I am going with co-performance of the meet honors. Bernard Bennett-Green with his break though 400 (46.61 and 4th fastest in the NCAA this season) and Robby Creese winning the 1000 in a US leading time of 2:20.65.
In my meet preview I mentioned that the 1000 meter run has been a showcase event for this meet and it certainly didn't disappoint on Saturday. Robby used his trademark bell lap speed to pull away from the field. Winning with a big kick should be referred to as a Creese Lightning. Although my prediction of a new alumni record did not come to fruition. Owen Dawson came close clocking a 2:22.94 for 4th place and .28 seconds behind Randy Moore's 2:22.66 from 1986.
Event 13 Men 1000 Meter Run
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Facility: F 2:19.53 2012 Robby Creese, P S U
PSU: P 2:19.53 2012 Robby Creese
Meet: M 2:19.53 2012 Robby Creese, Penn State
Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Creese, Robby JR Penn State 2:20.65
2 Bile, Ahmed SO Georgetown 2:21.42
3 Ledder, Billy JR Georgetown 2:21.77
4 Dawson, Owen Unattached 2:22.94
5 Peavey, Bobby SR Georgetown 2:23.87
6 Dillenbeck, Alex JR Iowa State 2:25.96
7 Sorensen, Dylan SR Georgetown 2:26.54
8 Gioielli, Joseph SO Iowa State 2:27.33
9 Baldwin, Alec SO Iowa State 2:27.52
10 Reher, Michael JR Georgetown 2:28.46
11 Seitzer, Dominik FR Ohio State 2:28.98
12 Kinnare, Kieran JR Cornell 2:30.79
13 Castelli, Tyler SO Pittsburgh 2:31.90
14 Dawson, Kyle Unattached 2:32.95
-- Zingsheim, Zach FR Georgetown DNF
Kyle Dawson, looking to work on his finishing speed, ran the 1000 after pacing 7th in the mile with a 4:18.43. He will be back in the 3000 meters in two weeks at the Penn State National.
Down in Houston Tyler McCandless started his 2014 with a PR at the USA Half Marathon Championships, part of the Aramco Houston Half Marathon and Chevron Houston Marathon. Tyler tweeted his thoughts on his run. (Officially 17th in 1:03.25)
1:03:21 at the USA Half Marathon Champs! Just 5s off my pr but three minutes faster than this same weekend in 2013. Hell of a start to 2014!
— Tyler McCandless (@TrackTy) January 19, 2014
Off topic, but Chris Chataway's obit was in the NY Times today.
ReplyDeleteI did see that. Paced Bannister in the first sub 4 mile.
ReplyDeleteI once paced Greg Fredericks in 50% of his 6 x mile workout just before making the Olympic team. I only made 3 x 800M with others filling in the others. I doubt even he remembers it. And if you are laughing, it's OK. It's all I got! But thinking about it, I'd kill for 3 x 800 in 2:10 about now. RIP Chris.
ReplyDeleteThe 1000 results show Geoegetown also stocked with 800 types so Penn Relays may be interesting battle.
ReplyDeleteKKOB80
Chris Brasher (a steepler) was pacer for first two laps and was dead on the pace. Chataway (a 5K + guy) took over and normally lagged not lead his races so in THE race he fell off the planned pace by 2-3 in that one lap. Roger almost got sucked into it for too long but his kicked (and his performance-enhancing graphite :-) ) saved him. I wrote a paper on the race at PSU. Interesting choice for Chataway to lead late but he did great in light of his much longer distance specialty. KKOB80
ReplyDeleteTruthbetold. Very interested in this paper you speak of. I wrote a similar paper on the quest for sub 4 in Dr. Lucas Olympic History class.
ReplyDeleteI did a bit of pacing in Europe in the summer of '84 (low key meets as a tune up instead of work outs) and found it to be harder than racing.
ReplyDeleteAlso have fond memories of trading training laps with GLF in the spring of '80 as he geared up for his Oly Trials assault. We did plenty of 10x400 workouts that spring. The icing on that cake was watching Greg work his way through the field in the Trials 10K and finish 2nd to Craig Virgin and make the US Olympic team. Although he wasn't on our "roster" that year, he was the teammate who helped me have my best season as a collegian. LTM