Sam Ahlbeck was an immediate natural at the sport. Having left football to run he immediately placed himself as one of the top league and district runners in his first season. Sam went on to win the state championship in 2004 with a 5k time of 15:46. Sam went on to run for Washington State University.
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.
This Saturday, Sept. 30th, we run in the Mt. Baker Invitational at Silver Lake, which is north of Bellingham. The team will leave Friday after school and stay the night in Bellingham.
Click below for information on the hotel, meet schedule, and directions to the meet.
Saturday, September 23 was our team run-a-thon fundraiser. Not only did we raise a record amount of money, but more importantly we had a record number of team members run the entire Lake Youngs loop–a hilly 9.3 mile run that is a Red Badge of Courage for our runners. We have never had this many people run the entire loop at one time.
Click below to see who made the loop.
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.
Over 40 teams participated in the Fort Steilacoom Invitational this year–the largest number ever in the history of the meet. The weather was perfect. Even after a very difficult week of training and having already raced on Thursday, the Lindbergh runners performed very well. Lots of people ran PRs and competed strongly.
The boys team, still running without the injured James Turnbull, threw down an impressive third-place finish, behind Eisenhower and Olympia (both 4A teams). The girls team placed 22nd. The J.V. boys top 5 placed 10th. The J.V. boys #2 team placed 13th.
Great job everyone. Click below for individual splits and finish times.
The class meet this year was a smashing success for the Lindbergh Eagles. In each race, we placed at least one person in the top ten. We had three individual winners (Anna Sinclair, Trevor Thompson, and Matt Miland). Trevor set a new freshman course record by :18 seconds. Almost everyone was greatly improved over last year's times. If we calculated the team score, our boys would have easily taken first place, while our girls would have finished third (behind Renton and Hazen).
Click below for complete individual splits and times.
This Saturday, Sept. 16, we run our second invitational at Fort Steilacoom State Park. Click below for information on this meet.
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The 2006 Tahoma Coed Relays were a success: the weather cooperated, everyone had fun at the BBQ, and our team ran very well. For the first time we had a relay team place in the top ten. Trevor Thompson, Madeline Platt, Matt Miland, Patty Harvey, and Chris Miland placed 10th.
Click below for the complete Lindbergh results.