Week 3 Training Plan, 9/7-9/13

This week the DCL meet schedule begins with the non-scoring "DCL Kickoff" on Wednesday. This is a scrimmage type event with the 11 teams of the DCL spread out among three sites for a race run on a shorter course. Wayland will be attending the kickoff race at Bedford, with Newton South and Westford Academy also attending. Anyone who raced at Martha's Vineyard on Sunday 9/6 won't be racing on Wednesday at Bedford. This group will come along with the team and do their run in Bedford along the Reformatory Branch trail which is a smooth dirt rail bed that runs from Bedford Depot to Concord Center. The long run will be done on either Friday or Saturday at Lincoln. Practices on both Monday and Saturday are optional and will meet at the Lincoln Station parking lot. 

On Tuesday there'll be a discussion of racing strategy with new athletes; returning athletes can attend if they would like to.

Mon 9/7 - Practice 3:30 at Lincoln Station. Warmup including BURPEES followed by a medium length run at an easy to moderate level of effort. Those who raced yesterday should definitely take it on the easy side of things. The OuterSpatial app, available from major app stores, is an excellent tool for navigating the trails here, please use it if possible. Overall length of the run as follows:

Level 1: 28-32 minutes
Level 2: 36-40 minutes
Level 3: 43-47 minutes
Level 4: 52-56 minutes

Tue 9/8 - Practice at 3:30. Warmup including CURTSIES followed by a short length run at an easy to moderate effort level. Upon your return to the school we'll be doing high stepping run throughs (high knees) and bounding over cones on the softball field and a few "fly zone" accelerations incorporating turns.

Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 26-30 minutes
Level 3: 32-36 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes

Wed 9/9 - DCL Kickoff at Bedford. More information on this meet will be forthcoming in a subsequent post. Today is a medium length day in terms of how much running you should be doing overall:

Level 1: 28-32 minutes
Level 2: 36-40 minutes
Level 3: 43-47 minutes
Level 4: 52-56 minutes

Depending on what level you're training at, this may mean either a very short or rather long cooldown jog after your race. 

Athletes who raced on Sunday 9/6 at Martha's Vineyard will do a medium length cyclic run, where the pace will increase in cyclic fashion, first at a 40% (4/10) effort, then 60% effort, then 80% effort. This 40-60-80% effort cycle will be repeated four times, meaning there will be 12 total segments. The total length of the run will be as follows:

Level 1: 24 minutes (2 minute segments)
Level 2: 36 minutes (3 minute segments)
Level 3: 48 minutes (4 minute segments)
Level 4: 60 minutes (5 minute segments)

Thu 9/10 - Practice at 3:30. Warmup including BURPEES, followed by a short length run at an easy to moderate intensity. In addition we'll be doing hill drills on the Hultman Aqueduct between Cedar Crest and Pine Ridge road.

Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 26-30 minutes
Level 3: 32-36 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes

Fri 9/11 - Practice at 3:30. Warmup including CURTSIES followed by a progressive long run (PLR):

Level 1: 36 minutes (12 minutes easy - 9 minutes fresh - 9 minutes good - 6 minutes easy)
Level 2: 48 minutes (16 minutes easy - 12 minutes fresh - 12 minutes good - 8 minutes easy)
Level 3: 60 minutes (20 minutes easy - 15 minutes fresh - 15 minutes good - 10 minutes easy)
Level 4: 72 minutes (24 minutes easy - 18 minutes fresh - 18 minutes good - 12 minutes easy)

OR

Warmup followed by a short run at an easy to moderate pace for those doing the workout at Lincoln Station tomorrow.

Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 26-30 minutes
Level 3: 32-36 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes

Sat 9/12 - Optional practice 9:00 AM at Lincoln Station - Brief warmup followed by a progressive long run (PLR):

Level 1: 36 minutes (12 minutes easy - 9 minutes fresh - 9 minutes good - 6 minutes easy)
Level 2: 48 minutes (16 minutes easy - 12 minutes fresh - 12 minutes good - 8 minutes easy)
Level 3: 60 minutes (20 minutes easy - 15 minutes fresh - 15 minutes good - 10 minutes easy)
Level 4: 72 minutes (24 minutes easy - 18 minutes fresh - 18 minutes good - 12 minutes easy)

We will use a combination of maps (there are permanent trail maps posted at various points in the trail) and the Outerspatial app which can be downloaded on your phone if you have one and is very helpful for navigating the trails in Lincoln. 

