Monday, October 12, 2009

Scouting Report - Boys

Here are our top opponents for tomorrow. The times are the computer predictions - the relative differences are much more telling than the actual times. Our goal is to have 11 runners joining the following in the top 30:

Mangan, Steve Honeoye Falls Lima 16:41
Deir, Alex Honeoye Falls Lima 16:42
Jones, Jesse Brockport 17:41
Hoose, Kevin Honeoye Falls Lima 17:50
Kandt, Joel Brockport 17:58
Ramsdell, Tommy Honeoye Falls Lima 18:18
Tillery, Kevin Batavia 18:28
Sweazy, Shaun Brockport 18:38
King, Dan Batavia 18:43
Roach, Cooper Honeoye Falls Lima 18:54
McIntyre, Case Honeoye Falls Lima 18:54
Cole, Christian Honeoye Falls Lima 18:58
Laird, Jon Batavia 19:03
Brunett, Joe Honeoye Falls Lima 19:06
Mulcahy, Collin Batavia 19:10
Walsh, Chris Athena 19:20
Denton, Brad Honeoye Falls Lima 19:22
Wind, Nate Athena 19:28
Cotter, Justin Batavia 19:44

Scouting Report

The Scouting Report for tomorrow's meet will be up later today. A Microsoft Excel crash has set me back. The boys should chalk up wins against Athena, Batavia and Brockport (who is now up to three good runners), but HF-L is a tall order (led by Dier and Mangan, ranked 3rd and 7th in the state, respectively). The girls should win over Batavia, but both Athena and Brockport would take a top effort to beat and HF-L is one of the top teams in the state (9th, ahead of Canandaigua in 10th).

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Long Weekend

I'm sure all of our student-athletes are looking forward to the long weekend - no school on Friday or Monday; however, it cannot include a vacation from running. We are at a critical position in the training cycle, where we must keep appropriate stress on our physiological systems, before easing back at the end of the season. So, it is important, if you are going out of town, to be sure to get workouts done. With the race on Friday, this is also a weekend where Sunday should not be a day of rest.

Here is the ideal outline:
Today - Easy Run (PICTURE DAY!)
Friday - Pen/Iron Invitational at Harris Whalen (details below)
Saturday - Long Run
Sunday - Moderate Run
Monday - Easy Run
Tuesday - Meet at Black Creek Park (HF-L, Brockport, Athena, Batavia)

Friday's meet details:
3:15 PM - Bus leaves
4:10 PM Modified Girls
4:25 PM Modified Boys
4:45 PM Varsity Girls
5:15 PM Varsity Boys
5:44 PM Boys Varsity ‘B’
5:45 PM Girls Varsity ‘B’ (note the girls start 1 minute after the Boys)
6:20 PM Team Awards (I hope there is no Varsity C race this year!)

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

14-1

Congratulations to the Boys team for improving their record to 14-1 yesterday, with a big win over Sutherland, and a close one over Victor as well. The 1-2-3 finish against Sutherland clinched the meet*, but the effort across the board was evident. I can't count how many of our team members had a shot at a yellow jersey late in the race, and went after them hard. Some of the team-wide statistics include the following:

19 boys beat the computer-generated prediction by over 15 seconds. This is especially impressive, since the predicted time was based on each runner's best race of the season, so far.

15 boys ran the same course last year. The median improvement was 1:57! Some of the most stunning improvements came from Kenny, 6:22 faster; Alex, 4:39; Arjun, 3:22; AJ, 2:54; Elliot, 2:19; Justin, 2:18; Arik, 2:17; Tom, 1:57; Tristan, 1:56; John, 1:50.

The freshmen continued their very fine running with the top 5 finishing in 20:13 - 21:05. Last year the top freshman ran 22:24; this year we had 7 freshmen under that time.

The girls also turned in a great performance, not only to defeat Gates, but to prevail over Spencerport as well! That bring the girls record to 7-8 on the season, which is well ahead of the pre-season prediction (3 to 5 wins for the entire season). Some of the notable statistics are as follows:

7 of the girls beat the computer-generated prediction by over 15 seconds.

From last year, Kristen improved by 2:58, Sarah by 1:36 and Karen by 1:21.

Val ran quite well, to beat two girls ranked ahead of her and finish 2nd (just two seconds out of first, by the time her kick ended).


