Ron Kretsch Invitational Information

Here are the details for the 2017 Ron Kretsch Invitational:

Race: Ron Kretsch Invitational (36th Annual) - hosted by Benilde-St. Margaret's
Date: Saturday, September 9th, 2017
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.
What to bring: All athletes should bring a water bottle and warm ups. For racing, spikes are optimal. We have a few pairs of spikes that our athletes may borrow if needed.

Organizing food for the team: Barb Seery

Race Distances:

All Boys and Girls: 3200m (roughly 2 miles)

Schedule of Events:
9:45am - Coaches Meeting
10:00am - 7th & 8th Grade Boys (Derek Gottwalt, Zachary Martin, Christopher Stevenson)
10:20am - 7th & 8th Grade Girls (Aryn Marble, Clare Willson, Kateri Carney)
10:40am - 9th Grade Boys (Ethan Cline-Cole, Lewis Gerrity)
11:00am - 9th Grade Girls (Beatrice Monhaut, Katia Brink)
11:20am - 10th Grade Boys (Peter Bittner, Erik Iverson, Jonny Stevenson, Lucas Lorenz)
11:40am - 10th Grade Girls (Kate Cunningham, Kate Mealey, Abby Theis)
12:00pm - 11th Grade Boys (Charlie Cruse, Charlie Cudd, Will Rachac, Nyaga Kariuki, Sawyer Hammond, Ransom Schmidt)
12:20pm - 11th Grade Girls (Maddie Gonko, Elizabeth Neil)
12:40pm - 12th Grade Boys (Patrick Kobberman, Thomas Wilkin)
1:00pm - 12th Grade Girls (none)
1:30pm - Team & Individual Awards (...this usually doesn't get started on time, expect it to run late...close to 2pm)

Awards:
Top 10 Individual in each race will get Drifit Shirts, The top 2 Teams will get medals.

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

Results:
http://www.gopherstateevents.com

Box Assignments: 

Holy Angels 16, Blake 17, Breck 21, BSM 10, Concordia Academy 18, DeLasalle 9, Hill Murray 7, Mpls Edison 22, Mpls Roosevelt 1, Mpls Washburn 6, Minnehaha Academy 3, Mounds Park Academy 19, Nova Classical Academy 4, Visitation 5, Orono 11, RAACHE (Rochester Area Association of Christian Educators) 15, Southwest Christian 12, ST. Agnes 20, ST. Croix Lutheran 8, ST. Paul Academy 2, ST. Thomas Academy 13, Trinity School at Riveridge 14.

Week 4 Schedule

Monday, September 4 6:00pm 8:00pm: Practice at Deerwood Elementary (Labor Day). Meet at playground on lower level.
Tuesday, September 5 3:30pm 5:30pm: Practice at Trinity
Wednesday, September 6: No Practice
Thursday, September 7 3:30pm 5:30pm: Practice at Trinity
Friday, September 8 3:30pm 5:30pm: Practice at Trinity
Saturday September 9 10:00am: Ron Kretsch Invitational at Bassett Creek Park, Crystal. Athletes arrive at 9:00am.

Relay of Miles Results

Total miles run: 87 miles

Boys-
Fastest Mile = Charlie Cudd - 5:26
Fastest Average Per Mile = Charlie Cudd - 5:30
Jr High Fastest Mile = Zachary Martin - 5:41
Jr. High Fastest Average = Zachary Martin - 5:50
Best Range of Miles - 1st Place - Charlie Cudd - 6 seconds
Best Range of Miles - 2nd Place - Peter Bittner, Nyaga Kariuki (tie) - 14 seconds
Best Range of Miles - 3rd Place - Zachary Martin - 20 seconds

Girls-
Fastest Mile = Elizabeth Neil - 7:37
Fastest Average Per Mile = Elizabeth Neil - 7:47
No Junior High Girl Runners Today
Best Range of Miles - 1st Place - Beatrice Monhaut - 8 seconds
Best Range of Miles - 2nd Place - Katia Brink - 17 seconds
Best Range of Miles - 3rd Place - Kate Mealey - 20 seconds

Team Results

Team One: 36 miles
5:40 x 6 miles - Charlie Cruse (5:28, 5:36, 5:36, 5:39, 5:44, 5:55)
5:30 x 6 miles - Charlie Cudd (5:26, 5:29, 5:31, 5:31, 5:32, 5:30)
5:50 x 6 miles - Zach Martin (5:53, 6:01, 5:43, 5:54, 5:41, 5:49)
5:46 x 6 miles - Peter Bittner (5:55, 5:47, 5:45, 5:44, 5:41, 5:42)
7:30 x 6 miles - Ethan Cline-Cole (6:37, 6:56, 7:02, 7:33, 8:24, 8:31)
6:54 x 6 miles - Nyaga Kariuki (6:46, 6:55, 6:57, 7:00, 6:49, 7:00)

Team Two: 30 miles
8:14 x 6 miles - Ben Erickson (7:41, 8:25, 8:00, 8:19, 8:21)
7:00 x 5 miles - Johnny Stevenson (6:30, 6:55, 7:20, 7:43, 6:52)
6:56 x 5 miles - Will Rachac (6:37, 6:55, 6:54, 6:52, (time?), 7:24)
6:59 x 5 miles - Lewis Gerrity (6:24, 6:48, 6:44, 7:10, 8:00)
7:47 x 3 miles - Elizabeth Neil (7:59, 7:45, 7:37)
7:17 x 6 miles - Sawyer Hammond (7:11, 6:54, 7:10, 7:49, 7:32, 7:10)

