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Results: Varsity (4th and 8th of 19) | Junior Varsity (3rd of 13) | Freshmen (2nd of 8) | Team Split Sheet
Race Photos: Varsity | Junior Varsity | Freshmen
Race Video: Varsity | Junior Varsity | Freshmen

Be proud of a great day in Forest Park! Our two varsity squads placed fourth and eighth of 19 teams in the green (most competitive) division, with our JV defeating many fine varsity teams in the process. Even with two teams running up in varsity, JV placed third of 13 teams, also in the green division. Our freshmen placed second of five in the freshman division. Medals went to Nolan Meara (Varsity), Tim Greiner (Varsity), Carter Lowe (Varsity), Noah Evers (JV), Patrick Jones (JV), Lucas Strohmeyer (JV), Logan Phillips (JV), and Ethan Bognar (JV). Additionally, Anthony Zangara and Noah Evers ran season-best times in hot and slow conditions.

Freshmen, if you add approximately 46-54 seconds (ranging from our fastest to slowest finishers) to your 3k result, you can produce an equivalent time to compare to your 3,200-meter time at the Alumni Race a month ago. Doing so makes it clear that we are continuing to improve. It was also illuminating to see how this year's freshman 3k times compared to last year's freshman times - on the same course! Not only does this speak to the depth of our freshmen, but it speaks to the quality of hard work put in over the last 12 months by several sophomores who have risen up and become varsity-caliber runners. Congrats to all freshmen, including the 11 medalists on the day: Jake Fitzpatrick, Hendrix Fyvie, Nick Ahlheim, Sam Riggan, Simon Edgell, Tristan Kujawa, Greg Rogers, Aidan Smith, Ben Schneider, Reed Shah, and Jesse Toland.

It took a legion of volunteers to make the 17th Annual Forest Park XC Festival a success. A gigantic and earnest thank you to those who helped the day before, before sunrise on Saturday morning, throughout the day, and stayed late after the meet ended.

In particular, we'd like to highlight the following individuals for going above and beyond in their service:

• Jerry Zilske and Dr. Matt Dougherty '93 (father of Charlie '25) who the trail vehicle all day, providing immediate medical attention to those in need.
• Former coaches Mike Swan '14 and Jim Linhares who drove the lead vehicle all day.
• Chris Bognar (father of Ethan '25) who worked on course preparation from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday.
• Mike Talleur (father of Gus '25) who volunteered Friday morning, Saturday in the very early morning, and was still helping at the end of cleanup on Saturday.