Lake Forest Festival & Team Update

Our first meet of the 2019, the Lake Forest Festival, was held at Killens Pond State Park on September 7th. The flat and mostly shaded course, combined with temperatures in the 70s and sunny skies, could not have made for more beautiful conditions for our first race. There was much excitement as students from around the state eagerly awaited the start.

The varsity girls' race was held first. Faith Hollister ('22) led the DVCS girls, finishing in 24:12 and 47th out of 105 girls. Celia Pope ('24) finished in 26:05, placing 65th, and Katie Rippon ('20) finished four places behind her in 26:40.

The varsity boys' race was held next. Kai Schmeidel ('23) finished first for the Titans with a time of 22:09 and placing 85th out of 117. Judah Deitrich ('21) and Bryce Pope ('23) followed, finishing in 22:38 and 23:27 and placing 92nd and 101st overall. Not far behind were Josiah Deitrich ('24), finishing right around the 25 minute mark (the official results did not include Josiah's time). Marc Sherman ('20) rounded out the DVCS boys' team with a time of 25:07. Marc is also the winner of our team's "first to puke" award.

Full race results can be found here. We are still getting a feel for racing again, but this was a pretty strong race.

The DVCS runners, plus Sarah Zhu! (Photo credit: Mrs. Kristen Sherman)

This past week has been a week of solid workouts. This coming week, we will have two meets: on Wednesday, we face Caravel Academy, and on Friday, we run in the Middletown Invitational. Both races will be held at Lums Pond State Park, our home course. We have also decided on captains and alternate captains for the year: Katie Rippon and Faith Hollister will lead the girls' team, and Marc Sherman and Bryce Pope will lead the boys' team. I am excited to see what DVCS cross country can do this year. Until next time, Go Titans!