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.