Re: Dist. 6 championships- Altoona
Posted: May 19th, 2011, 9:17 am
Patton should be a favorite in the AA state meet 200m and 400m with a 21.hi and 49.xx. Tyrone's 4x4 should also make the final as well, if they can run 3:25ish on Friday. It will be a long two days for Patton though with possibly 3 rounds of the 200m (prelim Friday, semi Sat morning, and final later that day), and 2 rounds each of the 400m and 4x4. I am sure he did something similar last year, so he should be ready.
Running so many prelims over 2 days where EVERYONE is good is a different animal than Districts. The District 1 AAA meet simulates states. As a former coach in District 1, I always believed that the District 1 AAA meet was just as hard or even HARDER in some cases than states just to get thropugh 2 days of rounds and finals to PIAAs.
Good luck to all D6 participants in PIAAs next weekend, and good luck to the 6AAA participants today.
Running so many prelims over 2 days where EVERYONE is good is a different animal than Districts. The District 1 AAA meet simulates states. As a former coach in District 1, I always believed that the District 1 AAA meet was just as hard or even HARDER in some cases than states just to get thropugh 2 days of rounds and finals to PIAAs.
Good luck to all D6 participants in PIAAs next weekend, and good luck to the 6AAA participants today.