* for those readers unfamiliar with how you can "clinch" a XC meet, here is a quick note about dual meet scoring: the top 7 runners from each team receive a place from 1-14, in the order of their finish (1 for the first finisher, 2 for the second, etc.) - each runner's place is their "score". You add the lowest 5 scores from each team to calculate the team score, and the low score wins. If a team finishes 1-2-3, then the worst the other 4 finishers can score is 11-12-13-14. So, the team score is 29 (1+2+3+11+12, are the lowest 5 scores), and the opposing team scores 30 (4+5+6+7+8).

Monday, October 5, 2009

Scouting Report - October 6th League Meet

Here is how the girls race shapes up for tomorrow:

Name; School; McQuaid Time; GCC Time; Predicted Time
Maffett, Megan Spencerport 19:10 20:07 20:36
Lawler, Maggie Victor 19:33 20:17 21:08
Jones, Lauren Victor 19:40 22:02 21:12
Cannon, Rachel Gates Chili 19:27 20:27 21:26
Palermo, Val Schroeder 19:40 20:23 21:26
Cymerman, Amy Sutherland 19:27 20:30 21:27
Mizes, Alicia Sutherland 19:29 20:49 21:28
Wilcox, Kelsi Sutherland 19:53 21:34 21:37
Saxton, Katie Spencerport 20:02 21:18 21:48
Farmer, Katy Gates Chili DNR 21:27 21:50
van der Sloot, Kate Sutherland 20:23 DNR 22:03
Holmes, Alexandra Sutherland 20:27 21:27 22:34
Mulroy, Jessica Sutherland 20:33 21:29 22:38
Cupo, Marie Sutherland 21:00 21:47 22:44
Jacobson, Audrey Sutherland DNR DNR 22:47
Rayburn, Jaqueline Victor 21:27 DNR 22:59
Larson, Alexandra Sutherland DNR DNR 23:00
Truby, Lauren Spencerport 20:55 DNR 23:03
Hess, Rachel Victor 21:57 22:22 23:08
Bolt, Emily Victor DNR DNR 23:13
Bay, Anneliese Schroeder DNR DNR 23:14
Nothnagle, Maureen Victor 21:48 22:44 23:26
Toomey, Liz Victor 22:06 23:04 23:38
Topian, Shauna Victor 21:57 22:34 23:42
Koniski, Sarah Spencerport 21:41 23:42 23:46
Hope, Mabel Spencerport 21:45 DNR 23:48
St. James, Erin Gates Chili 22:27 DNR 23:49
Bailey, Alaina Schroeder 21:40 DNR 23:53
Mills, Sarah Schroeder 21:56 23:00 23:55
O'Keefe, Kayli Sutherland DNR DNR 23:59
Kuitems, Karen Schroeder 21:47 22:56 24:01
Edwards, Katie Schroeder 21:57 23:12 24:06
Clar, Allison Gates Chili 22:03 23:11 24:08
Tamoshunas, Dalia Sutherland 23:14 DNR 24:08
Lowe, Katie Spencerport 22:12 DNR 24:09
Venezky, Sarah Spencerport 22:06 DNR 24:12
Cardillo, Holly Victor 22:56 DNR 24:23
Haslinger, Rachel Victor DNR DNR 24:24
Borshoff, Caroline Sutherland DNR DNR 24:25
Hight, Ann Schroeder 22:37 24:03 24:25
Maloney, Heather Spencerport 22:30 23:30 24:28
Jewell, Janelle Schroeder 23:44 23:34 24:53
Dilai, Khristyna Schroeder DNR DNR 24:58
Hatch, Robin Sutherland DNR DNR 25:01
Buckley, Kathleen Sutherland 23:26 DNR 25:21
Fries, Kayla Victor 25:26 DNR 25:22
Mitchel, Lindsay Spencerport 23:08 DNR 25:31
Arnold, Emily Gates Chili DNR 24:19 25:39
Osterling, Emmalyn Victor DNR DNR 25:42
Doherty, Alaina Schroeder 23:26 DNR 25:47
Blaakman, Kelly Schroeder 24:44 DNR 25:54
Taschman, Jane Sutherland 24:04 DNR 26:00
Cowles, Jennifer Sutherland 24:36 DNR 26:19
Phillips, Michelle Spencerport 24:00 DNR 26:27
Barry, Rachel Schroeder 24:36 DNR 26:33
Pettrone, Alea Spencerport 24:19 DNR 26:49
Bloom, Sarah Sutherland DNR DNR 26:52
Templeton, Melissa Spencerport 25:33 DNR 26:53
Facchine, Hillary Spencerport 24:40 DNR 27:11
Kelly, Monet Gates Chili 24:44 DNR 27:16
Conrow, Megan Schroeder 25:03 DNR 27:19
Betlem, Jessica Gates Chili 25:21 DNR 27:20
Pelz, Maddie Sutherland 25:12 DNR 27:21
Wilson, Tori Victor 24:53 DNR 27:25
Schwartz, Lindsey Gates Chili 25:23 DNR 28:00
Seils, Andrea Spencerport 25:29 DNR 28:05
Desiato, Brittany Spencerport 25:38 DNR 28:16
Grant, Laura Spencerport DNR DNR 28:19
Reynolds, Emily Schroeder DNR DNR 28:22
Glover, Christine Spencerport 26:19 DNR 28:43
Frelier, Kristen Schroeder 26:14 DNR 28:55
Cragie, Caitlin Sutherland 26:21 DNR 29:03
Forward, Erin Schroeder DNR DNR 29:42
Naassana, Danielle Sutherland 27:10 DNR 29:57
Bui, Sophia Schroeder 28:18 DNR 30:02
Hilsdorf, Becca Gates Chili DNR DNR 30:54
Naassana, Christine Sutherland DNR DNR 31:16
Damera, Shivani Sutherland DNR DNR 31:44
Axelrod, Jordyn Sutherland DNR DNR 32:19
Finn, Shannon Sutherland DNR DNR 32:32
Kashtan, Rachel Sutherland DNR DNR 32:35
Kashtan, Sara Sutherland DNR DNR 32:49
Park, Lauren Schroeder DNR DNR 33:24
Wehrle, Jennifer Schroeder DNR DNR 34:16
Oechsle, Sara Gates Chili DNR DNR 35:48
Brown, Morgan Gates Chili DNR DNR 37:46

