Newton, KS — October 16, 2021 AVCTL - Division 2 Schools: Andover, Andover Central, Arkansas City, Eisenhower, Goddard, Salina Central, and Valley Center Today Goddard competed in the AVCTL League Meet and posted some wonderful results! 10/17 of our runners ran their best time and PR'd! Olivia Brownell took home some hardware today and placed 11th overall in the AVCTL Division 2! She earned a medal and will also receive 2nd team AVCTL honors! The AVCTL League Meet presented itself as a challenge to our runners where everyone was forced to perform at maximum effort. Throughout our season we have had the youngest team by far compared to other schools with no Seniors on either varsity team. The experience our runners gained today at such a fast league meet will only benefit our program going forward. From a coaching standpoint I am extremely proud of our runners for the grit, courage, and determination they all showed today! For some of our runners this was their last meet of the season. I cannot thank you all enough for the work you put in over the summer and throughout this season. Varsity runners you will have practice next week as we prepare for Regionals in Great Bend, Kansas. Race results/times are posted below. JV Girls Today Senior Piper Hartzler (28:13) ran her fastest race of her High School Career and PR'd! I cannot say enough about Piper's character and how much she means to this team. Today was her last race of her High School Career and I couldn't be more proud of her. JV Boys We had a lot of PR's at the JV Boys Level! Our biggest PR today came from Caleb Blackwood! His previous PR was a 24:18 and today he ran a 21:45! Conner Huddleston - 20:58 Mason Lott - 21:38 PR (1 minute faster!) Caleb Blackwood - 21:45 PR James Alexander - 22:58 PR (Beat previous time 23:25) Braxton Summers - 23:46 Owen Granados - 23:53 PR (Beat previous time 24:18) Cooper Hudson - 24:16 (Close to his PR of 24:09) Adam Vincent - 27:43 Varsity Girls Olivia Brownell ran a 22:01 and beat her previous PR by 41 seconds! Olivia will look to keep the momentum going at Regionals next weekend and qualify for the Kansas State Cross Country Championship! The top Varsity Girl's time at today's race was a 20:20. Freshman Olivia has gained much experience this year and will look to take that experience into her future races/years. Varsity Boys In the Varsity Boys race we had some very solid performances today and PR's! Goddard once against fielded the youngest team in the field at our League Meet. These boys have such a bright future ahead of them and have gained some very valuable experience as freshmen. They will look to build off of their performances today at League and compete at an even higher level at Regionals! Luke Griffith - 19:38 (Very close to his PR 19:34) Nathan Lewis - 19:58 PR Ayden Smith - 20:08 (Very close to his PR 19:46) Hudson Donaghue - 20:22 PR (Beat 21:30. Great race!) John Esparza - 20:33 PR (Beat previous time 20:41) Jackson Allen - 20:42 PR Nathan Harkman - 20:55 JV Runners you will not need to report to practice next week. You may return your uniforms/sweats at any time to Coach Andrews room D07. We plan to host a team banquet in the future to reflect on the season, share memorable moments, hand out awards, and have a nice dinner. More information will be coming in the future when this will take place. GO LIONS!