NY Relays

Weather was very warm 75+ at race time, guys got in a 15 minute warm up, got back checked in, and had a few minutes to run some strides, they were 30 minutes ahead of schedule, so didn't have time to do drills/stretch. Guys cooled down 30 minutes around stadium park.

Nate- 9:42.23- wins and sets a new meet record as well as new school record. For your first race of the year you showed no rust of there. You were very aware of your surroundings and executed the race plan very well. I would caution you against running on inside rail though, it's easy to get boxed in and miss the break in the race. You took the lead with 1100 to go, a little early in my opinion, but you held it to the line and you really did a nice job building up your lead heading into the last lap. Way to hold on down the stretch, 66.34 last 400 is toughness! Good news is that you are going to run much faster in June, how fast? I think you can run in the low 9:20's!
splits
400-70.43
800-75.61 (2:26.04)
1200-74.97 (3:41.01)
1600-73.85 (4:54.86)
2000-71.98 (6:06.84)
2400-74.92 (7:21.76)
2800-73.97 (8:35.73)
3200-66.34 (9:42.23)

Craig- 10:09. Good race, you ran a smart one, and it paid off. Thought you showed great toughness in the middle of the race, breaking off from that pack you were in and going solo was important. That move made your race. We know that laps 6&7 are ones we need to work on, those were the two laps your arms took a vacation, you could see the extra work you had to do. Work on that everyday now! Really like how you finished, a PR to start the season is excellent! Big things are in store for you this year, keep putting in the miles and 9:50 is yours!
Splits
400-72.24
800-75.24 (2:27.48)
1200-75.97 (3:43.45)
1600-75.55 (4:59.76)
2000-76.96 (6:16.54)
2400-79.44 (7:35.98)
2800-78.90 (8:54.88)
3200-73.84 (10:09.37)