Regular Season is Over!

A very successful regular season has come to a close, so it is time to get ready for the Championship meets. First, let's take a look at the regular season results.

Teams
The Boys finished 19-4 - not sure when Schroeder last won 19 meets (if we have, it would have been in an undefeated season, prior to the split). This put us in a tie for 5th with Mendon. The teams with fewer losses were HF-L (1), RH (2), Brighton (3), and Hilton (3, 1 to us).

The Girls finished 9-14, well above expectations. That marks the 4th time in the last 5 years that the girls managed 9 wins - let's see if we can get double digits next year!

On the invitational front, the boys had huge wins at McQuaid and Alden (beating St. Joe's, again, who is ranked #2 in Section VI).

Individuals
Val made the 2009 top 10 list for Harris Whalen Park (6th, 20:52). This was also the 14th best time in the 5 years they've kept records. Val is now the only Schroeder girl to appear on one of the Top 25 all time lists.

Nico and AJ made the list at Center Park (4th and 5th in 17:23 and 17:25), and are currently 16th and 19th all time (joining John Hohl, who had been the only Schroeder runner on any top 25 list). Nico, Nate and AJ all made the list at Harris Whalen (2nd, 4th and 5th in 17:13, 17:25 and 17:26) - also good for 8th, 19th and 20th overall. Nico also made the Mendon East 6th in 17:26) and Parma (9th in 17:30) lists, but missed the top 25 lists by 8 seconds and 3 seconds.

Nico and Nate just missed at Black Creek with their 17:19s, as 17:18 was 10th (and 17:16 is 25th overall). And Nico just missed at Webster (16:43, 10th was 16:40 just this week).

Toughest League in the State?

It's not just your imagination, we really do face a very difficult league schedule. On the girls side, the latest state rankings show a total of NINE Monroe County teams listed.

Hilton (11), R-H (19), Thomas (21) and Fairport (22) are all ranked in Class AA (so Penfield must be close). Canandaigua (3), Mendon (7), Brighton (8) and Sutherland (10) are in the top 10 in Class A, and HF-L is ranked #2 in Class B, just behind East Aurora, and 9th overall (just ahead of Canandaigua in 10th).

So, our girls are actually 8-5 against teams that are not ranked in the state, and we can make that 9-5 today.

The boys have also faced some stiff league competition, as 8 teams are mentioned in last week's state rankings. R-H is 10th in Class AA, while Hilton is called out as one of the "teams to watch". In Class A, Mendon (6), Brighton (8), Irondequoit (11) and Sutherland (16) are all ranked. It's interesting that Mendon is ranked ahead of Brighton (on the strength of their performance at McQuaid), as I have Brighton as the slight favorite in their meet today. The HF-L boys are matching the girls with a #2 ranking in Class B. And how about this: despite a league record of just 8-11, Odyssey has a well-deserved 12th ranking in Class C.

Scouting Report - October 20th League Meet

Our top boys opponents are as follows (max 10 per team):

Name School Time Range
Vanvleck, Adam Mendon 16:14 16:25
Smolensky, Scotty Brighton 16:54 17:11
Talpey, Greg Brighton 17:19 17:33
Mullen, Jake Brighton 17:37 17:34
Holbrook, Austin Olympia 17:39 17:39
VanVleck, Matt Mendon 17:33 17:39
Coons, Joe Brighton 17:29 17:40
Jablonski, Kevin Fairport 17:45 17:41
Miller, Evan Mendon 17:33 17:41
Zeccola, Andrew Mendon 17:36 17:43
Hallock, Billy Mendon 17:27 17:44
Silverstein, Brian Brighton 18:01 17:53
Mullen, Andrew Brighton 18:11 17:54
Stahl, Eric Brighton 18:04 17:56
McCullough, Ryan Brighton 17:54 18:05
Young, Robert Mendon 18:01 18:08
Lundquist, Sam Brighton 18:30 18:13
Stoutz, Matthew Fairport 18:07 18:14
Pavia, Corey Mendon 18:13 18:15
Tarduno, Matthew Brighton 18:19 18:19
Green, Justin Fairport 18:11 18:23
Clark, Maurice Mendon 18:28 18:35
Swayze, Adam Mendon 18:24 18:37
Brown, Roric Mendon 18:46 18:46
Spitzer, Matt Fairport 19:20 18:48
Staveski, Adam Fairport 18:58 18:51
Colby, Jeff Olympia 18:55 18:52
Korts, Tyler Fairport 18:50 18:56
Liess, Chris Olympia 18:57 18:57
Karpie, Will Fairport 19:26 19:16
Keyes, Sean Fairport 18:58 19:17

And the top girls:

