Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Blaze Invitational

Here are the details for the Blaze Invitational:

Race: Blaze Invitational - hosted by Burnsville High School
Date: Thursday, September 30th
Place: Nicollet Junior High School - 400 East 134th Street, Burnsville, MN
Time: Trinity runners will be leaving immediately following school (3:15pm). The first race is at 4:00pm.
Drivers:
Vanna Valentas (6) - Jonathon Valentas, Nathan Bittner, Henry Croll, Kent Sommer, Chris Vance, JonElliott Brubaker
Brink (6) - Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer, Max Bultman, John Michael Berns, Charlie Leighton
Driessen (6) - Catherine DeMarais, Linnea Bellomo, Maggie Griffith, Claire Mealey, Maria Stephenson, Rebecca Driessen
Ennis (6) - Mary Ennis, Lotus Schifsky, Katie Stephenson, Ruthie Gross, Maria Kraker, Lucy Leighton
Kloster (4) - Elizabeth Stephenson, Ayana Anderson, Sydney Kloster, Abigail Miranda

Families Bringing Food for Meet: Brink, Kloster, Meyer

Directions: From Trinity School, take 494 west to 35E south, take 35E south to County Rd 11 North (exit 90)...turn right onto Cty Rd 11, take the first left onto East 134th Street and follow this for a little over a mile to Nicollet Junior High School.

The Course:
Both the 4K and 5K courses are very spectator friendly. Most of the race can be seen from a single vantage point. Both runs take place on grass except one 30 meter section of pavement. A course map will be available on race day. We needed to change the course from last year as the city is not allowing us to run on a certain section.

4K Course: This will be a two loop course with flats as well as some challenging hills.
5K Course: This will be a three loop course with flats as well as some challenging hills.

Race Distances:
All Boys Races: 5000m
All Girls Races: 4000m

Schedule of Events:
4:00pm - Girls JV Race (Catherine DeMarais, Rebecca Driessen, Linnea Bellomo, Maggie Griffith, Claire Mealey, Sydney Kloster, Abigail Miranda, Ayana Anderson, Elizabeth Stephenson)
4:30pm - Boys JV Race (Chris Vance, Max Bultman, Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer)
5:00pm - Girls Varsity Race (Ruthie Gross, Maria Kraker, Katie Stephenson, Lucy Leighton, Maria Stephenson, Mary Ennis, Lotus Schifsky)
5:30pm - Boys Varsity Race (JonElliott Brubaker, Charlie Leighton, Jonathon Valentas, Nathan Bittner, Henry Croll, Kent Sommer, John Michael Berns)
6:00pm - Awards

Awards:
Varsity Top 10 Individuals = T-Shirts
JV Top 5 Individuals = T-Shirts
1st place Varsity Team = Plaque

Scoring:
It is traditional team scoring, add the places of your top 5 runners for a team score.

Teams Participating:
Albert Lea, East Ridge, Mahtomedi, Maple Grove, Minnetonka (Boys Only), Northfield, Owatonna (Boys Only), Rochester Century, Rochester Mayo, South St. Paul, Trinity School at River Ridge, Visitation (Girls Only), Wayzata (Girls Only)

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Trinity CC - Practice Week Seven

Hello,

Homecoming week was a success for the cross country team, with a great Milaca Mega Meet on Saturday.

Here's the schedule for the upcoming week...

Week Seven Schedule:
Monday, September 27th -
3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, September 28th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Wednesday, September 29th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 7:00am at Trinity School
Thursday, September 30th -
Blaze Invitational at Nicollet junior high school in Burnsville. The first race starts at 4:00pm, we will be leaving immediately following school.
Friday, October 1st -
3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Saturday, October 2nd - 9:00-10:30am at the south end of the Henry Sibley high school grounds.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Milaca Mega Meet Results

Hello,

The boys and girls teams performed beyond expectations at the Milaca Mega Meet this weekend and proved to be one of the strongest cross country programs in the small school (Class A) division.

