03.05.08
out of hibernation
today at the eb invite was the first time i have seen chris schwartz since he won the state title in cross country. as you can see in the photo, he isnt wearing his trademark one piece either.
i asked him how the off season has been and he said quiet. that and he has been training a lot, especially on pacing.
i heard from his coach, that he was expecting to run against cody gragg of north high but cody was elsewhere. in the 1600, he started off slow and let many runners lead the way. but after the 2nd lap he was gone.
in the 3200, he took off right from the start and was motivated by his coaching to break what they thought was the meet record. he did go under the time but the time was the average for three runners in the same race.
in 1977, shafter’s 3 man team averaged 9:38.8!!!
chris ran 9:34. i got these splits for him:
66,75,79,70,70,73,72,74 and 65.
sadly, the meet changed the 3200 into and individual eace this year even though the schedule had it as a team event. our drillers averaged 10:44 and would of won the team race i believe. in fact, we had 4 runners go under 11 minutes on saturday.
dyestatcal mention chris and other eb invite athletes HERE.
