On the ladies side:
Our Girls finished in 16th place with 419 points.
Individual Results:
33) Allie Sweatt: 18:43
70) Erica Bailey: 19:32
91) Courtney Lybarger: 19:56
98) Lizzie Lynn: 20:07
130) Megan Kiel: 20:50
161) Willow Tolly: 21:37
Comments: I know that we were down two key members of the team with Bri and Sarah testing, and I would have probably put Lizzie A. in as our 7th runner due to the size of the meet. With that said, we still ran fairly well. Allie ran another good race and the success of this team will continue to be the 1-5 gap. On Wednesday, a very good race, we had a 58 1-5 gap. Yesterday our 1-4 gap was 1:24. That is simply unexceptable if this team wants to earn a trip to State. For many, this was the first opportunity to experience a large invitational. The next two weekends will give us the opportunity to focus on one another and close that gap. I am upset that full Regional/Sectional Site information is still not listed, but based on the last few years the following teams should be in our Sectional:
7) O'Fallon: 232
12) Minooka: 350
15) Moline: 385
That places three teams ahead of us in this meet alone. Let's say we plug Bri in and take 30 points off our score, that would place us at 389, but still fourth on this list. If you beat two teams from that list, you have a 90% chance of qualifying for state. That is how close we are as a team. That being said, the goal is not to just make state, but continue to work hard and improve. I really think we could be within 20-25 points of O'Fallon at Conference and Regional if not better. In three weeks we find out where the Lady Tigers really are!!!
Boys:
First off, way to be tough and run the last mile without your shoe Ryker. I know you were upset afterward, but it takes heart to run like that!
Although they did update the individual results, they still were unwilling to plug Ryker into the team scoring. Offically we were 13th out of 37 teams, unofficially we were 10th. That being said, we had a few good performances, but our team effort was slacking. Let's look at the individual results:
1) Garrett Sweatt: 14:20
26) Chad Maxwell: 15:21
76) Brydon Groves-Scott: 16:07
99) Joel Burroughs: 16:22
106) Ryker Frohock: 16:25
176) Andrew Patterson: 17:03
189) Zain Pyarali: 17:15
Okay, so congratulations to Garrett for running the fastest Detweiler time in EHS History and winning the meet. But Garrett, this was not State, and don't be satisfied! Remember your goal! Chad looked great for 1/2 the race but faded. I like the fact that you attacked, but your race was a lot like your practicing. We are really going to focus on workouts and you will be sub 15:00 this year just like we predicted. You are getting closer! Brydon, now is the time to see what you are made of. Other than Garrett, I think the best freshman time anyone ran on Detweiler as a freshman was Devon Dudding at the second Peoria meet in 15:34. We need you to forget about finding teammates for comfort early and go for Devon's time. Now, I am not mad at the rest of you, and Joel you are racing into shape, but here is the reality of things.....
-Chad, you need to be within 45 seconds of Garrett. End of Story!
-We can not continue 1-5 gaps in the 2:05 (125 second) range.
-To be successful, we need six runners under 16:00 on this course.
-Goals to work on: 1-5 gap under 1:40 (100 seconds); improving team depth, and increasing intensity in workouts and meets.
Looking at the team results, you may notice that following are from our Sectional:
7) Minooka: 264
23) Lincoln-Way Central
Now, Minooka is a good team, but a team we should beat. You will need to learn their jerseys because we need to have Garrett beat their 1, Chad beat their two (with your goal of running down their 1), and our five before their 4. Their team places Saturday were: 10-19-43-90-102. Oh, and Brydon, their three man ran 15:39, right where you need to be gunning for.
Open Race:
211/450: Leah Oglesby: 23:18
Boys Open: Times are messed up. They are going to try to figure them out, but for now we have places only. Sorry!
50) Wes Shoenthal: 17:10
83) Mark O'Brien: 17:34
105) Jacob Trueb: 17:46
110) James Mayfield: 17:51
123) Collin Christ: 17:55
131) Jay Lickert: 17:59
136) Chris Miller: 18:02
166) Zach Gabel: 18:16
174) Logan Weshinskey: 18:19
186) Josh Bertels: 18:25
188) Conner Dunaway: 18:26
220) Allen Bilbruck: 18:41
230) Chandler Reed: 18:51
231) Brad Wever: 18:51
246) Kurt Niemeyer: 18:59
250) Alan Bonk: 19:02
264) Dalton Masterson: 19:12
271) John Schoeberle: 19:16
272) Hunter Hessler: 19:17
293) Prakash Kandula: 19:28
301) Joe Shannon: 19:31
310) Brandon Sommer: 19:35
333) Joel MaGee: 19:56
396) Jack Cann: 20:56
399) Nick Ferrari: 20:59
407) Sam McKeehan: 21:05
455) Andy VanZandt: 21:51
471) Aaron Wilkinson: 22:12
492) John Brandenburg: 23:01
494) Jai Kansal: 23:02
516) Connor Jones: 24:12
528) Michael Powell: 25:06
532) Chris McLaughlin: 25:51
545) Matt Compton: 29:46
It is difficult to assess the open race without times, but I think a few of you guys were overwhelmed by having 551 high school runners start at once! Congratualitions to Wes for being our only medal winner in the open race. I think some people raced, while others goofed off. For example, I never want to see an Edwardsville runner with a 30 meter lead at the first turn again. Period! End of story. We are really going to need some of our older runners to step it up. We are struggling with overall depth and need some of you to attack like you want a varsity spot, not just be complacent running in JV/Open races. Continue to challenge yourself daily and let's see what you are made of! I will try to analyze things more when I get updated times. Sorry for the scoring/timing error.
Good job and I'll talk with you on Monday.
-Coach P.
