Lindbergh Cross Country

85 degrees at Portland Meadows yesterday.  Enough sun to give each of the coaches impressive farmer’s tans.  And enough to cause dozens of runners throughout the day to pass out from heat stroke.  I don’t think our team has seen temperatures like that since the first Bush administration.  Nonetheless, most of our team ran solid to good in the meet.  The pre-nationals meet has teams from all around the U.S., with a heavy emphasis on top California teams.  Needless to say, the competition was fierce.

The highlight of the day in Portland for Lindbergh cross country came from the girls Danner Champs race.  Our very own Sarah Reiter continues to impress with a new PR, a new school record, and a second place finish.  The girl who beat her is ranked in the top 5 runners in the nation.

In other girls results, Monique Smith ran a huge PR, while Brenna Fisher and Liz Hansen ran faster at this course than they did last year.  This group ran in the Varsity 1 race.

In the JV race, three of our top 7 ran PRs:  Ben Platt, Mitchell Hughey, and Matt Nelsen.

The boys varsity ran solid races in the boys Danner Champs.  Nathan Haley, Travis Downen, and Alex Nelsen ran PRs.

For complete results, go to http://www.runnerspace.com/NikePreNationals

or

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=433

We started the Seamount League dual meet season yesterday with a clean sweep of Tyee and Highline, with the JV boys, varsity girls, and the varsity boys each getting victories.  The results will eventually be put on athletic.net.

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=433

This Saturday, Sept. 25th our team will be competing in Portland at the Nike Prenationals meet.  The course is at the Portland Meadows horse race track.  For information about the meet, go to http://www.runnerspace.com/NikePreNationals

The schedule:

8:30  Leave Lindbergh, stop at Subway on the way to Portland

12:00 arrival

1:45  JV boys (Ben, Omelyan, Mitchell, Peter, Matt, Eugene, Grant)

2:10  Girls varsity 1 race (Liz, Brenna, Monique)

2:55  Danner Champs girls varsity (Sarah, Jasmine)

3:20  Danner Champs boys varsity (Nate, Mo, Mark, Luke, Nathan, Alex, Travis)

3:50  Awards

4:30  Leave Portland, stop for dinner on the way home

8:00  Back at Lindbergh

The Lindbergh cross country team competed at the Fort Steilacoom invitational Saturday.  The boys varsity took first place overall, as did the JV boys top 5.  The girls varsity finished second in the small school category (2A or smaller).  The rest of the JV boys took 2nd overall in the second JV race.  There were 32 teams competing in the meet.

Sarah Reiter won the individual race, setting a course record by :13 seconds in the process.  She also moved up the Lindbergh all-time list, becoming the best runner in Lindbergh history.

The girls ran short-handed due to sickness, church events, and injuries.  We are looking forward to getting all of the girls in our upcoming races.

For complete meet results, go to:  http://www.fortsteilacoominvite.com/2010_fort_steilacoom_results.htm

or http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=433

Saturday, Sept. 18th is the Fort Steilacoom invitational.  Here is the itinerary:

7:30  Leave Lindbergh

10:15 JV Boys top 5 race (top five JV runners)

10:40  JV Girls top 5 race

11:15 Varsity Flight #1 (varsity runners 5 – 8 )

11:50  Varsity Flight #2 (varsity runners 1 – 4)

12:30  JV boys race

1:05  JV girls race

1:40  Awards

3:00  Back at Lindbergh

For all the info you could ever want to know about the meet (location, directions, results, etc) go to:

http://www.fortsteilacoominvite.com/fort_steilacoom_information.htm

33 schools participated in the Tahoma Coed Relays this year–a record number.  Our top relay team took first place in the meet–the first time Lindbergh has won the event.  The winning team members were:  Mark Garcia, Jasmine Falgreen, Sarah Reiter, Nate Tandecki, and Luke Garcia.

For the times of our team members, go to:  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=31549#433

Another successful class meet for Lindbergh cross country, and a great start to the 2010 season.

Many of our team members placed in the top 10 in their races.  Sarah Reiter won the junior girls race and set the all-time course record for the 2 mile class meet in the process.  Ariel Hodges won the sophomore girls race.  Mohamud Abdi won the sophomore boys race, and Nate Tadecki won the senior boys race.

For complete results, go to:  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=32998#433

Saturday, 9/11 is the Tahoma Coed relays at Lake Wilderness.  Here is the schedule:

6:45  Be at Lindbergh ready to get on the bus

7:10  arrive at Lake Wilderness

7:45  Open race people warm-up

8:30  Open race begins

9:00  Relay race begins

10:30  Awards

11:00 Family Potluck

12:30  back at Lindbergh

Most of the team will run in the open race.  Both races are just under 2 miles.

The relay teams (which may change) are:

Team #1:  Sarah, Mercedes, Nate, Mark, Luke

Team #2:  Ariel, Jasmine, Mohamud, Nathan, Ben

Team #3:  Brenna, Liz, Alex, Mitchell, Peter

The class meet is Thursday, 9/9, at Evergreen High School.  The freshman boys and girls run at 3:30.  The sophomores will run about 3:50.  The juniors run at about 4:15, and the seniors at 4:40.  The awards will be at abouot 5:15.  We will be back at school around 6:30.

All family members are invited to Lake Wilderness Saturday, September 11th to watch the Tahoma Coed relay race and to join in on the team / family potluck.  It is great chance for family, coaches, and team members to meet one another.

The first race begins at 8:30.  The potluck will begin at about 11:00.  To make sure that everyone doesn’t bring potato salad, try to follow the assignments listed below.  Feel free to deviate from this, however, if there is something that you really want to bring.

Freshmen:  drinks

Sophomores:  sweet stuff (make sure it is healthy:)

Juniors:  Main dishes

Seniors:  salads

See you there!