You return a top 5 with a team average of 16:32 this year. How does the team look after summer practices so far?
We look great! Summers are never perfect, so I don't expect that we will be our best until October, but the majority of our team is laying a great foundation some quality times this year.
Any new additions to the team or surprises we can expect?
We have several that were not in our top 5 last year who dropped times through the spring and have logged their miles this summer. Two specific athletes to keep an eye on are Pierce Jackson and Sean Conboy. Others that may impress are rising freshmen Azariah Kipchumba and Lucas Lamb, as well as returning runners Paul Seldon and Will Smith.
What is your schedule this season and are you changing anything up?
There are some slight changes to our season. We are opening up at Memphis Twilight again before racing the first two weekends in September. Then in October, we will run Jesse Owens before heading to FSU Invitational. This was a fast race last year, and with the NCAA Pre-Regional race on Friday evening, we wanted our runners to have the chance to see a great race and face some strong competittion. We will finish our regular season at Hewitt Trussville. So, there are some slight changes, but it follows the same flow as previous years.
What goals has your team established for this season?
We have tossed around some lofty goals, and we are in the process of evaluating those based off of summer training. Some goals mentioned are that we would like to have 5 athletes run under 16:30 and ten athletes run under 17:00 minutes. In an attempt to control only those things that are in our control, we believe that if we can accomplish those times, we will be competitive at both the state and regional level.
| Homewood HS (AL) | ||||
| 1) Andy Smith | 16:14.60 | |||
| 2) Alex Ngei | 16:17.88 | |||
| 3) Fulton Williams | 16:21.20 | |||
| 4) Logan Sadler | 16:54.00 | |||
| 5) Hunter Poole | 16:55.10 | |||
| Average Time: 16:32.56 Total Time: 1:22:42.78 1-5 Split: 40.50 | ||||
| 6) Tristan Lindsey | 17:16.40 | |||
| 7) Tucker Wilson | 17:44.40 | |||