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Post by circuit on Oct 27, 2007 18:22:02 GMT -5
volsxc1: Jones must have been under the weather because he was fading at the 2 mile mark. that's when Pacey passed him and Powers shortly after. with about 150 meters to go (the turn before the greenhouse), Hollingsworth, Matteson, Bostlemann and then Carlson were all closing on Jones.
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Post by dkbball on Oct 27, 2007 18:23:11 GMT -5
That's too bad, Jones is a good runner.
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Post by circuit on Oct 27, 2007 18:28:10 GMT -5
right about Jones. I thought he might be one of Thompson's primary challengers because of how strong he ran earlier in the year. I was also thinking Paarlberg after regional and now I'm thinking that Thompson might have all he can handle with Paarlberg. If Parker waits to make his move with 1/2 mile left, he may be too late because Paarlberg seems to move with 1 mile left
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Post by dkbball on Oct 27, 2007 18:32:53 GMT -5
Ya, I'm from Beecher, and we train hard so our 3rd mile is just as good as our 1st and 2nd
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Post by circuit on Oct 27, 2007 18:38:00 GMT -5
dkbball: no offense, but other than Carey, I didn't see any of the rest of you moving up much in the 3rd mile
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Post by circuit on Oct 27, 2007 18:41:13 GMT -5
dkbball: not trying to "pile on", but what happened to the Beecher claim that PBL only won the regional because it was like a dual meet and you would beat them in a bigger meet? Does the same argument apply next Saturday?
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Post by born2run on Oct 27, 2007 19:09:26 GMT -5
Does anybody have full results from this sectional?
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Post by circuit on Oct 27, 2007 19:32:36 GMT -5
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Post by dacse on Oct 27, 2007 19:37:56 GMT -5
Here is part of a thread from illinoishighschoolsports.com that I read that describes part of the race.:
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PBl sectional. course was very wait (it has been raining ) temp about 52, light north wind Boys results are in but boys race after girls. 1 Matt Paarlberg Jr. Beecher 15:18 2 Matt Feldhake Sr. Effingham St. Anthony 15:39 3 Tom Pacey So. Paxton Buckley Loda 15:44 4 Doug Powers Sr. Toledo Cumberland 15:48 5 Billy Carey Sr. Beecher 15:58
Teutopolis got out very well and fast. TT pack was leading from 300 m to about 600m. TT had top 5 in top 15 places early. Cumberland was strung out along inside fence and was easily in second as team by 800. Beecher in white over oragne was clearly present and seemed to be packed around 20-30 places at half mile. A Beecher coach in bright orange was running everywhere. He is in good condition. Told team to be patient and not worry about fast early starts of TT and Cumb. He asked me who those teams were and i told him. Maybe i should get into calling horse races because i am good with colors. At half mile Nibbe Shel and Bloemer TT were leading with Feldhake 5th but moving up, at his point Paarlberg from Beecher was no higher than 15, he never really came into my view till they passed 1.5 miles. Mile was in 5:12 with Nibbe, Bloemer and Feldhake together. 10th place was 5:18 and 20 place was 5:25. There were already clear gaps developing. groups of 3 or more runners in top 30 places. Feldhake must have took off at mile after he came from back side of track about 1.5 mile mark he had a good 40 m lead and Paarlberg moved from teens all the way to 2. TT and cumb runners wer spreading out by 1.5. i started noticing PBL having alot of runners in top 15 like maybe four but thought Beecher was winning race at this point with two in top 5 and seemed like 5th runner was in top 30. Honestly it was so dotted with teams i expected to finish in top 5 it was hard to get a true gauge. i could see TT had lost alot of early position and Shelby seemed to be coming back in mid race and PBL had those four guys in top 15 but i thought Beecher was leading at this point. from 1.5 to 2 mile Paarlberg made a very strong move to catch Feldhake. at 2 mile Feldhake was 10:30 and Paarlberg 10:32. Bloemer and Nibbe about 10:40 and Carey from Beecher 10:45 9,10,11 places were 10:55. next time i saw top runners was about 2.5. Paarlberg had opened a big lead about 80m on Feldhake and top five were all clearly spaced about 30 m. It was a very soft wet surface with pavement mixed in and one incline on course ran three times. Beecher was very impressive with their patience, and PBL was so much under radar that it took me awhile to see how well they were doing. 1 Paxton Buckley Loda 92 John Overstreet 2 Beecher 104 Pam Deery 3 Toledo Cumberland 114 Jim Miller 4 Shelbyville 134 Kevin Kramer 5 Tolono Unity 140 Gary Wieneke 6 Teutopolis 141 Mike Roedl 7 St Joseph-Ogden 155 Jon Jamison 8 Monticello 200 Jeff Butler
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Post by circuit on Oct 27, 2007 19:57:42 GMT -5
dacse: maybe you, like a lot of others, were overlooking PBL. even vol and sparky didn't have them winning, but the team was confident they could contend. Pacey and Brehm did what was expected. Cardosa peaking after injuries and Carlson coming off foootball were the key because no one expected 4 in the top 19. we had projected the top 2 in the top 10, Cardosa in the top 15, Carlson in the top 25 and Kyrouac about 50. hopefully there is more upside next saturday
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Post by veteranxcrunner on Oct 27, 2007 20:19:36 GMT -5
Irregardless of what we all think, every team and person trains with different motives in mind. Some teams trained just for the Sectional, knowing it would be their last race, while others trained knowing this COULD be their last race, and others knew they would make it and trained through it. I have to believe that the top 8 teams trained with the COULD be attitude, and perhaps backed off a little bit more than usual this week. Needless to say, it was a magnificient race to watch. Hats off to every competitor. It was one tough race, perhaps one of the tougher sectionals in years.
