25th NE Interscholastic Indoor Track Meet

[300kicks]

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Friday March 2, 2012 @RLC
Who's going? In What??

[mcrun33]

I dont mean to sound like a complainer, but why does Mass., arguably the deepest state in NE, cut off at 8th place in terms of who gets to race. In the case of the girls 4x800, a very deep race, we were 9th. Now, I get it, we should have run faster, but 9:41 is OK in my opinion (we'd be the #8 seed in the race Friday). And since 3 teams ahead of us scratched, only 5 Mass. teams are represented in the race.

Is this something that can be revisited for next year?

[300kicks]

I believe the rational for stopping at 8th is the dash/hurdles final
is limited to 8 and the selection of the 9th placer from trial heats
was not acceptable?? Though, with the timing today, the seperation
to the .001 makes that moot.

[Nightranger]

Originally Posted by mcrun33

I dont mean to sound like a complainer, but why does Mass., arguably the deepest state in NE, cut off at 8th place in terms of who gets to race. In the case of the girls 4x800, a very deep race, we were 9th. Now, I get it, we should have run faster, but 9:41 is OK in my opinion (we'd be the #8 seed in the race Friday). And since 3 teams ahead of us scratched, only 5 Mass. teams are represented in the race.

Is this something that can be revisited for next year?

QFE

Definitely something worth discussing with the MIAA

[Nightranger]

Originally Posted by Nightranger

QFE

Definitely something worth discussing with the MIAA

In related news, I'm moving my girls and the school itself to Vermont.

[MA2010]

Donavan (CM) and James (RI) in the 300
Rolim (Somerville) & Nichols (ME) in the 600
Vercollone (Pembroke) & Wynne (CT) in the 1000
Gallagher (Pembroke) & Shurtleff (CT) in the Mile
Marsella (RI) and McClintock (ME) in the 2 Mile - no disrespect to the MA guys in this one, but I hope those two "hammer" one out!

With Nationals next week - NE's have lost some "drawing" power, but still nice to see some of MA's finest toe the line!

Good luck to all - I think that MA will rock the rest of NE in the 300,600, 100 & the Mile and Sisay will step up and get us third in the 2 Mile.

[Zitans]

Originally Posted by MA2010

Donavan (CM) and James (RI) in the 300
Rolim (Somerville) & Nichols (ME) in the 600
Vercollone (Pembroke) & Wynne (CT) in the 1000
Gallagher (Pembroke) & Shurtleff (CT) in the Mile
Marsella (RI) and McClintock (ME) in the 2 Mile - no disrespect to the MA guys in this one, but I hope those two "hammer" one out!

With Nationals next week - NE's have lost some "drawing" power, but still nice to see some of MA's finest toe the line!

Good luck to all - I think that MA will rock the rest of NE in the 300,600, 100 & the Mile and Sisay will step up and get us third in the 2 Mile.

Little bit of miscommunication. Wesley and Joe will not be competing at New Englands.

[oldmiler]

Originally Posted by mcrun33

I dont mean to sound like a complainer, but why does Mass., arguably the deepest state in NE, cut off at 8th place in terms of who gets to race. In the case of the girls 4x800, a very deep race, we were 9th. Now, I get it, we should have run faster, but 9:41 is OK in my opinion (we'd be the #8 seed in the race Friday). And since 3 teams ahead of us scratched, only 5 Mass. teams are represented in the race.

Is this something that can be revisited for next year?

blame WHanson +/or those in charge -

WH declared and must've scratched this week. Theoretically officials could call #7-8-9 to fill that 6th position

[trackmanpete]

Originally Posted by mcrun33

I dont mean to sound like a complainer, but why does Mass., arguably the deepest state in NE, cut off at 8th place in terms of who gets to race. In the case of the girls 4x800, a very deep race, we were 9th. Now, I get it, we should have run faster, but 9:41 is OK in my opinion (we'd be the #8 seed in the race Friday). And since 3 teams ahead of us scratched, only 5 Mass. teams are represented in the race.

Is this something that can be revisited for next year?

There are two problems with going beyond 8 in my opinion. One is that MA has a distinct advantage in that they run their qualifier on a banked track. I believe the other states all run on a 200m flat floor, so many of the marks look good for MA, but may not be so competitive if they were contested on a flat floor. Two, I think that if an athlete can't make the final in their state meet (top 8 scorers), they don't deserve to run in a meet that is supposed to bring together the elite from New England. You already have some pretty low performances from other states, so if you open the door to MA going beyond 8, then the same would need to be done for the other states. There are already over 30 per event, I see no reason to go beyond that.

[mcrun33]

Originally Posted by trackmanpete

There are two problems with going beyond 8 in my opinion. One is that MA has a distinct advantage in that they run their qualifier on a banked track. I believe the other states all run on a 200m flat floor, so many of the marks look good for MA, but may not be so competitive if they were contested on a flat floor. Two, I think that if an athlete can't make the final in their state meet (top 8 scorers), they don't deserve to run in a meet that is supposed to bring together the elite from New England. You already have some pretty low performances from other states, so if you open the door to MA going beyond 8, then the same would need to be done for the other states. There are already over 30 per event, I see no reason to go beyond that.

I disagree with this, but you have a right to your opinion.