We were led by freshman Austin Vance who finished 7th in a time of 17:49. He came out of the gate strong last week and did the same today. Next came fellow freshman Owen Davidson who placed 19th with a time of 18:49. Sophomore Isaac Swisher stepped up to the varsity race and ran a solid time of 20:00 which shaved over 30 seconds off of his time from last season at this meet. Fellow sophomores Kolbe Odden and Aksel Peterson stepped into the varsity lineup and closed out scoring with times of 20:35 and 20:49. Sophomore Jude Jones and Freshman Breken Fleischmann closed out varsity, also stepping up to the varsity level with times of 22:18 and 22:36 Also of note, very similar to freshman Nora Showman from the girls team, freshman Cameron Allen came up big again in the JV race and made a push for a varsity spot with a time of 21:29.

All of the guys listed above are to be commended for many reasons. They are top notch in the consistency of their training and effort in practices. Their hard work and positivity are paying off. I really am pleased by the guts and effort that I saw out of these young men.

We will regroup, refocus and reset over the next few days of practice heading into the Ballard meet on Monday. I think this could be classified as a minor 'hiccup' for our girls and we will adjust accordingly. The boys are a bit more of a concern in that we are struggling with keeping everyone healthy and consistent in their training. I will run athletes on Monday that can show me that consistency both physically and mentally. Like I pointed out above, we do have some very hard workers that want to improve and are willing to do whatever it takes to get there. We will focus on those positives and move forward with that."