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Milaca Mega Meet:

Girls Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:20:35.4* - 1st place of 35 teams (16 complete teams)
Team Range - :57.1
**15:35.6 - Mary Ennis (5:58, 6:27, 3:10) - 8th place
15:41.4 - Lotus Schifsky (6:00, 6:25, 3:16) - 9th place
16:19.6 - Maria Stephenson (6:19, 6:54, 3:06) - 15th place
16:26.2 - Ruthie Gross (6:19, 6:55, 3:12) - 17th place
16:32.7 - Lucy Leighton (6:19, 6:55, 3:18) - 22nd place
17:45.8 - Maria Kraker (6:56, 7:24, 3:25) - 57th place
18:02.0 - Katie Stephenson (7:04, 7:45, 3:13) - 60th place
(143 total girls varsity runners)
*-new Trinity school record for team time
**-new Trinity school record for Girls 4k time

Girls JV Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:35:45.2 - 17th place of 48 teams (27 complete teams)
Team Range - :54.5
18:36.6 - Abigail Miranda (7:17, 7:43, 3:36) - 87th place
19:05.5 - Catherine DeMarais (7:23, 7:57, 3:45) - 115th place
19:06.9 - Maggie Griffith (7:31, 7:59, 3:36) - 117th place
19:25.3 - Rebecca Driessen (7:23, 8:11, 3:51) - 146th place
19:31.0 - Sydney Kloster (7:24, 8:01, 4:05) - 155th place
19:53.3 - Claire Mealey (7:28, 8:28, 3:56) - 179th place
21:24.4 - Becky Fiers (8:05, 9:00, 4:19) - 248th place
(311 total girls jv runners)

Girls 7th Grade Results-
16:05.1 - Elizabeth Stephenson - 61st place
17:39.0 - Ayana Anderson - 99th place
(113 total girls 7th grade runners)

Boys Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:33:41.1 - 3rd place of 35 teams (19 complete teams)
Team Range - 2:28.4
17:18.3 - Charlie Leighton (5:12, 5:35, 5:49, :40) - 5th place
18:37.7 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:22, 5:58, 6:33, :44) - 35th place
18:47.6 - Jonathon Valentas (5:51, 6:07, 6:04, :45) - 41st place
19:10.9 - Henry Croll (5:53, 6:16, 6:25, :46) - 55th place
19:46.7 - Nathan Bittner (5:52, 6:19, 6:47, :48) - 85th place
19:53.4 - John Michael Berns (5:56, 6:32, 6:37, :48) - 87th place
20:50.1 - Kent Sommer (6:00, 7:04, 6:56, :50) - 113th place
(157 total boys varsity runners)

Boys JV Results-
22:55.3 - Chris Vance (6:51, 7:24, 7:44, :55) - 261st place
(342 total boys jv runners)

Boys 8th Grade Results-
21:08.3 - Max Bultman (10:20, 10:48) - 184th place
(184 total boys 8th grade runners)

Boys 7th Grade Results-
13:53.8 - Henry Brink (7:02, 6:52) - 49th place
15:55.3 - Zildjian Meyer (7:56, 7:59) - 132nd place
(163 total boys 7th grade runners)

Complete results from the Milaca Mega Meet can be found here:
http://www.raceberryjam.com/indexcc.html

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

CC Pasta Supper

Hello,

The Leighton family has agreed to open up their home and feed the CC team following practice on Friday...more time for the runners to have fellowship and mentally prepare for the Milaca meet on Saturday.

We will have a short practice (3:30-4:45pm) on Friday following school. The locker rooms will be open from 4:45-5:00pm for students to shower and change. We will then transport students to the Leighton house just a few miles away for supper. Parents/rides just need to be available to pickup students from the Leighton house at 7:30pm.

Event: Spaghetti Supper at Leighton's house
Date: Friday, September 25th
Time: 5:30ish-7:30pm
What to Bring: $3 for food costs and any game that you want to play with teammates

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse
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Directions to Tom and Jeanette Leighton’s home:
249 Crestway Lane, West Saint Paul
(651) 455-4237
(not far from the NET Center, and 5 minutes from Trinity)

From the north:
Take 35E south to the Hwy. 110 exit.

*Go east on Hwy. 110 (past Dodd, Delaware intersections, and past Sibley High School) and go left (north) at Charlton. There is no stoplight at Charlton.

** From Charlton, go up four or five streets, then take a right onto Oakview. (If you get to Marie, you’ve gone too far.) We are in the fourth house on the left, but follow the curve and go left at the fork in the road (onto Crestway Lane) to get to our driveway. It is the first one on the left once you have gotten onto Crestway. Please note: there are two mailboxes at the bottom of our driveway. The one you will see first, “230 Crestway,” belongs to our neighbors across the street-- don’t worry. You are at the right place.

