Today was the first meet for the fall XC season. The opening meet is always held at VRMS, so the girls didn't have to travel. Allison and Turbo have done most of their training at soccer practice and during PE, but Allison has certainly become a stronger runner since last year.
They met up with their soccer buddies, but middle school rivals before the race :)
Allison and her fellow Bulldogs ready for the 7th grade girls race to start. Race time was at 10:15 and it had to be in the high 90's!
After the starting gun, Allison was probably in the top 1/3 of the runners. I was worried she went out too fast, but she seemed to be in a zone and totally focused.
As she approached the last lap on the track, she seemed to gain momentum and passed over about 8 girls in the final turn! She said she could hear us cheering her on!
The girl in black passed her just before stepping on the mat. Allison finished with a time of 13:12…1 minute and 16 seconds better than her time on the same course last year!!
The top 30 girls got medals and Allison finished 19th out of 180 7th graders and advanced to next weeks Invitational. We are so proud of her effort and I could see she was quite proud of herself.
All of her buddies did great too! Carly got 36th, Reanna got 37th, Zoe finished 45th and Turbo finished 46th. Turbo even puked at the finish line!! Great job to all of the runners and good luck with the rest of the season!!
