Akron Indoor Recap 1-19-13

I'll keep it brief and let the results page and video do that talking. However, I do need to give some props to the new guy Tom "Moose" Knuff for his continued improvement to 42'5" in the shot despite only throwing for a few weeks now. Also, big PR's from Kacy in shot, 31'9, and some monster weight throw PRs from Dan, 47'7, Nate, 49', Sydney, 38'11", and Baylee, 36'7. Anytime you can walk away from a meet with that many PR's its definitely a good day.

Girls Shot Put
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals           
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  1 Freshkorn, Ashley            Hamilton Tow                   38-07.50     11.77m 
  2 Mehok, Hana                  Claymont            37-08.50   36-03.00     11.04m 
  3 Merchant, Tradazia           Austintown F        32-00.00   34-09.50     10.60m 
  4 Figueroa, Gabby              Austintown F        35-00.00   34-05.00     10.49m 
  5 Pugh, Janelle                Waterford           33-00.00   33-00.00     10.05m 
  5 Dawson, Emily                Triway              35-07.00   33-00.00     10.05m 
  7 Wilson, Kacy                 Brunswick           31-00.00   31-09.00      9.67m 
  7 Komorowski, Maddie           Solon                          31-09.00      9.67m 
  9 Schilling, Hope              Waterford           31-06.00   31-05.00      9.57m 
 10 Melem, Marissa               Waterford           29-05.00   31-00.00      9.44m 
 11 Harmon, Antoinette           Buchtel             33-01.25   28-03.00      8.61m 
 12 Jones, Sydney                Brunswick           32-04.00   27-03.00      8.30m 
 13 Smith, Kenyatta              Buchtel             32-03.25   25-11.00      7.89m 
 14 Stallard, Jacklyn            John Glenn          26-06.00   25-10.00      7.87m 
 15 Bersig, Annie                Medina              28-02.00   25-07.00      7.79m 
 16 Gough, Kayla                 Solon                          24-08.50      7.53m 
 17 Wilkins, Mckenzie            John Glenn          22-02.50   22-05.00      6.83m 
 18 Gold, Caitlin                Medina              20-11.00   22-01.50      6.74m 
 19 Csizma, Nicole               Solon               24-01.00   20-09.00      6.32m 
 20 Echard, Claudia              Meadowbrook                    20-02.00      6.14m 
 
Girls Weight Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals           
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  1 Figueroa, Gabby              Austintown F        55-05.00   53-09.50     16.39m 
      51-10  FOUL  53-09.50  52-05  FOUL  53-05
  2 Merchant, Tradazia           Austintown F        40-00.00   40-04.00     12.29m 
      38-05  40-04  38-10.50  35-06  33-04  36-01
  3 Freshkorn, Ashley            Hamilton Tow        43-10.00   40-02.00     12.24m 
      38-08  37-07  39-11.50  40-02  FOUL  37-06
  4 Jones, Sydney                Brunswick           34-08.00   38-11.00     11.86m 
      36-01.50  36-05.50  37-05  36-05  38-11  FOUL
  5 Geiss, Baylee                Brunswick           33-07.00   36-07.00     11.15m 
      33-01  FOUL  36-07  35-02  32-04  FOUL
  6 Dawson, Emily                Triway              33-00.00   35-09.00     10.89m 
      33-01  34-04.50  34-10.50  31-09  30-07.50  35-09
  7 Mehok, Hana                  Claymont            32-05.50   33-10.00     10.31m 
      33-10  FOUL  30-04  29-06  32-05  27-09
  8 Wilson, Kacy                 Brunswick           30-00.00   28-08.00      8.73m 
      28-08  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL 

Boys Shot Put
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals           
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  1 Zedella, Aaron               St. Edward          62-07.75   53-09.00     16.38m 
      53-05.50  53-09  FOUL  FOUL  53-04.50  FOUL
  2 Hierholzer, Mike             Medina              57-09.25   51-06.00     15.69m 
      50-11.50  48-06  51-06  FOUL  FOUL  50-02
  3 Mcgee, Sean                  Martins Ferr        55-11.00   51-02.50     15.60m 
      51-02.50  49-07.50  50-00  FOUL  49-03.50  48-08
  4 Smith, Cody                  Port Clinton        52-02.50   49-05.50     15.07m 
      46-08.50  47-10  47-01  49-05.50  49-01  FOUL
  5 Devers, Nathaniel            Massillon-Wa        50-00.00   47-09.00     14.55m 
      43-06  47-09  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL
  6 Filp, Andrew                 Unattached          43-03.00   46-05.00     14.14m 
      40-10.50  41-09  42-09  45-01  46-05  44-05
  7 Zedella, John                St. Edward          46-04.50   45-08.00     13.91m 
      42-06.50  43-10  45-08  45-02.50  FOUL  44-05
  8 Seme, Nick                   Wadsworth           49-04.00   44-10.00     13.66m 
      44-05.50  43-03  FOUL  44-10  FOUL  42-00.50
  9 Jagers, Phil                 Solon               45-00.00   44-05.00     13.53m 
      FOUL  43-00  FOUL  FOUL  42-00.50  44-05
 10 Stazie, Jay                  North Royalt        43-00.00   42-05.50     12.94m 
      41-09.50  42-05.50  FOUL            
 11 Knuff, Tommy                 Brunswick           41-00.00   42-05.00     12.92m 
      42-05  40-06.50  38-08.50            
 12 Reynolds, Ethan              Wadsworth           42-05.00   41-03.00     12.57m 
      38-09  41-03  39-09.50            
 13 Peterson, Ben                Solon               42-06.00   40-11.50     12.48m 
      40-02  40-11.50  39-09            
 13 Hunter, Nate                 Brunswick           39-11.50   40-11.50     12.48m 
      38-11.50  40-11.50  FOUL            
 15 Miller, James                Orrville            30-00.00   40-04.50     12.30m 
      37-03.50  FOUL  40-04.50            
 16 Duffy, Mack                  Massillon-Ja        51-01.25   40-02.00     12.24m 
      FOUL  36-01.50  40-02            
 17 Kusky, Logan                 Austintown F        41-00.00   39-03.00     11.96m 
      35-01.50  FOUL  39-03            
 18 Seme, Alex                   Wadsworth           37-09.00   38-05.50     11.72m 
      35-10  38-05.50  FOUL            
 19 Hazek, Austin                Medina              42-03.75   38-05.00     11.70m 
      38-05  FOUL  FOUL            
 20 Jindra, Dan                  Brunswick           41-05.50   36-11.00     11.25m 
      35-02  36-11  FOUL            
 21 Gallitz, Brad                Medina              36-08.00   35-11.00     10.94m 
      35-05.50  35-11  FOUL            
 22 Williams, Devin              Massillon-Wa        44-05.00   35-05.50     10.80m 
      35-05.50  FOUL  33-10            
 23 Zimmer, Cameron              John Glenn                     22-06.50      6.87m 
      22-06.50  22-04  21-08            
 -- Rafique, Rehmaan             Austintown F        38-00.00       FOUL            
      FOUL  FOUL  FOUL            
 
