Lyden Completes Cross-Country Season
Launch the media gallery 1 playerLyden Lampe, under the guidance of coach and mom, Holly Lampe, has completed her debut cross country season. “It has been exciting watching Lyden race both as her coach and as her mom,” said Coach Lampe. “It makes for an interesting balance between the two.” The schedule put together for this season put Lampe up against many of the teams and individuals she faced off with at regional in an effort to qualify for the state meet in Wamego. Since no two courses or days are the same, it is nearly impossible to compare times from week to week in cross country. Coach Lampe says that the times from each course reflect the challenges of the courses. Lampe trained through the summer to have a solid mileage base to make her competitive this season as she chased her goals. The 5k distance (3.1 miles) and course terrain has been a new challenge for Lampe.
Launch the media gallery 2 playerAs the season closed in on the last couple meets, Lampe continued to push herself to reach peak condition by October 20th when she will race at Regionals. Lampe ran in the league meet on October 2nd in Hoxie and with a time of 29:08 placed 9th. The final regular season meet in Wheatland/Grinnell on October 11th was canceled due to weather giving her an extra day to prepare for Regional. On October 20th she stepped into starting box three with the runner that would end up being the regional champion. It was the second time Lampe had raced in Tribune so she knew what to expect on the course and the weather was perfect for a 5k. She got off to a good start and fought to maintain positioning throughout the race. When Lampe crossed the finish line she knew she had given her best and improved her previous time on the course to 25:32. Only the top ten finishers are guaranteed a ticket to state and a complicated set of qualification numbers and team placings would determine how many more athletes would be invited to compete at state. At the conclusion of the varsity boys race they announced that the top 17 girls would qualify for state. Lampe narrowly missed qualify with her 21st place finish out of a field of 49 runners. While the season ended a week sooner than coach and athlete had hoped; it was still a year of great growth, improvement, experience and maturing making them proud of the season. “I believe Lyden has all the potential to do extremely well-she just needs to believe that she can achieve any of the goals she sets,” praises Coach Lampe.
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