Sentence 1: Michael was excited to run at the state cross country meet. 
 Sentence 3: It was his first year 
 Sentence 4:  He ran a 17:30 
 Sentence 5:  That was about half a minute faster than his previous best 
 Option 1: He was on of the extras on the team. 
 Option 2: Unfortunately on the way there he got into a car accident.