This was the end, at least in official school competition, for a class of runners that have really done great things for Watauga.  It was pretty tough for me seeing this season end up in a way that fell way short of where a lot of you wanted to be, and I know it had to be a lot tougher for those people.  I’m still trying to figure out the right way to sum up the great things the class of 2013 did here, and maybe at the banquet Wednesday I can try to do it justice.

One of the things about getting old and slow and coaching other people is that you don’t ever really have a last meet, or at least you don’t usually have anything that has to be the last meet.  But this weekend was my last meet at Watauga, and that is a really hard thing to get my head around.  I’ll be moving to Asheville this summer, and presumably finding somewhere else that will let me coach, but it is hard to imagine it measuring up to the last 8 ½ years.  Of course, if there’s anything I’ve tried to communicate during that time it’s that you can always keep building on what you’ve accomplished, so I’ll keep that in mind.

Regionals – The last race of the regular season for all the distance people.  Obviously this wasn’t the best day since none of these results gave anyone another week of competing.  But we really do need to recognize Luke putting up a PR in the 4×8, and Michael running an incredibly tough race to get 5th in the 3200.  Here’s the splits I have

• Girls 4×8 – 6th, 10:16.94 – Doria 2:26.9 (33.0, 69.6, 1:48.0), Madison 2:31.3 (34.5, 72.7, ?), Lily 2:36.9 (73.8), Kathleen 2:41.7 (74.4)
• Boys 4×8 – 5th, 8:12.2 – Ryan 2:03.6 (28.3, 59.2, 1:30.9), Josh 2:04.6 (29.2, 60.2, 1:32.7), Luke 2:06.0 PR!!! (28.7, 59.8, 1:32.2), Bryan 1:57.7 (26.1, 55.1, 1:24.1)
• Girls 1600 – Doria 8th, 5:29.86 (76.1, 2:38.7, 4:01.5)
• Boys 1600 – Josh 10th, 4:46.88
• Girls 3200 – Darby 7th, 12:01.06; Madison 9th, 12:14.62; Kathleen 14th, 13:02.24.  Coach Shaw took down the splits for the 3200′s, but I forgot to get them from him.
• Boys 3200 – Michael 5th, 10:19.60 (outdoor PR!!); Drew 6th, 10:39.44

Still to Come – Well, it’s about time for most people to start working on a summer plan.  We should at least have something preliminary to tell you at the banquet, and it will be posted here.  With school going until the 4th of July (approximately) we should be able to get a good start on things with everyone still here.  I’ll still be around for most of what’s happening in June, and weekly plans will start back up next week.  Now that school is out for me, and the really serious elite and college track season is getting going, I’ll try to resume providing regular links to the news.  And I have a plan for a history of 80′s music that may get off the ground this summer, so you don’t want to miss that.

The girls scored more, but the boys had a bigger margin of victory.  Both teams ultimately came together to celebrate winning a conference championship in track and field – a really big deal, especially considering how many people who scored on the previous three years’ wins are no longer here to carry us.  Great job for everyone in stepping up.

And especially to the distance runners, and not just because I know who you are and what you can do.  People, many of whom are less than 100% healthy and/or fit,  stepped up and carried a heavy load in some cases – certainly more than the last couple of years when the girls had depth to spare.  There was a big collection of PR’s, to go with the four recorded Wednesday night and the 13 in last weekend’s meet.  So we must be doing something right.

Splits and highlights:

• Girls 1600: We sent Darby, Doria, and Madison out to take home first, second and third, and to do it without over-extending themselves.  Which is just what were doing before Darby went all crazy and ran the last lap in 76.  But maybe that is easy now, which would be cool.  Third consecutive win in this event for Darby.  1st!! – Darby, 5:25.16 (82.2, 2:46.4, 4:08.5); 2nd! – Doria, 5:27.22 (81.6, 2:46.1, 4:08.1); 3rd! – Madison 5:32.82 (82.5, 2:46.7, 4:09.5).
• Boys 1600: That was certainly exciting.  Five guys close together for 1300 meters, then BOOM!  Michael ran the last lap in 68.5, and got completely left in the dust.  Josh ran the last 300 in under 45, and it wasn’t enough.  But it was fun, as well as 16 points.  Josh – 2nd, 4:37.39 (72.3, 2:23.7, 2:35.3); Michael – 4th, 4:43.31 PR!! (72.0, 2:23.5, 3:34.9); Avery – 6th, 4:50.49 PR-ish (73.5, 2:26.0, 3:42.0)
• Girls 400 – One person who is sort of distance runner, one who is definitely not a distance runner, and one who would be a distance runner if she ever got to run.  And all three of them scored!  Lily – 4th, 64.21 PR!!; Grace – 6th, 65.51; Riley – 8th, 66.95 PR!!
• Boys 400 – “Competition” comes from the Latin for “to strive together with.”  So a big salute to Cory Stinson, for the great job striving together with Bryan in the last straightaway.  Bryan – 2nd, 50.66, PR!! (No, really, 50.66!! That is the fastest time at Watauga this century!) ; Justin – 6th, 53.00 PR!!; Matthew He. – 11th, 56.40 PR-ish.
• Girls 800 – Look at Doria kick!  And another 23 points for the girls as everyone got a season best.  Doria – 1st!!, 2:24.66 (35.2, 72.2, 1:48.8); Darby – 2nd!, 2:25.56 (34.8, 71.5, 1:48.5); Madison – 4th, 2:30.87 (36.1, 73.8, 1:52.8)
• Boys 800 – Those who weren’t really tired were really fast.  Ryan – 2nd, 2:02.16 PR!! (29.3, 59.6, 1:31.1); Luke – 4th, 2:06.98 PR!! (31.0, 62.8, 1:35.0); Josh – 7th, 2:10.39 (31.0, 63.4, 1:37.0)
• Girls 3200 – Two people, 18 points.  Can’t do better than that.  Kathleen – 1st!!, 12:34.52 (84.2, 2:54.5, 4:27.4, 6:03.4, 7:39.8, 9:18.6, ?); Lynde – 2nd!, 12:42.31 (85.7, 2:57.1, 4:31.3, 6:08.9, 7:47.3, 9:27.6, ?)
• Boys 3200 – Three cheers for Drew, who not only fought back from 20 meters behind, but really went for the win and broke 70 on the last lap.  Drew – 3rd, 10:14.84 PR!! (78.1, 2:34.8, 3:53.7, 5:12.1, 6:30.0, 7:49.8, 9:04.9); Michael – 4th, 10:28.71 (76.8, 2:35.2, 3:54.1, 5:11.8, 6:29.6, 7:49.4, 9:07.2); Jacob – 5th, 10:33.55 PR!! (78.3, 2:35.7, 3:54.3, 5:13.3, 6:33.4, 7:55.3, 9:17.3)
• Girls 4 x 400 – O.k., it didn’t count, but they were clearly the best team out there.  Grace – 65.6; Riley – 67.8; Kennedy – 65.8; Lily – 65.0
• Boys 4×400 – Best time of the year, even without using the sixth-place finisher from the 400.  4th, 3:35.15. Bill – 56.4 PR!!; Ryan – 53.8; Bryan – 51.1; Zach S. 53.6 PR!!
• Boys Hurdles – ZACH IS A DOUBLE CONFERENCE CHAMPION! And also a PR in the 110 hurdles to start the day, and the previously mentioned PR in the 4×4 at the end of the day.
• Girls Hurdles – Taylor, Belle, and Kennedy were 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in both races – that is 38 points!  And Kennedy had PR’s in both events.  Taylor is now second in the West Region in the 100 hurdles.
• Full results of the meet are at NCRunners.

But … there are some good things.  As announcer, the field events actually got the attention they deserved, which would never happen if everything is going on at once.  Things will be a lot less hectic during the running events today.  And there is absolutely no way that great boys 4 x 800 would have happened if all of other distance events were happening later the same day – we would’ve been resting people for individual events.

Anyway, things are what they are, and seven of 18 events are in the books.  Current scores, with our pre-meet projection of where teams would be after the first day in parentheses:

• Girls - Alexander Central 69 (80.5), South Caldwell 56 (48), Watauga 54 (48), Hickory 49 (45), St. Stephen’s 18 (14.5), F.T. Foard 13 (22), Hibriten 11 (7).
• Boys - Watauga 55.5 (52.4), Hibriten 52 (58), Alexander Central 40.5 (48.1), St.Stephen’s 40.5 (39.4), F.T. Foard 30.5 (29.3), Hickory 28 (37.3), South Caldwell 23 (19.4).