For those not going to the practice in Lincoln, try to do the following short workout (run or some other type of continuous movement exercise like cycling or swimming) on your own:

Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 26-30 minutes
Level 3: 32-36 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes

Sun 9/13 - Off.

Vineyard XC Invitational Results, 9/6/26

For the third year in a row, the WHS cross country season kicked off with a meet on Martha's Vineyard. Compared to the last two years at this meet, the weather was much more favorable with lower temperatures and humidity. There was a strong wind 15-20 mph from the north which wound up being a tailwind to start and a headwind in the later stages with the layout of the courses. There was a lot of racing savvy on display from both experienced team members and new athletes as well. Wayland athletes won medals in multiple races and there were competitive battles throughout the roster.

9th grade boys 3k (46 finishers): Evan Hopps 1st, Thomas Markey 34th, Brendan Tripp 37th. Evan led from start to finish and put on a clinic in his first high school race.

JV girls 5k (44 finishers): Cordia Wang 5th, Lily Hage 6th, Anya Brown 7th, Ainsley Jay 26th. Very impressive racing led by co-captain Cordia Wang who improved 21 places from last year. She was followed directly by Hage and Brown, both rookies in their first high school race. Co-captain Jay rounded out the foursome in the top 30 overall.

JV boys 5k (74 finishers): Daniel Sondey 4th, Grady Spence 11th, Jack Ricci 16th, Johan Versteeg 31st, Griffin Jorgensen 42nd. With medals going to the top 25 finishers in the JV race, there were three more medal winners for Wayland in this race. The team scored 4th out of 8 teams.

Varsity girls (72 finishers): Ava Miller 29th, Henrietta Schoeffler 46th. Ava and Henrietta ran the two fastest times for Wayland female runners on this course in the three years Wayland has participated in this event.

Varsity boys 5k (115 finishers): Brandon Hopps 5th, Ryan Young 17th, Ryan Foley 25th, Archie Baker 27th, Reese Migdal 47th, Elliot Hopper 60th. This race was once again quite competitive, with a front pack that was racing at a high level from the gun. After leading early on, Brandon Hopps was able to secure a top five finish and a medal. He ran the fastest time of any WHS athlete at this meet in the three years Wayland has participated. Behind him the team depth was much improved over previous editions of this meet, with the rest of the scoring top five runners all having impressive time drops compared to last year at this meet. The team score had Wayland in third out of fifteen (last year 5th). The two teams finishing ahead of Wayland were Catholic Memorial, a parochial school that recruits athletes, and East Greenwich, one of the better teams in Rhode Island.

All this and there was time to frolic in the surf at Vineyard Haven, where many interesting t-shirts can be purchased, before boarding the ferry to return to the mainland.

Meet results

WHS best times at this meet

Vineyard XC Invitational, 9/6/26

Suggested warmup protocol

Meet Site: 

Martha's Vineyard Regional High School

Transportation Schedule

pre-meet:

6 AM bus departs WHS for Steamship Authority Terminal in Woods Hole; this will be a quiet bus ride, no music or loud conversations please. If you want to take a nap this is the time for it.

8:15 AM Ferry to Vineyard Haven

9:00 AM Buses provided by the host school transport athletes and coaches to MVRHS

post-meet:

sometime after 2 PM - bus provided by host school to Vineyard Haven

5:00 PM depart Vineyard Haven Ferry Terminal

5:45 PM arrive at Woods Hole, leave for Wayland

7:30ish PM return to WHS

Race Schedule and Entries

11:00 AM 9th grade co-ed 3k: E. Hopps, Markey, Tripp

11:30 AM JV girls 5k: Brown, Hage, Jay, Wang

12:15 PM JV boys 5k: Ciccarelli, Doxopoulos, Jorgensen, Ricci, D. Sondey, Spence, Versteeg

12:45 Varsity girls 5k: Miller, Schoeffler 

1:15 PM Varsity boys 5k: Baker, Foley, Hopper, B. Hopps, Migdal, Young 

note: the top 7 fastest times on the 5k course will be counted towards varsity status regardless of which race the athlete runs

 
Meet Information:

 

overview of the meet

• Weather forecast: partly cloudy, temperatures in the low to mid 70s with winds from the south around 10 mph
• Report to the starting line 10 minutes before the start of your race, you can complete your warmup at the starting line.
• Awards will be given to the top 15 boys and top 15 girls in the 9th grade race, top 25 finishers in the JV races, and top 15 in the varsity races

Course Maps:

The course begins and ends on the high school ball fields before entering the state forest to the south of the school grounds. Most of the course for both 3k and 5k is on unpaved fire roads in the nearby state forest. Both courses are basically flat, note there are some short sections of loose sand to watch out for. We'll arrive in time to see the course, which can be part of your warmup. 

