Every season has its bumps along the road and this season has been no different for our Memorial Spartans. Today though our team responded with a solid effort at the Hadler Invite in Menomonee Falls. We were not at full strength but we asked each guy to do their part and put in the effort to help our team. The guys rose to the challenge and had a great day finishing 2nd in the JV race and 8th in the varsity race out of 14 teams. We saw over 50% of our competitors set lifetime PRs (person records). The growth we showed this week as a team will lead to big things over the last month of the season. It is important we take care of our bodies both physically and mentally. We have a busy week ahead and many more opportunities to compete at our best.
The JV race started our day as these 13 athletes were the first to compete in our new VPM (Vel Phillips Memorial) uniforms. The group represented well as we saw multiple season bests and lifetime PRs. Max S & Jamie I both in their first official cross country races did a great job leading the team with their top ten finishes. Max ran a lifetime PR 19:11 for 6th while Jamie also had a lifetime best finishing 8th with his 19:16. Cole W joined the sub 20 club with his 17th place finish and Peter S earned a top 20 finish with a time of 20:05. Soph Jack C ran a great race earning another lifetime PR in as many races this season rounding out our scoring 5 in JV by finishing in 20:26 and in 29th overall. Freshman Will H (20:34) and soph Owen B (20:47) were in our top 7 in today's competition. Lifetime PR's were also set by Levi M and Nathan Z as they continue to see improvement each week. This group ran really tough and started the meet off great for the Spartans.
Our top group has been through a lot this season but it was great to see us finish this week with an 8th place finish at this meet. It may not have been our goal coming into the season but it was a great performance for where we currently stand as a team. Senior AJ K led the team with his top 10 performance finishing 9th. Finn A and Alvaro S teamed up in the middle of the race to push through to a 42nd & 47th place finish respectively. Junior Alex B (62) and soph Hunter N (68) rounded out our scoring five as both competed in their first ever varsity races. This was a good race by both and good learning experience for many future varsity races. We look to get more pieces to the puzzle back and keep improving as the season continues. It will take every runner to make this happen
Varsity
Tuesday September 13th
Big 8 Grade Level Challenge @ Lake Farm County Park (Course)
Early Release --> 1:30pm
NO BUS - Carpool from Memorial to Lake Farm County Park
2:15pm - Arrive at Lake Farm
3:30pm - Frosh/Soph Boys (2021 Results)
4:50pm - Jr/Sr Boys (2021 Results)
6:15pm - Awards - Top team and top 5 individuals in each grade
** Athletes are able to leave after the team cool down which will be approximately 5:45pm
Monday practices - 2:45 - 5:15pm (early release days)
Grade checks begin this week...stay on top of your school work, ask for help if you need it
Stretch, ice, REST, hydrate, eat well....busy week, take care of yourself & each other.
Clothing order #1 was delivered....order #2 & bucket hats = we are still waiting
