Sara Platek will draw on experience at national meet from Eddie Wooten at the News and Record and CLICK HERE to see full look at his work and Sara after the run…. Jamestown’s Sara Platek plans a brief respite from running now that her final high school cross country competition is behind her. The Ragsdale senior placed 22nd out of the 40 runners in the girls race Saturday at the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championship in San Diego. Platek finished the course in 18:03.1, while Claudine Lane of Malibu (Calif.) High School won the event in 17:04.8 followed by…
*****Ian Shanklin (Page High School) becomes the first Greensboro Winner(Boys) in quite a while…..Ian Shanklin defended his home turf/Hagan Stone Park….***** from Saturday’s Greensboro Invitational Cross Country Meet at Hagan Stone Park…. Boys Championship from Jason Creasy at http://nc.milesplit.com/articles/191405-meet-recap-greensboro-xc-invitational Defending champ and Footlocker Finalist Micah Pratt (Patriot Pacers, VA) seemed to be the favorite heading into the race, but Ian Shanklin (Page HS) showed no fear early on and took the pace out early and lead through the first mile. Thomas Anthony (RJR), Kyle Fawzi (Panther Creek), Matthew Staelhe (Jordan), Nick Thompson (NW Guilford) and Zachary Mercer (Moorseville) all sat…
*****This Guilford County kid is in some pretty good company.***** from the High Point Enterprise at www.hpe.com: Sara Platek, A freshman at Ragsdale High School and running with the Greensboro Pacesetters Track Club finished 2nd at the UCS Collegiate Invitational in the 3,000 meters. Over 25 colleges from around the Southeast competed at the meet. Her time was the fastest in the nation for a 9th grader with a 9:59.62 and the 11th fastest time in the nation for any high school athlete. Platek’s time was also the fastest ever run by a Guilford county athlete in the 3000 meters…
Had never seen this before, but was running today and from my recollecion, I have many times over the years been chased by a dog or two, but today that all changed and instead of being chased by a dog, this afternoon, I was chasing the dog…. Doing the ‘Saturday Afternonn Special’ today, with 25(40’s) and in so doing the 40 yard or so sprints, I was just about finished and was on maybe my next to the last 40…. The take-off on the last few 40’s is always pretty quick and I looked up and I was running along…