Monthly Archives: October 2015

Jonny was racing at the Central District Championship today held today at the Watkins Memorial High School. He was racing in Division 1, Section 2.  Conditions were mid 60′ and sprinkling.  To move on to Regionals the team had to place 5th or better, or Jonny had to finish in the top 20 to move on as an individual.

Jonny got a good start and through the first 800 meters he established himself in the top 15.  He moved up a few positions through out the race and came in 12th overall out of 112 competitors.  He finished the race in 16:14.3, which is his 2nd best time of his career.  The team ended up getting 5th place and so the entire team gets to move on to the Regionals for Division I Central Ohio which is held in Pickerington.  The boys have never raced there before and are not really sure what to expect.

The official results can be found here at WatkinsTrack.org or on the Granville Running Database.

Here is the video I took today.

Jonny competed in the Licking Country League Championships held at Watkins Memorial High School. The conditions were a little cool in the upper 30’s with a slight breeze, but the course was nice and dry which makes it a fast course as there are no big hills on the course.

Jonny got a chance to run head to head with the #4 runner in the country, Andrew Jordan from Watkins Memorial.  Jonny competed well and ended up 7th overall out of 68 runners.  When they broke down the different divisions he was 6th out of 35 runners.  He recorded his 2nd best time ever with a time of 16:17.22.  The boys team ended up 2nd in the division behind Watkins Memorial.

I did take some video from the race which is here below.

The official results from the meet can be found on the watkinstrack.org website.

If you would like to see what the results would have been without dividing out the divisions after the race was run you can see that information on the Granville Aces Running Database.

Jonny competed in the Les Eisenhart Cross Country Invitational today.  This has typically been one of the fastest courses Granville participates in every year.  The kids times normally reflect a fast course with competition that is going to push you to be your best.  This year was no different.

The event is so big that they divide the high school open races up to freshman and sophomores in one open race and juniors and seniors in another race.  There were a total of 811 high school boys running today.  Of those 811 boys Jonny finished 16th overall.  He finished 16th in his varsity race with 211 competitors.  He got off to a very good start to get ahead of the group in the tight spots as a seasoned runner in this race had taught him in the past.  He ran a great race and he was able to break his previous record by 13 seconds with a new personal best of 16:10 over the 5K course.

The official score sheet can be found here: http://www.baumspage.com/cc/eisenhart/2015/Eisenhart High School Boys Varsity Race.pdf

The video I took from the race is here: