The cross country season is officially one week away, but the SJA team went to Malone University to run in the Moose is Loose race - an unoffical "scrimmage" in which teams of 5 runners each run a two mile cross country loop on the campus. Along with the heat, grass, and hills were 2 log jumps, a mini-swamp, and an steeplechase water pit (see pics linked to the right). To top it off a Malone runner wearing a giant mascot moose head was on the course "tagging" people for 5 second penalties. Luckily no SJA runners were tagged!
SJA had 8 teams start the day. In the end, the team known as "NSync" comprised of Maureen Borden, Rachel McGuire, Kristina Jackson, Mary Kate Chambers, and Annie Grove was the top SJA finishers. It doesn't hurt that by random picking they had the 2 faster runners for SJA on the day with Rachel McGuire running 13:52 for 2 miles and Mary Kate Chambers running 14:24 for the distance.
It was impossible to compare SJA's results to other teams, but for the Jaguars it was a great learning experience for the season. Next Saturday the first official meet will be the Berkshire Early Bird Invitational held at the Geauga branch of Kent State University in Burton.
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