 

3k map (click to enlarge): 

 5k map:

 

Packing List:

Clothes:

• Uniform
• Everyday running shoes, i.e. training shoes
• Racing shoes if you have them. We'll have spike elements of different lengths available depending on the footing.
• Warmup clothes including a short sleeved shirt, long sleeved shirt, and warmup pants. A hat is a good thing to have as well.

Non-food items:

• Water bottles (plural) - filled, ideally at least half a gallon of water

• Folding chair - important to have something to sit on other than the ground

• Sunscreen

• Insect repellent

• Pillow

Food:

• Breakfast or breakfast type snacks to have while waiting for the ferry to the island or on the ferry

• Lunch to eat at the meet 

• Dinner or a large snack which can be eaten on the ferry back to Woods Hole or before getting back on the bus. Due to allergy concerns, there is to be no eating while on the bus.

 • Chocolate milk will be provided using proceeds from the Wayland XC Festival

For Parents:

• Parents are welcome to come along, on the same ferry even, but must pay their own way. The buses provided by the school are for athletes and coaches. There are VTA buses on the island which are free and take passengers to the high school.  

• If you're going to be at the meet and want to take your child home with you, please talk to a coach to let us know.  

• Snacks are welcome, but due to allergy concerns the Athletic Director has asked that any snacks be individually wrapped and ideally have the ingredients written on the label.

 

Week 2 Training Plan, 8/31-9/6

Online team store - orders must be submitted by Tuesday September 1st

Vineyard Invite survey - needs to be submitted by noontime Wednesday September 2nd

This week features the first meet of the season, the Vineyard Invitational hosted by Martha's Vineyard RHS. For various reasons, this meet is happening a week earlier in the season schedule than normal. This will be the third time Wayland has participated in this unique event, where all the competing schools (except the host school of course) arrive on a ferry! This also means there are more logistical concerns to consider, namely reserving space on the aforementioned ferry. As a result, I need to hear from everyone on the team as to whether or not they plan on taking part. The meet is optional, like all the weekend invitational meets on the schedule. Please fill out this extremely brief poll linked above regarding whether or not you plan on taking part in the Vineyard Invite this year. 

Also worth mentioning is the fact that there's no school on Friday. There will be practice held in the afternoon at the regular time, as I don't have the day off at my job. Friday's practice will be for people who are in town that aren't signed up for Sunday's meet; the people that are racing on Sunday will take Friday off. There will be a practice Saturday morning for everyone that's in town, held at the high school. 

The pattern of this week's practices is similar to last week with a maximum of six runs--three shorter runs, two medium runs, and a long run. Remember that alternate forms of exercise can be subbed in for running on one or more days, which is a particularly good idea for people who haven't put in as much time (or any time) running over the summer months. Remember that we meet each day under the large trees next to the field house, this is on the southwest side of the field house. If you walk around the outside perimeter of the field house you'll find us.

If you haven't already done so please hand in your summer training log (optional for new athletes, required for returning athletes). Rewards will be distributed once the coaching staff has tabulated the logs, which should be done by the end of next week. 

If you're an 11th or 12th grader with at least one year of prior experience on the team and are interested in being a captain, please contact me either via e-mail or in person to declare your interest. The prerequisites for being captain are described at the bottom of page 7 of the team policies and FAQ document.

On Wednesday the 2nd from 5:30-7 PM there will be a "spike night" (spikes being the racing shoes used in this sport) held for the team at Marathon Sports (255 Washington Street in Wellesley). If you need running shoes, whether for daily practice use and/or specifically for races, this is an opportunity to get them at a 20% discount. In fact, everything in the store except for electronics is discounted 20% for WHS team members. This event is optional. 

With all that out of the way, here's the plan:

• Mon 8/31 - Practice 3:30 PM at WHS. Warmup including BURPEES and strides on the track followed by a short, easy active recovery run. We will be doing a series of bounding run throughs over cones and a few short intense sprints as well. The team supply of elliptigo bikes will be available for use.

