New rankings came out this week.  Yesterday the Region rankings came out, and we finally moved up to #1 in our region, so that is very exciting!!  We were formerly in 2nd to Wartburg, but after beating them twice by about 20 points each time, we were able to move past them.  Link to those rankings here: http://www.ustfccca.org/assets/rankings/div3/2009-xc/09-d3-wxc-reg-week3.pdf

Then today the new national rankings came out, and we moved down 2 spots to #12.  It was cool to be in the top ten for a week but I am not surprised that we moved down.  However, it is nice to know that we are still ranked pretty high even after I had a bad race.  I was surprised by how some of the teams are ranked-for example, UW-La Crosse had a great weekend, winning Griak and is only in the #6 spot.  But in the end, rankings don't really matter because it all comes down to how everyone performs at Nationals.  Link to national rankings here: http://www.ustfccca.org/assets/rankings/div3/2009-xc/09-d3-wxc-national-week3.pdf

Yesterday we finally got to move from the hill phase to the interval phase, and I love intervals so that was fun!  On Friday we will be running at Eau Claire.  Our coach wants us to pack run for the first 2 miles, so times might not be very fast but I think it might be good for me to start out a little slower.  It should be a fun meet!