It was a great day to run considering the weather, however the course was the biggest challenge, because of all the rain over the previous weekend. The girls came into this meet ranked 6th, however ran to a 5th place team finish. The team ran very well, considering the course conditions, and the mental aspects of running this race. The team could have easily given up before they had started the race mentally because of the course conditions, but that did not happen. The team accepted the challenge and several runners ran to a personal best on this day (Lylia Gomez, Kiliegh Burge and Emily Lopez. The team also had a couple girls that were under the weather that ran today. The three interchangeable runners standing by, Lily Knobloch, Savannah Hampton and Emme Schwabe were eager to get into the race if any teammates weren’t able to go today due to illness or injury. Sometime the coaches have to make a judgement call for the good of the team.
The Team ran very well today!!!
Next week will be a bigger challenge in Granite City. The course is flat and very fast!!! In order to make it to the state meet the team must be ready mentally, because you’re going to have to experience some pain in order to achieve your season goal,
Site: Channahon Community Park, Channahon IL
Distance 3.0 Miles Temp: 66
Moline Finish: 5th Place
Top Maroon Finisher: Lylia Gomez 22nd Place (19:44) Personal Best -1:03**
Kiliegh Burge 24th Place 19:49) Personal Best -1:45**
Maddie Lodico 29th Place (20:18) – 9 seconds
Emily Lopez 41st Place (20:55) Personal Best -2:19**
Alexis Wolf 50th Place (21:14)
Grace Vinzant 53rd Place (21:32) – 8 seconds
Grace Shelton 60th Place (22:15) -1:07
