Jonny ran in the Regional Cross Country Championship today held in Troy, Ohio, which is located just north of Dayton. Jonny had to be at the school to catch the bus at 7:15 in the morning. The race was scheduled for 11:45 , with the girls scheduled to run at 2:15.
Last year the boys team was eliminated and only a couple of the boys moved on to compete individually at the State Championship. This year none of the boys made it individually but the team took 2nd place and the entire team moves on next week to the State Championship. They were the only team to that advanced that did not have multiple runners place in the top 16. The other 3 teams that qualified had at least 2 runners in the top 16, which shows the consistency of the Granville Boys Team. They all performed extremely well and worked well with each other encouraging team members to do their best.
Regional Cross Country Championship 2014 – Beginning of the race
Jonny placed 21st out of 125 runners with a time of 16:49.4. Last year he ran at this same meet in 18:09, so he cut 1:20 off his time from last year!
Regional Cross Regional Cross Country Championship 2014 – Near the 1st mile marker
I took some video of the meet, but it was windy and with me zooming in a lot, there is a lot of shaking.
Regional Cross Country Championship 2014 – Near the 2nd mile marker
Regional Cross Country Championship 2014 – Awards Presentation