Where to begin to express my feelings of joy and perhaps a little of my feelings of frustration?
Full results are posted at:
http://az.milesplit.com/meets/100141
The boys come away as CITY CHAMPS, after finishing dead last for the past two or three years (that was a tough drought!).
Most don't remember that our boys were city champs in 2006... and given the coverage in yesterday's paper, many in town won't remember 2011. And let me add, that the Daily Sun really let the entire running Flagstaff community down. There were a total of 244 athletes (4th grade through high school) who ran in the City Meet, with 96 total athletes in the high school races.
I was the one who called the paper to report the results. The telephone was answered by the sport's editor. I told him I had complete results for all races. However, all he wanted was the results from the high school races, and from those only the top ten. He was kind enough to include a couple of my quotes praising the Flag girls (and make no mistake, they are a very good team), as well as a quote about our boys being very happy.
To be frank, during the conversation, I was sad that the paper hadn't sent a reporter to the race, and that the sport's editor didn't seem all that interested in the information I was trying to convey. To be fair, the Daily Sun did a nice write-up on Jack Bohle, but with no picture. I doubt something such as no picture would occur at home Flag volleyball game (and yes, I know that may sound "petty"). The Jack Bohle article written by Jacob May is a great person and works very hard.
With all that aside, Northland Preparatory Academy should be very happy with our results from the City Meet. The boy's team, I believe, due to the leadership of our seniors, and the dedication from our underclassmen, beat very big schools, with a lot more history then NPA's. The girls also ran very well, with big PR's by most.
Hold your heads high. We are a very good team and we need to finish the season strong. Everything we've accomplished up to this point won't mean anything if we can't "FINISH!"
Thanks for a great season, thus far...
