Another fall Saturday with another great opportunity to compete over the 5k distance. The competition was stiff at the Stoughton Invitational but our boys were up to the challenge. We weaved through the course as quickly as we could and saw some great performances. The course setup may have not allowed for many PRs but in head to head competitions our athletes improved from the last time we had seen some of these teams and that is all we can ask for from the runners. This was a good final tuneup for our championship series run that begins next week with the City Championships. Time to put in that little bit of extra focus to getting good sleep, eating well, and being ready for race days. Big things to come for everyone over the last couple weeks of the season. Every runner, every run, every day - JMM CC
The varsity race had a loaded field including SPASH (ranked #3), Middleton (#9), Madison LaFollette (#12), Oconomowoc (#16), and our own Madison Memorial (#19). Our guys competed great as Jake Z led the way with his 7th place finish and AJ was the 2nd best #2 runner on the day shortly behind in 9th. It was great to see two JMM jerseys at the front of the race. Mick was right with conference foes Middleton & LaFollettes pack earning a medal in 20th place. Henry & Jonathan closed out our scorers finishing 41th & 42nd and they were quickly followed by Finn & Rees who finished together in 46 & 48th. Stevens Point is the only team that had 7 runners faster than us today and that showed through in the JV race too. This group now prepares to compete against LaFollette & West in a much smaller race at the City championships where individual races for positions will be very important. Today was a good step forward for this group and an improvement over the last couple weeks.
The JV race was taken over up front by SPASH but our team made a nice presence in the top 10 at Nick Z (7th) and Jakob M (9th) led the way. Alvaro held on for a medal in 14th as Tommy S just missed out on one in 16th. Felipe held on strong as our scoring 5th to secure the 2nd place team finish over Big 8 foes Middleton & LaFollette. We will need to see if we can step up our game next week to take on West at City and beat LaFollette again and then we see West & Middleton with a Big 8 Conference title on the line in two weeks. Derek R, Daleep, and Tommy H all contributed season best performances on the day and lots of guys beat some of their competitors who got the better of them last week at Midwest. I look forward to the City race where it will be important to continue to run hard with our teammates and then we will finish the season in Sun Prairie at the Big 8 meet. Exciting & fast times ahead...keep up the good work.
RESULTS
Complete Results (scroll to see your race)
NEXT COMPETITION
Friday October 8th
City Championships @ Madison West - Lake Farm County Park - Madison, WI
Early Release - 1:15pm
NO BUS --> Carpool from JMM to Lake Farm County Park
2:00pm - Arrive at Lake Farm
3:30pm - Boys Varsity (2019 Results)
4:30pm - Boys JV (2019 Results)
5:45pm - Awards - Varsity - top 10 individuals & 1 team, JV - top 10 individuals
* Athletes should plan to be at the meet through the team cool down which will conclude around 5:45pm
** WIAA Regulations state NO DOGS at events...please help out with this by leaving your pets at home.
NEWS & NOTES
Monday practice -> right after school...finished up by 5:15pm
Clothing order...we are still waiting on a couple items (jackets, sweatshirts, shorts...I think)
JV athletes will have practice through/including Monday Oct 18th
Championship season...JV = City & Conference, Varsity = City, Conference, Sectional, & State
