Whew. What a wild, wet and miserable weather day up at the
Crossings of Colonie. True cross country. It was, in a perverse way, a lot of
fun. For someone like me, who hates being cold and wet, I had fun being cold
and wet today. No. Really! We huddled in tents, got soaked in the windswept
rain, and shivered through the real-feel 20s cold and wet day, alternating
between the soggy tent grounds and the warm JTR buses, whose engines never
stopped running. Out on the course, our women placed a strong, decisive and
dominant second to a truly dominant (and looking like a potential NCAA
qualifying) Iona squad. We were hoping to put a bit more of a scare in the
Gaels, but it wasn’t to be on this day; they just ran really well. Our 1-5
spread was a remarkable 14.3 seconds. Stretch that out to 1-7 and it was a
still tight compression of 26.7 seconds. That’s amazing and that’s dominant in
our own right. Nicely done, ladies! For the men, we’re so very proud of senior
Mike Kennedy, who notched the first top-10/single-digit MAAC finish in seven
(7!) years and did us all proud by placing eight overall. While our men’s team
finish was a slightly disappointing sixth, the overall effort was strong and
gutty and I’m proud of the grit the men showed out there. After Kennedy, our
2-5 spread was a tight 19.1 seconds – they were just a bit too far back in the
pack. We were pleased at our parental, family and alumni support. Thanks
especially to Palmer Weimann’s parents, Martha and Ted, for their organization
of the tailgate, and to Martha for supplying a lot of the pictures you’ll see
in the upcoming posts (including this one). Even in that slop, it was another
Great Day To Be a Red Fox.
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