Arcadia 2M: greatest depth ever

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Yes, they actually ran (shame-shame-shame!) a 3200, but whatever 8-lap race you want to call it, the Arcadia men's one last weekend was the deepest in prep history, says T&FN High School Editor Jack Shepard.

First, here's the top end of the results, with times as taken, and as converted to 2M by T&FN formula:

3200: 1. Solinsky (Stevens Point, Wi) 8:43.24 (HSL) (11, x HS) <worth 8:46.28 for 2M>;
2. Vaughn (Smoky Hill, Aurora, Co) 8:45.60 <8:48.65>; 3. Moe (Riverside, Auburn, Wa) 8:48.04 <8:51.11>;
4. Curtis (Xavier, Louisville) 8:48.39 <8:51.46>;
5. Debole (Mt Tabor) 8:50.16 <8:53.24>;
6. Hassen (Vanguard, Ocala, Fl) 8:52.75 <8:55.84>;
7. Ruiz (Monroe, N Hills, Ca) 8:55.80 <8:58.91>;
8. Trafeh (Duarte, Ca) 8:55.87 <8:58.98>;
9. Kollar (Strongsville, Oh) 8:56.35 <8:59.47>;
10. Nelson (Liberty, Redding, Ca) 8:58.89 <9:02.02>;
11. Alizzi (Syosset, NY) 8:59.63 <9:02.76>;
12. Dalpiaz (Sayville, NY) 9:01.20 <9:04.34>.

Looking at preps-only races, that race generated best-ever marks-for-place in places: 3 through 12, 15, and 18.

And with 11—or 9 in a 2M frame of reference—the race had the most sub-9:00 performers ever: ’81 Cal State and ’02 Arcadia each had 6, in both yard and metric sense. Three other 2M races had 5: ’72 Cal State, ’73 Golden West, ’74 Cal State). In short, wow!

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(garry hill/editor, T&FN

[trackstar]

Re: Arcadia 2M: greatest depth ever

Holy @#$%! And I thought that 4:01-4:03-4:11 1600 here in Texas was impressive. That 12th placer would be the year's state leader here.

[jlanza]

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An absoultely awesome race. Still not the best 2 mile/3200 ever, but depth beyond belief and its only April.

Also, check the girls 3200 where Amanda Trotter ran 10:28 and got only 4th, while her sister ran 4:48 to win the mile. Oh, and its only April.

[dl]

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If Arcadia wasn't the greatest 2M ever, then what was?

[John Lunn]

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In the woulda-coulda category, Vaughn finished his 10 days of antibiotics on the Thursday before the race. The race coulda been different.

[Adam Hall]

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There were several errors in the results last weekend, including Alberquerque Acadamey's Alex Romero, who was initially listed as a scratch in the invitational 3200. (Meet director) Rich Gonzalez went back and found his time to be 9:02.77, which throws him into 13th place. No idea how that impacts the AT lists per depth, but the marks surely makes the race just that much more impressive.

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It's Albuqerque High School, not Albuquerque Academy. Completely different schools. One's ghetto, the others fancy and private.

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As pathetic as it seems, 9:02.77 was also the New Mexico state record breaking Brandon Leslie's by 5 seconds.

[Marlow]

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Yes, they actually ran (shame-shame-shame!) a 3200, but whatever 8-lap race you want to call it, the Arcadia men's one last weekend was the deepest in prep history, says T&FN High School Editor Jack Shepard.

First, here's the top end of the results, with times as taken, and as converted to 2M by T&FN formula:

3200: 1. Solinsky (Stevens Point, Wi) 8:43.24 (HSL) (11, x HS) <worth 8:46.28 for 2M>;

In the category of "what ever happened to?", here's one of the few success stories.

[Tafny for most obscure reinitiation of a thread?]

[Half Miler]

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[Tafny for most obscure reinitiation of a thread?]

But also the most confusing. I thought for the longest time this thread was about the 2010 version, which ALSO has unprecedented depth.

[Marlow]

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[Tafny for most obscure reinitiation of a thread?]

But also the most confusing.

Confusion is merely reality's way of say, "yes, you really are senile!" :P

[Dave]

Re: Arcadia 2M: greatest depth ever

Aside from Solinsky, did any of the other runners in the 2003 race do anything impressive in college?

[Albert Caruana]

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I can only speak for the CA guys but Tim Nelson ran 27:31.56 in the same Solinsky race and Mo Trafeh has had some recent success on the roads as well.

[jsully]

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Aside from Solinsky, did any of the other runners in the 2003 race do anything impressive in college?

Some highlights:
2. Brent Vaughn (Smoky Hill, Aurora, Co) 8:45.60
U of Colorado - NCAA Nats = XC 4th 2004, 5th 2007; Outdoor 5000 4th 2005, 3rd 2008

4. Bobby Curtis (Xavier, Louisville) 8:48.39 <8:51.46>
Villanova - NCAA Nats = XC 4th 2007; Outdoor 5000 2nd 2007, 1st 2008

8. Mo Trafeh (Duarte, Ca) 8:55.87 <8:58.98>
Arizona (a year or 2 ?) - NYC Half-Marathon 3rd 1:00:39 2010

10. Tim Nelson (Liberty, Redding, Ca) 8:58.89 <9:02.02>
Wisconsin - NCAA Nats = XC 18th 2005 & 2006; Outdoor 10000 5th 2007; Indoor 5000 5th 2007; Cardinal/Stanford 10000 7th 27:31.56 2010

[26mi235]

Re: Arcadia 2M: greatest depth ever

I would say that is 5 pretty decent set of marks. Note that Nelson finished 32 seconds back but broke his PR from last year when he won by 6 seconds. Both he and Simon Bairu have indicated that they are now off to run a fall marathon (NY, I think).