Level 1: 18-20 minutes
Level 2: 22-26 minutes
Level 3: 28-32 minutes
Level 4: 38-42 minutes

• Tue 9/1 - Practice 3:30 PM at WHS. Warmup including CURTSIES followed by a medium length run that will incorporate timed pickups of 3-4 minutes in length, at an "uncomfortably sustainable" (80%) effort. In between the faster paced bits of running is a recovery interval of 1.5 minutes, ideally done at a 50% effort (a bit faster than a slow jog). This will be followed by a few pickups of 30 seconds in length at a 90% effort. The 30 second pickups should approximate race pace for the typical cross country race distance. Cross country races are between 3 and 5 kilometers. These shorter faster pickups have a 1 minute recovery interval between them. Level 1 athletes may find it more realistic to walk the first 30-60 seconds of each recovery interval. Everyone will begin and end their run today with a warmup and cooldown that are at an easy pace, with the timed pickups sandwiched in between. Time for today's run is as follows, with number of pickups indicated as well:

Level 1: 22-26 minutes: 1x 4 minutes @80%, 4x30 second pickups @90% (warmup and cooldown 5-6 minutes each)
Level 2: 34-38 minutes: 2x 3 minute pickups @80%, 4x30 second pickups @90% (warmup and cooldown 8-10 minutes each)
Level 3: 43-47 minutes: 2x 4 minute pickups @80%, 6x30 second pickups @90% (warmup and cooldown 10 minutes each)
Level 4: 52-56 minutes: 3x 4 minute pickups @80%, 6x30 second pickups @90% (warmup and cooldown 12-15 minutes each)

• Wed 9/2 - Practice 3:30 PM at WHS. Warmup including BURPEES and then a short, easy active recovery run. Remember that "Spike Night" at Marathon Sports in Wellesley is from 5:30-7 PM this evening after practice.

Level 1: 18-20 minutes
Level 2: 22-26 minutes
Level 3: 28-32 minutes
Level 4: 38-42 minutes

• Thu 9/3 - Practice 3:30 PM at WHS. Warmup including CURTSIES, then a cyclic long run (CLR). The total time of this run will be broken down into 12 equal segments. The first segment is run at an easy (40% or so) effort. The next is run at a "fresh" (60-65% or so) effort, and the one after that at a "good" (80-85%) effort. Then this easy-fresh-good cycle is repeated three more times. If your watch has a countdown timer function, it's a good way to keep track of these time segments. Total length of the run as follows:

Level 1: 36 minutes (12x3 minute segments)
Level 2: 48 minutes (12x4 minute segments)
Level 3: 60 minutes (12x5 minute segments)
Level 4: 72 minutes (12x6 minute segments)

• Fri 9/4 - Practice 3:30 PM at WHS. Warmup including BURPEES and strides on the track followed by a short, easy active recovery run, with a series of hill drills (7x each, hill springing and skipping). Multiple elliptigo bikes will be available for use. Those that are racing on Sunday will have today off.

Level 1: 18-20 minutes
Level 2: 22-26 minutes
Level 3: 28-32 minutes
Level 4: 38-42 minutes

• Sat 9/5 - Practice 9:00 AM at WHS. Warmup including CURTSIES and then a short run including 3 sets of short repeats on top of the aqueduct. If you're not able to make it today try to do a steady run of short duration as outlined below on your own if possible. 

Level 1: 18-20 minutes
Level 2: 22-26 minutes
Level 3: 28-32 minutes
Level 4: 38-42 minutes

Sun 9/6 - Vineyard Invitational (more details forthcoming in a subsequent post) or day off

Week 1 Training Plan, 8/24-8/30

 Online Team Store - please submit orders no later than September 1st 

Welcome to the 2026 cross country season! This is the first weekly training plan post of the season. These weekly posts outline the scheduled training for the upcoming week. Each weekly training plan covers Monday to Sunday. Typically the plan will be published by the Sunday evening before the start of the week, but certainly no later than lunchtime Monday. 

Remember that while the weekly training plan is a good outline of what we will most likely be doing at each day's practice, there are sometimes unforeseen factors (typically weather related) that can change things. When this happens we'll do our best to get the word out quickly. In addition, note that there's a wide variation in the length of each day's run among the different training levels. This is because we have a diverse group of athletes on the team with a wide range of experience and incoming fitness levels. If you have any questions about how far or how hard to go on a particular day don't hesitate to ask one of the coaches. 

If you're not in Wayland during all or part of this week which doubles as the preseason (the time between the start of practice and the start of school), do your best to follow along with the training plan and do what you can on your own until you can join us at practice. 

Because this is the first week of the season, there are some details to go over here besides the daily workouts. For the rest of the season, this "preamble" section of the weekly training plan will be much shorter.

You should bring the following items with you to practice:

• running shoes

• comfortable clothes in which to work out. For the first few weeks you might also want to wear a hat with a brim to keep out the sun. 

