Trinity Invitational

Here are the details for the Trinity Invitational:

Race: Trinity Invitational
Date: Tuesday, October 1st
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:
Cudd (3) - Charlie Cudd, Charlie Cruse, Waweru Kariuki
Kranz (4) - Rob Kranz, Eddie Hoey, Henry Brink, Henry Leighton
Hill (4) - Sam Hill, Mark Gerdes, Andy Baum, Alex Baum
Viltoft (3) - Jorgen Viltoft, Joshua Cline-Cole, Sam True
Wilkin (5) - Becca Wilkin, Thomas Wilkin, Raymond Tallarini, John Michael Berns, Andrew Dourgarian
Husaby (4) - Tyler Husaby, Josiah Sommer, Eamon Naughton, Theresa Mueller
Carlson (3) - Gracie Carlson, Charlotte Howland, Katie Michalak
Kehl (5) - Hannah Kehl, Ahna Neil, Elizabeth Neil, Marcella Brylski, Madeleine Brylski
Maunu (5) - Anna Maunu, Abigail Nordhues, Eva Bulson-Lewis, Chaerin Lee, Claire Mealey
Miller (6) - Lauren Miller, Lotus Schifsky, Grace Ennis, Michael Ennis, James Sommer, Maria Stephenson
Turbenson (5) - Abby Turbenson, Marie DeMarais, Emmy Brewer, Emily Balsbaugh, Amelia Tallarini
Reinhardt (2) - Clare Reinhardt, Cecilia Nicklaus

Food for Meet: Sarah Mealey, Sandi True, Christin Croll-Carlson, Nadine Reinhardt, Anne Viltoft

Directions: From Trinity School, take Argenta Trail south to 70th Street West and go left (east), take Hwy 3 (South Robert Trail) south for approximately 15 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

Meet Workers:
                                   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

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-3rd of 7th grade and 8th grade runners = 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:
FAIR School, Hastings, North Lakes Academy, St. Croix Lutheran, St. Croix Prep, St. Paul Humboldt, Southwest Christian, Trinity School at River Ridge, Visitation and Washington Technology.

Trinity CC - Week Eight Schedule

Hello,

Our runners are looking forward to the Trinity Invitational at the Dakota County Fairgrounds on Tuesday. We hope lots of family and friends can come out and cheer on their Tri-Hawk runners.

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

Week Eight Schedule-
Monday, September 30th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, October 1st - Trinity Invitational at Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The first race starts at 4:30pm, we will be leaving immediately following school.
Wednesday, October 2nd - Run On Your Own - option to run at 6:45am at Trinity School
Thursday, October 3rd - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Friday, October 4th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Saturday, October 5th - Varsity Runners - Swain Invitational at Enger Park Golf Course in Duluth - we leave Trinity at 7:00am and will return to Trinity by 9:00pm.
Saturday, October 5th - Junior High Runners - St. Paul CAA Junior High Meet at Wakefield Park in St. Paul.  Runners should arrive by 7:30am, the first race is at 8:00am.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Trinity CC - Week Seven Schedule

Hello,

As we enter Week 7 we are at the halfway point of the season already.  Let's keep our momentum in training going strong and enter October in good position for our championship season schedule.

Here's the schedule for the upcoming week:

Week Seven Schedule-
Monday, September 23rd - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, September 24th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Wednesday, September 25th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 6:45am at Trinity School
Thursday, September 26th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Friday, September 27th - 2:00-4:00pm at Trinity School (practice immediately following the early release)
Saturday, September 28th - 8:00-10:00am at Lebanon Hills Regional Park (Jensen Lake - 1350 Carriage Hills Drive, Eagan, MN)

The Saturday practice is a change.  We originally thought the St. Paul CAA Junior High race would be scheduled for the last Saturday in September, as it has been most years.  It was changed to Saturday, October 5th.  We are working to make accommodations to still have some Trinity junior high runners compete in that meet...more details will come soon.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Milaca Mega Meet Results

Hello,

We had some outstanding weather and great performances to cap off our homecoming week at Trinity!

