April 30, 2024
On Tuesday at the JV track and field championships, Cooper McCloskey 27’, Grant Bax 27’, and Sam Burke 27’ raced each other in the 1600m (1 Mile). All season they have beat each other at some point of. However, being the last race of the season, this is there last chance to prove themselves. These three athletes all run similar times and a natural rivalry was formed as the season took shape. But they all knew that championships were here all all of the training through the season comes down to this moment. Before the race, we asked for all of the runners one mile personal records; Grant Bax-5:28, Sam Burke-5:31 and Cooper McCloskey-5:33. McCloskey told us before the race “I plane on beating my rivals”. However, the last race these three ran (1600m), the order was Bax, McCloskey, Burke. This contradicts the current order of PR’s showing that some runners are always improving while others are falling behind. Setting up for an amazing final race.