• running watch, either your own the one you borrowed from the team supply. If you don't have a watch one will be assigned to you from the team supply.

• sunscreen

• water bottle - Very important item, should hold 32-48 ounces (1-1.5L). Please bring a water bottle which you can use during breaks in practice and after practice has ended. Bring your water bottle already filled.

There are a maximum of six runs total scheduled for this week. For people doing six runs there will be three shorter length efforts, two medium length days (one of them with timed pickups), and one long run. If you haven't been training much or at all over the summer, don't worry you can start at Level 1. 

We'll also employ cross training options, open to anyone, that can be done as a supplement or in place of running as need be. These include the elliptical bikes, or riding your own bike if you have one and can bring it to practice. If you haven't been running consistently over the summer, it's best to avoid jumping right into 5 or 6 days of running per week. Cross training is the best way to accomplish this. In other words, running 2-4 times in a week and doing alternative forms of exercise the other 2-3 times.

Monday through Friday, practice will be held at WHS. The meeting point at the high school is under the large trees next to the field house, this is on the southwest side of the field house. If you walk around the outside perimeter of the field house in either direction from the parking lot, you'll find us. 

It's expected that returning athletes will hand in a training log from the summer. Athletes new to the team have the option of submitting a training log but it's not required. Rewards will be distributed once the coaching staff has tabulated all the logs, hopefully no later than the week after Labor Day.

With all that out of the way, here's the plan:

• Mon 8/24 - Practice at WHS 6:45 AM. Warmup including BURPEES and strides (run-outs on the track) followed by a medium length run broken down as follows:

Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 34-38 minutes
Level 3: 43-47 minutes
Level 4: 52-56 minutes 

The pace of the run today should be easy on the whole, if you feel up to it it's ok to pick up gradually towards the end of the run. 

• Tue 8/25 - Practice at WHS 6:45 AM. Warmup including CURTSIES followed by a short length run that will incorporate hill drills (springing AKA bounding for height and high knee running). For those that have been on the team in the past, we'll be using the same hill along the Hultman aqueduct between Cedar Creek Road and Pine Ridge Road that we've used for hill drills in the past. 

Level 1: 18-20 minutes
Level 2: 22-26 minutes
Level 3: 28-35 minutes
Level 4: 38-45 minutes

• Wed 8/26 - Practice at WHS 6:45 AM. Warmup including BURPEES and strides (run-outs on the track) followed by a medium length run that will incorporate timed pickups of 2 minutes in length, at an "uncomfortably sustainable" (80%) effort. In between the race pace pickups is a recovery of 1 minute, ideally run at a 50-60% effort (this is easy but not a slow jog). Level 1 athletes may find it more realistic to walk the first 30 seconds of each recovery interval. Everyone will begin and end their run today with a warmup and cooldown that are at an easy pace, with the timed pickups sandwiched in between. Time for today's run is as follows, with number of pickups indicated as well:

Level 1: 22-26 minutes, 3-4x 2 minute pickups (warmup and cooldown 5-6 minutes each)
Level 2: 34-38 minutes, 4-5x 2 minute pickups (warmup and cooldown 10 minutes each)
Level 3: 43-47 minutes, 6x 2 minute pickups (warmup and cooldown 12-14 minutes each)
Level 4: 52-56 minutes, 8x 2 minute pickups (warmup and cooldown 14-16 minutes each)

• Thu 8/27 - Practice, @WHS 6:45 AM. Warmup including CURTSIES and then a short easy run followed by run throughs (accelerations) and bounding over cones. The run throughs are short accelerations building up to 95% or so of maximum speed. 

Level 1: 18-20 minutes
Level 2: 22-26 minutes
Level 3: 28-35 minutes
Level 4: 38-45 minutes

• Fri 8/28 - Practice, at WHS 6:45 AM. Warmup including BURPEES and strides (run-outs on the track) followed by either a short run for those going on the trip tomorrow or a progressive long run (PLR):

Level 1: 36 minutes (12 minutes easy - 9 minutes fresh - 9 minutes good - 6 minutes easy)
Level 2: 48 minutes (16 minutes easy - 12 minutes fresh - 12 minutes good - 8 minutes easy)
Level 3: 60 minutes (20 minutes easy - 15 minutes fresh - 15 minutes good - 10 minutes easy)
Level 4: 72 minutes (24 minutes easy - 18 minutes fresh - 18 minutes good - 12 minutes easy)

We'll discuss where to go for this long run, it will likely be an out and back affair along one of the aqueducts. For those doing the short run today the time guidelines are the same as yesterday:

Level 1: 18-20 minutes
Level 2: 22-26 minutes
Level 3: 28-35 minutes
Level 4: 38-45 minutes

 9th graders will take today off, enjoy the orientation! 

