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[Bearcat14]

Who will lead the NWC in track this upcoming season?

[FlurryofFlames]

This year im looking at Paulding to be up there at the top because with new head coach Nick Alvarez and the large number of kids coming out mixed with the talents and experience of older runners, they will be a tough team. Spencerville and Bluffton will have a overall good team and LCC will have some good sprinters. Grove will also be up there in the mix. Should be an exciting year lets hope for good weather so we can see some records broken this year.

[Trackman]

Bluffton, Columbus Grove, LCC, Paulding, Spencerville should be the top 5 teams in the NWC

[raisethebar]

Grove will be a dominate team in the field events this season but they are rather weak on the track. Paulding will have more balance but their depth is suspect at the present time. Bluffton and Spencerville probably have the best track athletes but are not nearly as strong as Grove in the field events. What does this all mean-The best team in the NWC might be the one that wins the relays and right now it is too close to call. LCC is not mentioned here because they basically have one or two field event athletes and they probably cannot score enough points in the running to actually contend for the title, they do have some nice track athletes but their depth is just not there.

[Trackman]

Grove will be a dominate team in the field events this season but they are rather weak on the track. Paulding will have more balance but their depth is suspect at the present time. Bluffton and Spencerville probably have the best track athletes but are not nearly as strong as Grove in the field events. What does this all mean-The best team in the NWC might be the one that wins the relays and right now it is too close to call. LCC is not mentioned here because they basically have one or two field event athletes and they probably cannot score enough points in the running to actually contend for the title, they do have some nice track athletes but their depth is just not there.

Very much agreed, not one team is stacked in running events over the other, individual events are out and that only leaves each teams relays to decide who wins.

[Bearcat14]

Only time will tell, we'll see if anyone steps up and really shows some improvement from last year. I'm looking forward to a lot of competion this year to make things exciting. I'm going to have to disagree on the field event post about Columbus Grove, I have seen the pole vaulter they have and he seems to be very great at what he does. But I would have to say the running events on the track or just important if not more than field. There are more running events which if a school can achieve a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place that is quite a lot of points in just one event.

[Trackman]

Only time will tell, we'll see if anyone steps up and really shows some improvement from last year. I'm looking forward to a lot of competion this year to make things exciting. I'm going to have to disagree on the field event post about Columbus Grove, I have seen the pole vaulter they have and he seems to be very great at what he does. But I would have to say the running events on the track or just important if not more than field. There are more running events which if a school can achieve a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place that is quite a lot of points in just one event.

Yes, and no. It could go both ways with the field events. Looking over the teams for this year not really one team sticks out as a dominate team, Althought ther are some returning guys from various teams that will make this year interesting.

[ohiostar]

i think you are over lookin lcc they are fast returning there 2 fastes from the state relay team i look for them to win all the sprints the relays and rufus johnson won the long jump and theres a in comin freshmen that can also jump lcc will be righ tup there at the top

[Trackman]

Agreed it will be a match up between Grove and Lcc for the Sprint relay's, although i do think Wolfe will win the Pole Vaulting, he is a outstanding athlete and has been working hard to be at the top, and he didn't disappoint last year. We will be looking to see what the outcome is this coming season!!!

[Bearcat14]

I think your over looking Spencerville's sprinters. They only lost a few of their better sprinters from last season but they should still be up there with the new people that are coming out this year.

[Trackman]

I think this season is going to more or less of who has been working in the off season. From what i can see from the findlay and Onu meets some people are in shape some people are drastically out of shape lol

[Da Bulls]

i think you are over lookin lcc they are fast returning there 2 fastes from the state relay team i look for them to win all the sprints the relays and rufus johnson won the long jump and theres a in comin freshmen that can also jump lcc will be righ tup there at the top

I'm going to have to agree with you on this one. LCC will definitely be in no contention for the league title, but should win the relays fairly easy, as long as nothing unfortunate happens like last year when they were disqualified for a runner having jewelry. But they have had strong sprint relays in the past. Last Year coming off of a state qualifying season in both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays. They return their two fastest guys from that team, and that freshman coming up, Rogers, his brother is on the relay team, I had a chance to see the kid in an indoor meet at Findlay. The Kid can flat out fly. He also jumped over 20 ft.beating his teammate Johnson. So Johnson already has some early competition for that League title, along with Binkley from Spencerville.

p.s. Word is Bubba Krieg is hitting the track after the disappointing loss to O.G...anybody who is familiar with LCC sports knows the kid is an athlete and definitely could help out those relays.

[ohiostar]

All I can say is LCC better pack there lunch because I got a chance to see Pauldings relay 4x1 and 4x2 and there potential state contenders, Pier is healthy now and he runs below a 11.0, they have the italian Guarnaschelli who runs around a 11.5 or lower, and Sowder and Hahn who run below a 12.0 and there times keep getting better. All im saying is Paulding has some talent and its about to surface so LCC better eat their wheaties and hit the weight room, because if I had to bet and after seeing Pauldings relay in action I would give them the NWC crown with ease

If im not mistakin ..rogers ran i think a 10.98 last yr nd johnson ran a 11.01 and they are coming back alot faster and stronger lil rogers is probably about 11 flat if not fast and bubba kreig close to that i put my money on lcc with no doubt ..cray thing about it is that they could careless about the conference they want that state title more than anything but they want to break that 4x1 conference record and they said they will

[Da Bulls]

The good thing about all of this is....nobody is guaranteed the victory and when the conference meet comes around everyone has to lace up their spikes and prove they are the fastest. The sprint relays should be great this year. But going off last years results LCC won the 4x200 by about three seconds before being disqualified... won the 4x100 by about two seconds. and i hear they are no doubt faster this year (note: i think every team feels they will always be faster the next year, so i won't weigh my opinion to much on that). i'm jumping on the LCC band wagon early though, and saying they comes out victorious in both sprint relays.

