NIN Recap: Scharold 1:56 800m; Carnes 9:41 2 Mile; St. X 10:38 Distance Medley; Ryan Smith 15:35 5K

Mar 13, 2009

Sunday

Sunday was the busiest day for Kentucky athletes starting with the Boys Two Mile Run. Two Kentucky athletes ran Jackson Carnes (St. Xavier) and Ryan Smith (DixieHeights). Carnes finished 26^th with a time of 9:41.82. Smith who had already run a 15:35 5K Friday night, finished 31^stin the Two Mile Run with a 9:48.95.

Next we had the 800m Run with three athletes competing. All but two heats were run in the morning. Robbie Scharold (CampbellCounty) finished 2^nd in his heat and 10^th overall with a personal best time of 1:56.57. St. Xavier had Geoffrey Spencer and Matt Hillenbrand each coming in with best times under 2:00 were slightly off and finished 70^th (Spencer 2:04.53) and 72^nd (Hillenbrand 2:05.43.)

Patrick Stuart (Glasgow) finished 30^th in the Shot Put with a toss of 48-07.50.

St. Xavier having already run the Distance Medley Relay also competed in the 3200m Relay. Jackson Carnes, Geoffrey Spencer, Matt Hillenbrand, and Justin Brezosky ran on the team that finished 26^th running an 8:36.68.

Emma Brink (Sacred Heart) finished off the day competing in the One Mile Run. She finished 5^th overall with a 4:55.12 earning All-American Honors.

Saturday

St. Xavier finished 20th in the Distance Medley with a time of 10:38.11. The Relay Team was composed of Geoffrey Spencer, Jackson Carnes, Matt Hillenbrand, and Justin Brezosky.

Friday Night

Ryan Smith (Dixie Heights) ran a personal best time of 15:35.46 tonight at Nike Indoor Nationals in Boston. He finished 17th overall running for the Northern Kentucky Track Club. Freshmen Lukas Verzbicas (IL) broke the National 5K record with his winning time of 14:18.42.

Finals                                                          
  1 Verzbicas, Lukas          12 New Lenox, IL         14:18.42$
  2 Curry, Sean               09 Syracuse, NY          15:01.69R
  3 Straneva, Max             10 Binghamton, NY        15:10.98(
  4 Faherty, Brian            09 Greenbelt, MD         15:12.00(
  5 Ross, Nick                10 East Greenwich, RI    15:13.13(
  6 Freyer, Brandon           10 Pawling, NY           15:17.31(
  7 Kramer, Alex              09 North Andover, MA     15:18.65(
  8 Truedson, Erik            09 Bemidji, MN           15:19.00(
  9 Whitelaw, Austin          11 Monroe, MI            15:19.04(
 10 Redfield, Gregory         09 Penfield, NY          15:19.06(
 11 Lord, Brandon             10 Hixson, TN            15:19.31(
 12 Butler, Bret              09 Melbourne, FL         15:28.00(
 13 Staub, Burk               09 Raliegh, NC           15:28.31(
 14 Wieferich, Mark           09 Marietta, OH          15:28.66(
 15 Hickey, Michael           09 Pearl River, NY       15:28.79(
 16 Schilit, Jordan           09 Tampa, FL             15:33.23(
 17 Smith, Ryan               10 Crestview Hills, KY   15:35.46(
 18 Stern, James              10 Melbourne, FL         15:35.57(
 19 Arnier, Jeffery           10 Arlington, TX         15:36.61(
 20 Brigham, Atticus          09 Amherst, MA           15:37.83(
 21 Stoliker, Richard         09 Shelton, CT           15:49.94(
 22 Pagano, Marshall          11 Niskayuna, NY         16:01.38 
 23 Gorecki, Robert           10 mahopac, NY           16:03.88 
 24 Bennert, Kevin            11 Woodberry Forest, V   16:04.88 
 25 Keefe, Sean               09 Yardley, PA           16:09.32 
 26 Gallivan, Cameron         09 Tonawanda, NY         16:15.57 
 27 Wines, Matt               09 Pinckney, MI          16:17.10 
 28 Siegel, Daniel            11 Great Neck, NY        16:21.40 
 29 Maher, Lucas              09 Patterson, NY         17:34.70

Sunday