Air Academy Invitational – September 17th, 2009

Number of schools: 18

Girls Varsity - 9th place

Name	Mile 1	Mile 2	Mile 3	Final time	Place
Audra Bergman	6:40	7:58	7:38 (8:28)	23:06	31/100	PCR	2nd Course
Taylor Anderson	7:07	8:20	8:01 (8:53)	24:20	50/100	PCR	10th Course
Karisa Sabisch	7:01	8:36	8:07 (9:00)	24:37	57/100
Danielle Pacheco	7:28	8:47	8:07 (9:00)	25:15	68/100
Katherine Bergman	7:27	8:56	8:45 (9:42)	26:05	79/100	PCR
Alysia McCullough	8:02	9:53	9:49 (10:53)	28:48	94/100

Number of teams competing: 17

Boys Varsity - 10th place

Name	Mile 1	Mile 2	Mile 3	Final time	Place
Ben Gallogly	5:28	6:29	6:13 (6:54)	18:51	22/111		4th Course
David Powers	5:37	6:55	6:39 (7:22)	19:54	54/111
Boris Berian	5:37	7:02	6:38 (7:21)	20:00	56/111
Robby Giese	6:04	6:53	6:21 (7:03)	20:00	57/111	PCR
Nick Leonard	6:24	7:22	6:56 (7:41)	21:27	83/111
Josh Cooper	6:33	7:28	6:54 (7:39)	21:40	88/111	PCR

Number of teams competing: 18

Girls JV - 22nd place

Name	Mile 1	Mile 2	Mile 3	Final time	Place
Abigail Sweitzer	8:31	9:36	9:04 (10:03)	28:10	123/201	PR
Cassie Stringer	9:27	10:45	10:32 (11:41)	31:53	177/201	PR
Sarah Brunner	9:44	11:32	11:14 (12:27)	33:43	186/201
Katelynn Zimkas	10:02	11:56	11:06 (12:18)	34:16	189/201

Number of teams competing: 25

Boys JV - 23rd place

Name	Mile 1	Mile 2	Mile 3	Final time	Place
Jack Sexton	6:47	7:02	8:36 (9:32)	23:21	173/289
Ethan Floyd	7:11	8:11	8:02 (8:54)	24:16	212/289	PR
Charmas Lee	7:40	8:11	7:36 (8:26)	24:17	213/289
Eric Lewis	7:25	8:45	8:49 (9:46)	25:56	252/289
Alex Parrot	9:41	10:16	9:10 (10:10)	30:07	283/289

Number of teams competing: 31

Team highlights

Team Highlights
-The girls’ team placed 9th overall while the boys’ team placed 10th
-4 runners earned letter points for finishing in the top half or better of their races
-As a team, we ran 5 PCR’s and 3 PR’s. Big PCR’s came from: Audra by 54 seconds, Taylor by 2:07, Kat by 4:16, and Josh by 33 seconds, and Robby by 2:12. PR’s were by Cassie (39 seconds), Ethan (1:18), and Abi (1:24)
-Abi’s performance earns her a spot on Varsity for the Cougar Classic next week!

Athletes of the Week
Boys: Paul Gallogly
Paul ran arguably the most complete race of his career in Florence. When the pack went out way too hard at the gun, he recognized it and sat back around 20th. From there he went to work and moved up over the entire race. Coming into the finish he was in a dead heat for 4th place. He made several moves, but finished in 5th, running his second best time ever and bringing home his first medal!

Girls: Abi Sweitzer (Honorable Mention to the Bergman girls)
Abi ran one of the most impressive races of the season at the Air Academy Invitational. She started out slow, but got stronger as the race progressed. She ended up running one of only 3 PRs on the day, and earned a spot on Varsity for the first time in her career!