Long / Cernansky / Day / Ricchuti all sub-9. Smith 9:00
Wow, Charles Guerrera gave Gabelman a close race in the 1600. I wonder if that factored into his 6th place 3200m.
Probably. Gabelman also ran the anchor of the DMR the day before in meet-record fashion. It looks like he ran that 1600m leg in 4:09/4:10. He already had two very solid 1600m runs in his legs.
Using the 1600m at the state meet last June as a starting point, it has been nice to see Connor Long's progression this year. NW Ohio represent. He is a serious contender for the 1600m and 3200m state titles this year.
After being the top sophomore in that race, I was wondering how Charlie Vause would do in his junior year. I was definitely anticipating a big junior year from him and was looking for his results.
And then the results never came in. Cross country state meet, nada. I thought: Did he get injured? Did he quit running altogether? What happened?
I just learned that he moved to NM for his junior year and he has been tearing it up. Won the NM state CC title with a course record of 15:17. Ran a 4:08 mile at Arcadia. Has a PR of 9:02. I believe he's being recruited by BYU.
Looking at that 3200m at Wayne this past weekend, I wonder where Vause would have been in the mix. This generation of Ohio boys prep runners is definitely very special.
Using the 1600m at the state meet last June as a starting point, it has been nice to see Connor Long's progression this year. NW Ohio represent. He is a serious contender for the 1600m and 3200m state titles this year.
After being the top sophomore in that race, I was wondering how Charlie Vause would do in his junior year. I was definitely anticipating a big junior year from him and was looking for his results.
And then the results never came in. Cross country state meet, nada. I thought: Did he get injured? Did he quit running altogether? What happened?
I just learned that he moved to NM for his junior year and he has been tearing it up. Won the NM state CC title with a course record of 15:17. Ran a 4:08 mile at Arcadia. Has a PR of 9:02. I believe he's being recruited by BYU.
Looking at that 3200m at Wayne this past weekend, I wonder where Vause would have been in the mix. This generation of Ohio boys prep runners is definitely very special.
Vause was also the third nonsenior finisher at NXR SW last fall. He has a good shot at NXN individually if he improves
Do you think the state record for 1600m could be broken? 4:05 all the way back in 1988. Crazy it's lasted that long with super shoes and everything.
My prediction is that Gabelman will win the 1600m state title in 4:07. The record will stand for at least another year.
Even though runners like Horter and Mountain ran a faster time than the 4:05 late in their high school careers (I believe), that record has proven to be elusive on the day of the state meet; it has become untouchable. The spirit of Kennedy lives on!
Do you think the state record for 1600m could be broken? 4:05 all the way back in 1988. Crazy it's lasted that long with super shoes and everything.
My prediction is that Gabelman will win the 1600m state title in 4:07. The record will stand for at least another year.
Even though runners like Horter and Mountain ran a faster time than the 4:05 late in their high school careers (I believe), that record has proven to be elusive on the day of the state meet; it has become untouchable. The spirit of Kennedy lives on!
A solid time. Although it would be poetic if Kennedy’s torch was passed to another Westerville North runner.
That race looked hot. Gabelman looked strong at the front all throughout. Max Liao turned in a great performance as did Kilgallon, stepping it up from his usual duties at the 800m. Long was also in the mix. All 8 place scorers under 4:12 for the mile.
THESE ARE 1600 METER TIMES1 Ben Gabelman Wester. North 4:05.24 2 Drew Zundell University High School 4:07.22 3 Calvin Kilgallon Lebanon 4:07.26 4 Connor Lo...
My prediction is that Gabelman will win the 1600m state title in 4:07. The record will stand for at least another year.
Even though runners like Horter and Mountain ran a faster time than the 4:05 late in their high school careers (I believe), that record has proven to be elusive on the day of the state meet; it has become untouchable. The spirit of Kennedy lives on!
A solid time. Although it would be poetic if Kennedy’s torch was passed to another Westerville North runner.
Yeah there have been several guys who ran faster than Kennedy's time either before or after the state meet. Even back when Jeff See ran he ran 4:04.84 in the full mile at one of the national meets and I believe Dustin Horter ran 4:03 somewhere before the state meet. But, as we've been saying, nobody can do it at the state meet. The day Horter ran it was nearly 90 degrees and Nathan Mountain's state meet it was 92 at the start.
Marlington in D2 would be hard to beat y any team. They have a really special 4x800 team with a 1:53 and the rest going under 2. 1600 is 4:13 and everyone else in the 4:20's. Anyways, they've been a ton of fun to watch. Special small-town team of guys who work their butts off.
Massillon Jackson is also just down the road with Eli Ilg, Zuckett and some other speed. Their top 2 just ran 4:14 and 4:16 for the conference meet and I'd bet a few others aren't far behind, as they averaged 15:50 for their CC team in the fall and just ran 7:50 for the 4x800 at the conference meet.
Westerville North turned in a very good-looking 7:44.70 at their OCC Capital meet. It looked like 3rd-leg Dellasanta and anchor Gabelman both ran around 1:55. Dellasanta got the baton at 3:54. Are they the team to beat at this point?
Worthington Kilbourne looked very lackluster in that race: such an effort wouldn't be enough to clear the Regional meet into the State meet.
1 Westerville North 7:44.70 New '24 US #12 SB +10pts C. Carlos, G. Wise, M. Dellasanta, B. Gabelman2 Big Walnut 7:56.09 SB +8pts C. Borland, E. Lengl, A. Fo...