Varsity Cross Country at Mill Springs Meet

Yesterday, your TCS Cougars competed at the first MSA Cross Country meet of the season with great vigor and enthusiasm, despite the Texas-like heat (at least it wasn’t Arizona hot).  Grace Marriott earned runner of the week accolades by placing 5^th among a stellar field of student-athletes from both public and private schools from the region with a 27:04; her stalwart teammate, Alex Nebel ran 28:04 for 6^th overall.  Kyndel Abercrombie was unable to finish the race due to persistent ankle pain.

The boys’ team placed a very close third behind Weber and Sprayberry, despite missing some of our strongest lads due to injury, or potential injury.  Larry Orsini, for example, stepped in a large hole and sprained his ankle while leading the varsity boys’ race through the one mile mark.  Nicholas Daugherty placed 6^th for the Cougars in 19:46 as Camden Michaud earned top 10 honors with a 21:23.  Braden Smith blasted through the chute in 22:42 for 11^th, as senior veteran Shane Hendrickson nipped at his heels for 12^th, two seconds in arrears. Nicholas Smith placed 41^st in 28:20, while Grant Osgood chased him into the chute for 42 in 28:29.

In the mixed open race, our boys placed second overall to Sprayberry with Nicholas Helm leading the charge in 4^th overall with a 24:48.  Ben Thomas, last week’s runner of the week winner, placed 6^th in 25:43, as Mike Janyska placed 14^th in 27:23.  Andrew Marriott placed 18^th in 27:26, while Dino Couvaras earned 19^th in 28:02.  Alex Hogg ran 28:16 to break into the coveted top 20.  Hunter Cool ran 29:17 to place 22^nd, as Cal Kinard ran 29:20 for 23^rd. Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting of athletes at Mill Springs Academy beginning at 4:00PM on 26 September.