Lindbergh Cross Country

The boys varsity and boys JV repeated as champions, and the girls had their best finish ever at the Mt. Baker invitational today (varsity was 5th and the JV was 4th).  Trevor won the boys race, beating Nathan Weitz of Shadle Park, one of the favorites to win the 3A state meet.  Sarah was 3rd and Jasmine was 8th in the girls race.  In the JV, Brett Love finished second and Nicolle finished 12th.

Check out the complete results at  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=433

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The Lindbergh girls placed 4th in the Varsity Division 1 race at the Nike Pre-Nationals today.  Six of the seven girls ran a PR, and all seven ran very well.  This was the most exciting girls race in years for Lindbergh!  Sarah Reiter was 3rd overall in the race, and Jasmine Fallgreen was 11th. 

The boys JV ran in the Varsity 2 race and placed 10th.  They were led by Nathan Haley and Brett Love.  It is great to see how competitive our JV team is against varsity teams!

The boys varsity finished 7th overall in the elite Jim Danner Championship race.  The competition was particularly tough this year.  Four of the seven guys ran a PR, and two others ran their second fastest races ever.  Trevor Thompson led the way with a 5th place finish overall. 

Click here for the complete results:    http://www.dyestatnw.com/?pg=reg7-2009-Cross-Country-OR-090926-Nike-Pre-Nationals

Click below for times.

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All the Lindbergh teams began the Seamount League season with a perfect 3 – 0 record by beating Highline, Tyee, and Foster.  The course was a new variation of North Seatac Park.  It had sharp turns, lose gravel, roots and rocks, single-track trail, etc.  The combination of the slow course and the lack of competition meant that the times were very slow.  Our main goal was to get through the meet without any injuries.  We treated it as a tempo run.  Only two people sprained their ankles, hopefully not badly.  The girls beat their closest competitor, Highline, 22 to 33.  The boys beat Foster 21 – 36.

For complete results go to:  http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=23416#433

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On Thursday, Sept. 24th we have a meet at North Seatac Park, which is just north of Seatac airport.

The JV boys race starts at 3:30, girls at 4:00, boys varsity at 4:30.

Click below for directions.

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The Lindbergh Boys varsity took 1st place today at the Sundodger Invitational, defeating Redmond (ranked 5th in the 4A) and Seattle Prep (ranked 6th in the 3A).  We did this without James Cornell running in the race.  The JV boys finished 2nd to Eastlake High School. 

Trevor Thompson won the individual race, beating the defending 4A state champion by 15 seconds.  In the process he set a new Lindbergh Cross Country school record with a time of 15:22 (4:56 mile pace).

On the girls side, Lindbergh finished 6th out of 8 teams.  This was without Sarah Reiter in the race, and with our 4, 5, and 6 runners being directed to take a wrong turn and running an extra 1 kilometer.  Because of this we don't have accurate times for Brenna, Liz, or Mercedes.  Jasmine Fallgreen was our top girl today.  She finished 11th overall in a very tough girls field.  Her time of 19:39 (6:19 mile pace) moves her into the 5th spot on the Lindbergh All-time list.

There was also a problem on the course in the boys varsity race.  The runners in front of Nate Tandecki, who was in 7th place, accidentally took a wrong turn.  The entire field followed, so there was no change in the overall places. This added an unknown amount onto the course (perhaps as much as :30).  Thus the times aren't accurate for all of the varsity except Trevor.

I'm not sure where the complete results will be posted.  When I find out, I will add the link. 

For Lindbergh times and mile paces, click below.

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This Saturday, September 19th we have a meet at Lincoln Park in West Seattle.  Click below for information.

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Lindbergh's top team finished 2nd place today at the coed relays–our best finish ever.  This team, made up of Nate Tandecki, Sarah Reiter, Nate Reitz, Ericka Galindo, and Trevor Thompson, ran very well and was only a few seconds behind the winning team. 

We also had a great time with the team / parent potluck.  Thanks everyone for bringing stuff.  I enjoyed getting a chance to meet parents.  For the second year in a row we lucked out with the nice weather.

The length of this course is somewhere between 1.5 and 2.0 miles.  Since we don't know the exact distance, and since you run through pretty deep water for 80 meters, the times don't mean much.  The course is always a little different from year to year as well, so comparison between years is not useful.  Most of our team members were about 35 – 40 seconds faster at this course than at the class meet on Thursday.  If you were more than 40 seconds faster, then you had a much better race here than at the class meet.

Click below for times.

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Today was the Seamount League class meet.  Many Lindbergh runners had outstanding performances.  We had the fastest times of the day for both boys and girls:  Sarah Reiter ran 12:41 (second fastest was 13:46) and Trevor Thompson ran 10:03, setting a new course record (previous record was set last year by Michael Miller in 10:04).  Several team members also placed in the top 10 in their respestive races. 

Click below for Top Ten placers.  Complete race results can be found at www.athletic.net. 

Pictures are now posted in the Photo Gallery.

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Tahoma Coed Relays Saturday, September 12^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 by bus 

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) 

10:45   Awards ceremony 

11:00   Begin Potluck/picnic 

1:00     Back at school 

Potluck Information:  All family members are invited to watch the race and join in on the potluck.  It is a great chance for everyone to get to know one another better.  We will also have a mini parent meeting to talk about up-coming meets, fundraisers, etc.

Frosh               Main dish type thing

Sophs               drinks

Juniors              plates, cups, forks, napkins, etc.

Seniors             snacks/desserts/fruit

   

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This year was the 10th running of the Nike Border Clash, which features the top 40 runners from Washington and the top 40 runners from Oregon.  The race is held in Beaverton, Oregon on the Nike World Headquarters campus.  To qualify for this race, you have to finish in the top 10 of the 3A race at the state meet. 

Matt Miland ran an awesome race.  He went out hard and put himself in good position by avoiding the worst of the pack.  Then he just raced the people around him.  He ended up finishing 19th out of the 80 runners in the field.  Only two Oregon runners beat him.  One was the 5A state champion and the other was 3rd in the 4A state meet.  Washington runners were the top 14 places, and 18 of the top 20. 

Other Lindbergh runners to compete at the Border Clash meet were:  Habtamu Aregaw 1999 (25th place), Sam Ahlbeck 2003 (34th place), Sam Ahlbeck 2004 (11th place), Chris Miland 2005 (51st place), Trevor Thompson 2007 (62nd place), and Matt Miland 2008 (19th place).

Great Job Matt!

For complete results click the following link:  www.borderclash.com

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