The rain and fog cleared for a beautiful kickoff to the 2025 cross country season. The course was wet and muddy but that is part of the joy of cross country. Twenty-six competitors toed the line for our first of many 5k races this season. Will L-S ran a great race today setting a new course record with a time of 16:11!!! Berndt had a strong race running about a minute faster than his intrasquad time from last year. Max and Ian worked well together both running great times including a lifetime PR for Ian. In his first cross country race Paul earned a spot on our varsity race as our fifth finisher. Anthony had a great start to the season and the race of the day may have been for the seventh and final varsity spot. Bowen earned his first opportunity to race varsity after a great off-season of training and a lifetime PR on a very difficult Elver course.
Going into the Verona invite Mitchell will lead a mix of youth and experience of our JV runners who we hope push to make the varsity team. Nathan ran a lifetime PR today and Charlie ended up being our top freshman finisher. We had many first 5ks (also lifetime PRs) run by Patrick, Henry, Westley, Jacob, Owen, Miles, and Ethan. Lots of improvement in the near future for these guys and all their teammates. We look forward to seeing some competition next week at Verona and having more fans out on the course cheering on the runners. We hope these things combined with another week of great training lead to even more personal records (PRs) next week. Taking care of our bodies and avoiding illness & injury will be important. Athletes should work on getting into a good sleep pattern as we prepare to head back to school. SLEEP (8-9 hours nightly) is the #1 thing runners can do to enhance their performance and avoid illness & injury. Additionally, continue to stretch, roll, ice, eat well, & hydrate. Looking forward to big things all season long!
Saturday September 6th
Verona Invitational @ Verona HS (Stewart Woods School Forest)
NO BUS - Arrive at 7:15am
8:30am - Boys Varsity (2024 results) (Box 31)
9:40am - Boys JV (2024 results) (Box 31)
11:00am - Middle School Race
11:30am - Awards Ceremony - Varsity = 2 teams & 40 individuals, JV = 20 individuals
** Reminder - NO BUS but ALL athletes should arrive at 7:15am (note new arrival time) AND stay until after the final boys race & team cool down are completed before they may leave (around 10:45am)**
Drop off can occur near the course but parking must take place by the high school (see map)
Give yourself time to walk from the parking lots to the course...parking will take awhile, there are 35 boys & 35 girls teams attending this meet
NO DOGS ALLOWED (this will be the case at most courses we go to this season)
NEWS & NOTES
Athletic Fees ($115 or waiver) - must be paid through Infinite Campus
Snap Raise Fundraiser will kick off this week - PRIZES
Uniform Handout (athlete will be assigned top ($35) & bottom ($35) for the duration of the season and must return assigned items at the completion of the season). Uniforms should be worn only at meets and washed in between uses.
WED - Varsity (jacket ($75) handout too)
THURS - Juniors & Seniors competing at Verona
FRI - Sophomores & Freshman competing at Verona
Please check your e-mail for information about a team potluck to be hosted by the Rothamers (email sent Saturday evening)
LABOR DAY PRACTICE
Runners should run on their own or independently with their teammates (no team practice)
Monday is a long run mileage day and an important day in our training week...after a day of rest on Sunday, try to get out for a long run mileage day on Monday.
