Phillip Reid
4:09.44
photos by John Dye, quotes by Ricky Quintana
Rio Mesa CA senior Phillip Reid bided his time as Alex Tatu of Virginia
carried a sizable lead to the bell. Then, when Tatu gave way suddenly
on the first turn, Reid surprised himself with his surge to the front
in the last 300 meters. "I honestly wasn’t expecting to win.
I thought I was going to get 2nd, 3rd or 4th. I just felt so happy,"
Reid said afterwards.
End
lap 1 -- Mike Chavez leads
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End
lap 2 - Alex Tatu opens lead,
followed by Steve Shepherd and Reid
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End
lap 3 -- Reid leads pack gaining on Tatu.
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Stretch
-- Reid takes command, followed by Joaquin Chapa, Shepherd, and
Chavez.
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Ricky Quintana's Quotes
Phil Reid
It went out kind of slow. I was expecting them to go faster. I just
dealt the hand that I was given. That went by real fast. It was
tough.
RQ: When Tatu got ahead of you, what were you thinking?
Reid: I was like.. When he went ahead of me, I was like,
“he made his move too early” because I had a lot left.
So, I was like “man, I’m going to catch him.”
Other reporter: You were never concerned though?
Reid: the first couple of laps, I was a little uncomfortable.
Other reporter: But with a lap to go, you felt pretty confident?
Reid. Oh yeah. I was like. Actually I caught him.. I closed
on him a lot in before the last lap. And I was there, I’m
going to get after this and win it. I tried to make a big surge
with 300 to go. I was just pulling as hard as I could. You know,
it worked. I thought he’d come back. I have to give a lot
of credit to my coaches. That was great. I got to see Alan Webb.
RQ: You beat a tough field. What do you think about that?
Reid: Honestly, I thought it would take a lot more to beat
them. I thought it’d be a lean. I thought I heard my dad go
“whoaaaaaaaa!” when I was finishing which was cool.
The legs are burning, but my legs are ok.
Other reporter: You seem pretty excited. Was that because
of the tough field?
Reid: No, I honestly wasn’t expecting to win. I thought
I was going to get 2nd, 3rd or 4th. I just felt so happy. This is
kind of the deciding point of the season. Times just don’t
get much faster, hopefully. It was real exciting. All these guys
around the nation, it’s just a treat to race against them.
I have to give them a lot of credit to them.
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Men 1600 Meter Run Invitational
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Reid, Phillip 12 Rio Mesa high 4:09.44
2 Chapa, Joaquin 12 Grant (Or) 4:11.54
3 Shepherd, Steven 12 Weber (Ut) 4:12.32
4 Chavez, Mike 12 Esperanza High 4:12.46
5 Poe, Mike 12 Etiwanda 4:13.76
6 Smith, Billy 12 Deer Valley 4:15.80
7 Cota, Joel 11 Indio HS 4:16.58
8 Kern, Matt 12 La Sierra HS 4:17.58
9 Nye, Jace 12 Davis,Kaysville 4:18.56
10 Alcorn, Kyle 12 Buchanan,Clovis 4:20.49
11 Dunn, Alex 11 SanLorenzoValley 4:21.15
12 Tatu, Alex 12 Thomas Dale 4:21.94
13 Robson, Aaron 11 Harry Ainlay,Edm 4:23.98
14 Pasko, Eduardo 12 Harrison (Co 4:25.85
15 Pannone, Chris 11 HunterdonCentral 4:33.59
Arcadia Invitational
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