2012 state meet 5A

meritza1st · March 11, 2012, 11:22:14 pm

let the votes began

pantherxctf · March 11, 2012, 11:26:35 pm

Vilonia
Magnolia
Alma
That's my guestimation at this point

meritza1st · March 11, 2012, 11:31:56 pm

Crossett will win the girls 5A state

MHSGrad · March 14, 2012, 07:13:12 pm

Why is everyone leaving CFV out of the guys?.. With as spread out as the distance events are, how can you not consider them a contender?.. The team that will win this year will be great, not just good, in the field events.. Alma, Vilonia, Magnolia, and CFV are stacked in the field events, with Alma and Magnolia the top 2 in 5A (Magnolia can possibly place multiples in every field event, and Alma could possibly place multiples in all but the tj and lj)

Does CFV and Vilonia have the strength over the other two to gain 25 or more points in the running events?.. Sax is the key to vilonia.. He has a bad day, Vilonia has no chance.. Im really seeing this as a battle of the 5A dynasties, between Magnolia and Alma.. Again.. lol

I know Vilonia was close last year, but if you break down what they did last year, other than Sax and Cotton, they really cant improve too much more.. They won, and im prolly 1 or 2 events off, but the 4x800, 4x400, pv, 400, 110s, and 800 right?.. They can only score 4ish more points in the pv (they got 1, 2, and 7th i believe), cant score anymore in the two relays, but they can lose points in a lot of places.. They lost their 400, lj, tj guy because he was a senior..

I will think that it is Magnolia's year again, but Alma always scares me.. Looking towards the future, Alma is setting up to win next year, and for a while after that

sevenof400 · March 15, 2012, 09:22:53 am

Hey MHSGrad,

Good to see you around these parts again - looking forward to another track season! We (Vilonia) do need some depth to make state this year because Crume won't be easy to replace. I know the distance races will be highly contested but I'm hopeful that Bowling will be able to pick up some points there that we may lose elsewhere. Unlike Alma though, if we don't win this year our window of opportunity may close for awhile because replacing Sax will not be easy.

vtown22 · March 15, 2012, 07:37:11 pm

bowling might score points but he isn't even the best distance runner in the school...on direct athletics, Vilonia had 2 9th graders run 4:53 mile the other night....Don't know if he has done that this year.

MHSGrad · April 04, 2012, 04:08:05 pm

He hasnt.. My question is if yall will run yall's 800 guy at district in the mile?.. I think that would be interesting!

sevenof400 · April 04, 2012, 06:21:00 pm

At this point, I would not rule anything out.

MHSGrad · April 04, 2012, 06:56:37 pm

It might take them pulling out all the stops... One positive note, i had magnolia as a 20 pt underdog going into state last year.. Should be exciting!

sevenof400 · April 04, 2012, 08:54:43 pm

As I am reading your comment, I recall on more than one occasion a track coach endlessly pondering what event(s) to run his/her kids in. I've seen coaches agonize over this decision and never being happy with their decision prior to running the meet.

I don't think many people understand there are some excellent track coaches who can easily rival coaches in other sports for their pregame preparation and agonizing over details and decisions. I suspect many track coaches are prematurely gray and are frequent Zantac customers.....

AT · April 04, 2012, 09:02:57 pm

I think Ebmeyer is more of a 400-800 runner than a 800-1600 runner. He could PROBABLY place in the 1600 at state, but I'm not sure it would be worth it for Vilonia to risk it. He might not have anything left in the tank for the 800.

Now at conference, he might do it.

AT · April 04, 2012, 09:05:15 pm

By the way, the freshmen for Vilonia could be an X-factor here. But running a 4:52 at a junior high meet and running a 4:52 or lower at a senior high state meet are two different things.

You would think they would run faster with better competition, but I can't stress how important experience is at a state meet.

vtown22 · April 05, 2012, 07:09:22 pm

agreed with experience....one of those has now dropped to a 4:50

AT · April 05, 2012, 07:21:59 pm

Quote from: vtown22 on April 05, 2012, 07:09:22 pm
agreed with experience....one of those has now dropped to a 4:50

Is Vilonia taking their A team to Russellville tomorrow? That's where Alma will be.

V-EAGLES · April 05, 2012, 07:39:57 pm

Yes we will. Ebmeyer just ran 49:49 in the 400

AT · April 05, 2012, 07:58:26 pm

Quote from: V-EAGLES on April 05, 2012, 07:39:57 pm
Yes we will. Ebmeyer just ran 49:49 in the 400

Very impressed by that! It's too bad for Vilonia that the 800 and 400 are so close together or he could run both.

MHSGrad · April 05, 2012, 09:11:51 pm

Yea.. it is impossible.. Larry atkinson from hs was a 49/1.55 and couldn't do it.. ran a 2:06 at state, i do believe

AT · April 05, 2012, 09:19:41 pm

Quote from: MHSGrad on April 05, 2012, 09:11:51 pm
Yea.. it is impossible.. Larry atkinson from hs was a 49/1.55 and couldn't do it.. ran a 2:06 at state, i do believe

Yes, he told us before the race he didn't think he could win it.

I thought he was just being humble or trying to fake us out, but right when the race started, I could tell it was up for grabs.