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...part of cross-country is mentally being able to overcome changes in pace," Martin said. "A lot of times the first mile can turn into a barn burner and you'll end up sucking wind early in the race, but that's the makeup of a really great runner--someone who is able to react to changes like that...
Wiley was a four-time first team All-Ivy runner and the first-ever three-time Heptagonal champion. The teams she was on won Heptagonal four straight years and finished fourth at NCAAs in 1983. She still holds the school cross country record time...
...Just past the quad lies Danehy Park. Particularly equipped for soccer, baseball, or ultimate frisbee, Danehy also has a short paved running trail. Although the complaint "the quad is too far" keeps most soccer and baseball junkies on the MAC quad, no self-respecting distance runner will think twice about the short jaunt up Garden Street...
Each varsity squad is allowed seven runners, five of whom score for points. In cross country, the low score wins, and each runner scores according to how they place, the number one runner scoring one point, and so forth...
...defense wins championships in team sports, it's "the spread" (between the first runner and the fifth) that wins cross country meets. To score well, the team needed solid performances from its other runners in addition to Schotte's swift time...