MEET vs. MEMORIAL - Wednesday, September 21

Below are your names & times. If I missed anyone, let me know.

I did not include your placement, because I frankly don't care. Imagine this hypothetical scenario - you run the worst race of your season against a school with a small number of kids, and finish 10th; a week later, you run the best race of your season against a school with a large number of kids, and finish 20th. You did better in the second race, despite finishing "lower". Places can be deceiving, but the stopwatch NEVER lies.

I've also included an average mile pace - this will provide you with a rough comparison between races of differing lengths and terrain. Today was a longer course, so your time may be slightly slower than a 1.6 mile course. Keep this in mind.

If anyone is curious how cross country meets are scored, I have posted the process below the results.

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Course - 3km - Sunny, 80s

NAME - TIME - AVG MILE

BOYS - won 19-43 (Season Record: 1-0)
Adams, Alex - 16:37 - 8:53
Arsenault, Patrick - 15:38 - 8:22
Boyle, Jack - 12:15 - 6:33
Collins, Freddy - 13:27 - 7:12
Decker, Max - 16:44 - 8:57
Estey, Christian - 17:47 - 9:31
Gerecke, Henry - 15:45 - 8:25
Gross, Dylan - 15:07 - 8:05
Guthrie, Michael - 14:17 - 7:38
Henry, Ethan - 17:14 - 9:13
Howe, Ethan - 19:45 - 10:34
Josephson, Graham - 12:17 - 6:34

Klein, Andrew - 16:05 - 8:36
Matta, Ethan - 15:28 - 8:16
McBride, Owen - 17:42 - 9:28
Oberlies, Ailin - 11:33 - 6:11
O'Connell, Christopher - 13:53 - 7:25
Pacileo, Ryan - 15:46 - 8:26
Parce, Richard - 16:03 - 8:35
Perreault, Jason - 14:36 - 7:48
Quinn, John - 14:27 - 7:44
Randolph, Zach - 19:56 - 10:40
Ricci, Stephen - 15:27 - 8:16
Rodstrom, Mark - 13:57 - 7:28
Ross, Jack - 12:22 - 6:37
Rothenberg, Sam - 20:43 - 11:05
Small, Colin - 12:24 - 6:38
Whalen, Dylan - 12:47 - 6:50

GIRLS - won 18-39 (Season Record: 1-0)
Dalto, Alyssa - 16:53 - 9:02
Emken, Rebecca - 20:52 - 11:10
Gagnon, Jenna - 13:40 - 7:18
Gillooly, Ali - 11:49 - 6:19
Gregg, Ava - 17:23 - 9:18
Guthrie, Maddie - 13:38 - 7:17
Honig, Davita - 18:29 - 9:53
Kerr, Ally - 14:53 - 7:58
McIsaac, Zenna - 15:05 - 8:04
Oberlies, Erin - 13:11 - 7:03
Pacileo, Emma - 16:29 - 8:49

Piotte, Jessica - 21:05 - 11:16
Strauss, Penelope - 19:29 - 10:25

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Cross country meets are scored using the top 7 runners from each team. The top 5 runners get points for their team, while #6 and #7 (if they finish ahead of the opposing team's 5th runner) are used to displace the opposition. 

Each runner is awarded a point value for the place they finish: 1st place gets 1, 2nd place gets 2, and so on. Once a team has it's top 7 runners in, all remaining places go to the opposing team. 

The scores of the top 5 runners from each team are added up, and the team with the lowest total wins. 

For today's girls race, the top 12 went like this: 

1) Hale

2) Hale

3) Hale

4) Hale

5) Fitchburg

6) Fitchburg

7) Fitchburg

8) Hale 

9) Hale

10) Fitchburg

11) Fitchburg

12) Fitchburg

So, Hale gets 1+2+3+4+8 = 18 points. And because our 6th runner finished ahead of Fitchburg's 4th & 5th, they were able to knock their point total higher, making it harder for them to win. 

Fitchburg finishes with 5+6+7+10+11 = 39 points. 

For the boys race: 

1) Hale

2) Fitchburg

3) Hale

4) Hale

5) Hale

6) Hale

7) Hale 

8) Fitchburg

9) Hale

10) Hale

11) Hale

12) Hale

Hale gets 1+3+4+5+6 = 19 points. Our 6th place runners displaces their 2nd, and our 7th displaces their 3rd, 4th, & 5th. 

Fitchburg gets 2+8+10+11+12 = 43 points. They automatically get the points for 10th, 11th & 12th because we had our 7th runner finish in 9th place.