Monthly Archives: October 2016

Jonny raced in the Region 7 Division II Boys tournament today held at Pickerington North High School in Pickerington Ohio. The top 6 teams and any individual whose team were not in the top 6 were going to move on to next week’s State Championship held at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, just 8 miles south of Granville.  Weather was partly cloudy and 67 with winds around 13 mph.

Jonny got a OK start, but these meets typically get out fast, so he was still good.  After about 800 meters he was in the top 20.  I didn’t get to see him again until the end of the race.  He was fighting for 7th place and was beat out by 18/100ths of a second at the finish line for 7th, but held off the hard charge of the runner looking to get 8th out of 161 regional competitors.  His time was 16:39.69.  Jonny got a medal and was on the podium at the regional ceremony for his 8th place finish.

It took about 30 minutes after the race to get the results and find out that the boys team took 4th place and the entire team was going to run at the State Finals.  All the boys were grinning from ear to ear to find out they were going as a team.

The official results can be found on the TimingFirst website here or on the Granville Cross Country Database.

Here is the video I took from the race.  I only got the start and near the finish, but because I was so focused on Jonny, I failed to get him crossing the finish line.

Jonny ran at the Central District Meet today held at Watkins Memorial High School in Pataskala. The weather was 48 with winds at 15 MPH at the time of the Section I Boys Division II race. The top 12 boys and top 3 teams advanced to the Regional District next week at Pickerington North High School.

Jonny injured himself last week during warm ups and was told to take it easy for most of the race and not re-injure himself during this race.  Two runners took off and distanced themselves from the pack early and left Jonny and a group of runners to vie for 3rd place.  Jonny kept himself near the front of that pack for the first 2 miles of the race and because he felt good he opened it up in the 3rd mile and distanced himself from the pack to finish 3rd all alone.  He finished in 16:46.71, which is his slowest time all season.  He listened to his coaches and showed his experience by running smart and not taking the chance of pulling that right hamstring.  He also made sure he got the points his team needed to finish 1st as a team in the Division II Central District Section I Championship by 3 points.

The results can be found here on the Granville Cross Country Database.

Here is the video I took from the race.

Jonny ran in the Licking Country League Championship meet today held at Watkins Memorial High School in nearby Pataskala, Ohio. The League is now split into two divisions the Buckeye division for larger schools and the Cardinal division for the smaller schools. Granville is in the Buckeye division for larger schools. They run both divisions together and then split them out for scoring.

Before the race even began, during warm ups, Jonny pulled his hamstring and was holding his hamstring for a large portion of race. You could see in his face that he was in pain, even in the beginning portions of the race. Even though he was not one hundred percent, he finished 4th overall, 3rd in the Buckeye division with a time of 16:05.24, his best time ever at that course.

The team took 2nd place and they were missing their 2nd runner, but I don’t think that would have made a difference in the place they took, it would have just narrowed the gap.

Here is the video:

Jonny ran for the first time since September 25th while participating in the Les Eisenhart Invitational.   The course is located at the Thomas Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio.  Conditions were low 60’s and breezy.

Jonny got off to a good start and put himself in a position within the top 10 after about 800 meters.  He pretty much kept that position thoughout the race and ended up 9th place overall out of 215 runners with a time of 15:51.4 which is his new personal best.  The team finished 8th place overall out of 24 teams mostly from Division I schools.

Jonny at the Les Eisenhart Invitational

Before this weeks race Granville was ranked 14th in the state for Division II school with Jonny coming in ranked at #12 for Division II and #54 overall in the state.

Jonny at the Les Eisenhart Invitational

Congratulations go out to the girls team this week for taking 1st place in the field of 24 teams!

Jonny approaches the finish line

I did some video of the race.

So, what do you do after running a 5K race?  You hook up with your buddy who graduated last year and run multiple 800’s with your buddy at the high school track where you just finished your 5K Varsity race.  Just for fun!