Sunday finished up App State Field Hockey 🏑🏒, Tuesday night 🌙 put a Bow on an enjoyable Volleyball 🏐 season and then today concluded h the final Trifecta- the Cross Country season and getting the final Gifted Book 📖 headed in the right direction plus the final details in regards to the Softball scoreboard.
Been quite a wild ride !
Boys 👦 finish in 9th Place Overall, paced by Davis Reitzel in 21st and Ethan Edwards in either 32nd or 33rd
Congratulations 👏👏👏 to All 13 for their efforts in less than ideal conditions !
Mr. Delp still manages a smile ! 95 miles to go…
Just one of a few Roanoke County School 🏫 🚌, this one left their school at 8:30am.
10:41 – 31°
11:24 – Parked as our Bus 🚌 pulls in. Temp 34°
Event set to start at 12:20 pm
Here’s the Amazing part of this story – Another Regional meet (Class 2D) was held before ours. Borderline nuts to think about how cold 🥶 those runners 🏃♂️ were.
A little curious about Pulaski County Cougars being the 12th team here ?? Pulaski County is Class 4 unless that recently changed ? Coach Montgomery confirms that Pulaski County is now one of ours – this didn’t show up in Volleyball as they must have been outside of the Top 10.
The first two races are now complete and we are awaiting the Final race to start – 1:40pm
1:44 – Starting Gun 🔫 has sounded !
Trying to make sure to capture at least one photo 📷 of all 13 CCHS Runners 🏃♂️
Cold 🥶☃️
More Looks
The team is back on the Bus !
The results will get added here shortly !
Great effort surviving 👏 💪 the Day !!!
Coach Shawn Montgomery walks 🚶♂️ us through what his Runners 🏃♂️ will be facing today.
Alternate Race. 12:20
Girls Championship 1:00
Boys Championship 1:45
Everyone gets to compete.
Top 7 boys race in the Region Championship Race. The 8, 9, and 10 seed race in the alternate race. All girls race in Championship Race since there is only 3. If someone gets hurt or sick, one of the alternates could race in the Championship.
The original schedule 📅 had one change as one of the Dobson events was scratched and replaced by a second Home 🏡 meet.
Saturday November 11th is the State Meet if any of the Cavaliers were to qualify for it today !
I have been fortunate enough to have attended five of the first 10 meets and still appreciate the atmosphere that these events create. Using today for an example –
The Student Athletes will board a School 🏫 Bus 🚌 which today will be driven by Mr. Delp, departing at 9:45. They will then ride for roughly 90+ minutes and once they arrive they will start their warm up routines.
The three races 🏁 will take place one right after another which translates into either a long wait before you finally run 🏃♂️ or a shorter wait before you start and longer wait once you have finished competing.
Either way after the event concludes all 13 Runners 🏃♂️ will hop back on the Bus 🚌 in search of Hot Food , heat and a safe ride back to Campus.
Let’s not forget the Mother Nature aspect of the Day as the above chart shows expected temperatures in between 36 & 41. 🥶🧊☃️.
By comparison when we last headed down to Sugar Hollow Park (exactly 2 weeks ago) it was 65° and Sunny. Our runners 🏃♂️ will be familiar with the trail but not the conditions.
The level of dedication for ALL Student Athletes is commendable but when you factor in that their event is without a doubt the most difficult to watch because of the length of the course their on that day = minimal attendance outside of Family 👪.
Minimal coverage from the media for all the same reasons – extremely difficult to cover live other than seeing them start and give or take 30 minutes later finish their efforts at the same spot.
Dedicated is spelled with a CAP D 
A.S.P.N on The Hill 