MCAA Conference Meet Results

We had great weather and an excellent competitive effort today at the conference meet.

The Boys team was able to win their 7th conference title in 8 years and the Girls team won their first conference championship in school history in style by sweeping the top 5 spots and recording a perfect score!

Because of some discrepancies with the course layout compared to last season, I remeasured the course following the race and found the boys course to be 114 meters long and the girls course to be 102m long.

I have made some conversion adjustments to give our runners more accurate times for the expected 4k and 5k distances.

Here are the results from the MCAA Conference Meet:

Girls Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:20:35.9 - 1st place of 6 teams (2 complete teams)
Team Range - 1:07.4
15:35.0 - Mary Ennis (6:01, 6:29, 3:05) - [15:57.8] - 1st place*
15:35.3 - Lotus Schifsky (6:01, 6:29, 3:05) - [15:58.1] - 2nd place*
16:21.3 - Lucy Leighton (6:13, 6:51, 3:17) - [16:45.3] - 3rd place*
16:21.9 - Ruthie Gross (6:13, 6:50, 3:18) - [16:45.9] - 4th place*
16:42.4 - Maria Stephenson (6:14, 7:11, 3:17) - [17:06.9] - 5th place*
17:25.1 - Maria Kraker (6:39, 7:19, 3:27) - [17:50.7] - 10th place**
17:51.9 - Linnea Bellomo (6:41, 7:32, 3:38) - [18:18.2] - 15th place
18:23.2 - Katie Stephenson (6:54, 7:48, 3:41) - [18:50.3] - 16th place
18:34.6 - Abigail Miranda (7:05, 7:48, 3:41) - [19:02.0] - 18th place
18:58.8 - Rebecca Driessen (7:07, 8:01, 3:50) - [19:26.8] - 22nd place
19:17.4 - Maggie Griffith - (7:31, 8:11, 3:35) - [19:45.9] - 24th place
19:29.7 - Catherine DeMarais - (7:31, 8:13, 3:45) - [19:58.5] - 25th place
19:32.2 - Sydney Kloster - (7:25, 8:09, 3:58) - [20:01.1] - 27th place
20:16.8 - Claire Mealey - (7:41, 8:31, 4:04) - [20:46.8] - 29th place
20:39.7 - Ayana Anderson - (7:46, 8:43, 4:10) - [21:10.3] - 31st place
20:43.4 - Becky Fiers - (7:43, 8:46, 4:14) - [21:14.1] - 32nd place
23:36.2 - Elizabeth Stephenson - (8:52, 10:01, 4:43) - [24:11.4] - 34th place
(35 total runners in the girls race)

Boys Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:32:03.4 - 1st place of 6 teams (4 complete teams)
Team Range - 2:16.6
17:18.9 - Charlie Leighton - (5:27, 5:43, 5:28, :40) - [17:40.3] - 1st place*
18:08.2 - Jonathon Valentas - (5:43, 5:59, 5:44, :42) - [18:30.7] - 4th place*
18:28.2 - JonElliott Brubaker - (5:44, 5:59, 6:02, :43) - [18:51.1] - 7th place*
18:32.6 - Henry Croll - (5:51, 6:09, 5:49, :43) - [18:55.6] - 8th place*
19:35.5 - John Michael Berns - (6:07, 6:35, 6:04, :47) - [19:59.8] - 14th place
19:35.8 - Nathan Bittner (5:56, 6:41, 6:11, :47) - [20:00.2] - 15th place
20:24.2 - Kent Sommer - (6:09, 6:52, 6:34, :49) - [20:49.6] - 25th place
21:27.4 - Henry Brink - (6:51, 7:14, 6:31, :51) - [21:54.1] - 32nd place
21:53.0 - Chris Vance - (6:50, 7:15, 6:56, :52) - [22:20.3] - 33rd place
24:21.2 - Zildjian Meyer - (7:25, 8:12, 7:45, :59) - [24:51.7] - 4oth place
34:28.5 - Max Bultman - (10:54, 11:34, 10:47, 1:13) - [35:12.3] - 43rd place
(43 total runners in the boys race)

