This was a great cross country (XC) season for Tanner. He ran like the wind and toppled several personal records (PRs). After last season, where he was nursing several injuries, this was a refreshing change.
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| The Starting Line |
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| Coming into the finish line strong. |
The Union High School Men’s Varsity Cross Country Team placed 4th at the Nike Pre-Nationals meet and 2nd at the Gresham XC Classic. They were also undefeated League and District Champions. Qualified to compete as a team in the regional meet and missed going to state by 2 points. To top it off they received the WIAA Distinguished Scholastic Award.
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| Greater Saint Helen's League District Meet |
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| Union HS Varsity Men's Team |
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Union HS Varsity Men's XC Leaders
L to R: Tanner, Roman, Zach, & Kyle |
Tanner’s teammate, Roman Kirkov, was named the Greater St. Helen’s League 4A Runner of the Year. We are glad Tanner has a good running mate to push him and make him stretch.
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| Nike Pre-Nationals - 5k time of 16:53 - 12th place out of 167 runners |
Besides these amazing team accomplishments Tanner also received the following recognitions:
- · Voted team captain for Varsity Men’s XC
- · Earned his 3rd varsity letter in XC (leading the varsity team as second runner for the third year in a row)
- · Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award (for maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher)
- · Made the Varsity All League Team (the dream team of the league put together by all the league XC coaches) Ranked #5 runner in the league.
- · Qualified for and ran at Regional’s placing 36 out of 127 runners
- · Qualified for and ran at State placing 105 out of 150 runners
- · Personal Record 5,000 meters at 16 minutes 38.4 seconds
- · Personal Record for the mile at 4 minutes and 51 seconds
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| The taste of victory! |
Way to go, Tanner!
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