State Meet

Thoughts on State...

I'm pretty sure you've all heard by now, but just in case you've been out running all weekend, you should know that our very own Josh H. rocked the State Meet this weekend. He finished 7th and proudly stepped up on the top 10 podium to receive his much deserved medal. This was my first time to go to the State Meet and with some hard work I definitely want to be making a trip that way again soon. The atmosphere is electric and seeing that many great runners is truly mind blowing. Josh is the first to place in the top 10 in our school's history, putting him up there with the best of the best.

What can we learn from all this?
He truly did it himself. He started just one year ago after not doing as well as he hoped during XC season. Every day after school, he ran...and ran...and ran...In the rain, he ran...in the scorching summer, he ran. There are not many kids with that kind of drive, especially the kind of drive to do it alone. I encourage all of you returning runners to push yourself in the same way. Only YOU can make yourself better. Push yourself. Never settle for average. Set a goal and never give up.

On that note...START NOW!!! Come out and run after school each day. I'll see you there.

--Coach

Region Results

Congrats team!

Region was wet and messy, but I hope everyone had a great time. A big highlight was Josh's 4th place finish overall, which qualifies him for the state meet next week in Carrollton. Some other great highlights were seeing 3 girls break 29 minutes, as well as Avel almost breaking 19 minutes. The girls' team finished 8th out of 10 teams competing, and the boys' team finished 6th out of 11 teams competing. We didn't qualify for state as a team, thus our season comes to an end, but I'm really proud of all of your hard work over the last 3 months. We have a lot of people graduating, but also a lot of people coming back next year...SO KEEP RUNNING and I'll see you soon.

--Coach