Yeah, so I showed off my idiocy the other day, as I accidentally deleted my old blog (http://averagehstrackguy.wordpress.com) and so I had to create a new one. So, yeah, welcome to the new version. I hope you enjoy my idiocy (my teammates tell me that is why they enjoy reading my blog… go figure).
Okay, so today was the Catholic High School Invite in Attleboro, MA. It was pouring up here when we left the school, but it wasn’t too bad down in Attleboro (although it WAS a little chilly). As for me, I ran in the two mile. I took fifth place with a time of 10:58, which goes to show you how weak the field was. Although WE brought some of our better young guys (the fab four/five/six/ I have no freakin’ clue what I am going to do about that), everyone else seemed to neglect the two mile. La Salle’s two best two milers, who both run sub 10s according to their seedings, were late scratches. The good news is that because of that, we took second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh. The two fab four guys in the two mile ran a 10:43 and a 10:47. Both of those are PRs for them, which is great for us.
IDIOCY OF ME ALERT- Just another example comin’ at ‘ya. So, as we were getting ready for the two mile, and I took my hip number. I peel it off, stick it on, and line up in the ninth position. Everyone starts saying “where’s number six?”. I’m looking around, and some kid comes up and says, “I’m number nine” to the official. Guess who’s at fault? Yup, me. Naturally, I put my number on upside down, and I was number six. I was kind of afraid I was going to be yelled at, but I admitted my mistake, and the starter didn’t care. But, if you were there and wondering why the start of the two mile was delayed, that was me.
As for the other two parts of the fab four, they did not fare AS WELL. One of them ran okay, and the other… well… he didn’t. I’ll go for the good news first. Our top freshman 800 guy ran a 2:14, which I don’t think is a PR (although I am sure Mr. 10:43 will correct me… know-it-all). As for the one who ran the mile, he didn’t look good. He ran a 5:05, about 10 seconds off his PR of 4:55ish. He has been struggling in the mile lately, although he looked good in his first two mile on Wednesday, with a 10:45. We’ll see how goes with him, but he does have pressure on him, in his defense. After his 4:55, there was TALK about him qualifying for states. The kid is only a freshman! Jeez, give him a (insert expletive here) break.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot the team as a whole paragraph (insert laughter from teammates during school tomorrow here). We won the meet, which is pretty awesome, especially considering the contributions from the younger guys. The older guys dominated in the mile (four of the top six), the 400 (three of the top six), 800 (two of six), intermediate hurdles (two of six), 200 (two of six), 100 (two of five/three of six, we had a scratch going into the finals…), triple jump (two of six), discus (two-six), javelin (two-six), shot put (two-six), 4X100 (winners), 4X400 (two-six), and 4X800 (winners). Of course, there are some young guys thrown in there, so it isn’t ALL older guys. We beat Bishop Feehan, 183-161. For full results, click here
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