From Rags to Riches

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          fabio on May 4, 2004 at 8:08 am #9212

          Today we justhad our county meet. I cruised into 1st place in my prelims running a new PB of 11.14 and when we got to the finals, I placed 2nd running 11.3, not bad considering last year at the county meet I placed 8th with 11.9.

          I should of had a better time in the 100 though, but it was totally my fault on this so i am making no excuse, the official forgot to load the gun and there was no shot so we had to do it again, it totally blew my focus off, but either way I still placed 2nd, its not first but Hey, being 2nd fastest in my whole county isn't too shabby:D

          I'd also like ot thank EVERYBODY on this board and on other boards for all the help they gave me during the summer and all the other seasons. Without you guys I probably would of had major burn out by first weeks practice haha.

          Kudos

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          QUIKAZHELL on May 4, 2004 at 9:31 am #27605

          Nice job man!
          Handtime or FAT?

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          fabio on May 4, 2004 at 7:14 pm #27606

          I'm not sure, they didn't give us our times at the end of the race so I am guessing fat since they went over to the tent and huddled around one person to get our times, I'll have to ask my coach.

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          QUIKAZHELL on May 4, 2004 at 11:32 pm #27607

          You would know if it was FAT if you saw a camera set up at the finish line.

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          rice773 on May 7, 2004 at 9:26 am #27608

          Well, tonight was State Meet down here in Louisiana, I ran 51.12 FAT good for 4th place. I wanted to thank everyone on this board, the amount of knowledge I have acquired from reading and posting is phenomenal. You guys will be hearing plenty more questions from me since i'm either running summer track or lifting weights over the summer to get ready for next years season at Emory (d3 in Atlanta). Good luck to everyone and I hope you all enjoy the success I did.

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          jumpscoachmike on May 7, 2004 at 6:29 pm #27609

          Great job Murai. Keep it up through the summer!

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          fabio on May 28, 2004 at 4:00 am #27610

          Well, after not even making hre SEMIFINALS in DISTRICTS, I ended up placing 2nd in the distrcits to the ONLY person who has beaten me this year who just so happens to be the state runner-up in the 100m last year in Division 3- and the favorite to win it this year, but this time he barely edged me out out first place runnign a 10.9 while I ran 11.0. Yesterday I had semis for the 100 at Regionals, and I ran 11.42 FAT with a cold and a bummed knee and got First place in my heat advancing to the FINALS! (i ran the 11.0 and 10.98 with a bummed knee, but it is about 80-90% healed now so it doesn't bother me) Oh yea, I also have hte second fastest time in the regionals so far, next to the same ole' kid I always get 2nd to. Considering I didn't make semifinals in the districts last year, I am now one race away from making it to the Division 3 state meet in the 100, and hopefully become the Regional champion! Wish me luck!

          Oh yea, and Dagovernor, if all goes expected, I plan on meetin' up iwth ya at the State meet!:lol:

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          Jay Turner on May 28, 2004 at 6:40 am #27611

          [i]Originally posted by Fabio[/i]
          Well, after not even making hre SEMIFINALS in DISTRICTS, I ended up placing 2nd in the distrcits to the ONLY person who has beaten me this year who just so happens to be the state runner-up in the 100m last year in Division 3- and the favorite to win it this year, but this time he barely edged me out out first place runnign a 10.9 while I ran 11.0. Yesterday I had semis for the 100 at Regionals, and I ran 11.42 FAT with a cold and a bummed knee and got First place in my heat advancing to the FINALS! (i ran the 11.0 and 10.98 with a bummed knee, but it is about 80-90% healed now so it doesn't bother me) Oh yea, I also have hte second fastest time in the regionals so far, next to the same ole' kid I always get 2nd to. Considering I didn't make semifinals in the districts last year, I am now one race away from making it to the Division 3 state meet in the 100, and hopefully become the Regional champion! Wish me luck!

