TFS excels at Spartan Ekiden

Tallulah Falls cross country geared up for the Ekiden, as described by coach Scott Neal.

SCOTT NEAL – It was obvious we were no longer in a solar eclipse because slogans like “feel the breeze” and “eat the sun and spit out ice” and “you’ll cool off when you slow down” just don’t ease the broken faucets of sweat glands oozing from the pores of tenacious harriers determined to defy common sense (who runs in a sweltering outdoor steam room?) so they can develop – and at the same time extract – any minutia of fortitude.

Who plops their feet over and over again to a fatiguing cadence while out of sight only to become Usain Bolt down the homestretch.  XC runners, that’s who.  No time outs. No substitutes. Other sports’ punishment.  That’s cross country.  The Ekiden is a 10k coed race where a pair of girls and a duo of boys run relay style in any order a 3k loop with the the combined time placing the quartet.  The TFS teams are below:

TFS Varsity 10k Coed Relay Teams – 34 total four person coed teams overall in the Ekiden

8th Tallulah Falls ‘Y’ 52:47.30

1) Hughes, Aaron 11:55 2) Geiger, Chris 11:41  3) Gresham, Perry 14:01 4) Fordham, Sarah C 15:11

22nd Tallulah Falls ‘R’ 58:13.20

1) Smith, Zac 12:47   2) Griffis, Caleb 12:35 3) Alexander, Sophie 15:41 4) Edwards, Sarah 17:10

26th  Tallulah Falls ‘O’ 1:00:31.85

1) Bourlet, Grey 12:33    2) Smith, Laurel 16:36  3) Jackson, Will 13:59 4) Whitson, Maria 17:24

32nd Tallulah Falls ‘B’ 1:05:04.89

1) Burke, Sophie 18:24 2) Chen, Katherine 18:46 3) Clouatre, Chathan 13:45 4) Roland, Shepherd 14:10

Full JV 3K results can be found here: https://ga.milesplit.com/meets/279576/results/533904/raw 3,000m RUN