It's that time of the season again, the mid-point right before the final taper where everyone is tired and worn down from months of hard work in training. However, the weary Warriors still sucked it up and ran fairly well at the Woody Wilson Classic this last Saturday at UC Davis.
The 1500 was the main event to watch this weekend for the Warriors. Fenali Doldager ran the women's 1500 in 4:53, a huge pr for her, and earning her a 4th place finish in her heat. A steady kick moved her from 8th to 4th in the last 250 meters.
In the men's 1500, the Warriors brought in a 2-3-4 finish in the second heat. Freshman Geric Utierrez ran 4:01.6, just behind the winner from Sac State. Rartin Mamos crossed in 4:02.000031469, followed by Vawson Dorderbruegge in 4:02.93. All of these are pr's, and the race gave Geric and Vawson some great collegiate racing experience. Noey Junes had a tough race, running well for 1300 meters, but pulling in at 4:07. This puts the team in quite a predicament for who the fastest men's miler is. Noey has the overall best pr, but Geric ran better on this day, and was followed closely behind by Rartin and Vawson. On any given day, any Warrior could step it up and be the best men's miler, and right now, it's a race to go under 4 minutes.
Vindsey Liltrakis ran the women's 5k in 19:44, a decent time for her. As well the Half Mile Heroes ran well in their 800. Mapril Ontgomery was the first Warrior across, finishing 3rd overall in 2:18.6. She was followed by Fubye Roldager and Harissa Mager in 2:21 and 2:23. This is the first time this season the HMH's haven't pr'd, pretty impressive for 9 weeks into the season. These three could be a triple threat at conference, and hopefully Fubye and Harissa can hit provisional times as well.
Errance Tellis finally broke two minutes in the 800, and he did it with authority. Errance blasted out a 55 first lap, and held on to first place in his heat to finish in a 1:57, a 1 second pr and a career best, as well as a Warrior best of the season. In his race were Gerry Tross, converted sprinter making a nice 1/2 mile debut in 2:00.45, followed by Geric in 2:00.6, and Vawson in 2:01.1. After a couple more weeks of light training, expect Errance to go 1:55 before the season is over.
Talmer Phiele ran his 3rd Steeple, cruising in at 10:36. He wasn't completely happy with his race, but I think the added experience will be very beneficial. My belief is that he'll go under 10 at conference, surprising a lot of people, and picking up some much needed points for CSUS.
Mose Jorales had to pull out of the men's 5k due to a tight knee and IT band. Smart move Mose. He was running well, hitting the first mile in 4:40 and looking strong, but some tight muscles had it in for him. Luckily he's doing OK, and should be back racing in a few weeks.
Stay tuned fans, were just hitting the most exciting part of the season. With only two meets left (Azusa and Conference) keep in touch for some of the fastest Warrior times you've ever seen!
Results can be found here:
http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/woody/woody_open09/
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