Last Friday the cross country team traveled across town to Gilmour Academy for the Paul Primeau Invitational, heralded as the "state's oldest cross country meet" going on 54 years running. In a field of 18 teams, the Jags came home with a 3rd place finish losing only to the host Lancers who are ranked 1st in Division III and Bay Village ranked 2nd in Division II.
Employing a team strategy of starting together for a mile then trying to catch people the last 2 miles, the team score looked bleak early. However freshman Maggie Wagner moved all the way from 51st place to 6th place in the last 2 miles to tie her lifetime best of 19:51. Seniors Rachel McGuire and Alesha Vovk also moved up from the 50's to 14th and 21st places respectively. Running in her first varsity race in 3 weeks, senior Maddie Zimmerman finished 4th for the Jags in 45th place and junior Lauren Marconi was 5th in 49th place.
The JV team defended their title from last year, dominated their race with a paltry 30 points vs 82 points for runner up Bay. Junior Mallory Fahey and freshman Mary Hyland finished 2nd and 3rd overall in the race followed by sophomore Bridget McGuire (6th), seniors Shannon Stauffer and Molly Moore (9th and 10th), and freshmen Katie Pellegrino, Alana Vovk, and Ellen Vichell finishing 11th, 12th, and 15th.
Freshman Annie Wolodzko was voted team runner of the meet for her big break through. Annie took nearly 2 minutes off her all-time best and broke the 30 minute barrier (and the 29 minute barrier) for the first time ever in 28:59.
The team next competes at the Legends Invitational on October 5th at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds.
No comments:
Post a Comment