The Mane Event

at Lisle High School

  Today was our first 5K of the season for the girls; many of the boys already ran one at the beginning of the year.  It's a great spectator course as it gives us many places to stop and cheer on the runners, but it is one of the more difficult races for the athletes since it includes a killer hill (or two) and the extra mileage that a 5K provides.  However, in spite of those factors, everyone put in a super effort.  See below for the photos and results. 

Though fall is already here, this tree is still hanging on to it's green leaves as well!

                                               







                                  Lisle HS is surrounded by a beautiful and scenic park.










                Order of Events

      Race Title       Sex   Distance    Start Time   

Girls Fr/So            F   4k (2.5 mi)    9:00 am      
Boys Fr/So             M   4k (2.5 mi)    9:40 am      
Girls Varsity          F   5k (3.1 mi)   10:10 am    
Boys Varsity           M   5k (3.1 mi)   10:50 am     
Girls Open             F   5k (3.1 mi)   11:30 am         
Boys Open              M   5k (3.1 mi)   11:30 am          

Maybe we don't have an actual Bronco, but you have to admit it's a very cute mascot!!

Looks like the team might have their own comfort dog!

Our assistant coach and today's two mile time keeper.

                 

BOYS FR/SO (4K)

(Mario and Steven)

Prayer time

Final warm-up

Waiting at the starting line.

Finally, they're off!!!

Coming up to the bottom of....

...this big hill!!!  As it always says at the bottom, "No pain, no gain!"

Being cheered on by Mrs. Friederich.

                                           

The cheering section

 

The final stretch, finishing his 4K in 17:49.

Words of encouragement from Coach Goffron

Almost there!  Final time was 18:47

  

VARSITY GIRLS

5K

(Sonja, Anne, Nessa and Tamron)

Two of our girls were not able to run today, so we didn't have an official team to be ranked.  Hopefully next race they'll all be present again!

Final words of wisdom from Coach

 

 GO BRONCOS!

 

 

Waiting for the next runner to cheer on.

Headed toward the finish line with guidance from Coach Goffron.  She finished in 22:20, which was 42nd place (15 places better than last year).

Anne & Tamron actually crossed the finish line together
with a time of 24:44.  This was Tamron's first 5K.
Anne improved by 32 seconds from her best 5K last year!

Final time:27:32.

 VARSITY BOYS
5K

(Frankie, Sean, Matthew, Eric, Juan, James, and Jacob)

If Frankie does well, we'll credit it to Alex's technique.  If Frankie does poorly, we'll still credit it to Alex's technique!!!

 

If you can zoom in enough, you'll see Juan over there on the other side of the lake!

First off the bridge for Walther

Down the final stretch. Final time 18:54,  a 28 second improvement from last year's Mane Event.

Final time 19:36 (a 12 second improvement from last year)

Eric finished in 20:45, cutting off 3 minutes & 2 seconds from
his 5K back in September!!!  Impressive!

(Oops! Sorry Jacob, I somehow missed you going by!)
Final time 20:54, a 49 second improvement since Mequon.

Finishing in 21:19, 1 whole minute faster than Mequon.

Final time:   23:31. cutting off 1 min., 49 seconds since Mequon.

Final time:   23:59

Mrs. Goffron joined us for today's meet with plenty of goodies for after the race.

 Open Race

(Kenny)

Final check-in

Final time:   26:39

Goofing off at the end of a long morning.

Relaxing and re-fueling (Thanks, Mrs. G!!!)

Another faithful Bronco canine friend

If anyone ever sees that I've made an error in recording the times, please let me know ASAP.  After awhile the numbers all start to blur together!

Next Race:  Tiger Invitational at Elmwood Park High School (on the corner of Thatcher and Fullerton).  The running course begins on the East side of the school.  
No team dinner this week.
(Mr. G. will send out the meet details in an e-mail later on.)