Sunday, September 8, 2013

Trinity CC - Week Five Schedule

Hello,

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 9th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, September 10th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Wednesday, September 11th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 6:45am at Trinity School
Thursday, September 12th - Private School Championships at St. Catherine'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 13th - 2:00-5:00pm at Feed My Starving Children in Eagan following fall field day. Students will be back at Trinity School by 5:30pm for pickup.
Saturday, September 14th - 9:00-10:30am at Minnehaha Falls (4801 Minnehaha Avenue Minneapolis, MN) - meet at the parking ticket meter by the Sea Salt restaurant at the falls.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Saturday, September 7, 2013

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 - 1:06:12.5 - 2nd place of 19 teams (16 complete teams)
8:39.4 - Becca Wilkin (5:43, 2:56) - 5th overall, 3rd of 68 Sophomore Girls
9:01.1 - Grace Ennis (6:01, 3:00) - 15th overall, 2nd of 68 Freshman Girls
9:13.8 - Lotus Schifsky (6:06, 3:07) - 17th overall, 2nd of 68 Junior Girls
9:32.1 - Theresa Mueller (6:13, 3:19) - 34th overall, 6th of 68 Junior Girls
9:43.4 - Anna Maunu (6:17, 3:26) - 44th overall, 7th of 68 Freshman Girls
9:47.3 - Claire Mealey (6:29, 3:18) - 46th overall, 11th of 74 Senior Girls
10:15.4 - Maria Stephenson (6:51, 3:24) - 74th overall, 20th of 74 Senior Girls
10:20.1 - Charlotte Howland (6:47, 3:33) - 81st overall, 14th of 68 Freshman Girls
10:29.4 - Ahna Neil (6:46, 3:43) - 91st overall, 18th of 68 Sophomore Girls
10:37.2 - Elizabeth Neil (7:02, 3:35) - 100th overall, 18th of 41 Junior High Girls
10:37.5 - Marie DeMarais (6:43, 3:54) - 101st overall, 17th of 68 Freshman Girls
10:39.1 - Madeleine Brylski (7:04, 3:35) - 103rd overall, 20th of 68 Sophomore Girls
10:41.8 - Marcella Brylski (7:02, 3:39) - 108th overall, 21st of 68 Sophomore Girls
10:50.1 - Hannah Kehl (7:05, 3:45) - 120th overall, 22nd of 68 Sophomore Girls
10:51.8 - Clare Reinhardt (7:01, 3:50) - 126th overall, 30th of 68 Junior Girls
10:58.2 - Gracie Carlson (7:12, 3:46) - 134th overall, 22nd of 68 Freshman Girls
11:01.0 - Katie Michalak (7:08, 3:53) - 142nd overall, 24th of 68 Freshman Girls
11:09.5 - Emily Balsbaugh (7:12, 3:57) - 158th overall, 20th of 41 Junior High Girls
11:20.8 - Eva Bulson-Lewis (7:37, 3:43) - 174th overall, 35th of 68 Freshman Girls
11:44.5 - Abby Turbenson (7:45, 3:59) - 206th overall, 43rd of 68 Freshman Girls
11:56.2 - Cecilia Nicklaus (8:00, 3:56) - 215th overall, 37th of 68 Sophomore Girls
12:26.5 - Emmy Brewer (8:01, 4:25) - 257th overall, 30th of 41 Junior High Girls
12:57.4 - Lauren Miller (8:20, 4:37) - 275th overall, 60th of 68 Junior Girls
14:10.3 - Abigail Nordhues (9:03, 5:05) - 293rd overall, 65th of 68 Freshman Girls
16:18.8 - Amelia Tallarini (10:29, 5:49) - 307th overall, 40th of 41 Junior High Girls
(310 total girls runners)

