Victory!

OK, so last night's exciting 71-70 win over Fairport has encouraged me to find time that I don't have to post something here. It is 6:40pm, I am still at work, and I still have some financials to pull together for a 9am meeting, but the story needs to be told!

The scouting report had us earning a close, but comfortable win; however, it was clear after two events that Fairport had brought their A-Game. Hitting the final hurdle cost us a point in the 110 Highs, and AJ got edged out for 2nd in the 400 on a call by the official that I was glad I did not have to make. So, we were already down by 3 points when our #2 sprinter reported that the tape job was not working on his blisters, indicating another point (or 3) would be lost in the 100. Adrian ran with near-perfect tactics to grab 2nd in the 1600, behind Nico, who quickly came back to win the 400 Hurdles. As quickly as the distance team looked to be getting the job done, things went south for us as well. AJ's ankle was in rough shape following the 400, so he was out of the 800. Steve and a heavy-legged Nate, who had raced nearly three hours in the previous two days, were no match for the strong Fairport 800 crew. Steve's 2:03 PR was only good for 4th place. Meanwhile, we found out our top Pole Vaulter had no-heighted, thanks to starting too high, given his sore back.

It was starting to look like we would need to win two relays to salvage the meet. But some good news trickled in from the field. Our 7th grade Triple Jumper had apparently grabbed 2nd, although one jumper had an attempt remaining. It also appeared our High Jumper was on the way to an expected, but difficult win, after having pulled off a surprise win in the Long Jump. A third place in the Shot by our #2 guy, plus a surprise 3rd by our #3 sprinter in the 200 meant that we would only need one relay.

Which relay do you pick when you've won the 100, gone 1-3 in the 200 and 400, and were swept in the 800? The 4 x 100 or 4 x 400? No, you load up the 4 x 800! And we did. And won comfortably in 8:17, wrapped up with a strong 1:59 third leg by AJ, giving Brycen a sizable lead, which left no doubt in the outcome.

Splits:

1600
Nico 70 2:18 3:27 4:38
Adrian 71 2:21 3:32 4:41
Joe M 77 2:33 3:50 5:06
Zach 80 2:46 4:09 5:31
Steven 80 2:46 4:12 5:35
Ben T 81 2:48 4:15 5:36

800
Steve 62 2:03.5
Nate 61 2:05.3
Joe W 62 2:07.6
Justin R 66 2:09.0
Will 68 2:14.4
Alex 67 2:15.0

Joe M 71 2:20.9
John K 72 2:29.0
Zach 76 2:33.1
CJ 76 2:33.5
Steven 75 2:34.1
Jake 77 2:36.3
Mike 78 2:36.9
David 81 2:49.1

3200
Geoff 77 2:35 3:50 5:04 6:18 7:34 8:51 10:09
Nico 77 2:35 3:50 5:04 6:22 7:44 9:03 10:19
Adrian 78 2:36 3:52 5:09 6:29 7:49 9:09 10:28
John W 84 2:44 4:01 5:20 6:40 8:03 9:26 10:44
Arik 89 3:01 4:37 6:12 7:50 9:29 11:09 12:43

4 x 800
Benn 66 2:06 Nico 65 2:09 Joe W 69 2:22
Steve 65 2:10 Justin R 71 2:22 Joe Wi 80 2:53
AJ 58 1:59 Justin M ?? 2:30 Joey 97 3:17
Brycen 61 2:02 Geoff ?? 2:19 Joe M 70 2:24

Alex 72 2:24 Will 72 2:24 Adrian 69 2:16
John K 76 2:35 Steven 79 2:43 Zach 84 2:49
David 81 2:50 Ben T 80 2:40 Jake 84 2:45
John W 75 2:26 CJ 77 2:32 Jeff 77 2:33