Good weather led to a good start to the racing season. It was a good way for our new runners to get a race in and for our returning runners to get back into the swing of racing. The boys race was very competitive, while the girls teams are strong up and coming teams. Both of our teams finished in 5th out of the 5 teams, with our boys team missing one of our top 2 runners. It is a major overall on the boys team and despite the team placing, there was a lot of improvements, with 12 of the 16 boys running Personal Bests (PR's)!! With our girls, it is a group that is still developing and fighting to get to where they all would like to be as individuals. 4 of the 12 girls also ran PR's while many others started the season off with solid performances. We know that there was a lot left out on the course, and we are ok with that at this stage of the year. We are still ramping everyone up as we prepare them to start zoning in on their goals, so we aren't expecting the runners to have been at their bests today. That so many were able to run PR's is a testament the work that they are all putting in.
Our top runner on the day was Ruby, finishing in a solid 3rd place overall, just 30 seconds off of her fastest time from last year! The top boy was Dagi, who battled some illness the last part of the race to finish in 21st place.
Next up is the Bauman/Rovn Invite at Gail Woods on Thursday, Sep. 4. Info on the race and who will be in which race will be posted later.
Thanks to all of those who came out and supported the runners today!!
Denny
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