Barchet came into the year facing injury obstacles of his own after his missed his entire sophomore year cross country campaign. Barchet's injuries set him back all the way until the end of outdoor track where he finally felt that he started to get back into top shape. Just in time for the season to end. But over the summer and fall Barchet put his trust in his coach, Kevin Kelly, and trained hard to try and make up the gap he felt others had put on him during his time away from running.
Barchet, who does better with higher volume work, didn't start to see big results to the middle of the season. After a somewhat rocky start, things began to come together for Barchet at the Carlisle invitational. He broke 16 minutes for the first time and led his team to the title. It was what Barchet saw as his race that set his mind on bigger things.
At districts Barchet proved that he was ready for said bigger things as he and future state champ Tony Russell pushed the pace the last mile and drove the race under 15:20 for the two Henderson boys and CRN's Ross Wilson. This race set Henderson up nicely for the state championship dual with O'Hara. The Henderson squad had laid low all season, in class Henderson style, and was finally ready to chase the state title. For Barchet, he was disappointed with his personal race, thinking he had let the team down at the meet, unable to see Russell's victory ahead of him or Rimkis's medal performance behind him. But when Barchet finished, his perspective changed. After a nervous amount of waiting and score checking, it was official, the Henderson boys won the title. It was a great moment for the squad and made all the hard work worth it.
Barchet was disappointed with his own individual race, his main advantage of rolling the last mile was sucked away by the hills. But Reiny is looking forward to returning next year with partner in crime Tony Russell and challenging for a state title as an individual.
Barchet took some steps in the right direction after the state meet was all said and done. He placed a surprising 2nd at the NXN regional qualifiers and then took an All-American spot at NXN in a mud pit. He beat out 4:01 miler Bernie Montoya in the process. The future looks bright for Henderson and one of its front runners, Reiny Barchet.
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