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Post by reformation on Feb 25, 2010 11:34:36 GMT -5
John Gregorek Jr goes to Columbia!
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Post by reformation on Feb 21, 2010 19:29:33 GMT -5
I agree with assessment, but I would also include the 500m to the events in which we did well. The Armory staff knows the ND fight song, but not the Georgetown's song. It is apparent in their playing the songs after the award ceremonies. Agree, Toby Ulm's 1:01 500 was probably the Hoya's best performance despite not getting the win-women's 500 was good too that's a 2 second pr for toby vs last yr, it will be interesting to see what he can do in the outdoor 400h or maybe even an 800 as it looks like the men could use some extra firepower on the 4 X 800
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Post by reformation on Feb 21, 2010 15:35:59 GMT -5
Great meet for the Hoyas for the 400m and shorter track events--defintely a disappointment for both men + women especially for the mid distance 800m and up track events---obviously this is totally the reverse of where Gtwn usually does well at the meet.
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Post by reformation on Feb 21, 2010 11:30:09 GMT -5
Good PR for Rachel Schneider--Emily was probably disappointed in third as the villanova runners really distanced themselves from gu with their final 400 kicks--the villanova women unfortunately have really separated themselves from GU this yr
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Post by reformation on Feb 13, 2010 17:40:53 GMT -5
The men (Furcht and Peavey) came in 24th/25th in 25:50-51.
I would have thought that they would have done much better(almost 2 min out of first and well behind the top hs runners)-especially since they posted decent 3k indoor times recently--I guess they probably they got sick or injured. Otherwise it was a pretty expensive + time consuming training run in Spokane Wash.
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Post by reformation on Feb 13, 2010 16:21:42 GMT -5
Congrats to Emily on making the world championship team and also with a fast run--she was outsprinted while hanging with the lead pack. She must have made big improvements from the end of xc season--bodes well for next years xc team
None of the men made the top 10--ben furcht and bobby peavey were scheduled to run-have not seen results for them yet
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Post by reformation on Feb 12, 2010 17:38:15 GMT -5
If the Big east blew up or was severely downgraded in whatever scenario it might actually make sense for Gtwn to ask to join the ACC ex football. I think they'd be lucky/love to have us except for possibly Umd(and who really cares about them). We'd have plenty of natural rivals and it would be an upgrade for the non football sports. Geographically its ok too.
Don't think it will ever happen but its fun to speculate.
Re: the ivy idea, I can see the advantages for Gtwn. For the ivies there would be some advantages i guess to the dc presence, though i'm not sure its compelling-i guess it would remain a possibility
other possubilities like a weakened big east or some catholic conf seem like damage control at best
Losing Pitt by itself; however, if that's all that happens really wouldn't hurt us very much--i doubt the fball schools would look to blow up the successful basketball setup, because they'd be pretty much in damage control mode too.
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Post by reformation on Feb 12, 2010 12:33:13 GMT -5
Guhoyas reported that we signed Emily Menges as a soccer recruit, who will also run track. She was a 56/2:08 400/800 runner as a jr. She is a nice complement to our more distance oriented recruits.
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Post by reformation on Feb 6, 2010 10:30:58 GMT -5
3 Georgetown 'A' 11:03.80 1) Tomlin, Renee 2) Johnson, Abigail 3) Whalen, Christine 4) Infeld, Emily Nice NCAA auto qualifier for the women. It would be interesting to see what their splits were. They should have a shot at top 3 at the NCAA meet with a small improvement.
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Post by reformation on Feb 1, 2010 23:37:42 GMT -5
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Post by reformation on Jan 31, 2010 17:16:21 GMT -5
No, beating duke in front of O'Bama will stick in people's memories for a long time. Even though Syracuse is a better team now than Duke, beating Duke is bigger for recruits + national recognition for the program. We get another shot to give Syracuse a beat down in a few weeks--who knows when we'll see Duke again.
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Post by reformation on Jan 28, 2010 22:00:06 GMT -5
Looks like Gtwn also landed 800 meter elite(last yr's indoor natl champ) Billy Ledder. His father was also a Hoya track standout--this is a big get for Gtwn. He has run 1:51 as a jr and has good range 400-1600.
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Post by reformation on Jan 28, 2010 19:51:19 GMT -5
Saw another recruit listed from mass.
Max Darrah--seems like an X/c type 15:xx 5k xc. given the disparity between his 5k xc and track times: 4:21 indoor mile pr/1:24 600m/2:42 1k/9:55 2mi
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Post by reformation on Jan 27, 2010 18:22:01 GMT -5
My point eaxctly--we made a conscious decision to change lacrosse into a signature program--i think we should be thinking about how to create additional signature programs.
