Sophomore Cross Country

Another awesome season of cross country has come and gone. Bailey loves everything about this sport. She loves hard practices, she loves the excitement of meets, she loves the physical and mental challenge, she loves competing against herself, and she especially loves her team. Running is in her blood, and it's something I think she'll do her whole life. We thought this might be a hard season for her, because she was coming into the season with her body worn down from training and running a marathon. She started training for her marathon durning the track season, trained all summer, ran it right before the cross country season started, and had no break to recover. She ran with a lot of aches and pains this year, and she felt burned out for a lot of the season, but she still loved every second of it, and did great!

Pocatello Challenge (3K):

12:34

8th overall/2nd sophomore

The girl's team meshed right from the start, and had so much fun together during the season.

Off to a great start! 

Bailey loves a challenging course, and although this was only a 3K, the hills made it tough! 

Finishing strong! 

They gave awards based on grades, and Bailey was the 2nd sophomore. She's competed in this race three times, and won three shirts.

 Cardinal Classic:

 22:47

51st out of 148 runners

I love these kids! They were all lined up cheering for the middle school runners.

Tiger/Grizz:

23:11

54th out of 153

Bailey was very disappointed in this race. She started out good, but was having trouble with her leg going numb. She had a really bad second half, and ended up with a disappointing place and time.  That happens sometimes, but we wish it wouldn't have been at one of the biggest races in the state.

 Century Challenge:

21:46

19th out of 68 runners

Bailey ran great at this meet! It was the first time Bonneville has run this course, and she really liked it. She ran gutsy and with determination, and had a great meet! It was a much needed boost coming off her disappointing race the week before.

She ran a fast first mile, and did great sticking with the pack after that.

She loves a tough hill in the middle of the course!

He's her biggest fan! :) He loves watching her run, and he's never missed a meet since she was in 6th grade!

Crazy kids getting ready to watch the varsity boys run!

 Bob Firman:

22:12

114 out of 283 runners

The Bonneville team wasn't running at Bob Firman this year. Some of the runners asked if they could skip the Blackfoot meet, and go to Boise on their own and run. A few of the parents took 6 boys and 4 girls to run at the Bob Firman Invitational. It's the largest meet in the state, with tons of teams from surrounding states. We had a great time!

Getting ready to leave the school and head to Boise! 

We had to make a quick stop to ride the gas station dinosaur! Actually we were buying razors and shaving cream for the boys, because they made some agreement about shaving their legs before the meet.

Bailey, Hannah, and Lexi were texting great pictures to the boys in the other car the whole drive over. 

What's a road trip without lots of treats! 

We went straight to the course on Friday afternoon, so the kids could run it for their pre meet workout. They stole a lot of meet flags in the process!

Friday night team dinner!

The girls stayed in a hotel, and the boys stayed with Coen's family. The boys were true to their word and shaved their legs the night before the race. They cut themselves up pretty good! So funny! 

JD, Mason, Landen, Alex, Jakob, Coen, Bailey, Lexi, Rachel, and Hannah 

Ready to start the girl's varsity race!

This is the course where she got her best time last year. She hadn't beat that time yet at this point in the season, so she was hoping too at this meet. It was super hot, so she fell a little short. She ran a great race though.

Bob Conley Invitational:

20:57 (Career PR)

5th out of 53 runners

Mark told Bailey that if she broke 21:00 this season, he'd give her a $100 bill. We knew in order to do that, everything would have to come together perfectly. She would need great weather, a great course, a smaller race (she runs better like that), and be in the right place mentally. She had all of those things at this meet, and ran the best race of her cross country career. She beat the time Mark set by 3 seconds, and PRd by 30 seconds. It was a great day for her! 

Team prayer

Hannah and Bailey-I love these two so much!

She went out hard and ran in second place for the fist half of the race.

5th place!

Liz, Bailey, and Coen 

A well earned hundred dollar bill for this girl!

 Madison Invitational:

22:09

33rd out of 79

Not her best race of the season. Her body was feeling run down and burned out by this point. She just had to hold on for two more weeks.

How many girls can you fit on one blanket?

They're awesome!

Right after the meet, most of the team went and watched the Civil War. 

After the Civil War, the girls went hot tubbing at Holly's house. The boys weren't invited, because the girls were making plans about asking the boy's team to Sweethearts.

The boys run on the roof of Bonneville all the time. They make fun of Bailey because she's such a rule follower, and is too scared to go up there. After a Saturday morning practice, Bailey and Hannah went on the roof, just to prove they could do it. They were pretty proud of themselves, so they took a roof selfie as proof.

 City/County:

21:18

10th out of 76

This was the last regular season meet, and Bailey ran a great race!

BHS has a great student council this year. They came to watch the runners at City/County. 

10th place!

This was her 3rd medal for the season!

Districts:

21:25

16th out of 117 runners

Bailey finished the season with one of her best races! She ran one of her best times on one of the hardest courses. She was 2 places away from making it to the state meet, but she wasn't even disappointed. She gave it her all, and left it all out there. She came across the mile at 6:17, which is the fastest she's ever come across. We were a little worried, but she held on and ran tough the whole time. She ended up running the second half totally by herself. She was just enough behind the lead girls, and far enough ahead of the next group, that she ended up in no man's land. That's not a good place to be in a cross country race, but she held on and finished strong! It's not uncommon for girl's to peak their freshman or sophomore years. We were grateful that she improved her best time by 30 seconds from last year. We're hoping for something similar next year. She's a hard worker and a great runner! We couldn't be more proud of her!

We love this team! Gabby, Liz, Ezri, Vanessa, Rachel, Bailey, Emma, Holly, Hannah, Elyse, Risa, and Lexi.

I love watching her start races! She loves to go for it at the start.  

Bailey loves these boys so much! Dallas, JD, James, Ethan, Matt, Kyle, Jakob, Dillon, Jonah, Coen, Mason, Alex, and Landen.

Bailey and Coach Johnson.

 Banquet:

The banquet was great! Bailey got lots of awards, and won lots of prizes. The best part was when the girl's team asked the boy's team to Sweethearts. So cute! This is the best group of kids, and they will have so much fun together! I'm not going to post the pictures or details on here until the actual dance. All I'll say is that she asked Mason, and she's super excited to go to her very first dance with him. She's excited that her first dance group will be with her team, because she loves them all so much!

Bailey and Hannah- two of my favorite girls in the whole world!