Results from Arrowhead

Okay the results are not on Wisconsin runner they are on PTtiming so I added a new link called PT results over on the side bar for those of you who want all of the baseball stats. For the rest of you here are the highlights, and this week we will let the ladies go first.

Claire took a commanding lead in the first 10 meters of the race and never looked back. She finished in 14:35, 15 seconds ahead of Dettman from watertown and almost a minute ahead of the third place finisher. How good is 14:35? Well, suffice it to say that it is the fastest time run by a girl in the state of wisconsin so far this year at any level. Go Claire.

The women's team finished 7th overall out of 16 teams. Becca ran 16:27; Becky ran 16:29; Colleen ran 17:10; and Ashley ran 17:21. Nice job ladies!


The men's race suffered from high expectations. After the huge numbers they posted at Parkside more than a few of us were doing some aggressive projecting. However in cross country nothing is ever simple, that's why they run the races. You probably couldn't tell it from their faces after the race but the guys took third behind a very good Wisconsin Lutheran team and a Bay team that defies explanation this early in the season. Doug Stewart returned to form in this race finishing second on the squad in 16:44 (and had the biggest smile at the finish I might add). He was just behind Dennis at 16:40 and just ahead of Jake at 17:06. David was fourth at 17:08; Brian ran a strong 17:14; Andrew came back from an ankle injury to run 17:24; Flanders continues to PR, this time dropping his all time best to 19:13; and Sam ran with the giants, in some cases giving up over two feet to his opponents, and posted 19:40.

The guys did manage to beat Arrowhead, Watertown, Homestead, Nicolet, Catholic Memorial, and Brookfield central among others.

Just how good was Whitefish bay? Their fifth man ran 16:42; Their 8th man ran 17:19, and they had three runners in the JV race under 17:45. That is outrageously good.



As for the guys out front ... Dave Pede from Wisconsin Lutheran led the whole way. He went past the mile at @4:55 and the two at @ 9:5x. Perkins was about 20 yds back for most of the race and at the two mile mark it looked like Pede might be able to close the deal and run away with it. However Perkins closed the gap with a half mile to go and at the final turn he surged past Pede and Dave couldn't go with him. There is a slide of the final move in the slide show if anybody cares. Perkins finished in 15:24, that's a 4:58 pace for those of you scoring at home.

next week is at marquette. They are currently ranked second behind Bay so it should be another great race.

Finally there were a lot of parents out which was great. The runners really appreciate the support.