March - In like a lion, out like a barracuda.
With New England temperatures making it feel like February, it's still hard to loosen up to the idea of running really fast outdoors. Nevertheless, many colleges are holding their first outdoor meets of the season.
Tufts University hosted their annual "Snowflake Classic" and there were actual snowflakes in the air as Doug Brecher, ran a tremendously impressive 31:38 to take second-place in the 10,000m, and earn an ECAC qualifying time. That's 5:05 per mile for 6.2 tedious miles of empty tartan, folks. Brookline alum Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot finished 6th in the same race, running 33:06.
After a week of Spring break base training in Newton, Noah Jampol opened up his outdoor campaign with a solid 4:10.40 1500m at the 2008 Maryland Terrapin Invitational in College Park, Maryland. Sorry we didn't get to go for a run while you were in town, Noah.
Wesleyan senior Stephanie O'Brien finished 5th in the 1500m in 5:05.46 at the Trinity College "Bantam" Invitational. At the same meet, Scott Cole -- or someone using his name -- finished 8th in the 800m in 2:05.92.
And in other running news... the agate type at the back of the Boston Globe Sports Section recorded that Jamie Krieder, a good friend of the Newton Summer Running Project won the weekly Fresh Pond 5M road race in 27:30.
(Added 3/31) - At the 2008 SCSU Owl T&F Invitational in New Haven, Yale freshman David Smith tripled in the shot, disc, and hammer. His 49-0.25 in the shot is a PR and placed him 3rd. I'm not sure about the discus (117-0) and hammer (111-03).
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