Today Jonny ran at Watkins Memorial High School. This meet they are running the Boys Open and Varsity together in the same race. We have been to this race in the past and it has always been very wet. This time it is dry and should be a nice run. A large portion of the run is in the woods and the kids have to watch out for tree roots and the narrow path which hinders passing.
Jonny finished in 18:24 and was the 4th runner overall for Granville. The top 7 runners are considered varsity with the top 5 runners earning points for the team. The 6th and 7th runner do not get totaled in the team points, but they earn points that displace top five runners on other teams. The team with the lowest point total wins the meet. Jonny earned 42 points for Granville and was very pleased to finish 42 out of 283 runners in his solid effort. His conditioning and speed allowed him to sprint faster and move up 3 more spots in the last 50 meters of the race.
One other thing to point out about this race is that one of Granville’s top two runners was unable to run in this meet. If he was healthy enough to run in this meet, Granville would have moved up to 3rd easily and potentially 2nd overall as he would have placed right around our number one runner for this race. As a matter of fact the athlete who missed this race was our number one runner last week.
Results for the meet can be found at aces.ourhobby.com or www.baumspage.com
His race video can been seen on YouTube