The Stewie Tigers were out in force yesterday claiming 16 PB's top to bottom on a perfect racing day with a perfect home course advantage, perhaps! Abby set the pace with Kailee at her wing chasing the front runner and pulling them to PB's with Abby cutting 23 seconds from last week and besting her PB by 10 seconds in 19:12.1, while Kailee ran determined to hang close and cut an amazing 39 seconds off her previous PB from a week ago in a time of 19:15.7!
Close behind were Laura and Isabel running together and dropping 16 and 18 more seconds, respectively, posting a time of 20:09.5, Laura, and 20:12.0, Isabel. If that wasn't enough, number 5 runner, Gracie, ran a PB 20:54.2, dropping another 1:04 from her previous PB time! Who does that? Emily came along and bested her 2015 PB by 5 seconds by dropping 21 seconds off last week to do so! Amazing! Unfortunately, Taylor was plagued by a side stitch throughout the entire race so was not in PB mode but finished like a Tiger despite the pain; way to go Taylor!
JV girls were also in record-breaking mode as Hayley ran a 23:51 dropping 1:12 off her previous best! Lori ran 24:02 cutting 1:08 and Maddie, running for her Aunt Pat who is fighting cancer, slashed 45 seconds running in 25:47! Whaaat!? Way to go Ladies!
Our girls had FIVE All-Conference runners in the top 18! What a performance and Congratulations ABBY, KAILEE, LAURA, ISABEL AND GRACIE!! They captured 1st place for the 2nd year in a row with a score of 31 to Lake City's 66. Wooot!
Next up: Lake City and LFC next week for the Section meet and our opportunity to advance to the state meet! Parents, keep them fed, watered, and RESTED!
Not to be outdone by the girls team, the boys did an outstanding job and records were falling there as well. To start, Isaiah dropped another 7 seconds from last week running 17:42.3 and is setting up for a fight next week to extend his season. Keep the fire Isaiah! Alex dropped another 28 seconds (!) to beat his PB in 18:19.4 placing 2nd for the Tigers. Sweet! Scott ran another 20 seconds faster than last week in 18:35.6 (!)for a PB performance and Christopher dropped 2 seconds for a PB in 19:29.1. Dylan was next and he dropped a big 38 seconds for a PB in 19:31.5! Jakob rounded out the varsity team dropping 20 more seconds for a 19:48.9 PB performance. Super job varsity boys!
The varsity boys had TWO All-Conference honors recognizing ISAIAH placing 8th and BRADON receiving a hardship All-Conference recognition due to a recent knee injury that kept him out of competition. The coaches vote on it, acknowledging that his times were consistent with a top 18 finish had he been able to run. They placed 5th as a team in the HVL, up from 7th last year beating Byron by 3 points and only 6 points from Lourdes....next year guys!
Our JV boys finished their seasons besting their times as well with Ian dropping to 17:19.9, (3 second PB) and Shawn dropping .2 seconds in 20:53.7; we'll take it! Jack met his goal to break 25:00 by slashing 1:05 running in 24:46.9(!) and Dylan Yennie set his first mark in the 5k distance running a 23:27.2. Logen was our final competitor last night running just off PB pace in 20:25. Great efforts and enthusiasm by the entire team!
Other business: Varsity Practice for the TOP 9 Runners through the rest of the season! Tomorrow, Thursday @ 9:00 a.m. meet at my room. We should be done about 10:30. Friday is practice on their own. Next practice will be Monday after school.
Section meet is next Thursday, OCT. 27th. Girls race @ 3:50 and boys @ 4:45 @ Northern Hills golf course, Rochester.
We will go out to eat afterwards like in the past, all teammates. Looking at Broadway Pizza, but stay tuned.
We are looking into two dates for our banquet, 11/3 and 11/17. Details to follow.
Finally, I still have a couple jackets and a sweatshirt and some cash! Please come and claim your items from my room!
Go Tiger CC!!
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