We all need to keep in mind that next week EVERYTHING goes out the window and those who were fortunate enough to make it out, especially from this sectional, will be much more relaxed and perhaps run a far superior race than today. There was a ton of pressure on some of these kids, most put upon themselves, to finish in the top 5 and make it to Peoria. They knew there was NO HOLDING BACK today. All the chips were on the table and when the dice were rolled those who didn't succumb to the pressure or make tactical running errors survived to run another day.
Just the whole aura of next Saturday will see some teams rise while others will be "just happy" to be there. My bet is to watch the teams with the most State meet experience. They will be less likely to have the hype bother them and perform better than most. Experience can be everything at this level. It can never be taught or simulated in practice.
Check out the teams with the most number of returnees from last year's state finals. You'll get a greater of idea of who may flourish.
All of this hogwash of kids holding back at a Sectional is total nonsense. I firmly believe that this particular Sectional was so strong that no one looked past today. Just ask those who didn't make it.
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Post by sparky791 on Oct 27, 2007 20:41:19 GMT -5
Here's some interesting information about the PBL XC Team, some things many folks were not aware of and food for fearful thought for those taking them all too lightly. - Cardosa is now 100% after being hurt most of the season with a sore knee. He's practiced well the last 2 weeks. - Carlson always ran after a football game, and has been training with the team regularly. He was just behind Beecher's #3 at Regional, after a football game the night before. No football for him now, only running. - Pacey was hurt early in the season and is now 100%. Oh yes, IESA State Champ 2 years ago. - Brehm was running with sore knees mid season and is now 100%. He shocked the world with his race at SJO Classic and is still overlooked. - Kryouac ran close to Beecher's #5 at the regional and is just rounding into shape. Oh yes, at SJO Classic, two of the top 5 were running with very heavy hearts due to family situations. Think their heads were into running a good race that day? This is the most overlooked team in the state. If you have checked some history, this group was IESA State Champs 4 years ago, coming out of no where. THEY BE HUNGRY. I guarantee you that many of the teams that PBL is competing against on Saturday are not taking them lightly. They are the defending sectional champions and IMO are the team to beat no matter what any mock sectional shows. They are on their home course, no travel time, completely healthy, talented, well coached and most importantly they know how to win when it counts. They are respected by their peers. Circuit You must not have read my post from above about PBL being the team to beat. Also, Vols had you guys a close second on his mock sectional meet. I don't think either one of us overlooked PBL.
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Post by sparky791 on Oct 27, 2007 20:56:30 GMT -5
Congrats to teams that competed at sectionals today. Great meet!!!
PBL was on today. I thought 3 and 4 runners won the meet for them today. Congratulations
Beecher is the real deal. They might beat PBL at state because they are better at the 5 man. Paarlberg is the real deal. This talk of Feldhake running for next week is ridiculus. He was going for the win.
Cumberland did not run quite as good as regionals but pretty close. Powers looked great.
Shelbyvillle ran better than regionals but still have not run their best race. Pruemer stepped up and did the job for them at the 5 spot today.
Tolono might be the most improved team in the state from beginning of the year. Coach Stirrett has done a wonderful job.