Boys Results (all races 3200m)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:22:03.9 - 7th place of 19 teams (18 complete teams)
11:21.5 - Henry Brink (5:37, 5:44) - 36th overall, 5th of 77 Sophomore Boys
11:24.0 - Eddie Hoey (5:37, 5:47) - 39th overall, 8th of 77 Sophomore Boys
11:26.8 - John Michael Berns (5:33, 5:53) - 42nd overall, 15th of 68 Junior Boys
11:31.2 - Thomas Wilkin (5:41, 5:50) - 46th overall, 2nd of 70 Junior High Boys
11:33.1 - Henry Leighton (5:29, 6:04) - 48th overall, 4th of 92 Freshman Boys
12:19.0 - Josiah Sommer (6:00, 6:19) - 95th overall, 18th of 77 Sophomore Boys
12:24.3 - Eamon Naughton (6:00, 6:24) - 102nd overall, 21st of 77 Sophomore Boys
12:25.1 - Andrew Dourgarian (5:59, 6:26) - 105th overall, 32nd of 68 Junior Boys
12:27.5 - Andy Baum (6:01, 6:26) - 109th overall, 33rd of 68 Junior Boys
12:39.8 - Mark Gerdes (6:14, 6:25) - 123rd overall, 36th of 68 Junior Boys
12:41.0 - Michael Ennis (6:16, 6:25) - 125th overall, 9th of 70 Junior High Boys
12:57.1 - Tyler Husaby (5:59, 6:58) - 147th overall, 45th of 82 Senior Boys
13:14.6 - Raymond Tallarini (6:21, 6:53) - 172nd overall, 38th of 77 Sophomore Boys
13:38.0 - Charlie Cruse (6:44, 6:54) - 215th overall, 18th of 70 Junior High Boys
13:47.5 - Sam Hill (6:46, 7:01) - 218th overall, 52nd of 68 Junior Boys
13:59.8 - Rob Kranz (6:47, 7:12) - 236th overall, 53rd of 68 Junior Boys
14:56.5 - Charlie Cudd (6:55, 8:01) - 302nd overall, 37th of 70 Junior High Boys
15:14.7 - Jorgen Viltoft (7:13, 8:01) - 315th overall, 62nd of 68 Junior Boys
15:23.1 - James Sommer (7:08, 8:15) - 322nd overall, 44th of 70 Junior High Boys
16:08.1 - Alex Baum (7:28, 8:40) - 349th overall, 80th of 93 Freshman Boys
17:06.3 - Sam True (7:57, 9:09) - 366th overall, 57th of 70 Junior High Boys
18:20.8 - Joshua Cline-Cole (8:02, 10:18) - 379th overall, 76th of 77 Sophomore Boys
26:04.8 - Waweru Kariuki (12:03, 14:01) - 389th overall, 93rd of 93 Freshman Boys
(389 total boys runners)

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

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Parent Driving Schedule

Here's the driving schedule for remaining 2013 Trinity cross country events and meets:

Thursday, September 12th - Private School Championships - leave immediately following school (3:00pm):
Boys Drivers - Berns (3), Gerdes (3), Leighton (4), Hoey (5), Husaby (4)
Girls Drivers - Bulson-Lewis (4), Howland (6), Stephenson (4), Ennis (5), DeMarais (3)

Friday, September 13th - Feed My Starving Children - leave from Lexington-Diffley Athletic Complex in Eagan immediately following Fall Field Day (2:00pm).  This driving commitment also requires you to stay and work the shift (2:30-4:30pm) with the team at Feed My Starving Children as chaperones and drive kids back to Trinity at 5:00pm:
Boys Drivers - Berns (3), Dourgarian (7), Sommer (4), Kranz (4)
Girls Drivers - Balsbaugh (2), Carlson (3), Kehl (5), Neil (6), Tallarini (5), Brewer (6)

Monday, September 16th - Bass Ponds Hill Workout - leave immediately following school (3:00pm) and parents will pickup kids at Evergreen Community Church following practice at 5:30pm:
Boys Drivers - Baum (4), Brink (6), Hill (4), Tallarini (5), Viltoft (3)
Girls Drivers - Bulson-Lewis (4), Maunu (4), Mealey (5), Michalak (5), Turbenson (5)

Tuesday, October 1st - Trinity Invitational - leave immediately following school (3:00pm):
Boys Drivers - Cudd (3), Kranz (4), Hill (4), Viltoft (3), Wilkin (5)
Girls Drivers - Carlson (3), Kehl (5), Maunu (5), Miller (6), Turbenson (5)

