Making Strides

The BVU CC Team made some great strides Friday in Davenport, IA. We tried to take things slow and under control the first mile of the race as there were almost 400 men and 400 women running. Then we would pick things up in the middle miles. First of all, the women ran fantastic and are all starting to look great in competition. The course was very flat which aided us to some fast times. As a whole the entire Womens squad each set season bests, with many setting personal bests. The best part is that each one improved tremendously from our meet at Grinnell College. Here is the run down of times and improvements since our last meet; Missy Reinhart (26:11, improvement of 2:56!!), Courtney Jones (26:28, improvement of 1:12!!), Andrea Ahrendsen (27:05, improvement of 1:13!!), Ali Bunde (27:48, improvement of 2:07!!), Jenni Schomers (28:00, improvement of 1:18!!), and Bre Platt (30:55, Improvement of 1:04!!). Hopefully we can continue on this path and really be set for the conference championships in 5 weeks. 

The men improved from our performance at Grinnell and are also starting to turn things around after some injury issues. We still have a long way to go but are beginning to put things together. Travis Deridder led the team once again and would have ran much better however in the woods during the second loop was clotheslined in the woods by a branch which slowed him a little. However he still managed to improve on his season best. Travis Deridder (28:46, improvement of 10sec.), Jacob Flaws (29:37, improvement of 1:13), Zach Newberg (29:57, improvement of 1:37), Jordan Flaws (30:16, improvement of 42sec.), and Andrew Humphrey ran very well also considering this is his first ever CC season. I expect to see him run much better in the coming weeks.

 Overall I would say we had a good weekend. We have another week off and then head to Briar Cliff on October 6th for another flat fast course. Hopefully a few local fans can make their way over for a fun meet!

 Coach Maas