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Groton
Cross Country 2007 |
IAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS @
Marathon 10/27/2007
The Groton boys cross country team finished the IAC season with a solid
performance today at the IAC Cross Country Championships. All of the
boys ran quite well. Mike Competillo, Robert Stoughton,
and Andrew Robinson continue to step it up to have spectacular
improvements week after week however. Stoughton was in the scoring top 5
for the first time this year. Robinson continues to run closer and
closer to Hebdon and Competillo. This is happening while Competillo
continues to run faster and faster, week after week.
I knew that the team would place somewhere in the top 6. I knew that the
2nd through 6th would be seperated by only just a few points each.
Although we didn't beat the teams ahead of us, we were much closer to
Waverly, Southern Springs, and Trumansburg than we've been all year. The
only Class D team that we have to consider in the IAC is Thomas Edison
and we've beaten them the last two weeks in a row. This will undoubtedly
pump the boys up for the Section IV Championships next Thursday.
Heidi Chamberlain ran a good race with a time of 26:32.1, but I
think that she'll shine a bit more next Thursday.
Marathon Invitational IAC's at Marathon
Kern 18:07.0 18:57.4
Competillo 19:26.1 19:28.9
Hebdon 19:40.2 19:41.7
Robinson 19:52.2 19:56.5
Stout 21:03.7 21:01.4
Stoughton 21:27.2 20:58.7
Bush 22:16.9 DNR
Oct 20, 2007 (after the
Marathon Invitational)
.... by Groton Coach Scott Weeks
Top 7 Breakdown
Groton stepped it up to today to defeat Section 4,
Class D rivals Elmira Heights and Delhi. We've trailed Elmira Heights
all year, but today our boys were tough on a course that is familiar to
them. We'll see Elmira again next week, and although they'll likely have
one or two guys back in the mix that are currently injured, I do believe
that the Groton boys are fired up enough to chase a solid finish at the
IAC championships and to win a sectional championship the following
week. Our training is coming together and everyone is healthy. That,
along with their confidence, will make us a tough team to beat at the
Section 4, Cross Country Championships.
Mikhail Kern has worked hard all year and has seen solid
improvements throughout the season. He's yet to make the solid
breakthrough that I know he's capable of though. Jonah Hebdon and
Mike Competillo have recently started working together for a
solid 2-3 punch, and I think that a little more experience working
together in races will only draw them closer to Kern. Andrew Robinson
has been a real deal story this season. He's improved by over 2 minutes
on most courses over last year. It's simple, he's figured out how to be
a runner and I wouldn't be surprised to see him right with Hebdon and
Competillo in the next couple of races. Stephen Stout, our only
senior, has rounded out our top 5 for the past few weeks and he's only
getting better. Our pack times (1-5) have dropped from close to 4
minutes to near 2 minutes. Stout is a tough overall athlete and it's
nice knowing that we'll be able to rely on him when it really counts.
Robert Stoughton, only a sophomore, has finished within 20-30 seconds of
Stout, and given that that sectional title will likely be won by a close
margin, we're excited to have such a strong tie breaking 6-man. Gage
Bush, our only Freshman, rounds out the Varsity top 7. I think that
we've yet to see what he's capable of. He's shown me that he's
intimidated by noone and with a little more experience in this sport,
he'll be a cross country 'household' name.
[Note ...
the Groton Page for the 2000 & 2001 XC season has been moved to Archives]
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