T-Town has nothing to be ashamed about. They ran well, it just was not good enough in this sectional.
SJO-Might be the second most improved team throughout the season. Coach Jamison had them running great today. Congrats on girls winning today also.
Monticello-I thought Clark ran a couragous race today. Just was not in the cards for Monticello. Injury set them back mentally imo.
Looking ahead to next year. SJO, Cumberland, Beecher and Shelbyville all return a ton next season.
Good luck to all teams next week.
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Post by wornflats on Oct 27, 2007 20:59:55 GMT -5
All of this hogwash of kids holding back at a Sectional is total nonsense. I firmly believe that this particular Sectional was so strong that no one looked past today. Just ask those who didn't make it. It amazes me how many fans would suggest someone like Feldhake "held back". That is a bunch of crap. I am sure he ran as hard as he possbily could today Once someone has won a state championship, a sectional win is pretty meaningless. The reason Feldhake didn't look that good today is because he trained as hard as he could all week long to prepare for next week. All that training made him way too tired to run any faster today. Feldhake will be doing his resting this coming week so that he can have his best race in the state finals. A runner of Feldhake's caliber does not "hold back" in a sectional. If he is extremely tired after a week of hard training, however, there is no way that he can have a great race. I can guarantee that several other elite runners around the state did exactly the same thing this week.
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Post by pacemaker on Oct 27, 2007 21:07:31 GMT -5
enough talk about why feldhake didnt run well.. lets face it the only real person that knows why he didnt run well is himself and to take into consideration that sometimes you just dont have your "best" of days good luck next week to everyone including matt
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Post by shelbyrunner99 on Oct 27, 2007 21:25:16 GMT -5
sounds like it was a great, tough fought race today, with a few good teams unfortunately staying home next weekend. congrats to everyone who is moving on, and all those who poured their hearts out today.
congrats to my hometown for making it back to peoria, very happy for them, and very happy for coach k.
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Post by circuit on Oct 27, 2007 21:28:19 GMT -5
sparky: I realize you and vol did not overlook PBL, but you said PBL was the team to beat for a variety of reasons, not that they would win. If that is a distinction without a difference, I apologize.
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Post by circuit on Oct 27, 2007 21:30:54 GMT -5
wornflats: and you think nobody else trained hard this week?
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Post by sparky791 on Oct 27, 2007 21:42:07 GMT -5
sparky: I realize you and vol did not overlook PBL, but you said PBL was the team to beat for a variety of reasons, not that they would win. If that is a distinction without a difference, I apologize. No problem. That was as close to a prediction as I gave. Rest were just mock paper meets based on regional times and certain scenerios. Thanks for hosting a nice meet. Best course since the 90's course. I still don't like the rough area.
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Post by veteranxcrunner on Oct 27, 2007 22:11:49 GMT -5
Cross Country is not Track and sure as heck shouldn't be a road race (but many are, like SJO Classic, Tri Valley, and a couple of more). The PBL course offers a little of everything and has some challenges with the sloping hill, some good grass, some bad grass, possible water hazards, and some blacktop. Kickapoo is tough, with mud, roots, ruts, sand, tall grass, and hills. I've seen lots of kids get hurt at Kickapoo, but no complaints about the course. Some say Kickapoo is true XC. I've never seen anyone get hurt on the PBL course but hear complaints periodically. Go figure.
Part of XC is race strategy, knowing the course, when you can and can't pick it up or have to slow it down. If we want swift, fast, easy courses, let's hold all of our XC races at a cush, flat country club.
Those critics of the PBL course should be willing to host the sectional at their course if they don't like it. IHSA is always looking for willing hosts, but have few takers.
I like Circuit's observation on "USA XCountry". Our courses are too easy compared to international XC. Perhaps that's why we don't do well at that level.