These scores are really good news.  We expected the girls to be over 30 points behind after the first day and eventually win by 18, so being 17 points ahead of pace after seven events is great.  The boys lead, which was not expected this early, and gained significant points compared to Hickory, which should be the biggest competition once the running events are added in.

Individual events and 4 x 800 splits after the break.

Girls 4 x 800 - Watauga 1st!!, 10:34.8. I missed the start so I added a second to the splits on my watch for the first leg.  They have not posted official results but when they do I will adjust these.  Now correct. Lily 2:35.1 PR!! (33.8, 72.3, 1:52.9); Kathleen 2:39.6 (34.5, 74.2, 1:56.9); Shelby 2:40.4 (36.3, 76.2, 1:58.2); Lynde 2:39.7 (34.9, 74.7, 1:56.6).

Boys 4 x 800 - What a race! And many thanks to South Caldwell, who made it possible and probably also had at least three PR’s in the process.  Watauga 1st!! 8:11.6 – I think the fastest time for Watauga since 2007!  Ryan 2:04.4 PR!! (29.1, 61.5, 1:34.0); Josh 2:01.3 PR!!! (28.5, 59.6, 1:30.1); Matt H. 2:09.3 PR!! (27.8, 59.4, 1:33.4); Bryan 1:56.6 =PR! (27.6, 57.1, 1:25.8).  Note that when you write “PR” four times on a relay, things have gone well.

Girls Pole Vault - Taylor (9’6″) and Alison (9’0″) took first and second.

Girls Triple Jump - Clare 3rd, 30’10″ PR (she beat her previous PR FIVE!! times), Addie 5th, Grace 7th.  We outscored Alexander Central (the main competition) by seven in an event where we expected to get outscored by three.

Girls High Jump - Belle 3rd, Taylor 4th, both at 4’6″.  Again, we were five points better than expected.

Boys Throws - Cody (112′ PR!!), Kenan, and Denver took fourth, fifth, and sixth in the discus.  Kenan was fifth and Denver sixth in the shot, so the combined 19 points was four points ahead of projections.

Boys Triple Jump - Justin and T.J. were third and fourth.

Boys High Jump and Pole Vault - Matt went to Taco Bell on crutches.  Eleven days later he was second in the high jump and fourth in the pole vault. And Zak H. got a PR and a surprise tie for seventh in the high jump.

Great job everyone!  One more day to go.

Full results and splits after the break.

• Girls DMR (3rd place) – Darby 3:53.4 (75.3, 2:35.1); Kennedy 65.5 (31.7); Lily 2:38.7 (33.1, 70.6, 1:52.5); Lynde 5:51.8 (these splits add up to five seconds faster than the time – don’t know what I did, but the total time is probably correct: 79.7, 2:44.7, 4:18.1, 5:46.7)
• Boys DRM (fifth place) – Bryan 3:18.7 (65.6, 2:10.0); Zach S. 55.1 (25.2); Ryan 2:07.7 (28.9, 59.8, 1:32.7); Michael 4:46.2 PR!! (65.4, 2:18.1, 3:31.9)
• Girls 2-mile (all splits at finish line): Madison 3rd 11:55.94 (83.6, 2:51.1, 4:20.1, 5:51.4, 7:24.6, 8:56.6, 10:27.3); Kathleen 8th, 12:19.67 PR!! (86.0, 2:56.0, 4:29.1, 6:02.9, 7:37.5, 9:13.2, 10:47.4)
• Boys 2-mile: Josh 5th, 10:01.48 (79.0, 2:32.4, 3:45.8, 4:58.2, 6:13.7, 7:31.2, 8:49.4); Drew 10th, 10:23.90 PR!! (78.2, 2:32.9, 3:47.9, 5:06.3, 6:27.0, 7:46.8, 9:07.0); Jacob 10:47.67 =PR! (76.8, 2:37.0, 4:00.2, 5:22.2, 6:45.6, 8:09.3, 9:30.7)
• Girls 1×800 – Shelby 2:39.0 PR!! (35.6, 74.2, 1:54.9)
• Boys 4×800 – A-team: 5th – Luke 2:09.1 (62.1, 1:34.5); Michael 2:09.7 PR!! (29.4, 61.1, 1:34.0); Ryan 2:07.7 (29.6, 61.3, 1:33.7); Josh 2:07.4 (29.5, 60.9, 1:33.5).   B-team – Matt H. 2:10.8 (61.5, 1:35.3); Bill 2:12.9 =PR! (28.5, 60.1, 1:34.9); Avery 2:14.7 (30.6, 63.1, 1:38.0); Drew 2:15.2 PR!! (28.8, 63.1, 1:38.5)
• Girls Mile – Darby 5th, 5:19.76 (79.9, 2:42.0, 4:03.1); Doria 8th, 5:24.88 (79.0, 2:38.8, 4:01.5); Shelby 6:01.57 (85.3, 2:56.2, 4:30.2)
• Boys Mile – Avery 4:51.49 PR!! (73.4, 2:27.6, 3:41.9); Luke 4:53.4 PR!! (73.0, 2:27.3, 3:41.1)
• Girls 800 – Lily 2:36.48, =PR!, open PR (34.0, 73.4, 1:54.4)
• Boys 800 – Bryan 2nd, 1:56.65 PR!!! (28.1, 57.4, 1:27.3)

