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Post by tommy on Apr 28, 2008 19:03:17 GMT -5
Just thought I'd post an ad for the new conference championship meet. The boys meet will be Wednesday April 30, and the girls meet will be Thursday May 1. Meet is being hosted by Allegany at Greenway Ave. Stadium. Field events will start at 5, track at 5:15. Come out and see what should be a pretty good meet. If anyone is interested in helping out with the running of the meet, we'll be gathering volunteers at about 4:30.
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Post by kevinspradlin on Apr 28, 2008 20:12:07 GMT -5
Boys and girls competingon different days? Why on earth is that? How many of the boys team will show up on the girls meet day and support the team (and vice versa)? Has it always been this way?
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Post by mertz on Apr 28, 2008 21:26:03 GMT -5
yea. its been like this for a while. If it was run on the weekend we could do both at the same time. It should be a great meet with tough competition in both the girls and guys races.
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Post by Justin on Apr 28, 2008 21:37:49 GMT -5
It's always been this way for what I can remember. I think the reason is to cut down on the times of the meets so they don't go too late. I actually always liked it. It's interesting to see some coaches not plan for the reduced recovery time between events and have their studs have a tough time scoring in events they usually come back in to win. It really tests the teams' strategy and depth. It makes relay choices interesting also.
To answer the other question, when I was running it was usually required for the opposite gender to attend and cheer for their teammates after a short practice.
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Post by kevinspradlin on Apr 30, 2008 12:12:31 GMT -5
I see the reasoning behind the time management aspect of the idea, at least. While a well-run meet with a small number of school shouldn't last too awful long - I won't put a hard deadline on it here - any effort to get the students home earlier is probably a good thing so long as the quality of the competition (such as a reduced number of events) is not involved.
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Post by Justin on Apr 30, 2008 12:55:39 GMT -5
The meet can go a little long with more teams competing than the normal weekday meets. Also, I believe it is also one of the only meets that runs prelims for the sprints, so you have more layering of events in there. Like I said, I always liked it. It's a very tough meet to try a 1600-3200 double in, and almost impossible to have a good 800 after the 3200. 4x800-1600 can also get tough recovery wise. A lot of teams pull their top individual runners out of the 4x800 to score points in individuals. Overall I think it makes for an interesting meet, probably the toughest all season for coaching decisions.
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Post by bevj on Apr 30, 2008 14:25:08 GMT -5
Yes, last year I ran the anchor for the 4x800 and immeaditly had to get ready for the 1600. Needless to say I was rather beat by the time I reached the start line!
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Post by Justin on May 1, 2008 7:41:38 GMT -5
Any highlights to report from the boys meet?
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Post by mertz on May 1, 2008 9:32:40 GMT -5
I wouldnt say anything amazing happend. The races went as most people probably predicted except the mile. Ryan Bowser won the 2-mile easlily running I believe 10:10 for about a 23 second pr this year. The mile was won by gavin gaupp from mountain ridge. not sure the time but had to be close to a pr. Sprints went as planned. 800 was won by John paul binnotto of hampshire in 2:03. School records were set in the high jump by i believe a northern kid and pole vaultby a southern kid.
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Post by tommy on May 2, 2008 7:36:14 GMT -5
Just wanted to say thanks to anyone who came out and helped, I thought the meet went great with little to no problems. That has everything to do with the volunteers. Hampshire swept the team championships, with Keyser boys and Mountain Ridge girls as the runners-up. Full results are on TriStateRunnur. www.tristaterunnur.com/AMAC%20Championships.txt |
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