About Me
Name: Ryan McClay
Title: Head Boys XC and Head boys and Girls Track and Field Coach - St. Pius X Catholic High School
Title: Head Boys XC and Head boys and Girls Track and Field Coach - St. Pius X Catholic High School
Discussion Posts
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8 days ago |
4x800 All-Time Top 10
@GACARTER
Totally agree. NFHS schedule should be what we follow. Hopefully we switch to that n...
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9 days ago |
4x800 All-Time Top 10
@coachac
Perhaps we should add a 4th day to the meet then. That way the kids who do the 400 an...
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9 days ago |
4x800 All-Time Top 10
@lisle33
Depends on what you mean by "rewrite" I think. If you mean how long until we get 10 tim...
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2 months ago |
Questions about track season
I am pretty sure I heard that the 4x800 will be a one heat final - all 16 teams on the track at o...
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2 months ago |
Questions about track season
@goldeneaglexc
haha, mostly just having some fun with you Claud!
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2 months ago |
Questions about track season
@goldeneaglexc
4. When will we get the state meet schedule posted on GHSA's website? Very soon...
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3 months ago |
2021 boys
I think the combo of last year's senior boys and this year's senior boys is by far the fastest an...
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3 months ago |
Questions about track season
@xcnewbee
You're probably right, although that double is far less common than the 16/8, 16/32, 1...
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3 months ago |
Questions about track season
@GACARTER
Agreed. Why are we not switching to the NFHS order of events?
4x800
100/110m hu...
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3 months ago |
Questions about track season
I thought I would start a thread for anybody to ask general questions and for some meet directors...
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3 months ago |
What were the Highlights of the 2020 GHSA XC State Meet That Stood Out?
@RobtheAggie
If somebody could explain to me how the awards this year were more photo friendly t...
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4 months ago |
GHSA State Championship Consistency
The data collection that helped to get sectionals, was them going through the region results for ...
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4 months ago |
GHSA State Championship Consistency
So I'll just say that I have no seat at the table either. I got involved a few years ago because ...
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4 months ago |
GHSA State Championship Consistency
This post has quite a bit of input from things that kind of make me wonder why we are focused on ...
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4 months ago |
State Meet Considerations
[quote=BostonBilly]Thanks GHSA for the CC season![/quote]
Yes.
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4 months ago |
Invitation Request for Information
@WSWFC
Not my meet. Not my decision. Just trying to let you know that it's highly likely the r...
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4 months ago |
Invitation Request for Information
@WSWFC
I’m not involved with the selection, but this is typically done in two waves. The fir...
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4 months ago |
GHSA Region Madness Week 2
@coachbxc
Exactly correct.
I'll add one extra detail in that I suspect there's a large num...
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4 months ago |
GHSA Region Madness Week 2
@ParkviewCoachDXC
Again this is mostly a 7A problem. I can't remember the data (Coach Christie...
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4 months ago |
GHSA Region Madness Week 2
@AHSBucs
The purpose of the bye is two fold.
1. Winning a region title or runner up has act...
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4 months ago |
GHSA Region Madness Week 2
@GACARTER
I mean you’re not wrong that it would make the last 20 kids in the race faster if ...
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4 months ago |
GHSA Region Madness Week 2
[quote=coachac] it always comes back to what is the best idea that would actually have a chance o...
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4 months ago |
GHSA Region Madness Week 2
@8MileGoat
Yes, if that happened I would likely be much more in favor of sectionals. I am also...
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4 months ago |
GHSA Region Madness Week 2
@coachbxc
Again I think it’s mostly a 7a issue. I think what you are saying is true at the 7...
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4 months ago |
GHSA Region Madness Week 2
@RidgeXC
Honestly? I'm not a fan. I would prefer fewer races overall. In some of these smaller...
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4 months ago |
Region Scoreboard Updated
For the record, we did call the GHSA XC rep and he basically said "it's up to your region to deci...
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4 months ago |
State Meet Considerations
@BlackJack31
My only concern was with the image we put out there watching the Carrollton video...
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5 months ago |
Coach Wood Invitational: Championship/Varsity Race Breakdown
Hey now! Hard to say there were too many key omissions when every single team and individual cham...
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5 months ago |
Obviously a short course
Oh shoot. I apologize if not everybody understood this was a joke. Coach Demarest at Parkview is ...
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5 months ago |
Obviously a short course
You guys see the results from the Parkview fall break time trial this morning? Clearly coach D do...
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5 months ago |
Alexander/Asics
I'm pretty sure the Asics discussion usually picks up Saturday after the race...
haha, ok joke...
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5 months ago |
Foot Locker
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but with nationals cancelled I'm not sure I see the point in ...
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6 months ago |
In the interest of safety...
So I definitely tend to agree with the mindset of "I would never do that to the kids" in any othe...
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6 months ago |
Carrollton races and COVID
Yeah I regret the CDC comment. I was just trying to point out that I'm not just spouting off what...
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6 months ago |
Carrollton races and COVID
Just an FYI. One of my assistant coaches works for the CDC. So does his wife. They speak with sci...
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6 months ago |
Carrollton races and COVID
@GACARTER
Totally agree! I don't envy being a meet director this year. I definitely was not pu...
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6 months ago |
Carrollton races and COVID
@Beaudreau_Mike
I just think it's important to show others that you are trying to keep the vir...
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6 months ago |
Carrollton races and COVID
It is not a "personal choice" if the person in charge of the meet has stated very clearly that if...
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6 months ago |
Marist Tri meet - hopefully a new tradition?
Since everybody is giving kudos, I'll do the same. Thanks to Marist for hosting us. It was weird ...
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6 months ago |
XC training tips
@lisle33
What I've noticed is that if a girl and a boy have the same experience, PR, health, a...
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6 months ago |
XC training tips
Sorry. I didn't mean to monopolize this discussion. I genuinely want to hear from others. I love ...
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6 months ago |
XC training tips
@wfoster @sgriff2861
I'll put a caveat here that for most of my coaching career I only coached...
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6 months ago |
XC training tips
@coachtigue
What do you do for your tempo/threshold days? Straight tempo? broken up ever? On a...
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6 months ago |
XC training tips
@coachtigue
Yep. We go long every single week of the year. No race means long run on Saturday....
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6 months ago |
XC training tips
@wfoster
For the 800m hill repeats the recovery is just a slow jog back down to the bottom of ...
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6 months ago |
XC training tips
So I want to start a thread where we talk about training. I am not sure the best way to do this h...
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6 months ago |
Covid Issues
@shilohhsxc
So to be fair, we don't really debate fartleks, tempos, or hill repeats on here ei...
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6 months ago |
Covid Issues
@GACARTER
I am not sure I agree with you that things like this need to be deleted. I certainly s...
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6 months ago |
Pickens Quad
I know nothing about any of these courses and haven't looked closely at any times. But I can beli...
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6 months ago |
Congratulations and Great jobs all around
The best thing I've read about this whole situation is that it's what we call a "wicked problem" ...
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