Lindbergh Cross Country

Saturday, Oct. 5th is the Curtis Invitational–the last invite of the season. Here is the schedule:

7:00 Leave Lindbergh
9:15 Top 7 JV Race (Ismael, Titus, Matt, Dupree, Josh, Jayden, Viet)
9:45 JV girls
10:30 Varsity Boys (Endalkachew, Colton, Daniel, Grant, Alex, David, Deven)
11:00 Varsity Girls (Lauren, Feven, Christine, Cindy, Thuong, Evie, Ashley P.)
11:30 JV boys (all remaining JV boys)
12:30 Awards
2:00ish back at Lindbergh

The meet

This Friday and Saturday (Sept. 27-28) we will be going to Portland to compete in the Nike Pre Nationals meet. This meet has teams from all around the region (and even some that come from across the country). It takes place at the Portland Meadows Horse Race track on the golf course that is inside the track. We will leave as soon as school is out Friday and get back Saturday night. Everyone needs to bring money for food. You can also buy meet shirts if you are interested. Pack clothes for all kinds of weather. Students will bring their bags to school Friday morning. They will leave them in my room and then pick them up as soon as school is out. Here is the info for the week:

Directions to Kelso Super 8 where we are staying Friday night:
I5 S. Exit 39 Turn left over the freeway, Go 1 block, turn right onto Kelso Drive, turn left into Riverview Plaza, turn right in Riverview Plaza lot, follow to motel.
250 Kelso Dr, I-5 Exit 39, Kelso, WA 98626-3112 US 1-360-423-8880

Directions to Portland Meadows Golf Course
I-5 S. to exit 306B, and follow signs to Portland Meadows. The course is located less than a 1/2 mile from the freeway.

Drivers:

Jef Rettmann 206 245-4101
Latonya Rogers (Coach T)
Gil Hernandez
Rick O’brien
Matt Randall
Anna Randall
Heather Nugent

Friday
2:45 leave LHS
5:00 arrive at Kelso Super 8 hotel
5:30 Run on the Coweeman River trail
6:30 Dinner—walk from hotel
8:30 Team meeting in hotel
10:00 In your own room
11:00 lights out

Saturday
7:30ish wake-up, go to breakfast in the hotel
9:15 check-out, load vans
9:30 leave hotel
10:15 arrive at Portland Meadows Race Track/golf course
12:00 9th/10th boys JV
12:25 9th/10th girls JV
12:50 11th boys JV
1:15 11th/12th girls JV
1:40 12th boys JV
2:50 Girls Division 1 Varsity
3:15 Boys Division 1 Varsity
4:00 Express vans leave. Arrive at Lindbergh at 6:30
4:30 Remaining vans leave, stop for dinner, arrive at Lindbergh at 8:00

Both our boys and our girls teams took first place in the “Small Schools” category (4A and 3A schools are Big Schools, while 2A, 1A, and 1B schools are Small Schools).

Overall this was the best our girls team has ever done at this meet in terms of the times of our top 6 varsity runners. Almost everyone on both the boys and girls teams ran a PR or was within a few seconds of their PR. It is always great to start the season at or ahead of where you left off the previous season. Our team did this. Our new runners got their cross country careers off to a great start with their first 5K race.

Endalkachew is now 10th on the Lindbergh All-Time list with his 16:03. Lauren is now 9th on the All-Time list. Feven is now 17th on the All-Time List. This means that our girls team has our top five runners in the Top 25 All-Time in Lindbergh history. Could this become the best girls team ever? I’m excited to find out.

We have lots of work to do to keep improving and to meet our potential as a team, but we are off to a great start.

Complete results of the meet can be found at:

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=75549#433

Saturday, Sept. 21st we compete at the Fort Steilacoom Invite. This a great meet with about 60 schools participating. It is also the site of our Sub-District meet later in the season. Because this is such a big meet with lots of races, it makes for a long day. Everyone needs to be prepared with food, drink, extra clothes, etc. Meet t-shirts will be sold for anyone interested.

