ALEXANDRIA (9)
After finishing second at the 8AA meet, Alexandria took home an eighth place team finish at state last year. Jaelyn Miller, Aleah Miller, Caitlyn Bright and Bethany Miller finished the state meet less than three seconds (19:02.8-19:04.7) apart, the closest for any four teammates in the meet, and gave the Cardinals four scorers in the run of seven scoring spots. While the fifth runner was over a minute back, if the Alex top four can push those PR numbers down under 19 minutes it would give them a potent pack in the mid to low 20's in the team scoring. While they lack a dominant top runner, cross country sometimes comes down the power of teams running together. If a fifth runner develops that can get under 19:30, the strength of their front four running as a unit could propel Alexandria much higher than their state meet finish from last year.
2018 RETURNING TIMES/TEAM AVERAGE
1) Jaelyn Miller | 19:02.8 |
2) Aleah Miller | 19:03.1 |
3) Caitlin Bright | 19:03.8 |
4) Bethany Miller | 19:04.7 |
5) Heavyn Bordak | 20:14.3 |
Average Time: 19:17.74 Total Time: 1:36:28.70 1-5 Split: 1:11.50 | |
6) Emma Ecker | 20:15.4 |
7) Taelor Dummer | 20:38.7 |