Lindbergh Cross Country

This Thursday we will run the Class Meet at Evergreen high school. The first race is the freshmen race at 3:30 (boys and girls run in the same race). We will start each race about 25 minutes apart. After the senior race we will hold a short awards ceremony where we call up the top ten boys and top 10 girls in each class. Let’s get this season started!

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

The boys team capped off a great season by finishing 2nd at state, just 11 points out of first.  This is the best state meet finish for a Lindbergh team (the previous best was 4th).  Two of the boys, Luke Garcia and Mark Garcia, made it on the awards stand by placing 14th and 16th.  Each ran a PR on a challenging state meet course.  This team has consistently run well all season long, and they had the most impressive pack of any team at the state meet.  The spread between our first and seventh runners was only :32.  Our #5 runner (Mohamud Abdi) was faster than any other team’s #5, as was our #6 (Alex Nelson), and our #7 (Travis Downen).

For complete results, go to http://www.jcrawford.net/ccmain.html

Sarah won the 2A girls state championship this morning at Sun Willows golf course with a time of 18:03. Sarah joins Sam Ahlbeck (2004) as the second Lindbergh runner to win the cross country individual championship. Anna Patti also made the awards stand with her 6th place finish with a time of 19:01, which moves her to the #3 all time fastest Lindbergh girl.  For the second year in a row the girls team finished in 6th place at the state meet.  All of the girls ran very well, running either a PR or within a few seconds of it on a challenging state meet course.  Though plaqued by injuries the first half of the season, the girls came through huge at the end of the season.

 Full girls results.

Saturday, Nov. 6th is the state meet at the Sun Willows golf course in Pasco.  The team will leave Friday morning and stay the night at the Kennewick Super 8 hotel.  Athletes will be given a $40 food allowance for the weeknd, and the hotel is paid for.  Below is the itinerary for the weekend.  Additional state meet info can be found at:  http://www.jcrawford.net/ccmain.html

Friday

 8:00    Meet at Lindbergh

11:30  lunch at Quiznos in Kennewick

12:15 check into hotel

2:00    leave to run the course

3:30    back at the hotel

5:30    leave for dinner (Casa Mia in Kennewick)

7:30    stop at the grocery store on the way back from dinner

8:00    back at hotel

10:00  in your own room

11:00 lights out

 Saturday

 7:30    girls wake-up, eat breakfast at the hotel, pack, get ready

8:00    boys wake-up and breakfast

8:45    girls, alternates leave hotel

9:00    arrive at the course—set up team area

10:10  girls warm-up

10:30  boys leave hotel

10:45  boys arrive at course

11:00  2A girls race

11:50  girls awards

12:40  boys warm-up

1:30    boys race

2:20    boys awards

3:00    leave Pasco

4:15    dinner at Miner’s in Yakima

5:30    leave Yakima

8:00    arrive back at Lindbergh

Both the boys and the girls qualified for the state meet today, and all of the runners on the team ran great races.  The weather was cold and rainy all day, and the meet got about 30 min. behind schedule.  Nonetheless, our runners handled the circumstances like pros.

The girls finished in 4th place overall.  Our district is the toughest in the state for the girls.  The top five teams qualified for the state meet.  The qualifiers were:  Kingston 73, Interlake 76, North Kitsap 85, Lindbergh 91, Port Angeles 140.  Sarah Reiter finished in second place overall.  Anna Patti, Ariel Hodges, and Mercedes Tischer all poster lifetime PRs, while Jasmine Fallgreen ran her season PR.

The boys dominated their race, placing all seven runners in the top 21.  This means that all of our runners would have qualified for the state meet as individuals.  The team scores were:  Lindbergh 38, Kingston 89, Interlake 103, Olympic 107, North Kitsap 127.  Mark Garcia finished second overall, while Luke Garcia finished in third.  Mark, Luke, Mohamud Abdi, Alex Nelson, and Travis Downen all ran PRs.

