Small girls team runs well, boys place 2nd out of 45 teams.
Heading back to the same course that the teams raced four weeks ago, the expectations for a great day were understandably high. Little did we know that the early morning fog would quickly vaporize, leaving a day significantly hotter than a month ago. That, of course, did not dissuade the Tigers!
Due to a wide variety of conflicts, only three girls started the race - a small but mighty group. Madeleine Wiseman stayed right at the front of the race, gutting out a great sixth place finish (out of 379 runners!), tying her PR on a day when she didn’t feel her best. Jackie Seale also PRed in 66th place and Adelaide Ritter ran her best time of the season as well.
A whole lot of boys (over 20) took the line when it was significantly hotter (feels like 85F during the race), and Jack Fruin and Drew Zwerner led the USN parade, both running PRs and finishing in 9th and 10th out of a colossal field of 525 runners. Moving up the field throughout the race. Griffin Davidson and Caleb Freifeld both cracked the top 40, with Clay Payne and Caleb Little not far behind. Those performances at the front helped the Tigers place 2nd in a field of 45 teams. Behind them, there were a number of impressive runs, notably from Wright Bergesen, Morgan McAteer, Finch Fleming, and “twin” PRs from Christopher and Jacob Nichols, among many others.
The teams will get back to hard work before Fall Break, then have a tuneup race when we return before focusing on the Region championship on October 29th.
USN Evening Classes, our one-night classes that benefit our need-based scholarship endowment, were recently featured on the City Cast Nashville podcast. Visit usneveningclasses.org to view the fall catalog.
Students in grades 5-8 and their families can take USN Evening Class 702: Mah and Pah Jong and Me to learn to play a board game together while benefiting USN's need-based scholarship endowment.
The Helen Meador Summer International Fellowship funded a summer of professional development in South America for Lower School Naturalist Carrie Riley. Through this profound experience, she said she plans to bring these lessons into her teaching, grounding her voice in wonder, joy, and a commitment to protecting the natural world, which she loves.
Tiger golfers have officially qualified for the region tournament, and our other teams are not far behind. Volleyball sits near the top of the district, finishing up regular season play next week with Senior Night. Girls soccer continues to hold first place in the district after another 9-0 win, and our cross country runners are chasing after some school records. To round it all out, our mountain bike team traveled to Oakfield to continue to improve on their times for the season. There’s plenty more where that came from- so be sure to come out to the River Campus, Sperling Gym, or out on the road to cheer on our Tigers before their seasons end.
Middle School volleyball and tennis teams are nearing the final games of their seasons, with the competition heating up while the Tigers play to determine their HVAC rankings. Cross country was finally able to race at the River Campus despite the heat, and our mountain biking team traveled to Oakfield, Tennessee, for a high-temperature race weekend.
The MTB team returned to the the twisty trails of tranquil Oakfield, TN on Sept 13th to take part in the second race of the season, as part of the 5-race series hosted by the NICA/TICL League.
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