XC 2008   KC Metro Classic   

10/4/08   8:00 am @ Ray-Pec HS, Peculiar, Missouri

Weather:   60's, 70's, sunny

Course:   5K Girls, 5K Boys

TEAM RESULTS

Individual Results:

Varsity Girls 5K      Taylor Hynes     LS North 18:22

191 st   Taylor Johnson   24:04    PR

  202 runners/38 schools-29 full teams   

Sophomore Girls 5K      Sharlene Xu     B.V. North 21:02

2 nd   Kaya Riemann     21:06 PR

18 th   Chelsea Grammer   23:41 PR

  85 runners/26 schools- 7 teams   

Varsity Boys 5K      Maksim Korolev   Harrisonville 15:36

114 th   Colby Root     18:31    PR

136 th   Nima Jafari     18:56    PR

169 th   Alex Tacke     19:34    PR

171 st   Chase Brecheisen   19:44    PR

  187 runners/37 schools- 25 teams

Sophomore Boys 5K      Ben Gaede     Blue Valley   17:37

3 rd   Ivan Espinosa     18:00    SB

  98 runners/20 schools- 8 teams   

Team:

• Individuals ran different races to address different racing goals. No full teams competed.
• Great teamwork by Mad, Laura and fellow runners Johanna and John in setting up campsite, facilitating chips and uniforms between races! TEAM effort in supporting our runners!

Individual

• Kaya and Chelsea ran PR's in Sophomore 5K, medaling.
• Taylor runs PR and races well in tough Varsity Girls' division.
• Ivan finishes 6 th overall in 9-10 race and runs 39 s. faster than '07 Metro time.
• Colby and Nima both break 19, Alex and Chase PR dropping further under 20!! Great concentration and discipline in this 187-runner field- Each ran his race and set PR's.

Next meet: Frontier League Meet @ Gardner, Thursday, Oct. 16 th .