Trinity CC - Practice Week Nine

Hello,

It's MCAA Conference meet week! Hopefully the weather will be kind and we won't be running on a snow-covered course. Come cheer us on in the first of our two big meets of the season this Tuesday!

Here's the Week Nine Schedule:
Monday, October 12th - at Trinity School (601 River Ridge Parkway Eagan, MN) from 3:30-5:00pm.
Tuesday, October 13th - MCAA Conference Meet at Bassett Creek Park in Crystal, MN. Runners will leave immediately following school. Our first race is at 4:30pm.
Wednesday, October 14th - Run On Your Own - option to meet before school at 7:00am to run with other teammates.
Thursday, October 15th - Fall Break - at the old Trinity School site (on Old Shakopee Road and East 88th Street - now Evergreen Community Church) - from 9:00-11:00am.
Friday, October 16th - Fall Break - at Trinity School from 9:00-10:30am.
Saturday, October 17th - Run On Your Own - Enjoy the Fall Break!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Blaine Invitational Results

Hello,

It can be frustrating, for the runners and coaches, to talk about goal times and compare performances from meet to meet and to measure how well we ran. We had a slower course at Blaine than expected, so times won't reflect the effort and progress we have made. That said, I was very pleased with our racing and effort.

As long as we can take care of ourselves over the weekend and come into the MCAA Conference meet on Tuesday healthy, we will be ready to take on the course at Bassett Creek Park.

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Blaine Invitational:

Boys Varsity Results (5000m)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:34:25.3 - 4th place of 16 teams
Team Range - 1:48.5
18:06.8 - Patrick Earhart (5:28, 6:01, 5:56, :41) - 4th
18:33.8 - Cody Sommer (5:35, 6:19, 5:57, :42) - 12th
18:34.3 - Charlie Leighton (5:40, 6:11, 6:01, :42) - 13th
19:15.2 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:50, 6:25, 6:17, :43) - 29th
19:55.3 - Jonathon Valentas (6:07, 6:36, 6:28, :44) - 47th
20:48.9 - Joe Hrbacek (6:16, 6:55, 6:51, :46) - 65th
20:50.5 - Jacob Bellomo (6:30, 6:53, 6:41, :46) - 66th
21:06.5 - Karl Brummer (6:21, 7:04, 6:54, :47) - 71st
24:13.0 - Jeremy Troedson (7:15, 8:17, 7:46, :55) - 90th
(95 total Boys Varsity runners)

Complete Boys Varsity results can be found here: http://www.raceberryjam.com/results/blainevboyswhite.html

Boys Junior High Results (1800m)-
7:39.0 - John Michael Berns - 43rd
9:39.0 - Rob Kranz - 112nd
(119 total Boys Junior High runners)

Complete Boys Junior High results can be found here: http://www.raceberryjam.com/results/blainemsboys.html

Girls Varsity Results (4000m)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:31:53.4 - 9th of 13 teams
Team Range - 2:05.5
17:10.5 - Lotus Schifsky (6:38, 7:13, 3:19) - 14th
17:47.1 - Linnea Bellomo (6:38, 7:34, 3:35) - 26th
18:44.5 - Katie Stephenson (7:21, 7:28, 3:55) - 45th
18:55.4 - Lucy Leighton (7:23, 7:56, 3:36) - 48th
19:16.0 - Carmen Quinlivan (7:23, 7:56, 3:57) - 54th
20:02.1 - Catherine DeMarais (7:43, 8:23, 3:55) - 69th
(83 total Girls Varsity runners)

Complete Girls Varsity results can be found here: http://www.raceberryjam.com/results/blainevgirlswhite.html

Girls Junior High Results (1800m)-
9:21.4 - Sydney Kloster - 23rd
(29 total Girls Junior High runners)

Complete Girls Junior High results can be found here: http://www.raceberryjam.com/results/blainemsgirls.html

Blaine Invitational

Here are the details for the Blaine Invitational:

Race: Blaine Invitational
Date: Thursday, October 8th
Place: Majestic Oaks Golf Course (701 Bunker Lake Blvd NE Ham Lake, MN)
Time: Trinity runners will need parent notes to leave school at 2:00pm. Drivers will be leaving school by 2:15pm. Our first race is 3:45pm.
Drivers: Michael Schifsky, Gene or Patrick Earhart, Kim Kelly-Sommer, Jesse Schoen
Directions: from Trinity School, take 494 West to 35E North, take 35E North to 694 West, take 694 West to 35W North, take 35W North to US-10 West, take US-10 West to MN-65/Central Avenue North, take MN-65/Central Avenue to Bunker Lake Blvd NE and turn left (west) - Majestic Oaks Golf Course is on the right (north) side of the road.

