Wesleyan described their course as a "true cross country course," and that certainly proved to be the case during Saturday's race. The long, grassy straightaways of the course belied tricky footing and slowly sloping inclines that you would not notice until you tried to run fast. There was also a stream crossing followed by a completely vertical hill at the 2.75 mile mark. The finish was particularly brutal. After the vertical hill, the runners emerged into the bright sunlight, only to continue going slightly uphill around a long field to the finish, which seemed to move farther away as they ran towards it. What an intense race!
The course, however, was no match for the rugged Smith runners. The team finished in third place behind Wesleyan and Bowdoin. They edged out Coast Guard by eight points.
Danielle, Kylee, Abby, Micaela, and Katie F were the five scoring runners for the team. Then came Courtney, Katie P-S, Cynthia, Kerry, Katie D, Bess, Lotte, and Leslie.
One big highlight from the day was Micaela's HUGE personal record. HUGE! She came in at 20:16, squashing her old PR by 50 seconds. This is especially impressive because she spent much of last year injured. Another highlight was that this was Katie D's inaugural race--welcome to a crazy, intense sport, Katie! Also exciting was seeing Kelly, who has spent the last month in a boot because of a foot injury, join the team for the warm up.
Excellent work, team! Pictures to come soon.
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