For those who are not competing this weekend – we will have a workout Friday afternoon.  Everyone can race at the High Country Invite, at home on May 4.

• Girls 4×800 -2nd, 12:32.55 – Grace 2:55.1 PR!!!; Alina 3:02.5 (87.8); Sylvia 3:13.7 PR!!; Hannah 3:21.0 (94.9)
• Boys 4×800 – A-team: 1st, 9:48.85 –  Bill 2:23.0 (35.0, 70.9, 1:49.4) -Devin 2:34.5 (76.7) – Andrew 2:21.7 PR!! (68.5) – Caleb Z. 2:29.6 PR!! (73.5); B-team: 2nd, 9:51.8 - Nick 2:19.0 PR!! (32.4, 66.4, 1:42.7) – Justin 2:33.0 (70.7) – Sam 2:31.7 (73.4) – Jarrett 2:37.9 (69.8).
• Girls 1600 – Grace – 3rd, 6:56.96 PR!! (1:41, 3:28, 5:18); Sylvia 7:10.03 PR!! (1:43, 3:32, 5:24); Hannah 7:10.28 (1:43, 3:31, 5:24); Emily 7:19.12 (1:43, 3:32, 5:26)
• Boys 1600 – Matthew He. 3rd, 5:09.37 PR!! (71.4, 2:32,7, 3:53.4); Justin 6th, 5:39.72 (74.9, 2:43.2, 4:14.3); Devin 8th, 5:48.98 (83.5, 2:52.9, 4:26.5); Caleb Z. 9th, 5:53.12 (77.5, 2:52.0, 4:26.3); Jarrett 10th, 6:02.56 (86.0, 2:54.7, 4:30.2); Daniel 11th, 6:33.26 (92.8, 3:16.8,, 4:59.4); Zach L. 12th, 6:38.73 (93.6, 3:19.3, 5:01.3)
• Boys 400 – Nick 3rd, 58.50
• Girls 800 – This was supposed to be a 2:45, just to ensure a place in the fast section at the conference meet.  Two. Forty. Five.  Hopefully this is sign that things are going so well that it actually did feel like 2:45 pace.  Darby – 1st, 2:30.62 (72.6); Alina 4th, 3:01.90 (88.1).
• Boys 800 – WHOOOO!  Race of the century, Avery pushes the pace like an 800 is supposed to be done, and Bill, properly chastened, stays close and makes a supreme effort to get the win.  PR’s all around!  Avery – 1st, 2:12.86 PR!! (63.4); Bill – 2nd, 2:12.91 PR!!! (64.0); Andrew – 3rd, 2:23.59 (65.3); Sam – 5th, 2:38.02 (73); Jake – 6th, 2:44.65 PR?
• Boys 3200 – Dylan returns for the triumphant finale to his high school career, and everyone got to hear the start of Bryan’s announcing career.  Luke – 1st, 11:19.24 (76-2:38, 4:02, 5:26, 6:54, 8:24, 9:54); Dylan 2nd, 11:52.44 (76, 2:38, 4:06, 5:37, 7:12, 8:48, 10:22)
• Girls 4×400 – 2nd, 4:42.63 – Addie ~70, Claire ~72, Savanna 72.9, Kennedy 66.7
• Boys 4×400 – Sprint A: 1st, 3:47.79 (Dallas 62.3, Zach S. 54.0, T.J. 56.3, Justin 54.7); Distance: 2nd, 3:55.30 (Nick 61.0, Matthew He. 55.8, Avery 59.4, Bill 58.8)

