The varsity started off the meet where we put 4 runners in the top 19 but our gap to our fifth was just too much in such a strong conference (it would have been good enough to win A LOT of other conferences). We were led by Luke V who earned 1st team All-Conference (7th) with a great time of 16:08. Jonas B earned 2nd team All-Conference (14th). Casey GT (16th) and Joel F (19th) just missed out on All-Conference honors but both ran under 17:00. Middleton and West were the only teams to have a 3rd or 4th in before our team. Jared G did another great job being our 5th runner finishing in 35th to lead our team to a strong 4th place finish (beating ranked teams LaFollette & Craig). Ty B ran a season best time of 17:39 and Jack Z ran 18:03 to round out our varsity squad. We were very close to finishing 3rd place in a very tough conference and this was a success after all the injuries and illnesses we have endured this season. We get one more week to see if we can catch West or Middleton and earn a trip to state.
The JV1 this season has lacked a front runner and this will be where we need to improve next season to get our JV1 back to the strong team we are capable of having at JMM. Our team ran nice as a pack, it was just too far back to finish any higher than 5th place as a team. They were led by Dom G who finished in 17th place. He was closely followed by Stryder C (18:00), Malcolm B (18:03) and Elliot B (18:06) all who will return to lead our team next season. Sophomore Peter V was our 5th runner finishing 31st in 18:28. Will S finished his first year of cross country as our 6th runner and Chris X closed out a successful season with a gutty performance. I think this group learned a lot this season about racing and what type of training they will need to do over the next 9 months to have the kind of success they hope for next season. I look forward to the underclassmen in this group to lead us in the off-season and into next fall.
The JV2 race had all the lifetime PRs on the day with 15 lifetime bests run on the difficult course. This group has improved all season and the sky is the limit for them, depending on how much work they want to put in to their running. The group finished a very strong 2nd place by moving up throughout the entire race. They were led by Gavin H who ran a season best 18:09 for 5th place (with only one shoe on for 1/2 the race). Lance D had a great finish placing 13th in a PR of 18:37. Then our pack came in with Davis B, Peter S, Imaad S, and Ray G passing the Sun Prairie pack late in the race and finishing between 18:42 and 18:52. Senior Nic L rounded out our scoring seven for the JV2. The PRs and the strong races continued throughout the afternoon. This group has the potential and I look forward to seeing them put the work in over the coming months.
BIG 8 RESULTS
Varsity, JV1, & JV2
Kevin T took the rock-paper-scissor championships in a 3-0 sweep of captain Luke V
Monday October 17th - Mandatory Team Meeting for ALL athletes - 3:45 - 4:15pm
Athletes will receive important end of the season information -- must attend!
If you forgot to turn in your uniform - BRING IT MONDAY
If parents have pictures they wish to share for the end of the year slide show -send them to Coach Casey on a memory stick
Bring $10 to captains for end of year coaches' gifts and Thanksgiving Baskets
NEXT COMPETITION
Saturday October 22nd
Sectional Championships (varsity only)
@ DeForest - Linde Fields Soccer Complex
Bus Time - 8:45am
11:00am - Boys Varsity (2015 Results)
11:45am - Girls Varsity
12:30pm - Awards (Top 2 teams & 5 individuals not on teams = qualify for State)
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