Lindbergh Cross Country

This year's All-City meet was not what we had hoped it would be.  Each of the Lindbergh teams finished the day with one win and two losses.  On the boys side, the day was made particularly difficult due to Chris Miland not running as a result of a calf strain suffered the previous day.  Without Chris, we had to move our top JV runner up to varsity, which left the JV without its usual fire power.  If we score the meet with Chris in the race, our varsity boys would have easily won, and the JV would have been very close.  One the girls side, our team ran very well and we easily defeated Kennedy. 

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Wednesday, October 11th, we have our all-city meet at Seward Park.  The race times are the same as previous meets (3:30, 4:00, and 4:30).

The start and finish on the course at Seward Park are at the highest elevation level of the park.  The start is near the amphitheater.  You can either park down below and walk up the hill, or you can wind your way up to the top and park near the start.  The finish is off the road on the main trail a little ways–about 200 meters from the start. 

See you there.

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Thursday, 10-05, we ran at a crazy new course at the Seatac Community Center.  Although we left with a few knee bruises and scrapes from the many holes and obnoxious sharp turns at the bottom of steep hills, we managed to remain relatively healthy.  At the same time, we finished the day with two more wins under our belts.

 Click below for scores and individual times.

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Thursday, Sept. 21 was our first dual meet of the season.  We ran at a very muddy and wet Tyee course against Tyee and Mount Ranier.  Hazen was also in the meet, but we did not score against them.  The boys JV had dry weather during their race.  The girls, however, were not as fortunate.  It rained about as hard as possible during the entire girls race.  This explains why I have almost no pictures from the girls race.  The boys, amazingly, had blue sky and sunshine while they ran.  The course, however, had an extra inch or two of standing water all over it.

Both boys and girls teams ran great.  Everyone competed very hard.  Our girls lost a heart breaker to Mt. Rainier, but they ran their hearts out.  I was very proud to be their coach after that race (or I should say, even more proud than usual).

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Highline is always one of our strongest competitors.  In fact, both boys and girls teams beat us last season.  This year, however, we came out on top.  Both the boys and girls teams won by five points.
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The varsity boys finished their dual meet season a perfect 7 – 0. In a race where all the teams ran very well, Lindbergh came out on top–barely. We easily defeated Kennedy and Renton, but we beat Hazen on a 6th runner tie break. Chris Miland took first place in the race, while Tor Ferguson ran a beastly 4th place finish. Ranvir has been having knee problems and almost didn’t run in the race. He took one for the team, however, and suffered through the challenging course. His gutsy race gave us the tie breaker.

Amazingly, Renton boys beat Hazen on a 6th runner tie break as well.

The Girls team, though losing to Renton and Hazen, ran very good races. Patty Harvey, in particular, ran the best race I have ever seen her run.

Here are the complete results.

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The Varsity Boys team continued in its undefeated ways this afternoon as they easily defeated Evergreen and Mt. Ranier.  The guys followed the race plan of just treating this race as a workout, running in a nice tight pack at tempo pace.  The Girls team and the J.V. boys each dropped the race to Mt. Ranier but easily defeated Evergreen.  Here are the times.  The varsity boys times are not included since the entire race took a wrong turn and cut off about 240 meters.
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The J.V. boys, varsity girls, and the varsity boys all began the league schedule with impressive wins today.  Each team defeated Kennedy, Tyee, and Highline by convincing margins at the Evergreen course.
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The boys suffered two big losses to Hazen and Renton. The Hazen boys beat Lindbergh 20-37, Renton beat Lindbergh 27-29. The girls lost to Hazen and Renton also. Both girls and boys beat Kennedy.
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The boys varsity team suffered a tough loss against Highline, 25-30. Sam Ahlbeck set a course record of 16:28 on the tough, hilly course but his first place finish wasn’t enough as Highline packed in the next three runners.

The girls varsity ran well and came really close to beating Highline, 27-29. The Highline girls are a tough team and the girls ran well. The league meet scoring system might work in the girls favor come the King Division championship meet. The girls went 1-2-3 on Mt. Ranier for the automatic win.

The JV boys extended their 2+ year winning streak by beating Highline (28-29) and Mt. Ranier. Strong races by Aaron Challenner and Erik Fisher played a huge role in this win.
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