Warhawks Win!!! New Course Record!!!

Many positves and many lessons learned on a beautiful August morning. For the second straight year we broke a participation record with 54 Memorial athletes and 5 Alumni competing in the 2011 Intrasquad race. The weather cooperated and allowed for a great race.

Team Scores
Warhawks - 523
The CORE - 539
Thundercats - 560

Some Positives
New Course Record by Jordan C (Alumni '11) 17:06
Best #1 runner time in history by Jonah W 17:07
#2 hardest year to make Varsity...it took an 18:56 to make Varsity this year with plenty of competition to keep this improving (18:55 was hardest year in '09)
15 runners under 20:00 (on a hard Elver course) (10 was the next closest)

Some Things To Work On
Our gap between 1 to 5 (1:36) and 1 to 7 (1:50) is too large of a gap
We have a lot of guys still getting in shape...we need to keep working hard at practice
We need to compete and race more...too many guys "just running"...we'll work on that

Some Other Notes
Summer running can pay off....Joey D improved by 4 minutes from last year and PRed by over a minute on a tough course AND Tyler M improved by 2 1/2 minutes from last year and made varsity
Top Frosh race was a close one with the nod today going to Liam M (22:48) in a close battle over Calder B (22:49)
Pictures from the meet added to the Picasa Web Album (click on link - in right side bar)

UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday - August 29th - Junior Athletic Code Meeting (athlete and parents) 7:00pm
Tuesday - August 30th - Freshman Athletic Code Meeting (athlete and parents) 7:00pm
Septemeber 7th - Fall Sports Potluck

NEXT MEET
Verona Invitational - September 3rd
@ Verona High School
NO BUS --> arrive at 7:30am
9:00 am - Girls Varsity
9:40 am - Boys Varsity (2010 Results)
10:20 am - Girls JV
11:00 am - Boys JV (2010 Results)
11:40 am - Open Race (Parents are welcome to race...it is free)
12:30 pm - Awards Ceremony (top 2 teams, top 40 individuals in Varsity, and top 30 individuals in JV)