Now back to last weekend. Most of the team traveled to the Wayne Invitational on Friday afternoon, and into the evening. With pretty decent weather, the distance crew responded with some very nice performances.
We opened with the Steeplechase, and Julia tracked behind Stephanie Wojnowski from Eastridge for most of the race, before turning on the jets late, to win in 8:09, easily a personal best. Kelsie ran tough throughout the race, did a full immersion on the final water jump, but got back up and finished in 8:30, grabbing sixth place. In the boys race, Jacob and Peter ran together most of the way, with Jacob pulling away for 5th in 10:53 and Peter finishing in 10:56 for sixth.
Next up were the 4x800 relays. Alyssa got the team off to a good start, and when Claire and Natalie were done, we had the lead. Although Morgan didn't hold the lead, she dropped about 5 seconds off her best time to grab 3rd place. In the boys relay, Justin R got us off to a strong start, and Justin S opened a nice lead over Fairport. Then it was Zach's turn and deja vu set in, as the Fairport runner just about caught him on the first lap, just like at Tuesday's dual meet, but Zach's second lap was about 1.5 seconds faster than his first, and the victory was ensured with Conor's fine anchor leg.
In the 1500, Kara was seeded fourth in the first heat, but went out and took charge early and won the heat by four seconds - a very exciting night for Kara! Ashlynn was out just a bit too quick in the fast heat, and struggled on the 3rd lap, but finished 10th. The Killigrew brothers took the track for the 1600m, and Kevin had John nervous enough to keep checking over his shoulder on the final lap, as they battled for the final award, but John managed 4:50 to Kevin's 4:54.
Alyssa and Rachel had decent races in the 800, but neither placed. The boys race had Justin R, who managed 5th despite being almost 5 seconds slower than leading off the relay and Andrew W, who almost broke 2:15.
The 3000 turned out to be the most exciting event of the meet. Natalie set the pace pretty much the whole way and Claire ran outside of ther, with girls from Fairport and Geneseo running erratically and leading briefly a couple of times. Claire made the first move, but it wasn't until the last 200m that things really started heating up, and Natalie took the lead again. A late charge by the Geneseo girl allowed her to sneak past Claire and then nip Natalie at the wire, but still allowed a very fine 2-3 finish for the Schroeder girls. Alex and Ben then went to work in the 3200, running very smartly, and clicking off 79-80 second laps before putting up a stunning 72 and 74 second final lap, to run serious PRs of 10:31 and 10:33.
The final distance performance came in the 4x400 relay where Conor led off, and Zach anchored to hold on for a 5th place finish.
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