Hamilton Beats 10 Teams at
County Championship Meet
Harriers have best performance yet
Van Cortlandt Park, Thursday October 23, 2008
In what was without doubt their best running of the season, the Hamilton XC team finished a respectable 29th of 39 teams at the Westchester County Championship this past Thursday at VCP. The air was crisp and the shadows creeping up to the starting line made the 270 runners feel even colder, but Hamilton was ready to run. The Harriers were eager to put the disappointment of last week’s League Meet fiasco behind them, and they did so in a big way. The boys’ varsity team rose up to the level of competition with all seven setting PRs on the tough Van Cortlandt course. Coach Aiello remarked, “I can’t ask anymore of my runners than that they give me their best effort, and today they all did. At the start of the season our goal was to let people know that Hamilton Cross Country is back. Today there are at least ten teams in Westchester that know we ARE back.”
Now the focus switches to preparation for next week’s Section 1 Championship at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls. The race will be a full 3.1 miles. Can we qualify any runners for the State Championship?
notes:
- Arnold finished 51st out of 270
- Allen and Joji are knocking on the 17:00 door
- John Varkey debuts as a freshman runner with 11:15 for 1.5 miles
- Kirstine, Sydney and Kathleen set new PRs in the girls’ varsity race
Pictures soon to come!
