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Chris Solinsky
8:43.24
Best
3200 ever? Could be. Chris
(the Rocket) Solinsky's huge negative split (4:27 / 4:16)
and unrelenting pressure leave 10 more sub-9:00 runners helpless.
29 runners meet DyeStat Elite top 100 US standard (9:16.8) in all
three sections. |
photos by Mike Leary
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Rocket
man alone at the end
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the
pre-race buzz
by Ricky Quintana
Bobby Curtis
guarantees fast pace,
Chris Solinsky says he will negative split a fast pace,
Mohamed Trafeh says, 'I'm ready.'
Almost every event Saturday night has national leader
implications, but the biggest buzz surrounds the boys 3200, which
produced the fastest race in the nation last year and has the winner
of that race, Foot Locker cross country national champion Chris
Solinsky, back to do it again. But he is accompanied by 9 other
Foot Locker national finalists in a field that is worthy of a national
championship battle. Here are some quotes at trackside Friday night:
Top returning miler Bobby Curtis started talking
last fall about running the 3200m at Arcadia. An increase in mileage
over the winter left him feeling strong and a probable match-up
with Chris Solinsky was enticing. Curtis raced at USATF Junior Winter
Cross Country Championhips and despite the muddy conditions ran
respectably. The training has not seemed to temper his speed. He
finished the last 200m in 27 to win the NIKE Indoor Championship
to win the mile.
Chris Solinsky also ran the Winter Cross Championships
in hopes of qualifying, but after running with the leaders, he fell
back late to finish a somewhat disappointing ninth. He followed
that with a great race at the indoor championhips. He was surprised
in the penultimate lap by Steven Hassen, but he was able to come
up with enough to edge out Hassen and prevent repeating his second
place finish the year of the previous year. He also improved on
his two mile time by 4 seconds. Solinsky also mentioned butting
heads with Curtis over the mile sometime during the season. He intends
to run the 1600m at the Wisconsin state meet in hopes of breaking
Gabe Jennings record of 4:04. But at Arcadia,
these two phenoms will race in the highly anticipated 3200m. Nearly,
all the players are here and they are here for one reason. To run
fast! Very Fast.
Both Solinsky and Curtis arrived Thursday and even
had a chance to step on to the Arcadia High School track to do their
final workout. Solinsky, taking in the relay finals on Friday night
spoke of he and Curtis’ conversation regarding the 3200m.
"Curtis said that the pace was going to be fast, between 4:21
and 4:25, guaranteed!” Solinsky said. “I’d like
the pace to be that fast and then try to negative split. I just
don’t know. I hope the pace is fast.” When
asked how his speed was coming for the race Solinsky replied “I
ran a 4:07 and then last week I ran a 1:54. I could have run faster,
but my pacing was a bit off.”
Mohammed Trafeh was also in attendance and when
told of the planned fast first 1600m, He replied “ I’m
ready.”
Carl Moe also one to watch having run a 1:56, 9:16
and 4:16 double. Indoor surprise, Steven Hassen is also running
better than ever. A recent workout was faster than the same workout
run before Footlocker Nationals. The consensus is that the race
will be fast. The conditions should be perfect. After a hot, windy
yesterday afternoon, the conditions cooled by 9PM. Some runners
donned gloves and raced to get in and out of their sweats. Look
for an exciting race. No one can be discounted and there should
be at least five in it with 800m to go.
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Results
Men 3200 Meter Run Invitational
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Solinsky, Chris 12 Stevens Point 8:43.24
2 Vaughn, Brent 12 Smoky Hill,Auror 8:45.60
3 Moe, Carl 12 Auburn River 8:48.04
4 Curtis, Bobby 12 St Xavier,KY 8:48.39
5 Debole, Matt 12 Mount Tabor 8:50.16
6 Hassen, Steven 12 Vanguard HS 8:52.75
7 Ruiz, Manuel 12 Monroe High 8:55.80
8 Trafeh, Mohamed 11 Duarte High 8:55.87
9 Kollar, Christopher 12 Strongsville 8:56.35
10 Nelson, Tim 12 Liberty Chri 8:58.89
11 Alizzi, Mark 12 Syosset High 8:59.63
12 Dalpiaz, Brian 12 Sayville High,NY 9:01.20
13 Hampton, Charles 11 Brophy Colle 9:04.62
14 Burrell, Ian 12 Air Academy 9:04.78
15 Ramos, Austin 12 Jesuit HS 9:07.17
16 DeVries, Hakon 11 John Jay (Ny 9:10.44
17 Cardenas, Jonathon 11 Reno HS (Nv) 9:12.92
18 Mineau, Jeremy 11 Menlo-Atherton 9:15.30
19 Poe, Mike 12 Etiwanda 9:23.34
20 Wall, Alec 12 Grant (Or) 9:24.10
21 Alcorn, Kyle 12 Buchanan,Clovis 9:31.36
Men 3200 Meter Run Seeded
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Greer, Geoff 12 Spokane Mead 9:07.48
2 Ghebray, Yoseph 10 Logan HS 9:08.96
3 Garber, Evan 11 Spokane Mead 9:10.93
4 Aukshunas, Tim 12 El Modena HS 9:13.80
5 Wyatt, Tom 11 Charles Wrig 9:14.39
6 Mack, Eric 12 North Forsyth 9:15.22
7 Swier, Troy 11 Mar Vista HS 9:15.69
8 Wall, Scott 12 Grant (Or) 9:16.03
9 Liber, Brad 12 University C 9:17.37
10 Pellegrino, Kevin 11 Klamath Union,Or 9:18.02
11 Wagnew, Babey 11 Helix HS 9:18.83
12 Maldonado, Erick 12 Don Lugo HS 9:19.43
13 Kinsella, David 11 Inglemoor (W 9:19.61
14 Curran, Ryan 10 Mount Tabor 9:22.05
15 Lambert, Bob 12 West Jordan 9:22.09
16 Krieger, Keith 12 Cherokee (Nj 9:22.54
17 McKay, Travis 12 Harry Ainlay,Edm 9:22.94
18 Kotter, Jon 12 Alta (Ut) 9:23.05
19 Barrett, Sean 12 St. Augustin 9:23.45
20 Merriman, Ryan 12 Bingham (Ut) 9:26.71
21 Mason, Alex 10 Brophy Colle 9:29.33
22 Benavidez, Alex 12 Don Lugo HS 9:30.60
23 Robles, Juan 12 Valencia,Placent 9:31.28
24 Golding, Dale 11 American For 9:45.49
25 Wihtol, John 11 Jesuit HS 9:45.97
26 Leary, Ryder 12 Bishop Kenny 9:54.55
-- Lipkin, Andrew 11 Henry Gunn H DNF
-- Ramirez, Ruben 12 Don Lugo HS DNF
Men 3200 Meter Run
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Nunn, Dan 11 San Luis Obi 9:14.52
2 Uribe, Miguel 12 Grace Davis 9:15.33
3 Glenn, Dallin 12 Eisenhower,Yakim 9:16.57
4 scratched, 21 Unattached 9:19.49
5 Tifilippo, Sean Glendora HS 9:19.82
6 Cipolla, Matt 12 El Toro High 9:20.48
7 Figueiredo, John 10 Arcata High 9:25.21
8 Tachias, Andrew 11 Covina High 9:40.49
9 Gonzalez, Sergio Upland HS 9:46.14
10 scratched, 22 Unattached 9:47.01
11 Wilhelm, Mike 12 Upland HS 10:28.68
-- Herbison, Josh 11 Upland HS DNF
Arcadia Invitational
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