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Post by Justin on Sept 22, 2006 8:53:12 GMT -5
I have a question about this meet: was that the Liberty who has won 2A the past couple years? If so, cudos to them for at least traveling up to Frostburg for a meet, and too bad for them because they have dropped off a ton.
Also, it looks like Bowser will ahve to work on his hill racing. Is he in anyway related to Rich Bowser who ran for Northern in the 90's?
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Post by dan on Sept 22, 2006 9:33:10 GMT -5
Justin: As far as I know, that is the Liberty who has won 2A the past couple years. I think they just lost a lot of guys to graduation like Beall's team this year.
I agree with you, kudos to a team outside of Allegany County or WV actually coming to run in Frostburg. I know Smithsburg has done it before, but it is nice to see some new faces other than just the WMIL (or whatever it is called now).
The course at Glendenning is tough, and if it is the same one I ran as a senior (which is not likely), then JT's 17:32 is very good. I ran 17:14 there in October for WMIL Championships, and that was after an already decent season. If JT has run 17:32.xx there in September, he looks good to do some damage in 1A.
Here's to hoping he and Bowser and Morris and everyone else run some fast times as we travel to Clearspring and other points east in the postseason. Keep the domination in the WEST!
DAN
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Post by frojoe23 on Sept 22, 2006 10:53:27 GMT -5
Liberty brought about 60 kids up to race. It was something to see. Out of 30 finishers in the girls race, 25 were from Liberty. The Beall boys looked tough up front and consistent throughout the line-up. It is apparent that they are definitely hill runners. Chris Derosa impressed me the most. He ran the best race that I have ever seen him run.
While Beall did beat Liberty, if you look at some other early season results, it seems that they did not run their top 3 at Parris Glendening. Dougherty has been running as their 4th man all season.
The course also is different form the one you ran your senior year, Dan. However, it is the same one that Scott and JT ran 18:51 and 18:52 on last year. That means that JT is in spectacular shape and Gavin is ahead of where JT was at this time last year. We'll get to see how all of Western Maryland teams stack up at Hereford on the 30th.
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Post by Justin on Sept 22, 2006 11:04:21 GMT -5
Thanks guys. That explains Liberty's results better. It's not surprising to me, I hear their coach all the time on the forums with concerns about racing his runners too much, especially on hard courses, even Bull Run. I understand you don't want to overrace them, but sometimes he's a bit extreme with it. A tough race in late September is not going to effect your performances in November unless it causes some kind of serious injury or something, like a 50 miler. In my opinion it's entirely safe to race a tough weekday race and a weekend invite and perform at 100% for both.
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Post by QCS Admin on Sept 25, 2006 17:07:11 GMT -5
note on the race at Frostburg,Liberty wasn't running full varsity
would of made a big difference
Eric Liberatore
Pat Dougherty
Pat Kelsh
Mike Meadows
Nick Hruch
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Post by Justin on Sept 26, 2006 9:53:12 GMT -5
Darrell,
That does make a big difference, I guess the question I have is why go all that way to not run your top guys? And why run some of your top guys and not others? I guess if you ahve the budget you can afford to do that.
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