The cross country team competed Saturday at one of the largest invitationals in the whole country in Tiffin, OH. Despite raining for the previous day, the course was fairly dry in the afternoon and the entire field, including the Jags with their 27 PR's (personal records), took advantage by running fast times. Just as impressive for SJA was all 51 girls on the team started the race, making this the single largest day of participation in the program's history.
In the biggest/fastest division of the day, SJA was 18th place out of 33 teams. While hoping for a higher place, the team still earned many PR's, including senior Emily Bauer's time of 20:17, which ranks her #24 on SJA's all-time list. Once again Alesha Vovk ran a very solid race to be the second Jaguar in 20:41 (PR) followed by Rachel McGuire (20:54), Mel Ward (PR 21:07), Jill Bresnahan (PR 21:10), Jess Bresnahan (PR 21:25), and Mallory Fahey (21:54).
The "B" team, running in the second biggest race against many "A" teams, earned 8th place out of 27 teams. As she did last week, senior Helen Steve led the way for this group in a time of 22:02. A tight group of Bridget Egan, Maddie Zimmerman, and Audrianna Farris (PR) came in at 22:10, 22:10, and 22:13 respectively and rounding out the top 5 for the B team was freshman Rachel Cogar with a big PR of 22:29.
The open race had its share of great performances, but none faster than newcomer and junior Maeve Kroeger who was the top finisher in the race for SJA in a blazing time of 22:03. The next 4 runners to cross, Lauren Marconi, Clare Fibbi, Libby Pipak, and Emma Stalder, all contributed to the open team's 11th place finish of 30 teams (and 530 runners!).
Senior Melyssa Jackson was voted "Jaguar of the Meet" for her big 1 minute PR. Melyssa ran a time of 23:54.
The Jags stay closer to home next week as they participate in the McDonough Invitational hosted by VASJ at Forest Hills Park in Cleveland Hts next Saturday.
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