Based on our times, the boys and the girls would have qualified for the state meet in all classifications, including 3A and 4A.  Our boys would have easily won the 3A meet.

For complete results go to:  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=30805#433

The state meet is in one week in Pasco.  ON TO STATE!

The entire team ran great yesterday at the Seamount – SPSL Sub-District meet.  The boys took first place with 24 points.  Second place Interlake scored 57.  The girls placed second to a very good Interlake team.  They beat us 35 to 56.  The JV boys easily won the combined 2A / 3A JV race.  Sarah Reiter was the individual champion in the girls race with the the fastest time of the day out of the 2A, 3A, and 4A races.  Luke Garcia was our top boy, placing second in the race.

Many team members ran PRs in the meet, and we were substantially faster than we were when we raced on this course earlier in the season.  This was a great way to end the regular season.  The varsity boys and girls race this Saturday at American Lake at the West-Central district meet.

For complete results, go to  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=32938#433

The Girls varsity, the boys varsity, and the boys JV each finished an undefeated season in the Seamount league today.  The team scores were:

Girls:  Lindbergh  29, Renton 53, Hazen 74, Kennedy 100, Highline 124, Foster 126

Boys Varsity:  Lindbergh 15, Hazen 57, Renton 61, Tyee 130, Highline 132, Kennedy 179, Foster 192, Evergreen 228

Boys JV:  Lindbergh 20, Hazen 59, Renton 88, Foster 92, Kennedy 146

The Boys varsity runners took the top 5 places for a perfect score of 15 points.  This is the first time in Seamount League history that a team has finished in the top 5 spots.  Mark Garcia was the overall Seamount league champion.  Finishing in the top 10 and earning 1st Team All-League honors were Mark Garcia, Luke Garcia, Mohamud Abdi, Nate Tandecki, Nathan Haley, and Alex Nelson.

In the girls race, Sarah Reiter was the league champion.  The girls who earned 1st-team all-league honors were Sarah Reiter, Jasmine Fallgreen, Anna Patti, and Liz Hansen.

Complete results will be posted at:  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=433

The boys JV, the girls varsity and the boys varsity all easily won the meet Thursday against Evergreen and Foster.  In the JV race, Evan Fiore put in a big surge and pulled away from the Lindbergh pack to win the race.  Sarah Reiter won the girls race.  Her time of 18:08 set a new Lindbergh course record by 2:40 (the old record was 20:48).  Mark Garcia took first place in the boys varsity race.

For complete results, go to:  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=433

For the fourth year in a row the boys team took first place at the Mt. Baker invitational.  Our top seven times were the fastest times we have ever had at this meet.  The JV boys also took first place.  The girls finished in fourth place.  The good news with the girls team is that some of our injured runners are beginning to train and race again. 

Sarah Reiter continued her winning ways, taking first by a large margin and missing the course record by only ten seconds.

For complete results, go to http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=433

Directions to Bellingham Travelodge (360 733-8280)

405 North

I-5 North

Exit 252  Samish Way  (turn left under freeway)

101 N. Samish Way

 Directions to Silver Lake

I-5 North

Exit at Sunset Dr. / Mt. Baker Highway East

Drive 26 miles

Left on Silver Lake Road

Drive 4 miles to the park

 Friday

2:45         Leave Lindbergh

5:00         Arrive at the Travelodge

5:30         Drive to Lake Padden for a run

6:30         Back at hotel—dinner and free time

8:30         Everyone must be in the hotel

10:00       In your rooms

11:00       Lights-out

 Saturday

7:30         Wake-up, breakfast, pack

8:45         Pack up the vans, leave for the meet

9:45         Arrive at Silver Lake, set up camp

11:45       JV Girls

12:30       JV Boys

1:15         Girls

2:00         Boys

3:00         Awards

3:30         Leave Meet

4:30         Dinner in Bellingham

5:30         Leave for home

7:30         Arrive at Lindbergh