Girls team-Haley B., Kristen B., Julie C., Jenna E., Ashlyn L., Emily L., Ally P., Brianna S., Hannah S., Allie W.
Boys team-Scotty B., Zach E., Daniel F., Kyle P., Noah L., Ben N., Ross S., Elisha T., Gabe T., James T., Wesley W.
With a mixture of minimal experience and substantial youth, the season was quite an opportunistic period of wonder, growth, and revelation for both girls and boys teams. Throw in the curve balls of many periods of illnesses and injuries, frustration reared it's head for faith, patience, and breakthroughs. In the end, strictly from a statistical perspective, here are the results:
District Championships, vs 16 teams
Girls--2nd place, District Champion Runner's up for the 2nd consecutive year!!
Boys--4th place overall, up 1 place from 5th the previous year.
Both teams advanced to the Regional Championships.
District Highlights:
The following all set Personal and Course records at this important 3.1 mile meet.
Kristen B. 21:37
Hannah S. 22:07
Brianna S. 23:15
Wesley W. 21:39
Hannah S. finishing in 2nd place as the District Champion Runner Up, and for the 2nd consecutive year, Kristen B. in first place, as District Champion!!
On to the Regionals where, out of 29 represented teams in the Region:
Girls finished 4th, up 2 places from 6th last year.
Boys finished 8th, same as last year.
Both excellent results, with the Girls advancing to State Championships.
Regional Highlights:
Kyle P. 20:00, new personal course and personal record for this focused young man, intense on finishing the season with his absolute finest. Mission accomplished!!
Gabe T. 19:32 new personal course record
Ben N. 22:42 new personal course record
Ally P. 25:00 literal last second replacement, annihilates her personal course record by almost 3 minutes!!
Emily L. 24:55 new personal course record
Haley B. 23:30 new personal and course record, absolute race of her life. Stunning Haley!!!
Kristen B. 21:24 new personal course record, 5th place overall. Congrats, Kristen
On to STATES!!
State Championships results, out of 133 schools vying for States,
South Florida HEAT girls finished 22nd!! A tremendous day for all:
Julie C. 27: 26 in her first trip to States
Ally P. 25:09 new personal best in her first trip to States!!
Haley B. 24:11 her 3rd best time ever!
Emily L. 24:35 also her 3rd best time ever!
Brianna S. 23:03 new personal best in her first trip to States!!
Hannah S. 21:26 new personal best, more than 2 1/2 minutes faster than her first trip last year!
Kristen B. 21:15 new personal best, in the last race of her High School career!!
Of all the School/Runners in Broward County in the same classification, Kristen was #1, Hannah was #2. !!
Some of the names that might not appear in the Standings/Scores, Scotty B., Noah L., Ross S., Elisha T., Ashlyn L. and Allie W.-- still had remarkable seasons through lessons learned, breakthroughs, newfound beliefs, overcoming barriers, I congratulate them all!
On the most important aspect of the season, there has never been more of a spiritually led group of young ladies and men during this Cross Country season, driven by the daily devotionals volunteered up by the teammates. Most, if not all, will admit to learning something from one another through these devotions. They also get the "Barnabas" award as the exhortation and encouraging examples to not only their teammates, but to other teams. I had multiple parents and coaches approach me and commend me on how our kids stick around to cheer on the last few finishers,the ones who could use it the most.
An overwhelmingly successful season on all accounts-physically, spiritually, socially, emotionally, personally, team and individual goal setting and achieving-from a very proud coach, with
Continued Blessings,
Coach Bob
South Florida HEAT