Team Three: 21 miles
Christopher Stevenson (1600m: 12:05, 800m: 6:08, 6:26, 6:49  400m: 2:50)
8:31 x 5 miles - Kate Mealey (8:20, 8:40, 8:31, 8:30, 8:36)
8:03 x 5 miles - Derek Gottwalt (7:45, 7:48, 6:52, 9:45, 8:06)
9:00 x 2 miles - Katia Brink (8:52, 9:09)
11:49 x 4 miles - Ransom Schmidt (11:03, 11:35, 11:39, 13:02)
8:38 x 3 miles - Beatrice Monhaut (8:34, 8:42, 8:41)

2017 CC Meet Schedule

Saturday, August 26th - 4-Hour Relay of Miles at Blackhawk Middle School in Eagan - 8:00am
Saturday, September 9th - Ron Kretsch Invitational at Bassett Creek Park in Crystal - 10:00am
Thursday, September 14th - Private School Championships at St. Catherine's in St. Paul - 4:00pm
Thursday, September 28th - Famington Invitational - time tbd
Tuesday, October 3rd - Trinity Invitational at Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington - 4:30pm
Saturday, October 7th - Swain Invitational at Enger Park Golf Course in Duluth
Thursday, October 12th – MCAA Conference Meet at Bassett Creek Park in Crystal - 4:00pm
Thursday, October 26th - Section 4A Meet at Battle Creek Park in Maplewood - 4:00pm
Saturday, November 4th - State Meet at St. Olaf College in Northfield - 1:00pm

Coaches Contact Information

Lucy Cunningham
lucymcunningham@gmail.com
651-271-3557

Bill Stevenson
stev2792@stthomas.edu

Week Three Schedule

Monday, August 28	3:30pm	5:30pm	Practice at Trinity
Tuesday, August 29	3:30pm	5:30pm	Practice at Trinity
Wednesday, August 30			No Practice
Thursday, August 31	3:30pm	5:30pm	Practice at Trinity
Friday, September 1	3:30pm	5:30pm	Practice at Trinity
Saturday, September 2			No Practice

Monday, September 4

6:00pm

8:00pm

Practice at Deerwood Elementary, Eagan (Labor Day)

Summer Running Schedule 2017

2017 Trinity Cross Country Summer Running Session Schedule:

All summer running sessions are optional, they are on Mondays and Thursdays and they will run from 7:00-8:30pm unless noted. Bring your friends! The invitation to run is for any Trinity students, alumni and friends of CC team members.

Tuesday, June 13th (Day Changed for Track Banquet) - at former Trinity School Site (now Evergreen Community Church in Bloomington, MN)
Thursday, June 15th - at Minnehaha Falls - meet at parking lot by Sea Salt (4801 Minnehaha Ave Minneapolis, MN)
Monday, June 19th - at Thompson County Park - meet by Activity Center (1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN)
Thursday, June 22nd - at Lebanon Hills Regional Park - Jensen Lake entrance (4601 120th St W, Apple Valley, MN)
Monday, June 26th - at Battle Creek Regional Park - meet by aquatic center (2401 Upper Afton Road, Newport, MN)
Thursday, June 29th - at former Trinity School Site (now Evergreen Community Church in Bloomington, MN)
*Monday, July 3rd - at Minnehaha Falls - meet at parking lot by Sea Salt (4801 Minnehaha Ave Minneapolis, MN)
*Thursday, July 6th - at Thompson County Park - meet by Activity Center (1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN)
Monday, July 10th - at Lebanon Hills Regional Park - Jensen Lake entrance (4601 120th St W, Apple Valley, MN)
Thursday, July 13th - at Battle Creek Regional Park - meet by aquatic center (2401 Upper Afton Road, Newport, MN)

Monday, July 17th - at former Trinity School Site (now Evergreen Community Church in Bloomington, MN)
Thursday, July 20th - at Minnehaha Falls - meet at parking lot by Sea Salt (4801 Minnehaha Ave Minneapolis, MN)
Monday, July 24th - at Thompson County Park - meet by Activity Center (1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN)
Thursday, July 27th - at Lebanon Hills Regional Park - Jensen Lake entrance (4601 120th St W, Apple Valley, MN)

Monday, July 31st - at Battle Creek Regional Park - meet by aquatic center (2401 Upper Afton Road, Newport, MN)
*Thursday, August 3rd - at former Trinity School Site (now Evergreen Community Church in Bloomington, MN)
*Monday, August 7th - at Minnehaha Falls - meet at parking lot bySea Salt (4801 Minnehaha Ave Minneapolis, MN)
*Thursday, August 10th - at Thompson County Park - meet by Activity Center (1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN)
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* - denotes Summer Running Sessions that must be led as Captains Practices (no coaches present)

Minnesota High School League rules prohibit coaching of students from July 3rd – July 9th and also from August 1st until official school season practices start on August 15th.

Also, don't forget to count your cross-training activity as miles. Here's the conversion chart:
Cross Training Mileage Conversions-
4 miles biking = 1 mile running
2 miles rollerblading = 1 mile running
1/2 mile swimming = 1 mile running
10 minutes pool running = 1 mile running
10 minutes stair climber = 1 mile running
15 minutes on an elliptical machine = 1 mile running
20 minutes of a soccer game = 1 mile running
45 minutes of a normal soccer practice = 1 mile running
10 minutes of row machine = 1 mile running
20 minutes of a basketball game = 1 mile running
45 minutes of normal basketball practice = 1 mile running

-Henry Brink & Dob Kintz