Exercise Wednesday go to with the Leon Excessive Faculty cross nation workforce that includes Florida’s high ranked cross nation runner in Patrick Koon as he cranks out 10 x 800 meter repeats along with his #5 ranked squad within the 3A classification. Not a single senior of their lineup together with Koon, so lots to stay up for not solely to complete this season, however the subsequent season as effectively.
To not be ignored although are the Leon ladies cross nation workforce, which is considered one of their higher squads in latest historical past as we simply noticed Lillee Tang win the 3A Area 1 title in a signature victory this previous weekend in Gainesville. With their 1-2 punch of Tang and one other 18 minute 5K runner in Lily Moore, the Leon ladies completed as a aggressive runner-up to the defending state champions from Ponte Vedra and head into the state meet ranked #3 within the classification.
Lengthy-time Leon coach Andrew Wils has now coached three athletes to nationwide elite standing with Koon following within the footsteps of previous greats from this system in Sukhi Khosla and Matt Mizereck.
One among his coaching philosophies is doing the identical exercises on the identical locations over the course of the season to simply monitor his runners developments as was the case with the 800 meter repeats at Miccosukee Greenway Path in Tallahassee that may be a common staple weekly on Tuesdays for the Leon program in the course of the season.
His star runner and junior Patrick Koon began at 2:32 for his first repeat and progressively labored his method all the way down to run 2:17 on his remaining and tenth 800 meter repeat.
After having to race this previous weekend beneath the climate and deliberately holding again on the regional meet, Koon can be again on the identical course at Apalachee Regional Park that he broke the course report on the FSU Pre-State Invitational earlier this season with a 14:50 efficiency trying to repeat because the FHSAA 3A state champion on Saturday.