          Oh yea, and Dagovernor, if all goes expected, I plan on meetin' up iwth ya at the State meet!:lol:

          Yes yes!!! I'll be there for sure. Our 4 x 800 relay just ran 9:21 today so I will definitely see you next week.

          Let me know how you do in finals tomorrow.

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          Jay Turner on May 29, 2004 at 8:42 am #27612

          Let me be the first to congratulate Fabio on his qualifying to the state meet next week in the 100m. Keep up the good work!!!!

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          fabio on May 29, 2004 at 9:44 am #27613

          haha thanks Governor, you beat me to it haha. My time wasn't the best but I still qualified. I slept on my hamstring the wrong way so it felt tender all day today and we had to run in a monster of a headwind. my cold is about gone now. But come friday my knee will be healthy and my hamstring prob is already gone after a quick snooze on the car ride home haha. See ya at state gov!:bounce:

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          Jay Turner on May 29, 2004 at 9:54 am #27614

          Send me a u2u and we can talk about next week.

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          fabio on May 29, 2004 at 10:11 am #27615

          alright, U2U sent. You should of been ther, the 400 was awesome. April Rotillo of Belaire St. Johns ran a 56.8 FAT to win the 400, and shes only a sophmore! Jonathon Dunham, a Univ of Tenessee Commit, ran a 49.66 in the 400, not his best but it got the job done. He ran a 48.83 wednesday, niether of these had him being pushed. He also won the 200 in over a second, it was a slaughter haha.

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          fabio on May 29, 2004 at 10:30 am #27616

          also here is the Article WITH a pic of me! haha

          https://www.timesreporter.com/left.php?ID=30209&r=1&Category=2

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          Jay Turner on May 30, 2004 at 8:14 am #27617

          [i]Originally posted by Fabio[/i]
          alright, U2U sent. You should of been ther, the 400 was awesome. April Rotillo of Belaire St. Johns ran a 56.8 FAT to win the 400, and shes only a sophmore! Jonathon Dunham, a Univ of Tenessee Commit, ran a 49.66 in the 400, not his best but it got the job done. He ran a 48.83 wednesday, niether of these had him being pushed. He also won the 200 in over a second, it was a slaughter haha.

          Yeah I know about Johnathan Dunham. He is in my opinion the best 400m runner in the state of Ohio in ANY division after Ted Ginn. . . and MAYBE Zach Logan from Trotwood.

          Today there were two state records set in our regional. Maggie Infeld broke the state record in the 1600. She ran 4:48.52

          Also, Erin Ferut of Medina broke the state record in the Pole Vault. She vaulted 12'8"

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          fabio on May 30, 2004 at 9:39 am #27618

          yea i heard about the girl in the mile, that had to be amazing to watch. 12'8 for a girl is sick in the pole vault, that would beat quite a bit of guys in my area.

          A funny thing about dunham was that he had to run his events in his high jump shoes because he forgot his running shoes at home. i overheard him and his coach talking about this and got a good laugh. I would also say that the wechter twins of Shelby would also have to be some of the top 400m runners in the state, they've ran 47.xx this year.

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          Jay Turner on May 30, 2004 at 7:32 pm #27619

          Oh I agree about the Wechters. I just don't think they can beat Dunham in a head to head matchup.

          By the way, Ted Ginn ran 13.57 in the 110s yesterday. That is now the US #2 time.

          The 4:48.52 by Infeld is now the US #2

          The 12'8" in Erin Ferut is now the US #8

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          fabio on May 30, 2004 at 9:09 pm #27620

          Wow Ohio is really tearing up this year in the National spotlight, the other national ranking I know Ohio Has is Ashley Muffet of North Canton Hoover in the shot put, throwing 48' 7"! What events is ginn doing at state? 110's, 4×4, 400, 4×1?

