Lindbergh Cross Country

Victories across the board at Lindbergh Thursday. The JV, Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys all defeated Hazen and Highline to start the dual meet season 2 – 0. The Lindbergh course is not a fast one, with lots of hills throughout. In spite of this, several runners managed PRs. The race of the day came in the JV boys race, where Chase and Josh pushed each other to a near photo finish, with Josh getting the win by half a step.

This weekend the team will travel to Portland to compete in the Nike Pre-Nationals Cross country meet. There will be teams from all around the country participating. We will leave Friday right after school, stay the night at the Super 8 hotel in Kelso, drive to Portland in the morning, and return late Saturday. Team members will need money for food for the weekend. You may also want to bring money for meet shirts–they always have some cool stuff for sale at the meet. We are paying for the hotel and transportation out of the team budget.

Make sure you bring clothes for any and all weather possibilities. We will go for a run Friday from the hotel, so you need running clothes other than your uniform.

Here is the itinerary for the weekend:

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, Cindy, Lauren, Norchel, Jenny, Lidiya)
11:40 Boys Varsity 1 race (Daniel, Alex, Deven, Dupree, Tyler, Marshall, Colton)
1:35 Boys JV Championships (Chase, Ben, Josh, Zach, Jayden)
2:00 Boys JV (all remaining runners)
2:25 Girls JV
3:30 Leave Portland
5:00 Stop for dinner in Chehalis or Centralia
8:00 – 9:00 Arrive at Lindbergh

Fort Steilacoom was the first 5K of the season, and the first 5K ever for several team members. In the team score, the boys finished 5th and the girls 7th. Daniel Langer had a particularly impressing race, running a :19 PR in the first race of the season and finishing in the top 10. Marshall, Zach, and Chase each PRed by a full minute. Overall it was a good start for the team, but we have a lot of work to do to reach our team goals.

For complete results, go to http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=90232#433

2014 Fort Steilacoom Invitational
Saturday, 20th

Fort Steilacoom Park
8714 87th Ave SW
Lakewood, WA 98498

8:30 Team members be at school
8:45 Leave Lindbergh
10:55 boys varsity flight 1 warm-up
11:00 girls varsity flight 1 warm-up
11:30 boys varsity flight 2 warm-up
11:35 girls varsity flight 2 warm-up
11:40 Flight 1 boys race (Colton, Marshall, Dupree, Tyler)
11:45 Flight 1 girls race (Drew, Norchel, Jenny, Lauren)
12:15 Boys varsity flight 2 race (Daniel, Alex, Deven)
12:20 Girls varsity flight 2 race (Feven, Christine, Cindy)
12:35 JV boys warm-up
12:55 JV girls warm-up
1:20 JV boys race
1:40 JV girls race
2:30ish Awards
4:00ish Back at Lindbergh

This Thursday is the Seamount League Class Meet at Evergreen High School. All eight schools in the Seamount League will participate in this meet. This is a two-mile race that starts behind the school next to the track. Races are by grade-level, with boys and girls running in the same race. At the end we will have a short awards ceremony where we call up the top 10 boys and girls in each grade level. Here is the schedule. The times are approximate–we will start each race as soon as possible.

3:30 Freshman race
4:00 Sophomore race
4:25 Junior race
4:45 Senior race
5:30 Awards
6:30ish Back at Lindbergh

Evergreen High School
830 SW 116th St
Seattle, WA 98146

This Saturday, Sept. 6th is the Tahoma Coed Relay race.

The Tahoma Coed Relay race is a fun way to start the season. The course is about a mile and a half and runs through the park and on single-track trails. It even goes through the lake for about 100 yards. Team members will either run in the Open Race or in the Relay race. Relay teams consist of three boys and two girls. Since we have more boys than girls on the team, some of the boys will be entered in the Open Race.

The meet takes place at Lake Wilderness State Park in Maple Valley (22500 SE 248th Street, Maple Valley, WA 98038).

Team members need to be at school by 6:45 ready to get on the bus.

The Open Race starts at 8:30 and the Relay Race starts at 9:15. The Awards Ceremony will take place at about 10:45. If possible, please bring some kind of a snack or beverage (fruit, granola bars, cookies, water, etc.) to share so that we can hang out together and have a snack potluck. We should be back at the school by noonish.

The first day of cross country practice is Monday, August 25th. We will meet under the Lindbergh skybridge at 2:30 Mon – Fri. In order to participate you need to complete the Athletic Clearance process. This involves several things:

1. Get a physical, and have the doctor sign a Lindbergh High School physical form. You can stop by the main office to get one of these forms, or you can get one from Cindy at Tiffany Park at 9:00, or you can print one from the school website–the link in below.

2. Fill out all of the paperwork online. This can be done on the Lindbergh website:

http://lindbergh.rentonschools.us/SchoolPage.aspx?PageName=AthleticClearance

3. Pay your sports fee ($75) and buy an ASB card ($30). If you qualify for free and reduced lunch, then you only pay half of the fee. You can pay online or in person at the Lindbergh ASB office.

4. Go to the Lindbergh ASB office and finalize your clearance with Ms. Luttrell the week of August 18th – 22nd. Bring your physical form, pay fees, verify that you are cleared.

Starting Monday, June 23rd people on the team will meet at Tiffany Park by the playground at 9:00 to run together. It’s always fun when there are lots of people to run with, so I hope to see you there!

June 1st is the first day for keeping track of summer mileage to earn entrance to the prestigious Lindbergh Mileage Clubs. Keep track of your miles, and post them on Flotrack. Remember, off-season training is what determines in-season success!

The 2013 Cross Country Awards Banquet will be Thursday, Nov. 21st from 6:00 – 8:00 in the Lindbergh cafeteria.

All team members and family members are invited to help us celebrate the season. This is a potluck, so please bring food to contribute. I have assigned everyone something to bring so that we don’t end up with 20 bowls of pork and beans. Feel free to bring whatever you would like if you have that “special dish”.

Freshmen: Main Dish
Sophomores: Sweats
Juniors: Drinks
Seniors: Side Dish

See you there!