A Short Run

   At the New Haven “Short Course” Invitational, the varsity boys’ team finished eighth as a team, with 171 points, behind Union by 10 points, and ahead of Belle by 29 points. The boys’ top runner was Dylan Goodwin, with a time of 13:30.45, finishing 25th. Keven McDowell came in behind Dylan by 8 seconds, finishing with a time of 13:38.43, in 30th. The runners that came in behind Keven and Dylan include Jon Stone, who finished in 33rd, with a time of 13:46.73. After Jon was Cole Lensing, who was sure to say, “We need to bury our competition.” He finished with a time of 14:26.76. Drew Armfield came in with a time of 15:03.88. Alex Madden was the last finisher for the boys varsity team with a time of 15:54.91.
   The junior varsity boys finished in 3rd with 80 points. Nathan Ford finished in 1st place with a time of 13:02.52. Ryan Blankenship finished in 9th, with a time of 13:49.37. Kyle Brumels finished in 21st with a time of 14:28.58. Riley Otten finished in 29th with a time of 14:51.33. Damien(Bubba) Gale finished with a time of 15:35.05, and Robbie Cichon with a time of 18:00.05.
   There were only 2 girl runners for the girls varsity team, so they couldn’t place as a team. The 2 runners were Hannah Kruse, who finished in 39th with a time of 17:02.02, and Natalie Hoerstkamp, with a time of 20:47.68.   Mr. Tucker said, “I just wanted to see how everyone runs and competes at this meet; it’s basically a practice meet to see where you are at.” He was also excited to see how everyone was going to run in Linn next week, which has always been a brutal course. 
-by Alex Madden