Regional Wrap-Up - Back to Columbus!

Saturday the Jaguar cross country team saved their best for last at the Boardman Regional meet.  Some incredible performances were turned in by many, but unfortunately the team lost its top runner just after the 2 mile mark.  Nevertheless the team still finished a very respectable 8th place just 35 points behind the last qualifying team.  The Jaguars were led across the line by freshman Sydney Seymour who finished 2nd overall in the race with a time of 19:28.  Sydney's finished qualified her to the state meet as an individual, which will be run next Saturday at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, OH - 20 miles east of Columbus.  Running great races for the Jags were sophomore Olivia Battistoni, who finished 25th overall and junior Katie Butterfield, who finished 53rd in the deep field.  Three seniors rounded out the scoring for the Jags, with Lauren Marconi 78th, Mallory Fahey 82nd, and Victoria Bonca 121st.

District recap

This past Saturday the Jaguars competed at the Lakeland Community College district championship and came away with 3rd place and qualified for next week's regional championship at Boardman High School.  At next week's regional, the top 4 teams qualify to the state meet.The Jags finished just 7 points behind first place Mentor and 1 point behind 2nd place Madison.  Conditions of the course were exceptionally muddy making everyone's day that much tougher.  Mud came up to the ankles in some locations and runners in all races were wiping out at many turns.
Leading the Jags and becoming SJA's second individual champion ever was sophomore Maggie Wagner.  Following Maggie to the line and earning district runner-up as just a freshman was Sydney Seymour.  Sophomore Olivia Battistoni also earned "all-district" honors by finishing 11th overall.  Mallory Fahey ('15), Katie Butterfield ('16q), Lauren Marconi ('15), and Victoria Bonca ('15) rounded out the district team for SJA.

Week of Oct 13

Hi all!

This is a big week for us in many ways.  It’s the final week for the JV with that group finishing the season at Walsh on Monday, October 20^th.

Currently the varsity team for districts is:

Maggie Wagner, Sydney Seymour, Olivia Battistoni, Lauren Marconi, Mallory Fahey, Katie Butterfield, and Victoria Bonca (alt: Emily Conway)

The first big thing on the radar is Wednesday’s senior night.  The tentative plan is below, and remember we have a page exclusively for the home meet on our website (records, etc…).  We will need a lot of help the day of the meet for final course clean up (removing leaves, acorns, etc…).  Parents – just show up at 4:00 on Wed with a rake (or better yet a backpack gas-powered leaf blower.  We will also need some possible help with a planned cookout for afterwards. 

Please note!!!  This meet is subject to cancellation if the weather does not cooperate.  Final decision will happen by 3:00pm TUESDAY.  None of the coaches want to risk the health of their athletes if its raining and cold out.  Currently the forecast is up in the air, but rain looks likely.

Monday, Oct 13 – practice at Memorial Field…done by 5:10pm

Tuesday, Oct 14 – practice at Mastick.  Varsity mileage, JV pre-meet

Wednesday, Oct 15 – senior night meet

Get to Mastick after school like any practice

3:45 – ALL seniors should already be in team uniform for photo ops by the river, etc..

4:15 – varsity workout 6 mile run with 1 min pick-ups at each mile mark….do not jog too slow between each pick up

5:00 – boys race

5:30 – introduction of seniors (and their parents – please be there if you can)

5:50 – girls race

6:45 - picnic

Thursday, Oct 16 – normal Thursday at SJA….captain led

Friday, Oct 17 – no school…practice at mastick at 3:30

Saturday, Oct 18 – District Championship at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland. 

11:00am – bus leaves SJA

1:00 – district race

3:00pm – expected return to SJA

Top 4 teams and any individuals in the top 16 will advance to Boardman Regional.

Week of Monday, October 6

Monday, October 6 – at Mastick until 5:15.  AT work

65° and possible rain

Tuesday, October 7 – at SJA until 5:00.  light mileage and cross train

67° and possible rain

Wednesday, October 8 – early dismissal day.  Same as last time.  Leave SJA for Memorial Field at 2:30.  Captains wheel out and mark the 800m loop.  Team begin warm-up at 3:15…workout will begin around 3:45.  Done by 5:00.

59° and windy

Thursday, October 9 – at SJA until 4:45.  cross train day

60° and mostly cloudy

Friday, October 10 – to be determined….may take bus for practice to Lakeland Community College to preview district course a week early

55° partly cloudy

Saturday, October 11 – time trial at S. Mastick.  Meet at 9:00am.  Jog to start for warm-up and stretch.  Time trial at 9:35.  Warm-down and food.  Done by 10:30.

55° partly cloudy (that is the high – will be much cooler in the a.m.)

Sunday, October 12 – on own

**Note the following Wednesday, October 15 is the senior night meet.  Information for that meet can be found on our website – one of the tabs at the top.  We hope to have a cookout after the races, but that will be dictated by weather. 

Districts is the following Saturday, October 18 at Lakeland Community College.  Only our top 7 will run that race.  The rest of the team will compete in their last meet Monday, October 20 at Walsh Jesuit.