Does Bronxville HS miss Mary Cain?

The answer to the title question is "Of course they do!".
Mary, though only running for her team for her first 2 years there (2011 and 2012), put Bronxville indelibly and eternally on the map of schools whose star athlete is forever connected to their school's name and history.
(Think Wichita KS's East High and Jim Ryun, or Coos Bay OR's Marshfield High with Steve Prefontaine!)

But as this new INdoor season heats up--and if you've read my recent posts, you know it's starting pretty darn quick!--I was doing my normal research for my next post, looking for good marks to report, when I came to Mile Split's coverage of yesterday's Jim Mitchell Invitational at The Armory.
And there I saw some results for the Bronxville HS Girls runners that inspired me to do this "extra" post.

Here's what 5 Bronxville girls ran last night, in races from 300 to 1000 meters long.
Caroline DePaul ran 300 in 42.95.
Caroline Kirby ran 600 in 1:38.59.
Laura Holland was right behind her with her 1:38.80.
Kaitlyn Ryan, a soph, improved her PR by 5 seconds, running the 1000 in 2:55.77.
And Delia Hayes did the 1000 in 3:05.28.

None of the times come even close to making my A-T list, although Ryan's time is pretty impressive for late December, and for her being just a 10th grader.
So what does this mean for Bronxville's chances as a Relay unit?

Well, I also checked my brand new (received a few days ago) 2015 edition of Jack Shepard's HS Track, an Annual I rely on quite heavily to research and verify marks for my own T&F Record Book, pertaining to my HS sections.
And while the Bronxville girls are NOT listed on any All-Time Relay lists in the book, they ARE listed twice in the lists for 2014 INdoors.
They ran the 4X800 last year in 9:16.62, and the DMR in 12:14.71.
The former was 13th on the 2014 list, the latter being 20th on that list.

Here's my "prediction" for what this year's team--or at least the 5 girls listed above--might do in these 2 Relays.

DePaul's 42.95 for 300 indicates a time of under 60 for 400.
Kirby's and Holland's 600's show them to be potential 800 girls of about 2:16-2:18 quality.
Hayes shows she might run the 1600 in the range of 5:10 to 5:15.
And Ryan, who might be Bronxville's "new star", shows some possibilities for a 1600 in the range of 4:55 to 5:00.

4X800--Kirby and Holland run 2:16's, DePaul (or Hayes) adds a 2:20, then Ryan anchors with a 2:10.
Final time of 9:02, or 14 seconds better than last year, and 19th A-T HS!!

DMR--Hayes or Holland runs the 1200 in 3:36, then DePaul runs a 400 in 59, followed by Kirby's 2:16, then anchored by Ryan's 4:55.
Final time of 11:46, or 19th A-T.

Okay, so not as great as what they could have done with Cain on the team.
But Mary's gone.
What's left are 5 girls who have started their 2015 INdoor season with PR's and other good times.
Expect them all to run faster as the season progresses.
And thus, for their predicted 4X800 and DMR times to also be reduced!

A lot can happen to change all that, of course.
And while I'm NOT saying that Bronxville's 2015 Girls team will soon (or EVER!) forget Mary Cain, they seem to be saying to the world of HS T&F--Hey, we love and respect what Mary did for our school, and for our sport in general, but we're pretty darn good too, so WATCH OUT, HERE WE COME!!