Boys' Cross Country Brings Home Yet Another Win

Taking advantage of near perfect racing conditions, boys’ cross country asserted their dominance over NMH on Saturday, executing a commanding 42-20 win. With their top six runners finishing second through seventh, the boys have extended their legendary four year winning streak to 24 victories.“The course is veritably mountainous,” senior Kenny Berger said. However, the notoriously hilly race was no match for the team’s untouchable morale. “The team was pretty confident in its ability to beat NMH, which shifted our objective from grabbing the ‘W’ to showing our dominance. Specifically, the emphasis was on decreasing the gap between our top runner and our fifth, sixth and seventh.” The boys certainly got the job done, with their top six runners finishing in succession.Senior Ryan Betz shared similar sentiments. “The mindset was just to run the best race we could. We probably weren't going to PR, so we wanted to make sure we walked away with a win and an honest effort.”While many members of the team contributed to PEABXC’s decisive win at NMH, one lower had a particularly impressive race. “Cam ‘Gamer’ Corso really stood out. He is quite the hills runner,” Betz said.

With the second half of the season quickly approaching, the boys will gradually lower their training volume and dial up the intensity.

With the second half of the season quickly approaching, the boys will gradually lower their training volume and dial up the intensity. “We will probably start cutting back a little, not doing as many Scamman’s runs and that kind of thing,” Betz said. These next few weeks will be crucial in generating the lethal speed that’s necessary to come home victorious from interschols.There will also be a great opportunity for the boys to post fast times at this Saturday’s home race. After two tough races at NMH, the team is ready to obliterate their PR’s on Exeter’s flat, speedy course. “We plan to go sub-sixteen in the next race,” senior Quincy Tichenor said. Tichenor’s bold determination might be just the thing to inspire the boys’ cross country team to greatness. “All Quincy talked about during today's run was how everyone, everyone, is going to break 16,” lower Issay Matsumoto said.Matsumoto also acknowledged the fact that the boys will still be recovering from weeks of solid training and racing. “Training takes a toll on the body, especially after tough hill workouts and coming right off of two NMH meets. It may or may not be that time of the season to race really fast. I do know that by interschols, we will be the fastest and deepest team in the league.”The boys will be eager to see how hard they can push themselves this Saturday, although these dual meets are ultimately viewed as stepping stones toward interschols, where the boys will attempt to be crowned New England Champions for a record fourth year in a row. “It’s all practice for interschols. Pack running’s been a proven winner; we’re not changing that. Ache Te Vitu,” Berger said.