Juggernaut Fashion

On Saturday, the Spartans went to Chaminade for the All-Catholic meet. They looked to continue a streak of dominance that includes the previous two year’s championships.

The day didn’t get off on the best foot with a disappointing performance by the 4x800 made up of Waller, Martini, McGann, and Seiler. Mother Nature gave them a good fight with cold and wind, but Senior Jacob Seiler knew that was no excuse for what he called a “bad day.” They bounced back right away by putting it behind them and knocking out some good 200s to be ready to get better the next time around. We had a sweet 200 marked off below the throws events with our Ancient Chinese wooden batons. And it had a banked turn.

Up next for the distance squad was Abernathy and Scherping in the mile. Abernathy was looking to defend his mile title from last year and Scherping was looking forward to running a mile with other people. Abernathy put the field behind him on the final lap and took the victory in 4:39. Scherping finished 3rd. He got out a little slow but had a huge closing lap—62! Abernathy did his real Daniels 200s after the race and then cooled down with friend of the Milk Table Krista who placed 2nd in the girl’s mile and 2 mile.

Scherping joined Potter for the 800 a little later. This was a race that Alex has been waiting for for a long time. He is the two time defending champion and was a little nervous about facing his teammate. The race played out just as he hoped. He led pretty much start to finish, running a 2:06. Scherping finished next. But, a late entry for Cardinal Ritter ran a 2:05 in the previous heat. Alex thought his 3-peat had been spoiled. He was upset about the 2nd place until we were giving out medals on Monday and Coach Russo announced that Potter had in fact won the race. Congrats on the 3-peat Potterman! Way to go!

Matt O’Connor and Michael Callahan ran the two mile at the end of the meet. They let the tough conditions get to them and had sub-par performances because of this.

DeSmet won the meet with a total of 163 points. This was 6 points fewer than last year, but the greatest margin of victory (95) we have had at All-Catholic. Here’s a link to the Creve Couer Patch’s coverage (story and pictures) of the meet Thanks to parents and all the guys who weren’t running that came out to support us!

Quote of the Day: “Take that Mrs. Neary!”- Coach Russo instructing me on what to do with our first place trophy. He said bring it in on Monday and say that as a slammed it on her desk. Apparently that’s what all DeSmet teams are supposed to do when they win something.

Joke of the Day: “Callahans, watch out.”- Coach Bergman. There was a hawk flying around in the sky that according to Coach Williams had actually swooped down and grabbed a rabbit earlier in the day.

Title: Those are the words Coach Russo used to describe the victory in Monday’s announcement.