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Post by sparky791 on Oct 28, 2007 7:44:15 GMT -5
Cross Country is not Track and sure as heck shouldn't be a road race (but many are, like SJO Classic, Tri Valley, and a couple of more). The PBL course offers a little of everything and has some challenges with the sloping hill, some good grass, some bad grass, possible water hazards, and some blacktop. Kickapoo is tough, with mud, roots, ruts, sand, tall grass, and hills. I've seen lots of kids get hurt at Kickapoo, but no complaints about the course. Some say Kickapoo is true XC. I've never seen anyone get hurt on the PBL course but hear complaints periodically. Go figure. Part of XC is race strategy, knowing the course, when you can and can't pick it up or have to slow it down. If we want swift, fast, easy courses, let's hold all of our XC races at a cush, flat country club. Those critics of the PBL course should be willing to host the sectional at their course if they don't like it. IHSA is always looking for willing hosts, but have few takers. I like Circuit's observation on "USA XCountry". Our courses are too easy compared to international XC. Perhaps that's why we don't do well at that level. I am not saying we need a road race. That is not cross-country. I believe I said the course was the best it has been since the 90's course. I comend PBL for that. The course two years ago was the course of a thousand turns. Just because you throw a bunch of different surfaces, a little hill, a few 180 degree turns and add some ruts does not mean it is a great cross-country course. Go to siu-e and see a real xc course, or up to Wisconsin on the footlocker course. I know of at least three schools that have been willing to host the sectional and have let the ihsa know it. They have not been asked recently. As far as injuries, why wait for something bad to happen to change something? The course would be more than adequate if the rough area were smoothed a little bit. It does not have have to be a road. Just a little less dangerous. Most coaches and runners I talked to, including several teams that that advanced, were not happy with the rough areas, but did a good job of not making a big deal of it and not making it a factor in their minds. I have been to Lisle, Olympia, Elmwood, Oregon, Benton, Chester, SIU-E, Robinson, Trenton, St. Anthony, and Mahomet sectional courses to name a few and none of those have had rough areas for that long of distance like that what I saw at Paxton. It is just one minor complaint. One area of the course. Meet management is great and like I said the course was the best it has been in years. I would expect PBL to be hosting several more sectionals in the future.
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Post by kcor on Oct 28, 2007 9:45:55 GMT -5
Cross Country is not Track and sure as heck shouldn't be a road race (but many are, like SJO Classic, Tri Valley, and a couple of more). The PBL course offers a little of everything and has some challenges with the sloping hill, some good grass, some bad grass, possible water hazards, and some blacktop. Kickapoo is tough, with mud, roots, ruts, sand, tall grass, and hills. I've seen lots of kids get hurt at Kickapoo, but no complaints about the course. Some say Kickapoo is true XC. I've never seen anyone get hurt on the PBL course but hear complaints periodically. Go figure. Part of XC is race strategy, knowing the course, when you can and can't pick it up or have to slow it down. If we want swift, fast, easy courses, let's hold all of our XC races at a cush, flat country club. Those critics of the PBL course should be willing to host the sectional at their course if they don't like it. IHSA is always looking for willing hosts, but have few takers. I like Circuit's observation on "USA XCountry". Our courses are too easy compared to international XC. Perhaps that's why we don't do well at that level. I am not saying we need a road race. That is not cross-country. I believe I said the course was the best it has been since the 90's course. I comend PBL for that. The course two years ago was the course of a thousand turns. Just because you throw a bunch of different surfaces, a little hill, a few 180 degree turns and add some ruts does not mean it is a great cross-country course. Go to siu-e and see a real xc course, or up to Wisconsin on the footlocker course. I know of at least three schools that have been willing to host the sectional and have let the ihsa know it. They have not been asked recently. As far as injuries, why wait for something bad to happen to change something? The course would be more than adequate if the rough area were smoothed a little bit. It does not have have to be a road. Just a little less dangerous. Most coaches and runners I talked to, including several teams that that advanced, were not happy with the rough areas, but did a good job of not making a big deal of it and not making it a factor in their minds. I have been to Lisle, Olympia, Elmwood, Oregon, Benton, Chester, SIU-E, Robinson, Trenton, St. Anthony, and Mahomet sectional courses to name a few and none of those have had rough areas for that long of distance like that what I saw at Paxton. It is just one minor complaint. One area of the course. Meet management is great and like I said the course was the best it has been in years. I would expect PBL to be hosting several more sectionals in the future. Tough courses are cross country at its finest. You have not even been to or mentioned the toughest course in illinois and in the nation, veteran acres. Some schools just don't have the convenience of places to run. If your worried about a course being "slow" you don't know much about cross country. Its about place, not time.