From the south:
Go north on 35E, then take Hwy. 110 heading east. Follow the above directions once on Hwy. 110.*

From the east:
Go on 494 south/west, then take the exit for Hwy. 110 heading west. Go past the car dealerships, past the Robert Street exit and past the Mendota Road exit. Take the next right onto Charlton (not a light, just an intersection) then follow the above directions once on Charlton.**

From the west:
A. Via Crosstown: Go 62 east, then take 55 over the Mendota Bridge. Get into left lane and continue north to Hwy. 110 going east, then follow the above directions.* (You will go past the Hwy 13 exits, past Lexington, and over 35E.)

B. Via 494: Go east on 494 to Dodd exit, Highway 149. At the “T,” take a right onto Dodd and continue north to Hwy. 110. Take a right onto Hwy 110, heading east, and follow the above directions once on Hwy. 110.*

Milaca Mega Meet

Here are the details for the Milaca Mega Meet:

Race: Milaca Mega Meet
Date: Saturday, September 25th
Place: Stones Throw Golf Course - 15679 Central Avenue Milaca, MN
Time: Runners should be at Trinity School to load bags on the bus between 7:00-7:15am. The bus will be leaving at 7:30am. Our first race with Trinity runners is at 10:00am.
Directions: from Trinity School take 494 West to 94 West, take 94 West to Rogers then take 101 North, take 101 North to 169 North. Stay on 169 through Elk River, Zimmerman and Princeton to Milaca. Take the Hwy 23 exit and go left (west) into Milaca, at the stoplights turn right (north) on Central Avenue. The golf course is approximately one mile north. Parking is available on side streets.
Transportation back from Milaca: We plan to load up the bus at 3:15pm and leave Milaca at 3:30pm, to arrive back at Trinity School around 5:00pm.
Food For Meet: Bellomo, Joyce Driessen, Brubaker

Race Distances:
Boys Varsity & JV: 5000m
Girls Varsity & JV: 4000m
Boys & Girls 7th & 8th Grade: 3200m

Schedule of Events:
This can be found on the Milaca Mega Meet website - http://sites.google.com/site/megameet/schedule.

Here are the races that are scheduled to have Trinity runners:
10:00am - 8th Grade Boys (Max Bultman)
10:15am - 7th Grade Boys (Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer)
10:45am - 7th Grade Girls (Ayana Anderson, Elizabeth Stephenson)
12:00pm - Varsity Girls (Mary Ennis, Ruthie Gross, Maria Kraker, Lucy Leighton, Lotus Schifsky, Katie Stephenson, Maria Stephenson)
1:45pm - Varsity Boys (Nathan Bittner, John Michael Berns, JonElliott Brubaker, Henry Croll, Charlie Leighton, Kent Sommer, Jonathon Valentas)
2:00pm - Girls JV (Catherine DeMarais, Rebecca Driessen, Becky Fiers, Maggie Griffith, Sydney Kloster, Claire Mealey, Abigail Miranda)
2:15pm - Boys JV (Chris Vance)

Awards:
1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams: trophies
1st place team members: gold medals
1st - 7th place individuals: trophies
8th - 25th place individuals: ribbons

Teams Participating (Class A):
Adrian (Boys only), AlBrook, Blooming Prairie, Braham Area, Carlton/Cloquet Christian Academy, Concordia Academy-Roseville, Cromwell-Floodwood, East Central, Esko, Eveleth-Gilbert, Hills-Beaver Creek/Ellsworth, Hinckley-Finlayson, Holdingford, Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial/Nicollet, Lake of the Woods, Mankato Loyola, Maple River, Maranatha Christian Academy, Mayer Lutheran, Mesabi East, Mille Lacs, Minnesota Valley Lutheran, Minnewaska Area, Montgomery-Lonsdale, Morris Area, Mountain Iron-Buhl, Nevis, Paynesville, Pelican Rapids, Providence Academy, Royalton, Rush City, Spectrum, St. James, The Marshall School-Duluth, Trek North, Trinity School at River Ridge and Wrenshall.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Trinity CC - Practice Week Six

Hello,

We are coming up on homecoming week. On Saturday the cross country team will compete in one of the largest high school meets in the country, the Milaca Mega Meet. We are looking forward to the competition and excitement involved with the event.

Here's the schedule for the upcoming week...

