I'm always incredibly antsy at the end of the summer to get on the trails and begin racing, which is one of the many reasons why I love having a pre-season meet such as the Scot Laliberte Invitational. At the start of the race (it was a 2.5 mile course for both varsity and JV this year), Tom Wells gave a very nice short speech about Scot. He said, "It poured here yesterday, and the East Coast is preparing for Hurricane Irene to hit tomorrow. But look up. An absolutely blue sky. That's a perfect description of how Scot lived." And I fully admit that I, along with half of my girl's team, got a wee-bit teary eyed and shivery at those words. The gun goes off, which precedes one of the most hectic starts I ever experience in races.. because boys are usually, not more aggressive in the start, but certainly stronger shovers, on accident of course (I love "course" puns on this blog.. as well as Pre ones, now that I think about it :P) Our top guy finisher was Jr. Justin Tracy (13th) followed by Jr. Sully Jackson. In the girl's JV race, Sr. Courtney Qi podiumed (9th). I ended up as the 4th girl (88th overall) with a 17:26.. both place and time were my exact goals :D Following me were Fr. Katherine Gunther (15th) and Louisa Stancioff (after Katherine) Also, Mt. Blue was pleasantly surprised that we pulled off a 3rd place overall team finish, behind Brunswick and Mt. Ararat. Nicely done, gang :D
KKNW, Addie