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Post by crosscrazy on Oct 28, 2007 10:21:26 GMT -5
no i(feldhake) did not HOLD BACK! what kind of runner gives someone a win? paalberg(Sp?) went out and won it no doubts he took it from me... yea i had a hard week of training the past two weeks but Matt P. earned it......as for a recap of the meet from a perspective of the lead pack..... the pace felt quick early with Bloemer of ttown leading jones and myself caught bloemer right before the mile and hit the mile at 511(realizing the pace was not fast at all) me and jones then began to pick the pace up and i took the lead and started to open up a decent lead.... going through the "rough area" which is righfully named paarlberg began to close the gap and as we came through 2mile we were basically right together.... paarlberg takes lead just past 2mile... opens up 3-4 seconds fast then ran the "hill" with .75 miles to go prett hard.... opened up a good lead on myself by pushing the hill opened up to about 10 seconds with 400-500 to go... paarlberg starts to sprint.... myself... still running hard decided to let it go at this point and didnt start to sprint until i hit the final straight away(100-200 meters) and heard all the paxton fans screaming.... haha there is your recap of the race from the lead pack but in conclusion.... paarlberg went out there and ran a heck of a race..... my legs felt heavy the last mile of the race and he is trained to take advantage of that... propts to matt and good luck to everyone at state
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Post by shelbyrunner99 on Oct 28, 2007 10:43:41 GMT -5
I am not saying we need a road race. That is not cross-country. I believe I said the course was the best it has been since the 90's course. I comend PBL for that. The course two years ago was the course of a thousand turns. Just because you throw a bunch of different surfaces, a little hill, a few 180 degree turns and add some ruts does not mean it is a great cross-country course. Go to siu-e and see a real xc course, or up to Wisconsin on the footlocker course. I know of at least three schools that have been willing to host the sectional and have let the ihsa know it. They have not been asked recently. As far as injuries, why wait for something bad to happen to change something? The course would be more than adequate if the rough area were smoothed a little bit. It does not have have to be a road. Just a little less dangerous. Most coaches and runners I talked to, including several teams that that advanced, were not happy with the rough areas, but did a good job of not making a big deal of it and not making it a factor in their minds. I have been to Lisle, Olympia, Elmwood, Oregon, Benton, Chester, SIU-E, Robinson, Trenton, St. Anthony, and Mahomet sectional courses to name a few and none of those have had rough areas for that long of distance like that what I saw at Paxton. It is just one minor complaint. One area of the course. Meet management is great and like I said the course was the best it has been in years. I would expect PBL to be hosting several more sectionals in the future. Tough courses are cross country at its finest. You have not even been to or mentioned the toughest course in illinois and in the nation, veteran acres. Some schools just don't have the convenience of places to run. If your worried about a course being "slow" you don't know much about cross country. Its about place, not time. go back and reread the post, i don't think sparky was concerned about the course being slow, he/she was concerned about the rough parts of the course being a potential injury hazard. this is not a concern for slow times, but protecting the health of runners who may have one more, big event left in their season (maybe careers). everyone that loves cross wants a course representative of it's variety (it's not track, thankfully), but not at the expense of injuring people, particularly when the state course (since regional and sectional sites are supposed to be somewhat similar to detweiler) does not present such hazards. given sparky's posts on here it would be extremely short-sighted for someone to say that he/she "does not know much about cross county". sparky's posts, i have found, demonstrate a knowledge and passion for the sport. no need to go off half-thingyed on someone, especially when you misread the quote.
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Post by kcor on Oct 28, 2007 11:00:31 GMT -5
Tough courses are cross country at its finest. You have not even been to or mentioned the toughest course in illinois and in the nation, veteran acres. Some schools just don't have the convenience of places to run. If your worried about a course being "slow" you don't know much about cross country. Its about place, not time. go back and reread the post, i don't think sparky was concerned about the course being slow, he/she was concerned about the rough parts of the course being a potential injury hazard. this is not a concern for slow times, but protecting the health of runners who may have one more, big event left in their season (maybe careers). everyone that loves cross wants a course representative of it's variety (it's not track, thankfully), but not at the expense of injuring people, particularly when the state course (since regional and sectional sites are supposed to be somewhat similar to detweiler) does not present such hazards. given sparky's posts on here it would be extremely short-sighted for someone to say that he/she "does not know much about cross county". sparky's posts, i have found, demonstrate a knowledge and passion for the sport. no need to go off half-thingyed on someone, especially when you misread the quote. Yea lets alter the weather to. If its to cold someone might pull something. Eliminate all air toxins to so nobodies lungs will be heart. If your that d**n worried about getting hurt, don't run.
