Lindbergh Cross Country

Twilight XC Invitational Saturday, Oct. 3rd

Admission will be charged at this meet: $5 adults, $3 students, $15 families

Click on the link below for directions and parking info:

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=105327#433

12:00 arrive at school

2:45 Open Kane, Ian, Alex M, Liam, Brandon, Eleazar

3:15 Boys Frosh/Soph JV Jacob, Nevin, Norwin, Brandon H, Sang, Khai, Evan L

3:45 Girls Frosh/Soph JV Carolyn, Maria, Sandy

4:20 Boys Jr/Sr JV Chase, Josh, Andrew, Zach, Trevor, Martin

4:50 Girls Jr/Sr JV Drew, Amica

5:25 Boys Varsity

5:55 Girls Varsity Feven, Lauren, Katie, Beth, Tmnit

8:00 back at school

We had great weather and lots of fast races at the Nike XC Invite Saturday. We had 24 boys run in the race, and 17 of them ran lifetime PRs. On the girls side, Feven continued her impressive season, finishing 4th in the Division 1 race with a lifetime PR of 19:07.

Nike XC Invitational Itinerary

Directions to Kelso Super 8
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.

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
8:30 check-out, load vans
8:45 leave hotel—bring your lunch/snacks with you
9:30 arrive at Portland Meadows Race Track/golf course
11:15 Girls Varsity 1 race (Feven, Christine, Lauren, Katie, Beth)
12:30 Boys Varsity Danner Champs (Daniel, Alex, Deven, Dupree, Tyler, Marshall, Colton)
1:10 Girls JV (everyone not in the varsity race)
1:35 Boys JV Championships (Chase, Josh, Norwin, Sang, Nevin, Jacob, Andrew)
2:00 Boys JV (all remaining runners)
3:30ish Leave Portland
5:00 Stop for dinner in Chehalis. Exit 82. Park in front of the Papa Pete’s Pizza
8:00ish Arrive at Lindbergh

We ran great at the Fort Steilacoom invite Saturday. In terms of team results, the girls varsity finished 3rd in the Small Schools category. The boys finished 5th in the very competitive Gold Division. The teams that beat us included Tahoma, who is ranked 16th in the nation and 1st in the state for 4A, Eisenhower, who is ranked 3rd in the state for 4A, and Claremont, who is one of the best teams in the state of California. We beat 5 teams that are ranked in the top 10 in the state for 3A and 4A. We also beat Liberty, who was 3rd at state in 2A last year.

In the JV Champs race our boys finished 7th place overall, which is great since 3 of our top runners are freshman, and that was their first 5K race!

Individually, Feven Fessehatzion was the star of the day, finishing 3rd place in the Silver Division race.

Eight team members ran life-time PRs in the first 5K of the season (Marshall, Deven, Alex, Josh, Chase, Brandon H., Evan, and Drew). Our individual improvement in terms of time over last year is remarkable. Almost everyone improved, and most people improved by close to a minute. Our biggest improvement was Evan Luttrell, who knocked 4:50 off his time from last year.

All in all, this was a great start to the season.

Fort Steilacoom address: 9601 Steilacoom Blvd. SW, Lakewood, WA 98498

Fort Steilacoom Invite Schedule
7:15 Meet at Lindbergh
9:15 Open Race: All LHS runners NOT ELIGIBLE to compete yet: Andrew, Norchel, Maria, McKinley)
10:05 Boys Top 5 JV (Josh, Jacob, Chase, Nevin, Norwin)
10:10 Girls JV (Drew, Amica, Carolyn)
10:45 Boys Freshman who are NOT in the Top 5 JV race (Eleazar, Khai, Liam, Sang, Ian)
10:50 Girls Freshman (NONE)
11:20 Boys Silver Division Flight 1 (#’s 5, 6, 7, & 8) NONE
11:25 Girls Silver Divison Flight 1 (#’s 5, 6, 7, & 8) Beth, Sandy, Katie, Tmnit
12:05 Boys Silver Division Flight 2 (#’s 1, 2, 3, & 4) NONE
12:10 Girls Silver Division Flight 2 (# 1, 2, 3, & 4) Feven, Christine, Lauren
12:40 Boys Gold division Top 7 Varsity boys
12:45 Girls Gold Division NONE
1:05 Boys Sophomore Race (sophomore JV runners: Kane, Brandon, Evan)
1:30 Boys Junior Race (junior JV runners: Martin, Trevor, Brandon, McKinley)
1:55 Boys Senior Race (senior JV runners: Alex)
2:20 Girls Junior Varsity Race NONE
3:00 Awards
3:30 Leave park
4:30 Back at Lindbergh

We had a beautiful day Saturday at the Tahoma Coed Relays. Some highlights of the day were that Colton Komar took first place in the Open race, and our top relay team finished 8th overall in the relay race. This team was made up of Daniel Langer, Feven Fessahatzion, Marshall Clairmont, Lauren Wick, and Dupree Nugent. It is always great to have a team in the top 10 at this meet!

Thursday we have our first meet of the 2015 Season–the Seamount League Class meet at Evergreen High School in Burien. All 8 schools in the league will be there. In this meet all of the freshmen race each other, all of the sophomores, etc. The boys and girls are in the same race. The freshmen go first at 3:30, and the races start about every half-hour. At the end of the meet–about 5:45–we will have a quick awards ceremony where the top 10 finishers in each race are called up and recognized. We will return to school between 6:30 and 7:00.

Saturday we also have a meet at Lake Wilderness Park in Maple Valley. Team members need to be at Lindbergh at 6:30. The first race starts at 8:30. The relay competition starts at 9:15. The awards will be at about 11:00. We will be back at school about 12:00.