Big East Races on YouTube

Hey guys you can check out the WVU ladies in action thanks to Marie-Louise's parents who put all three first places races up on youtube. I definitely recommend checking out the DMR, it was one of the most insane races of the meet. Now, Marie's parents speak French so there may be a lot of yelling that is completey incomprehensible but it's still worth checking out.

DMR - WVU ladies finish 1st with an 11:16


Keri Bland wins her 1000m race quite easily with a 2:48.


And last but not least Marie-Louise Asselin crushing the 3K in 9:20, and earning her athlete of the meet award.

New York and Florida

Hey guys Justin here...I will be leaving for Florida tomorrow and just wanted to say Good Luck to Marie-Louise, Stephanie Caruso and Jason Santucci up at New York tomorrow.

Also if you wanna get at me I will be sittin pool side after Josh's race on Sat. in Orlando. HAHAHA Suck it Casey :)

Running Action this Weekend.

Hey guys Casey here...There's plenty of Big Meets this weekend as most college teams are preparing for their Conference Races (except for Big East who always goes on a weird week). There is also an open meet at the Armory that many Mo'Town natives are going up to run - WVU runner Marie-Louise Asselin will be trying to get a National Qualifying time in the 3K.

Josh Simpson was named to his first USA team when he was selected as a member of the NACAC Meet in Orlando Fl. He'll join teammates Ben Bruce, Travis Laird and Thomas Morgan to take down the EVIL Canadians (led by Canadian running overlord Robbie Watson, a former Moutaineer). We'll be on the phone with the family to have results up as fast as possible. You can find out more about the meet at the NACAC Homepage.

Micheal Harbarger is setting off to compete in the NYSCTC Championships for Rocherster Tech this weekend. He's got a loaded schedule and looks to run some fast times in order to make it to Nationals. His DMR team (who will compete Friday) is only a few seconds from the mark, and so is his Mile time. He runs the mile on Saturday morning and comes back with the 1000m and 4x800 after that. You can keep up with the meet and see how Micheal is running with live results provided by the Meet Webpage.

Claire Berryman from Penn State will be competing for the Lady Lions at the Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, MN this weekend. Claire has been on a roll this indoor season knocking off one PR after another. She's run 5:08.25 for the mile, and 17:07.82 for the 5K already this season. Good Luck to Claire this weekend.

Marshall's Womens team will he heading to the Wild West to compete in the Conference-USA Championships. The distance crew will be led by Freshman standout Darby Mullen who will be running the 3K.

Good Luck to everyone else running this weekend. I'm sure I left some off so let me know and I'll put them up.

Hardbarger Contiues his Great Season.

Hey guys Casey here... I must admit I feel bad for not giving Micheal Hardbarger more press on this site. It's easy to lose track of some of the WV runners when they go off to out of state schools. And although I know the guy, and where he goes to school, I sometimes forget to look for his name in the results. Luckily there are lot of people on here and the message board that are as big of running nerds as me, and pick up on what I miss. So from now on Micheal is going to be getting the coverage he deserves for running some of the fastest times this year by a WV runner (you can check out the list on the message board). Just to get you up to speed on how well this guys has been doing, lets get a quick review:

In 2007 Cross Country (as a Junior) he was one of the Top Runners for Rochester Tech and ran 25:57 for 8K at the D3 Atlatic Regionals Championship.

In his first indoor race this year he ran 8:42 for the 3K at the Syracuse Invite.

One week later he broke the 4:20 barrier for the mile by running a stellar 4:18.40 at the RIT Invitational putting him near the top of the WV performance list.

He broke a 23 year old school record in the 3K when he ran a smokin' 8:31.39 at the Kane Invitational on Feburary 17th.

This week he broke another school record when he crushed the 1000m and ran 2:28.74 for the win at the Deneault Invitational.

He's also been named Empire 8 Athlete of the Week for the past 2 weeks for his impressive record breaking races.

Now, going into the final few weeks of indoor races Micheal has the NYSCT Conference Championships coming up. He's going to be loaded into a lot individual and relay events hoping to help his team earn the victory. He also hopes to earn a bid to Nationals by running a qualifying time. The provisional time in the mile for D3 is 4:15.7 (on 200m unbanked track, which is what he'll be running at the Conference meet). The Automatic time is 4:10.7 and he has some sub 4:10 guys in his race to pull him along. Let's hope this weekend works out huge for Micheal and he gets a chance to represent his school (and WV) proudly at D3 Nationals. Congrats from us on a great season so far and keep up the hard work!

BIG EAST Results

Hey guys Casey here...just wanted to drop in with a little update on that DMR. It was a Big East Meet Record by more than 6 seconds. The Big East has always been stacked with some of the fastest distance stars in the country, and WVU just showed that their crew is the cream of the crop. They laid down the fastest DMR time ever at Big East, and that's a special feat. Congrats to the ladies on a job well done. Check out the recap and day one results here.

Hey guys Josh here with live results and splits from Day 1:

Keri Bland: (1000 Prelim): 1st place in Heat 1. Advances to Final tomorrow. 2:52.77. Looked Smooth

WVU WINS DMR!! : 11:16 !! Keri Bland, April something, Karly Hamric, Marie Louisse!

Unofficial spilts: Keri : 3:27....April : 54-55....Karly: 2:12...Marie: 4:41 CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!

Clara Grandt: Clara placed 7th in the 5k, running 16:50..... Clara has been trying to fight a sickness for atleast a week now.

Day 2 Results

KERI BLAND, BIG EAST CHAMPION in the 1000m!!!

Keri lead from the gun and then turned on the Jets to blow away the field in the 1000 meter final, running 2:48. Congratulations to Keri Bland! The Big East champ in the 1000m!!

Marie Louisse Asselin, BIG EAST CHAMPION in the 3000m!!!

Another one for Coach Sean Cleary, as Marie L ran out front from the gun and won in 9:20. Congratulations to Marie on picking up her first BIG EAST TITLE!

Just a quick note that was Marie's 2nd Big East Title since she won the DMR the night before - and she was also name Female Athlete of the Meet for her great performance!