Big 8 Grade Level Challenge - 7th place

The rain returned to Lake Farm Park Tuesday prior to the Big 8 Grade Level Challenge and the course was wetter and muddier than it was on Saturday. We held out some of our top athletes due to injury and course conditions and we tested the depth of our team. The results are that we need to build the depth of our team to be able to reach our team goals. Hopefully this meet was a wake up call for our team as we enter the last month of the season. It is going to be important that we get healthy and stay healthy to compete at our best. Also, we need to take advantage of everyday to improve our fitness and learn how to race at our best. The potential is in this group of athletes but we will need better focus and execution the remainder of the season to reach our team goals.

The frosh/soph race led of the night and our group was led by Peter V who finished 14th in 18:49 and was 11th amongst sophomores. Our top freshman was Brett N who ran 19:26 to be the 13th best freshman in the meet. This group of runners saw 12 PRs set on the day and continue to improve with each meet. During the junior/senior race JMM's top finisher was Stryder C was 18th in the race in 17:56 and the 8th best junior finisher. He was closely followed by Jared G in 19th with a time of 18:00 and the 11th best senior on the day. We added 13 more PRs in the second race of the day. It was a difficult day to PR on a wet & muddy course but our guys were determined to run their best. This attitude is what will be needed in the remaining practices and meets to get our times faster.

BIG 8 GRADE LEVEL
All Results
All Results - Interactive

NEXT COMPETITION
Saturday September 17th
Smiley Invitational @ American Legion GC - Wausau, WI
Bus - 5:30am (DO NOT BE LATE)
8:30am - First Race
10:00am - 1st D1 Race (Girls)
11:10am - Boys Varsity (2015 results)
11:35am - Boys JV (2015 results)
12:00pm - Awards (Var - top 2 teams & 20 individuals, JV - top team & 20 individuals)
*** Bring $$$...we will stop to eat***
Bus will not return until about 4:30pm (or later)

NEWS & NOTES
- Big 8 Conference Meet hosting information has been changed ...we will update everyone when we know more
- Limited number of bucket hats remaining...$25 to Coach Casey until they are gone (7 left)
- No update on team long sleeve warm ups yet...as soon as we get them, we will get them out to the kids
- Tuesday reports begin this week...kids will need to complete them to be eligible to race every week
- Attendance....check IC regularly to make sure you don't have any unexcused class