November 1984

 40 years ago – November 1984:  I only ran two races this month, but they were both pretty important.  On Nov. 3 the U-Lowell team headed to Indiana PA for the Div. 2 cross-country regional qualifiers.  I ended up leading the squad with a sixth place (31:51) finish.  Two weeks later we were off to Jackson MS for Nationals.  We had a heck of a time finding the course and when coach asked for directions we were told “turn left at the big wire house”.  None of us had any idea what a “wire house” was.  Eventually we found the turn near a big WHAREHOUSE.  Too funny.  I had a decent day at Nationals, taking 11^th place in 30:48.  Dave Quintal missed All-American status by one place (26^th in 31:12).  The team took 8^th place with 216 points.                                                                                       

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