Freshman Landon Plechaty approaches the finish line at the Astronaut Invitational on Sept. 9. (Daniel Li)
Freshman Landon Plechaty placed first at the J. T. Memorial race in Kissimmee on Sept. 29 for JV boys’ cross-country, running the 5k in 19 minutes and 37 seconds.
“I felt slower than normal, but I guess it worked,” Plechaty said. “I don’t really know why, but I feel like whenever I do really well, I feel like I’m going slow.”
This was Plechaty’s first gold medal in cross-country.
“I feel like it was a mix of the right conditions,” Plechaty said. “I enjoyed the course, and it felt like it was a quick race.”
The JV boys’ next race is the Cape Coast Regionals at Wickham Park on Thursday at 6:30 a.m.
by Joe Matella