We are entering the final week of our 2021 cross country season. Our final meet of the season, as always, is the IC4A/ECAC Championship races, next Saturday (November 20) at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The race schedule is listed below, for those interested in attending (and … we hope you are!). Our 2021 XC season has been … difficult to quantify. How about this? Our 2021 XC season has been … a season! In the waning weeks and months of 2021, that seemingly obvious statement is (to me, at least) profound. Our class of 2020 lost their final few months of collegiate training and racing when you-know-what happened in March of that year; our class of 2021 lost that end of their junior year, as well as pretty much the entirety of their three senior seasons. These gaping holes will never be filled for those athletes. The very fabric of practically anything related to the important function of our program (group training, team practice, organized racing, team meals, van rides, bus rides, just being together) became completely unhinged during those ensuing 18 months. I know you all know that; it bears repeating here, as we edge closer to the end of a mostly normal season in which all of the above things listed in the parentheses have resumed. And, we look forward to hopefully normal track seasons as well! Although uncertainty is always lurking around the corner (“when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door”).
Speaking of normalcy: The reason for this post is to rally and encourage loyal Forever Foxes alumni to come out to Vanny on Saturday to enjoy a late morning/early afternoon of cross country, to celebrate with us the completion of our first full season of competition after the shuttered or disjointed past four seasons (outdoor track 2020, all three seasons of 2020-2021). We want to stay in the moment, celebrate the moment and cautiously look forward to more races in more places as we cautiously set our sights on 2022. And we want to see all of you again, in the setting we know and love so well: Outside, at a cross country meet. Again, the schedule is below. No need to RSVP. Just show up and rejoin the fun.
IC4A/ECAC Championships
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Race schedule
10a = IC4A (men’s) open race, 5 miles
10:45a = ECAC (women’s) open 5km race
11:15a = IC4A (men’s) championship race, 5 miles
12 noon = ECAC (women’s) championship 5km race
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