An overall positive day as those that were competing in today's Section 5AA Meet ended the 5K season for us in below average temps. The Boy's got the day going with an early morning, 35 degree windy race. Despite being short one of our top runners, the Boys went out and performed and took steps forward. Times aren't always the indicators you'd like them to be, but what we saw as coaches from the Boys was determination and desire to finish better than they did the last time they raced, which is what they did. Andre was the top Boy placing third in our wave of the race with Aaron picking up a valuable 4th place finish. In the end though, missing Peyton allowed others to catch us as a team and when the last race was completed the Boy's finished in 14th out of 16 teams, just a couple of points out of 13th and not far out of 12th.
The Girl's got to enjoy a little bit warmer weather, with temps under 50 but stronger and cold winds. Once again Ilsa was leading the way, not only for the Cardinals but all throughout our wave of the race and not being challenged. Zoe and Lilah continued their battle with each other with Zoe getting 3rd in our wave with Lilah close behind in 4th. The Girl's moved up as a team to 12th out of 16 teams, catching Totino Grace and beating them in a tie breaker, which was the placing of the 5th runners for each team, as Akala passed one girl from another team in the last 100m to help earn that tie as well as beat St Anthony Village by 1 point!! It makes for fun racing when teams are that close, even if one was in a different wave and shows why it is important to finish the race all the way past the finish line!!
It was another mentally challenging race with not as much competition as one would expect at the Section Meet, but they all handled it well and fought to the finish, with more runners being passed by Cardinals in the last 200m than being passed by our opponents. It is tough to run by yourself, but they fought the whole way. Had Ilsa had the opportunity to run with those faster than her, as with all of our runners, the chances that times would have been faster is probably a certain. But in this year and season of complete change and unfamiliarity, it is the lessons that we learn from handling adversity, change, and things that are not what we are used to that will make us stronger later, and I hope it is something that they all take with them!!
Thanks to all of the parents that were able to come out and support the runners. More pictures were taken today, so make sure you check all of those out. Also, a huge shout out to all of the JV runners that came out for the Boys race as well as the Girls race to support their teammates. It was a big positive to see the pride they had in their teammates and the cheering they were able to supply!
But, we have one more chance to come together for this season and one more chance for the runners to get a race in, as well as an opportunity to honor all that they were able to do in this odd year. It will be a much more relaxed and fun atmosphere, with the CC team getting to run under the lights of the track. It will be a little cold, so for those coming out to watch and support make sure to dress warm. We will have hot chocolate and cider to help as well, but we are hoping the energy the runners have been showing this past couple of weeks will be all we need to stay warm!! For those that are eating, if you are bringing a check please write them out to Denny Green. If you are helping, we will need one person to help pick up the food at Noodles in Riverdale at 6:15 with the rest meeting at the concession stand of the track around 6:00.
Thanks again and lets have fun tomorrow night!!
Denny
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