On the heels of a positive showing at the Salida Classic on Oct. 4, the Cowboys are growing in strength ahead of the 3A regional championships in two weeks.
The Cowboys ran with their teammates, fed off each other’s energy and pushed each other after a long break. More importantly, the team got a glimpse of the competition it will face in Colorado Springs on Oct. 23.
Overall, the girls team finished third, as Jordan Callahan took seventh place and Elora Jones crossed the finish line in eighth.
“It’s definitely really cool to see people so close,” Jones said. “In the big races you can’t see anyone and don’t know where everyone stands. When we are in smaller races, you know if you’re doing well.”
After a week without a race, the Cowboys came out strong in Salida and got back to business. Just like the girls team, the boys are pushing the pace and running as a pack of Cowboys.
“It was a nice measuring stick to see where you are compared to everyone else,” Davis said. “It was a rust buster, too, because we hadn’t raced in almost 14 days. That being said we still went out very hard and were aggressive. We did a great job of rising to the occasion.”
Consequently, the Cowboys have entered what Davis said is a “weird” part of their season. There’s about 10 days left in their training cycle that needs to include two hard, high-volume workouts. But the foundation has been built for their postseason performance.
All that’s left to do now is stay healthy, maintain the cardiovascular conditioning they’ve achieved and push some strength gains forward ever so slightly. Because the girls roster is so young, Davis considered the roster as being ahead of schedule.
There is one junior that joins a slew of underclassmen, but GHS won’t change its plans or deviate from the path it’s worked so hard to carve.
“As a team we are doing really well,” Jones said. “We still have a little work to do and hopefully we can get there within the next few weeks with our training. I am really proud of the way the team has been packing up and doing well in races. I think we’ve all been running kind of slower times but we have been at really hard meets. I’m excited for the meets that are coming up because they will be faster.”
If GHS can stay together, it has a shot to secure its place in the state championship.
(James Nokes writes for Colorado Preps.)
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