Monthly Archives: September 2016

Jonny ran at the Centerville Saturday Night Lights for the 2nd year in a row. This was one of his favorite races last year and didn’t disappoint again this year. The team makes the 2 hour trip to Centerville, Ohio which is between Dayton and Cincinnati and they run in the championship races for varsity runner with all the big competitive schools including schools from Kentucky. After the races the team spends the night near Centerville in a hotel and then they have their Sunday practice running in a park over there. The entire event is fun and different and the atmosphere is very much like a carnival and I think that is the main reason they enjoy it so much.

Jonny in the final stretch of the Saturday Night Lights race in Centerville, OH.

Jonny ran in the Championship race and got off to a good start. At the 1 mile mark he was 4:59.6 and in 11th place. At the 2 mile mark he was 10:19.7 and in 10th place. He passed a person in the last 300 meters to secure 8th place overall out of 198 runners with a new personal record of 16:01.9. He officially has the fastest Granville time at that meet now.

I took some video of that race and here it is:

The teams were split this week with the Varsity boys and girls running up at Tiffin in the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival, which is about 2 hours north and west of us and the rest of the team competing at Watkins Memorial High School about 8 miles away.

Jonny runs up the hill just after the first mile at the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival

The team ran in the Division II Varsity Jonny placed 6 out of 359 in the Boys Varsity Division II race.   Overall with all the high school boys races lumped together Jonny would have finished 45th of 2586 high school boys athletes.

Jonny approaches the finish line at the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival

Here is the video I took at the race:

Jonny opened the 2016 Cross Country season today with a home meet.  He ran in the varsity race at the Granville Cross Country Invitational held at the Bryn Du Mansion in Granville, Ohio.  The weather today at race time was very nice.  It was in the mid 70s and sunny with humidity around 40%.

Jonny nearing the first mile at the Granville Cross Country Invitational

Jonny followed his coaches advice and ran the first two miles easy keeping the leaders in sight.  He kept himself in the top 10 after about 400 meters and settled into 5th for the first two miles.  Somewhere behind the Mansion when they climb the big hill, he started to make an advance and put himself in 4th while gaining ground on the other runners.  He finished the last 600 meters very strong and within the last 100 meters made a race for 3rd place.  Unfortunately his attack was matched and he lost out 3rd place by a mere two tenths of a second.

Jonny runs at the Granville Cross Country Invitational

He took 4th place overall out of 151 runners with a new Granville record for the event with a new personal best time of 16:07.3.  The official results can be found here on timerhub.com.  You can also find it on the Granville Running Database here.

Jonny approaches the finish at the Granville Cross Country Invitational

Jonny at the Granville Cross Country Invitational

Jonny sprints to the finish at the Granville Cross Country Invitational

Here is the video I took of the race.