 Today in Bemidji there was a pep rally to send the cross-country program to state. The entire boys team qualified after the team's second place finish at the second meet and two individuals on the girls team will compete based on their finishing times at sections. The runners on both teams have very similar times which has pushed them harder in the practices and throughout the season. We really enjoy racing together. We do all of our workouts together and so it will be really fun just to have a fun race with her. Nobody wants to lose to the guy behind them so pretty much just if the last guy starts picking it up everybody starts picking it up and so that can really push everybody that way. It really helps I think the confidence level to know that you've got somebody you can race with. You can push each other in the times and the race when you're feeling a little bit weak or you're not sure and you have the confidence that hey every day we run with this person we know we can run with them we can run with our teammates and that they're doing well I can do well too and it just helps everybody feed off of that positive energy. I'm just really excited to race. There's no stress in having to do well. Just a lot of fun. I'm really excited to compete with the best in the state. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.