| It was another great day!
Also, another new course. The meet was moved to the
Middle School and will remain there for future years. The
course was flat, but rather wet (therefore slower) after
an all-day rain the day before. This meet was a welcome
chance for all the runners to compete against their own
age. The 6th graders ran very well. It was the first time
they raced a mile since the time trial over one month
earlier. It is so fun to see the huge improvement! Ryan
Weispfenning cut 40 seconds, Eric Schommer cut 38 seconds
and John Jagiella cut 1:12! That is a lot of time for a
mile. Ryan earned a medal for his 2nd place finish while
Eric earned a ribbon. John had a great race to come close
to a ribbon and the top 1/2 of the field. A time
comparison for the 7th grade is the Monticello meet where
they raced the same distance. Jacob McLain and Zach
Garberg both cut 22 seconds. Tyler Steele, Jacob and Zac
Floeder all earned ribbons. After finishing last a year
ago at this meet, Zac finished in the top 1/4 today! In
the 8th grade race, Eric Schmidt led the way with a meet
record, breaking the old record by 20 seconds. Earning
ribbons were Evan Borscheid and Nick Clobes. Mark Nissen
has ran very well lately as he earned a 12th place
finish. Andrew Paulsen made the biggest improvement from
last year as he cut 10 places in a meet that was more
competitive this year. Leading the 9th grade team was
Lukus Klawitter as he earned a medal with his 3rd place
finish. Andrew Carlson earned a ribbon while Sean Ahlers
was close. Again, another great day by this exceptional
group as they earned another team title. The scoring for
this meet was somewhat unusual in that the top 5 runners
in all races combined counted for the team score. The
next meet is at Buffalo on Thursday. Another chance for
this group to continue their awesome racing! |