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Post by reformation on Mar 6, 2010 14:16:55 GMT -5
The women's 4X 400 burned a 3:35 to get second. Hopefully they will make the NCAA meet, that had to be one of the fastest indoor 4 X 400's ever for gtwn women.
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Post by reformation on Mar 6, 2010 13:53:03 GMT -5
In the mile Bean dropped out and Mason faded badly. I would assume Bean is sick-not clear what happened to Mason.
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Post by reformation on Mar 6, 2010 13:33:42 GMT -5
Toby Ulm ran aggressively but faded in 47.95, probably 1 sec too slow to make the NCAA's. Theon O'Connor did not start in the 800--too bad considering how well he ran yesterday.
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Post by reformation on Mar 6, 2010 10:13:27 GMT -5
A meet designed to get runners qualifiers for the NCAAs. Best mark on our side was Mark Dennin (redshirt freshman) ran a 13:56.43, which is a provisional mark for the NCAAs (auto is 13:47). Great run by Mark. Mike Krisch finished 10th in the same race in 14:07.96, which is also a provisional mark. The men's DMR of Mason, Ulm, O'Connor, and Bean ran a 9:50.52, which is also a provisional mark, but they finished 14th, so probably will not go to the NCAAs. Agree w/ Nevada re good runs by the women(probably won't make the NCAA's but good times/improvements). The men other than Krisch were pretty disappointing--on the DMR(video of races on Flotrack.org, both Mason and Bean faded badly on the 1200 and 1600 legs --the 400/800 legs by Ulm/O'Connor were pretty good. Hopefully Ulm and O'Connor will rip NCAA qualifiers today. This is the first time in recent memory that the men have not had a competitive DMR. The men's mid distance squad is way off its usual high standard this indoor season--hopefully they can improve for the outdoor. Bumby's return would certainly help. I think a combination of injuries(mainly Bumby), poor recruiting for a few years and a shift to a more balanced team adding strength to the hurdles and sprints has finally taken its toll on the elite middle distance effort. Also the times that collegians run has gotten much faster in the last few years--Gtwn's runners times have not improved with the pack unfortunately. Curiously the women's mid distance crew has done a better job of staying with the elite programs. Hopefully the men's fade will turn out to be a cyclical thing and last yr/this yr's recruiting class will turn out to be good and bring the mid distance program back to elite status.
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Post by reformation on Feb 27, 2010 10:39:30 GMT -5
Track by and large is committed to a focus on excellence,i.e., competing at the highest level of its sport--including having some kids compete for olympic spots. Its academic cost is low to moderate. Great universities define themselves by a focus on excellence in their chosen endeavors(teaching,athletics,research, service). I see track fitting in that role of a signature program for Gtwn--just like the SFS is a signature academic program. Gtwn should be focused on ehancing and expanding its signature programs both academically and athletically and should allocate resources accordingly.
Football on the other hand is not focused on competing at the highest level and has a very high academic and financial cost. Its easy to see given a simple cost benefit why one might advocate cutting the program(I'm not advocating that, but absent a substantial upgrade its hard to see how continuing the program makes any sense). Supporting a bunch of also ran activities athletically and academically is what needs to be examined.
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Post by reformation on Feb 27, 2010 10:27:59 GMT -5
I kinda wonder how scholarship track and field survives in the NCAA. The teams are huge, they need several coaches, they travel extensively, state of the art facilities are expensive, and they bring in no revenue. Georgetown is somehow able to recruit and train a few Olympic-caliber athletes, but they don't compete on campus and thus no one watches their events (whether you would get real attendance for a niche sport on campus is a different question). Only Nevada and reformation seem to pay any attention to their exploits here. Yet people want to cut football.
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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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