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Post by sparky791 on Oct 28, 2007 12:13:51 GMT -5
I am not saying we need a road race. That is not cross-country. I believe I said the course was the best it has been since the 90's course. I comend PBL for that. The course two years ago was the course of a thousand turns. Just because you throw a bunch of different surfaces, a little hill, a few 180 degree turns and add some ruts does not mean it is a great cross-country course. Go to siu-e and see a real xc course, or up to Wisconsin on the footlocker course. I know of at least three schools that have been willing to host the sectional and have let the ihsa know it. They have not been asked recently. As far as injuries, why wait for something bad to happen to change something? The course would be more than adequate if the rough area were smoothed a little bit. It does not have have to be a road. Just a little less dangerous. Most coaches and runners I talked to, including several teams that that advanced, were not happy with the rough areas, but did a good job of not making a big deal of it and not making it a factor in their minds. I have been to Lisle, Olympia, Elmwood, Oregon, Benton, Chester, SIU-E, Robinson, Trenton, St. Anthony, and Mahomet sectional courses to name a few and none of those have had rough areas for that long of distance like that what I saw at Paxton. It is just one minor complaint. One area of the course. Meet management is great and like I said the course was the best it has been in years. I would expect PBL to be hosting several more sectionals in the future. Tough courses are cross country at its finest. You have not even been to or mentioned the toughest course in illinois and in the nation, veteran acres. Some schools just don't have the convenience of places to run. If your worried about a course being "slow" you don't know much about cross country. Its about place, not time. I don't think I ever complained about the course being slow. I am just concerned about the safety aspect. I don't think a runner should have to worry about breaking their ankles or having their knees give out (see Reagan Alymer) while they are running. I have been to other cross-country courses. I just mentioned the sectional courses I have been to over the years. Thanks for your insight about cross-country. I never knew it was about place.
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Post by kcor on Oct 28, 2007 12:45:15 GMT -5
Tough courses are cross country at its finest. You have not even been to or mentioned the toughest course in illinois and in the nation, veteran acres. Some schools just don't have the convenience of places to run. If your worried about a course being "slow" you don't know much about cross country. Its about place, not time. I don't think I ever complained about the course being slow. I am just concerned about the safety aspect. I don't think a runner should have to worry about breaking their ankles or having their knees give out (see Reagan Alymer) while they are running. I have been to other cross-country courses. I just mentioned the sectional courses I have been to over the years. Thanks for your insight about cross-country. I never knew it was about place. Unless your running through bear traps, and broken glass deal with it. A real runner runs with no questions asked.
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Post by newpackman on Oct 28, 2007 13:14:42 GMT -5
I know I'm slow on the draw, but here are my few quick notes on the meet as a whole.
1. Matt F is going to need a huge day to do anything at state. Having said that, he is still a great runner, and will be in the top seven at state.
2. PBL re-emerged as a trophy hunter. This team is REAL! Watch out for them.
3. Sorry to T-Town, and St. Joe. They put up a great fight, and I've been there before. Sorry again, and good luck next year.
4. Kaleb Pruemer from shelbyville saved the day. Selby had a off day (if you don't know why, Nick Selby is about 5'6", and 100 pounds) and Pruemer was the x-factor for shelbyville.
5. Matt Paalberg is one of the toughest kids I've seen all year. Having him push the last mile, may be enough to beat Thompson. Good luck to him.
6. Sorry to Justin Jones. He's a good kid, and I really hate to see something like that happen. I also was right beside Almyer when she went down, and she was hurting bad. From what I understand she went into O2 dept, and had to go to the hospitle afterword. She is also a great preson, and she showed how great a competatior she is by trying to finish the race.
All in all a pretty good race. My predictions where way off (as I said they would be) but that is all part of the fun. Saturday should be even better, and good luck to anybody who made it out of the toughest sectional in the state. Sorry again to all teams who didn't make it, most of all T-Town and St. Joe.
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Post by circuit on Oct 28, 2007 14:18:42 GMT -5
Credit to crosscrazy (Matt Feldhake) for being man enough to admit, without excuses, that he got beat on a given day. I am sure that he will give it his all next Saturday and will be gracious if he repeats and have no excuses if he doesn't.
Credit also for Josh Clark who ran a good race for being out 4-5 weeks with a broken foot. Unfortunantly, even if he had won the race, Monticello would still not have qualified. Hope he didn't stress the foot too much because the Sages are going to have one tough 4 x 800 next spring
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Post by wornflats on Oct 28, 2007 15:02:13 GMT -5
wornflats: and you think nobody else trained hard this week? If there was a chance of not advancing, I guarantee you were doing more tapering than training. If you are serious about being individual championship, you were doing more training than tapering.
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