There were two things I really thought about while seeing the coverage of the bombs.  The immediate reaction was a fear of what this could mean for the future of big marathons.  People I know have told me that marathon weekend is the absolute best time of the year to visit New York or Boston.  As a runner, there is nothing better than being part of thousands running a race, but only in a marathon do you get ten or a hundred times as many non-runners lining the street, making it feel like the whole world is invested in what you are doing.  And there is no way to continue to have that experience in a world where we start treating marathons like airports.  There’s not even a way to run the race – Boston is one of probably only three marathons in the country that even has a much as a nylon fence between the course and the sidewalk, houses, stores, offices, and woods it runs past.  The rest are – like running itself – completely open. The best political writer in the country today wrote about how important that is, but a the Bostonian who is the best writer straddling the line between sports and politics acknowledges it probably won’t be the same from now on.

The other thought was for the people who were still running toward Copley Square at the 4:10 mark when they were told to stop.  It is a trivial thing, compared to the devastation at the finish line.  But that’s what made me think of them – the fact that not only were they denied an achievement they worked so long for, but that they aren’t even allowed to feel disappointed about it.  Ironically, these are probably the people the race meant the most to.  Those who qualified easily, who have run Boston multiple times in the past, who have possibly already qualified for next year – they were already finished.  The ones still on the course were overwhelmingly either the runners who barely met the qualifying times, for whom both getting into Boston and preparing to run it was a massive undertaking; or those who entered as charity runners, raising or donating lots of money for their place in the race, and possibly preparing for the first (and perhaps only) marathon of their life.  Boston will surely give them a chance to run next year, if they are up for it, but it will never be able to give them the unabashed joy of accomplished they worked for.  My brother-in-law’s birthday is September 11.  You try to work hard to make sure awful people don’t take away life’s celebrations from completely innocent good people, but you can’t ever really make things the same.

Meanwhile, there was a great race that no one will remember.  The first three men were separated by six seconds, and the American who finished fourth doesn’t have a shoe company sponsor and wasn’t even number one on his high school team.  The woman who led by over a minute at the 22-mile mark hit the wall hard, and the seven-woman pack chasing her – including two Americans – all caught her before the finish.  It was a great day in Boston, like Patriot’s Day always is, until it wasn’t.

It very late – the last meet for some people is Wednesday.

That is the mix that is track season.  Lots of different seasons in one (thought no one has to have their season end this week – you can run at the home invitational on May 4 regardless of pace.)

But knowing that some people have quite a bit longer than others until their most important races of the season, the workouts do diverge a lot this week.  If you have already qualified for regionals, this week is about getting really hard work in (and hopefully a good weekend race), while for most others, it is about getting good races (and hopefully a little bit of workout.)

Home meet Wednesday will have very few of the Friday/Saturday participants in it (and almost none of the Friday people.)

The daily plan:

• Monday – Three different groups.  Distance people with a lot of racing left (Josh, Michael, Drew, Darby, Madison, Lynde, Kathleen) – 5×800, 3-4 minutes recovery, go as fast as you cannot while still holding the pace through the last one.  This is probably a little slower than mile pace.   Middle distance people with a lot of racing left (Bryan, Ryan, Luke, Matthew H., Avery, Doria, Lily) – 3x3x200, 40 seconds recovery, 12 minutes between sets, FAST.  This will not feel comfy.  Everyone else – three sets of 300-200-100, as fast as you can go.  10 minutes between sets. Set 1 – 60 seconds after 300, 30 seconds after 200.  Sets 2 & 3 – 90 seconds after 300, 60 seconds after 200.  Circuits after.
• Tuesday – Medium run and strides for those racing on the weekend.  Short, easy day and strides for others.
• Wednesday – Home meet.  For those not racing who race Friday, 6-8 x 200 fast (in racing shoes.)  If you are not racing but don’t race until Saturday, we’ll give you a workout.
• Thursday – medium run if you race Friday or don’t race at all on the weekend.  Fast 200′s if you don’t race until Saturday.
• Fri-Sat – Tri-Cities Track Classic at Science Hill High School in Johnson City.  Entries are here.  If you are not racing, and not running at conference, do a long run one of these days and you can take the other day off.  If you are running conference but for some reason not going to this meet, we need to discuss your workouts (and your priorities).
• Sun – easy run