Week Six Schedule:
Monday, September 20th -
3:30-5:30pm at the old Trinity School site (now Evergreen Community Church - 2300 East 88th Street Bloomington, MN). Please pickup students at this location.
Tuesday, September 21st - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Wednesday, September 22nd - Run On Your Own - option to run at 7:00am at Trinity School
Thursday, September 23rd -
3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Friday, September 24th - 3:30-5:00pm at Trinity School, with Spaghetti Supper to follow at the Leighton house (249 Crestway Lane, West Saint Paul) until 7:30pm.
Saturday, September 25th - Milaca Mega Meet at Stones Throw Golf Course near Milaca. The first race starts at 10:00am, we will be loading a bus at Trinity School at 7:15am, to be on the road by 7:30am. Student are due to return from the meet at approximately 5:00pm.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Trinity Invitational Workers

Trinity Invitational - Tuesday, October 5th at Dakota Country Fairgrounds in Farmington, MN:

3:00pm - Registration Workers Report
Boys Registration Table - Vance
Girls Registration Table - Kraker

3:30pm - Workers Meeting
Chute Worker/Finish Line - Sarah Mealey
Chute Worker/Pulling Tags - Cristy Brink
Chute Worker/Pulling Tags/Crowd Control - Sheila Howes
Finish Line Video Recorder -
Starting Line Coordinator/Starter -
Timer/Results Assistant - Stephenson
Timer/Results Assistant - DeMarais
Trail Vehicle Driver - Thom Miranda
Course Worker/Directions - Driessen
Course Worker/Directions - Vanna Valentas
Course Worker/Directions - Jeanette Leighton
Timer/Split Announcer 1-Mile Mark - Kloster
Timer/Split Announcer 2-Mile Mark - Michael Schifsky

4:00pm - Coaches Meeting

4:30pm - Girls 4k Race

5:15pm - Boys 5k Race

More instructions will follow for workers as we get closer to the meet date.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Private School Championships Results

Hello,

We are looking stronger all the time as a team and navigated the soggy course at St. Catherine's very well on Thursday. We had a number of personal best times on what I consider to be the slowest course we may run on all season.

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Private School Championships:

Girls Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:23:34.9* - 2nd place of 8 teams
Team Range - :51.9**
16:16.6 - Lotus Schifsky (6:16, 6:41, 3:19) - 2nd place
16:17.2 - Mary Ennis (6:18, 6:40, 3:19) - 4th place
16:55.9 - Ruthie Gross (6:29, 6:56, 3:30) - 10th place
16:56.8 - Lucy Leighton (6:28, 6:57, 3:31) - 11th place
17:08.5 - Maria Stephenson (6:43, 7:01, 3:24) - 15th place
18:34.2 - Linnea Bellomo (6:46, 7:43, 4:05) - 25th place
18:54.6 - Katie Stephenson (7:12, 7:56, 3:46) - 28th place
(42 total girls varsity runners)
*-new Trinity school record for team time
**-new Trinity school record for team range


Girls JV Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:36:57.1 - 3rd place of 5 teams
Team Range - 2:02.6
18:14.0 - Maria Kraker (6:48, 7:31, 3:55) - 5th place
18:40.3 - Abigail Miranda (7:37, 7:28, 3:35) - 10th place
19:44.9 - Maggie Griffith (7:47, 8:01, 3:59) - 15th place
20:01.5 - Catherine DeMarais (7:46, 8:04, 4:11) - 21st place
20:16.6 - Rebecca Driessen (7:44, 8:18, 4:14) - 24th place
20:29.8 - Sydney Kloster (7:39, 8:12, 4:38) - 27th place
20:57.0 - Elizabeth Stephenson (8:06, 8:31, 4:20) - 32nd place
21:52.7 - Claire Mealey (7:59, 9:15, 4:38) - 39th place
22:14.3 - Ayana Anderson (8:24, 9:08, 4:44) - 42nd place
22:35.0 - Becky Fiers (8:18, 9:20, 4:57) - 47th place
(57 total girls jv runners)

Boys Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:37:30.2 - 3rd place of 7 teams
Team Range - 2:54.8
17:53.4 - Charlie Leighton (5:26, 5:51, 5:55. :41) - 3rd place
19:11.6 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:29, 6:15, 6:42, :45) - 9th place
19:20.4 - Jonathon Valentas (6:01, 6:22, 6:12, :45) - 13th place
20:16.7 - Henry Croll (6:05, 6:33, 6:51, :47) - 20th place
20:48.2 - Nathan Bittner (6:06, 6:53, 7:00, :49) - 24th place
20:48.6 - John Michael Berns (6:03, 7:07, 6:49, :49) - 25th place
21:52.6 - Kent Sommer (6:27, 7:21, 7:12, :52) - 31st place
(44 total boys varsity runners)