Most importantly.... LET'S SEE SOME RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCES

[OhioBBallFan]

Only time will tell, we'll see if anyone steps up and really shows some improvement from last year. I'm looking forward to a lot of competion this year to make things exciting. I'm going to have to disagree on the field event post about Columbus Grove, I have seen the pole vaulter they have and he seems to be very great at what he does. But I would have to say the running events on the track or just important if not more than field. There are more running events which if a school can achieve a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place that is quite a lot of points in just one event.

Columbus Grove will be very good as far as field events are concerned. Wolfe is pretty much an automatic first at every meet in pole vault. Kohls went 6'4" in the high jump last year, making it to state, and he is back. Grothaus jumped just under 20' in the long jump last year as a sophomore......he should easily hit 20' this year. Their strongest and deepest field events are the shot and disc. They have 4 seniors who will throw 140+ in disc, and 2 sophomores at 130+. Parker Schroeder threw 49' in the indoor season and should make it above 50' in the shot, with 5 others over 40'. They will likely sweep most meets in these 2 events, and should easily win at Bearcat relays (and possibly break the discus record). They are very solid in their relays and distance events on the track as well. The sprinting events are probably their biggest weakness.

[Trackman]

Sure Lcc does have a couple fast sprinters but a couple sprinter's are not gonna win meet's on there own. LCC really has no depth outside there sprinter's..You have the 4X100 and the 4X200 after that they really are going nowhere. Also like i said in previous posts no team this year is really stacked in a lot of events, it's so spread out it's just going to be a matter of who worked out in the off season for the open event's and field events.

[Erin4]

Who will lead the NWC in track this upcoming season?

I think that Bluffton is looking strong. Their boys' distance relays are dominating the field right now, and their 4x200 is right up there also. They also have the hurdler, Luginbuhl, as well as another who's a close second. Individually, they have a lot of guys.

LCC, Spencerville, and Grove, of course, will be strong as well. It should be a good meet to watch.

[raisethebar]

Bluffton is definitely the team that has made some outstanding marks this season but I still feel Grove is better balanced and yes they will dominate the field events, especially the shot,discus and pole vault. High Jumper is still nursing an ankle sprain so he has not been jumping well and their long jumper is having issues with his plant foot-aka as not getting in legal jumps. Grove has improved immensely from last season on the track with a few of their sophomores really stepping up-two hurdlers and a distance runner have become very competitive in their events - even at the big invites this year so they are now in the mix at the NWC championships as well. Now that we are this far into the season the three teams that bring the most to the table are Bluffton, Grove, and Spencerville with Convoy Crestview not far behind. LCC and Paulding have just not impressed other than a couple events. The meet is still too close to call at this point in time.

[AnonymousGrowl]

It will be Bluffton, Columbus Grove, and Spencerville. Those three will be at the top. Not LCC, nor Crestview.

From what I remember seeing throughout the track season, these are some of Spencerville's bests:

-They are pretty solid in running mid-45 second 4x100 relays with their A-team. I could see them dropping that to sub-45.
-Thier 4x200 relay is alright, nothing special. It seems they run about a 1:34-1:36 pretty consisitantly with their A-team.
-They run right around a solid 3:40 4x400 every meet.
-They have four kids running sub-55 second 400s.
-They are alright in the 100m and 200m dash category. Nobody blazing fast, but three kids ranging from 11.4-11.7 in the 100.
-They have two high jumpers who have both jumped 6'2".
-Their hurdler, Meyer, seems to be very good.
-They have one good long jumper, whom I am guessing we all have heard of: Binkley. Besides him, they have two able to jump 18'.
-They seem to have a bit of strength in the distance with the Lenhart brothers, aswell as their 4x8 team.
-They lack in pole vaulting and shot put, but have one athlete who throws 130'+ in discuss.

Spencerville seems to have a pretty solid track team, just like Bluffton and Grove. It will come down to a margin of very little between the three teams to decide the NWC championship, easily.

I can't wait. GREAT competition.

Edited by AnonymousGrowl, 29 April 2011 - 07:25 PM.

[FlurryofFlames]

I think the strongest teams in the NWC this year is Bluffton, Columbus Grove, and Crestview. Bluffton has great individuals and so does the other two teams. Allen East and Delphos Jefferson doesn`t really have any great individuals as far as I have seen. LCC has their sprinters and not much else. Paulding has some good individuals as well but lack in field events. I havent got to check out Ada yet but hopefully their doing better than last year. With NorthWest Confrence right around the corner how are things looking to everyone else?