And the Boys race:

Name; School; McQuaid Time; GCC Time; Predicted Time
Erb, M.J. Victor 16:03 16:34 17:22
Piacentini, Anthony Schroeder 16:02 17:30 17:30
Nasello, AJ Schroeder 16:23 17:13 17:43
Reid, Kyle Victor 16:18 17:12 17:43
Lyons, Nate Schroeder 16:33 17:15 17:46
Fischer, Sean Sutherland 16:08 17:07 17:52
Dworkin, Jordan Sutherland 16:30 DNR 17:53
Cleeton, Ben Sutherland 16:48 17:44 17:55
Schwalm, Steve Gates Chili DNR DNR 18:00
Tobey, Kevin Gates Chili 16:53 17:19 18:02
Tyler, Terrence Sutherland 16:53 18:06 18:11
Hayward, Connor Victor 17:00 18:00 18:16
Anvelt, Mike Sutherland 16:53 DNR 18:19
Whittemore, Steve Schroeder 17:14 18:19 18:20
Hayden, Rob Sutherland 16:53 18:04 18:23
Hamouda, Adrian Schroeder 17:02 18:00 18:25
Iovoli, Austin Victor 17:30 18:34 18:40
Phelan, Will Sutherland 16:57 18:00 18:45
Erickson, Jack Victor 17:49 18:23 18:46
Kelly, Geoffery Schroeder 17:51 DNR 18:48
Strang, Alex Sutherland 17:44 DNR 18:54
Makowski, Joe Schroeder 17:53 DNR 18:55
Hayward, Cal Victor 17:45 18:23 18:55
Moore, Weston Gates Chili 17:57 18:32 18:56
Galetto, Billy Spencerport 17:49 19:26 19:02
Sulimowicz, Ricky Gates Chili 17:23 18:30 19:03
Wehrle, Joe Schroeder 17:34 18:42 19:06
Hunt, Gage Sutherland 17:51 DNR 19:06
Coleman, John Spencerport DNR 18:15 19:07
Bowers, Stephen Gates Chili 18:25 DNR 19:13
Baldino, Tyler Sutherland 17:26 DNR 19:14
Smathers, Mike Victor 17:49 19:00 19:21
Girouard, Joel Sutherland 17:32 DNR 19:24
Silberg, Mark Sutherland 17:47 DNR 19:25
LaRocca, Anthony Gates Chili 20:40 DNR 19:25
McKeown, Trevor Schroeder 18:14 DNR 19:27
Spinosa, Phil Spencerport 17:57 19:27 19:28
Peartree, Colin Sutherland 17:38 DNR 19:28
Plummer, Chris Spencerport 18:19 18:34 19:28
Alexander, Elliot Schroeder 17:47 DNR 19:30
Farrell, Tom Schroeder 20:08 DNR 19:34
Barlow, Torrey Spencerport 18:53 DNR 19:35
Tucker, Dan Sutherland 18:19 DNR 19:36
Merrit, Alex Schroeder 18:22 DNR 19:44
To, Justin Spencerport 17:49 DNR 19:44
Jermyn, Alex Spencerport 18:42 19:48 19:44
Cordts, Alex Spencerport 20:34 22:48 19:44
Ding, Alex Sutherland 18:25 DNR 19:49
Spitzer, Matt Victor 19:30 DNR 19:49
Mertens, Ben Victor 18:45 DNR 19:50
Randall, Brian Sutherland 18:23 DNR 19:54
Manners, Zack Gates Chili DNR DNR 19:55
Wiseman, John Schroeder 18:48 DNR 19:57
Buss, Hayden Gates Chili 18:34 19:36 19:59
Steiger, Aidan Victor 18:12 DNR 20:03
Krawiec, Eric Schroeder 18:27 DNR 20:04
Mathew, Justin Schroeder 18:11 DNR 20:07
McCutchon, Andrew Sutherland 18:37 DNR 20:07
Burgin, Will Schroeder 18:22 DNR 20:08
Reese, Christian Victor 18:30 DNR 20:08
Powley, Devon Spencerport 19:00 DNR 20:10
Cove, Zach Sutherland DNR DNR 20:16
Mistark, Brian Sutherland 18:23 DNR 20:17
Mizes, Kevin Sutherland 18:21 DNR 20:18
Black, Ryan Sutherland 18:23 DNR 20:20
Meagher, Graham Spencerport 18:56 DNR 20:21
Worden, Colin Sutherland 18:26 DNR 20:23
Hall, Jared Gates Chili 18:53 DNR 20:35
