Gerry Smith recap...What's new for the week

The JV boys defended their championship at the Gerry Smith Invitational on Thursday behind the quality running of Carter Corl (3rd), Jack Otto (4th), Andrew Hastings (7th), Noah Hastings (15th), and Nate Loegering (20th).  They JV boys outdistanced their nearest opponent by 50 points.  On their way to an unprecidented 4th place finish the varsity boys out distanced all other single A teams in the 25 team field.  Kellen Bergs (24th), once again led the tigers followed by Kyle Siemon (28th), Dylan Bigaouette (29th), Elliot Rudd (34th), and Sam Gregory (36th).  Ben Hunsader (71st) and Taylor Witt (92nd) also competed on the varsity.  The JV really started us off and the Varsity just kept it going.  In the junior high race Josh Gregory(63rd) led the others followed by Aiden Fogarty(75th), Cade Morrison(76th), Tanner Witt(77th), Conor Mulroy(86th), Jacob Olson(92nd), Max Russo(93rd), Calvin Hartman(151st), Alec Haege(158th), and Teddy Sellnow(161st).

On the day there were 24 personal records (pr's).  The entire girls varsity squad ran new pr's led by Emily Berger(27th), followed by Alissa Schultz(36th) with a big pr, McKenna Herrmann(42nd), Danika Schroeder(59th), Cassie Stolt(65th), Sophie Mewes(96th), and Jessica Brueggemeier(103rd).  The girls finished in 8th place out of 22 complete teams.  The girls JV squad placed 6th lead by Trinity Webb(16th) with a new pr, followed by Hannah Witt(27th), Hailey Witt(28th), Jamie Zahn(31st), Thea Iverson(32nd), Kailey Noll(45th), and Alexa Lenz(65th).  The JV girls had a great pack of 4 runners placing high enough to give them an excellent finish.  The junior high girls finished in 4th place led by Jordyn Williams(3rd).  She was followed by Rebeca Brueggemeier(13th), Gretta Steinhagen(21st), Brooke McGlinchey(29th), Erin West(33rd), Kate Szaroletta(36th), Fern Sullivan(37th), and Savannah Deyoung(80th).

It was a terrific day for running and our kids took advantage of the conditions.  They have been working very hard in practice and the improvements they made are very encouraging.

This week 9/14-9/18 we begin the mini mighty harrier program with the oakcrest kids on Monday.  We are very excited to work with the 4th thru 6th graders.  Tuesday is the NYA Lions Invitational.  The girls are the defending champions we are looking forward to running at Baylor Park as it is one of our favorite places to run.  It is always a well run event.  The following is the race schedule for Tuesday:

3:45 PM   –      COACHES’ MEETING

4:00 PM   -       JV Boys 5000 m

4:05 PM   -       JV Girls 5000 m

4:50 PM   -       Varsity Girls 5000 m

5:20 PM   -       Varsity Boys 5000 m

5:50 PM   -       MS Girls 1600 m

6:00 PM   -       MS Boys 1600 m

6:15 PM   -       Awards

The rest of the week is practice after school from 3:20 to 5:20.  Thanks for all of your support it is fun having fans cheering us on.