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Jack Farrell and Caden Deutscher Give Pope John Paul II Cross Country Strong Legs

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    Pope John Paul II High School's Jack Farrell has trimmed more than 90 seconds off his time this cross country season, placing him among the state's top 10 runners. Photo credit: Pope John Paul II High School

    Just keep running.

    That was Jack Farrell’s offseason game plan following last year’s Class 1B/2B state cross country meet.

    Farrell was a junior on Pope John Paul II High School’s cross country squad last year, the first team in the program’s five-year history to advance to the state meet.

    The inaugural appearance proved to be extremely advantageous across the entire Eagles roster – adding incentive for current runners to improve, while at the same time creating some buzz around the school which resulted in several new faces the following season.

    “It really was pretty amazing, the effect it had,” Pope John Paul II cross country coach Anthony Herness said. “It really jump started interest in our program. This last offseason everyone was working hard and trying to get better.”

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    Junior Caden Deutscher finished 38th overall at the Class 1B/2B state meet last year. Photo credit: Pope John Paul II High School

    That was definitely the case with Farrell, who immediately informed his coach what his calendar would look like over the next nine months or so following the state meet.

     

    “Right after state, Jack told me, ‘I’m just going to keep running,’” Herness remembers. “I thought, ‘OK, we will see how long this lasts. Maybe a week or two?’ A month later he was still running.”

    Farrell, a senior captain this season for the Eagles, continued his grueling training regimen through the entire offseason, and payoff has been impressive.

    Farrell set a season-best time at last year’s state meet, covering the distance in 18 minutes, 34.9 seconds – placing him 68th in the field. At the Grizzly Alumni Invitational in Hoquiam on October 7, Farrell won the event, which also featured runners from 1A schools Montesano, Elma and Hoquiam and 2A Aberdeen, with a time of 17:03 – a good 47 seconds ahead of the runner-up as well as being a school record.

    “I think I took a week break (after state last year) and then just ran,” Farrell said. “You get into it and just start running, and soon it becomes a daily routine for you.”

    Farrell, who didn’t even crack the 18:40 mark until the final race last year, has now posted a time ranked in the top 10 among all 1B/2B runners across the state.

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    Dmitry Sutton currently holds the fourth fastest time on the Pope John Paul II cross country team this year. Photo credit: Pope John Paul II High School

    “Jack sets the tone for our team. He has a stride that is just so beautiful to watch as a runner,” Herness said. “I really think his best days are still ahead of him. He’s going to make some great gains.”

     

    Depth, which, as expected, was an issue when the program was first finding its legs a couple years ago, is now one of the team’s strengths as Farrell is one of 15 members of the boys’ team and one of six returning runners who participated at the state meet last year.

     

    Junior Caden Deutscher posted the best time of all the Pope John Paul II runners at state in 2016, finishing the race in 17:57.8, which placed him 38th overall.

    “Caden brings a wealth of experience out there and some great leadership to our team,” Herness said. “Jack doesn’t put up the times he does without Caden, and Caden doesn’t do what he’s done without Jack. They’re constantly out there pushing each other and that’s carried over to the entire team.”

     

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    Senior captain Jay Sullivan is looking to help the Eagles return as a team to the state meet in 2017. Photo credit: Pope John Paul II High School

    After Farrell’s strong summer of improvement, Deutscher has settled into the team’s No. 2 role, providing the Eagles with a solid 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup, an incredibly valuable trait among cross country teams looking to place high at state.

    “It’s nice to have someone I can try to beat now,” Deutscher said. “And being the first team to go to state here definitely motivated everyone. We weren’t planning on doing super well (at state last year), but it’s nice to have so many people back who were able to experience it. It’s something we’ve tried to build off of.”

     

    Joining Farrell and Deutscher as returning state participants this year are seniors Jay Sullivan and Dmitry Sutton.

    “The team has really figured out they can work as a pack now,” Herness said. “They’re working together as a group out there on the course.”

    While Farrell holds the team’s top time this year, Deutscher (18:04) is second with junior Jacob Braun holding the third best time after covering the Mark Lyle Memorial Invite in 18:50.

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    Junior Jacob Braun is one of six members of the Eagles’ team that participated at the state meet in 2016. Photo credit: Pope John Paul II High School

    Not far off from those two is the quartet of Sutton (18:55), freshman Kobe Deutscher (19:20), Sullivan (19:38) and freshman Joe Oczkewicz (19:45).

    “A couple races ago, coach wanted to see more overlap, and everyone shot up,” Braun said. “Every single race, Jack is up ahead. We rely on him to take first and get those points. I think other runners see him take off and it’s a mental blow to them and it strengthens us. We’re riding his slipstream. Caden is gaining on Jack, I’m gaining on Caden, Dmitry is gaining on me. Kobe and Jay are right there, improving. We’ve really seen everyone step up this season.”

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