Frank Kelley Invitational 2019 @BpsXc_

Frank Kelley(FK) Invitational in Massachusetts serves as the middle of the season. FK Invite is a race where you can test your fitness, measure yourself against some tough competition. First race of the day was the Boys Middle School Race. 8th Grader Brandon Douglas has been working extremely hard and diligently, today we had a game plan to medal. Brandon in his first 3k placed 22nd overall running a time 12:44.14. Top 25 finishers in each race Medal at FK. Brandon set the tone for the remainder of his peers to have a good day.

​Boys 3k Middle School Results

Next race on deck would be the Boys Div 1 (9-10) Grade 3k. Last year Max Barcan as an 8th grader ran 13:19, this year Max came back smashed his previous best with a time of 12:06 placing 108th out of 369 runners in the race.

Div 1 3k (9-10) Boys Results

Boys & Girls Championship race would be featuring some of the top teams and individuals. The Boy's Varsity would be tested and for the most part we just missed out, the goal was to be Top 10 team with a bonus finishing in the top 5 we finished 11th overall. The tone was set with Adnan, Joshua, Johan sitting in the top 25-30 over the first mile. The same trio moved tactfully to both running personal best on the course .

Joshua Joseph 17:07 finished 17th
Adnan Abdi Rahman 17:08 finished 18th
Johan Sepulveda 17:34 finished 33rd
Ezra Tuab 18:49 finished 91
Cristian Novelle-Ruddy 20:19 finished 133rd

Boys Varsity Results

Seniors Luker Harrington & Pierre Kotell both run and finished their first respective 3k

Luke Harrington 12:34 finished 87 out of 166 runners
Pierre Kotell 13:18 finished 132 out of 166 runners

​Div 11-12 3k Results

In conclusion good day overall for the program we have much more to do..

7th Annual Big Wave Recap 2019 @BpsXC_

Summer Miles makes Fall Smiles is the cliche but looking at this picture above I believe this to be true. Here are in a new season XC, this is are fifth time attending the Big Wave Invitational. I am truly excited about the team, second time in five years of the team existence that I would be fielding a girls team. Additionally I have some young talent coming up from the 8th grade (Brandon Douglas) and 9th grader Max Barcan as well last but not least the Boy's Varsity who has been tremendous in establishing the program.

First race was the Freshmen & Sophomore (Boy's) race. Last year when Max Barcan was in 8th grade on the course he ran 18.22 for a 2.5 race and finished 100th. Fast forward to this year Max put some work over the summer during Captain's practice, stepped on a Bee's Nest that slowed him down a lil bit on training however Max still ran a personal best on the course with a time of 16:07 and finished 40th overall out of 162 runners
Brandon Douglas 8th grader started his career running his first XC race ran 18:04 and finished 124th out of 162 runners

Check out: 2019 Big Wave Freshmen & Sophomore Boys Results

Next up was the Girls Varsity race, I was eager to see how the girls were going to due since this was going to be their first XC race ever. Proud of the resiliency and effort displayed in today's race by Grace Colon with a top 20 Performance just missing out in the medal. The junior covered the 2,5 Mile course in a time of 18:01 and finished 19th. #BrightFuture

Paola Ruiz a junior as well ran her first ever race and finished 73rd with a time of 23.35 and Senior Captain in her first race ever Samantha Wilcox ran tough race, considering she couldn't run two miles without stopping today she crushed 2.5 miles didn't stop and ran 25.17. Very proud of the girls efforts, their teammate Katherine Keating came to support.

Girls Big Wave Varsity Results:

We end the day with Boys Varsity Race. I was unsure about where we would ended up as a team in scoring but the goal was to be in the top 5. When dust settled the Boys ran amazing very proud of their effort. The course was extended this year just tad bit so it measured 2.5 Miles. We finished second overall and be a very talented St John's Shrewsbury.

Adnan Abdi Rahman 4th overall with a time of 13:38
Johan Sepulveda 10th Overall with a time of 13:54
Joshua Joseph 14th overall with a time of 13:56
Ezra Taub 17th Overall with a time of 14:03
Cristian Novelle-Ruddy 44th Overall with a time of 15:20
Luke Harrington in his first race over very proud of the senior's effort finished 77th Overall with a time of 16:27

Boys 2019 Big Wave Varsity Race Results