City Championships - Varsity = 3rd & JV = 2nd

The last evening meet of the season brought sunny breezy conditions to Lake Farm Park for the hotly contested Madison City Championships. Competing at the meet were LaFollette (#1 in D1), West (#2 in D1), Memorial (#15 in D1), Edgewood (#10 in D2), & East. The JMM CC boys entered the meet knowing they were primed to run fast and set up themselves for the conference championships. Every member of the team provided great support for each other as we had a great night of performances all around. Here's hoping we can keep this going one more week for JV and two more weeks for varsity. Do all the right things this coming week as the end is in sight and there will be no redos.

The JV boys started the meet off with a very competitive race with Madison West. West is the only JV team we have not beat yet this year and tonight they proved to be difficult again. Many positives came out of the City meet that hopefully we can use to help us out at Conference as that is the meet we have been focusing on all season. The 22 to 46 margin was the closest we have been yet this season and our distance from each runner we would need to beat was less than 10 seconds per individual. We have 1 week to fix our mistakes and be ready to lay it all on the line at Conference in Beloit. Our JV squad was led by Jack Z (:29 PR) in 6th place & Ty B (:11) in 7th. Our next pack included Trevor R (:24) in 10th, Calder B (:18) in 11th, Austin W in 12th, Josh L (:25) in 13th, & Dom G (:15) in 14th. As we begin our taper we are seeing great times from this group as we saw 62 season best times run today, many lifetime best. Some lifetime PRs were run by Justin H (:25), Sam K (:30), Michael L (1:51), Nathan L (:14), Brian L (:31), Rami P (:01), Dylan R (:35), Caleb S (:06), Ben S (:33), Nate S (:58), Kevin T (1:10), Alex V (:33), Calvin J (:28), Richard K (1:12), Ben T (:21), Sam Z (:25), Matt (1:11), Henry C (:54), Jared G (:33), Ray G (1:12), Jansen H (:01), Thomas H (:17), Tommy K (1:15), Nic L (:15), Jacob T (:16), Jack T (1:15), Nathan W (:13), Chris X (1:09), Adrian A (:27), Emery B (1:04), Elliot B (1:57), Joey C (:21), Stryder C (:36), Kaeden H (1:16), Riley H (:58), Grant J (:15), Cayden S (1:58), Nathan S (:43), Kevin T (1:01), Eli T (:38), Andy T (:38), Kevin Y (1:42), & Abram Z (1:09).

In the varsity race there were only 33 competitors and so you either go hard with the top dogs or you run by yourself. This is a difficult way to race but our guys handle it pretty well. Luke V led our group with a nice PR running 16:19 and finishing in 12th. He was then followed by Casey GT in 16:40 (18th) and Rory S in 16:43 (19th). We then went 23rd - 26th with Jonas B in 16:53, Joel F in 16:54, Joe H in 16:56, and Ben B in 17:01. Our guys were able to place a respectable 3rd place against some very stiff competition. Our young core of runners who led us today should be excited to come back next year and do well at this meet. This group has run all season as a strong pack and will look to continue that as they head into Conference & Sectionals.

CITY MEET RESULTS
Varsity
Junior Varsity

Lot's of rain forecasted this week...be prepared...have extra dry clothes

Don't forget to order your team clothing HERE (and put your name in your new clothes)

NEXT COMPETITION
Conference @ Leeson Park (Beloit)
Saturday October 18th
Bus Time - 7:00am
9:30am - Boys Varsity (top 7) (2013 Results)
10:30am - Boys JV1 (8 - 14 runners) (2013 Results)
11:40am - Boys JV2 (remainder of team (2013 Results)
1:00pm - Awards Ceremony (Var - top 15, JV1 - top 15, JV2 - top 15)
***Bring $$$$...we will stop to eat***

All JV runners will turn in their uniforms Saturday at the meet (bring a change of clothes) - If you are not attending the Conference Meet please turn in before Friday - Any uniforms not turned in will result in an academic hold on your student record ($35 - for lost/damage uniform top, $35 - for lost/damage uniform bottom)

Monday October 20th - Mandatory Team Meeting for ALL athletes - 3:45 - 4:15pm
Athletes will receive important end of the season information -- must attend!

PARKING INFO @ CONFERENCE MEET
Big 8 Conference @ Beloit (Leeson Park)- Parking Information
Only parking at Leeson Park is Handicap Parking
All other parking will occur at Central Christian Church (2460 Milwaukee Rd Beloit, WI)
Shuttles will run from church to park every 20 minutes starting at 8:00am
***Plan accordingly to park, get on shuttle, ride shuttle, & still arrive on time for races