AK_Thug AMish Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Fall sports had a wet start here in Cleveland. Today we had a cross country race (5k), I ran an 18:05 to get 8th place (a few less than 100 total I'm guessing) and finished behind two team-mates who finished 3rd and 7th. Overall my team placed 2nd, which is pretty good because there were quite a few Division I schools there, and we're D II.The course was pretty wet and muddy after an hour or so of rain, but it cleared up right before my race It looks like we should have a good team this year, since we always peak at the right time, in the postseason. I hope to get my time under 16:50 by the end of the season, get all-Ohio, and team place in top three.So anyone else participating in fall sports this year? Share your conquests, goals, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichigrande Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 I'm just going to play non-competitive fall sports, like off-season baseball or basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 I don't know what I'm going to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfire Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 yeah me either but i used to run i dont know if im going to this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Thug AMish Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I like running because it's easy to get started, you can do it by yourself, and it's fun to improve your time I also just got elected captain, but that isn't really much of a surprise since I am the only senior on the team. I'll try postinn some pictures of my next meet on Sat., my parents weren't at this one because my sister had a horse show the same day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I don't know what I'll do. But since I'm planning to do work out, I'll probably run as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Thug AMish Posted September 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Whoo-ho we made the PD (Plain Dealer)!Wildcats, Bobcats dominate the fieldAurora, which finished fifth in the Division II state meet last season, ran away with the boys gold division championship. Chris Dennison led the Greenmen with a runner-up finish, in 17:36. Teammates Jake Baechle (third, in 17:43) and Andy Kobyljanec (fourth, in 17:53) were right behind him.Well, we're just a footnote at the bottom of the article, but its cool whenever your team goes 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 16th, and 30th in an XC invitational And we got 4th at the state meet last year, because one team was disqualified from the meet (they went to court over it too, good fun). Heh I'm pretty into XC this year :drug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runboston Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 i run xc...i'm hoping to get my time down to 17:00 for the three mile but its gonna be tough. i'm probably right around 15th man on my team right now and i hope to move up in those ranks before next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Hey Andy I just got 17:52 last Saturday! Beat you by one second! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Thug AMish Posted September 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 gj what place did you get at the meet?All we run now are invitationals with 10 - 40 teams. I ran a little slower than I would like last sat., but at least I improved from last week. Plus, our coach makes sure we peak at the right time, and states is still a month away.I bet if you came down to my altitude you'd run much faster. When I was in Colorado I was sucking air pretty bad (at least at first). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 gj? Is that me? I'm not sure if your talking to me, but hey, I'll answer anyways! I'm actually not sure how I placed at the meet. Not even in the first half I don't think... Our top seven didn't run, instead nine through fifteen did, and I was ten (on the team, which means I was second man in the race). I want to improve quite a bit as well. 17:00 would be quite a goal for me....and I live in Illinois, not Colorado. (*says hi from the west!*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Thug AMish Posted September 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 shoot... I thought it was Utah... I go to a smaller school, so I'm third on my team even though I'm running the same time you are I have a friend that lives in Naperville, and tried to try out for golf, but there were something like 100 people also trying out. Over here, every athlete is a precious commodity!It's also quite hilly, which makes for good cross country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av_nefardec Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Nice job, Thug. Give Chris a good kick for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uppy Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 I was going to do the year round swim team but decided not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Thug AMish Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Here are some pics from our last meet...http://img84.exs.cx/img84/7346/xcbrecksville1small.jpghttp://img84.exs.cx/img84/1326/xcbrecksville3small.jpgWe got 2nd place in the DI (bigger school) race, and are currently ranked 10th in the state, although the only state rankings that matter are the results!Swimming is probably the hardest sport that I know of, it's also good cross training for anything else (even football) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Cool pictures! Do you guys have two meets a week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 Well, meet today. 17:36 for 3 miles is my new personal best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Thug AMish Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Here's the link to our most recent results from a meet in Youngstown, OH. Got 5th place as a team, which is respectable this time in the season, and considering the competition (all the teams that beat us were top 7 at states last year), about 40 teams and 300 individuals overall. Good news, the former top team at the state had half their team suspended for supposedly blowing up dumpsters. No one knows how long they'll be out, but this is the same team that went to court over regional results since they finished 1 place out to qualify, and lost Here's a pic at the end:Chris finished 2nd, Me 30th (17:48 ), Jake 11th, and Adam 90 something...Much better than last year though, I finished 103rd, horrible.17:36 for 3 or 3.1 miles? We always run 5k's, which is 200m more, or about 20-30 seconds I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av_nefardec Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 That's not Adam as in myself, by the way. I live a few hundred miles away Nice pictures man - quite an exquisite headband you have there And good to see the little one is healthy as ever.Also, I like the uniforms. You guys are looking good - too bad I'm not going to be able to visit a meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Thug AMish Posted September 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 I always sport the headband now, since I sweat so much it helps a lot. It is tough to run with your eyes closed because of sweat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Hey someone named Eric Kennedy finished 99!Close... I'm Erik Kennedy!We just had a bit meet with 3 (I think) of the top 15 schools in Illinois. Last years state champion was there. I think he was just about right at 15:00. It was an amazing race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilHurdle Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 lol andy i thought you were anti-headbands earlier on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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