Bale and Trail -- WOW!!

Lilly runs an amazing 18:12.



Carly finishes second in 18:31.

Kaia comes within .39 of breaking 19.

Kendall takes another 20 seconds off her PR to 19:12.

5,6 and 7 -- impressive in 20:12, 20:16, 20:19.

Here are the top 6 results. You will notice the top two ranked teams in 2A and 4A and a pretty good team from Georgia.

1 Chiles 43 1 2 7 8 25 26 28

Total Time: 1:35:09.22 Average: 19:01.85

2 Bishop Kenny 83 3 12 17 22 29 34 57

Total Time: 1:38:20.20 Average: 19:40.04

3 Melbourne 108 11 14 20 24 39 43 113

Total Time: 1:39:39.29 Average: 19:55.86

4 Peachtree Ridge 156 5 15 35 50 51 61 68

Total Time: 1:41:10.75 Average: 20:14.15

5 Bolles 157 9 13 41 45 49 66 84

Total Time: 1:41:31.61 Average: 20:18.33

6 Bartram Trail 172 4 6 36 53 73 94 122

Total Time: 1:41:34.06 Average: 20:18.82

Then after the varsity race Jodie dominated the JV race holding back to a 20:55. Photos of the JV races tomorrow. Keep working together girls. It sure is fun to go to your meets.

Bloopers

Carly doing her David Blane levitation trick.




Jodie going so fast she swallows a bug.




Speed designed by Nascar.


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Quote of the Week

“What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.”


Nick Saban
Head Coach / Universtiy of Alabama

Bartram Trail Travel Schedule

BALE-N-TRAIL INVITATIONAL
BARTRAM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL
7399 LONGLEAF PINE PARKWAY
ST. JOHNS, FLORIDA 32259
OCTOBER 3-4, 2008

October 3

12:45 pm Depart from Chiles
3:30 pm Check-In
4:00 pm Practice
6:00 pm Pool Walk
7:00 pm Dinner
9:00 pm Team Meeting
10:00 pm Lights Out

October 4

6:00 am Wake-Up Call
6:15 am Breakfast
6:45 am Leave for Course
8:30 am Boys Varsity Race (Top 7)
8:50 am Girls Varsity Race (Top 7)
9:10 am Boys JV Race
9:40 am Girls JV Race

11:45 am Pool Walk
12:30 pm Lunch
4:00 pm Arrival at Chiles


Accommodations
Ramada Inn-Mandarin
3130 Hartley Road (I 95 & SR 13)
Jacksonville, FL.
(904) 262-8020
Transportation

Lance Paul Tours
(850) 575-1245

Admission $5.00 per vehicle

FSU Boys Race Photos

Sorry guys, I didn’t do a good job of getting photos during the guy’s race. (You know how long that line was for the bathrooms. ) Check the AndrewsPhotoGallery.com website because my brother was there and he takes better pictures than me anyway.

This is a sequence of photos from the start that I thought was interesting. Now back in the days when I ran, we didn’t have digital watches. (No we didn’t only have sundials.) But because it wasn’t practical to carry a stopwatch you just ran without watches and listened for the guy to call out your mile splits, or just didn’t get them. And you also had to listen at the finish to hear your time because they didn’t have a computer program listing everyone’s times. In fact the only thing they cared about back then was the place you finished in. I just bring this up, because if you look at the photos, the guy standing next to Brandon and D. Ross is Connor Revard and he finished second in the race. You will notice that he doesn’t have a watch on and he also doesn’t seem to be worried about making sure it gets started. Hmmmm?

(Remember do not listen to any advice without consulting your own coach to see whether it applies to you. )

Good job Guys. You've got some work to do, but I know you are capable.

Fractured Quote of the Week

Sons of Scotland, I am William Wallace.

William Wallace is seven feet tall

Yes, I've heard. Kills men by the hundreds, and if he were here he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse.
I AM William Wallace! And I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny. You have come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What would you do without freedom? Will you fight?

Fight? Against that? No, we will run; and we will live.

Aye, fight, and you may die. Run and you'll live -- at least a while and dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take . . . our freedom!

