Congrats to the Calvary Cross Country girls for claiming the Cedar Creek Invitational Team title Saturday, October 9th. Hailey Hesterman finished second with a tme of 20:11. Shelby Dodson rounded out the scoring card with a new personal record of over a minute running a 24:15 and finishing 33rd overall. Shelby's big step up this week put us in the running for the team title.Ashlen Grantham, Kelsey Wildes, and Nicole Kosin all ran persoanl season records finishing 11th-21:48, 13th-22:08, and 14th-22:09. Kelsey and Nicole's big sprint finish each passing two girls sealed the deal for the team victory. Faith Kunkel finished 6th for the team with a 25:03 and a 45th placement. Kaila Wildes, Holly Dempsey, and Hannah Ditt ran personal records for the season running 25:20-48th, 26:19- 52nd, 26:28 and 55th over the 3 mile course respectively. We are very proud of these efforts considering the hillly course. We are not satisfied with finishing first at invitational meets and we will continue to strive to reach our full potential for the season. Our goal is state. Remember it is not how you start but how you finish that counts! Expect coach to challenge you as an individual in the coming weeks to see your full potential shine by the state meet.
The boys finished 5th today out of 14 scoring teams. John Broughton held on to the number 4 spot after fighting off a host of hungry parkway panthers. John's fourth place finish of 17:06 was 33 seconds faster this year than on last years course. Josh Hudson finished second for the team today running an 18:24-25th. Diamond buff, Jared Lupo finished as the Cavilier #3 man running a 19:14 and finishing 35th. This time was a 25 second personal best for Lupo. Tim Kunkel, 19:15-36th and Jason Sibert, 19:20-37th rounded out the team scoring with the later of the two earning a seasonal best by 30 seconds. James Kunkel was the 6th finisher for the cavaliers. Mark Blume continues to close the gap on his teammates as he covered the course in 22:48 beating his previous best by a full minute. 6th grader Jacob Brossette made his 3 mile cross country debut today completing the varsity course in a time of 24:10 and beating over 20 runners. Jacob will compete next week at the elementary state championships. As a team the boys continue to make indivdual improvements. We need to focus on using our work outs to prepare us for race day instead of thinking of it as a form of punishment. Get ready to amp up the game in the next few weeks! Alot of you have some talent that hasn't been seen. Prepare to be unleashed. Ready or not here we come!
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