The next step in our season was a step forward as we competed at the Hadler Invitational in Menomonee Falls. We look to improve from week to week by taking a look at our gap between our #1 - 5 in both varsity and JV and how many guys we are putting under certain time goals. The difficult part about cross country is no course is made the same and weather, competition, and other variables can make times fluctuate from week to week. It is not a perfect science but I can tell you as a team we took a big step forward at the Halder Invite. We got to see some competition from the Milwaukee area and we got to see how our team can compete at the front of some races. We still have some work to do but I'm excited about the direction our team is trending.
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| Hadler JV Champions |
The meet started off with the JV race and our boys set the tone for the day. We put a lot of green JMM jerseys at the front of the race. We saw the pack of Menomonee Falls finish really strong and came down to a tie breaker (the #6 runner) which Madison Memorial won. This is the first of hopefully more JV championships this fall but we will need to continue to improve because we will see more competition later in the season. Henry B ran a great race winning the JV race with a PR time of 18:02. He was joined in the top 5 by Jacob W (18:29) and Sam S (18:34). Our 60 second gap between #1 - 5 is too big to win most meets but today it was just enough. Nick B and Jakob M were our 4th and 5th and we look for them (with help from others) to close up this gap so we can have five runners in the JV race within 30 seconds or less. Sean S had a huge PR on the day and beat Menomonee Falls 6th runner by 9 seconds and 2 places to win the tie-breaker. We saw 19 total PRs in the JV race as the hard work continues to show off in races.
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Top 5 JV Finishers
Henry B (1st), Jacob W (4th), & Sam S (5th) |
In the boys varsity race we were trying to chase down state ranked Greendale and were competing against strong teams in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha West, Slinger, and Shorewood (ranked in D2). Our team got out to a fast start and were leading the team race much of the way. Unfortunately we faded in the last mile some letting Greendale sneak back ahead of us by 11 points and Menomonee Falls edge us for runner-up by 1 point. It goes to show every spot counts at each meet. Dylan A led the way by breaking 17 minutes for the first time and we look for this to become the trend. AJ K had a nice PR and earned a medal with his 15th place finish. Bobby R, Brett N, and Cole W within 8 seconds of each other to give us 5 runners under 17:35. Our gap between # 1 - 5 was really good...we just need to move the whole pack forward 10 - 20 seconds, which we are very capable of doing! We had 5 runners in before any other teams, 6 runner in before everyone's 5th except Falls, and 7 runners in before 10 teams even had 5 runners in. This depth is going to pay off big as the year goes forward and today it was Jake Z and Mick S who helped bump up many scores by being strong 6th & 7th runners. Avery G rounded out our varsity as the fastest #8 runner in the race. I like the way we are trending in varsity and hopefully we learned a little bit from our race strategy today and continue to improve each week
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Top 15 Varsity Finishers
Dylan A (6th) & AJ K (15th) |
RESULTS
Boys JV
Boys Varsity
NEXT MEET
Tuesday September 17th @ Janesville Parker
Grade Level Challenge @ Rockport Park - Janesville, WI
Early Release - 12:45 (only competing athletes will attend this meet)
Bus - 1:00
3:30 - First Race
4:10 - Boys Fr/So Race (
2017 Results)
5:30 - Boys Jr/Sr Race (
2017 Results)
6:00 - Awards (top 5 individuals in each grade level and first place team)
**We will NOT stop to eat...bring food or money for concessions stand**
Approximate return to JMM 7:30pm
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept 16th (Mon) - Team Pictures 3:45pm - bring uniform top & bottom
Sept 25th (Wed) - Light of Life Walk 6:00 - 6:45pm (team event...cancer research fundraiser as a part of homecoming week festivities) ALL athletes will participate - $5 to Coach Casey....families are welcome to join - $5 at Mansfield Stadium
NEWS & NOTES
** Change of schedule for Midwest Invite races....more info to come soon (no Fr/So race....instead, 2 JV races split by time)
** PSAT testing for Memorial is the same day as Conference (10/19)....if you contact your counselor you can take the test instead on Wed at Middleton, East, or Edgewood but spots are limited....PLAN AHEAD...contact your counselor this week!
** Tuesday Reports must be completed to attend meet on Tuesday
** Take care of absences and stay ahead on school work (let your 5, 6, & 7 hours know you are missing Tues and get the work ahead of time)
