Warpath Invitational
After a week of rainy and sloshy muddy runs, the Alpharetta XC team traveled to Region 5 7A 5K course at Boling Park to race at the Warpath Invitational hosted by Cherokee HS. Alpharetta runners raced and pushed themselves to new personal records, season bests, and more importantly they worked on their racing mindset. Many new-to-the-sport runners dropped one to two minutes off of their times from the Bob Blastow meet that was held over a little less than a month ago. Looking forward to training in cooler weather with a month out from Region.
Special Mentions
Boys: Zach Johnson, Tyler Neal, and Cole Adkisson all personal recorded on Saturday.
Girls: The JV girls squad races all under 25 minutes! Lior Manor personal recorded by 2 minutes and 24 seconds. Olivia Fishman dropped 3 minutes and 28 seconds off her current season 5K time. Bailey Roner broke 21 minutes with racing a 20:52.
Photos taken by Marc Logan at the meet can be found: 2021 Warpath Invitational by Marc Logan | 2021 Warpath Invitational (milesplit.com)
JV Boy's huddle pre-race.
Captain, Kate Zurinskas (Jr.) calm and working hard as she gets closer to the finish line.
Captain, Alex Wiklund (Sr.) eyeing down the finish line.
Maddie Ashe (Soph.) relaxing into her pace as she enters the second loop.
JV Girls packing the first lap of the race.
Kathryn Fatzyntz (Soph.) using her arms and stride to get to the finish line.
Izzy Neely (Soph.) and Pia Saraswat (Fresh.) battle to the finish line.
Emma Huey (Jr.) eyeing down the 2 mile marker.
Varsity Girls post racing tough at Warpath.
Katelyn Rager (Soph.) and Bailey Roner (Soph.) in stride with each other going into the back of the course.
