Lindbergh Cross Country

League meet

The 1992 Seamount cross country league meet was held at Fort Dent Park in Tukwila. This course is notoriously fast and often short in distance. Mt Ranier's Andy Martin and Angie Fortner were individual champions.

Articles

Rams, Eagles Favored In Seamount Cross Country

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Bruce Pleasants was the boys team captain for the 1991 season. Returners include Pleasants, Dave Ledbetter, Barry Tomich, and Cory Alberts.

Seattle Times pre-season capsules

"LINDBERGH — HEAD COACH – Ken Storkson. — LAST SEASON – Boys: First in
league meet, seventh in state. Girls: Second in league meet, 15th in
state. — TOP RETURNEES – Boys: Bruce Pleasants, sr. (eighth in
district, 28th in state); Dave Leadbetter, sr. (sixth in district);
Barry Tomich, soph.; Cory Alberts, sr.; Eric Dahlberg, soph. Girls:
Trisha Peterson, jr. (seventh in district, 25th in state); Carrie
Gagnier, jr.; Michelle Clifton, sr.; Katie Clifton, sr. — TOP
NEWCOMERS – Boys: Nate Gregory, jr. Girls: Rattu Jawhal, sr.; Heidi
Swift, fr. — OUTLOOK – Boys: Lost captain Brad Erickson to graduation.
"Pleasants has taken over as our captain, and we're hopeful we can
continue that kind of comraderie . . . Hopefully they'll feed off of
one another." Girls: If team shows type of character it showed last
year in reaching state, should be among league's best."

League meet

The girls won the league meet and capped off a 9-0 season. This season marks the first of 4 straight undefeated seasons. 

1991 Articles

Gap Is Key to Seamount – Graddon Helps Kennedy Close The Distance

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League meet

The 1990 Lindbergh Cross-country boys team won the Seamount League title with 28 points to run away from runner up Mt Ranier (59 points). Individual champion was Kennedy’s Paul Graddon. Lindbergh boys finished 9-0. The Lindbergh boys took 2nd through 5th places.

Kennedy won the 1990 Seamount league girls cross country title with a score of 42 points to Lindbergh’s 75. Mt Ranier’s Angie Fortner was the individual champion. Lindbergh girls finished 8-1.

Related articles:

Blanchet High Runners Top Metro League

Highline Runners Still Eye Girls’ Title Despite One Loss

District meet

The Lindbergh boys team took second place in the Seaa-King District meet. O’Dea won 74 points to Lindbergh’s 77 points. Dave Ledbetter was 6th, and Bruce Pleasants was 8th in the district meet.

The Lindbergh girls team took the 5th and final spot to the state meet. They were led by Trisha Peterson’s 7th place finish.

State meet

Articles

The following articles mention the LHS XC cross country teams from 1990:

Seamount League Runner Catching Up with Ranier Mentions: Ken Storkson, Bruce Pleasants, Brad Erickson, Ryan Tokahashi, Dave Ledbetter, Barry Tomich

What a Difference a Year Makes  for Runner — Enumclaw Star Sets Higher Goal: Finishing First

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Joe Patti after an extremely successful cross country career with Lindbergh High School graduated in 2008 and went on to run for Saint Martins University (Division III) in Lacey, Washington.

You can follow Joe's races and college career at http://www.smusaints.com/index.aspx?tab=crosscountry&path=cross

Some of Joe's HS results:

2008 State meet – 16:36 45th place
2007 State meet – 17:11 36th place
2006 State meet – 18:25 115th place

PR: 15:55 (5:08 pace)

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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

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

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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.

Related articles

• Prep Notebook — Liberty's New Coach Looking For Stability (October 19th, 1993)
• Rogers, Vargas Run To Seamount Titles (October 22nd, 1993)

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Saturday, Sept 20th is the Fort Steilacoom Invitational.  This is a great meet with about 50 teams from Washington and Oregon.  This will be a long day, with many different races going throughout the meet.  For directions and other random information, click on the link to the website to the meet:  http://www.fortsteilacoominvite.com/fort_steilacoom_information.htm

Click below for the schedule and itinerary.

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November7, 2007 – The Washington State Cross Country Coaches Association announced its all-state team for 2007. Fifty runners are chosen each year as part of the all state team. Trevor Thompson joined the state's elite ranks with his performance at the state meet. 

For the full list of all-state runners, see http://www.watfxc.com/XC/2007/All-State07.htm

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