Boys Weight Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals           
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  1 Zedella, Aaron               St. Edward          72-07.00   61-10.00     18.84m 
      61-10  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL
  2 Rafique, Rehmaan             Austintown F        45-00.00   51-01.50     15.58m 
      FOUL  48-01  51-01.50  47-01  48-06.50  FOUL
  3 Smith, Cody                  Port Clinton        41-00.25   49-02.50     14.99m 
      FOUL  40-02  42-10  45-10.50  46-10  49-02.50
  4 Hunter, Nate                 Brunswick           47-04.50   49-00.50     14.94m 
      46-03.50  47-03  49-00.50  FOUL  47-04  FOUL
  5 Kusky, Logan                 Austintown F        49-00.00   48-07.50     14.82m 
      42-09  41-05  44-06.50  45-06.50  48-07.50  46-07
  6 Jindra, Dan                  Brunswick           46-05.50   47-07.50     14.51m 
      45-11  47-06.50  47-07.50  46-09  FOUL  47-07
  7 Zedella, John                St. Edward          63-00.00   47-06.50     14.49m 
      47-01.50  FOUL  47-06.50  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL
  8 Zak, Nick                    Brunswick           42-11.50   42-06.00     12.95m 
      42-06  FOUL  FOUL  40-01  FOUL  40-03
 

New Training Method - Update 1/18/13

My legs hurt. Like a lot. Back is sore. Knees and thighs are on fire.

But get this...

I hit 415 for a single about 2 days ago. Today I hit 315x8 with a little left in the tank.

Now those numbers are not great by any means. However, look back 4 weeks ago and 315 for 5 or even 3 would have been tough and forget the fact it was my 5th day straight of squatting.

I'm looking back and rather disappointed I didn't go for more weight or more reps but not much I can do now. I have 1 more damn day of squatting then next week I get a nice week of just 2 days. So time to rest up. Maybe do some heavy core work I've been neglecting. Actually I may test my vertical as well just to see if theres any change there since I havn't done any jump training in quite a while now.

Latest training method

It seems theres all kinds of 'methods' coming out lately. So why the hell not? Ill come up with my own as well. The twist is this one is not geared towards powerlifting like all the others. Im tweaking it for athletic development and oly lifts. So crossfitters might get a kick out of this one. Or just everyone outside of the powerlifting circle.

Anyways the skinny of it so far is this- squatting and a hell of a lot of it. It runs 3 week waves and alternates each week the amount of volume and intensity. Also, each day varys pulling and pushing movements. Looks a little like this.

week 1- tuesday / thursday
week 2- Monday, tuesday, thursday, friday
week 3- Monday-Saturday...yes 6 days straight of squatting

rinse and repeat

Results so far after 3 weeks? My squats gone up about 20 pounds. Now I'm calling that 're-newbie' gains in that since I havn't trained much over the early Winter. So now the fun begins. The next 9 weeks I will be testing, tweaking, retesting, and so forth to see if this latest and greatest method to awesomeness works.

Side note- Im not benching at all during this program. My shoulder hates it and honestly Im over it. Never had a great bench and it always seems to do more harm than good. However, ironically, overhead work is fine. So Im sticking with that. Even then its a lot of push press work and jerks.

Still have no idea what Ill name this creation if I really get something going here.

Garbage eating

Who says eating a pile of 'garbage' is bad? It may not look appetizing but this mashup of leftovers was pretty damn good. Brown rice, green beans, broccoli, eggs, and some hashbrowns sauteed with soy sauce and veggy oil.

Todays WTF moment brought to you by...

St. Marys College High School in California.

Now I havn't been able to dig up a whole lot of info about this design but I can only guess there were some budget cuts that needed to be made and this is the end result.

Yep there's something seriously wrong here. I can only imagine that the administration figured "Standardized tracks be damned we gotta fit 3 sports into one field!"

I mean I suppose if you have absolutely no intention to ever host any sort of competition there then sure this is a great idea. Except if you look closely, lanes are numbered, start and finish lines painted, and relay exchange zones are in place. Which means thats exactly what they intend to do. Beats me. Any guess as to how long this track is? Where are my math experts? Im guessing 500meters.

Whats even worse is if you look at the left side of the field you can see one shot pit and one disc ring. Definitely not a lot of work getting done there if they have a big team.