* - MCAA All-Conference
** - MCAA All-Conference Honorable Mention

MCAA Conference Meet

Here are the details for the MCAA Conference Meet:

Race: MCAA Conference Meet
Date: Tuesday, October 12th
Place: Bassett Creek Park in Crystal, MN (32nd Avenue North and Yates Avenue North)
Time: Girls Trinity runners will be getting out of school at 2:15pm to leave for the race (on the road no later than 2:30pm). Boys Trinity runners will be leaving immediately following school at 3:00pm (on the road no later than 3:15pm).
Girls Team Drivers - 2:15pm:
Leslie Gross (4): Ruthie Gross, Catherine DeMarais, Katie Stephenson, Maria Kraker
Christine Griffith (4): Maggie Griffith, Lucy Leighton, Linnea Bellomo, Lotus Schifsky
Sally Ennis (5): Mary Ennis, Abigail Miranda, Sydney Kloster, Ayana Anderson, Elizabeth Stephenson
Mark Fiers (4): Becky Fiers, Rebecca Driessen, Maria Stephenson, Claire Mealey
Boys Team Drivers - 3:00pm:
John Bultman (4): Max Bultman, John Michael Berns, Jonathon Valentas, Chris Vance
Tora Meyer (6): Zildjian Meyer, Henry Brink, Henry Croll, Nathan Bittner, Kent Sommer, Charlie Leighton
JonElliott Brubaker (1): JonElliott Brubaker
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.
Families bringing food for the meet: Gross, Bittner, Vance

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

Race Schedule:
Coaches Meeting/Check In: 4:00pm
Girls Race: 4:20pm
Boys Race: 4:45pm
Awards: 5:30pm

Awards:
1st Place Varsity Boys and Girls Teams: Trophies
1st - 9th Place Individuals - Varsity Race: Medals, All-Conference Certificates
10th - 12th Place Individuals - Varsity Race: Honorable Mention All-Conference Certificates

Scoring:
Traditional meet scoring - add the places of your top 5 varsity runners for a team score.

Teams Participating:
Heritage Christian Academy, Legacy Christian Academy, Maranatha Christian Academy, New Life Academy, Providence Academy and Trinity School at River Ridge

Trinity CC - Practice Week Nine

Hello,

Thank you to all the parents and families that were able to work, help out, and make the first-ever Trinity Invitational a success. Please come out and cheer on the Tri-Hawk runners at their conference meet this week!

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

Week Nine Schedule:
Monday, October 11th - 3:30-5:00pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, October 12th - MCAA Conference Meet at Bassett Creek Park in Crystal. The first race starts at 4:00pm. The girls will be leaving at 2:15pm and the boys will be leaving immediately following school at 3:00pm.
Wednesday, October 13th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 7:00am at Trinity School
Thursday, October 14th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Friday, October 15th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Saturday, October 16th - Boys vs Girls Race at Lebanon Hills Park (Jensen Lake entrance) in Eagan. The race starts at 9:00am, runners should be there at 8:30am to get warm and ready to race at 9:00am. This is a schedule change...Boys vs Girls Race has moved from Monday, October 18th to Saturday, October 16th to accommodate for the Trinity Junior Drama activities.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Trinity Invitational Results

Hello,

The first-ever Trinity Invitational was a success yesterday! We had great weather and some tough performances that allowed both the Boys and Girls teams to come out on top.

