Race Recaps: Spartan and McDonough Invitationals Girls Team

On September 17, the team split up and went to two separate events. This weekend was one of those no PRs kind of weekends due to slow and poor race conditions. Varsity traveled to Boardman where the girls took 11th out of 41 teams. Maddie Hull lead the team with a time of 21:07 and placed 53rd overall. While the team was not happy with their times, they were happy with their performances. Two great performances were executed by Sam Meyer and Anna Evans. While most of the girls were one-two minutes off of their times from the previous race at Tiffin, these girls were only about 20 seconds off of their PRs, showing their improvement from the week prior. Another girl that stepped up was Loryn Renick who again, helped score points for the team. Complete race results can be found on the Spartan Invitational race page.

At the McDonough Invite, the girls excelled on a wet, slippery, and run down course. Emma Lane ran hard up “the hill” to place 18th overall helping the team seal an 8th place finish out of 9 teams. Other amazing races were ran by Sarah Lane who is moving nicely up the team as her times are dropping. On another note, Lily English who ran solo in the open race finished with a great time considering course conditions. All in all the girls varsity is coming together nicely with the top finishing within 20 seconds of one another, while the JV is working hard to move up into the varsity spots. Future’s looking bright for the Lady Cards! Complete race results can found on the McDonough Invitational race page.