Winning After MidKnight
MIDDLETOWN-It’s
go time for the Middletown High School Knights Boy’s Cross Country team as
they’ll get their season underway when they participate in the Seahawk Cross
Country Invitational being hosted by South River High School on September 3rd
at 9:00 a.m.
It’ll be a
good opening season test for the Knights as the lineup that awaits the Knights
in South River is a talented line-up that includes private school such as
Archbishop Spalding, Bishop McNamara, and St. John’s College and tough public
school competition such as the Clarksburg High School Coyotes, the River Hill
High School Hawks, and the Westminster High School Owls.
The Knights
come into their season opener with a roster that is very much on the young side
but also has the possibility to make a deep run this season with most of the
Knights non-senior talent coming in a talented junior class that is striving to
make their mark on Middletown Cross Country history.
Some of that
junior talent includes Marshall Darby, Riley McDermott, and Brennan Straits who
are all expected to contribute in big ways for the Knights, with the first
opportunity for the Class of 2017 to contribute coming in Edgewater.
This meet
will be a new look for the Knights, as even though the Girl’s Cross Country
team did participate in this event last year the Boy’s Cross Country team did
not and will have to take a quick understanding of this course in order to do
well.
But, the
course map will provide a challenge for the Knights as it uses a switch in
altitude when the course transfers from the main high school campus to the
forest behind the high school to test runners to maintain a steady, true pace
and not let runners use a flat altitude to try and coast through the race.
Going in to this
meet, the Knights would like to take a win but regardless there will be benefits
for Middletown as this meet will provide them with a chance to put get some momentum
heading into this season and provide their top runners with an ability to get a
feel for a top level cross country course.
But, if the
Knights can stun the powerhouses and take home an upset it would show just how
tough this Middletown team could be.
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