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We are entering championship season this week, as the Greater Metro Conference Meet is this Friday!
Before that though, let's recap our meet from last week: Wisconsin Lutheran Invitational Out of the 18 racers, all 18 of them ran either a personal best or a season best time on Thursday! This is evidence of them being fit and focused coming into the meet and reminds our guys that we are ready to rumble for these championship meets upcoming. On the JV side, we wanted to recognize two different athletes this week. Payson Vahovick has been working hard all season, just hoping to break 30 minutes. We've seen it at practice and we were just waiting for it to show itself in the race. Sure enough, Thursday was his breakthrough, as he pushed it as hard as we've seen him and came through in 29:37. We are so proud of Payson and excited for him to continue to break barriers moving forward. We also recognized Iker Robles. As one of our upperclassmen, Iker has been a model of consistency for the younger guys, showing them how to push themselves each day at practice. He had his best race of the season and led our JV squad, really looking strong over the last two miles. Congratulations to Payson, Iker and our entire JV squad on a breakthrough meet this week! On the varsity side, we were 4th out of 17 teams. We really mixed it up with some of the best teams in the State and took big steps forward, with still room to grow. Ethan Plier (16:17) and Koda Bruner (16:18) both PR'd big and were 10th and 12th place respectively in the race, earning medals for their performances. Also, their times were all-time noteworthy performances, 10th and 11th on our Hale All-Time Fastest Performances list (can be found in the records section on Halexc.com)! Pumped for those guys and our entire team. We believe we have bigger things to come for these guys and all around. As for our Athlete of the Meet, O stands for "Overcome" in our VICTORS motto and our AOM did just that. Joseph Ventura got spiked in the heel right before the start of the race and was not even sure he was going to be able to race. After gutting out a couple strides and us making sure that the injury wasn't anything muscular that could linger, Joseph decided to step up for his team and race. Joseph ran super tough and ran a new PR of 16:59, first time under 17! A really nice race in any circumstance and an outstanding one, considering what he was going through in that moment. Way to step up Joseph and congratulations to all the boys on their step forward! This week is our last week for the JV competitors. After this week, we will be down to 9-10 guys left (7 competitors for Sectionals and 2-3 alternates who will be ready, just in case). However, looking forward to next week, we would invite our whole team to continue to train with the Sectional Team next week (October 20th-24th) to support the guys training for the WIAA State Series (Sectionals and State). Also, we would ask the entire team to attend Sectionals on Saturday October 25th, riding the team bus and supporting their teammates hoping to qualify for the WIAA State Meet. This week: Monday-Thursday is normal practice, 3:15pm at Hale. Thursday evening at 5:00pm- Pasta Dinner at the Jensen household! Address: 12125 W. Cleveland Ave., West Allis, WI Friday (October 17th)- Greater Metro Conference Championships- Boys will get out of class at 1:00pm for a 1:15pm bus (unlike last week, we will ride a bus to and from the meet- parents can pick up their athletes around 6:20pm at Hale) Mitchell Park in Brookfield 2:45 P.M. Boys Junior Varsity 3:30 P.M. Girls Junior Varsity 4:15 P.M. Boys Varsity 4:45 P.M. Girls Varsity 5:30 P.M. Awards Ceremony COURSE The course is a true 5k course run mostly on grass with some pavement where runners cross the park road. The course is lined and flagged. Course Map: Mitchell Park 5k Course Map Results will be on pttiming.com AWARDS: Varsity : All conference Awards to top 24 finishers. Top 8 awarded first team all conference, next 8 awarded second team all conference, next 8 awarded 3rd team all conference. PARKING Spectators should park in the lots at the south end of the park, filling the southernmost lots first. Please follow the directions of the parking volunteers. Buses should park in the lot at the north end of Mitchell Park north of the course. Spectators are discouraged from bringing dogs to the meet. CONCESSIONS: - For sale while supplies last T-Shirt: Meet t-shirts are for sale for $15. Saturday- Varsity boys and alternates for the State Series will meet up for a short shake-out run at 8:30am at Hale. Let me know if you have questions or concerns! Looking forward to a fun meet on Friday!
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We had no meets this week, but we had a really good week of training, getting us ready for championship season. I am excited to watch the boys run fast and compete hard at these last 2-4 meets. Reminder, we will not meet up for whole team practice this upcoming weekend (October 4th and 5th), but our varsity guys have a run assigned to them on Sunday and may choose to meet up. Yes, it is crazy, but JV athletes have just 2 meets left, which will mean these next two weeks will be mostly sharpening up and racing fast! (next Thursday's invite + Conference). It is time to showcase that hard work that they've been putting in day in and day out for the past seven weeks and beyond. Varsity, we still have 3-4 meets left (next Thursday's invite + Conference + Sectionals) and still have work to be done. Excited to continue to build with this group and see the fruit that working hard and competing for each other will yield. FYI- When the JV season is over (October 18th is their final meet), JV athletes are welcome to continue to join practices with the varsity team, but it is not required. Next week (October 6th-11th): Monday-Wednesday- normal practice- 3:15pm start Wednesday- Pasta Dinner at the Venturas! Address: 1121 S. 115th Street, West Allis. Near Walker Elementary Thursday- Wisconsin Lutheran High School Cross Country Invitational at McCarty Park in West Allis ***There will be no bus home from the meet. Athletes will get picked up after the meet at the park (around 6:30pm as everyone will stay for awards). We will get them to the meet from Hale.**** JV- 3:30pm race Boys Varsity- 4:45pm race Awards- 6:00pm Friday- 3:15pm practice Saturday (October 11th)- no official team practice- varsity guys will likely meet up for a last long run together of the season (JV off) Sunday (October 12th)- no practice or run. Let me know if you have questions or concerns! Looking forward to a great week next week!  Lots to celebrate this week as a team. Let's take a look at the outcomes.
JV – 8th out of 21 teams I think we did a really nice job of Overcoming (the “O” in VICTORS) on the JV side this week. We had guys battling through sickness, stress, and even one whose spikes broke during pre-race strides! Yet, they went out, competed hard, and came away with a quality performance, beating more than half the teams at the meet.
Our boys raced with a lot of purpose. At the mile mark, they were bunched near the front, ready to fight for each other — which was awesome to see.
Looking Ahead As exciting as this win was, we can’t be satisfied. If we want to achieve our goals at the end of the season, we must keep improving. Every athlete is a contributor, and each guy needs to push the next one daily. That’s how we’ll continue to grow. Practice: Normal schedule, 3:15 p.m. Monday–Friday Friday: Pasta dinner hosted by the Vahovicks- 12465 w Euclid ave Saturday – Kettle Moraine Laser Relays
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Looking forward to another great week! Coach Dewitt |
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