November 2, 2013
From Cross Country Coach Dan Ethier:
State Championship
With 7 outstanding performances today, you earned 2nd place at the state championship!
The state championship is a challenging event. Some very fine runners face the fast start and big pack and fall short. Each of you met that challenge. You did not all run your best times, but you did all run well. The 32 seconds between our 1st runner and our 5th runner was by far the smallest spread of any team in this race.
Nick led our runners, earning all state honors with his 24th place finish. Kethan sprinted home only a few seconds later in 27th place. Logan had a side stitch, but finished with a long sprint in 36th place. Evan ran one of his better times of a year spent dealing with an injury. Nolan, in only his second cross country race, ran a personal record to finish 64th.
Lukas ran a spectacular race, improving his best time by over 30 seconds, and earning 18th place on our all-time best list. Wow! John edged past his personal record.
You should be proud of what you accomplished today. Many other teams were unable to put together enough good performances to be in the hunt. You all ran very well in a challenging situation. Congratulations!
Complete results are at the MSHSL web site.
