Tomorrow, We Race

OK, our season gets underway tomorrow, just as the Bills are playing their final preseason game (I guess I'll have to TiVo that). We're participating in what seems to be a very interesting early-season format, a XC Relay, under the lights - the "Dash in the Dark" at Oakfield-Alabama High School. Here is some information concerning the meet:

Schedule
6:00pm OPEN RACE
6:30pm Junior Varsity Girls
7:20pm Junior Varsity Boys
8:10pm Varsity Girls
9:00pm Varsity Boys

Format
3 x 2 mile XC relay, with each runner completing two loops of the one mile course

Concession Stand
Concession Stand will have t-shirts and food, drink, and snacks for sale

Directions from Schroeder
104 West to
590 South to
490 West to
Exit to for Bergen (Rt 33),
turn right on Rt 33 (West), go 0.2 miles
turn right on Rt 19 (North), go 0.3 miles
turn left on Rt 262 (West), go 16.6 miles
turn right on Rt 63 (North), school is on the right (0.7 miles)

You can avoid downtown traffic, if necessary, by taking 590S-390S-Thruway West to Batavia exit to Rt 63 North.

It's Not the Heat, It's the Stupidity

OK, so we appear to be headed for 90 again today (and probably tomorrow and Thursday), so it's a good time to point to some of my favorite Runner's World articles on heat.

This one discusses some of the barriers posed by heat and how to overcome them.

Here is an article with a couple of stories and then some tips (avoid caffeine!)

Here are a few more tips (although some are geared toward beginners).

Remember, practice today is at 3:45pm (at Schroeder), with pizza (bring $3) and WABO to follow.

Blue & Gold Results

Gold swept all 3 races on Saturday, thanks to several outstanding performances for so early in the season. 5 of the top 9 Blue & Gold Boys times were achieved this year, and 3 of the top 4 Girls times were set. AJ's time was a School Record for the Webster Park course. Meanwhile, Val and Amanda posted the 3rd and 4th fastest times in Schroeder history on this Webster Park course.

Boys

Nasello, AJ 5:32 11:13 16:31
Kelly, Geoffrey 5:42 11:37 17:18
Matthew, Justin 6:10 12:17 17:51
Wiseman, John 6:10 12:18 18:10
Makowski, Joe 6:03 12:25 18:28
Reed, Justin 6:21 12:53 18:41
Meritt, Alex 6:21 12:53 18:42
Fitzgerald, Ethan 6:21 12:53 18:59
Killigrew, John 6:35 13:18 19:51
Mallery, Eric 6:20 13:32 20:14
Dana, Steven 6:35 13:40 20:24
Lyons, Zach 6:41 13:54 20:44
Devries, Jacob 6:56 14:20 21:04
Lipari, Philip 7:06 14:54 21:51
Wicks, Joe 7:17 14:58 21:52
Eberth, Jake 7:19 15:01 21:53
Doherty, Patrick 7:24 15:12 22:25
Ash, David 7:24 15:19 22:47
Benitez, Juan 7:42 16:11 22:56
Hohl, Michael 7:24 15:30 23:05
Thompson, Ben 7:48 15:57 23:32
Patel, Arjun 7:24 15:45 23:37
Killigrew, Kevin 23:38
Bay, Cooper 8:05 17:14 25:46
Hughes, Joe 8:08 17:15 25:51
Way, David 8:00 17:14 26:15
Hughes, Jake 8:15 19:12 28:44
Snover, James 9:18 20:12 29:57
Ford, Mike 9:47 21:00 30:26
Hamouda, Amir 9:47 21:38 33:20

Girls
Palermo, Val 6:56 14:30 20:56
Paratore, Amanda 6:56 14:30 20:57
Bay, Anneleise 7:15 14:56 21:51
Bailey, Alaina 7:45 16:26 24:15
Fitzgerald, Natalie 7:51 16:33 24:15
Edwards, Katie 7:51 16:44 25:46
Yursaitis, Sarah 8:10 17:24 25:51
Esley, Lillian 9:42 20:54 31:25
Wehrle, Jenn 10:39 23:28 34:58
Claire 10:44 23:28 34:59

Hojack Trail

Since our long run was on the Hojack Trail today, I thought I'd document the distances involved. I used gmap-pedometer to measure today's route (saved here).

We started near the "Start" line at North Ponds Park. Here are the distances on the way out:
Start of Hojack Trail: 0.87 (1.74 out and back)
Hard Rd: 1.58 (3.15)
Klem Rd: 2.10 (4.21)
Van Alstyne: 2.67 (5.34)
Drumm: 3.27 (6.53)
Vosburg: 3.83 (7.65)
End of Trail: 4.27 (8.54)

I haven't typed in the Blue & Gold results, so look for those in tomorrow's post!

