Fairport Splits

While we lost the war against Fairport, we won some excellent battles. And I guess our 3 studly boys 4 x 800m relays scared them right off the track.

Nico ran a very nice strategic race against the swarm of Fairport runners in the 1600 and Joe and Johnny put up decent times as well. We still need to be better in the middle of the race:
Nico 75 2:29 3:40 4:49
Mark 80 2:48 4:16 5:31
Joe 80 2:48 4:16 5:42
John 82 2:52 4:23 5:47
Alex 83 2:52 4:26 5:55
Kevin 87 3:06 4:52 6:41

The girls had some very nice performances behind Megan in the 1500, with Alaina really starting to show her stuff:
Megan 74 2:40 4:13 5:25
Alaina 85 2:55 4:27 5:29
Clare 89 3:07 4:44 5:51
Krysta 90 3:08 4:45 5:56
Megan 90 3:08 4:46 6:06
Karen 90 3:08 4:58 6:20
Alana 90 3:11 5:01 6:20

Nico came back to run the 400 Hurdles, finishing just behind AB's 61.8, with a 63.6.

The 800m run came with some surprisingly fast times. Ryan was tossed in at the last minute, and wound up winning the thing (I think, I missed the last few meters). Nate was promised he could skip the 3200 if he went under 2:15 and Whitty almost broke that barrier as well:
Ryan 59 2:03
Nate 64 2:12
Steve 65 2:16
AJ 68 2:18
Thunder 75 2:35
Joe 75 2:37

The girls race became exciting on the second lap. Chelsea and Megan followed the trio of Fairport girls for the first 200, then allowed them to open a bit of a lead. With 300 to go, Chelsea went to work, zipping by one Fairport girl, then smoked a second girl at the top of the final straight, to get a PR. Megan also got by one girl, with Alaina not far behind, once again:
Chelsea 74 2:27
Megan 75 2:35
Alaina 79 2:40
Clare 87 3:00
Megan 88 3:05
Alana - 3:13
Alisha - 3:42

The 3200 was probably even less friendly than the 1600. But Kenny maintained his cool and showed his finishing speed again, with a 74 last lap to squeak out the victory. Chris ran tough for 6+ laps before holding onto 3rd place:
Kenny 82 2:45 4:08 5:33 6:53 8:20 9:45 10:59
Chris 81 2:44 4:07 5:32 6:53 8:19 9:48 11:10

Becka was alone for the team in the 3000, and knocked quite a bit of time off her PR by hanging on after a quick early pace:
Becka 89 3:07 4:43 6:23 ~8:06 9:53 11:35 12:21

4 x 800m Splits
Nico 62 2:14
AB 67 2:20
Nate 66 2:18
Vanzo ~61 2:19

Kenny 70 2:28
Whitty 67 2:25
AJ 69 ~2:21
Chris ~74 ~2:27

JP 77 2:35
Johnny ~73 2:32
Joe 73 2:38
Alex 76 2:42

Chelsea 76 2:36
Megan ~74 2:34
Clare 88 2:57
Alaina - 2:42