Thursday, October 10th - MCAA/MCSC Conference Meet - times to be determined...we will have some students leaving before the end of school:
Boys Drivers - Baum (4), Dourgarian (7), Gerdes (3), Ennis (5)
Girls Drivers - Brylski (4), Mealey (5), Mueller (3), Wilkin (5), Howland (6)

Thursday, October 24th - Section 4A Meet - times to be determined...we will have some students leaving before the end of school:
Boys Drivers - Tallarini (5), Brink (6), Leighton (4), Husaby (4)
Girls Drivers - Balsbaugh (2), Ennis (5), Mueller (3), Neil (6), DeMarais (6)

Ron Kretsch Invitational

Here are the details for the Ron Kretsch Invitational:

Race: Ron Kretsch Invitational - hosted by Benilde-St. Margaret's
Date: Saturday, September 7th
Place: Bassett Creek Park in Crystal, MN
Time: All Trinity runners should plan to be at Bassett Creek Park by 9:00am to warmup properly and cheer on teammates in earlier races.  The first race starts at 10:00am - this is a change, 45 minutes later than previous years.
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: BJ Kranz (lead), Teresa DeMarais, Rachel Tallarini, Anita Cline-Cole, Robin Nordhues

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

Schedule of Events:
9:45am - Coaches Meeting
10:00am - 7th & 8th Grade Boys (Charlie Cruse, Charlie Cudd, Michael Ennis, James Sommer, Sam True, Thomas Wilkin)
10:15am - 7th & 8th Grade Girls (Emily Balsbaugh, Emmy Brewer, Elizabeth Neil, Amelia Tallarini)
10:30am - 9th Grade Boys (Alex Baum, Waweru Kariuki, Henry Leighton)
10:45am - 9th Grade Girls (Eva Bulson-Lewis, Gracie Carlson, Marie DeMarais, Grace Ennis, Charlotte Howland, Anna Maunu, Katie Michalak, Abigail Nordhues, Abby Turbenson)
11:00am - 10th Grade Boys (Henry Brink, Joshua Cline-Cole, Eddie Hoey, Eamon Naughton, Josiah Sommer, Raymond Tallarini)
11:15am - 10th Grade Girls (Madeleine Brylski, Marcella Brylski, Hannah Kehl, Ahna Neil, Cecilia Nicklaus, Becca Wilkin)
11:30am - 11th Grade Boys (Andy Baum, John Michael Berns, Andrew Dourgarian, Mark Gerdes, Sam Hill, Rob Kranz, Jorgen Viltoft)
11:45am - 11th Grade Girls (Lauren Miller, Theresa Mueller, Clare Reinhardt, Lotus Schifsky)
12:00pm - 12th Grade Boys (Tyler Husaby)
12:15pm - 12th Grade Girls (Claire Mealey, Maria Stephenson)
12:30pm - Coaches Race
12:40pm - Team & Individual Awards (...this usually doesn't get started until 12:50pm or later...expect everything to be complete by 1:30pm)

Awards:
Top 10 in each race: Ron Kretsch Invitational T-Shirts
1st and 2nd place Boys & Girls Teams: Top 7 runners receive 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, Bloomington Jefferson, Breck, DeLaSalle, Hill-Murray, Mankato East, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis Washburn, Mounds Park Academy, Orono, St. Paul Academy, St. Thomas Academy, Totino-Grace, Trinity School at River Ridge and Visitation.

Week Four Schedule

Hello,

Hopefully the worst heat wave has passed us, but we have still had some great practices in August since school has started.  Note that we do have a practice on Labor Day night from 6-8pm at Deerwood Elementary in Eagan this week.  We are excited to finally get into racing action with the Ron Kretsch Invitational on Saturday. 

