October 12, 2017
On a splendid day, you had many splendid performances, including three 1st place finishes and a 2nd place finish, and 5 all conference awards and 2 honorable mention awards.
Our middle school runners started things off with Evan winning the boys race and Emily B. taking the girls race. Louis finished 6th and Ben finished 7th in the boys race, followed closely by Henry G. in 10th place. Soren and Noah wrapped things up for the middle school runners.
Declan led our boys team, and everyone else, winning by over a minute! Tanner finished in 6th place, with Henry S. in 8th place, Isak in 9th place, and Henry P. in 12th place. Isak and Henry P. earned personal best times for their efforts. Matt had a rough outing, not fully recovered from his various ailments. Sumner ran close to his personal best time. Peter ran a personal best by over a minute! Dylan, Aneesh, Travis, and Pranay ran well. Alejandro ran his first full 5,000 meter race, and ran well.
Our boys team narrowly missed the team championship, falling short by 2 points. They ran very well, but Minnehaha ran just a little better.
Margo led our girls team. She shadowed the leaders for much of the race and made a big move during the last 600 meters to take 2nd place. All this in a uniform she stitched to better fit her! Izzy ran well to finish 12th, earning honorable mention honors. Katie ran close to her best on this course. Sarah and Skylar did run their best times on the course. Emily W. was close to her best time. Izzy G. ran well in her debut at Battle Creek. Mari improved her best time by 40 seconds.
You accomplished some big things today. And while the boys team fell 2 points short of a title, they ran very well. With more hard work and a solid taper before our section meet, perhaps you can improve on today’s amazing races.
Results for the middle school boys, middle school girls, varsity boys, junior varsity boys, varsity girls, and junior varsity girls are available at Gopher State Events.
