Just enough from everybody

The boys team overcame a pair of unexpected obstacles this morning coming up with the equivalent of a pair of aces on the flop. Ben got an early jolt of adrenalin when Dom called him to suit up this morning in place of an ailing John B. John is apparently in the hospital with a temp of 105. The next bump came a half mile into the race when Brian had to quit because he couldn't breathe. Brian is a tough runner but 17 minutes is a long time to hold your breath. That put Christian in the number five slot and the race literally came down to his place. Dennis (16:15) finished second behind a healthy Phil Thomas(16:09); Kevin (16:25)was 4th, just a hair behind Lepkowski; Andrew(16:53) was 8th; David (17:12) was 11th; And Christian (18:03) was 30th. CMH finished 3,12,13,15,17 and were sure that they had finally beaten us. However if you do the math ... even the "new" math you can see that the boys took first place by 5 points. Just enough from everybody to make it. David in particular passed two CMH runners in the last 10 feet, that's a five point swing and the definition of a veteran move. Thanks David.

The guys will be going to state for the eighth straight year. They have won 4 of the last seven including the last three. We will need either Brian, John, or Christian to run in the mid 17's if we are going to catch Monroe, but after the last two weeks I wouldn't bet against these guys.

The ladies ran a very very tough race. They finished third behind two of the best teams in the state. In fact CMH and WISCO will probably be 1 and 2 at the ridges. In any other sectional the ladies would probably have moved on. However the good thing is that they are a very young team with huge upside potential. If they stick together and run track this spring they will contend at state next year.

Pictures are up now in the slide show. Not a lot of the guys because I was too busy yelling and trying to count places.

Next week is state. The meet is in Wisconsin Rapids, an easy two hour drive from here. It is a great event that you shouldn't miss.


Cheers