Lindbergh Cross Country

This year was the 10th running of the Nike Border Clash, which features the top 40 runners from Washington and the top 40 runners from Oregon.  The race is held in Beaverton, Oregon on the Nike World Headquarters campus.  To qualify for this race, you have to finish in the top 10 of the 3A race at the state meet. 

Matt Miland ran an awesome race.  He went out hard and put himself in good position by avoiding the worst of the pack.  Then he just raced the people around him.  He ended up finishing 19th out of the 80 runners in the field.  Only two Oregon runners beat him.  One was the 5A state champion and the other was 3rd in the 4A state meet.  Washington runners were the top 14 places, and 18 of the top 20. 

Other Lindbergh runners to compete at the Border Clash meet were:  Habtamu Aregaw 1999 (25th place), Sam Ahlbeck 2003 (34th place), Sam Ahlbeck 2004 (11th place), Chris Miland 2005 (51st place), Trevor Thompson 2007 (62nd place), and Matt Miland 2008 (19th place).

Great Job Matt!

For complete results click the following link:  www.borderclash.com

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Today the Lindbergh boys competed in the Nike Team Regional race in Boise, Idaho.  The best teams of all classifications in the entire Northwest region (which includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and Hawaii) competed at this meet.  Two teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation and 4 teams ranked in the top 20 in the nation ran in the race.  Lindbergh finished 9th place overall, which means that we are the ninth best team out of the 6 states in the Northwest!

The weather was beautiful–sunny and about 55 degrees.  The course was scenic and fun to run on.  The race was crazy, however, because the course of too narrow for the number of runners in the race.  It looked like a combination of Greco-Roman wrestling, rugby, and cross country all in one.  This meant that though the course was reasonably fast, unless you were in the lead pack of about 10 people, you got stuck in a massive crowd.  There were also at least three very sharp turns in the course, which slowed things down a great deal with so many people in the race.

Our times were:  Trevor 16:05, Matt  16:09, Joseph 16:48, James 17:17, Nate R. 17:24, Nate T. 17:27, Thanh  17:50

The top 10 teams were:  North Central, Jesuit, Seattle Prep, Jackson, Boise, Mead, Crater, Ferris, Lindbergh, and Stark Street

For complete results, go to the following link:  http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?title_id=190&event_id=248&do=title&folder_id=239

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The Lindbergh boys team finished a best-ever 4th at the state meet in Pasco this weekend in a race that was perhaps the most competitive in the past 20 years.  North Central, the first place team with 24 points, is the #1 ranked team in the United States.  Seattle Prep, the second place team, would have easily been the state champions any other year with the times they ran.  The top 14 individuals all ran times that were faster than last year's state champion.  And the 3A race was more competitive than the 4A race for the first time that I can remember.   Considering all of these factors, finishing fourth place is especially impressive.  We didn't run the best race of the year (if we did, we could have been 3rd), but we ran well enough to bring home a trophy for the first time in the history of Lindbergh cross country. 

Matt Miland finished in 10th place, ran a PR, and qualified for the Nike Border Clash race in two weeks.  Thanh Nguyen ran the race of the day, running 17:07–a huge PR–and out-kicking several runners in the final 200 meters.

After a fabulous season, Sarah Reiter unfortunately had a disappointing state meet.  After going out in a perfect position the first mile (in 15th place and looking good), she pulled her calf muscle and had to limp through the final two miles. 

For complete results, go to www.jcrawford.net

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 The 2008 Cross Country awards banquet will be Tuesday, Nov. 18th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm in the Lindbergh library.  All family members are invited.  Please come and celebrate with us another successful season. 

This awards night is also a potluck.  All family members are invited.  Please bring the following:

Freshmen:  main dish

Sophomores:  desserts

Juniors:  salad / side dish

Seniors:  Drinks

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Todd Cooper took 30th place in the 1986 AAA boys state meet. His time ranks as one of Lindbergh’s fastest. An interesting tidbit about Todd Cooper is that current LHSXC head coach Jef Rettmann edged him out for 29th place in that 1986 state meet.

Mile: 4:20.09 – 1987 AAA State Championships

Todd, if you find this page, we’d love to hear from you and add more to it. Use the contact us link on the left to get in touch.

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Chris Helm took 18th place in the tough AAA boys 1987 state meet his time was 15:12.

Chris, if you find this page, we’d love to hear from you and add more to it. Use the contact us link on the left to get in touch.

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The state meet is Saturday, Nov. 8th at the Sun Willows golf course in Pasco.  The 3A girls race is at 12:30.  The 3A boys run at 2:00.  For complete information, click on the following link:  http://www.jcrawford.net/2008districtmeets.html

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Eric graduated in 1994. He  took second place in the Seamount Cross Country league meet his senior year. He placed 68th at the State meet in a 3 mile time of 16:26.

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Eric, if you find this page, we'd love to hear from you and add more to it. Use the contact us link on the left to get in touch.

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The Lindbergh boys dominated the West Central District meet today, finishing first with a score of 49 points.  Second place North Kitsap had 86 points.  We placed three runners in the top 10, and 4 in the top 15.

Our girls ran a great race today as well, just missing qualifying for the state meet.  All seven girls ran PRs to wrap up their seasons.  Sarah Reiter finished 9th and qualified for state individually.

Click below for complete results and places.  Complete results will be posted on www.watfxc.com

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