Thursday, August 27, 2015

2015-2016

The 2015-2016 Season began with our first meet at Elmwood Park High School.  The returning team has welcomed several new freshman and a transfer student to the roster. 




Let's meet the team!

Varsity Girls:

Chloe and Tamron are our Varsity runners this year (tho Chloe was unable to run today).

Tamron is our sole senior girl...

...and Chloe is our sole junior girl.





Tamron represented Walther well, placing 40th out of 87 runners.  (There was a technical difficulty, so I do not have Tamron's time for this race.  If someone got it, please let me know!)

 Next up, Varsity Boys:



  





Kobe is a returning junior.








            Jaylin is also    
       a returning junior.







Mitch is a senior this year.







                James is 
            also a senior.







Eric, also a senior, is hoping to to recover completely from his injuries so he can run this year!







      Kevin recently  
  transferred back to
     Walther; he is a 
            junior.






Jack is another one of our juniors. 









 (Aaron is another junior, but he could not make it to the meet today.)

Go Broncos!


They're off!





Mitch finished 14th overall, earning himself a ribbon, with a time of 11:43 for the 2 mile course.  You're off to a great start, Mitch!





Jaylin was not far behind, coming in 19th overall, with a time of 11:50.  Way to go! 



  
Kobe finished in 24th place with a time of 12:06.  Super!
 
 Jack was fighting some foot pain, but pushed through, finishing in 12:32.  Way to endure!

 


James had an awesome kick at the end, finishing in 13:35.







Kevin completed his race in 17:14. Great effort, Kevin!


Next up, Frosh/Soph Girls:


Claudia is one of our returning sophomores.



















Tommila is a freshman and new to the team this year.
    Jamila is also a freshman.



Lauren is another one of our returning sophomores, but was not able to run today.

Final instructions from Coach Goffron.

Warming up


Jamila did a great job on her first race, 
finishing in 18:17.


Claudia cut her time down a lot compared to last year's pace.  Supurb!  She finished in 18:19, right behind Jamila.



Tommila kept at it and crossed the finish line in 23:37.  Way to go!

And finally, Frosh/Soph Boys:



Welcome, Christian!
                                             
Welcome, Daniel J!
Welcome, Steven!
                                                    

Welcome back, Luis!
Welcome, Julio!
          (Sophomore)

Welcome back, David G!
Welcome back, Gus!
                            (Both are sophomores)


Welcome, Xavier!
Welcome, Traevonte!





















    



      



Welcome, Traivon!
Prayer time





                            Bang!


Luis finished in 12th place with a time of 11:51.  Super!

David finished in 12:03, 5 places behind Luis.  Fantastic!

Gus completed the course in 12:54. Great job!

Steven ran wonderfully, finishing in 13:10.

Julio crossed the finish line in 14:08.  Remarkable!
Daniel ran the course in 15:38.  Outstanding!


Traevante's clock time was 17:47.  Terrific!

Traivon crossed the line at 20:22.  Tremendous effort!


Xavier pushed through to the end, finishing in 20:48.  Excellent!
And Christian finished in 25:08.  Awesome first race!


Our ribbon winners for the day:





But the truth is, EVERYONE was a winner for finishing the race!  You should all be proud of yourselves.

We look forward to cheering you on again at your next meet in Mequon, WI!!!

See you then!