McQuaid Invitational

On Saturday we travel to Genesee Valley Park for the McQuaid Invitational. There are over 7000 runners entered, from 235 schools, for the 24 races that will be run. The course is flat and usually very fast; however, there are some showers in the forecast for Friday and Saturday and, since we run races 21, 22 and 24, the course could be sloppy by the time we run. Be sure to have your spikes ready to go! And make sure you have proper clothing to stay warm and dry.

How fast is the course? Since it is only 3 miles, last year 20 of the 24 boys and 9 of the 13 girls that ran, had their fastest time of the year. 8 runners had their fastest pace of the year. For example, AJ ran 18:16, Geoff ran 19:08, and John Pilato ran 20:18. JP was 16th on the team and ran 20:01. For the girls, Alaina ran 21:33, Megan Rieger ran 19:41 and Sarah M ran 23:05.

The meet web site is located here. It has past results and information about this year's meet.

Last year, our boys were 15th out of 27 schools. Of the 22 teams that I have seen entered in that race, it seems that the best teams are McQuaid, Williamsville North, Lancaster, Union-Endicott, Athena, Spencerport, Hilton. We should be able to knock off some of those teams. Our JV team was 18th out of 27 in 2007; we are capable of placing in the top half of that race, even though it includes "seeded" teams.