Lindbergh Cross Country

This Saturday, Sept. 25th our team will be competing in Portland at the Nike Prenationals meet.  The course is at the Portland Meadows horse race track.  For information about the meet, go to http://www.runnerspace.com/NikePreNationals

The schedule:

8:30  Leave Lindbergh, stop at Subway on the way to Portland

12:00 arrival

1:45  JV boys (Ben, Omelyan, Mitchell, Peter, Matt, Eugene, Grant)

2:10  Girls varsity 1 race (Liz, Brenna, Monique)

2:55  Danner Champs girls varsity (Sarah, Jasmine)

3:20  Danner Champs boys varsity (Nate, Mo, Mark, Luke, Nathan, Alex, Travis)

3:50  Awards

4:30  Leave Portland, stop for dinner on the way home

8:00  Back at Lindbergh

The Lindbergh cross country team competed at the Fort Steilacoom invitational Saturday.  The boys varsity took first place overall, as did the JV boys top 5.  The girls varsity finished second in the small school category (2A or smaller).  The rest of the JV boys took 2nd overall in the second JV race.  There were 32 teams competing in the meet.

Sarah Reiter won the individual race, setting a course record by :13 seconds in the process.  She also moved up the Lindbergh all-time list, becoming the best runner in Lindbergh history.

The girls ran short-handed due to sickness, church events, and injuries.  We are looking forward to getting all of the girls in our upcoming races.

For complete meet results, go to:  http://www.fortsteilacoominvite.com/2010_fort_steilacoom_results.htm

or http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=433

Saturday, Sept. 18th is the Fort Steilacoom invitational.  Here is the itinerary:

7:30  Leave Lindbergh

10:15 JV Boys top 5 race (top five JV runners)

10:40  JV Girls top 5 race

11:15 Varsity Flight #1 (varsity runners 5 – 8 )

11:50  Varsity Flight #2 (varsity runners 1 – 4)

12:30  JV boys race

1:05  JV girls race

1:40  Awards

3:00  Back at Lindbergh

For all the info you could ever want to know about the meet (location, directions, results, etc) go to:

http://www.fortsteilacoominvite.com/fort_steilacoom_information.htm

33 schools participated in the Tahoma Coed Relays this year–a record number.  Our top relay team took first place in the meet–the first time Lindbergh has won the event.  The winning team members were:  Mark Garcia, Jasmine Falgreen, Sarah Reiter, Nate Tandecki, and Luke Garcia.

For the times of our team members, go to:  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=31549#433

Another successful class meet for Lindbergh cross country, and a great start to the 2010 season.

Many of our team members placed in the top 10 in their races.  Sarah Reiter won the junior girls race and set the all-time course record for the 2 mile class meet in the process.  Ariel Hodges won the sophomore girls race.  Mohamud Abdi won the sophomore boys race, and Nate Tadecki won the senior boys race.

For complete results, go to:  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=32998#433

Saturday, 9/11 is the Tahoma Coed relays at Lake Wilderness.  Here is the schedule:

6:45  Be at Lindbergh ready to get on the bus

7:10  arrive at Lake Wilderness

7:45  Open race people warm-up

8:30  Open race begins

9:00  Relay race begins

10:30  Awards

11:00 Family Potluck

12:30  back at Lindbergh

Most of the team will run in the open race.  Both races are just under 2 miles.

The relay teams (which may change) are:

Team #1:  Sarah, Mercedes, Nate, Mark, Luke

Team #2:  Ariel, Jasmine, Mohamud, Nathan, Ben

Team #3:  Brenna, Liz, Alex, Mitchell, Peter

The class meet is Thursday, 9/9, at Evergreen High School.  The freshman boys and girls run at 3:30.  The sophomores will run about 3:50.  The juniors run at about 4:15, and the seniors at 4:40.  The awards will be at abouot 5:15.  We will be back at school around 6:30.

All family members are invited to Lake Wilderness Saturday, September 11th to watch the Tahoma Coed relay race and to join in on the team / family potluck.  It is great chance for family, coaches, and team members to meet one another.

The first race begins at 8:30.  The potluck will begin at about 11:00.  To make sure that everyone doesn’t bring potato salad, try to follow the assignments listed below.  Feel free to deviate from this, however, if there is something that you really want to bring.

Freshmen:  drinks

Sophomores:  sweet stuff (make sure it is healthy:)

Juniors:  Main dishes

Seniors:  salads

See you there!

The pre season cross country rankings created by the state cross country coaches association are out.  Lindbergh, now competing in the 2A classification, is ranked 3rd for both boys and girls.

Top Three Girls Teams:

1.  Sehome

2.  Kingston

3.  Lindbergh

Top Three Boys Teams:

1.  Sehome

2.

You may have heard that Lindbergh will be competing in the 2A classification beginning this year, after being in the 3A classification since the 1990s.  I have had lots of questions about this change, so here is the explanation.

The WIAA made a decision to try to even out the number of teams that are in each size classification (B, A, 2A, 3A, 4A).  The reason for this is so that teams in each classification would face an equivalent amount of competition to qualify for state competition.  This means that now each classification has about 65 teams in it, with 16 teams qualifying for state.

Lindbergh’s enrollment size has not changed, but the cut-off line dividing the classifications moved.  Lindbergh has always been one of the smallest 3A schools in the state.  We are now one of the largest 2A teams.

The Seamount league is now a split league.  Tyee, Evergreen, Foster, Renton, and Lindbergh are 2A.  Hazen, Kennedy, and Highline are 3A.  Mt. Rainier is now 4A and no longer in our league.  The league competitions will stay the same as in past years.  However, when we get to what has been called the league meet (now called Sub-district), the schools divide into classifications.  Because that leaves us with only 5 2A teams to compete with to determine who will qualify for districts, we are combining with the SPSL 2A teams for this meet.