The Dartmouth Invitational

Over ten teams (all small schools located primarily in the northeast) made the trip to Leverone Fieldhouse today to compete in the Dartmouth Invitational. The meet went very well and although the competition didn't exactly make Florida State quake in their spikes, everyone had fun. As a whole, the team performed about as well as expected; however, coming from the Terrier Classic at BU - which is run on one of the fastest indoor tracks in the world - everyone's times were a little slower than last week.

Some meet highlights include fellow '12 Brendan Norris winning the 800 with a blazing 1:56 (that's on pace for a 3:52 mile for those not familiar with the event), Muhammad Abdul-Shako0r ('10) lighting up the track winning both the 60 (6.95) and the 200 (22.75), and Tim Edmonds ('09) shocking the entire fieldhouse by running a sub-50 400 (49.71) in his first ever open 400.

As for me, I feel pretty good about how I ran. I only competed in the 60, but qualified for the finals and finished in 6th place with a time of 7.17. While this is .07 seconds slower than my personal best, I am simply happy to be back competing after having sprained my ankle two weeks ago at practice.

For complete results, click here.

The Big Green is hosting another home meet next weekend against non-Ivy rivals UNH and UVM. Unlike today's meet, next week will have a team score, so a winner will be determined upon the meet's conclusion.

A Blog?

I told myself that I would never do it. I conceded to breaking the sticks off of suckers and I even wore a beret to Lyon School for a day (it was ridiculous) but I never thought that I'd follow my father down this path. Apparently, I was wrong.

It seems like all of the men in my life are blogging these days. Besides just reading the rantings of a boring old white guy, I check what my younger brother John and my older cousin Dan have to say on a daily basis; I can't decide about whom I like reading the best.

So once again I am following a trend started by my dad. From here on out, I will be Joe Tracy, blogger. Sends chills down your spine, doesn't it? I'm not exactly sure what I expect to get out of doing this, but lately I feel like I have a lot to say. I worry that I'm not as creative as the other writers in my family, but I'll give it the old "college try."

So once again dad, you win. At least I was right about the McGriddle.