          Have you seen Lancaster High School's track records? If you beat any of them you would HAVE to be in the top 10 Nationally here are a few of them:

          1600-4:02
          800-1:50
          100-10.7 (prolly their weakest record)
          200-21.2
          400-46.7
          Shot Put-67'10"
          Discus-198' XX"
          High Jump-6'10"
          Long Jump-23' 7"
          110 H-14.1

          that mile time is REALLY insane!

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          Jay Turner on May 30, 2004 at 9:26 pm #27621

          Ginn is doing the 400, 4 x 400, 110 hurdles, and the 4 x 200. The 4 x 100 can STILL win state GOING AWAY. . . . . WITHOUT HIM!

          I've said this NUMEROUS times this season. What people have seen so far is NOTHING. . . . NOTHING compared to the assault they will put on the state record books this weekend. I can almost GUARANTEE YOU that all three relay records are GONE!! These are my predictions:

          110H – Ginn (13.44)
          4 x 100 – 40.86
          4 x 200 – 1:24.76
          4 x 400 – 3:09.50

          As for the Lancaster records, the shot put and discus records are impressive as well.

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          Jay Turner on June 6, 2004 at 9:33 pm #27622

          [i]Originally posted by DaGovernor[/i]
          Ginn is doing the 400, 4 x 400, 110 hurdles, and the 4 x 200. The 4 x 100 can STILL win state GOING AWAY. . . . . WITHOUT HIM!

          I've said this NUMEROUS times this season. What people have seen so far is NOTHING. . . . NOTHING compared to the assault they will put on the state record books this weekend. I can almost GUARANTEE YOU that all three relay records are GONE!! These are my predictions:

          110H – Ginn (13.44)
          4 x 100 – 40.86
          4 x 200 – 1:24.76
          4 x 400 – 3:09.50

          As for the Lancaster records, the shot put and discus records are impressive as well.

          I was close!

          I said Ginn would go 13.44. .. but he did me one better and went 13.40!!!!!

          The 4 x 100 ran a "sub-par" 41.53

          The 4 x 200 ran 1:25.11 in the state semis

          The 4 x 400 ran 3:15.xx which leads me to believe that they are gunning for sub 3:10 at adidas outdoor.

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          fabio on June 6, 2004 at 10:35 pm #27623

          Yea Ginn really impressed me in the hurdles. What was even more insane was how he went from his PB of 47.5 in the 400 all the way down to the 46's 2 days in a row! that was insane!

          It was nice meeting you tho, your an awesome person and I look forward to meeting up with you again!

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          Jay Turner on June 7, 2004 at 12:30 pm #27624

          [i]Originally posted by Fabio[/i]
          Yea Ginn really impressed me in the hurdles. What was even more insane was how he went from his PB of 47.5 in the 400 all the way down to the 46's 2 days in a row! that was insane!

          It was nice meeting you tho, your an awesome person and I look forward to meeting up with you again!

          Thanks Fabio. You were cool too. Always good to know people who have as much passion as you do for Track and Field.

          We'll see each other next season I'm sure. Do you do indoor?

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          fabio on June 7, 2004 at 8:34 pm #27625

          yep I do indoor, I'm more than likely going to go to more indoor meets than usual next year

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          Jay Turner on June 7, 2004 at 9:24 pm #27626

          Well then there is a good chance we'll meet up next indoor season. I don't know where we wanna go yet, but here are some meets I am considering:

          1. Bowling Green
          2. Oberlin
          3. Kent (this is etched in stone, I WILL be at this meet – the one on the first week in March)
          4. Ohio State
          5. University of Kentucky
          6. Findlay

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          fabio on June 8, 2004 at 5:37 am #27627

          wow going to UK? thats far away. I will definitely be at the Kent State meet, the oberlin meet, maybe the mount union meet, and I really really want to go to the elite meet at Ohio State, afterall only state qualifiersm ay participate in that meet:tumble:

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          Jay Turner on June 8, 2004 at 5:22 pm #27628

          I think it's regional qualifiers but I could be wrong.

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