Lindbergh Cross Country

Today the Lindbergh boys competed in the Nike Team Regional race in Boise, Idaho.  The best teams of all classifications in the entire Northwest region (which includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and Hawaii) competed at this meet.  Two teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation and 4 teams ranked in the top 20 in the nation ran in the race.  Lindbergh finished 9th place overall, which means that we are the ninth best team out of the 6 states in the Northwest!

The weather was beautiful–sunny and about 55 degrees.  The course was scenic and fun to run on.  The race was crazy, however, because the course of too narrow for the number of runners in the race.  It looked like a combination of Greco-Roman wrestling, rugby, and cross country all in one.  This meant that though the course was reasonably fast, unless you were in the lead pack of about 10 people, you got stuck in a massive crowd.  There were also at least three very sharp turns in the course, which slowed things down a great deal with so many people in the race.

Our times were:  Trevor 16:05, Matt  16:09, Joseph 16:48, James 17:17, Nate R. 17:24, Nate T. 17:27, Thanh  17:50

The top 10 teams were:  North Central, Jesuit, Seattle Prep, Jackson, Boise, Mead, Crater, Ferris, Lindbergh, and Stark Street

For complete results, go to the following link:  http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?title_id=190&event_id=248&do=title&folder_id=239

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The Lindbergh boys team finished a best-ever 4th at the state meet in Pasco this weekend in a race that was perhaps the most competitive in the past 20 years.  North Central, the first place team with 24 points, is the #1 ranked team in the United States.  Seattle Prep, the second place team, would have easily been the state champions any other year with the times they ran.  The top 14 individuals all ran times that were faster than last year's state champion.  And the 3A race was more competitive than the 4A race for the first time that I can remember.   Considering all of these factors, finishing fourth place is especially impressive.  We didn't run the best race of the year (if we did, we could have been 3rd), but we ran well enough to bring home a trophy for the first time in the history of Lindbergh cross country. 

Matt Miland finished in 10th place, ran a PR, and qualified for the Nike Border Clash race in two weeks.  Thanh Nguyen ran the race of the day, running 17:07–a huge PR–and out-kicking several runners in the final 200 meters.

After a fabulous season, Sarah Reiter unfortunately had a disappointing state meet.  After going out in a perfect position the first mile (in 15th place and looking good), she pulled her calf muscle and had to limp through the final two miles. 

For complete results, go to www.jcrawford.net

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The Lindbergh boys dominated the West Central District meet today, finishing first with a score of 49 points.  Second place North Kitsap had 86 points.  We placed three runners in the top 10, and 4 in the top 15.

Our girls ran a great race today as well, just missing qualifying for the state meet.  All seven girls ran PRs to wrap up their seasons.  Sarah Reiter finished 9th and qualified for state individually.

Click below for complete results and places.  Complete results will be posted on www.watfxc.com

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Today Lindbergh completed the Cross Country Triple Crown, becoming league champions with all three teams:  Girls, Varsity Boys, and JV Boys.  This is the first season we have won all three titles in the same year!  In addition to the team titles, Sarah Rieter became the Seamount League individual champion, winning by 45 seconds.  Also, if our JV boys were allowed to compete in the varsity race, they would have finished 4th place.  This means that they would have qualified for the West Central District meet as a varsity team.  Additionally, our top 3 JV runners (CJ Timm, Alex Nelsen, and Brett Love) all would have qualified individually to compete in the district varsity race.  (James Cornell is getting over a calf injury, so he ran a tempo run in the JV race as a workout–he will be running  varsity at Districts, however).

Girls Team Scores:  Lindbergh  42, Hazen  57,  Renton  73,  Mt. Rainier  73,  Highline  100,  Kennedy  146

Boys Varsity Team Score:  Lindbergh  23,  Hazen  64,  Mt. Rainier  67,  Lindbergh JV Team 110, Foster  127,  Kennedy  136,  Renton  143,  Highline  157

JV Boys:  Lindbergh  18,  Hazen  41,  Mt. Rainier  110,  Foster  123,  Renton  139,  Kennedy  145,  Highline,  161

JV Girls:  Hazen  16,  Mt. Rainer  69,  Lindbergh  71,  Kennedy  86

Click below for times and places.  Go to www.seamounttrack.com for complete results.

