I’m not sure what happened to Madison between the fall of 2019 and fall of 2020, but I know her precipitous time drops weren’t on accident
During her first two years in HS, she learned the ropes from vets such as Brooke Hinkelman and Bella Johnson, where she was the 4th/5th runner on a squad that twice made it to MIS
In 2020, she burst into the lead runner role for Bedford and never looked back
She opened the season with a PB, broke 19:00 soon after, then shattered 18:00 soon after that
In the end, she ended up dropping over 1:30 from her previous best (as a freshman) and on the way, garnered a top-10 finish at State
That same trend continued into track, where she knocked almost 30 sec. off her 1600m and exactly a minute off her 3200m best
Will we see more progress? I wouldn’t be shocked.
Last summer, Tyler Pritchett messaged me with a bold prediction – that Matt was gonna shock some people
Lo and behold, he was right, all the way to a 17th place finish at State
Matt is another example of a kid who must’ve made the most of the lost 2020 spring season
As a freshman and sophomore, he was in a similar boat to Madison, running in the 17’s, a solid runner, but nothing that predicted his recent success
His junior year began with a PB and soon he was solo’ing 16:0x’s
When the competition heated up in late October, so did he, breaking 16:00 in a 2nd place finish to a runner to be named later
By the end of the year, he had dropped a whole 1:06 of his 2019 best
And as with Madison, I wouldn’t be shocked to see him continue in that positive direction
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