Fort Steilacoom Park: 9601 Steilacoom Boulevard, Lakewood, WA 98498

Here is the itinerary for the day:

7:30 Meet at Lindbergh
8:30 arrive at the course and set up
10:15 Top 5 JV boys race (Dupree, Titus, Matt, Josh, Jayden)
10:40 Top 5 JV girls race (Drew, Giselle, Shandiny, Amica, Armani)
11:15 Flight 1 varsity race (Boys: Daniel, Deven, Alex, Ismael Girls: Thuong, Evie, Ashley, Ashley)
11:50 Flight 2 varsity race (Boys: Endalkachew, Colton, Grant, David Girls: Lauren, Feven, Christine, Cindy)
12:30 Boys JV (everyone who didn’t run in the Top 5 JV race)
1:05 Girls JV
2:00 Awards
3:30ish Back at Lindbergh

Complete meet info can be found at the meet website:

http://www.fortsteilacoominvite.com/fortsteilacoominvite.html

The Seamount Class Meet Thursday went great for the Lindbergh Eagles! Lot’s of positive things happened at the meet. I’m impressed by how much faster everyone was this year than last year. Here are a few highlights of some of the impressive improvements: Dupree 2:51, Ian 4:00, Christine 1:00, Joey 1:50, Cindy 1:20, David :36.

No team scores are kept at this meet, but both our boys and our girls were the top teams at the meet. Endalkachew had the overall fastest time for the boys. Lauren was the third fastest girl overall. Lauren was also only :02 off of the freshmen girls meet record help by Sarah Reiter.

Overall our boys and girls teams are much faster than a year ago.

Top Ten Placers:
9th Girls: 1. Lauren Wick, 2. Feven Fessehatzion, 8. Drew Dang, 10. Amica Huynh
10th Girls: 2. Christine Villanueva, 8. Armani Villareal
11th Girls: Cindy Huynh
12th Girls: 7. Ashley Pigott, 9. Ashley Schafer

9th Boys: 1. Daniel Langer, 3. Deven Maddy, 4. Alex Sifuentes, 6. Josh Nelson, 9. KC Knight, 10. Ben Garcia
10th Boys: 8. Dupree Nugent
11th Boys: 10. Jayden Schwope
12th Boys: 1. Endalkachew Abebaw, 3. Colton Maddy, 4. Grant Haley, 7. David Huff, 8. Ismael Purganan

Our Runners of the Meet winners were: Dupree Nugent for his great work ethic and attitude, his competitiveness in the race, and his improvement over last year. Lauren Wick for her toughness and for being only :02 off the record.

Complete results can be found at: http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=84580#433

This Thursday, Sept. 12th, is the Seamount League Class meet at Evergreen High School (North of Burien. Address: 830 SW 116th St Seattle, WA 98146).

Meet Schedule:

Freshmen race (boys and girls): 3:30
Sophomore race (boys and girls): 4:00
Junior race (boys and girls): 4:30
Senior race (boys and girls 5:00
Awards (top ten in each race) 5:30
Back at Lindbergh 6:30ish

Bring your sunblock–it’s gonna be hot!

How could you not have fun running in a meet at a state park on a sunny day with 41 teams with a beautiful course with single-track trails and a lake to run through? What a great way to kick of our racing season. And once again a Lindbergh team took home some hardware: The team of Colton Maddy, Lauren Wick, Grant Haley, Feven Fessehatzion, and David Huff finished 9th overall.

Even though the times don’t mean much since we really don’t know how long the course is AND you have to run through deep water, I posted times on athletic.net. At least you can compare you times with other peoples’. Keep in mind that since the meet was not timed by the meet directors and uploaded, it is up to individual coaches to keep the times and load the results. Consequently, these results are incomplete since not all of the coaches entered results.

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=78035#433

This Saturday, Sept. 7th is the Tahoma Coed Relay race.

The Tahoma Coed Relay race is a fun way to start the season. The course is about a mile and a half and runs through the park and on single-track trails. It even goes through the lake for about 100 yards. Team members will either run in the Open Race or in the Relay race. Relay teams consist of three boys and two girls. Since we have more boys than girls on the team, some of the boys will be entered in the Open Race.

The meet takes place at Lake Wilderness State Park in Maple Valley (22500 SE 248th Street, Maple Valley, WA 98038).

The Open Race starts at 8:30 and the Relay Race starts at 9:15. The Awards Ceremony will take place at about 10:45. We should be back at the school by 11:30ish.