Boys & Girls Hit Bulls Eye at Arrowhead Invite

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PRs were the name of the game at Arrowhead this year! The girls and boys had a ton of PRs on a windy, humid and overcast afternoon. The competition was tough - made up of mostly D1 schools - but the girls and boys delivered.

Boys Varsity Place 5th Out of 13 Teams
Despite a faster aggregate time (1:26:28 vs. 1:27:38 last year) Shorewood placed 5th this year vs 3rd last year - just to give you an idea of the competition. Our top three runners ran faster than our top three runners last year and runners 4 and 5 were a touch slower. In some respects this year's team is shaping up to be at least as strong as last year's team (keep your fingers crossed that Kevin comes off "injured reserve" at some point!). Arrowhead dominated with 73 points, with four of their top runners breaking 17 minutes. Waukesha West was close behind at 87 points with their top three boys placing 4, 5 & 6th respectively.

A pack of five runners led the way with a very fast first mile at about 5:05-08. At the 1.5 mile mark the pack broke out with a Stilin slipping behind and Simons of Arrowhead, Agnew of Ft. Atkinson and Shorewood's Tyler fighting it out. Tyler broke out of the trio by the 2 mile mark and sustained the lead until about the 2.5 mile mark when Simons commanded control of the race. With about 1/4 mile to go, Agnew, a very fast miler, turned up the heat and blew by Tyler and closed in at the very end to finish of Simons.



Our Peter Drews was in the second pack battling it out with about 5-7 boys jockeying for position stride for stride. Peter finished strong with a 13th place finish and a course PR. Brendan Vorpahl made a vow that runners 3-5 would break 18:00 soon and they virtually did. At one point, Mazur, Taylor and Vorpahl were running side by side swallowing the competition as they passed them. All three finished strong with big PRs. Mazur came in 33rd with a time of 17:35. That PR would have placed 18th last year, squarely in the medals. Competition was tough this year. Gavin Schroeder, Keith Dodd and Oliver Heywound rounded out the varisty crew.

Some Course PRs for Boys Varsity:

• Oliver Heywood - 20:26 vs 23:44 last year
• Keith Dodd - 19:26 first time
• Gavin Schroeder - 19:15 vs 20:57 last year
• Brendan Vorpahl - 18:05 vs 20:16 last year
• John Taylor - 17:52 vs 19:41 last year
• Aidan Mazur - 17;35 vs 19:27 last year
• Peter Drews - 16:48 vs 17:21 last year
• Ben Tyler - 16:08 vs 17:41 last year

Boys JV....Joe's Back in the Saddle
JV boys had some solid runs as well, particularly Joe Pendleton, coming off an injury that he can now put behind him. Joe was in front of the pack the entire time, looking very strong and finished a rock solid second place with a course PR. After Joe, there was a whole pack of boys including Henry Sanders, Nat Froiland and Sam Dupuis (as he is recovering from an injury). Here are some PR stats as I understand them:

• Colin Brusnahan - 25:23 vs 26:13 last year
• John Johnson - 23:16 - first time on course
• Ethan Hollings - 25:04 - first time on course
• Devin Hollings - 21:59 vs 24:55 last year
• Ian Phillips - 21:51 vs 23:55 last year
• Erik Alfvin - 21:06 vs 22:39 last year
• Nat Froiland - 20:22 vs 24:35 last year
• Henry Sanders - 20:20 - first time on course

Big thought? Both our varsity and JV boys are making great strides over last year and through the course of the season. Things are shaping up nicely for the Greyhounds!

Emily Bacchuber Breaks 15 minutes and Places a Huge 2nd Place!

In her 2nd place finish, Emily bested her course time by over 2 minutes, finishing the race at 14:56 compared to 17:08 last year. Here are some other great stats:

• Laura Schroeder - 17:33 vs 18:09 last year
• Nora Waters - 17:26 vs 18:01 last year
• Chloe Staub - 17:23 vs 17:26 last year
• Morgan Baker - 16:44 vs 17:23 last year
• Jenny Vrobel - 16:39

Girls JV had 4 PRs!

I was not at the race so can't help much. This is what I know:

• Heidi Erickson - 19:44 vs 20:59 last year
• Jenny Hillard - 19:10 vs 21:34 last year
• Maro Davis - 19:06 vs 19:44 last year
• Elana Lubka - 19:20

Here is link for results: http://www.pttiming.com/raceresults.php

Congrats kids....I know your parents and coaches are proud!