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Any thoughts?

region 1 is held at daniel boone. hands down one of the toughest courses around. it seems like most of the course is slanted pretty significantly from left to right. and then there is the infamous "moody" hill. tough terrain about 6 feet wide with barbed wire on both sides. it's about 300 meters long and you have to run it twice. you feel like your going to fall sideways when running up it.

just got back from region 1 meet. times escape me... 1. David Clabo 16:58 2. Chris Brumit (about 30 seconds back) 3. David Smith Teams: 1. University by a long run(20s or 30s) 2. GP 65 3. Elizabethton 70 it was a fun race. glad we beat Elizabethton.

I just wanted to wish everyone good luck tomorrow. Please post results here as they become available.

i apologize for getting everyone's feathers ruffled. i just like to see you middle tn boys get all worked up by questioning your mission for intergalactic domination. in response to your question coniglio, things are tapering off just wonderfully. we're really stoked about regionals on thursday. i think university has got the team title pretty much locked and if it all works out as planned, we'll be battling e-town for 2nd. clabo should win pretty easily - i don't think anyone is even close. my region 1 predictions: boys: a/aa - david clabo teams: usjc, e-town, gphs aaa - josh vasquez teams: morristown west, d-b, science hill girls: a/aa - it'll come down to the kick between mcamis and basconi of e-town and davenport and brosmore of usjc (if you don't believe me check out the trailblazer results) teams: usjc, e-town, ??? aaa: haley moody teams: morristown west (somewhere near a perfect score), science hill, d-b

assuming one of their top 4 doesn't drop out or run really bad...

potential sweep breakers: university school - jc jackson christian school elizabethton you can't compare every race to steeple chase. if you look at the tn classic results, fra and usjc were extremely close in terms of average time. when you factor in the fact that fra ran in the gold race, i.e., faster runners=faster times for the fra guys, i think usjc is the better team.

i'd just about bet the farm that region 5 does not sweep state. it just won't happen.

Yes. Elizabethton and University - JC are both in this region. It's a pretty tough one.

I never said he's not good, I'm saying that I can't find any information on him. I'll be happy to meet him any day on any course. In fact, I'll see him at regionals. Tell him to wave at the GP coach when he runs by.

yeah, he did. the comment he had after the race was how much fun it was. he said the lead runner kept changing throughout that second loop. you have to love races like that. your guys ran great...the respect they get is well-deserved.

Sometimes that happens. At least you have 3-4 weeks to fix it. Happy running!

Snap! Good run Matt! I'd love to see a showdown between you two. State won't be any fun if David runs away with it. You guys ran Jesse Owens, right?

i know this is a little biased, but it seems as though david clabo is the man to beat in a/aa. he ran a 16:22 at cherokee blvd today. although cherokee is a fast course, i don't think anyone else is even close to what he is doing. oak ridge is THE team to beat in aaa. other than clabo, it seemed like the 10 were all oak ridge runners. mad props to coach etheridge.

elizabethton looked pretty good at vol classic. they looked like they were no where near peaking yet. and remember, last year all people could talk about was how fra, etown, and page would be top 3 at state. well, who came in 3rd? knox catholic...few people saw that coming...the beauty of cc: the surprise attack.

chuckey-doak is in upper east, matt. it is a very small school and they're not even listed in the team directory on tnrunner. if you click on tusculum invitational under results on tnrunner, you can see that they're okay, but not spectacular. i can't find anything on brad seaton, so....

DL is doing a really good job at keeping people guessing. Yes, they are a solid team, but compare them with other solid teams around the state and I don't know if they deserve all of the hype. If you check out their team page on TN Runner, only one runner has made an elite performance this year. Yes, they are a pack running team, but there are some other teams that also run that way that aren't getting the hype...see also: elizabethton and university school - jc. I'm going to run some numbers and I'll get back to you guys.

good call!

i bet kathy kroeger could beat chuck norris in a 5k. anyone agree?

the lack of standout teams in a/aa is taking me by surprise. DL is the only a/aa team to receive votes in coaches poll. it seems that almost every a/aa team has a few good individuals, but no one can round out that top 5. if you look at the times, there aren't any a/aa teams with more than one elite performance. compare that with last year when you had teams like coniglio mentioned with 4 or 5 guys with elite times. it will be interesting to see it play out in the regional and state meets. maybe this week will be a turning point since there are some pretty big meets. we're running the vol classic...can't wait for the clabo and sonnenfeldt battle.

G-P is recovering from a losing season last year. The boys are more enthusiastic and ready to win this year and that is what they are going to do! All the teams that they play this year are the same teams that they played last year and had a losing season, so the excuse that the teams that G-P play have a bad record is not all that acurate. Those same teams beat them last year and now G-P is ready to play!

elizabethton did lose 5 of their top 7, with some tough people to replace. they look good so far. very consistent, with probably a minute, maybe a minute 20 separating their top 5. i agree that they are laying low, but don't count them out. we just got back from melton hill park today. dang, that's a tough course. clabo finished first in 17:27, with the next guy about 25 seconds back(don't hold me to that spread, i was already looking/screaming for our next guy). most of the top ten finishers were a/aa. looking forward to the volunteer classic on the 30th. anyone going? i think elizabethton is venturing out for that one.

as far as i can tell, there is really no stand out team in A/AA. that will just make the state meet more exciting. DL looks good, but i wouldn't be surprised if University - Johnson City doesn't make some strides near the end. In the east, anything can happen. in terms of upper east, i predict University, GP, and Elizabethton to be top three, in no particular order. Knoxville region I see at as Catholic, CAK, and Gibbs, no questions asked. as far as state goes, you never know what will happen. last year you had your standout teams (and standout runners) in elizabethton, franklin road, and page. this year, who knows?

where is clabo? that is the burning question. he went out for a tempo run last week and i haven't seen him since...i think someone spotted him running near memphis. gp decided not to run tn classic. we had our first in-county meet on thursday and ran a meet at cocke co today, and a metro meet on thursday. tuesday he ran a 17:08 on the gatlinburg-pittman course, which is loaded with hills. he was 1:30 ahead of the second place finisher. after the race he went and did a speed workout at the track. today he ran a 17:01 on a very tough course at the cocke co. fairgrounds. morristown west won the team competition, placing 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7. bo owens is gp's number 2 man and don't be surprised if he shocks some people later in the season. he had a pr of 17:56 today.

and speaking of hard courses in the east, let's not forget about daniel boone - i'd like to see how the middle and west guys handle running moody hill twice. can't wait to see how they make that course 5k. in my opinion, it's the toughest course in the state.