Week Four Schedule:
Monday, September 2nd - 6:00-8:00pm - practice at Deerwood Elementary (1480 Deerwood Drive, Eagan, MN) meet on east side of school
Tuesday, September 3rd - 3:30-5:30pm - practice at Trinity School
Wednesday, September 4th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 6:45am at Trinity School
Thursday, September 5th - 3:30-5:30pm - practice at Trinity School
Friday, September 6th - 3:30-5:00pm - practice at Trinity School
***NOTE - Pre-meet day practice will typically be 30 minutes shorter***
Saturday, September 7th - 10:00am - Ron Kretsch Invitational at Bassett Creek Park in Crystal, MN. Runners should be at the meet site by 9:00am.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Food For Meets

Hello,

Here's information from assistant coach Kim Kelly-Sommer about food assignments for meets:
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Trinity Cross Country 2013 Food for meets-

I have assigned 5 people to each meet to bring food. I have only listed the mom’s name, but dads are welcome to do the job as well.  If you have a conflict with your meet date, you can either ask someone to bring your item to the meet from your assigned group, or switch groups. Just make sure the leads know.

The person whose name is in bold print I would like to be the point person for that meet. Please call them if you have a particular item you would like to bring, otherwise they will assign you an item so that all items are covered.

I will bring a table, cold pack with mustard, and mayo, brownies and pumpkin bars to each meet.

Saturday September 7th - Ron Kretsch Invitational
Bassett Creek Park, Crystal
B.J. Kranz - 651 683-0410 (Rob)
Teresa DeMarais - 651 222-2044 (Marie)
Rachel Tallarini - 651 455-0833 (Raymond & Amelia)
Anita Cline-Cole - 651 460-3713 (Joshua)
Robin Nordhues - 612 822-0146 (Abigail)

Thursday, September 12th - Private School Championships
St. Catherine’s, St. Paul
Cristy Brink - 651 842-8425 (Henry)
Regina Kehl - 651 460-4113 (Hanna)
Barb Gerdes - 612 825-4478 (Mark)
Suzy Turbenson - 651 698-7618 (Abby)
Enid Kariuki - 612 859-3172 (Waweru)

Saturday, September 21st - Milaca Mega Meet
Stones Throw Golf Course, Milaca
Anne Hoey - 651 994-7870 (Eddie)
Katherine Lewis - 613 332-9508 (Eva)
Rose Husaby - 651 687-0327 (Tyler)
Jeanette Leighton - 651 455-4237 (Henry)
Anita Baum - 651 690-1922  (Andy & Alex)

Saturday, September 28th - CAA Junior High Meet
Wakefield Park, Maplewood
(approximately 10-15 athletes competing – 5th-8th grade)
June Klaphake - 651 690-9058 (Ahna & Elizabeth Neil)
Etti Cruse - 612 559-6682 (Charlie)
Caitlin Cudd - 612 986-8435 (Charlie)
Jen Balsbaugh - 651 298-8493 (Emily)

Tuesday, October 1st - Trinity Invitational
Dakota County Fairgrounds, Farmington
Sarah Mealey - 952 944-5406 (Claire)
Sandi True - 651 493-0812 (Sam)
Christin Croll-Carlson - 651 681-9929 (Gracie)
Nadine Reinhardt - 952 895-6075 (Clare)
Anne Viltoft - 952 423-6050 (Jorgen)

Saturday October 5th - Swain Invitational
Enger Park Golf Course, Duluth
Karen Maunu - 952 431-5871 (Anna)
Eileen Wilkin - 651 686-8179 (Becca & Thomas)
Sally Ennis - 651 489-9080 (Grace, Michael)
Kim Kelly-Sommer - 651 487-6206 (Josiah & JamesHenry)

Thursday, October 10th - MCAA/MCSC Conference Meet
Bassett Creek Park, Crystal
Teresa Stephenson - 651 578-7813 (Maria)
Anne Michalak - 651 227 2435 (Katie)
Anne Nicklaus - 952 736-8489 (Cecilia)
Mary Dourgarian - 651 686-6065 (Andrew)
Sarah Howland - 612 721-4977 (Charlotte)

Thursday, October 24th - Section 4A Meet
Battle Creek Park, Maplewood
Margaret Berns - 651 365-0971 (John Michael)
Doris Schifsky - 715 262-4478 (Lotus)
Sandy Brylski - 952 431-1169 (Marcella & Madeleine)
Della Miller - 952 432-6957 (Lauren)
Rachel Brewer - 651 450-1885 (Emmy)

Suggested food items to bring: Enough for 48 athletes and 3 coaches.

Bread or buns- 51 can be white and or wheat on the smaller size. Not large hamburger buns. Or bread for 51 sandwiches. Bagels will also work.

