City Championships - Varsity = 3rd, JV = 3rd

Boys cross country in the city of Madison is at a very high level right now with West being ranked #1 in WIAA division 1, LaFollette at #8, Memorial at #13, and Edgewood at #12 in WIAA division 2. On the day all 5 teams put their varsity runners under 18:23 and there were 51 runners who broke 18:00 on the Lake Farm Park course. It was a fun meet to watch and a great start to the championship season as 40 JMM Spartans ran their season best and are prepared for a strong finish to this season.

The varsity race was competed with a few sick Memorial runners and one of our top runners sitting out the race. Luke V led for a large portion of the race and then coasted to a 2nd place finish with a season best time of 16:10. Casey GT earned All-City honors with his 9th place finish and 16:41 time. Joel F dipped under 17:00 minutes to finish 13th and Jared G earned a top 20 spot with his 17:24 clocking. Ty B and Jack Z 21st and 24th respectively and Elliot B broke 18:00 with his 31st place finish. The race was a step in the right direction for our varsity in what we need to accomplish in coming weeks. We look forward to seeing what this team really is made of in the coming meets and hope to turn some heads with a great finish to the year.

The JV race was dominated by a strong West program and a young LaFollette contingency of runners got ahead of our JV this season. Our depth has been challenged this season and it is going to take a lot of hard work in the off-season to get our program back to a team that won this meet just a year ago. Luckily we have a strong contingent of runners who are capable of making this jump and the process begins next week at the Big 8 meet by setting some high marks to return to next season. The JV was led by the return of Dominic G who finished 11th in 17:45. Malcolm B broke 18:00 with his 18th place finish and he was followed by Stryder C in 20th. Our scoring JV was rounded out by Peter V in 22nd and Chris X in 25th. The top 7 included Will S and Imaad S who was closely followed by Peter S and Gavin H. The JV group had many lifetime PRs run on this wet course and are set to attack the Verona course at Conference to end the season with one last hurrah.

CITY RESULTS
Varsity & JV

NEXT COMPETITION
Saturday October 15th
Big 8 Conference Championships
@ Verona - Verona HS
Bus - 7:30am
9:30am - Boys Varsity (top 7 runners) (2015 Results)
10:35am - Boys JV1 (runners 8 - 14) (2015 Results)
11:40am - Boys JV2 (remainder of team) (2015 Results)
1:00pm - Awards
***Bus will stay to the end....ALL Athletes are expected to stay until the end of the meet too!!! This is our last team meet of the season. ***

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

Monday October 17th - Mandatory Team Meeting for ALL Athletes 3:45pm - 4:15pm
Athletes will receive important end of the season information - must attend!!

NEWS & NOTES
Bring in $10 to your captains for end of year coaches gifts & Thanksgiving baskets