TN Classic Proves a Good (but Tough) Test of State Course
Girls finish 5th out of 25 teams, depleted boys finish 3rd of 30 teams.
Thus far into the 2014 XC season, if there's a meet in a given week, you can bet the warmest day of that week will be the day we race. The trend continued Saturday at the Tennessee Classic, a good test of racers' toughness on the venerable and difficult Steeplechase course, which also happens to be the State Championship course, as well.
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Under increasingly sunny and warm conditions, the varsity girls kicked things off, with Lydia Warren once again leading the way. She would finish 24th in a field of almost 200; not far behind were veterans Kate Carpenter and Josephine Zenker, followed closely by rapidly improving freshmen Talia Barton and Sarah Knight. Maggie Young ran bravely despite a lingering cold. The girls would finish 5th as a team out of 25 teams.
The boys were competing without three of their top five runners, giving many younger runners a chance to compete on the varsity stage in a big meet. Wolf Robinson, feeling the effects of heavy mileage, didn't feel great and decided to pass along that discomfort to his fellow race leaders, breaking away and leading the race until its final few hundred meters. He would finish in 4th place. Mackenzie Myers and Duncan Clark would also crack the top 20, and Chandler Floyd and Brad Johnson closed out the team scoring. Both Conner Thompson and A.J. Dykens-Hodapp ran well in their first crack running varsity on the Steeplechase. The boys would end up "in the hardware" with a 3rd place trophy, a fine performance in a 30-team field.
As has been the case, the weather grew even hotter for the JV races, but both squads bravely met the conditions. The boys were led by senior Silas Wuerth, who was closely followed by Connor Shockley, Crawford Lyons, Ben Lee, and Eli Horton. The girls' top JV performer was Ella Stack, followed by Brooke Thompson, Keri Friedman, and Katie Watke.
Given the race took place during a block of heavy training without a taper, the teams will get back to that same level of work for a few weeks, and be rested and ready to roll in what we call "championship season" in October.
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