Tuite, Shaylyn Mendon 18:42 18:29
Hughes, Ashton Fairport 19:34 19:41
Malone, Rachel Fairport 19:35 19:47
Hallock, Allison Mendon 19:47 20:06
Rosenthal, Jane Fairport 20:20 20:29
Lenhardt, Carly Fairport 20:32 20:34
Bessette, Danielle Mendon 20:38 20:35
Atkins, Morgan Mendon 20:01 20:37
Timothy, Talibah Brighton 20:44 21:01
Swertfeger, Sarah Olympia 20:29 21:02
Young, Lauren Mendon 21:02 21:09
Pieper, Lilly Mendon 21:35 21:14
Ryan, Kylie Mendon 21:16 21:17
Wagner, Robin Brighton 21:27 21:27
Roncone, Krista Mendon 21:39 21:28
Aldridge, Mary Brighton 21:08 21:34
Vodacek, Kayla Brighton 21:38 21:44
Iuli, Sarah Brighton 22:00 21:46
Swetman, Brenna Mendon 21:55 21:49
Smolensky, Lauren Brighton 21:46 21:55
McElligott, Meghan Fairport 21:48 22:03
McCarthy, Casey Mendon 21:57 22:13
Mehta, Prachi Brighton 22:17 22:22
Kulzer, Kayla Olympia 22:39 22:37
Sirotenko, Andrea Brighton 22:24 22:38
Erbelding, Kathryn Olympia 22:53 22:44
Schmitt, Elizabeth Fairport 23:02 23:02
King, Alyssa Brighton 23:12 23:13
Dowling, Shannon Fairport 23:09 23:14
Goodrich, Veronica Fairport 22:57 23:14
Yeh, Diana Brighton 23:34 23:18
Williams, Greta Fairport 24:34 24:07
Vane, Eleanor Fairport 24:19 24:18

Bulldog Results Link

I neglected to post the link to the results from the weekend.

The results are here; however, the second half of the JV results are quite suspect. I will be getting the times from Coach Brust to sort things out.

The scouting report for tomorrow will be posted later today.

We Stampeded!

Great job by the boys in Alden yesterday! The JV Boys started things off with many solid runs to top the field of 26 schools. Although Elliot, Joe and Erik got a little too excited in the first mile (running 1-2-3 for a stretch), Joe was able to hang on for third, and Elliot 7th. Meanwhile, Trevor, Alex and Will moved from well back in the field (people were out way too quickly), to finish 9-14-16 and secure the victory with 45 points, to 53 for St. Joe's and 89 for East Aurora. The median improvement by the team was 1:19, despite the soft conditions of the course, which prevented most runners from matching their McQuaid times.

The Varsity Boys got off to a slow start, and had me nervous at the half mile mark. Our top 3 were back around 20th place, behind a couple of St. Joe's runners plus four from Lockport (could they be good again?), and the rest of the team seemed a little lost in the pack. The first mile did turn out to be slow for the top 3, but just a bit. A nice surge before the woods put them into position to go after some of the fading leaders. Steve also made a big move in the woods, and Adrian kept moving up afterward. We were then in a position where we could avoid sprints to the finish, leaving something in the tank for Tuesday, and still post a 63-82 win over St. Joe's, who has been ranked #2 in Section VI.

Since most of the girls (16 of 21) were unable to compete, there is not as much to say about their performance, but it was good overall, with Val having a breakthrough race, going out in under 6:10 and holding on to run 19:41 and finish 9th. Rachel also had a big PR, and I believe Lauren was under 30 for the first time, running 28:34.

Yesterday's Results

While the boys did not achieve the ultimate goal yesterday, securing 3 more wins and bringing our record to 17-2 is a very nice accomplishment. Looking at the results against the computer predictions, we see that 21 of the 30 boys beat their predicted time and the median performance was 11 seconds better than predicted. 7 of the boys outperformed the prediction by 29 seconds or more! Congrats to Elliot and Steven, who led with times that were 47 and 46 seconds faster, respectively. Our 1-7 gap was back under 90 seconds for the first time since Parma, but our 1-5 gap remains over 60 seconds.

The girls picked up an 8th win, but were not able to sneak ahead of Brockport. Only 2 of 11 girls were able to beat the predicted times. Congratulations to Ann for doing so (by 23 seconds), and finishing 2nd on the team for the second race in a row. We will have another shot at Brockport at Counties (and again at Sectionals).

Scouting Report - Girls

The computer rates the following girls in the top 30 for tomorrow's race:

Moreland, Amanda Honeoye Falls Lima 19:23
Steinke, Ruth Honeoye Falls Lima 20:02
Jarvela, Angela Batavia 20:03
Brunette, Jessie Honeoye Falls Lima 20:06
Cole, Hannah Honeoye Falls Lima 20:29
Hoh, Allison Honeoye Falls Lima 20:39
Beiter, Kaylin Honeoye Falls Lima 20:40
Brunett, Jessie Honeoye Falls Lima 20:41
Engle, Katie Honeoye Falls Lima 20:50
Palermo, Val Schroeder 21:05
Kahen, Rachel Athena 21:18
Held, Emmy Honeoye Falls Lima 21:24
Steinke, Bekah Honeoye Falls Lima 21:27
Steinke, Rebekah Honeoye Falls Lima 21:46
Lashbrook, Caitlin Athena 21:54
Banzer, Emily Brockport 21:55
Roose, Serena Brockport 21:59
Lafferty, Courtney Athena 22:14
Dean, Willa Brockport 22:28
Hall, Katie Honeoye Falls Lima 22:47
Bay, Anneliese Schroeder 22:60
Brindle, Madison Brockport 23:16
Butler, Sarah Athena 23:17
Ward, Brittany Athena 23:21
Edwards, Katie Schroeder 23:32
Mills, Sarah Schroeder 23:39
Bailey, Alaina Schroeder 23:41
Meyers, Leah Brockport 23:41
Mills, Rachel Schroeder 23:45
Kuitems, Karen Schroeder 23:48