Beautiful cross country weather!!! Our team continued to compete and finally got the weather and a course to cooperate for some improved times. It was great to see our times start to move towards the potential we have shown in practices. There is plenty of season left and I hope to see our PRs continue to drop. This is the time of year where it is important for EVERYBODY to take care of their grades, be in class, take care of their body, get some sleep, and ensure we continue to stay eligible and healthy to keep improving. Don't forget your goals and what we are working for this season.
Our varsity team battled well today with West, as we continue to close the gap between our two teams. Jonah lead our team with a great race and a runner-up finish. Jonah continues to get comfortable running with the lead pack and we look forward to more top finishes this season. He was joined at this meet by Jordan B. pulling a single digit in 8th place. It was nice seeing two JMM jerseys in the top 10. Sam and Hunter were solid 3/4 runners, both were up front early and will add that last mile to their race to close that gap to Jordan. It was fun seeing Bryce, Ben, and Ryan work together to improve our number 5 spot. We took about 10 seconds off our 1-5 gap as we continue to try and work that gap down to 1 minute. Last year at this meet our number 5 runner was 18:15 (17:40 by end of the season) and this year we had 8 runners at 18:18 (hoping for 17:30 or under by end of the season).
Our JV team was locked in another battle with West and today did not end in our favor. Had the race stopped at 4,000 we would have won but we need to put a stronger finish on our race to compete with West (we will see them plenty this season). Last season we had NO runners in the top ten and only one in the top 20 JV. This year we had Brad, Nick, and Andy in the top ten and Tyler, Joey, and Connor G-T finishing in the top 20. Our JV2 kids are continuing to close the gap on our top kids and this will be important to do both at meets and at practice. This will help everybody improve their PRs and make our team more competitive towards the front. Our freshman are starting to learn what this whole cross country thing is about and are getting used to racing 5,000 meters. The freshman were lead by Liam, Ben B. and Calder who all broke 21:00 today and are now setting their sights for breaking 20:00 and better.
WEST INVITE RESULTS
Varsity & Junior Varsity
Madison.com Coverage
Pictures added to Picasa Photo Album
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 10th (Saturday) - Team Practice @ Elver - 8am
September 11th (Sunday) - Ironman Volunteering - UW Lot 60
September 12th (Monday) - TEAM PICTURES (must have uniform top and bottom)
NEXT COMPETITION - September 13th (Tuesday)
Grade Level Challenge @ Warner Park
4:30 - Meet Begins
5:10 - Boys Frosh/Soph (2010 Results) (Wrong time in parent handbook...5:10 is correct)
6:30 - Boys Junior/Senior (2010 Results)
***Note - they will run ahead of schedule...if they can (so Boys Jr/Sr may be earlier than 6:30)
7:15 - Awards - Top 5 at each grade level
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