• Boys 4×800 – 8:23.33, 1st in section 2, season best! – Ryan 2:07.8, Josh 2:04.5, Bryan 1:57.9, Michael 2:12.7 (splits estimated from memory)
• Boys 3200 – Michael 10:23.63
• Girls 3200 – Lynde 2nd in section 1, 12:18.47; Darby 1st in section 2, 11:42.45
• Girls Mile (auto-timed – all splits are at finish line, so the first is for 409 meters) – Kathleen 5:50.46 – 84.40, 2:52.28 (87.88), 4:21.96 (89.68), 5:50.46 (88.50); Madison 2nd in section 3, 9th overall, 5:25.19 – 81.20, 2:42.87 (81.67), 4:06.31 (83.44), 5:25.20 (78.89)
• Boys mile (auto-timed): Drew 4th in section 2, 4:50.29 PR!!! – 71.46, 2:26.22 (74.76), 3:40.39 (74.17), 4:50.29 (69.90); Jacob 5:01.53, PR-ish – 73.72, 2:30.15 (76.43), 3:47.67 (77.52), 5:01.53 (73.86); Josh 4:36.39 winner of section 3!, PR-ish – 70.52, 2:20.55 (70.03), 3:31.90 (71.35), 4:36.39 (64.49)
• Girls 800 – Kaitlyn 2:48.68 – 36.0, 77.2 (41.2), 2:02.5 (45.3), 2:48.7 (46.2)
• Boys 800 – 2:09.03 PR!!! – 30.3, 62.6 (32.3), 1:35.4 (32.8), 2:09.0 (33.6);  Ryan 2:06.29 PR!! – 29.6, 61.4 (31.8), 1:33.4 (32.0), 2:06.3 (32.9)
• Girls 4×400 – 4:30.09 – Grace 66.0, Belle 64.8 (29.9), Kennedy 65.8 (30.3), Kathleen 73.3 (34.1)
• Boys 4×400 (auto-timed): Justin 54.92, Ryan 54.92, Bryan 51.99, Zach S. 55.38

ASU INVITE RESULTS – in most cases I’m assuming the names in the results are actually the people who ran.  If this isn’t the case, let us know.  No lap or relay splits at this point.

• Girls 4×800 – 10:59.49 – this is under 2:45 per leg – I’m assuming it was Lily, Shelby, Carson, and Alina – that’s a pretty good average for any possible combination we had.
• Boys 4×800 – 9:05.40 – this is 2:16.35 per leg – I think it was Matthew H., Bill, Avery, and Trevor.  Again, the average indicates someone must have PR’d.
• Girls 1600 – Shelby 6th, 6:19.09
• Boys 1600 – Avery 2nd, 4:57.87; Caleb 5:45.73; Andrew C., 6:24.33
• Girls 400 – Lily 3rd, 64.64 PR!!
• Boys 400 – Bill 57.97 PR!!
• Girls 800 – Alina 3:01.35
• Boys 800 – Matthew H. 5th, 2:15.03; Devin 2:21.84 PR!!
• Girls 3200 – Hannah 15:44.98; Sylvia 16:14.48 ; Emily 16:27.48
• Boys 3200 – Jarrett 13:22.40

Friday Night

• Girls DMR – Darby (1200), a hurdler – Belle or Kennedy (400), Lily (800), and Lynde (1600)
• Boys DMR – Bryan (1200), Zach S. (400), Ryan (1200), Michael (1600)
• Girls 2-mile – Madison & Kathleen
• Boys 2-mile – Josh, Drew, and Jacob
• Most Friday night runners can stay at my in-laws’ lake house.  If you don’t run Friday night, you will come over on the Saturday bus.

