Friday, January 20, 2012
1:55 P.R for 800M. Club Record 4x400
It's funny the way things culminate in a way in which we don't always entirely understand. Such was the way the events unfolded last night. It started with almost missing the opportunity to race altogether, because my daughter Kadence was suffering from an ear infection. Once Grandma stepped in to help me, I was happy to clear the first hurdle. Getting to the Armory in NY on the other hand didn't seem as easy. We had massive traffic jams locally and then another delay heading through the tunnel. The problem is that we should have taken the George Washington bridge in the first place but GPS had its own ideas. Finally, we arrived at the Armory with a very short amount of time to warm up. After checking in and registration, it was race time. I ran a good 15 minutes around the outer halls. I stepped into the infield for some drills and stretching and waited my turn to be called to the start. I was in the innermost part of lane 1 with 11 runners toeing the line. The fast heat. Gun goes off and immediately I'm spiked on my left ankle. My only thoughts are 54-55 seconds for this first quarter and just hold on after. I jumped out to an early lead which was slightly different from my previous style of winning and racing. After 400M a Zenith Velocity runner was on my shoulder, tripping me as he tried to go by. We battled swapping leads 3 times throughout the final 400M in which in the end he held me off for the win. My first loss of the season was well worth it because I crossed the line in a personal record (P.R.) of 1:55. After a cool down and more screaming for the other members of my team winning their heats, I returned to help our 4x400 team win the relay in club record time 3:21. Overall an amazing experience and a fun meet. It can only get better from here.
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You do know that in your heat, wasnt a zv runner close to you right...I must say I do like how you guys word your website....
ReplyDeleteI see that the 3:09.31 4x400m time was taken down. Any how I do wish you all the best if we meet again are not, as for our time this is some good feed back and I do hope we can help you guys lower your 4x400m time again... GOD SPEEd
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Name Year Team Finals H#
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1 2983 Gordon, Lalonde Zenith Veloc 20.58 1
Men 4x400 M Relay
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Team Finals H#
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1 Zenith Velocity AC 'A' 3:09.31 1
1) 2986 Phillip, Isaiah 2) 2983 Gordon, Lalonde
3) 2980 beauvais, alie 4) 2988 Summers, Quentin
2 Umass Lowell 'A' 3:09.39 1
1) 1918 Bencheikh, Ryad 2) 1919 Bennett, Craig
3) 1946 White, Evan 4) 1948 Wundt, Jeffrey
3 Boston U. 'A' 3:13.78 1
1) 1110 Vitale, Stephen 2) 1106 Ross, Stuart
3) 1094 Latty, Tewado 4) 1107 Senick, Joel
4 Nj-Ny Track Club 'A' 3:15.72 2
1) 1585 Reid, Nicholas 2) 1583 James, Jamaal
3) 1580 Emrani, Dustin 4) 1581 Gagnon, Brian
5 Rhode Island 'A' 3:16.61 2
1) 1653 Boonham, Victor 2) 1666 Lakeman, Ben
3) 1671 Seaton, Wayne 4) 1657 Davidson, Anthony
6 Gbtc 'A' 3:16.75 1
1) 1317 Engel, Alexander 2) 1330 Tirella, Christian
3) 1326 Lane, Warren 4) 1325 Kennedy, David
7 Monmouth 'A' 3:18.55 2
1) 1490 Aquino, Aaron 2) 1515 Oluyadi, Bayaan
3) 1496 Boyd, Ben 4) 1512 Marques, Jon
8 Rider 'A' 3:18.59 1
1) 1693 Baptiste, Wilvenson 2) 1695 Brown, Dave
3) 1694 Breen, Michael 4) 1720 Wesh, Greg
9 Dartmouth 'A' 3:19.14 3
1) 1257 Bishop, Jalil 2) 1285 Woiwode, Joseph
3) 1261 Crowley, Kevin 4) 1259 Bryant, Evan
10 Yale 'A' 3:19.17 3
1) 2958 Bieszard, Matt 2) 2974 Rowe, William
3) 2979 Van Meter, Clifford 4) 2967 Kranjac, Mario