Finally. I FINALLY got a week victory. Helped along by some tough district courses and a good chunk of elite runners on the quicker courses, as well as Class 1 stud Easton Sabala hopping on a quick course in his own right, I was able to secure a 2 point victory over Team Szabo in Week 9 and clinch 3rd in the regular season. Team Hackett and Wang had both pulled away long ago, so the fight for third had been on for about 4 weeks now. Another sub-16:00 from Ryan Riddle (it's like clockwork with this guy) and two more sub-16:20, (Ryan Flood stand up!) Ean Buffington's 16:32 was an important 4th and in a week with some slower back-end scorers, I was not as hurt by a 16:50 as I had been in the past.
Team Szabo put up a good fight this week as his West Plains boys stepped up big for him, but the big performance by his team vaulted him into a tie with Hoffman/Rubin for 4th. The top 4 teams were to move on to the semi-final in District/Sectional week, but this year Szabo made it 5. Now 5 teams will be competing for the coveted Woofie's Hot Dog this year and, though it appears to be Hackett and Wang as the front-runners, Week 10 lineups are in and if we are talking about course advantage, the top 2 teams this week have to be Deeken and Szabo for having the most boys going to Camdenton.
Week 9 Results:
RESULTS | TEAM SCORES | POINTS | |||||
PLACE | RUNNER | TIME | TEAM | PTS | Deeken | 66 | 10 |
1 | Mugeche | 15.36 | Hackett | Szabo | 68 | 8 | |
2 | Ryan Riddle | 15.54.4 | Deeken | Hackett | 72 | 7 | |
3 | Stasney | 15.55 | Szabo | Crowe | 108 | 6 | |
4 | Jacob McCrackin | 16.01 | Farber | Rubin/Hoffman | 112 | 5 | |
5 | Easton Sabala | 16.06 | Deeken | Wang | 115 | 4 | |
6 | Hutchinson | 16.06 | Szabo | Farber | 145 | 3 | |
7 | Ryan Flood | 16.15.2 | Deeken | Spewak | 199 | 2 | |
8 | Kevin Koester | 16.15.7 | Hackett | ||||
9 | Caleb Boys | 16.17.8 | Rubin/Hoffman | ||||
10 | Tyler Rodvelt | 16.17.9 | Rubin/Hoffman | ||||
11 | Tom Seitzer | 16.18 | Hackett | OVERALL SCORES | |||
12 | Harrison Brown | 16.20 | Szabo | HACKETT | 69 | ||
13 | Keifer Dooley | 16.20.9 | Wang | WANG | 66 | ||
14 | Pat Hetlage | 16.25 | Farber | DEEKEN | 57 | ||
15 | Eli Gusman | 16.25 | Crowe | RUBIN/HOFFMAN | 51 | ||
16 | Ben Burnett | 16.27.2 | Spe | SZABO | 51 | ||
17 | Ean Buffington | 16.32 | Deeken | FARBER | 43 | ||
18 | Nassim Oufattole | 16.33.4 | Wang | SPEWAK | 33 | ||
19 | Nick Warmann | 16.33 | Crowe | CROWE | 33 | ||
20 | Brenden Crews | 16.33 | Crowe | ||||
21 | Chandler Gibbons | 16.34.2 | Rubin/Hoffman | ||||
22 | Zach Grover | 16.35.3 | Crowe | ||||
23 | Jared Neikirk | 16.35.9 | Szabo | ||||
24 | Jimmy Dietrich | 16.37.5 | Szabo | ||||
25 | Blake Selm | 16.39.4 | Hackett | ||||
26 | Nicholas Ondr | 16.41.5 | Wang | ||||
27 | Christian Baker | 16.41.9 | Hackett | ||||
28 | Gabe McClain | 16.44.5 | Wang | ||||
29 | Clayton Whitehead | 16.45.6 | Szabo | ||||
30 | Matyas Csiki-fejer | 16.46.3 | Wang | ||||
31 | Andrew Connor | 16.47.1 | Wang | ||||
32 | Alex Geohagen | 16.48.3 | Crowe | ||||
33 | Brady Bauder | 16.48.62 | Wang | ||||
34 | David Rouse | 16.48.64 | Rubin/Hoffman | ||||
35 | Haddon Spikereit | 16.50.0 | Deeken | ||||
36 | Nathan Reed | 16.50.1 | Spe | ||||
37 | Matt Reis | 16.50.4 | Szabo | ||||
38 | Jacob Ewen | 16.52 | Rubin/Hoffman | ||||
39 | Caleb Feuerbacher | 16.54 | Rubin/Hoffman | ||||
40 | Billy Driemeyer | 16.54.7 | Farber | ||||
41 | CB Procell | 16.56 | Deeken | ||||
42 | Dawson | 17.00 | Hackett | ||||
43 | Cole Cooper | 17.11 | Farber | ||||
44 | Mark Venable | 17.12 | Farber | ||||
45 | Matt Hauser | 17.15 | Hackett | ||||
46 | Eros Sustaita | 17.20 | Deeken | ||||
47 | Kylan Rottinhaus | 17.30 | Spe | ||||
48 | Thomas Nield | 17.34.2 | Crowe | ||||
49 | Jonah Loewe | 17.34.5 | Spe | ||||
50 | Dawson Schulte | 17.40.1 | Rubin/Hoffman | ||||
51 | Kyle Anderson | 17.43.0 | Spe | ||||
52 | Jacob Ewer | 17.43.0 | Spe | ||||
53 | Zane Yates | 17.43.9 | Crowe | ||||
54 | Caleb Cornelius | 18.04 | Farber |
Since there were no roster moves this week, here are the confirmed entries and lineups for Week 10:
WEEK 10 | TIMES | TIMES | |
Rubin/Hoffman | Wang | ||
Kielhofner | Keifer Dooley | ||
Dukes | Oaklee Hauschild | ||
Gibbens | Peter Campbell | ||
Rodvelt | Edward Wilhite | ||
Boys | Nicholas Ondr | ||
Palmer | Nassim Oufattole | ||
Ewen | Matyas Csiki-fejer |
Hackett | Szabo | ||
Victor Mugeche | Stasney | ||
Kevin Koester | Hutchinson | ||
Blake Selm | Brown | ||
Tom Seitzer | Letcher | ||
Christian Baker | Dietrich | ||
Blake Morris | Whitehead | ||
Joseph Dawson | Neikirk |
TIMES | |
Deeken | |
Ryan Riddle | |
CB Procell | |
Eros Sustaita | |
Haddon Spikereit | |
Ryan Flood | |
Ean Buffington | |
Easton Sabala |