Fall has arrived and provided us with some great cross country weather. It is important to remember to have plenty of warm clothes along for these meets and that our under clothing is SOLID black (no grey/white stitching or writing on the clothes...they will get stricter now that we are in the championship season). We had some very nice races today with 16 PRs and many runners close to their season bests. This is the time of year when not only times but places count. Guys should check the results from Stoughton and see how they compare to some of the teams we will see in the next two weeks (City = West JV, LaFollette, East, and Edgewood then at Conference = West JV, LaFollette, East, Verona, and Janesville Parker).
In the varsity race our top three ran great with Jonah and Jordan C leading the way and Colin charging hard at the end of the race. Our gap between our #3 and #4 runner was too large (30 seconds...needs to be 15 seconds or less). Had our #4 - #7 runners ran 8 seconds faster we could have finished second as a team. I was impressed how competitive we were with LaFollette and Verona but was surprised how close Janesville Parker was...it just shows that the Conference meet will be super competitive. I feel like there is room for improvement in our race and hope to see us picking off a couple more guys at each position in two weeks. SPASH was in a league of their own in this meet but we were competitive with every other team which was great. Our team also returns many young runners and could be a threat to win this meet next season.
Our junior varsity team ran really competitive. I was excited to see many great races on a tightly packed course. It was obvious to see which runners belived they could run well today and their times showed. If you enter the race with confidence, great things will happen. Our top 7 jv kids in todays race are all returners and will provide for some great competition for this team going into the coming years. Every race I see our young athletes learn more and more about competing and preparing to do their best. I hope this group of runners really puts in the effort the next two weeks to rest and take care of their bodies so they can run some nice PRs at the end of the season and compete with some really great programs in the area. JV kids will begin their taper in the coming weeks and really get ready to rip off some fast times.
STOUGHTON INVITE
Varsity Results
Junior Varsity Results
PHOTOS ADDED 10/3 from Stoughton
NEXT COMPETITION - October 8th (Friday)
City Championships @ Warner Park
Bus @ 2:00pm (NO RETURN BUS)
Races Start - 4:00pm
Boys JV - 4:00pm
Girls JV - 4:30pm
Boys Varsity - 5:00pm
Girls Varsity - 5:30pm
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 6th (Wednesday) - Light of Life Walk ~ 5:50 pm - 6:30pm
Must turn in $5 to Coach Casey by Tuesday!!!
October 9th (Saturday) - Team Practice - 8:30am
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