Fremont Harriers Excel at Regional Meet

Fremont Harriers Excel at Regional Meet
Story by Cliff Somers, Fremont Cross Country Coach

2023 D2 Regionals - At Chip Hills
Steady mist, Breezy, mild temp., soft footing
 
The girls placed 8th with 195 pts, 1 point out of 7th.  They were ranked 9th in the region coming in.  The course ran much slower than last week due to the wind and some pretty muddy footing in some areas.  I am really happy with the way the girls ran the race.  They got out well and put themselves in positions to compete.  Linnea Paige (So) led the way with a 6th place finish moving up well throughout the race.  Joelle Patten (So) had an outstanding race placing 25th with one of the few PR’s in the race.  Rocquel Richards (So) piggybacked off of last weeks breakthrough performance to run the second best time of her career placing 48th.  Running in her last race Senior Elise  Pfeiffer placed 59th running a solid race.  Kira Manchip (Fr) ran her best race of the season to place 59th, while Rachel Maddox (Jr) had a strong last 400 to place 72nd.  Freshman Jessie Kendziorski ran her best race of the season to place 85th.
 
The boys placed 4th with 112 points, missing the 3rd state qualifying spot by 19 points.  About 10 points closer than they were predicted.  While disappointed at missing team qualification the boys turned in a good performance on the day.  Sean Pettis (Sr) became another of Fremont’s Regional Champions by winning the race.  Carter Sherman (Jr) ran a strong race to place 10th, while Issac Romero (So) went out strong, faded a little then finished strong to place 22nd.  Cole Lowery (Jr) ran a great last 400 to place 33rd, with Blake Taylor (Jr) returning from a stress fracture to race on almost no run training to place 46th.  Chase Lowery (So) and Evan Christoffersen (Fr) had good finishes to place 52nd and 60th.
 
All-Region – Top 7
Linnea Paige, Sean Pettis, Carter Sherman
 
State Qualifiers
Linnea Paige, Sean Pettis, Carter Sherman
 
This race was a great reminder on how hard it is to qualify for the State Finals.  I am excited about how the teams performed this year and based on their yearly improvements they should be also.
 
Linnea Paige 15 sec. improvement
Joelle Patten 20 sec. improvement
Elise Pfeiffer 50 sec. improvement
Rachel Maddox 30 sec. improvement
Rocquel Richards 1:10  improvement
Sean Pettis 50 sec. improvement
Carter Sherman 30 sec. improvement
Issac Romero 50 sec. improvement
Blake Taylor 50 sec. improvement
Cole Lowery 40 sec. improvement
Brandon Rasmussen 40 sec. improvement
 
Full Results can be found here - https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/223278/info

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