Race Distances:
Boys Varsity and JV: 5000m
Girls Varsity and JV: 4000m
Boys and Girls Junior High: 3000m

Race Divisions:
White Race = Small CC Program Division
Blue Race = Large CC Program Division

Schedule of Events:
Boys Varsity (White) Race: 3:45pm (Cody Sommer, Patrick Earhart, Jeremy Troedson, Karl Brummer, Joe Hrbacek, JonElliott Brubaker, Charlie Leighton, Jonathon Valentas, Jacob Bellomo)
Girls Varsity (White) Race: 4:05pm (Carmen Quinlivan, Katie Stephenson, Catherine DeMarais, Linnea Bellomo, Lucy Leighton, Lotus Schifsky)
Boys Varsity (Blue) Race: 4:25pm
Girls Varsity (Blue) Race: 4:40pm
Boys Junior High Race: 4:55pm (John Michael Berns, Rob Kranz)
Girls Junior High Race: 5:05pm (Sydney Kloster)
Boys JV Race: 5:15pm
Girls JV Race: 5:35pm

Awards:
Varsity Races - top 25 receive medals
JV Races - top 25 receive ribbons
Junior High Races - top 15 receive ribbons

Teams Participating in the White Division:
Blaine (Girls only), Braham Area, Breck School, Concordia Academy-Roseville, Heritage Christian Academy, Maranatha Christian Academy, Minneapolis South (Girls only), Minneapolis Southwest, Minneapolis Washburn, St. Paul Arlington, St. Paul Como Park, St. Paul Highland Park, St. Paul Humboldt, St. Paul Johnson (Boys only), Simley, Tartan (Boys only) and Trinity School at River Ridge.

Parent Assistance for Blaine Invitational

Hello,

This Thursday the Trinity Cross Country team is scheduled to compete at the Blaine Invitational. This is a replacement meet for the Farmington Invitational, a meet which no longer exists.

Upon signing up for this meet, we understood our first race to be at 4:30pm, but that has not proven to be correct. The Boys Varsity race is first at 3:45pm and Girls Varsity is next at 4:05pm.

Trinity will not allow their athletic teams to leave during the school day for competition unless it is a championship (Section or State) event. However, students can be excused at any time with parent approval.

At this point we are looking for parents to send notes with their students to be excused from school at 2:00pm on Thursday so we can leave together as a team for the meet and compete in the varsity races.

We were unable to switch to the large school race at Blaine to eliminate the time issue, because that division is full...and we would rather compete against the other schools our size anyway.

I am sorry that we need your assistance to get the students released from school because of the time crunch, but the alternative was to have no meet this week.

If students are unable to get permission to leave school early on Thursday, we are working to lineup a parent driver for the those runners and the runners in the later middle school races to bring students to the meet once the school day has ended to compete in the Junior High and Junior Varsity races.

Again, I am sorry for the headache involved with getting to this meet. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Proposed Lineups for Blaine (if students can be excused early from school)-
Boys Varsity at 3:45pm:
Joe Hrbacek
Jeremy Troedson
Patrick Earhart
Cody Sommer
Karl Brummer
Chris Johnson
Jonathon Valentas
Charlie Leighton
JonElliott Brubaker
Jacob Bellomo

Girls Varsity at 4:05pm:
Carmen Quinlivan
Theresa Gross - unlikely to compete due to injury
Emily Brubaker - unlikely to compete due to injury
Catherine DeMarais
Katie Stephenson
Lucy Leighton
Linnea Bellomo
Lotus Schifsky

Boys Middle School at 4:55pm:
John Michael Berns
Rob Kranz

Girls Middle School at 5:05pm:
Sydney Kloster

Trinity CC - Practice Week Eight

Hello,

We are closing in on the championship portion of our season. Just a little over a week before the MCAA Conference meet.

Here's the Week Eight Schedule:
Monday, October 5th - at Trinity School (601 River Ridge Parkway Eagan, MN) from 3:30-5:30pm.
Tuesday, October 6th - at Trinity School from 3:30-5:30pm.
Wednesday, October 7th - Run On Your Own - option to meet before school at 7:00am to run with other teammates.
Thursday, October 8th - Blaine Invitational at Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham Lake, MN. The first race starts at 3:45pm, we will have transportation leaving from school at 2:10pm.
Friday, October 9th - at Trinity School from 3:30-5:30pm.
Saturday, October 10th - at Battle Creek Regional Park (2401 Upper Afton Road, Newport, MN‎) from 9:00-10:30am.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Willmar Invitational Results

Hello,

We were thankful that the rain held off at Willmar for our races on Saturday. The meet was basically what we expected - a challenging course, tough competition and a chance to run some hills to be better prepared for our upcoming, and most important, meets of the season.

