Temperatures Drop - So Do the Times
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- Published on Saturday, 01 October 2011 13:27
Cooler weather made for great running conditions at this weekend's flrunners.com Invitational 12 presented by Nike in Titusville.
The top five runners on the girls team dropped nearly seven and a half minutes, collectively--this, after cutting over eight minutes at last week's meet in Winter Springs. For the boys team, Conner Bergin set a new school record for 5,000 meters with a time of 18:11.83.
Girls Highlights
The girls team took 8th place in a field of 21 scoring teams.
- Freshman Ciara Hopkins ran a season's best time of 20:07 to take 4th in a field of 173 runners in the varsity open.
- Tanner Dotson moved into the #2 position for the girls team, cutting two minutes from her personal best to run 22:51, finishing 36th.
- Maya Rifai dropped nearly two and a half minutes, running 23:33.
- Addison Adkins improved nearly ninety seconds to run 23:51.
- Katie Young cut thirty-six seconds to run 24:46
- Parinda Dechathipat dropped 1:44 from her previous personal record, running 24:53
- Janki Patel improved her season's best time by over three minutes, finishing in 31:02.
Boys Highlights
- With the seniors gone to take the SAT, the boys team did not include enough runners to score as a team in this meet.
- Sophomore Conner Bergin took 17th in a field of 175 runners in the varsity open. His time of 18:11.83 is a new school record for the 5,000 meters, breaking the old record of 18:20.91 set by Bobby Crago at the 2010 District Meet.
- Sang-Bin Park improved more than a minute, running 21:17.
- Kaize Deng made his cross country debut with a time of 27:23.
The team will travel to Oviedo on Saturday, October 8, to compete in the Hagerty Invitational.
