The 2008-2009 indoor track season kicks off today for the Bay State League, with the first league meet at Reggie Lewis. Newton competes against Needham, with the complete slate of meets looking like this:
Dedham vs Norwood
Milton vs Natick
Walpole vs Wellesley
Braintree vs Weymouth
Brookline vs Framingham
Needham vs Newton North
For the distance runners who competed up to and including the state meet (and this is only my opinion, sure to be mocked), it's too early to be jumping into races when a longer period of recovery and "winter base" would be better. But for everyone else -- the sprinters, jumpers, and throwers -- I'm pretty sure the feeling is unbridled excitement about competing again.
It's a shame the BSL still hasn't figured out that they should score the long jump.
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I don't know if your opinion on distance runners should be mocked but ultimatley in high school in New England you race the schedule you have and make adjustments accordingly. If you use the rest of your training as rebuilding of your base I think it can work out OK.
As far as the long jump and other long standing BSC rules and policies - unlike the mood of the country, the BSC is resistant to change.
Good luck to all teams for a great season!!
Great to see the reporting continued!
Clay
Unlike some other long standing policies, though, BSC coaches voted to include LJ as a scoring event, if i'm not mistaken...
Do you know anything about the Newton South XC team at Nationals?
They got 6th.
Correcting an anonymous comment: BSC coaches voted to not score the LJ the last time it was discussed, even though evidence was presented(Jon Waldron timed study)that it could be done in our time allotment. If not, jumps could be limited to 2. Makes me think these decisions should not be left to coaches who seem to view rules in terms of how they effect their teams. Are AD's less likely to have said bias? They don't have the expertise, but it doesn't take much expertise to know that we should have a state meet event scored in our meets.
Then we should bring back pole vault to the BSC in the spring. It's a classic t&f event.
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