Hale Cross Country is becoming a force again! We had a very strong performance this past week, and are looking forward to our progression as athletes and a team. Thanks to South Milwaukee for putting on a great invitational.
We have an exciting meet this weekend at a true cross country course at UW-Parkside. This is less of a spectator friendly course, but is a great experience for any cross country runner to be able to participate on such an awesome course made only for cross country. Rocket Invite Recap We had 22 boys get personal or season bests this past weekend, and with that, we took 5th and 6th respectively in the varsity and jv races. Both were very nice performances in a large meet such as this. There were many highlights, with one for sure having three in the top 15 of the varsity race! Congratulations to Josh, Liam and Brad for continuing their strong seasons up front. Look for them to continue progressing and having no limits! You'll be amazed at what they will do this year and beyond. Matthew Kees and Cole Konczal also had lifetime PR's in the varsity race and continue to push our team to be better! In the JV race, the definite highlight was Cole Orlowski getting after it and racing to a two minute plus pr of 19:33! Coaches have been seeing his potential since day one, and know there is no limit to what he can do from here. Keep the aggression in both races and workouts, and watch the team get better from it! We expect more breakthroughs this week now that Cole has set the tone! Frank Bevsek continues to keep moving up, finishing as our 4th guy and scoring once again. Kenny Parliament battled for the team, fighting off a side ache and making sure he got to the finish strong. Chase Witty is starting to get after it more and more, and is improving like rapid fire! It was great to see Ty Greene complete his first 5k, and the guys cheering him on! This is a close family of boys supporting each other and their performances. We see tons of growth ahead and we will emphasize continued daily purpose and embracing each day. It's been a ton of fun with this group, keep working hard and wanting to do more! With many having races under our belts, set some goals for yourself and the team. The team will decide what we can accomplish. What do you guys want to achieve? Week 5 Daily practices @ 3:20 after school this week! There is one event on Tuesday we are still planning to have. It's our youth mile race right on campus. I will be asking some guys to help pace, set up and time this event. Any 3rd-8th graders are welcome to come race! Our Angel Invite Meet Information
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This weekend, we head back to Grant Park for the South Milwaukee Rocket Invitational. We haven't done this meet in a few years, and are excited to be back in it. The course is great and we will perform very well there. We look to keep building and have some big performances!
Betz Invitational Recap We are always honored to host our home meet, and this year once again brought great competition and teams to Greenfield Park! This year proved a bit more challenging with course set up due to some restricted areas on the park, some puddles at the start line and a discovered bees' nest prior to the race! It was a true cross country meet with the tough conditions, and we loved it! The meet brought four state qualifying teams from last year, as well as Arrowhead who didn't qualify but are a perennial competitive team. Our varsity squad competed well, finishing just 3 points behind Slinger (17th in state last year) and 18 points behind Tosa East (10th in state last year). Our top three boys put us in an awesome position. Putting three guys in the top 27 at this meet was great, considering our top guy at this meet last year was 30th place! Our 4 and 5 guys will move up a ton over the coming weeks (whoever those end up being!) and we will form a very solid team. Continue to believe in the team and embrace each day! In the JV race, we had some guys get out fast! We loved it, and will work with them a bit on getting out fast AND smart this week. Ethan, Richard and Cole got out real well. It paid off big for Cole as he finished 18th and was our 6th man, breaking 20 minutes for the first time. Frank did an awesome job moving up throughout the race and getting a big PR! He was our 3rd man scoring for us. We had some other nice PR's from the frosh crew, and we will continue to see huge improvements over the season! There is NO LIMIT for anyone. Let's keep pushing each other to be the best we can be. This Week Click here for our Meet info for this week!>> Rocket Invitational Meet Information Planned Workouts Here Monday, September 3rd - Practice @ 6:00 p.m.! Meet by commons, the school will NOT be open to get into. Be dressed ready to run. We are doing our Long aerobic run today, so eat smart and hydrate well prior. Tuesday, September 4th - First day of school!! Practice @ 3:20 p.m. after school each day. Good luck to everyone this year. Put in MAX EFFORT in all of your classes, and always be respectful to others, even if you feel they are in the wrong. Kindness will pay off. Wednesday/Thursday - Practice @ 3:20 Friday, September 7th - Practice @ 3:20 and Pasta Party to follow at Ian Hoffman's! Saturday, September 8th - Rocket Invite @ Grant Park (South Milwaukee) Sunday, September 9th - (group on own doing run) |
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