The Stoughton Invitational has quietly become one of the most competitive late season meets in the state of Wisconsin as again this year it hosted five ranked teams. Unfortunately this season we don't have a ranked team and we knew this would be a tough meet for our team. We continue to have new faces step up for us each week to help fill in the gaps but until we can consistently get everyone running at our best it will be tough for us in the team competitions. We just don't have the talent and depth to have multiple runners to have off weeks or miss meets. Hopefully as we prepare for the stretch run of the season we can get all the pieces in order to finish the season strong.
The varsity race saw our team hold on for a 6th place finish scoring 177 points to barely stay ahead of Madison East. We were led by Joel F who continues to improve each week and ran a season best 16:50 to finish 15th. The gap back to our #2 runner was too large today and something we will need to address going forward. Elliot B held on for a 17:38 and 35th place finish and was closely followed by a strong finish from Stryder C in 17:44 for 36th place. Mahad O continues to improve just missing the 18 minute barrier finishing in 42nd. Imaad S was our 5th in 49th in 18:17. Our gap from 1 - 5 of nearly 1:30 is too large for us to meet our goals down the stretch but we have plenty of guys who are capable of running sub 18:00...we just all need to do it on the same day. Our varsity was rounded out by Dylan A in 53rd and Malcolm B in 63rd.
The JV race was dominated by Madison LaFollette and SPASH just two weeks ago we be SPASH in a close race at Smiley. Since then, they have taken steps forward and we have only held steady. It shows the importance of continuing to push oneself in training during the season AND maintaining healthiness to continue to improve the whole season long. Our inexperience has cost us here as we battle it staying healthy throughout the season (this can be overcome by strong off season leading into next fall). Our JV was led by Aidan S as he finished 10th in 17:53. Gavin H ran 18:15 and Lance D ran 18:23. Peter S and Shaurya K rounded out our top 5 in 18:41 and 18:43 respectively. When we won Smiley we had a :35 second gap between 1-5...today we had a :50 gap, this makes a huge difference in a JV race. We had many athletes who ran season bests on the day including: Riley H, Suraj J, Ryan L, Shubh S, Andy T, Alex T, Yazi Y, Dhruv B, Zion H, Karsten K, Joey R, Elliot S, Andrew T, Ryan W, Peter W, Joey C, Avery G, Carter H, Gabe M, Garrett M, Brett N, Caleb S, Jacob T, Matthew B, Cam K, Silas P, Micah S, Leo S, Evan TJ, and Casey W. Hopefully we see more PRs over the final races of the season. To accomplish this we need to get more rest and be ready to perform at our best.
RESULTS
Varsity & JV
NEXT MEET
Friday October 6th
City Championships @ Lake Farm Park
Early Release - 1:45pm
Bus - 2:00pm (ONE WAY...must ride bus to meet and have ride home from meet)
4:00pm - First Race
4:30pm - Boys Varsity (2016 Results)
5:40pm - Boys JV (2016 Results)
Awards will be presented at Lake Farm Park following the races
NO RETURN BUS (families will be able to take their sons after team cool down...approximately 6:45pm)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Oct 11th - Light of Life Walk - 6pm - 6:45pm @ Mansfield Stadium (bring $5 for registration/donation to cancer research) (mandatory team event for athletes...families are welcome to join, pay at Mansfield the night of event)
Oct 16th - Team Meeting - 3:45pm - 4:15pm for ALL athletes
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