Lindbergh Cross Country

The season has finally started, and we are off to a fantastic start.  Everyone has a great attitude and is working hard.  We have about 40 people on the team this year, and since we played the name game today everyone now knows all of their teammate's names.

Our first meet is coming up soon–Saturday, Sept. 6th at Lake Wilderness State Park in Maple Valley. This is a fun practice meet where the runners actually run through the lake in one section.  The meet starts at 8:30 a.m., and the awards ceremony will be over by about 11:00.  At that point we will have a team / family potluck.  This is a great chance for parents, coaches, and athletes to meet one another, and it is a fun tradition we have had for quite a few years.  Everyone on the team will be assigned to bring something to the potluck.

Freshman     main dish type thing

Sophomores     drinks

Juniors     snacks/desserts

Seniors     plates, cups, napkins, plastic forks, etc.

See you there.

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In case anyone is interested in seeing pictures of my trip to Peru this summer, here is a link to my shutterfly account.  You don't have to log in or register to see the pictures.

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Summer Mileage Begins June 1st

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2007 Cross Country Awards Banquet

Thursday, Nov. 15th,  6:00 – 8:00ish in the Lindbergh Library

This is a potluck.  Here are the assignments for what to bring:

Freshmen:  Dessert

Sophomores:  Main Dish

Juniors:  Side Dish/salad

Seniors:  Drinks

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Once again the Lindbergh boys finished in the top 10 at the state meet.  After being unranked the entire season, we proved once again that we are one of the top teams in the state.  This year was the 6th time in the past 7 years that our team has competed in the state meet.  During this run we have been 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th (twice), and 6th. 

Trevor Thompson placed 9th and was only :05 away from third place.  He qualified for the Nike Borderclash in two weeks. 

Our top 8 runners this year are all returning next year.  This means that compared to the returners from the other top teams in the state, Lindbergh is ranked #2 for next year.  For this to happen, EVERYONE has to run LOTS of miles over the next 12 months.  Let's get on the awards stand as a team next year!

Click below for times and places from the state meet.  Complete results can be found at:  www.jcrawford.net

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Today at the district meet the Lindbergh boys team finished in second place behind Camas, the #3 ranked team in the state.  The top three teams were:  Camas 68, Lindbergh 89, and Peninsula 133.  We placed four runners in the top 20 (Trevor Thompson 6th, Matt Miland 7th, and Joseph Patt 10th, Nate Reitz 20th).  Since the top seven teams qualify for the state meet, our boys team will once again compete in Pasco next week.  Our girls team did not qualify for the state meet, but four of our top five runners ran lifetime PRs.

Click below for times and spilts.

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Sorry I haven't posted info for the district meet sooner, but here it is.

The meet is this Saturday at American Lake Golf Course, which is on the American Lake VA campus. 

Schedule: 

10:30  Meet at Lindbergh

1:00  Girls race

2:30  Boys race

5:00 back at Lindbergh

 There is an admission fee, so come prepared.

Click below for directions.

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Once again the Lindbergh boys took the top spot at the Seamount League meet, easily defeating the second place Renton team.  The top four team scores were Lindbergh 35, Renton 59, Hazen 81, and Mt. Rainier 91.  We placed our top four runners in the top eight places. 

The girls team also scored an important victory, defeating Highline to take the 4th spot and qualifying for the district meet.  Anna ran a PR and placed 6th in the race.

The JV boys team felt a sense of redemption by finishing second in the meet and defeating Renton after losing to them at all-city.

The meet director measured the course prior to the race and discovered that it was about 80 meters short of 5K.  To make it exactly 5K he added distance just after the mile mark.  This means that the course we ran yesterday is actually longer than we have been running at the league meet the past several years.  Additionally, we have received a large amount of rain in the past couple of weeks, which made the course pretty soggy in places.  The past few years the course has been dry and firm.  As a result, this course was at least 15 seconds slower than the course last year. 

The complete meet results can be found at www.seamounttrack.com.

Click below for team times.

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Nike paid a visit to Lindbergh Cross Country on Friday, and everyone had a blast.  Nike has three big trucks that drive around the country going to invitationals and visiting schools to get feedback about running gear and to support high school running.  Only a handful of schools in the entire state of Washington have been visited by the Nike truck, and Lindbergh was one of them.  Alec Wall, former high school and college running star and all around cool dude, drove the truck to Lindbergh.  Alec went on a run with us; he showed us cool videos of the Nike Team Nationals; he gave us free Nike stuff; he bought us pizza and gatorade; he even made his mark on the cross country rock that we re-painted after our run.

Check out the pictures from Nike Day in the photo gallery.  Thanks Alec Wall and Nike for a great afternoon!

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Saturday, Oct. 20th is the League Meet at Evergreen High School.  The start times for the races have been changed to accomodate the student athletes who are taking the PSAT test that morning.  Here is the new schedule:

Team members arrive at Lindbergh ready to go  10:45

Bus leaves at 11:00 

Varisty Girls:  1:00

Varsity Boys:  1:30

JV Boys and Girls:  2:00

There will be an awards ceremony following the JV race.  The team should be back at Lindbergh around 4:00.

The top 4 teams and the top 20 individual runners at the league meet qualify for the district meet the following Saturday. 

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