On Sept. 26 the cross country team ran at the Pacers Running DC Cross Country Invitational for the first time.
With over 50 teams at the event, and two previous years of races under their belt, the team had a fair amount of competition.
Distance coach Darrell General implemented increasingly strenuous workouts during practices for the returning and newer long distance runners to ultimately preparing the runners for events like the Pacers meet.
“Since the back baseball field got redone we can do more tempo stuff,” General said. “The meet went pretty well, we had good results and we are getting ready for conferences coming up.”
According to senior Justin McFaul, the changes have made practices harder and more intense, but the payoff with lower finishing times and better meet preparation makes it worth it.
“Since the team is so strong this year, coach has been taking our training to the next level,” McFaul said. “This has definitely been helping everyone improve and perform.”