Abby Riordan Race Repot: Southlake Carroll Invitational!

Happy Race Day!! We met up early at 4:45 a.m. to load the bus and leave by 5:00 and head for Bob Jones Park for the SouthlakeInvitational. We arrived at the course at about 6, but we had to wait on the bus for a while due to weather delays, but we took a small nap so we were ready to go. When we could finally get off the bus, JV began to walk the course and varsity got ready to warm-up. We started warming up the course at about 8:15 and then stretched and strided to prepare for the race. The weather actually ended up being perfect for us.  When the gun went off, I made sure to get out hard, but under control. I just tried to stay with the lead pack for as long as I could until the race started to spread out on the second loop. Then, going around the baseball fields towards the end, I tried to go as hard as I could because that is what I have been practicing. I ended up getting third overall with an 18:30 and I was one second slower than last year which wasn't bad because of the muddy conditions. Also, Aaliya Fazel on my team was 9^th this week, which was really good. Our varsity girls finished out 2^nd, which was good, but we know we still have much more to improve on. Shout out to our JV girls who won with our top 6 in the top 15 finishes. Overall this meet went really well and it puts us one step closer to the state meet.