CrossFit Athletic Group

I would like to take this post to give a special shout out to Jennifer Banet. Known as the drinking fountain from her 2015 Athlete of the Week post, and also as the forgotten Banet from just about everyone in the gym, Jennifer might also be known as the most athletic female we have in the Champions Club. This was on full display during the last two years.

Jennifer was a lifelong softball player in the spring, and even started on Mott's varsity as a freshman and sophomore. Then last year she decided she didn't really like softball. It was kind of boring and since she wasn't playing with her sisters any more, she'd try her hand at track and field. Over the last two seasons, she's been our most diverse female runner, trying everything from pole vault to the 2-mile. This year she really stood out!

She hit a pr in the 1 mile run last week at Regionals with a time of 6:06 - which was only 1 second away from qualifying for the Macomb County Championship meet. Then on Tuesday she pr'd in the long jump at the MAC Blue League Championships meet, jumping 14'2 on her final attempt, and finishing in 3rd place overall. She also hit 3rd place in the mile with a time of 6:08 at Leagues.

Today will mark the last meet of her high school career and I just wanted to give a shout to one of the favorite high school girls I've ever coached. I'm really proud of how she was able to apply her athleticism to 5 different sports through high school and end it on a good note. Jennifer will be running in the 4x800m relay, so try to catch her!

The Macomb County Track and Field Championships are tonight at Warren Mott High School (don't worry about the time, these meets literally last forever) and as luck would have it, there should be quite a few Champions Club peeps gathered. We'll have Jennifer Banet running in the 4x800m relay and Conor Fitzgerald running in the 110m and 300m hurdles for Mott, with Shannon coaching on the sidelines. Then we'll have reigning Athlete of the Winter Danielle Worden - a state qualifying powerlifter - running in Utica Ford's 4x800m relay. Izzy Barone will be doing the mile and maybe something else for Cousino. Robert Kroll is set to run the open 200m and a few relays for De La Salle. And finally, Marathon Matt Fecht is coaching at Cousino.

I'm headed to Mott after the 6:30 pm session if anyone wants to carpool. Should be a good group!