• Sat 8/29 - Western Mass. day trip. There will be more details shared via e-mail with the people going on the trip. For those not coming along for the Western Mass. day trip, either:

- a cross training workout of 30 minutes to an hour plus (depending on what the activity is)

- a run of 25-45 minutes with the last 5-10 minutes being run at about a 75-80% effort. Up to that point, run at an easy pace.

Regardless of which workout you choose to do, please remember to do a warmup routine beforehand and "silly walks" afterward. The specifics on these can be found in the "Training Links" sidebar of the team website.

Sun 8/30 - off (no running), if you like you're welcome to go for a bike ride or hike on your own. 

2026 Preseason Interest Meeting

It's time once again for the preseason interest meetings. For rising 9th graders, the meeting will be Wednesday May 27th in the WHS Auditorium. For current WHS students we'll meet after school in room B244 on Tuesday June 9th. 

Agenda from the preseason interest meeting for rising 9th graders 

Agenda from the preseason interest meeting for returning athletes

Links referenced at the meeting:

WHS Fall 2026 Athletics Registration

Summer Training Guidelines

Summer Training Spreadsheet - Note that the suggested 10 week summer training block begins the week of June 15-21. The final week of the summer training block is August 17-23. 

Generic Training log format - Suggested for keeping track of your summer training. Using this format makes it easier for the coaches to tabulate when the season starts. If you use this format, first MAKE A COPY of it and include your name in the title of the copy before filling it out (under "File" menu select "Make a copy"). 

Other relevant links:

Training in the heat

Aquajogging - Alternative to running on land, a good way to get a workout without extra pounding on the joints. As an added bonus you can do this on the hottest days while staying cool. Highly recommended if you're comfortable being in the water. This is not swimming per se, it's simulating a running motion in deep water.

MIAA Division 2 Championship Results, 11/15/25

The 2025 season came to a close earlier today at Devens, on the Willard Park course that has been used for the Meet of Champions since 2022. On a mostly sunny and brisk morning the boys team was among the first group to toe the line in the Division 2 race. Wayland was one of 23 teams to qualify for this race, and scouting of the meet as seen on the "2025 D2 Qualifiers" tab of this spreadsheet showed that the team likely slotted somewhere in the middle of the pack. 

The course features an initial stretch of almost dead straight and flat terrain for nearly 600m before the first turn or hint of elevation change. The first of three loops saw the Wayland runners establishing position within a crowded and evenly matched field of almost 200 runners. As the race progressed through a second loop covering much of the same ground again, The WHS athletes were able to move forward through the pack somewhat before encountering the only major climb of note in the third and final loop. This hill, with a stair-step variable slope ascent and somewhat perilous steep off-camber corner on the descent, forced the runners to concentrate fully on the task at hand. 

The Wayland runners stayed focused throughout, and were led by the 10th grade duo of Ryan Foley and Brandon Hopps who both ran in the top 30 out of almost 190 finishers. Both the time and place were massive improvements for each athlete over a year ago at this meet. Ryan Young consolidated his position near the end to be a strong third finisher, with Archie Baker being the fourth 10th grader in the Wayland top four. Senior co-captain Matthew Tan was the final scorer for Wayland, running his best time on this course in his final high school cross country race. Senior Morgan Fallace was very close behind him, and junior Reese Migdal rounded out the Wayland contingent. 

As a team, Wayland came in 13th, finishing ahead of two of the teams that had beaten them the previous week in the Division 2B race. The Wayland team was also within 6 points of the two teams directly ahead of them in the standings. This finish represented just about the best possible team result that could be hoped for. With the top four WHS runners from today being 10th graders, the future is bright for the team to take another crack at this level next year. 

With the final meet of the season in the books, this website will go into hibernation until next spring. Be on the lookout for a post about the preseason interest meeting that will take place sometime in June before school lets out. It's been a memorable season, thanks again to everyone who took part.

overall results

splits for WHS athletes

 Willard Park Performance List - A listing of Wayland athletes who have raced on the layout used today. the current course has been in use for three years now. This is a short list at the moment, the hope is to add names to it going forward. 

Team and Individual Results at DCL and MIAA Championships, 1997-present

Bruce and the gang say hello from Amity Island