| A move from the usual Monday
before conference to today changed this meet a lot from
what it has been the last few years. Few teams had the
conflicts that they did with the old date and there were
many more runners than a year ago. Last year there were a
total of 71 runners in the three races while this year
there were 122! The move does make a change for us as
none of the 7th and 8th graders ran the conference JV
race as many have in the past. The 9th graders did a nice
job of racing considering they had a 5K race yesterday.
As usual, another good showing by our team with 8
bringing home medals with top 15 finishes. This meet is
always a good one with a nice awards ceremony, a course
with a big hill and trails through the woods. The 9th
graders bring home the championship after placing 4th as
7th graders then 2nd last year. A great accomplishment!
Congratulations to Ryan and Lukus as their times are the
2nd best for their grades in the 8 years we have gone to
this meet. Compared to last year, the most time was cut
by Seth as he ran 1:53 faster on the same course! Ryan
cut 1:09, Carsen cut :30, Trent cut :28 and Ben cut :17.
Compared to 2 years ago, Seth cut 2:44 while Ryan cut
2:31! Looking forward to Shakopee on Tuesday. It is a
mile for the 7th and 8th graders and it is the last meet
of the year for all except the varsity. |