MSU Spartan Invitational 9-16-22

Calm – Hot

     We took our annual trip to the Spartan with 4 athletes who got their “MSU miles” in over the summer.  Carter Sherman (So), Johnny Christensen (Jr), Henrik Quist (Sr), and Sean Pettis (Jr).  They ran in the Bronze race which consisted of division 2 schools.  It was the first race of the season for Carter and Henrik and was a good learning experience for them.  All 4 guys got out a little faster than we had hoped, and had to pay the price to varying degrees later in the race.  Sean led the way for the boys in 25^th place (17:34).  He was pretty strong through the first 2 miles and did a pretty good job hanging on when the pain hit in the 3^rd.  Johnny had a rough middle mile but recouped some ground in the last mile to finish 35th (18:03).  Henrik dropped back quickly after his quick start but was able to really move up over the second half of the race to place 37th (18:09).  Carter had a rough race all the way around and was disappointed with his finish – 142^nd (20:51).  I know he is capable of a much better performance than he showed today, he just had a rough day, but I think he learned from this race and he did put together a strong finish and the end.

Full results can be found here - https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/206935/results

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