Boys JV Results-
23:37.2 - Henry Brink (7:21, 7:48, 7:32, :56) - 25th place
23:58.6 - Chris Vance (7:11, 7:51, 7:52, :57) - 31st place
26:32.6 - Zildjian Meyer (8:02, 8:46, 8:44, 1:04) - 45th place
39:10.5 - Max Bultman (11:25, 13:15, 13:18, 1:22) - 50th place
(50 total boys jv runners)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Private School Championships

Here are the details for the Private School Championships:

Race: Private School Championships - hosted by St. Catherine University
Date: Thursday, September 16th
Place: The campus of St. Catherine University (2004 Randolph Avenue St. Paul, MN)
Time: Trinity runners will be leaving immediately following school (3:15pm). The first race is at 4:00pm.
Drivers:
Vanna Valentas (6) - Jonathon Valentas, Nathan Bittner, Henry Croll, Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer, John Michael Berns
Jeanette Leighton (3) - Maria Stephenson, Linnea Bellomo, Kent Sommer
Teresa DeMarais (5) - Catherine DeMarais, Katie Stephenson, Ruthie Gross, Maria Kraker, Chris Vance
Teresa Stephenson (5) - Elizabeth Stephenson, Ayana Anderson, Sydney Kloster, Abigail Miranda, Claire Mealey
Sheila Howes (5) - Becky Fiers, Maggie Griffith, Mary Ennis, Lotus Schifsky, Max Bultman
Charlie Leighton (2) - Charlie Leighton, Lucy Leighton
Rebecca Driessen (1) - Rebecca Driessen
JonElliott Brubaker (1) - JonElliott Brubaker
Families Bringing Food for Meet: DeMarais, Fiers, Leighton, Valentas
Directions: From Trinity School, take 35E north to Randolph Avenue, take Randolph Avenue west (left) to Fairview Avenue South, go south (left) on Fairview Avenue South and turn right (west) into the Event Parking Lot for St. Catherine's. The race is on the athletic fields just to the south of the lot.

Race Distances:
All Boys Races: 5000m
All Girls Races: 4000m

Schedule of Events:
3:30pm - Coaches Meeting
4:00pm - Girls JV Race (Catherine DeMarais, Rebecca Driessen, Becky Fiers, Maria Kraker, Maggie Griffith, Claire Mealey, Sydney Kloster, Abigail Miranda, Ayana Anderson, Elizabeth Stephenson)
4:30pm - Girls Varsity Race (Ruthie Gross, Katie Stephenson, Linnea Bellomo, Lucy Leighton, Maria Stephenson, Mary Ennis, Lotus Schifsky)
5:00pm - Boys Varsity Race (JonElliott Brubaker, Charlie Leighton, Jonathon Valentas, Nathan Bittner, Henry Croll, Kent Sommer, John Michael Berns)
5:30pm - Boys JV Race (Chris Vance, Max Bultman, Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer)
6:15 - Awards

Awards:
1st-3rd in each race = Medals
4th-15th in each race = Ribbons
1st place Varsity Team = Trophies

Scoring:
It is traditional team scoring, add the places of your top 5 runners for a team score.

Teams Participating:
Academy of Holy Angels, Christ's Household of Faith, Concordia Academy-Roseville, DeLaSalle, St. Croix Lutheran, St. Paul Academy, Trinity School at River Ridge and Visitation.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Trinity CC - Practice Week Five

Hello,

I was very impressed with performances of the Tri-Hawk runners on Saturday. We have a busy week ahead with a meet, a special event following fall field day, and a run on Saturday morning at Minnehaha Falls.

Here's the schedule for the upcoming week...

Week Five Schedule:
Monday, September 13th -
3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, September 14th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Wednesday, September 15th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 7:00am at Trinity School
Thursday, September 16th - Private School Championships at St. Kate's in St. Paul, MN. The first race starts at 4:00pm. We will be leaving immediately following the end of the school day.
Friday, September 17th - 2:00-5:00pm at Feed My Starving Children in Eagan, MN following fall field day. Students will be back at Trinity School by 5:00pm for pickup.
Saturday, September 18th - 9:00-10:30am at Minnehaha Falls
(4801 Minnehaha Avenue Minneapolis, MN) - meet at the parking ticket meter by the falls.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Ron Kretsch Invite Results

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Ron Kretsch (Red Knight) Invitational:

