AFS Cross Country and Track & Field

Charly Avril had an 8 sec course best on the day! Belmont Plateau, Philadelphia, PA-  It was  another  great day to be a Roo as the AFS XC  team continued their streak of impressive racing this past weekend at the PA Independent Schools State Meet.  The meet showcased five races starting with the freshman 3k, to the JV 5k’s, and ended with the varsity 5k championship races.    The goal of our day was to create energy on the course, inspire our teammates, and to collectively push that energy forward throughout each race.   In the end, we made it happen in a BIG way with  5 personal bests, 5 Belmont Plateau course bests, and 1 Freshman 3k win out of 12 chances .    Freshman Keith Robinson and Sky Chen set the tone for the day in the Freshman 3k inspiring a wave energy that lasted all afternoon.    Keith notched the first win of his high school career in a dominant 10:58 performance and if raced over 5,000 meters would have been an 18:15 5k.    That is a massive performance for K

Belmont Plateau, Philadelphia, PA- The Roos had themselves a day at the FSL Championships!   Charly Avril led the charge medalling in 10th place overall with a time of 22:30.   That mark established a new Belmont Plateau PR for Charly by 1:19 while leading the girls team to a 6th place overall finish.   Mya Osborne finished 29th overall in 25:53 with a 37 second personal course best and Sam Waldman had a 1:32 personal course best finishing 34th overall.   Jane Mills and Thera Han overcame imperfect days to provide much needed depth and help the girls complete their season goal of finishing top 6 as a team in the FSL.   The boys race was just as encouraging with Von Curry pacing the Roos to a 4th place team finish in new lifetime personal best in 18:01.   Von’s finishing time bettered his previous personal best of 18:11 and his previous Belmont Plateau best of 19:07.   Dexter Zapf took some important risks on the course to finish 15th overall and set a new personal course be

The Roos continued to take big jumps forward on Spirit Day with a 15-42 win over Friends Select School. The win capped off a winning dual meet season for the boys team who finish with a 5-3 record, matching last years record from a senior heavy squad. Leading the way for the Roos was Von Curry who picked up his first win of the season with a finishing time of 18:17. Toby Avery (2nd, 19:43, season best by 30 sec), Keith Robinson (3rd, 19:48, 20 sec personal best), Justin Forbes (4th, 21:06, 2:37 course best), and Liam Merritt (4th, 21:14, 1:25 course best) completed the sweep of FSS. Other key contributors on the day included Sky Chen (1:17 course best), Loren Lei (59 second personal best), and Sean Samuels (1:07 personal best). The girls race did not feature a team score because Friends Select does not have a complete team but that did not stop the Roos from achieving big performaces. Charly Avril won the girls race with an excellent 23 second personal best in 22:05. Charly