Nike Cross Country Regionals

The girls at the Crown Plaza in Warwick a few days before the trip

We thought this might be a good fortune of events to come and worth a group picture

Someone at the rest stop was booted from the spelling bee

The guys hanging out the day before the meet on the course

Now we're moving!!

The girls are also out on the course the day before the meet

Chillin by Pavilion 3

Hey, signage is important! 

Yes that is Katy up there

Coach McNeiece's cat "sneakers"

We only got one hotel room.  We ran out of O2

Survivors gather for breakfast before the meet

The girls warm up moments before their race

Wyndom makes her presence felt up in the front pack. Lily is just a few spots behind her. The duo would finish in the top five 

Here we see Jamie making a strong move  

Julia and Katelyn looking tough

Katy and Maddy at the front end of the sea of runners

Keara makes her way through the traffic

Mycarthy moving fast at the mile oblivious to the rain

Erin at the mile looking strong

The girls take 1st place out of 21 teams!

Is that Dave Wottle?  No that's J.P. warming up

Guys are getting ready to go at the line

This is the front group with Noah and JP up front.  Noah would go on to finish in third overall

Alex and John at the front of the large pack

 

Kyle cruising in the first mile. The guys finished in tenth in the combined Northeast meet with 400+ runners in the race and over thirty teams

The girls team

The guys team

Lily and Wyndom in the top 10

The girls team wins the open race!

First place trophy

Go Rhody!!

This was the first time we saw the sun in two days.  The guys were enjoying the moment

A little POW! coffee to stay alert for the drive home

The paper picked up on NKXC with an article

It's Championship Time!!!!

Most people were able to get this great view of the supermoon

Others went down the road a little to get an elevated view of the moon but instead saw this scary object in the sky!

The guys gathering for a good old fashioned mustache run

Houston we have a problem

Asa and Lily look on contemplating the wonders of life

Wingmen!!!

Somehow Katy made the bottle stand up on the back rim at the gym

Pictures from last year of the top JV boys finishers this year Quinn above in full flight.  The guys finished in 6th out of the 26 teams

Kyle seen here was NK's second finisher at JV states

Long NK Stalwart was the third finisher for the team

Maddy in second place at JV states.  A place she would hold throughout the race.  The girls would also take the runner up prize for the race as a team

Keara, Katelyn followed by Lila at JV States

Taylor, Mycarthy & Hannah battle early in the JV state race

The guys and girls teams went on to states where they qualified for the New England meet by coming on the top six teams in both races.

A new tradition of signing the championship cone in its second year

 From left to right: Sam, Kyle, Quinn, Ethan, Noah, and Alex prior to the New England race.  I think that might be J.P. behind Noah but I'm not sure.  John and Derek are out of view

BEE HAPPY!!

Sam earns all- New England honors at the race on the Ponaganset course.  Here we see him attacking a hill early on.

Noah is next

J.P. with a good race bettering his State Meet time

Ethan despite losing training time with an injury comes up big for the team

Alex fighting on the hill

Block Island John running fast

Here we see De-Sull who managed to avoid the early pictures approaching the finish line with John close by

Mycarthy, Katelyn, and Keara as the cheering squad

The girls warm up

First team All - Division NK star Emma joins supporting the girls team having run the state meet but unable to run in New Englands

Group pic!

Wyndom through the covered bridge is NK's top finisher with her best time on the course

Lily is next closing out a great season

Jamie Hazel with another solid performance

                                     
Quillyn runs her fastest 5k ever at the New England meet.  She picked a great time to run her fastest!

Katy giving it her all approaching the finish

Julia working up the long hill on the course

Maddy on the same hill running fast