Girls Results (all races 2400m)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:08:30 - 3rd place of 18 teams
9:14.4 - Mary Ennis (6:12, 3:02) - 6th overall, 2nd of 27 Junior High Girls
9:28.2 - Maria Stephenson (6:15, 3:13) - 17th overall, 7th of 51 Freshman Girls
9:36.4 - Lotus Schifsky (6:16, 3:20) - 21st overall, 3rd of 27 Junior High Girls
9:42.3 - Lucy Leighton (6:15, 3:27) - 28th overall, 4th of 66 Sophomore Girls
9:42.9 - Ruthie Gross (6:19, 3:23) - 30th overall, 6th of 47 Junior Girls
10:11.6 - Maria Kraker (6:35, 3:36) - 58th overall, 13th of 47 Junior Girls
10:33.9 - Linnea Bellomo (6:45, 3:48) - 79th overall, 20th of 66 Sophomore Girls
10:44.3 - Katie Stephenson (7:08, 3:36) - 92nd overall, 22nd of 47 Junior Girls
11:16.9 - Elizabeth Stephenson (7:34, 3:42) - 123rd overall, 16th of 27 Junior High Girls
11:18.6 - Rebecca Driessen (7:23, 3:55) - 127th overall, 26th of 47 Junior Girls
11:29.1 - Catherine DeMarais (7:25, 4:04) - 134th overall, 27th of 47 Junior Girls
11:38.6 - Becky Fiers (7:36, 4:02) - 140th overall, 31st of 47 Junior Girls
11:40.3 - Maggie Griffith (7:36, 4:04) - 142nd overall, 45th of 66 Sophomore Girls
11:55.1 - Claire Mealey (7:42, 4:12) - 157th overall, 30th of 51 Freshman Girls
11:59.4 - Sydney Kloster (7:37, 4:22) - 161st overall, 19th of 27 Junior High Girls
12:27.6 - Ayana Anderson (7:57, 4:30) - 186th overall, 21st of 27 Junior High Girls
(220 total girls runners)

Boys Results (all races 3200m)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:27:40 - 14th place of 18th teams
10:46.3 - Charlie Leighton (5:12, 5:34) - 6th overall, 4th of 78 Junior Boys
11:18.7 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:30, 5:48) - 37th overall, 17th of 78 Junior Boys
11:50.5 - Jonathon Valentas (5:47, 6:03) - 69th overall, 31st of 78 Junior Boys
12:18.4 - Nathan Bittner (5:58, 6:20) - 103rd overall, 24th of 90 Sophomore Boys
12:32.5 - John Michael Berns (6:08, 6:24) - 123rd overall, 2nd of 69 Junior High Boys
13:41.3 - Henry Brink (6:52, 6:49) - 224th overall, 27th of 69 Junior High Boys
15:12.1 - Chris Vance (7:23, 7:48) - 298th overall, 73rd of 78 Junior Boys
16:57.1 - Zildjian Meyer (8:10, 8:47) - 337th overall, 61st of 69 Junior High Boys
(351 total boys runners)

Full results can be found on the RaceberryJam website at:
http://www.raceberryjam.com/maincc.html#resultscc

My wife, Lisa, took some pictures at the meet. They can be found here:
http://trinitycrosscountry.shutterfly.com/

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Meet Driving Schedule

Driving schedule for 2010 CC

Parents,

Here is the driving schedule. You may be taking boys, girls or a combination of each. We will assign the kids to cars before the meets so they know who to look for.

Thanks Barb Bittner and Teresa DeMarais for organizing this!

Kim
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9/16 - St. Kates in St. Paul - Valentas (6), Leighton(4), Stephenson(5), DeMarais(5), Howes(5)

9/30 - Blaze Invite in Burnsville - Valentas(6), Brink(6), Driessen(6), Kloster(4), Ennis(?)

10/5 - Trinity Invite in Farmington - Vance(5), Bittner(5), Driessen(6), Stephenson(5), DeMarais(5)

10/12 - Bassett Creek in Crystal - Bultman(4), Meyer(6), Fiers(?), Gross(4), Griffith(4)

10/16 - Lebanon Hills in Eagan - Sommer (5), Berns(5), Kraker(5), Miranda(7), Anderson (4)
***Update - Drivers no longer needed for this race - the event has been moved from Monday, October 18th following school to Saturday, October 16th morning - students will be responsible for their own transportation***

10/28 - Battle Creek in St. Paul - Berns(5), Brubaker(6), Mealey(6), Bellomo (4), Schifsky(4), Meyer (1)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Feed My Starving Children Event

***Update on Feed My Starving Children Event for Friday, September 17th***

Thanks to all families for being willing to contribute to this event. It looks like we have enough adults to participate and enough drivers to get students to FMSC in Eagan after fall field day.

