Tigers Run Fast at HVACs!

The USN Tigers had fantastic cross country meets on Wednesday, September 28th and Thursday, September 29th at the River Campus. Our 7-8 girls team took home the top prize in the A competition on Wednesday while our 5-6 girls took second and our 5-6 boys took 3rd. On Thursday, our 7-8 boys competed in the AA division and placed second with only MBA beating them out.

Here were our top 5 runners for each of those races. 

7-8 Girls:
  1. Lainey Theobald (13:51) - 4th
  2. Madeleine Wiseman (14:14) - 7th
  3. Emily Mallal (14:41) - 9th
  4. Greta Molvig (15:15) - 14th
  5. Nicola Auman (15:53) - 19th
5-6 Boys:
  1. Peter Weiss - 13th
  2. Ahmad Abuali (10:15) - 17th
  3. Barry Chen - 22nd
  4. Ike Tift - 23rd
  5. Charlie Brackett (10:51) - 26th
5-6 Girls:
  1. Leela Jain - 16th
  2. Reese Mehr - 17th
  3. Tate Dawkins - 21st
  4. Layla Jahangir (12:49) - 25th
  5. Mariah Crenshaw (13:09) - 30th
7-8 Boys:
  1. Jack Fruin (10:47) -2nd
  2. Aidan Ozgener (11:24) - 4th
  3. Drew Zwerner (11:35) - 5th
  4. Cecil Ward (12:30) - 13th
  5. Brendan Hess (13:08) - 29th
With perfect weather and awesome training under our belts, it is no surprise that we also had a multitude of best times across the two days. 

PRs in the 2 Mile Race:
  • Alden Huntington- 15:36, dropped 1:37
  • Devin McAteer- 15:21, dropped 1:30
  • Max Scott-Barnes- 13:42, dropped 1:25
  • Asher Freiberg- 18:27, dropped 1:21
  • James Michels- 11:24, dropped 1:09
  • Judd Lane- 13:46, dropped 49 seconds
  • Greta Molvig- 15:15, dropped 40 seconds
  • Isaac Eeds- 14:35, dropped 33 seconds
  • Emily Mallal- 14:41, dropped 31 seconds
  • Edith Grissom- 16:21, dropped 28 seconds
  • Lainey Theobald- 13:51, dropped 28 seconds
  • Drew Zwerner- 11:35, dropped 22 seconds
  • James Little- 14:03, dropped 21 seconds
  • Lilly Lapidus- 16:28, dropped 18 seconds
  • Cecil Ward- 12:30, dropped 17 seconds
  • Calhoun Maddox- 15:35, dropped 16 seconds
  • Brendan Hess- 13:08, dropped 11 seconds
  • Aidan Ozgener- 11:24, dropped 11 seconds
  • Madeleine Wiseman- 14:14, dropped 2 seconds
PRs in the 1.5 Mile Race:
  • Brody Sanders- 13:00, dropped 2:07
  • Knox Followill- 13:25, dropped 1:55
  • Ahmad Abuali- 10:15, dropped 1:15
  • Oren Schwartz- 11:27, dropped 1:10
  • Mariah Crenshaw- 13:09, dropped 1:06
  • Charlie Bracket- 10:51, dropped 1:03
  • Layla Jahangir- 12:49, dropped 59 seconds
  • Asher Huffman- 13:11, dropped 40 seconds
  • Clio Cherry-Pulay- 13:12, dropped 35 seconds
  • Benjamin Scretchen- 11:14, dropped 15 seconds
We also had a few runners negative split! (run the second half faster than the first). Those were: Emily Mallal, Greta Molvig, Madeleine Wiseman, Brendan Hess, and James Michels.

This was a fantastic conclusion to the season! We look forward to seeing everyone at Fall Sports Awards in November. More results and pictures are attached! 
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