Broadalbin-Perth Cross Country

Today was our first true test of the season as we raced against many of schools we will compete against at sectionals. Overall, we ran well as most set personal best. On the girls side we finished fourth but were only beaten out by one of our fellow Section II Class C schools, Schuylerville. They beat us by a small margin of 6 points, which I believe we can overcome, as our new kids get more accustomed to the 5k distance. Ava Tyler (4 minutes better) and Caroline Iannotti (2 minutes better) showed much improvement in just their second race and made our gap from 1-6 so much tighter. If we are going to be successful, we need to tighten it up even more. On the boys side I was hoping for better than 15th, but we are showing improvement. Like the girls, we need to gain some more experience and learn to keep the pack a bit tighter. We had a 3 minute gap from 1-5 and in order to win an elusive sectional title we need that gap to be about a minute and a half. Our top 3 of Connor, Micah, and Danny (all who have cross country experience ran exceptionally well as we put 3 in before any other section II Class team’s 2nd runner. Now we need the remaining members to find a way to stay within striking distance of opposing teams number five guys. I think they have the talent to do so, but now they have to believe it.