in meets by coach mike on 07 Sep 2008
Sunday morning, just got back from church. Fried some eggs for breakfast. Some notes about the meet yesterday. Need to leave by 6 am, 6:30 is to late, we got there at 8:10 am and the first race starts at 8:30 am!!!! The weather was nice, over cast at first, nice temperatures for racing. Tif had a good jv girls race, finished in the top ten and, she was proud of the medal she got, I should of raced her in the jv race at Murphysboro. Chelo had a good race for only 3 practices, she was disappointed, but I wasn’t, I saw the will to compete in her eyes. The f/s boys race was a test for Jake and he came through with a very good race finishing in the top 10 and putting up a good time, good experience for him. The other younger runners are looking better, which is good to see. The girls varsity race, as far as the finish as a team, I wasn’t very happy about that. But looking for bright spots, Court continues to race well, as did Alyssa. Mol showed some signs of improvement. We still need to work harder and get better before conference. The varsity boys race was good, but not great. We still need to put together a complete team race from top to bottom. Jones had another very strong race, but Jacob struggled, while Nix picked it up. Goff was strong at the end, but still struggles at the start. Clark looked stronger this race, while Hopkins fell off. We had set goals -top 5 team finish- we finished 5th. Beat as many 2A schools as we could-two beat us. Triad and Springfield High. Triad looked tough. So we move on to Tuesday at Herrin, a meet that we do well at every year, only difference is we are going to work hard on Monday and then work through the meet, test of toughness! The grades will be posted on Tuesday night!