Feeley, Evan Sutherland 18:38 DNR 20:37
Lyons, Zach Schroeder 19:10 DNR 20:39
Gill, Andrew Spencerport DNR DNR 20:40
Craig, Michael Gates Chili 19:19 DNR 20:51
Cannon, Tristan Schroeder 19:23 DNR 20:55
Jacobson, Alec Sutherland DNR DNR 20:55
Wells, Henry Sutherland 19:45 DNR 20:56
Reed, Justin Schroeder 18:57 DNR 20:56
Goebel, Ben Victor 19:34 DNR 20:57
Balta, Eric Sutherland 19:42 DNR 21:00
Erdogan, Malcolm Spencerport 19:25 DNR 21:02
Cymerman, Troy Sutherland DNR DNR 21:08
Werner, Gregory Gates Chili DNR DNR 21:12
Hall, Curt Gates Chili 19:34 DNR 21:14
Killigrew, John Schroeder 19:12 DNR 21:14
Messina, Isaac Sutherland 19:34 DNR 21:19
Menon, Akash Sutherland 20:15 DNR 21:19
Fricke, Jonathan Sutherland 20:03 DNR 21:20
Meyerhofer, Peter Spencerport 19:45 DNR 21:24
Black, Mike Victor 19:25 DNR 21:29
Nitche, Anthony Victor 19:45 DNR 21:30
Lee, Eric Sutherland 20:12 DNR 21:37
Gilman, Scott Sutherland 19:49 DNR 21:38
Hartman, Nicolas Sutherland 19:34 DNR 21:40
LeVant, Tristan Sutherland 19:53 DNR 21:51
Grant, Stephen Spencerport DNR DNR 21:52
Ludwig, Brian Gates Chili DNR DNR 21:55
Dana, Steven Schroeder 19:55 DNR 21:55
Graves, Matt Gates Chili 20:12 DNR 22:03
Goebel, Mike Victor 20:47 DNR 22:07
Hartsough, Harrison Victor 20:45 DNR 22:16
Brett, Tom Gates Chili 20:49 DNR 22:18
Circelli, Kenneth Schroeder 20:12 DNR 22:21
Taccardi, Ethan Sutherland 21:49 DNR 22:29
Wolf, Corey Sutherland 21:02 DNR 22:31
Weinberg, Sam Sutherland 21:00 DNR 22:42
Rekers, Arik Schroeder 20:34 DNR 22:46
Ward, Zachary Gates Chili DNR DNR 22:54
Samoriski, Nate Victor 21:18 DNR 22:59
Devries, Jacob Schroeder 21:04 DNR 23:00
Campaniello, Steven Gates Chili DNR DNR 23:00
Martin, Craig Victor 21:10 DNR 23:01
Peckham, Jon Sutherland 20:49 DNR 23:02
James, Jalen Gates Chili 21:32 DNR 23:02
Hamlin, Teddy Sutherland 20:57 DNR 23:05
Ebreth, Jacob Schroeder 20:59 DNR 23:13
Casella, Matthew Gates Chili DNR DNR 23:18
jokinen, justin Victor 21:18 DNR 23:34
Patel, Arjun Schroeder 21:32 DNR 23:36
Doherty, Patrick Schroeder 21:27 DNR 23:45
Prahler, Cody Schroeder 21:30 DNR 23:47
Gertner, Mike Sutherland 21:57 DNR 23:47
Underberg, Daniel Sutherland 22:15 DNR 23:53
DeNoto, Zach Sutherland 22:25 DNR 24:03
Yeo, William Gates Chili 22:55 DNR 24:09
Dietl, Noah Schroeder 21:57 DNR 24:18
Lewis, Richard Gates Chili 23:22 DNR 24:24
Beeley, William Sutherland 22:04 DNR 24:26
Wells, Charlie Sutherland 23:44 DNR 25:00
Johnson, Brian Sutherland DNR DNR 25:02
Hohl, Michael Schroeder DNR DNR 25:07
Borraccia, Mike Spencerport 23:08 DNR 25:37
Switalski, Eric Spencerport DNR DNR 25:42
Palluconi, Joe Spencerport 23:32 DNR 26:02
Goodberry, Benjamin Gates Chili 23:48 DNR 26:02
Knoedl, Jordan Gates Chili DNR DNR 26:08
Semmler, Robert Schroeder 25:37 DNR 27:47
Snover, James Schroeder DNR DNR 27:56
Ash, David Schroeder DNR DNR 28:15
Benson, Anthony Schroeder DNR DNR 32:37
Szalapski, Jacob Sutherland DNR DNR 34:39