Meat- for 51 can be ham, turkey, salami, what ever. If the slices are large please feel free to cut them in half.

Vegetables- Lettuce and tomato, not everyone eats these so enough for around 30 should be good.

Fruit- One or a combo of the following,  Do not bring everything  on the list for one meet. This is a very perishable item so please do not over buy. 
Seedless watermelon 2 feeds the whole team. ( I will have a cutting board and knife at each meet.)
Grapes washed and snipped.
Apples sliced.
Oranges quarted.
Banana’s cut in half or smaller. You may want to cut these as we go so we do not waste them.

I will bring a table to set food out on at the end of the meet. The coaches including myself are usually out on the course. Please feel free to set food out as kids are finishing running. We will remind kids to leave some food for runners who are finishing later in the day. I would like to ask that as parents we bring a snack for siblings, or ask that at the very least they wait until all athletes who are running that meet have finished and had a chance to eat. Then all are welcome to eat anything that is left over.

Thanks for your help in making Trinity CC a successful program!

Parent Meet Workers

Hello,

Thank you to all parents for your support and assistance to give these runners the best meet schedule we can and help run two of the best high school meets this fall.

We also tried to designate a girls parent worker for the boys race and a boys parent worker for the girls race - that's why you see two parents listed for any working spots that will occur during the race.

We still have spots to fill at our upcoming meets, as indicated by the empty lines.  Please let me know if you have not signed up to work, but would be able to help out for any of the needed spots.

Private School Championships-

Here's the list of parents scheduled to work at the Private School Championships at St. Catherine University in St. Paul on Thursday, September 12th:
                                   Jr High & Girls Races / Boys Races
Chute Worker/Finish Line: June Klaphake / Regina Kehl
Chute Worker/Finish Line: Rose Husaby / Ed Kariuki
Chute Worker/Finish Line: Barb Gerdes / Teresa Stephenson
Chute Worker/Finish Line: Sally Ennis / Gerald Brylski
Chute Worker/Finish Line: Jim Ennis / Sandra Brylski
Course Worker/Directions: Jeanette Leighton / Anita Baum
Course Worker/Directions: Anne Nicklaus / Teresa Naughton
Course Worker/Directions: Kelly Hill / Anita Cline-Cole
Course Worker/Directions: Sarah Howland / Chuck Howland
Course Worker/Directions: Eileen Wilkin / Eileen Wilkin

Please report to the finish line/chute area at 3:30pm to receive instructions from Jesse Schoen and Josh Gerber with Wayzata Results for your work assignment.

Trinity Invitational-

Here's the list of parents scheduled to work at our home meet, the Trinity Invitational at the Dakota County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, October 1st:

Registration Table: Teresa Stephenson

Please report early at 3:00pm to hand out packets, give directions and answer questions for teams as they arrive.

                                   Girls Race / Boys Race
Chute Worker/Finish Line: Cristy Brink / Nadine Reinhardt
Chute Worker/Crowd Control: Patrick Mealey / Caitlin Cudd
Chute Worker/Crowd Control: Barb Gerdes / Sally Ennis
Timer/Chute Worker: Teresa Naughton / Karen Maunu
Finish Line Video Recorder: Chuck Howland / Teresa Stephenson
Timer/Results Helper: BJ Kranz / Suzy Turbenson
Course Worker/Directions: Rachel Tallarini / Sandi True
Course Worker/Directions: Kelly Hill / Sarah Howland
Course Worker/Directions: Rose Husaby / Regina Kehl
Course Worker/Directions: Eileen Wilkin / Eileen Wilkin
Course Worker/Directions: Steve Viltoft / Ann Hoey
Course Worker/Directions: Anne Viltoft / Katherine Lewis
Course Worker/Directions:  Anita Cline-Cole / Mary Dourgarian
Split Announcer/1-Mile Mark: Bill Kranz / LeRoy Maunu
Split Announcer/2-Mile Mark: Lonny Cruse / Richard Baum

More details and instruction will be sent to parents/workers before the meet. We will also have a workers meeting at 4:00pm, 30 minutes before the races start, with Jesse Schoen and Craig Yotter of USATF Minnesota to go over final details on race day.

If you have any questions for now, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jesse