If you would still like to come and join us for the event, please let me know. It wouldn't hurt to have a few more adults with this large group and it should be a fun time working for a great cause.

The one change to note from the initial email is that students will need to be driven from the Lexington-Diffley complex at 2:00pm rather than Trinity School.

Here are the details:

Drivers: Jesse Schoen, Kim Kelly-Sommer
, Marion Gabl, Barb Bittner, Jeanette Leighton, Jeff Meyer

Directions:
From Lexington-Diffley Athletic Complex to FMSC - turn left onto Lexington Avenue and go north for 3 miles, turn right onto Lone Oak Road going east, pass Neil Armstrong Blvd and then take the first right into the industrial area and go to the far east side of the business building straight ahead.

From FMSC to Trinity - turn right onto Lone Oak Road going east from the FMSC parking lot, take that to Dodd Road and go north (take a left), stay right on Dodd Road through the 55/149 split, turn right (east) onto O'Neill Drive, take that about one mile to Trinity.

Adult Workers: Jesse Schoen, Kim Kelly-Sommer, Andrew Nussbaum, Marion Gabl, Tom Leighton, John Berns, Jeff Meyer, Lisa Schoen, Joyce Driessen

Schedule:

1 - Arrive at the Trinity Fall Field Day site (Lexington-Diffley Athletic Complex in Eagan) at 1:45pm. We will meet in the parking lot to the south of the athletic fields off Lexington Avenue.

2 - Fall Field Day ends at 2:00pm, we will drive students to the Feed My Starving Children location (990 Lone Oak Road, Suite 160 Eagan, MN).

3 - Participate in the 2:30-4:30pm training and work shift with the cross country team.

4 - Transport students back to Trinity after the event.

If fall field day is moved indoors at Trinity School, we would then transport students from Trinity to Feed My Starving Children at the same times listed.

If fall field day is cancelled, we will have a normal cross country practice at Trinity School from 3:30-5:30pm as we would not be able to make the 2:30pm start time needed to participate at Feed My Starving Children.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

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Hello,

I am contacting parents/families of Trinity cross country runners because our team has an exciting opportunity we can be a part of next Friday, but we will need your help to pull it off.

Next Friday, September 17th is Trinity Fall Field Day. We typically try to avoid having a strenuous practice on field day. Instead of a workout that afternoon, we have scheduled to work a shift from 2:30-4:30pm at Feed My Starving Children in Eagan.

Feed My Starving Children (http://www.fmsc.org) is an organization that prepares and packages food to be sent to children at many locations across the world, but they count on volunteer support for the packaging of materials.

We have approximately 28 cross country runners prepared to take part in this event, but we need roughly 8 adults (18+ years of age) to work alongside us as chaperones to make this possible.

If you are able and willing to help out the cross country team, here's what we would ask of you:

1 - Arrive at the Trinity Fall Field Day site (Lexington-Diffley Athletic Complex in Eagan) at 1:45pm.

2 - Fall Field Day ends at 2:00pm, we would drive/transport students to the Feed My Starving Children location (990 Lone Oak Road, Suite 160 Eagan, MN).

3 - Be willing to participate in the 2:30-4:30pm training and work shift with the cross country team.

4 - Transport/drive students back to Trinity after the event.
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Our practice time would end at 5pm and parents would pickup students at Trinity.

We won't be able to do this without your help. We will need roughly 6-8 more adults to meet the requirements for the students to participate.

Please email or call me if you can join us.

Thanks,
Jesse Schoen
Trinity CC Coach
612.991.9529
jesse.schoen@gmail.com

Coach Information

Hello,

I wanted to be sure there is an easy way for parents and students to get the contact information for coaches if needed.

Trinity Cross Country Coach-
Jesse Schoen
612.991.9529
jesse.schoen@gmail.com

Trinity Assistant Cross Country Coach-
Kim Kelly-Sommer
651.587.1636
pigeonpostusa@yahoo.com

Trinity Assistant Cross Country Coach-
Jonathan Frenz
jonathanfrenz@gmail.com

Trinity Assistant Cross Country Coach-
Peter Johnson
peterj08@gmail.com

Trinity Assistant Cross Country Coach-
Mr. Wes Rohrer
jrohrer@trinityschools.org

Trinity Assistant Cross Country Coach-
Michael Brubaker
mikebrub@gmail.com

Food For Meets

Hello CC Parents,

Food for meets:
Please call the other parents to decide who will bring what items.

