Brookwood Varsity Boys Place Third at Deerfield Windsor Track Meet

Brookwood ran in their first Cross Country Track Meet of 2010 today. The Brookwood Boys Varsity team placed third (121 points) behind Tiftarea Academy (65 points) and Mount de Sales Academy (19 points). In Cross Country the fewer the points the better. There were 18 teams and 88 runners in the race.The Brookwood Varsity Boys finished as follows: (12th) Stephen Robbins 20:27, (18th) Alex Carico 21:53, (25th) Daniel Fortner 22:20, (46th) Hampton Worthy 24:43, (48th) Rand Pope 25:07, (52nd) Nathan Walter 25:38, (55th) Campbell Beadles 25:43, (60th) Jack Howard 26:10, (63rd) John Penhallegon 26:23, (65th) Jack Harper 26:52, (73rd) Renny Hodges 28:42.On the JV side, Jacob was injured so he sat the JV (2.5K) race out. Stephen ran in the Varsity (5K) meet. He had a choice between running the JV or Varsity race because he is an 8th Grader. 8th Graders can compete with the high school kids even though they are in middle school.

In the Varsity 5K Stephen finished 12th (out of the 88 mostly high school kids) in the race. There were a total of 18 teams at the meet. Stephen's time was 20:27. The kids who finished ahead of him were: (1) Brandon Lasater (17:23), (2) Harrison Myers (17:53), (3) Robert Ochieng (18:47), (4) Andrew Swicegood (18:54), (5) Blake Crowder (18:56), (6) Andres Charparro (19:10), (7) Jimmy Mehserle (19:33), (8) Joe Lyghtel (19:38), (9) Tommy Fitzgerald (19:45), (10) Medford McDonald (19:55), and (11) Justin Vickers (20:17).

Enjoy the pictures!
A Little Pre-Race Banter Get Your Game Faces OnAnd They're OffSome of the JV Boys Team/Fan ClubAt the midway point Stephen was 16th. As he ran past he said, "I can run this pace all day." I told him, "Then speed up!" He did and finished 12th. By the way, the kids who finished 13th and 14th both finished in the top 10 at State last year.Jacob Prepares Water for the HandoffThe Perfect HandoffAnd Now for the SwigAnd a Little on the BackSome of the Top Finishers
Brandon Lasater (1st at DW Meet) (4th at 2009 AAA State Meet)Harrison Myers (2nd at DW Meet) (6th at 2009 AAA State Meet)Robert Ochieng (3rd at DW Meet)Andrew Swicegood (4th at DW Meet) (3rd at 2009 AA State Meet)Blake Crowder (5th at the DW Meet) (13th at 2009 AAA State Meet)Andres Charparro (6th at the DW Meet)Jimmy Mehserle (7th at the DW Meet) (22nd at 2009 AAA State Meet)Joe Lyghtel (8th at the DW Meet) (20th at 2009 AAA State Meet)Tommy Fitzgerald (9th at DW Meet) (67th at 2009 AAA Meet)Medford McDonald (10th at DW Meet) (6th at 2009 AA State Meet)Justin Vickers (11th at DW Meet) (15th at 2009 AA State Meet)Stephen Robbins (12th at the DW Meet) (10th at 2009 AAA JV Meet)Logan Moore (13th at the DW Meet) (9th at 2009 AA Meet)Taylor Withers (14th at the DW Meet) (5th at 2009 AAA State Meet)William Orr (15th at the DW Meet) (50th 2009 AA State Meet)Wes Trull (16th at DW Meet)Luke Myers (17th at DW Meet) (45th at 2009 AA State Meet)Alex Carico (18th at DW Meet) (65th at 2009 AAA State Meet) Awaiting the Awards CeremonyAs a side note: The kid who won the JV race was the kid Stephen beat at Regionals last year but then turned around and lost to at State. The kid's time was 10:00. Stephen ran faster than that last year as a 7th Grader. I would suspect Stephen could have run the JV race in around 9:15 to 9:30.