Friday, May 18, 2007
Kudos
There was some nifty running the last couple of days that should get at least a mention if not a few pictures.
At the VCM Dennis ran a 1:56 800 against a decent field. he is on track to take a shot at winning D2 State in the open 800. If he does he will be the first individual boys state champion in the history of SHS or at last going back awhile. Someone please correct me if that is too far out.
Kevin returned from "boot" camp and took second in the two mile. He might have won the event if he hadn't been knocked off the track on the final turn. Apparently the officials didn't see it so it goes in the experience column.
Andrew got caught in the middle of a shoot-out in the mile. A very stacked field strolled through the first quarter in 74. No offense but the JV girls race went out faster than that. Andrew hung on for third in a wild sprint to the line.
Speaking of the JV girl's race... Heidi finally broke 7 minutes in the mile to wild applause from friends and family. Actually she smashed it by going 6:50.
She was immediately overshadowed by Peter who led the boy's mile almost from tape to tape. he went out in 64 and finished in 4:48. He got pushed a little in the last 100m but would not be denied. Possibly the best race of the season. Peter will get a chance to repeat the magic at regionals on Monday and will definitely be featured in Cross Country next fall. wow.
And for those of you counting at home ... the boys team officially has seven runners under 5 minutes in the mile this year. That's pretty unusual.
And finally, a giant rasberry goes out to the bus company that forgot to pick the team up after the meet last night. Fortunately the runners were able to hitch a ride with the cudahy team, but that's not actually on the way and made for a late night. Unbelievable.
Regionals on Monday will be at Grafton High School. Very nice track. Dennis, Andrew, and kevin should easily move on and several others are possible.
The real test comes Thursday at sectionals. We have probably the toughest sectional in the state and everyone will have to be peaking to move on.
Cheers.
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At the VCM Dennis ran a 1:56 800 against a decent field. he is on track to take a shot at winning D2 State in the open 800. If he does he will be the first individual boys state champion in the history of SHS or at last going back awhile. Someone please correct me if that is too far out.
Kevin returned from "boot" camp and took second in the two mile. He might have won the event if he hadn't been knocked off the track on the final turn. Apparently the officials didn't see it so it goes in the experience column.
Andrew got caught in the middle of a shoot-out in the mile. A very stacked field strolled through the first quarter in 74. No offense but the JV girls race went out faster than that. Andrew hung on for third in a wild sprint to the line.
Speaking of the JV girl's race... Heidi finally broke 7 minutes in the mile to wild applause from friends and family. Actually she smashed it by going 6:50.
She was immediately overshadowed by Peter who led the boy's mile almost from tape to tape. he went out in 64 and finished in 4:48. He got pushed a little in the last 100m but would not be denied. Possibly the best race of the season. Peter will get a chance to repeat the magic at regionals on Monday and will definitely be featured in Cross Country next fall. wow.
And for those of you counting at home ... the boys team officially has seven runners under 5 minutes in the mile this year. That's pretty unusual.
And finally, a giant rasberry goes out to the bus company that forgot to pick the team up after the meet last night. Fortunately the runners were able to hitch a ride with the cudahy team, but that's not actually on the way and made for a late night. Unbelievable.
Regionals on Monday will be at Grafton High School. Very nice track. Dennis, Andrew, and kevin should easily move on and several others are possible.
The real test comes Thursday at sectionals. We have probably the toughest sectional in the state and everyone will have to be peaking to move on.
Cheers.
Read more!
