Stret Beal - Junior Stret
is a second year high school cross country runner.
Son of Danny Beal & Tracy Patterson. |
2014 Fastest New Runner Award Winner 2014 Personal Best Time 20:20 2015 Personal Best Time 23:23 2014 Springfield Invitational Open team champions |
As a Sophomore,Stret joins us from the track team where he has been a
good sprinter. Stret showed a lot of courage taking on the sport
of cross country as a sprinter. Stret quickly adjusted to the
longer miles and had a strong first meet. Stret opened up his
season with a time of 20:20 at the Charleston Invitational. Stret
continued to grow quickly as a runner throughout the early season
practices. Stret has shown his amazing speed in our
workouts. Stret had a great week of practice between the
Charleston and Sprinfield Invitationals. He quickly adapted
to the longer speed workouts and often pushed our top runners.
Stret had another solid race at the Springfield Invitational on a hilly
and wet course. He ran a 20:31 which was a better effort than his
first race when you account for the more challenging course.
Stret ran 6th for his open team and helped them win the Springfield
Invitational open race team title. To run in the top 7 on your
second distance race was an impressive accomplishment for sophomore
Beals. Stret had a great practice in our South Mahomet Loop run
where he was the only runner on our team that could hang with Alex
Keeble for the first mile. He ran right at a 5:00 mile showing
his speed and strength as a runner. Stret won our team's fastest
new runner award with a time of 20:20. As a junior, Stret ran a personal best at the season at the Charleston Invitational with a 23:23. |