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Willmar Invitational:

Girls Varsity Results-
Girls team was incomplete - 12 teams total
18:15 - Linnea Bellomo (6:41, 7:43, 3:51) - 61st
18:49 - Katie Stephenson (7:02, 7:58, 3:49) - 70th
19:34 - Lucy Leighton (7:15, 8:32, 3:48) - 78th
20:19 - Carmen Quinlivan (7:26, 8:44, 4:09) - 81st
DNF - Theresa Gross (6:31) - hip pain
(87 total Girls Varsity runners)

Girls Junior High Results-
12:55 - Lotus Schifsky (6:33, 6:22) - 1st
16:55 - Sydney Kloster (8:29, 8:26) - 19th
(27 total Girls Junior High runners)

Boys Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:35:10 - 11th place of 12 teams
Team Range - 1:02
18:33 - Patrick Earhart (5:20, 6:12, 6:19, :42) - 53rd
18:48 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:36, 6:15, 6:15, :42) - 58th
19:03 - Cody Sommer (5:24, 6:30, 6:26, :43) - 65th
19:11 - Charlie Leighton (5:41, 6:22, 6:25, :43) - 66th
19:35 - Jonathon Valentas (5:55, 6:33, 6:23, :44) - 73rd
20:32 - Chris Johnson (6:04, 6:50, 6:52, :46)- 83rd
21:13 - Joe Hrbacek (5:56, 6:58, 7:32, :48) - 89th
(93 total Boys Varsity runners)

Boys JV Results-
21:48 - Karl Brummer (6:15, 7:23, 7:21, :49) - 85th
(135 total Boys JV runners)

Boys Junior High Results-
12:00 - Jacob Bellomo (6:14, 5:46) - 6th
12:43 - John Michael Berns (6:35, 6:08) - 21st
17:04 - Rob Kranz (8:40, 8:24) - 52nd
(57 total Boys Junior High runners)

Willmar Optimist Invitational

Here are the details for the Willmar Optimist Invitational:

Race: Willmar Optimist Invitational
Date: Saturday, October 3rd
Place: Eagle Creek Golf Course (1000 26th Avenue NE Willmar, MN)
Time: Trinity runners should be at the Willmar race site by noon. Our first race is at 1:00pm.
Drivers: Ed Gross (from St. Paul), Andrew Kloster, Kim Kelly-Sommer and Jesse Schoen (all from Trinity School) - departure time is 9:30am.
Directions: take 394 West or 494 West to US Hwy 12 West...take US Hwy 12 West all the way to Willmar, turn right on US Hwy 71 North/MN 23 East, take the Civic Center Drive exit and turn right on Civic Center Drive, turn right on 23rd Street NE, take a slight right on MN 294, which turns into 26th Avenue NE...turn right on Willmar Golf Course Drive.
Lunch: We are meeting at the gas station (it's a BP or Amoco) at the intersection of Hwy 12 and Lake Street in Long Lake at 10:15am. Kim will have a sandwich bar for runners to make themselves lunch to eat on the drive out to Willmar.

Race Distances:
Boys Varsity and JV races: 5000m
Girls Varsity and JV races: 4000m
Boys and Girls Junior High races: 3000m
Mighty Mites race (open to any elementary age students at no cost): 800m

Schedule of Events:
This is loosely formed, as only the first race (Girls Varsity) has a start time...other races will start immediately following the previous race. Be prepared as the schedule may run ahead of projected times.
1:00pm - Girls Varsity (Theresa Gross, Carmen Quinlivan, Katie Stephenson, Linnea Bellomo, Lucy Leighton)
approximately 1:25pm - Boys Varsity (Cody Sommer, Chris Johnson, Joe Hrbacek, Patrick Earhart, Charlie Leighton, Jonathon Valentas, JonElliott Brubaker)
approximately 1:50pm - Girls JV
approximately 2:15pm - Boys JV (Karl Brummer)
approximately 2:45pm - Girls Junior High (Sydney Kloster, Lotus Schifsky)
approximately 3:10pm - Boys Junior High (John Michael Berns, Rob Kranz, Jacob Bellomo)
approximately 3:30pm - Mighty Mites
approximately 4:00pm - Awards

Awards:
Varsity, JV and Junior High Races: Medals for top 20 individual finishers in each race, ribbons for all finishers.
Varsity Boys and Girls Races: Trophy for 1st place team.

Teams Participating:
Bismarck Century, Buffalo, Delano, Fargo North, Hopkins, Hutchinson, Mankato East, Moorhead, New Prague, Orono, Trinity School at River Ridge and Willmar.