Cross County 10/9/11

The boys were able to participate in another cross-country meet at Bellarmine Prep School, running the same one-mile course that they had run two weeks prior.  The race had 71 third- through fifth-grade boys in it.  Since he had run a mile before, Daniel decided to set the pace, and he set an aggressive pace.  Although he had run hard, and there was a steep hill near the end of the course, he still had enough energy to sprint to the finish with an impressive margin over the second-place finisher.  David found himself in a battle at the end and was able to sprint to a very satisfying third-place finish.  Each one of the boys shaved 16 seconds off his previous time.  Daniel finished in 5:40 and David in 6:10!  We caught a little video (below), including the start, middle and finish of the race.  And of course there are more pictures – click on the one above.