Best Picture

Best Picture
Best Race of the Year
Awarded to the best race, from either Cross Country or Track and Field, featuring a PA athlete. This is not best performance, meant to highlight an individual’s performance, but rather best race meant to highlight an exciting, impressive or particularly memorable event.

And the nominees are …

Baldwin Invitational 3200m http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/05/baldwin-vs-henderson-which-was-better.html

What a loaded 3200 Race! It takes a special kind of race to get you a comparison to the Henderson 3200m, but that’s what this race earned. It was tight at the front and set the stage for an epic match up at states between District 1 and District 7.

District 12 AAA 800m http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/05/aaa-800m-preview-and-predictions.html

Before this meet, District 12 wasn’t at the top of most people’s state predictions. However, after a blazing fast opening 400, the state was put on notice about the PCLs top talents.

Lawerenceville Relays DMR http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-big-ol-weekend-recap.html

The state was hungry for a big DMR and at Lawerenceville, CB East gave it to us with an epic duel against some of the best in the nation, producing some of the top times in the US.

PIAA AAA XC States http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2015/11/aaa-state-meet-recap.html

How about an epic sprint to the finish between two of PA’s all-time greats for a state title? How about a record number of sub 16 performances and fast times? How about a killer set of top 4 teams? How about the AAA XC State meet?

PIAA AA Outdoor 800m http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/06/piaa-800m-recap.html

Domenic Perretta had been chasing a big time for years. But in this race, he finally got to face off against some of the best AA 800 runners we’ve ever seen.

PIAA AAA Outdoor State 4x800m http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/05/piaa-4x800m-recap.html

State College had something to prove and had a team title to win. How about a run at the 4x8 state record to help start things off? Then behind them, there were some epic battles for the remaining medal spots, a ton of big PR splits and a dive at the line for silver between some familiar foes.

PIAA AAA Outdoor State 4x400m http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/05/state-championship-recap-team.html

What could possibly be better than a race that decides not just the 4x4 state championship, but also the team state championship? Sure it was spread out over 4 heats, but my goodness can you get any better drama than this?

PIAA AAA Outdoor State 1600m http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/05/piaa-1600m-recap.html

The story going in was how would the Kolor vs. Hoey dual play out. The story going out was Alex Milligan. It was one of the most incredible performances we’ve seen in recent memory and one of the greatest top 3s we have seen. Plus we saw some younger stars emerge and some key team points decided.

PTFCA Indoor 800m http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/03/800m-recap.html

Dom Perretta finally got his chance to match up with the AAA boys and it did not disappoint. An epic showdown between Perretta, Wisner, Hoey and Kolor decided the state gold and orchestrated some bragging rights.

PTFCA Indoor 3,000m http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/03/3000m-recap.html

We had a rare opportunity to watch two of the greatest winners in our sport go head to head. It was a battle of conflicting styles and it was decided in an epic sprint to the finish. What’s not to like?