Results: Here
Metro Pix: Here
Finish Line Pix: Here
Meet Recap: Let's just say that there was a little less mud at Metro than Luther, which made for even faster racing for the 2022 Rebels. Within the team there were 18 seasonal bests and 9 "Lifetime Bests" for the fall 5K.
Boys' Recap: The Varsity Boys' finished 6th with 144 points, led by Charlie Hibbs 24 second PR and 9th place finish. Ethan Ibarra was our #2 in 26th racing within 1 second of his lifetime best. Will Maher was our #6 dropping a monster 2:26 from his former 5K PR. Running # 3 was Logan Martinez finishing 29th overall and within 2 seconds of his PR set at St. Olaf this year. Ryan Kane set a seasonal best and finished in 44th as our 4, with Caleb Osterberg in 47th, also within 2 seconds of his PR set at St. Olaf. Akanamo Jones was our top JV runner hitting a PR of 19:48 and finishing 29th overall. 9th grader Lucas Vetter droped 3:31 seconds in his Metro 5K ....a massive pr in the early season. Other PR's set Saturday were run by Blake Frazer, Jedrik Lunde, Sutton Koss, Kevin Samey and Maxwell Simmons.
Girls' Recap: Abby Hibbs led the Rebels with a seasonal best of 19:17 for 6th place followed by Vayda Foy 22nd, Elise Oldroyd 23rd ( seasonal best!), Rachel Miller 47th and Gabby Wahl 48th. The Varsity Girls' finished 5th overall as a team. Of note, three of our top 10 did not run this past weekend for various reasons. We continue to emphasize that it's Conference and Section meets that is our focus in both training and racing.
MS Recap: Our Jackson summer runners ran back to back races this weekend, with the Blaine Invit. on Friday and Saturday's Metro Invitational. The boys' backed up there 1st place team finish on Friday with a 5th place team finish. Note, they raced 6th thru 8th graders on Saturday. Caelan Scott was our #1 finishing 15th followed by Caleb Oldroyd 22nd, Ivan Oldroyd 39th, Noah Osterberg-74th and Henry Grossman in 123rd. Our lone rep in the girls race was Ella Kern who finished 87th.
Next up: Griak Invitational, Friday Sept. 24th and the Mustang Invitational, Saturday, Sept. 25th.
