On the cusp of the autumnal equinox it was an excellent day for racing on Weston's course at Burchard Field. The relatively flat, dry and smooth layout made for some fast times but those times don't happen without people who can run them. There was very good pacing from WHS athletes overall. The boys race was quite tactical up front which led to a barn-burner of a finish with multiple clusters of athletes coming in within seconds of each other. Lucas Thompson led the boys team in his first race of the season and first cross country race ever. Luke Chisum finished with a flourish to be the second runner for the boys team, followed closely by Daniel Narvaez and Owen Williams. For the girls June Kim led the way and was followed up by 9th grader Arya Samaratunga and 11th grader Emily Grieco. Times and splits for WHS athletes can be seen here. As of this writing I haven't received the official times for the JV race, those will be included when I get them.
This is the fifth time Wayland has raced on the Burchard Field course since it was established in 2017. This year the course was re-routed slightly to accommodate work being done on the ball fields where the course typically starts and finishes. However, 93% of the course remains exactly the same and the other 7% is only slightly different. As such I feel comfortable including today's times on the all-time WHS performance list for this course.
Both teams fell to strong Weston squads, the boys on the tie-breaker after the first five runners for each team both added up to 28 points. For more on how cross country meets are scored and how ties are broken see this document.
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