Wednesday, February 13, 2019

PTFCA State Championship Standards (3000)

Welcome back everybody! I was planning on publishing the rest of the state cutoffs this weekend, but with all the big meets going on, it just made sense to wait until after all those results were in and published. The 3000 picture is one that is coming down to just fractions of seconds right around the 9:00 barrier. Naturally, TSTCA and TFCAofGP championships this weekend will likely give these rankings one last shakeup, but here they are!

3000 (SQS: 8:59.23/8:58.43) Number of acceptances: 12

Takeaways:
-Obviously, Kinne asserted himself as the favorite this weekend. With the resume he has, it was really only a matter of time until he dropped a mark that put him far ahead of the rest of the field. Can't see him losing this race.
-The only scratch I project is Sewall, which would be for the DMR.
-With Kuhn scratching the mile in my projections, I'm predicting this 4x800/3000 double
-If anyone is going to challenge Kinne, look for Jack Miller.


The ** indicates times that were full two mile times, while * denotes 3200's. The 3200's get 35sec, while full two miles get 38sec.

This list was definitely more complicated, so if you see any mistakes please let me know!


Rank     Name                School                 Time           Converted       Date      Scratch?
1        Zach Kinne     North Allegheny     8:41.22O        8:41.22         2/9/19
2         Ian Miller    Manheim Township  8:50.06           8:49.26         2/9/19
3     Zach Leachman  Mars Area              9:26.36O*     8:51.36        2/10/19
4     Brayden Harris   Mifflin County       8:51.73B        8:51.73        1/5/19
5       Jeffrey Love     George School        8:53.61          8:52.81           2/9/19
6     Patrick Theveny   Penncrest             9:31.14B**    8:53.14        1/26/19
7       Jack Miller         Jenkintown          8:53.33B        8:53.33         1/12/19
8      Andrew Foster      Ephrata              9:31.92B**    8:53.92         1/19/19
9     Andrew Healey    Holy Cross          8:54.93B        8:54.93          1/12/19 

10     Payton Sewall        DT West              8:57.41B        8:57.41          1/12/19    Y
11   Dan McGoey    North Allegheny     8:57.86O        8:57.86          2/9/19
12     Ben Kuhn      Wyomissing Area    8:58.36B         8:58.36          1/5/19
13   Dalton Kalbaugh   Shaler                 9:00.36O         9:00.36        1/25/19

14 Luke Klingenberg   Cumb. Valley         9:02.06           9:01.26          2/9/19
15    Mitchell Rome      Dallas                    9:02.30O         9:01.50        1/12/19
16      Alex Shaw    Upper Saint Clair        9:01.86O          9:01.86        1/25/19

6 comments:

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    1. I can honestly say I have no idea what happened. He was in my spreadsheet and then somehow didn't make it over to the post. The update has been made! Thank you for the catch. Great running by Leachman.

      -The RunningHub

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  2. Just wanted to jump in to note that Casey Comber (former Hatboro Horsham runner) just ran 3:57.80 in the open Mile up in Boston. That's the quickest PA time in the Mile that I can think of in quite a while. I know Ned Willig dipped under 4 minutes and also Sam Ritz dipped under in this same race as Comber, but 3:57 is another level. Congrats to the Junior. Clearly following up his XC All-American finish (34th).

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    1. Wow, that’s insane! PA way to represent. Love to see things like this.

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  3. Oh SNAP, State College Meet last night really mixes things up. What will Brayden Harris do after he helped Mufflin County to a 10:32.08 DMR?!

    Jonah Hoey doubles down with victories in the Mile (4:23) and 800 (1:57.9). I bet he does the same at states--it looks as though the Mile is his better event atm.

    And Ben Kuhn improves his 8:58 to a 8:52, which further secures his ticket to states.

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  4. State Entries Released! Will you be doing previews?

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