Widefield High School Cross Country

Windjammer Invitational – October 4th, 2008

Location: Englewood High School

Number of schools: 23

Girls Varsity - 14th place

Name Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Final time Place Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Audra Bergman 6:57 7:29 7:25 (8:13) 22:39 69/115 20 PR 3rd Freshman
Karisa Sabisch 6:57 7:29 7:25 (8:13) 22:39 70/115 20 PR
Jessica Shoop 7:00 7:54 7:26 (8:15) 23:09 84/115 25 PCR
Grace Norris 6:44 7:35 7:35 (8:24) 22:43 73/115 25 PCR
Taylor Anderson 7:18 7:56 7:40 (8:30) 23:44 95/115 20 PR
Katherine Bergman 7:51 8:53 8:58 (9:56) 26:40 109/115 20 PR

Number of teams competing: 23

Boys Varsity - 9th place

Name Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Final time Place Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Paul Gallogly 17:31 18/141 40 PR 10th Junior
Ben Gallogly 18:06 43/141 30 PR 9th Sophomore
David Powers 18:14 46/141 30 PCR 10th Course
Sean Zimkas 18:45 65/141 28 PCR
Josiah Valenzuela 18:56 70/141 23 PR 8th Freshman
Luke Wall 19:03 75/141 15
Nick Wilson 20:00 101/141 25 PCR

Number of teams competing: 23

Boys JV

Name Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Final time Place Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Robby Giese 6:33 6:46 6:17 (6:58) 20:17 73/194 13 PR
Josh Cooper 6:16 6:43 6:34 (7:17) 20:16 71/194 18 PR
Anthony Erker 6:20 6:50 6:54 (7:39) 20:49 95/194 10 PR
Jack Sexton 6:59 (7:45) 20:38 89/194 15 PCR
Eric Lewis 6:20 7:07 7:15 (8:02) 21:29 120/194 15 PCR
Connor Brewer 7:27 8:33 8:46 (9:43) 25:43 191/194 5

Number of teams competing: 23

Team highlights

-As a team, we recorded 10 PRs, 10 PCRs, and 3 Season Bests!
-The boys team finished 9th out of 23 teams. The girls finished 14th.
-The times the girls ran will put them in contention for a top 5 finish at Regionals if they are able to duplicate their performance.
-Josiah Valenzuela became the 6th runner this year to break 19:00. He finished 5th for the team, scoring for the first time!
-Ben set a Personal Course Record by 3:30. Josh set a PCR by 3:09.
-The boys pack (1-5) was separated by only 85 seconds. The girls top 5 were within 65 seconds of one another. This is the first time this season the girls have had a better pack than the boys.
-15 new times were put on the Top 10 lists. Paul lowered his time at #2 of all boys, and is now 5th out of all runs by Juniors. Ben lowered his time at 5th on the all time boys list and ran the 4th best sophomore time. Josiah put his name at 10th on the all-time list, and 5th on the freshman list. Karisa and Audra are now tied for 6th on the all-time list, and 10th out of all runs by girls. Karisa is now 2nd on the sophomore list and Audra is 3rd on the freshman list. David's time put him at 6th on the sophomore list. Grace's time was good for 5th fastest by a senior and Jessica's time puts her at 5th out of all juniors!

Athletes of the week:
Boys: Paul Gallogly
Running with heart and determination, Paul recorded a truly impressive time of 17:31. This time is the 5th fastest run by a junior in the last 5 years and an improvement of 19 seconds over his old PR. It was also good for 18th place overall.
Honorable mention for the boys goes to Josiah Valenzuela, who ran a very impressive race and changed the entire complexion of the boys team.

Girls: Kat Bergman
Of the 10 PRs ran as a team, Kat's improvement of 58 seconds was the second largest improvement on the entire team and the biggest on the girls team!