Red Storm Cross Country 2013

Red Storm Cross Country had an excellent season! Our runners competed in 8 regular season races, 2 invitationals, and NELMSC Conference. Each course that they ran was 1.86 miles (except at Tippy Valley, their course was 2.1 miles) which is the standard for middle school cross country. Both boys and girls worked hard at practices completing workouts with hill repeats, mile repeats, long runs, and ultimate frisbee to find their race pace. Their hard work and dedication paid off for them because times improved significantly from our first meet to the second and then kept improving in future meets. By the end of the season their PR's (personal records) were excellent! Below, I have posted the times of each runner from every meet (you might need to zoom in on your computer to read them). 

Cross Country meets are scored based on each team's top 5 finishers. The place that each runner earns is equivalent to that amount of points. For example, if Lincoln placed their top 5 runners in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th we would have a perfect score of 15 (1+2+3+4+5). Each team must have at least 5 runners in order to officially score. The fastest 7 boys and girls are considered to be varsity runners and the remaining runners are reserve. Our varsity runners shifted several times throughout the season when runners beat their teammates' times. Below, I have included a spreadsheet of the scores from each meet that Red Storm competed in this season (again, you may need to zoom in). The boys team's final record was 41-33 and the girls team's final record was 45-32. 

We definitely had a special group of runners on the team this year, and that was proved by the bond that was formed between teammates. Below is a video of some of our team building experiences. In the video, you'll see "final run outs" for both the boys and girls teams. A final run out is a last minute chance to pump up the team right before the race starts. Each team does this differently, and I believe that our runners were very creative in coming up with their final pre-race motivation! 

I am so proud of all of my awesome runners! What a wonderful season we had! I appreciate all of the time and hard work that you put into cross country this year, it helped you all become faster and more confident runners, which helped us to become a stronger team. I can't wait to see the 6th and 7th graders return next year (and hopefully the 8th graders will visit)! Make sure you are training in your off season, it will pay off for you next season, I promise! 


Don't ever forget to OWN THE HILL!


Coach Moser