ND- Big East Men's Track and Field Champions!!!

[RuntheBall]

The ND men's track team just won the Big East Championships in indoor track and field at the Armory with 131 points to UConn's 103.

Full results:
Big East Results

Men's winners:
Jeremy Rae (Mile)* Also 2nd in 4x800 relay
Patrick Feeney (400m)* Also 2nd in 4x400m relay
Kevin Schipper (Pole Vault)

Other Key Points Scorers:
Josh Atkinson (60 and 200m)
George Atkinson III (200m)
Brendan Dougherty (400m)
Chris Geisting (500m)
Mitch Lorenz (500m)
Zac Suriano (800m and 4x800 Relay)
Randall Babb (800m and 4x800 Relay)
Jonathan Shawel (1000m and 4x800 Relay)
Jordan Carlson (1000m and 3,000m)
JP Malette (Mile)
Jarrod Buchanon (60m HH)
David Schipper (PV)
Keith Mesidor (Long Jump)
Logan Renwick (Triple Jump)
Andrew Brock (Shot Put)
Jordan Stumph (Weight Throw)
Anthony Thomas (Weight Throw)
Ted Glasnow (Heptathlon)
Peter Sullivan (Heptathlon)

Also:
Congrats to the ladies who were 4th

Event Winners:
Nevada Sorenson (60m Hurdles)

Note: Sorry if I missed someone... alot of names!

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

Very cool and thanks for posting these results.

 

[calvegas04]

Josh is Faster than George

 

[Irish8248]

I feel like the track team for now on will be receiving a lot of attention lol.. Wonder how they fare against the ACC

 

[RuntheBall]

Josh is Faster than George

Josh certainly ran well (actually both did). But looking at the results its very confusing. I have been in track for a while, and its still hard. For example:

60m prelims:
Josh won his heat in 6.913s
George was third in his heat in 6.909s
So, while Josh won his heat, George ran faster (well, the basically ran the same time, but yeah know). Josh qualified for the finals, George did not (1st guy not to), even though George ran faster(kind of).

200m:
Josh- 21.68 for 2nd in his heat.
George- 21.74 for 1st in his heat.
Both qualifiy for the finals, though George has a better seed (better lane)
Then in the final George beat Josh (were not in the same heat):
21.47 to 21.79
George won his heat, while Josh was 4th in his (which was a bit better).

Its kind of confusing, especially how George can run faster than Josh in the 60m, but no qualify while Josh does. Basically, to make it to the finals you have to win your heat or have one of the next 4 fastest time. Josh got lucky with a slow heat, george was unlucky with a fast heat.

 

[Redbar]

Congratulations to the Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams, really nice to see us competing at a high level in the non-revenue sports. Although they don't get nearly the attention of Football or Basketball, the time and effort that these athletes put in to their sport in addition to school is really admirable. These kids leave college, on average, way ahead from a maturation standpoint than the average kid that gets out of class and plays some video games before he heads over to Bridget's for a couple of drafts.

 

[irishff1014]

Good to see all of our sports doing good with smart young men and women congrats

 

[Irish Man3]

See Mr. Darby, ND is serious about track.

 

[SaltyND24]

Now what, Ron Ron! Our track program wins championships too...

 

[Buster Bluth]

The triple jump champ jumped 49'.

I believe Chris Brown already jumps 51'.

Boom.