ;-) ) from Schroeder today.
7.34 miles for Blue and Red
6.21 miles for Green and Purple
5 miles for Orange and Yellow
4 miles for White
7.34 miles for Blue and Red
6.21 miles for Green and Purple
5 miles for Orange and Yellow
4 miles for White
Monday, August 22, 2011
Practice Schedule Available
The "Current Practice Schedule" on the left-hand side of this page (first link in the "Check It Out" section) has been updated with this fall's schedule. Please pay close attention to the locations of practices before school starts, as they move around a bit (yes, there is a method to our madness).
With two practices under our belt - a couple of quick observations:
- more runners are more prepared than in previous years (camp and captains' practice attendance has paid off)
- the large number of no-shows was disappointing (the number of soccer and football no-shows was pretty close to zero)
We started off with a couple of easy days - now the fun begins!
With two practices under our belt - a couple of quick observations:
- more runners are more prepared than in previous years (camp and captains' practice attendance has paid off)
- the large number of no-shows was disappointing (the number of soccer and football no-shows was pretty close to zero)
We started off with a couple of easy days - now the fun begins!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Preseason Rankings - Girls
Here is a link to the Tullyrunners preview of the girls teams in NY. Six Monroe County teams are ranked in the top 24, led by Canandaigua at #5 (just ahead of East Aurora). They are followed by a tight pack at 13-14-15, consisting of HF-L, Penfield and Mendon. Not far back are Fairport at 19 and R-H at 24.
How does my computer rate the locals? In a pretty similar fashion, although it sticks Fairport in between HF-L and Penfield. As always, the girls preseason ranking means even less than the boys, since it is much more likely that a young girl (or a former soccer player) can step in and immediately help a girls team. So, expect to see many changes to this list after a couple of weeks of the season play out.
But in the meantime, here is the complete list of Monroe County teams, based solely on girls returning from last year, and the actual performances last year. Unlike Tullyrunners, I have not gone through and adjusted anything for track performances, etc.
Canandaigua 75
Honeoye Falls Lima 119
Fairport 122
Penfield 123
Mendon 129
Rush Henrietta 145
Schroeder 197
Sutherland 201
Victor 212
Irondequoit 282
Hilton 283
Brighton 292
Churchville Chili 361
Thomas 362
Athena 363
Brockport 447
Odyssey 560
Batavia 627
Gates Chili 649
East Rochester 663
Arcadia 705
Olympia inc
East Irondequoit inc
Spencerport inc
Yes, you read that correctly, Schroeder is actually ranked 7th in Monroe County, behind only the six teams that made Tullyrunners' top 24! But note that Sutherland and Victor are right behind, with significant advantages at the 4-5 spots, where the points can swing wildly.
How does my computer rate the locals? In a pretty similar fashion, although it sticks Fairport in between HF-L and Penfield. As always, the girls preseason ranking means even less than the boys, since it is much more likely that a young girl (or a former soccer player) can step in and immediately help a girls team. So, expect to see many changes to this list after a couple of weeks of the season play out.
But in the meantime, here is the complete list of Monroe County teams, based solely on girls returning from last year, and the actual performances last year. Unlike Tullyrunners, I have not gone through and adjusted anything for track performances, etc.
Canandaigua 75
Honeoye Falls Lima 119
Fairport 122
Penfield 123
Mendon 129
Rush Henrietta 145
Schroeder 197
Sutherland 201
Victor 212
Irondequoit 282
Hilton 283
Brighton 292
Churchville Chili 361
Thomas 362
Athena 363
Brockport 447
Odyssey 560
Batavia 627
Gates Chili 649
East Rochester 663
Arcadia 705
Olympia inc
East Irondequoit inc
Spencerport inc
Yes, you read that correctly, Schroeder is actually ranked 7th in Monroe County, behind only the six teams that made Tullyrunners' top 24! But note that Sutherland and Victor are right behind, with significant advantages at the 4-5 spots, where the points can swing wildly.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Preseason Rankings - Boys
Tullyrunners.com have posted their preseason Boys XC rankings for the upcoming season, so I decided to toss the 2010 seniors out of last year's rankings and see what the computer had to say about the upcoming season in Monroe County. The results are neither surprising nor inconsistent with Tullyrunners.
Sadly, the computer has our boys ranked 13th in Monroe County, so we have some work to do. Teams ahead of us include Thomas, Fairport and even Batavia (4-19 in 2010).
At the top of the list is, of course, Rush-Henrietta. This is the year they've been waiting for, with Kozyra, Colby Burke, Sweeney, Raymond and Aiken all being seniors, to go along with the defending Section V Class AA Champ, Mickey Burke. The computer says they are capable of scoring 29 points in an invitational against the whole county!
The complete list:
Rush Henrietta 29 (2nd on Tully, 2nd in Class A)
Brighton 101 (15th, 6th in B)
Mendon 130 (17th, 5th in B)
Irondequoit 139 (23rd, 14th in A)
Sutherland 162 (26th, 8th in B)
Victor 181
Fairport 230
Honeoye Falls Lima 243 (15th in B)
Batavia 310
Thomas 313
Penfield 313
Hilton 337
Schroeder 340
Gates Chili 343
Athena 385
Churchville Chili 455
Canandaigua 478
Brockport 498
Arcadia 516
Spencerport 552
Olympia 596
East Rochester 609
Odyssey 634
East Irondequoit 770
I'll have the Girls preview with my next posting.
Sadly, the computer has our boys ranked 13th in Monroe County, so we have some work to do. Teams ahead of us include Thomas, Fairport and even Batavia (4-19 in 2010).
At the top of the list is, of course, Rush-Henrietta. This is the year they've been waiting for, with Kozyra, Colby Burke, Sweeney, Raymond and Aiken all being seniors, to go along with the defending Section V Class AA Champ, Mickey Burke. The computer says they are capable of scoring 29 points in an invitational against the whole county!
The complete list:
Rush Henrietta 29 (2nd on Tully, 2nd in Class A)
Brighton 101 (15th, 6th in B)
Mendon 130 (17th, 5th in B)
Irondequoit 139 (23rd, 14th in A)
Sutherland 162 (26th, 8th in B)
Victor 181
Fairport 230
Honeoye Falls Lima 243 (15th in B)
Batavia 310
Thomas 313
Penfield 313
Hilton 337
Schroeder 340
Gates Chili 343
Athena 385
Churchville Chili 455
Canandaigua 478
Brockport 498
Arcadia 516
Spencerport 552
Olympia 596
East Rochester 609
Odyssey 634
East Irondequoit 770
I'll have the Girls preview with my next posting.
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