Lindbergh Cross Country

Saturday was our first meet of the season–the Tahoma Coed Relays.  For the first time in several years the weather was nice for this meet, and we didn't have to have our picnic in the rain.  The purpose of this meet is to have fun, to gain some experience racing in a low-key atmosphere, and to do a little team bonding.  We did keep everyone's times in the race, however, which was roughly 3,000 meters.  Click below for the times.

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We have now completed our first two weeks of practice, and we are off to a great start.  On Friday we ran our team time trial on the Lindbergh course, but we only ran 4,000 meters (not the complete 5K course).  As you know, our course is hilly and slow.  Click below for the race results and splits:

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The 2006 boys team is now officially the best team in the history of Lindbergh cross country.  Prior to this year, no team had placed better than 7th at state. 

Some interesting Lindbergh Cross Country statistics:  We have competed at the state meet 5 out of the last 6 years.  Out of those 5 state meets, we have place (in order) 11th, 9th, 10th, 8th, 6th.  This year we beat the 7th place team by 63 points, but we were only 22 points from the 3rd place team.  This team (the best in school history) had two freshmen and two sophomores on the varsity, and one of the those sophomores is a first year runner.  Trevor was the fastest freshman in the state, and Nate was the 9th fastest freshman in the state.  This year's freshmen class, with 6 strong runners, is the best in Lindbergh cross country history. 

Hard work over the next year from our top 8 or 10 runners  +  the talent we already have on our team  =  hardware at the state meet

Go to www.jcrawford.net for the complete state meet results.

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The West Central District is now an uber district, containing half of the 3A teams in the state.  16 teams qualified for the district meet.  The top 8 girls teams and the top 7 boys teams  qualify for the state meet.

The Lindbergh runners ran great today as a team.  The boys finished 2nd, packing 3 runners in the top 8.  The girls, running without #3 runner Bailey Bangerter, finished 13th.  Of the 14 team members who ran in the meet, 12 of them ran PRs.

The boys team will compete in the state meet next Saturday.

Click below for results.

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All three teams met their team goals today at the Seamount League championship meet.  The varstiy girls started the day off with a huge victory over Mt. Ranier to finish in third place in the league.  The varsity boys followed with a first place finish.  The J.V. boys finished up with a victory over Renton, to take second overall in the meet.  In addition to meeting all three team goals, many team members ran PRs on the challenging course at Evergreen High School.

Click below for team scores and individual results.

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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. 

Click below for individual times.

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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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Lindbergh went to another big invitional Saturday, 9/30, and came away with yet another plaque.  The J.V. boys finished 5th overall, which is a huge improvement over last year's 16th place finish.  The girls results have not yet been posted, so I am not sure what place they finished in.  However, our girl's team placing was certainly ahead of last year's.  The varsity boys finished in 3rd place, but were the first place 3A team. 

Burlington Edison (now 2A) was the defending meet champion.  They were also 3rd place at the state meet last year in the 3A division.  They didn't graduate a single varsity runner last year.  They took first place again this year at Mt. Baker with 85 points.  Lake Stevens, the second place team with 99 points, placed 4th in the 4A state cross country meet last year.  Most of their varsity team returned as well, including the defending 4A 3200 state champion.  Lindbergh was 3rd with 115 points. 

Almost everyone on the team who ran at Mt. Baker last year ran substanially faster this year.  Lots of team members ran PRs.  The course was only 3 miles, not 5K, so the PRs are based on average mile pace.

 Click below for splits and finish 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).

 Click below for meet scores.

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