We are a community who enjoys one another’s company, we support each other, find a place to belong and goals to achieve, and all the while we get fit and learn about how to make exercise part of a physically and emotionally healthy lifestyle.
We practice early in the mornings during the week, and on Saturdays throughout the autumn we race across fields as fast as we can run.
We all have a really good time on the Cross Country running team!
What would the girls say they remember best about their Cross Country experience? I’m sure that depends, but near the top of everyone’s list must be the comradery of the overnight trips to run in one of the largest running events in the state, the Chile Pepper race up to Fayetteville, AR, where hundreds gather to race each fall. The excitement of a road trip, the independence of staying at a retreat with your team, and a cool fall morning in Northwest Arkansas. Good times, for sure!
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Running courses is in Coach Lenfestey’s blood! She’s been a Cross Country and Track coach for more than a decade, and she was an accomplished runner in high school and college before that. More, she remains an active distance runner — with a completion of the prestigious Boston Marathon to her name and aspirations for an ultra marathon in the near future. Guiding the next generation of runners, and nurturing their development as persons who seek to remain fit for a life of personal and professional success, are central to Coach Lenfestey’s identity as a coach and runner.