Today Jonny ran in the varsity race at the Bob Reall Cross Country Invitational in Lancaster, OH. This is one of the more hilly courses. The weather was in the mid to upper 60’s and very muddy as it had been raining all morning up to about an hour and a half before their race. There were several races before them which turned the grass course in a sloppy mud pit.
Jonny ran well and finished with a 19:04 which put him 76th in a field of 171. He was 6th on the Granville team this race.
You can find the results on Baums Page or at the Granville Aces Running Database
Race video can be found on YouTube.
Granville is running in the Denny Stevens Cross Country Invitational this coming Tuesday at the Kokosing Recreational Area in Fredricktown, OH. Jonny will not be running in that race this year as decided by his coaches. That was the race last year that Stephanie ran that showed a lot character. She ran with the leaders for the first two miles of the race and then her asthma kicked in and resulted in her cramping up, instead of quitting or walking the rest of the way, she continued to struggle on, climbed the last big hill to the top of the dam and still finished the race around the top quarter of the pack instead of the within the top 15. She was devastated at the time, but we were so proud of her that she soldiered on and completed the race under heavy duress.