From the movie BRAVEHEART


I don't know what this means for runners, but it makes me want go bash some heads every time I read it.

Interview with a runner

In this feature we will ask one runner an insightful question to give you an idea about what they think about when they are not running. See if you can guess who we interviewed. You can add a comment with your answer.


Q: What was the best thing that happened to you today?

A: I got a ring pop from my teacher.

JV BOYS PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS

Some photo highlights from the boys jv race.




Spencer at about 2 1/2 miles. Both He and Andrew broke 19, after alot of pool work.


Andrew looking serious. (Which doesn't happen often.)

They just call him "Machine".

Chris at 2 1/2 mile mark.

Cross Country is an objective sport, and any varsity runner is only made better by knowing that there is someone behind him, working their butt off trying to take his position. So keep working hard.

FSU Invitational

Chiles girls win second straight meet!




Final instructions before the start.



Carly and Lily and Kaia, 3-4-5 and impressive.

Lily ran sub 19 on a tough course.

Kendall PRs by 24 seconds and finishes in the top 10.

Stephanie runs a PR.

Bonnie finishes her first 5K.

The girls team and coaches with the trophy.

Quote of the Week

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

John Wooden

Fractured Quote of the Week

"People always talk about triumphs of the human spirit, well today I had a triumph of the human body. That's why everybody was applauding for me at the end. My guts and my heart. And while I eventually puked my guts out... I never puked my heart out. "

Michael Scott

(after participating in the Michael Scott's Dunder Miflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Fun Run Pro-Am Race for the Cure)

Some old faces

It was good to see some old faces at the UF meet this weekend. We are glad that they helped build the tradition of excellence.


Josh Brown (08) is running at North Florida.

Zack Andrews (08) is a freshman at UF. He owns a pair of running shoes.

Josh Brown (08) and Calvin Vannoy (08). Calvin is studying how to grow a beard at UF. (I hope he is taking the course pass/fail.) Josh is running at North Florida.

Kevin Lane (07) is running at University of Tampa.

Matt Dixon (06) is running at North Florida.

Kelly Savery (06) is running at University of South Florida.

Kyle Savery (04) with his new friend. Kyle graduated last spring in Engineering at UF, and is planning on starting graduate school soon. He was a top five runner with the state championship team in 2003.

JV Highlights

Emily and Jodie



Emily and Jodie at the finish.

The boys getting ready for the start.

Spencer

Andrew

Chiles Boys at UF

Chiles boys considering the future.



The race season about to start.

Sam and Brandon

Brandon with about a 300 yards go.
Brandon finished 28th in 17:39.

Senior Daniel Ross finished 27th in 17:37.
First for us.

Freshman Taylor Buzzard looks good in his first high school cross country meet. He runs about a 6 flat mile average in his first meet and helps us at number 5. Good work Taylor. You're only going to get better.

Andrew has a senior moment. (Remember the camera is always watching.)

The boys finish sixth. One point behind behind Sickles (3a) in a pretty tough field. Belen (first) and Jesuit (second) are ranked at the top of their divisions. Plant (3a) was third.
We had a good pack at one through four, and surprise help from a freshman at five. All of them know they can run faster. Let's show them next week.

Here's a link to photos: http://www.andrewsphotogallery.com/Sports/597977

JV photos tomorrow.

Girl's Team Wins in Gainesville

Before the race Carly is smiling like she knows something.






Carly battling Satelite number one runner at about a mile and quarter.

Lily at about 4k. She finished 4th in 19:22.

Kaia finished 9th in 19:44.

Kendall gets a medal for 12th place with a 20:01.

Alex ran 21:02 and finished 20th.

Kelley stops to pose for the photographer but still ran 21:20.

Stephanie with a strong finish runs 21:21. Satelite's number 3 is in the background. But lets remember girls what happens when we forget about Satelite.

Very nice first meet. The girls ran great with a sub 20 minute average. Lots of great performances. But we know that Satelite and the rest of Florida isn't going to quit and go home. The first meet always shows who worked hard over the summer, but there is still alot of season left.

Boys photos tomorrow.