Both teams showed huge progress last night with just about everyone posting a meaningful PR. While Arrowhead is an unusually fast course we haven't always run our best there in the past so it was nice to see everyone where they wanted to be.
The boys ran without Brian who is recovering from an injury; that left Jon and Ben to hold down the fifth spot and hold it they did. Ben pr'd by over a minute and Jon held him off for his best ever as well. they were 50 and 51 overall which was just enough for the team to claim second. We were 5 points behind Arrowhead but we beat Whitefish bay and catholic memorial. The later was something of a surprise because they put all 8 of their runners ahead of Jon and Ben. The difference was that we put our top four ahead of their number two.
We had four guys under 17:00 and Dennis and Kevin both look like they could break 16 by the end of the year. If everyone can stay healthy and keep improving this could be a very special season.
The JV boys looked solid but not as solid as they were told. For some reason they were presented the second place trophy and actually took it home despite finishing dead last in the JV section. The irony is that CM is the school that should have won it. I don't think that I have ever seen that before.
The ladies had another stand out performance. I can't stress enough how amazing their pack running is. because of the way meets are scored it is almost as important to minimize the gaps between your own runners as it is to finish at the front. The girl's have been working really well together and they have been getting faster every week. They are certainly on track to surprise a lot of people at the end of the season.
Kudos in particular to Morgan who finished second on the team. She is getting over her freshman nerves and running with a lot of courage.All of the results are up at PT Timing the link is on the right as "PT results" I won't put everyone's time here because PT does it so much better.
Pictures will go up this afternoon.
Great Job everyone!
2 comments:
Awesome job guys!
It was a great race, the only dark cloud on the day was the bus that never ditched us in the swamp!
The pack running was great! Ladies you are all running SO well! Our team chemistry is excellent and I hope you can continue to build on what we are creating!
Great race to the guys, and congrats on your high placing. You definatley showed your competitive edge and wiped the floor with those DI guys!
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