The JV boys, the girls, and the varsity boys easily defeated Evergreen and Mt. Rainier today.
JV Boys LHS 15 MR 50, LHS 15 EV INC
Girls LHS 18 MR 43, LHS 15 EV INC
Varsity Boys LHS 15 MR 50, LHS 15 EV 50
Click below for times and splits.
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
This Friday, Oct. 2rd, we are leaving for Bellingham to compete in the Mt. Baker invitational, which is Saturday Oct. 3rd. This is a great meet that takes place in a beautiful location and has about 30 teams competing. Click below for information.
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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.
This Saturday, Sept. 26th, our top 7 JV and the boys and girls varsity teams are competing in Portland at the Nike Pre-Nationals meet. The race takes place at the Portland Meadows horse race track. The JV races in the Varsity 2 race at 1:00. The girls race in the Varsity 1 race at 1:25. The boys varsity is in the elite race at 2:50.
We will leave Lindbergh at 8:00. Teammembers need to be there by 7:45. Eat breakfast before you come to school. Bring water and healthy snacks. They will have concessions at the meet. They also sell cool shirts, so bring money if you want one. We will stop for dinner on the way home, so bring money for food. We will be back at Lindbergh around 8:00 p.m.
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
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.
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.
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.