Air Academy Invitational – September 12th, 2008

Number of schools: 26

Girls Varsity - 12th place

Name	Mile 1	Mile 2	Mile 3	Final time	Place	Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Audra Bergman	7:03	8:13	7:53 (8:44)	24:00	66/130	15		8th Course
Taylor Anderson	7:45	9:09	8:37 (9:33)	26:27	98/130	15
Jessica Shoop	7:02	9:11	9:26 (10:27)	26:40	100/130	15
Katherine Bergman	9:00	10:12	10:04 (11:09)	30:21	113/130	15
Karisa Sabisch	7:03	8:13	8:07 (9:00)	24:16	70/130	20	PR	9th Course
Grace Norris	6:56	8:08	7:47 (8:38)	23:42	54/130	28	PCR	5th Course

Number of teams competing: 24

Boys Varsity - 14th place

Name	Mile 1	Mile 2	Mile 3	Final time	Place	Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Josiah Valenzuela	5:55	7:29	7:07 (7:54)	21:18	106/156	15
Robby Giese	6:34	7:42	7:09 (7:56)	22:12	128/156	15
Jack Sexton	6:22	7:20	7:17 (8:04)	21:46	116/156	25	PCR
Josh Cooper	6:30	7:46	7:10 (7:57)	22:13	129/156	25	PCR
Ben Gallogly	5:30	6:21	6:10 (6:50)	18:41	32/156	35	PCR	3rd Course
Luke Wall	5:28	6:38	6:22 (7:04)	19:10	44/156	35	PCR	7th Course
Paul Gallogly	5:25	6:18	6:16 (6:57)	18:40	31/156	40	PCR	2nd Course

Number of teams competing: 26

Boys JV

Name	Mile 1	Mile 2	Mile 3	Final time	Place	Letter pointsLetter Pts.
Anthony Erker	6:54	8:00	7:38 (8:28)	23:22	176/308	5
Nick Wilson	6:00	7:20	7:07 (7:53)	21:13	68/308	20	PCR

Number of teams competing: 35

Team highlights

Team Highlights
-The girls team placed 12th out of 26 schools! The boys team placed 14th out of 26 schools while running only half of their top 8.
-Karisa Sabisch ran a PR of 33 seconds on a very tough course!
-7 out of 8 members of the team who ran the same course last year improved their time this year.
-Paul, Ben, Luke, Nick, and Grace all set earned performance points for their place.
-As a whole, we demonstrated good fitness and mental toughness as nearly everyone ran faster for their 3rd mile than their second.

Athletes of the Week:
Boys: Paul Gallogly and Ben Gallogly
Paul and Ben each ran a PR at the Florence meet and each was awarded a ribbon as they finished 8th and 10th respectively. At the Air Academy Invitational, Paul improved his time from last year by 64 seconds, while Ben improved his time from a year ago by 4:55!
Girls: Karisa Sabisch
On the hardest course of the season, Karisa recorded the only PR on the team at the Air Academy Invitational. She improved her best time by 27 seconds, while helping the girls put together their best pack time of the season.