Blue and Gold Rosters

Here are the rosters for today's Blue and Gold meet (* = team captain)...

Girls

Blue
Katie E
Allie E
Lillian E
*Val P
Jen W
Sarah Y

Gold
Alaina B
*Annelise B
Natalie F
Claire L
Amanda P

Boys Varsity

Blue
Steven D
Jacob D
Zach L
Joe M
Alex M
*AJ N
Justin R

Gold
Jake E
Ethan F
*Geoff K
John K
Eric M
Justin M
John W

Boys JV

Blue
Juan B
Patrick D
Amir H
Michael H
Jake H
Joe H
Kevin K
*Arjun P
Jordan T

Gold
*David A
Cooper B
Mike F
Aric J
Phil L
James S
Ben T
Joe W

2009 results are here

2008 results are here

2007

Boys

Lyons, Nate 18:31
Brett, Alex 18:58
Grzebien, Patryk 18:59
Miller, Kenny 19:30
Saunders, Tyler 20:26
Owczarczyk, Marcin 20:58
Bober, Jacob 21:30
Whittemore, Steve 21:45
McKeown, Trevor 22:18
Kelly, Geoffrey 22:25
Prahler, Josh 22:36
Pawluk, Drew 22:42
Farrell, Tom 24:35
Wiseman, John 25:09
Urbanek, Gary 25:12
Rekers, Arik 25:32
Piotrowski, Wade 26:02
Patel, Arjun 26:41
Koshak, Zach 27:02

Girls

Rieger, Megan 22:10
Lyons, Chelsea 22:48
Sherelis, Brianna 23:03
McMahon, Clare 23:33
Dilai, Khristyna 28:33
Wiegand, Sarah 28:55


2006 (at Center Park)

Boys

Hohl, John 17:44
Priddy, Marc 19:07
Grzebien, Patryk 20:23
Brett, Alex 20:26
Saunders, Tyler 20:38
Mauro, Chris 21:07
Piotrowski, Wade 21:10
Hohl, Daniel 21:11
Lyons, Nate 21:22
Siviy, Greg 21:41
Owczarczyk, Marcin 22:56
Krawiec, Kyle 23:36
Pilato, John 23:42
McKeown, Trevor 23:50
Farrell, Tom 24:46
Johnson, David 24:49
Pawluk, Andrew 25:06
Rekers, Arik 29:18
Miller, Kenny 29:55

Girls

Cocuzzi, Ashley 21:41
Sherelis, Brianna 23:15
McMahon, Clare 23:39
Duke, Emily 23:48
Albert, Erin 23:49
Lyons, Chelsea 24:52
Miller, Sarah 24:52
Varechtchouk, Olga 25:12
Cole, Emily 25:18
Cheung, May Gin 25:24
Neels, Casey 29:10
Mathew, Tricia 29:15
McMahon, Paige 29:56
Nickason, Kelly 29:57

And We're Back

Now that the XC season is underway, you can expect to see some notes back here again.

Tomorrow is the 5th Annual Blue & Gold Meet at Webster Park. Practice is scheduled for 5:30. I would expect the race to go off between 6:30 and 6:45. The teams should be announced at practice today.

I should also point out that the link to the "Current Practice Schedule" on the left-hand side of this page has been updated to actually point to the current practice schedule (which also includes meets).

Medals All Around

So, the Webster Schroeder track team was well represented at the State Championships, and all of the representatives scored medals, thanks to some outstanding performances. On Friday, Brycen had an incredible race to win the Division 1 Championship, while tying the Section V record, with a 46.81. An ailing AJ anticipated another event and only ran 2:02. Meanwhile, Kevin had solid performances in the HH, HJ and Shot to grab 6th place after Day 1 of a very competitive Pentathlon.

On Saturday, the great efforts continued. Brycen ran to win the Federation 400, and did so, with a 47. Kevin had a decent Long Jump and an excellent 1500 to reach the podium, finishing 5th in Division 1 and 7th for the Federation. Finally, the 4 x 800 relay team exceeded all expectations with a 5th place finish, running an incredible 7:47, and coming within 2 seconds of the 35-year-old Section V record.

Splits:
Nico 60.27 1:57.53
Ben 57.81 1:59.99
AJ 55.87 1:57.22
Brycen 54.49 1:52.60

Nico went from last (18th) at the 400 to 4th at the handoff. Ben held off a boatload of challengers until the last 200. AJ made up ground on the nearby teams (but Deir did catch him at the end). Brycen took off, left Mangan far behind on the first lap. When Mangan and Burnt Hills caught up with 200 to go, Brycen again went to work and secured 5th place, while making a valiant effort at catching 4th (from at least 5 seconds back).

What a weekend!