Homer Cross Country
Catarina Kruman
It has been a long and hard-earned way to sectionals this year, but Homer’s cross-country team has been happy to put in an enormous amount of effort. Head Coach, Jim Baldwin, has created a system for his practices which incorporates three main workouts, repeats longer runs and a timed component, “with the idea of hitting certain points on the course at the same time, can help us to see if our runners are going faster or slower.” From there, each runner can work on specific areas to help himself or herself to achieve an overall faster time. Sophomore Teddy Mercer, a two-year cross country racer says “Our team has had a good year. We've been really competitive against some of the tougher teams and our strong first runner Grant [Stokoe] has helped us a lot. Also, having a solid top five allows us to be competitive in some of the larger invites. We have a great team atmosphere and really support each other.” This will be one of Homer’s hardest sectional races with teams like New Hartford, J-D and ESM; it will all come down to how each runner performs on the day of the meet. The XC team would like to give a special shoutout to Lucas Payne who hopes for a sub 20:19 race when the day finally comes around.
