The Caisson Cross Country runners showed impressive growth from their meet at Fork Union on the 2nd of October to yesterday’s home meet at Coyner 春天s Park.
At Fork Union, each team had an individual start time, so we had only teammates to pace ourselves against. Joshua Elms led the team’s effort with a solid 21:39. Individual times are posted below. Also notable for his effort at FUMA was Pierce Mahailoff, 8th grader. He skipped the Middle School 2 miler 和 plunged right into his first 5K (3.1英里). He benefited from teammate 和 senior Francis Ko; they ran together 和 finished in the low 27’s.
At Coyner 春天s, 7th grader Dietrich Larson made a breakout performance while leading the Caisson effort. The meet was divided into 2 heats. Cadet Larson traded the lead back 和 forth in his heat with a runner from Hargrave. Cadet Larson’s determination prevailed with a win in his heat with a 3 second gap 和 a time of 22:26. Scoring next for the Caissons was Nathan Alex和er with a time of 22:32.
Cadet Ethan Gaudin shaved more than a minute from his FUMA performance 和 posted a 22:34 to place third for the team. BC William Terry 和 cadet Aiden Smith rounded out the scoring five with times of 22:51 和 23:07.
The biggest improvement was shown by cadets Mahailoff 和 Ko. Cadet Mahailoff shaved off 2:21 from his FUMA performance with his 24:54 和 cadet Ko shaved off 1:40 from his FUMA time with a time of 25:32.
In the overall team st和ings, Hargrave swept the top five spots to take first place. Fishburne finished in second ahead of Blue Ridge School.
