With nearly identical team totals, the varsity and frosh soph teams demonstrated poise, confidence, and strength. Occhipinti raced to a runner up finish, and a :50 course PR. Wielgos also smashed his course best by 1:14 en route to a sixth place performance, and a career PR. Aidan Lodwig wound up with a :16 course best time as our #3, and was trailed shortly after by Nosek in a career best 16:38. Right on Seth’s heels was Walker, running 22nd overall (16:39)who completed our pack split at :61, and a team point total of 67.
Ethan Neal rolled an ankle and still kept racing hard, managing a 16:55 on a course that runs about :20 slower than Detweiller. Finn served as our seventh runner and pushed the scores on 9 teams, finishing in 17:44 (:14 course PR). Klingensmith set a career best, breaking the 18:00 barrier for 3 miles. Petrik was next to cross the blue mats at 18:11, and a course best. Orczykowski raced with much more power, having a season’s best mile pace at 6:09. Holder kept close to his season’s best at 20:29. Webster was next across the finish line, working hard for his mile pace despite the aches of “Peak Week,” which we are all experiencing. Alex Johnston raced to a career best for three miles, when he finished our varsity team performances off with his 23:29. As every man counts in our program, the TEAM should be proud of its collective efforts.
Our frosh soph team nearly matched the same number of points (68) and looked powerful in their field. Dallal nearly eclipsed the coveted 17:00 mark, and earned third with a career best. Aaron Lodwig also put up a stellar point total, finishing 13th (17:35) and leading a 7-second barrage of “diamonds” across the line. Allen finished two seconds later for a :14 career PR. Fitts (:21 PR) and Phillips (:06) ran matching times of 17:42, each running career bests. Their scoring pack split was just :42. Fountain was on the cusp of the 18:00 barrier and managed a :21 career PR to finish 31st. Parker Malone ran his best race ever, with an 18:23 to finish in the Top 40. Popovich was both enthusiastic and valiant in his approach to the race, running through injury, finishing in the top third.
Cunz set his 3-mile PR at 20:24. Scherden and Sussland paired up and crossed right at 21:00, Trevor nearly breaking his career best. Fiedler as also knocking on the door of his best, impressive on a more challenging course than ours. Rovinsky put up a :54 improvement on his career PR, biggest drop of the day. Brazee returned to the course where his career began, finishing with a mile pace that was more than a minute faster than the two mile race from a year ago. THAT is improvement! Walters found company for three miles and then turned on the burners at the finish to complete the run in 28:59.
We continue to chase our own jerseys, which is equating to great team results.
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