The Middletown Invitational, our third meet of the season, was held at Lums Pond State Park on Friday, September 20th. The weather could not have been more wonderful "cross country weather," and the course was familiar, as we had just run it earlier in the week. Having lots of competition really helped us push ourselves and run our hardest.
The varsity girls' race started first, with 118 runners competing. Alternate captain Faith Hollister ('22) was the fastest for the DVCS girls, running 24:15 to finish in 62nd place overall. Captain Katie Rippon ('20) and Celia Pope ('24) finished in 25:38 and 25:43, respectively. Fiona Fawcett ('22) rounded out the girls' team, running 26:41.
The varsity boys' race took off half an hour later and had a total of 130 runners. Kai Schmeidel ('23) and alternate captain Bryce Pope ('23) came in within two tenths of a second of each other, running times of 21:23.5 and 21:23.7, respectively. They finished in 96th and 97th places overall. Captain Marc Sherman ('20) finished in 25:16, and Josiah Deitrich ('24) came in three places behind in 27:06. Edward Scott ('24) and Anthony Dorno ('24) rounded out our team, running respective times of 29:52 and 30:30.
We are starting to get a feel for racing again, and it's been exciting. Our times at this meet on Friday were consistent with, if not better than, our times on Tuesday. We are continuing to work hard and will keep improving throughout the season. Our next meet will be a home meet this coming Friday against Tome. As this will be our third time running Lums Pond in the space of two weeks, it should be a good race for us. Until then, go Titans!
No comments:
Post a Comment