Lindbergh Cross Country

The results were mostly positive at the All-City meet yesterday.  Many of the runners on our team ran great, and two of the three teams met their goals.  The Varsity boys were the big story, defeating Renton, Hazen, and Kennedy to cap off an undefeated season.  But the boys didn't just beat those teams.  It is more accurate to say that we gave them a beating, since we took the top four spots against both Hazen and Renton.  The final score was Lindbergh 20 and both Hazen and Renton 35.  We beat Kennedy 18 to 37.

The girls team also came away with an important victory, beating Kennedy and finishing the season with a winning record, 4 – 3.  The impressive part of this win was that our #3 runner did not run due to shin splints.  Fortunately, other girls stepped up big and put the smack-down on Kennedy 24 – 35.

Click below for results.

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This Friday the Nike truck is going to make a visit to our practice.  Nike has three trucks that tour the U.S. visiting high schools and setting up at meets.  We met the driver of one of these trucks at running camp this summer.  He is Alec Wall, who was one of the top runners in the U.S. when he was in high school, and he ran for the Unversity of Oregon.  He is going to meet with us to get some input on running shoes and clothing from the people on our team.  He will give away some freebies.  He will have some running shirts, etc. to buy (I think everything is $10).  Alec is probably going to run with us, and then after practice he is going to buy the team pizza. 

We are one of only a handful of teams that the Nike truck is visiting in the entire state, so this is pretty cool.  Bring some money to buy stuff if you want. 

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Thursday, Oct. 11th is the All-City meet.  It takes place at Seward Park.  The start of the race is at the highest point of the park, near the amphitheater.  Follow the road that winds up to the top of the park, and find a place to park nearby the start.  The races begin at the usual times:  JV Boys  3:30,  Girls  4:00,  Varsity Boys  4:30.  See you there.

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Lindbergh swept Highline and Tyee yesterday in all races:  JV Boys, Girls, and Varsity Boys.  This brings our records to 4 – 0 for both boys teams, and 3 – 1 for the girls.  Next week on Thursday is the big All-City meet at Seward Park.  Hopefully the boys can finish off an undefeated season, while the girls can lock in a winning record.

Click below for finish times.

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Saturday, Sept. 29th is the Mt. Baker Invitational.  This is a great meet that is run on a beautiful course.  Click below for details.

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A big crowd came to watch us Thursday as the boys team defeated Evergreen and Mt. Rainier, while the girls beat Evergreen.

Click below for results.

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We had perfect weather and fast races Saturday at the Fort Steilacoom Invitational.  The boy's team finished 4th out of the 43 teams entered in the boys race, and thus we added one more plaque to the collection.  For eight of our team members this was the first 5K they have ever run.  Almost all of the veterans on our team ran significantly faster than last year.  Given that this race came at the end of a difficult week of training and racing (in the past 8 days we have run three races and one interval workout), our team did great. Just think how fast everyone will run later in the season when we back off our training and race fresh!

For finish times, mile splits, and last year's times, click below.

For complete results, go to www.watfxc.com.

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This Saturday, Sept. 15th is the Fort Steilacoom Invitational.  Click below for the schedule for the day.

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Saturday was our first meet of the season–the Tahoma Coed Relays.  For the first time in several years the weather was nice for this meet, and we didn't have to have our picnic in the rain.  The purpose of this meet is to have fun, to gain some experience racing in a low-key atmosphere, and to do a little team bonding.  We did keep everyone's times in the race, however, which was roughly 3,000 meters.  Click below for the times.

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This Saturday, Sept. 8th, is the Tahoma Coed Relays at Lake Wilderness State park.  At the end of the meet we will have a team/family potluck.  Everyone is invited.  Team members have all signed up to bring something.  Here is the schedule for the day:

Tahoma Coed Relays Saturday, September 8^th 

Meet Location:  Lake Wilderness State Park, Maple Valley

 Times in Bold are set times.  Everything else is an estimate. 

6:45     Arrive at Lindbergh

7:15     Arrive at Lake Wilderness

7:45     Begin Warm-up for people in the Open Race

8:15     First Leg of Relay begins warming up

8:30     Open Race Starts  (everyone who is not on a relay team runs in this race)

9:00     Relay Race starts  (all team members check in at the start)

10:30   Awards ceremony

11:00   Begin Potluck/picnic

1:00     Back at school

Relay Teams

Team #1  Matt, Anna, Nate, Michelle, Trevor

Team #2  Brian, Ivy, Stephen, Sarah, Craig

Team #3  Kevin, Whitney, Nate T., Rachel, Scott

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