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Trinity Invitational:

Girls Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:21:03.9 - 1st place of 6 teams (4 complete teams)
Team Range - 1:33.1
*15:34.3 - Mary Ennis (5:55, 6:32, 3:07) - 2nd place
15:40.1 - Lotus Schifsky (5:56, 6:32, 3:12) - 3rd place
16:08.6 - Ruthie Gross (6:15, 6:48, 3:05) - 5th place
16:33.6 - Lucy Leighton (6:19, 7:03, 3:11) - 7th place
17:07.4 - Maria Stephenson (6:29, 7:22, 3:16) - 10th place
17:30.9 - Maria Kraker (6:51, 7:21, 3:18) - 13th place
17:51.5 - Katie Stephenson (7:07, 7:20, 3:24) - 15th place
17:59.3 - Linnea Bellomo - (7:07, 7:20, 3:32) - 18th place
18:15.5 - Abigail Miranda (7:23, 7:33, 3:19) - 19th place
18:51.8 - Maggie Griffith (7:38, 7:51, 3:22) - 25th place
19:13.6 - Rebecca Driessen (7:30, 8:04, 3:39) - 27th place
19:14.3 - Catherine DeMarais (7:38, 7:56, 3:40) - 28th place
19:51.5 - Sydney Kloster (7:38, 8:15, 3:58) - 35th place
20:11.5 - Claire Mealey (7:42, 8:32, 3:57) - 36th place
20:50.0 - Elizabeth Stephenson (8:23, 8:38, 3:49) - 37th place
20:50.7 - Ayana Anderson (7:50, 9:02, 3:58) - 38th place
21:27.2 - Becky Fiers (8:04, 9:18, 4:05) - 40th place
(49 total girls varsity runners)
*-new Trinity school record for Girls 4k time

Full Girls Varsity results can be found here: http://www.raceberryjam.com/2010/TrinityGirlVar.html

Boys Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:32:52.1 - 1st place of 6 teams (5 complete teams)
Team Range - 2:00.0
17:39.0 - Charlie Leighton (5:29, 5:49, 5:40, :41) - 1st place
18:14.4 - Jonathon Valentas (5:41, 5:52, 5:58, :43) - 2nd place
18:26.1 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:38, 5:52, 6:13, :43) - 3rd place
18:53.8 - Henry Croll (5:51, 6:12, 6:05, :45) - 9th place
19:39.0 - Nathan Bittner (6:01, 6:25, 6:26, :47) - 14th place
19:54.9 - John Michael Berns (6:06, 6:30, 6:30, :48) - 15th place
20:13.1 - Kent Sommer (6:09, 6:45, 6:28, :49) - 18th place
22:40.3 - Henry Brink (7:11, 7:35, 7:00, :54) - 29th place
22:51.7 - Chris Vance (6:52, 7:32, 7:32, :55) - 31st place
25:51.1 - Zildjian Meyer (8:14, 8:20, 8:15, 1:02) - 45th place
37:03.0 - Max Bultman (10:29, 11:36, 13:40, 1:18) - 49th place
(49 total boys varsity runners)

Full Boys Varsity results can be found here: http://www.raceberryjam.com/2010/TrinityBoyVar.html

Trinity Invitational

Here are the details for the Trinity Invitational:

Race: Trinity Invitational
Date: Tuesday, October 5th
Place: Dakota County Fairgrounds - 4008 220th Street West, Farmington, MN 55024
Time: Trinity runners will be leaving immediately following school (3:15pm). The first race is at 4:30pm.
Drivers:
Vance (5) - Chris Vance, Jonathon Valentas, Henry Croll, Max Bultman, Charlie Leighton
Bittner (5) - Nathan Bittner, Kent Sommer, Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer, John Michael Berns
Driessen (6) - Maria Kraker, Linnea Bellomo, Ruthie Gross, Becky Fiers, Maggie Griffith, Lucy Leighton
Stephenson (5) - Katie Stephenson, Maria Stephenson, Elizabeth Stephenson, Ayana Anderson, Claire Mealey
DeMarais (5) - Catherine DeMarais, Mary Ennis, Lotus Schifsky, Sydney Kloster, Abigail Miranda
JonElliott Brubaker (1) - JonElliott Brubaker
Rebecca Driessen (1) - Rebecca Driessen
Families Bringing Food for Meet: Stephenson, Berns, Schifsky
Directions: From Trinity School, take Hwy 3 (South Robert Trail) south for approximately 10 miles to 220th Street and go west, you will see the bus/event parking entrance (3rd Street) on the left side of the road for the Dakota County Fairgrounds

