Wichita, KS — Wild Wind XC Festival Wichita Trinity High School October 7, 2023 "Oh baby it all comes down to this!" This was yelled out to runners as they approached the home stretch of their 5k races and the Lions truly left it all out there today and ran like their life depended on it! Today the Goddard Cross Country team raced in their 6th race of the season at the Wild Wind XC Festival! The weather was perfect and the music was bumping creating a perfect environment for fast race times! The Lions have ran so hard this season as they work closer and closer towards reaching their full potential. Today at Trinity the Lions made the jump and they are climbing towards the top of the mountain that is League/Regionals running their fastest race times at the end of the year! We had so many amazing performances today providing our team with a lot of momentum going into League! I believe there is so much left to be had with this group as we approach our post season races! Stay hungry Lions! Today was only a stepping stone as we look to peak at the end of the season with our best performances! Race Times Link: https://results.blacksquirreltiming.com/meets/28039 Link to Photos courtesy of Becky Andrews: https://bandrews.smugmug.com/Goddard-Cross-Country-2023/Trinity-1072023/n-HTB32B/ Highlights from Wichita Trinity: We had 21/23 Lions run their best 5k race of the season! WE HAD 15/23 RUNNERS TODAY RUN PERSONAL RECORDS! We had 2 Runners Medal Today in Luke Griffith 14th and Olivia Brownell 17th PR Runners: Nathan Harkman Ran an 18:33 today beating his PR by 1 second! A second is a second and this was a true highlight for one of our Seniors. Well done today Nathan! Cooper Hudson ran a 20:28 today beating his previous PR by 1 minute and 2 seconds! This young man always works hard and puts forth maximum effort. Cooper we are so proud of your race today! Staying with Eli provided all the motivation you needed today! Well done! Nathan Lewis ran a 17:51 today beating his previous PR by 42 seconds! A top notch performance today and a truly special race for Nathan! He was riding the horse today as team were recognized and provided the energy we needed to run fast! Nathan stay hungry and lets gets faster at League/Regionals! Adam Vincent ran a 23:03 beating his previous PR by 1 minute! This was a race I am going to remember forever ran by a very special young man. Every meet Adam has slowly been improving as he inched closer and closer to his PR and today he smashed it! Adam we are so proud of you! Sam Brown ran a 19:17 today beating his previous PR by 4 seconds! Sam was our first runner to the bus today and said he had an energy drink on his way. He was energized and ready to race today! You ran awesome today Sam and we are so proud of you! I am not sure what was more impressive though; your dance moves after the race or your race time! Great job Sam! Cole Bennington ran a 22:13 beating his previous PR by 1 minute and 35 seconds! Cole is a "Cars" fan and said he would say "Kachow" for every run he ran past! Cole was definitely Lighting McQueen today and ran an awesome race! Well done Cole! Lucas Jahay ran a 19:45 beating his previous PR by 35 seconds! There is never a dull moment with Lucas and he truly brings a lot of life to our team! As a Senior this was a great race for Lucas and will look to keep improving at League/Regionals! Eli Griffith ran a 20:28 today beating his previous PR by 39 seconds! Eli has worked so hard as a Freshmen as he has paved his own way behind his older brother Luke. The future is bright Eli and this is only the beginning! Levi Brownell ran a 18:50 today beating his PR by 35 seconds! A fantastic performance as Eli ran a sub 19 as a Freshmen! Levi has been dealing with knee soreness as of late, but pushed through and ran a tremendous race! Well done today Levi! Kyle Horschel ran a 31:13 and beat his previous PR by 2 minutes and 20 seconds! At the beginning of our race Kyle told us this would be his last race of the season as he will be unable to make it League going on vacation. Kyle you ran hard today and we are so happy you ended your season on a PR! Well done! Drake Maples ran a 26:14 and beat his previous PR by 3 minutes and 38 seconds! At the end of his race as the team yelled out "Oh baby it all comes down to this" Drake jumped up with excitement and I have never seen a runner sprint harder in his life at the end of a 5K! It was an awesome sight! Drake sprinted down the hill on his way to a massive PR! Well done today Drake! Jordy Doornbos ran a 26:46 beating his previous PR by 3 minutes and 13 seconds! A massive PR for a young man who has found his way as our season has progressed! You have come such a long way Jordy from our first race at Clearwater where you ran a 2 mile race. We are so proud of you! Stay hungry and lets get an even better performance at League! Rachel Povall ran a 35:08 today beating her previous PR by 3 minutes and 20 seconds! This was an awesome performance by Rachel! Today during the race it all clicked and she smashed her previous PR! We are so proud of you Rachel! Lets run even harder at League and beat this time! Adeline Hudson ran a 25:22 today beating her previous PR by 1 minute and 23 seconds! Adeline has been dealing with some hip pain as of late, but that didn't seem to show up today! Adeline has come such a long way from here first race in ClearWater where she ran a 2 mile race. Today you ran a 5k and crushed your PR Adeline! Lets keep that momentum going into League! Zoe Bahner ran a 27:36 today and beat her previous PR by 3 minutes and 58 seconds! This was our biggest PR of the day! Zoe is a runner whom I have in my Math Class. Through casual conversation I was able to convince Zoe to come out for the team and now she is running 5ks! Zoe has been such an awesome addition to our team and we are so proud she decided to run with us her Senior year of High School! GO LIONS! Coach Andrews/Coach Ford