Friday, October 2, 2009

McQuaid Invitational

Tomorrow is the 45th annual McQuaid Invitational at Genesee Valley Park. It has been 30 years since my first trip to McQuaid, and I still find the atmosphere as exciting as I did back then. With nearly 250 schools attending, there will be up to 7500 runners competing in 25 high school races. The part of the schedule that includes our entries is as follows:

2:26 Race #18 Girls Varsity "B" (a J.V. race) for Medium and Large schools
2:50 Race #19 Boys Jr. High #3 (Large schools)
3:02 Race #20 Girls Unseeded Varsity AA-2 (Medium/Large schools)
3:26 Race #21 Girls Jr. High #3 (Large schools)
3:38 Race #22 Boys Unseeded Varsity AAA-2 (large schools)
4:45 Race #25 Boys Varsity "B" (A J.V. race) for Large schools

You also won't want to miss the big races of the day:
3:58 Race #23 Girls Seeded Varsity AAA (Large schools)
4:22 Race #24 Boys Seeded Varsity AAA (Large schools)

There was a nice article covering the race in today's D&C. The D&C also had a big article on HF-L's two studs: Deir and Mangan.

For more information about the McQuaid invitational, visit these links:
Main Meet Site
Complete Schedule
Course Map
2008 Results

Thursday, October 1, 2009

PRACTICE AT SCHROEDER

Today's practice is at Schroeder. It's not at Webster Park or on the County Course.

Spread the word!