"Educating the whole person" is hard to say no to but it is also a very broad term. It should not be used as an excuse for a bad program. Fostering mediocrity is not a good life lesson for the students.
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Post by reformation on Jan 27, 2010 14:47:42 GMT -5
So many of these comments miss the point that Georgetown is not looking to cut sports and that with a measure of support and leadership can be successful. Baseball hasn't had a winning season in 24 years but like football, baseball has a history behind it and a core base of support. Anyone who remembers the 9-2 seasons in 1998 and 1999 and having the top ranked defense in the nation knows that Georgetown can do better and DeGioia is giving a measure of support to the process in the absence of an athletic director, which cannot be underestimated when it comes to people's frustrations about why things aren't changing/improving more quickly. Seems like we need to rethink our philosophy towards a lot of these sports--24 yrs in a row of a losing record is nothing to point to with pride-it doesn't seem that we ever view decisions about these matters in terms of opportunity costs, we just keep the status quo going unless there is a rebellion. Re: football specifically I'm sure you're right DFW that Jack just wanted to quiet rumors re shutting down the program--Seems like he accomplished that.
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Post by reformation on Jan 17, 2010 15:36:34 GMT -5
Stevens twins splitting up. Kathleen Stevens to UVA. Too bad, would have been a nice addition. va.milesplit.us/articles/32061On the positive side, looks like we picked up another elite MA runner in Jenna Davidner. She finished 2nd behind Emily Jones for the Mass title last year. She was 11th at Footlocker regionals last year. Emily Jones won it and Kirstin Kaspar finished 7th. Looks like she has been injured this season. Gtwn recruit Joanna Stevens ran the top time in the USA at the 1000m and the # 2 time at 1600 over the wknd. Her twin sister going to UVA ran the US #2 and #1 times in the same events! www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/high_school/?p=2326&srvc=sports&position=recent
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Post by reformation on Jan 16, 2010 20:17:15 GMT -5
Many of the runners improved over last week's times. Also, many have not debuted in their 2010 indoor track season. Primarily looking forward to the debuts of Bumbi, Andrew Springer, and Chris Kinney (the men's hurdle crew is probably one of the best in the nation now). Good outing for most runners : Lot of Indoor pr's Bean + Mason Men's 800 Rachel Schneider Big 100m pr--indicates that she may have an impact as a freshman Tomlin Women's 600--Indicates she is healthy O'connor + Hencke + Farley: men's 500--good runs for all Other good runs include Infeld's 800, London Finley's 400 It will be interesting to see the bumby + springer debuts if they don't redshirt springer-also we have not seen emily jones/katie mccafferty for the women-if they aren't redshirting Both the men and women should be competitive for top ncaa dmr relay finishes this year, though the men have a question mark at the 1200(bumby,ulm,maloy would seem set at the other spots)-the men could probably use bean,mason,springer,roberts for the leadoff. The women would seem set with Tomlin,Johnson,Whalen, Infeld.
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Post by reformation on Jan 16, 2010 10:01:44 GMT -5
I heard that he had differences with JD(not confirmed). Timing seems very odd, given the impending launch of the capital campaign. Does anyone have any real info?
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Post by reformation on Jan 2, 2010 12:49:44 GMT -5
Davidner has roughly similar pr's to recent mid distance recruits like kirsten kasper/rachel schneider etc. She should add depth to the XC team, but she'd be competing most likely for a 5-7 spot as a freshman along with the other freshman recruit stevens + Kasper/Schneider etc. The women next year would be helped if Renee Tomlin came back for a 5th xc season, but I have no idea whether she would do that. I guess their line up would be Infeld, McCafferty, Jones, (Tomlin) +Kasper/Schneider/Stevens/Davidner. Hard to say where that lineup would finish. They probably have top 10 talent, but only Infeld(Tomlin) have performed under pressure at the big meets. The top distance womens xc recuits are pretty much gone, so I suspect that the women's recruiting will focus on replacing Tomlin/Whalen in the 800-1500 distances.
Mens XC talent was weak this yr and recruiting a lot of distance talent last yr who redshirted this yr, so I don't expect much in the way of big men's xc recruits.
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Post by reformation on Dec 31, 2009 16:46:29 GMT -5
I think the quality of the candidate will be a function of what type of decisions that the AD is allowed to make--its not clear whther we are looking for someone to help set direction + actually look to improve our performance vs a pure administrator vs maybe someone who is focused pretty much focused on fundraising or maybe sportsmarketing. Its nice to have someone who is good at everything, but that is pretty rare.
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