Bucknell tonight

[frojoe23]

Good luck to Mr. Daniel Dewitt (Boniface Kiprop) as he is running the 10k tonight in a very good meet at Bucknell. Hopefully, the wind is light. If the temps keep where they are, I look for a fantastic race from Dan.

[dan]

Jaron, I know I had mentioned this to you, but just let to let everyone else know:

Someone the seed times were entered incorrectly. I think my coaches thought they had entered me at 31:30 but the Bucknell people had me at 32:30 on the list. Since there are 53 kids in the 10k, they split the heats. 37 will run tonight at 10PM and the rest of us will run tomorrow morning at 11:15 AM.

I am feeling terrific after several good workouts in a row. I am hoping to go out in 16:00 and try to negative split. I'll let everyone know how things go. Supposedly live results will be found on Bucknell's website if you are really wondering how I did.

Thanks for pointing out my race. Good luck to QCS this weekend up north in whatever mess may descend. Run hard! Have fun!

DAN

[dan]

Well, the race turned out to be pretty decent, afterall.

Friday night was horribly windy and cold at the track. Times did not really reflect that, though, as I saw a pretty ridiculous 5k won by the American guys. Just nuts. They ran pretty even 4:30 miles for a 14:02 win or something.

I left before the fast heat of the 10k to get some sleep at the hotel with my parents, but it apparently was pretty nasty, too, as four guys from Cortland St. went under 30:40. They are all freshmen and sophomores, too, from what I hear. Pretty good for a DIII school!

This morning was beautiful. It was about 50 degrees, sunny, and good for running. There was a decent wind on the backstraight, but I got through it. I wanted to go out in 16:00 and try to negative split. I sat on some kids through 5:06, 10:14, 15:28, and then the 5k split was like 16:12 or something.

I wanted to wait until 4 miles to move but after 5k I just went. I dropped two laps at about 76 and gapped the guys I was with well enough to break open the race. I ran by myself that last 5k and finished pretty evenly in another 16:10-16:15 for the last half. My final time was 32:25.00. I am pretty sure the next kid ran 32:43.8, but in the results there is a kid that was supposed to be in my heat who ran 32:36. I looked back after I crossed and the next guy was just starting the last 100m, so I think this kid might have been in last night's heat. Whatever.

It was a pretty solid race. My legs are not too beat up, but they are pleasantly tired. It was nice to get a good win, even if it was
"only in the slow heat." I think had I been in the other heat I might have had a decent shot at sub-32, but such is the nature of the beast at 10k. There are so many what-if's. However, this time, I was able to not watch the lap counter until there were only 10 to go. That helped.

I think Patriots will turn out nicely. That is in three weeks and I will run the 10000m again, then. I am hoping for a similar race. This next time I might try to run even 5:05's for about 4 miles and then try to move, but we'll just have to see. If I have a great race there, I might be able to score a point or two. That would be cool.

I am off next weekend from racing. I think I will run a 1500m on April 28th "to get snappy" and then just get ready for the next attack on my friend the 10k.

Here's hoping the nice weather I saw today heads to Boston for our friends up north. I will keep my fingers crossed.

DAN

My Heat:

29 DeWitt, Daniel Lehigh 32:25.00
31 Burthingy, Matt Plattsburgh St. 32:36.84 (not my race I don't think)
34 Litvinov, Mikhail Bloomsburg 32:43.20
37 Wilde, Dan Kutztown 32:53.04
38 Rappleyea, Dave Brockport St. 32:53.93
40 Caporaso, Matthew Monmouth 33:01.72
42 Slater, Mitch East Stroudsburg 33:23.63
43 Skiles, Tony Kutztown 33:29.00
44 Marcoe, Tim Bloomsburg 33:33.56
45 Cody, Jeff Monmouth 34:00.64
46 Ver, Joe Plattsburgh St. 34:13.24
47 Fulton, Mike Shippensburg 34:42.52

OVERALL:

Men 10000 Meter Run
================================================================
Stadium: S 30:09.54 2005 T. Turner, SUNY-Geneseo
NCAA Auto: A 28:45.00
NCAA Prov: P 29:30.00
ECAC: E 31:08.00
Name Year School Finals
================================================================
1 Josyln, Fred Cortland St. 29:55.14S
2 Deshane, Matt 29:58.55S
3 Eddy, Josh Duquesne 30:06.45S
4 Cloke, Andy Cortland St. 30:13.15E
5 Nally, Shamus Cortland St. 30:15.21E
6 Dubois, Seth Cortland St. 30:34.43E
7 Corkins, Chris Allegheny 30:37.15E
8 Segal, Craig Monmouth 30:42.38E
9 McGrath, Mike Geneseo St. 30:45.34E
10 Horvat, Chris Duquesne 30:51.63E
11 Asher, Bobby Plattsburgh St. 30:54.51E
12 Benson, Aaron Lock Haven 30:57.02E
13 Dozzi, Marco Allegheny 31:00.59E
14 Sarver, Shane Duquesne 31:12.09
15 Kelly, AJ 31:22.35
16 Eanes, Frank Messiah 31:22.46
17 wagoner, matthew West Shore Runni 31:25.47
18 Gorman, Daniel 31:35.35
19 Mulcahy, Ryan Geneseo St. 31:53.40
20 Wadas, Chris National Running 31:58.31
21 Yeatts, Jed Lock Haven 31:58.67
22 Gauthier, John Geneseo St. 32:00.90
23 Coon, Craig Binghamton 32:09.61
24 Madison, Andrew Umbc 32:12.86
25 Kelly, Joseph 32:13.72
26 Gish, Jason West Shore Runni 32:14.92
27 Martin, Connor Binghamton 32:17.78
28 Chichester, Tim Geneseo St. 32:22.04
29 DeWitt, Daniel Lehigh 32:25.00
30 demerice, eric West Shore Runni 32:34.28
31 Burthingy, Matt Plattsburgh St. 32:36.84
32 McCabe, Jeffrey Edinboro 32:38.53
33 Thoman, Andy Edinboro 32:41.90
34 Litvinov, Mikhail Bloomsburg 32:43.20
35 Brady, Mike Umbc 32:43.55
36 Bell, Chris Lock Haven 32:46.56
37 Wilde, Dan Kutztown 32:53.04
38 Rappleyea, Dave Brockport St. 32:53.93
39 Davis, Blake Umbc 32:57.31
40 Caporaso, Matthew Monmouth 33:01.72
41 Shokry, Shawn Umbc 33:14.65
42 Slater, Mitch East Stroudsburg 33:23.63
43 Skiles, Tony Kutztown 33:29.00
44 Marcoe, Tim Bloomsburg 33:33.56
45 Cody, Jeff Monmouth 34:00.64
46 Ver, Joe Plattsburgh St. 34:13.24
47 Fulton, Mike Shippensburg 34:42.52

[woody]

Congrats on a great race man... It is too bad they didn't put you all in one heat... At Duke they had all 54 of us in one heat of the 10k whcih made it much easier to hit my splits. Good luck with the rest of your season.

[Justin]

Congrats on the win Dan! Is that PR?