Arcadia Invitational

[Double R Bar]

Anyone going to the Arcadia Invitational high school meet this weekend? This is always such a great high school meet. They have competition Friday and Saturday with Saturday being the "A" group. If the weather in good Saturday, watch for some outstanding marks.

[EPelle]

One known HSR-attempt will be the boys 300m hurdles as Reggie Wyatt attempts to make short life of Jeshua Anderson's two-year old record.

[Cyril]

I will be going both evenings. My son will be in a couple relays.

As always, it should be a great meet.

[Double R Bar]

Which relays and which day? Good luck to his team.

[Cyril]

Which relays and which day? Good luck to his team.

SMR - Friday, and DMR - Saturday. They are missing a key kid, but still should do pretty well on Saturday. It is always a fun, well organized event with a lot of energy.

[DrJay]

My friend's son, Steven Stoot (Fountain Valley HS, Colorado Springs, red uniforms) , is going out to run one of the 3200 heats.

[Double R Bar]

Good luck to Seven Stoot, too. I know Dana Hills High School has a very good distance medley relay team. They will be tough to beat Saturday.

[Cyril]

Good luck to Seven Stoot, too. I know Dana Hills High School has a very good distance medley relay team. They will be tough to beat Saturday.

Yes, DH is very strong. They are rivals to my son's school. Both schools have strong programs however, I think Dana is a little too strong this year.

[EPelle]

Cyril, should one look out for the boy's 1.600m or 3.200m as well?

[Cyril]

Cyril, should one look out for the boy's 1.600m or 3.200m as well?

Well, yes, but not for my son's school team. They have a couple big guns, but one is injured (300H) and the other (the 8/16/32) is sticking to the relays. However, you can look for that kid to run about 1:53, and a couple sub 4:15s (maybe close to 4:10) in his legs this weekend. He has clocked 8:59 already in a solo effort closing with a 59/4:25 following a 4:15 with a 57 closer. Obviously he is in pretty good shape!

[EPelle]

Live results here.

[DrJay]

My friend's son, Steven Stoot (Fountain Valley HS, Colorado Springs, red uniforms) , is going out to run one of the 3200 heats.

Axed his PR from 10:15 to 9:33.

[kuha]

My friend's son, Steven Stoot (Fountain Valley HS, Colorado Springs, red uniforms) , is going out to run one of the 3200 heats.

Axed his PR from 10:15 to 9:33.

Wow. That's some improvement!

[carlosreyes2k]

I wonder how much altitude had to do with that improvement?

Having watched this stuff for more decades than I'd care to admit my guess is the first 20+ seconds in improvement was due to coming down to sea level.

But the last 15 - 20 seconds? I'd say that young man has a lot more ability than he knows.

He can probably knock a few more seconds off of that PR.

Just gotta get into the right race.

[DrJay]

I wonder how much altitude had to do with that improvement?

Having watched this stuff for more decades than I'd care to admit my guess is the first 20+ seconds in improvement was due to coming down to sea level.

But the last 15 - 20 seconds? I'd say that young man has a lot more ability than he knows.

He can probably knock a few more seconds off of that PR.

Just gotta get into the right race.

Probably all true. Also, last spring and this one here in Colorado have been cruel to athletes. Plenty of meets with high winds or cold with snow flurries or even canceled meets. I suspect a lot of kids came up short of their potential PRs. State is the weekend of May 15th, pretty early for the spring weather here. I think he a decent amount of room for more improvement, this spring and in college.

And then, there's the guys that clock 8:40something at Arcadia......