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

Schedule of Events:
3:30pm - Workers Meeting
4:00pm - Coaches Meeting
4:30pm - Girls Race (all Trinity girls)
5:15pm - Boys Race (all Trinity boys)
6:00pm - Awards

Awards:
1st-20th in each race = Medals
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:
Cannon Falls, Schaeffer Academy, St. Croix Lutheran, St. Paul Academy, St. Paul Humboldt, and Trinity School at River Ridge

Trinity CC - Practice Week Eight

Hello,

We have our first-ever home meet this week on Tuesday. We hope as many family and friends can attend as possible and cheer on their Tri-Hawk runners.

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

Week Eight Schedule:
Monday, October 4th - 3:30-5:00pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, October 5th - Trinity Invitational at Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The first race starts at 4:30pm, we will be leaving immediately following school.
Wednesday, October 6th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 7:00am at Trinity School
Thursday, October 7th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Friday, October 8th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Saturday, October 9th - 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

Blaze Invitational Results

Hello,

We had a chance to run against some bigger schools and best runners in Class AA on Thursday in Burnsville. We competed hard and I was very pleased with the effort of our Tri-Hawk runners.

There were some issues with the results, so individual places in the JV races are not available.

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Blaze Invitational:

Girls Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:21:35.9 - 3rd place of 12 teams
Team Range - :56.5
15:46.4 - Mary Ennis (6:03, 6:36, 3:07) - 9th place
16:02.6 - Lotus Schifsky (6:02, 6:43, 3:17) - 12th place
16:31.7 - Ruthie Gross (6:18, 6:55, 3:18) - 25th place
16:32.3 - Lucy Leighton (6:18, 6:56, 3:18) - 26th place
16:42.9 - Maria Stephenson (6:13, 7:03, 3:26) - 30th place
17:40.1 - Maria Kraker (6:40, 7:24, 3:35) - 63rd place
18:05.6 - Katie Stephenson (6:49, 7:32, 3:44) - 68th place
(76 total girls varsity runners)

Girls JV Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:37:11.0
Team Range - 2:02.6
18:45.3 - Abigail Miranda (7:16, 7:41, 3:47)
18:58.7 - Linnea Bellomo (6:44, 8:12, 4:02)
19:40.5 - Catherine DeMarais (7:27, 8:16, 3:57)
19:45.2 - Sydney Kloster (7:25, 8:09, 4:11)
20:02.6 - Maggie Griffith (7:33, 8:20, 4:09)
20:36.6 - Claire Mealey (7:46, 8:37, 4:13)
20:50.4 - Elizabeth Stephenson (8:10, 8:36, 4:04)
20:57.5- Ayana Anderson (8:11, 8:34, 4:12)
(254 total girls jv runners)

Boys Varsity Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:34:19.8 - 11th place of 12 teams
Team Range - 1:34.4
17:57.6 - Charlie Leighton (5:25, 6:03, 5:47. :42) - 40th place
18:23.5 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:35, 5:59, 6:06, :43) - 49th place
18:54.8 - Jonathon Valentas (5:51, 6:21, 5:58, :44) - 62nd place
19:31.9 - Henry Croll (5:52, 6:35, 6:18, :46) - 69th place
19:32.0 - Nathan Bittner (5:53, 6:34, 6:19, :46) - 70th place
20:29.3 - John Michael Berns (5:55, 6:49, 6:57, :48) - 78th place
22:25.3 - Kent Sommer (6:13, 7:41, 7:39, :52) - 80th place
(80 total boys varsity runners)

Boys JV Results-
22:45.7 - Henry Brink (6:59, 7:31, 7:21, :54)
23:51.8 - Chris Vance (6:54, 7:58, 8:02, :57)
25:56.1 - Zildjian Meyer (7:47, 8:35, 8:31, 1:02)
35:12.0 - Max Bultman (10:20, 11:56, 11:41, 1:15)
(392 total boys jv runners)