Typical menu for 30 is...
Meat: turkey and/or ham
Sliced Cheese
Bread or buns and lettuce and tomatoes
Fruit- Either grapes or apples sliced or oranges sliced or bananas cut into pieces.

Kim will provide brownies and pumpkin bars mayo, mustard, and napkins.

Please sign up for a meet that does not have 3 or 4 people already by sending me an email and I will add you to that meet.

Red Knight Invitational - Saturday, September 11th - Cristy Brink, Sarah Mealey, Sally Ennis

Private School Championships - Thursday, September 16th - Leighton, DeMarais, Valentas, Fiers

Milaca Mega Meet - Saturday, September 25th - Bellomo, Joyce Driessen, Brubaker (Sandwiches)

Blaze Invitational - Thursday, September 30th - Cristy Brink, Kloster, Tora Meyer

Trinity Invitational - Tuesday, October 5th - Stephenson, Berns, Schifsky

MCAA Conference Meet - Tuesday, October 12th - Cristy Brink, Leslie Gross, Barb Bittner, Vance

Boys vs Girls Race - Saturday, October 16th - Miranda, Anderson, Croll

Also, if you have not already done so would like to donate $10 to go to after practice snacks feel free to send it with your athlete to practice. It will help to offset the cost of snacks. The purpose of the snack is to let the kids visit for a few minutes after practice and to hold them until they get home for supper.

Thanks,
Kim
pigeonpostusa@yahoo.com

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Red Knight Invitational

Here are the details for the Red Knight Invitational:

Race: Red Knight Invitational - hosted by Benilde-St. Margaret's
Date: Saturday, September 11th
Place: Bassett Creek Park in Crystal, MN
Time: All Trinity runners should plan to be at Bassett Creek Park at 8:00am to warmup properly and cheer on teammates in earlier races.
Directions: Take Highway 100 North from Bloomington to Crystal, take the 36th Avenue North exit (not West 36th Street) and go left (west), go 1/4 mile to Xenia Avenue and take a left (south) and go three blocks to the park. Students are responsible for their own ride to and from the meet.
Parents Bringing Food for Meet: Cristy Brink, Sarah Mealey, Sally Ennis

Race Distances:
Boys: 3200m (2 miles)
Girls: 2400m (1.5 miles)

Schedule of Events:
9:00am - Coaches Meeting
9:15am - 7th & 8th Grade Boys (John Michael Berns, Max Bultman, Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer)
9:30am - 7th & 8th Grade Girls (Mary Ennis, Sydney Kloster, Abigail Miranda, Lotus Schifsky, Ayana
Anderson, Elizabeth Stephenson
)
9:45am - 9th Grade Boys

10:00am - 9th Grade Girls (Claire Mealey, Maria Stephenson)
10:15am - 10th Grade Boys (Nathan Bittner, Kent Sommer)
10:30am - 10th Grade Girls (Linnea Bellomo, Maggie Griffith, Lucy Leighton)
10:45am - 11th Grade Boys (JonElliott Brubaker, Connor Huntington, Charlie Leighton, Jonathon Valentas, Chris Vance)
11:00am - 11th Grade Girls (Catherine DeMarais, Rebecca Driessen, Becky Fiers, Ruthie Gross, Maria Kraker, Katie Stephenson)
11:15am - 12th Grade Boys
11:30am - 12th Grade Girls
11:50am - Team & Individual Awards

Awards:
Top 10 in each race: Red Knight Invitational T-Shirts
1st and 2nd place Boys & Girls Teams: Medals

Scoring:
Add your 7 fastest times from any race for your total team time.

Teams Participating:
Academy of Holy Angels, Benilde-St. Margaret's, Breck, DeLaSalle, Hill-Murray, Holy Family Catholic, Mankato East, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis Washburn, Mounds Park Academy, Orono, Providence Academy, St. Croix Lutheran, St. Louis Park, St. Thomas Academy, Totino-Grace, Trinity School at River Ridge and Visitation.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Trinity CC - Practice Week Four

Hello,

I hope you can enjoy the long Labor Day Weekend. I know our CC runners are looking forward to their first meet!

Here's the schedule for the upcoming week...

Week Four Schedule:
Monday, September 6th - no practice - enjoy Labor Day!
Tuesday, September 7th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Wednesday, September 8th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 7:00am at Trinity School
Thursday, September 9th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Friday, September 10th - 3:30-5:00pm at Trinity School
Saturday, September 11th - Red Knight Invitational at Bassett Creek Park in Crystal, MN. The first races start at 9:00am. Runners should be at the meet by 8:00am.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse