Today was another very encouraging day for the men's team. They beat Tremper by four points despite spotting them two places. Dennis returned to the front as the team's number one runner but just barely as Jake finished right on his shoulder. The really fun part was that the top five were still running as a pack at the mile plus mark and the top three stayed together until well into the third mile. It is almost impossible to beat a team that packs that tight at the front of a race. Results will be up at wisconsin runner later today so check the link on the right. I have a few new pictures up in the rebel invite slide show as well. Parkside is an awful course to take pictures on so don't hold your breath.
Preliminary numbers from memory look like this:
Dennis and Jake were 5th and 6th at around 16:4x
Andrew took ninth at 17:00 *
Doug was 21st at 17:18
Dave was 28th at 17:28
Yes that's three runners under 17:00 and it's only the second week!
Brian ran 6th on the team (17:3x), and Sam (19:44) finished just behind Flanders who finished about 19:30.
Also Flanders may have switched to a hair gel with a lower viscosity because he ran in the mid 19's despite logging over 60 miles in practice and rumors that he stopped to yak somewhere in the third mile. Go Ben!
The Ladies had a very tough outing. Claire didn't run ( vomiting/possible food poisoning). Sarah is out with a stress fracture in her hip; Erica didn't run ( injured); Santera didn't finish ( heat?). Becca Mahn looked solid (despite getting knocked down by a couple of morons from marquette who walked onto the course without looking) and a lot of JV runners got to move up, but the final totals don't reflect the true potential of this team. In the JV race Heidi improved four minutes over last week, which would be a great trend if she could keep it up.
Next up: Arrowhead. This is the fastest course that we will run all year. It is a great spectator course with awesome sight lines. The competition will include many of the top tier D1 runners. Don't skip this because it's on a Thursday.
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