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Results: Varsity (2nd of 43) | B/C (1st of 38) | Open (2nd of 16) | Split Sheet
Race Photos: Varsity | B/C | Open
Race Video: Varsity | B/C | Open

Granite City marked a tremendous season-opening invitational for the entire program.

Varsity ran first, and they finished second of 43 participating teams. Senior captain Tim Greiner was our first finisher, earning 9th place overall with his three mile time of 15:36. Our scoring average of 15:50 was faster than last year's Granite City champions who averaged 16:12, and our spread between our first and final scoring runner was a stout 25 seconds compared to last year's 30 second spread. Six of our seven both earned medals and ran PRs on the day - including proud results for seniors Carter Lowe and Lucas Rammacher, the latter of which was his first top seven varsity race.

Relative to the rest of the field, the seven in the B/C were far and away our strongest team of the day. Averaging 16:29 for three miles, they finished first in a 38 team field with a very low score of 34 points. Freshman Jaden Elgin won his second consecutive race, this time by overtaking and pulling away from his challengers in the final mile. His winning time of 16:06 is the fastest we've ever seen from a SLUH freshman. Our other four sophomore scorers (Gus Talleur, George Donahue, Gavin Smith, & Alex Bendaña) were not far behind Jaden, finishing packed together between places 6 and 10. As with the Varsity, six of the seven ran PRs and six earned medals.

The Open race was the final race of the day, and it turned out to be a dual meet with Rock Bridge at the front of the race. Senior captain Brendan Jones took the win in 16:43, and Charlie Gray and Anthony Zangara were close behind in third and fourth. Senior captain Nicholas Purschke had a fantastic day to finish as our #4 runner - setting a new PR from sophomore year. Our score of 28 matched Rock Bridge's 28, but they won on the tiebreaker (the place of the sixth finisher). Though no team trophy or medals were awarded, we had an incredible amount of good races and we should be proud to take second of the 16 teams in this field. Check the list of PRs on the Team Split Sheet, including some freshmen who ran BIG improvements from even just a few days ago.

Granite City PRs (Personal Records) - adjacent time equals size of PR