9th Place at Nike Northwest Regionals
Today the Lindbergh boys competed in the Nike Team Regional race in Boise, Idaho. The best teams of all classifications in the entire Northwest region (which includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and Hawaii) competed at this meet. Two teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation and 4 teams ranked in the top 20 in the nation ran in the race. Lindbergh finished 9th place overall, which means that we are the ninth best team out of the 6 states in the Northwest!
The weather was beautiful–sunny and about 55 degrees. The course was scenic and fun to run on. The race was crazy, however, because the course of too narrow for the number of runners in the race. It looked like a combination of Greco-Roman wrestling, rugby, and cross country all in one. This meant that though the course was reasonably fast, unless you were in the lead pack of about 10 people, you got stuck in a massive crowd. There were also at least three very sharp turns in the course, which slowed things down a great deal with so many people in the race.
Our times were: Trevor 16:05, Matt 16:09, Joseph 16:48, James 17:17, Nate R. 17:24, Nate T. 17:27, Thanh 17:50
The top 10 teams were: North Central, Jesuit, Seattle Prep, Jackson, Boise, Mead, Crater, Ferris, Lindbergh, and Stark Street
For complete results, go to the following link: http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?title_id=190&event_id=248&do=title&folder_id=239