Broadalbin-Perth Cross Country

Today was a big disappointment for me and hopefully our team. For the first time in two years the girls looked beat at the starting line and ended up defeated at the finish line. Minus one of our top runners, Mackenzie DeZolt, and a few others under the weather, we went into the race with a negative attitude and our results showed it. Fortunately for the girls today was not sectionals. If we want to obtain our ultimate goal the girls are going to have to get mentally tougher. We are a better team than a year ago, but they have to believe this. They’ve got to “want to win more than they want to breathe!” On the boys side I was also disappointed. We fielded an incomplete team which negatively impacted us. Some of our boys seemed to run with the attitude that if we’re not going to score as a team I can back it off a little. Although, I stress the team aspect you still have to have the character to want to do your best no matter the circumstance. Hopefully, next week our kids will go back to being the Broadalbin-Perth Patriots team I know – a team that can win and will do whatever it takes too!