Widefield High School Cross Country

Air Academy Invitational – September 17th, 2009

Location: Air Academy High School

Number of schools: 18

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Girls Varsity - 9th place

Name Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Final time Place Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Audra Bergman 6:40 7:58 7:38 (8:28) 23:06 31/100 30 PCR 2nd Course
Karisa Sabisch 7:01 8:36 8:07 (9:00) 24:37 57/100 15
Taylor Anderson 7:07 8:20 8:01 (8:53) 24:20 50/100 25 PCR 10th Course
Katherine Bergman 7:27 8:56 8:45 (9:42) 26:05 79/100 25 PCR
Danielle Pacheco 7:28 8:47 8:07 (9:00) 25:15 68/100 15
Alysia McCullough 8:02 9:53 9:49 (10:53) 28:48 94/100 15

Number of teams competing: 17

Boys Varsity - 10th place

Name Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Final time Place Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Ben Gallogly 5:28 6:29 6:13 (6:54) 18:51 22/111 30 4th Course
David Powers 5:37 6:55 6:39 (7:22) 19:54 54/111 18
Boris Berian 5:37 7:02 6:38 (7:21) 20:00 56/111 15
Robby Giese 6:04 6:53 6:21 (7:03) 20:00 57/111 25 PCR
Nick Leonard 6:24 7:22 6:56 (7:41) 21:27 83/111 15
Josh Cooper 6:33 7:28 6:54 (7:39) 21:40 88/111 25 PCR

Number of teams competing: 18

Girls JV - 22nd place

Name Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Final time Place Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Abigail Sweitzer 8:31 9:36 9:04 (10:03) 28:10 123/201 10 PR
Cassie Stringer 9:27 10:45 10:32 (11:41) 31:53 177/201 10 PR
Sarah Brunner 9:44 11:32 11:14 (12:27) 33:43 186/201 5
Katelynn Zimkas 10:02 11:56 11:06 (12:18) 34:16 189/201 5

Number of teams competing: 25

Boys JV - 23rd place

Name Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Final time Place Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Jack Sexton 6:47 7:02 8:36 (9:32) 23:21 173/289 5
Ethan Floyd 7:11 8:11 8:02 (8:54) 24:16 212/289 10 PR
Eric Lewis 7:25 8:45 8:49 (9:46) 25:56 252/289 5
Charmas Lee 7:40 8:11 7:36 (8:26) 24:17 213/289 5
Alex Parrot 9:41 10:16 9:10 (10:10) 30:07 283/289 5

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!