Silver Medalists!!

My apologies for not updating sooner... the now-famous ice storm that hit New England last week left us without power for four days. I've been trying to put the house back together and get Christmas lined up since then. Now that we're in our third day of snow (16+ inches), I am finally finding my way to the computer!

Rob and The Nitehawks from Massachusetts took the silver medal at the Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships with 117 points! They were only two points shy of taking the national championship title away from the Southern California Road Runners (115 points), and finished ahead of third place Ric Rojas Running Club of Boulder, CO (144 points).

Rob and his teammates placed as follows, against tough national competition in the 3K race: USATF All-American, Max LaChance of Lunenburg finished in 13th place in 10:35. He was followed by Robbo (41st/10:54), Matt Fischetti of Groton (48th/11:01), Willy Lyons of Southborough (53rd/11:03), Jeremy Alley-Tartar of Vineyard Haven (81st/11:17), Sean McLaughlin of Norton (83rd/11:18), and Sam Kupperstein of Lincoln (119th/12:35).

Here's a picture of the team just after receiving their medals:

Congrats, Robbo, friends, and coaches!!