The girls turned in an impressive team performance, along with many personal best performances. They came out with a goal in mind prior to the race and exceeded that goal by leaps and bounds. As a team we look at this meet as a preview for the upcoming district meet. As a coach and a runner you get plenty of competition along with a preview of all the district competitors.
Gwenn Porter was back to her old form running a personal best 20:34. It was great to see her starting to pass runners and work her way through the pack for her best performance in this competition. Johanna Ryan was the surprise of the day placing 2nd on the team and running her best time ever. Every time Coach Winters and I looked we couldn\’t believe what \”Jo Jo\” was doing, and to see her coming to the finish line one place away from the top ten was just amazing. Bethany Feathers and Juliana Mellgard placed very high to help their Clearfield teammates move up in the team standings. Bethany knocked off close to a minute from her time in this event last year. Also Jennie Ryan is starting to reach her old form by battling through the pack and dropping her season best time by over a minute.
On the boys side, Andrew Yingling was the top finisher for Clearfield. It was a great day for the boys individually and every boy had their best race. Andrew, Tyler, Jesse, Alec, Adam and Jeff (Curwensville) all turned in their best times and are starting to peak at just the right time in the season. I believe these performances will help them tremendously come the district meet at the end of the month. Coach Winters and I were really proud of the way all the boys raced today. The boys are still young but have been working really hard this season, so it is really great to see them race well.
Clearfield Girls 2nd out of 15 teams.
Punxsutawney took 1st in the team competition
Girls Varsity Results
1. Daniell Kocjanic Kane 19:03
7. Gwenn Porter C 20:34
11. Johanna Ryan C 21:06
14 Bethany Feathers C 21:26
16 Juliana Mellgard C 21:35
33 Jennie Ryan C 22:42
90 Megan McDermott C 30:48
Clearfield Boys 10th out of 15 Teams
Bradford took 1st in the team competition
Boys Varsity Results
1. Bud Plazenski DuBois 16:13
31. Jeff Thomas Curwensville 19:11
33 Andrew Yingling Cl 19:26
34 Tyler Bumbarger Cl 1:28
61 Jesse Neyman Cl 20:39
80 Alec Coble Cl 21:31
105 Adam Jury Cl 25:55