Lindbergh Cross Country

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

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

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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