Its been a busy day!! I finally arrived home at 8:30 PM tonight after a long but wonderful day of cross country. I spent the afternoon helping my wife's team at Nashua South. At the same time our meet was going on this morning, my oldest son Anthony was running in a Division 1 NCAA college cross country meet in Indiana for Columbia University running against some of the top college teams in the country. I only mention this because he started out as a Nashua PAL runner just like all of you!!I'm so proud of our team!! Despite the incredibly frigid early morning temperatures you ran your strongest race of the year.
Here are some of today's highlights:
-We had 15 runners run their fastest times of the year. The top girls and boys are highlighted in yellow in Mrs. Duda's summary.
-Our boys team finished in 11th place...just 23 points from a top 10 team finish despite every runner on our team competing in their first year of cross country.
- Our girls team finished an incredible 6th overall out of 14 teams---there were only 3 public schools in front of us and the girls team beat New Searles, Main Dunstable, Fairgrounds, Broad Street, Dr. Crisp., Mt. Pleasant, and Birch Hill. Some of those teams we beat were double or triple the size of our team!
- We had two runners finish in the top 25 earning All-City Honors: Rebecaa Skahan (11th overall) and Michael Hagen (11th overall). Shane Puleo ran a 25 second personal best today finishing 30th overall--just 3 seconds out of a top 25 finish.
Here are the results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/09/nh/Oct17_Nashua_set2.shtml
Before I go, thank you for the wonderful picture. It will bring back many happy memories. Thank you also to Mrs. Duda who helped and supported our team this season in so many ways. We could not have accomplished what we did this year without her incredible support. Thank you also to the many parents who helped us at our practices and at our meets. You were all wonderful. Thank you also to Mrs. Valeri, Mrs. Peigh and Ms. Nest as well as the Ledge Street Eagle ....having you at the meet was very special and meant the world to the team!
Last but not least, keep running. Regular exercise should always be an important part of your life along with studying hard at school.
Coach Mike
Last but not least, keep running. Regular exercise should always be an important part of your life along with studying hard at school.
Coach Mike