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Today was the best All-City meet Lindbergh has ever had.  Never before have we won all three races like we did today.  The JV boys beat Hazen18 to 42 and Renton 15 to 50.  The girls beat Hazen 27 to 30 and Renton 26 to 30.  The varsity boys beat Hazen 17 to 42 and Renton 15 to 50.  Our JV and Varsity boys both have a 8 – 0 record for the season.  The girls are 7 – 1.  All three teams can be league champs by winning the league meet next Saturday. 

The girls team was particularly impressive today.  We set goals for our top 5 regarding what places they needed to get in the meet for us to have a chance of winning.  Sarah was supposed to win, and she did.  Anna was supposed to beat Renton's #1 and Hazen's #2.  She did.  Jasmine was supposed to beat both team's #3.  She beat their #2s.  Nicolle was supposed to beat both team's #5.  She beat Hazen's #4 and Renton's #5.  Erika was supposed to beat both team's #5s.  She beat their #6s.  Our girls ran the second half of the race harder than the girls from the other teams.  We were simply the toughest team today.  Great job girls!

Click below for complete results.

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Today we had our only home meet of the season.  In spite of the poor weather, we still drew a large crowd of students, teachers, parents, and former team members.  Lindbergh completely dominated every race against Highline, Kennedy, and Evergreen.  Our boys JV placed 12 runners ahead of the non-Lindbergh runner.  Needless to say, we scored the lowest score possible against all of the teams.  The girls nearly swept the other schools, winning by forfeit over Evergreen, beating Kennedy 17 to 40, and beating Highline 19 to 37.  The varsity boys put all seven runners ahead of the next team's #1 runner. 

Click below for complete results.

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Today the boys JV and Varsity both took first place at the Mt. Baker invitational.  The JV boys easily won–the second place team had about twice as many points.  The varsity squeaked out a win, with a margin of only one point over Burlington-Edison.  The girls team ran very well, with all 14 of our girls running in the race for the first time of the season.  They finished in about the middle of the pack, but they beat our Seamount rival Mt. Rainier.  Trevor Thompson won the boys individual title, while Sarah Reiter finished a close second in the girls race.  The conditions were very wet and muddy, which made a crazy, slippery, and slow course.

Click below for splits and finish times.

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All 7 runners ran well in Portland this weekend, which earned us a 2nd place finish at the Nike Pre-Nationals meet behind Jesuit of Portland, who is the #2 ranked team in the Western region behind North Central (who is also ranked #1 in the entire United States).  We were the first place team from Washington, beating strong teams from Tahoma, Mercer Island, Skyline, and Sehome.  Our top four guys all ran PRs and moved up on the Lindbergh All-Time list.  Click below for team scores and splits/finish times.

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Thursday, Sept, 25, we kicked off the Seamount League dual meet season against Mt. Rainier and Tyee.  Both the boys varsity and junior varsity easily won against both teams.  The girls ran well, but were unable to beat Mt. Rainier.  They did beat Tyee, as well as Kennedy, who ran in the meet but did not score.  Click below for splits and times.

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Lindbergh had a huge day today at the Fort Steilacoom Invitational.  Our boys varsity took first place out of 40 teams, including the #6 ranked 4A team in the state (Tahoma).  In the JV #1 race, our five freshmen phenoms took 2nd place overall out of 26 schools competing.  This was the first 5K race for all of our top 5 JV guys.  In the JV 2 race, Lindbergh once again placed 2nd, led by impressive runs by Scott Morrison and Alex Nelsen.  In the girls varsity race we finished 24th out of 48 teams.  Individually, we had quite a few people place in the top ten in their races, and many people ran lifetime PRs.  Sarah Reiter, in just her first 5K race ever, ran a 19:32, which puts her #4 all-time in the history of Lindbergh High School.  On the boys side, Matt Miland moved up to 7th all-time.

For complete meet results go the http://www.fortsteilacoominvite.com/fort_steilacoom_information.htm

For Lindbergh finish times and race splits click below.

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