Saturday

• Girls 4×8 – Darby, Madison, Lily or Lynde, Doria
• Boys 4×8 A – Ryan, Josh, Luke, Michael
• Boys 4×8 B – Avery, Matthew H., Drew, Jacob
• Girls mile – Doria, Shelby, maybe Lynde
• Boys mile – Avery, Luke
• Girls 800 – Maybe Lily
• Boys 800 – Bryan, Matthew H.
• Girls 4×4 – Lily & Doria are possibilities
• Boys 4×4 – Bryan & Ryan are likely; others possible

Almost everyone listed here has been consulted on their events, but please let us know ASAP if you have a conflict.

Taco Bell results, including auto-timed splits for some of Saturday’s races, are coming soon.

RESULTS - Girls

• 4×800 - 1st, 10:35.07.  Not the most exciting event, with only three teams that ended up crossing the line at 56-second intervals.  But Lynde did get a good lead for us right from the start with a PR on the leadoff leg.  Lynde – 2:38.8 PR!! (35.3, 75.7, 1:56.8); Madison 2:39.3 (36.2, 77.0, 1:58.0); Kaitlyn 2:45.7 (33.40, 74.9, 1:59.0); Doria 2:31.1 (32.0, 69.5, 1:49.8)
• 1600 - Another PR for Lynde, impressive as she was basically alone the whole race.  Lynde – 2nd, 5:48.79 PR!! (81.2, 2:49.9, 4:22.1); Lynde 9th, 6:16.64 (83.4, 2:57.8, 4:36.5)
• 800 - Madison 4th, 2:34.75 (37.1, 77.7, 1:56.2); Kaitlyn 6th, 2:45.13 (37.3, 78.3, 2:01.2); Alina 13th, 2:59.62 PR!! (39.0, 84.3, 2:12.2)
• 3200 - Kathleen was seeded first (after scratches), so winning was not a huge surprise.  But winning by more than a minute was impressive.  Kathleen – 1st, 12:48.68 (96.5, 3:10.1, 4:43.8, 6:18, 7:56, 9:34.4, 11:14.3)
• 4×400 - 4th, 5:02.67.  I think these were PR’s for Lynde and Eliza.  Lynde 69.9, Shelby 78.6, Eliza 77.4, Alina 76.3.

RESULTS – Boys

• 4×800 – 2nd, 8:42.41.  PR’s for both Matthews on the first two legs.  Matthew O. 2:10.7 PR!! (32.3, 64.5, 1:37.0); Matthew He. 2:10.2 PR!! (29.1, 62.4, 1:35.9); Luke 2:13.1 (31.1, 64.2, 1:37.1), Bryan 2:08.4 (30.2, 63.1, 1:35.6)
  
• 1600 - Matthew O. was out with injury, and Dylan wasn’t around, so Jacob was representing us alone, but came through with his first ever sub-5:00 race!  Jacob 11th, 4:59.60 PR!!! (71.6, 2:26.7, 3:45.0)
• 400 – Trevor – 18th, 62.61
• 800 – not a fast start to say the least.   But a very good second lap for Bryan in the win, and for Ryan.  Bryan – 1st, 2:03.53 (33.1, 65.0, 1:34.6); Ryan – 4th, 2:07.52 (33.4, 65.7, 1:36.6); Luke 7th, 2:14.69 (34.4, 67.8, 1:40.5)
• 3200 - Welcome back to Avery! Good first time out.  Josh A. 4th, 10:17.30 (72.5, 2:28.4, 3:46.4, 5:04.1, 6:21.7, 7:40.3, 9:01.0); Drew B. 6th, 10:40.36 PR!! (76.3, 2:37.3, 3:59.1, 5:21.8, 6:43.6, 8:05.0, 9:25); Avery 8th, 10:58.54 PR!! (79.3, 2:43.2, 4:05.4, 5:29.8, 6:53.9, 8:20.3, 9:43.4).  By the way, that is about as close to even splits between the two halves as you can get.
• 4×400 – good win to finish the meet.  1st, 3:39.10 – Justin 55.7, Ryan 54.3, Bryan 53.0, Zach S. 55.9.