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

Girls Varsity Race Results (4k)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:18:46.0* - 1st place of 43 teams (28 complete teams)
Team Range - 1:26.2
15:07.4 - Becca Wilkin (5:52, 6:17, 2:58) - 3rd place
15:39.6 - Lotus Schifsky (5:56, 6:25, 3:18) - 6th place
15:42.0 - Grace Ennis (6:06, 6:32, 3:04) - 8th place
15:43.5 - Theresa Mueller (6:07, 6:29, 3:07) - 9th place
16:33.5 - Anna Maunu (6:22, 6:52, 3:19) - 31st place
17:46.5 - Ahna Neil (6:43, 7:35, 3:28) - 89th place
18:19.6 - Maria Stephenson (7:05, 7:54, 3:20) - 112th place
(209 total girls varsity race runners)
* - denotes new Trinity team school record

Girls JV Race Results (4k)-
18:12.5 - Marcella Brylski (6:55, 7:41, 3:36) - 99th place
18:17.0 - Madeleine Brylski (7:11, 7:34, 3:32) - 109th place
18:35.7 - Hannah Kehl (7:07, 7:45, 3:43) - 137th place
19:17.8 - Clare Reinhardt (7:12, 8:00, 4:05) - 207th place
20:20.9 - Cecilia Nicklaus (7:24, 8:46, 4:10) - 291st place
22:51.3 - Lauren Miller (8:27, 9:55, 4:29) - 427th place
25:35.7 - Chaerin Lee (9:42, 10:52, 5:01) - 461st place
(470 total girls jv race runners)

Girls 9th Grade Race Results (4k)-
17:31.3 - Charlotte Howland (7:08, 7:01, 3:22) - 30th place
18:04.8 - Marie DeMarais (7:08, 7:26, 3:30) - 48th place
18:18.9 - Katie Michalak (7:12, 7:31, 3:35) - 58th place
19:03.9 - Gracie Carlson (7:22, 8:01, 3:40) - 91st place
19:49.9 - Eva Bulson-Lewis (7:53, 8:23, 3:33) - 113th place
20:05.2 - Emmy Brewer (7:57, 8:20, 3:48) - 129th place
20:05.6 - Abby Turbenson (7:53, 8:22, 3:50) - 131st place
23:16.8 - Abigail Nordhues (8:49, 9:42, 4:45) - 181st place
(194 total girls 10th grade race runners)

Girls 7th Grade Race Results (3200m)-
14:05.5 - Elizabeth Neil (6:38, 7:27) - 25th place
14:20.3 - Emily Balsbaugh (6:54, 7:26) - 33rd place
19:02.5 - Amelia Tallarini (8:51, 10:11) - 187th place
(207 total girls 8th grade race runners)

Boys Varsity Race Results (5k)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:32:03.2 - 8th place of 44 teams (31 complete teams)
Team Range - :38.5
18:06.9 - John Michael Berns (5:37, 5:48, 6:00, :41) - 36th place
18:08.2 - Henry Brink (5:38, 5:55, 5:54, :41) - 38th place
18:20.4 - Thomas Wilkin (5:48, 5:58, 5:53, :41) - 46th place
18:42.4 - Eddie Hoey (5:37, 5:53, 6:26, :46) - 60th place
18:45.3 - Henry Leighton (5:43, 6:02, 6:18, :42) - 64th place
18:55.2 - Eamon Naughton (5:54, 6:10, 6:09, :42) - 69th place
19:12.5 - Andrew Dourgarian (5:51, 6:16, 6:22, :43) - 90th place
(221 total boys varsity race runners)

Boys JV Race Results (5k)-
19:40.6 - Andy Baum (6:23, 6:13, 6:20, :44) - 96th place
19:43.7 - Raymond Tallarini (6:13, 6:23, 6:23, :44) - 103rd place
20:19.1 - Josiah Sommer (6:10, 6:26, 6:56, :47) - 162nd place
20:37.9 - Tyler Husaby (6:16, 6:29, 7:07, :45) - 196th place
20:40.7 - Mark Gerdes (6:39, 6:31, 6:45, :45) - 206th place
21:48.7 - Sam Hill (6:56, 6:59, 7:05, :48) - 324th place
22:59.4 - Rob Kranz (7:18, 7:18, 7:32, :51) - 441st place
24:18.6 - Jorgen Viltoft (7:32, 7:56, 7:56, :54) - 512th place
25:34.8 - Alex Baum (7:53, 8:22, 8:22, :57) - 542nd place
26:06.1 - Joshua Cline-Cole (7:53, 8:24, 8:50, :59) - 552nd place
28:36.9 - Sam True (8:32, 9:32, 9:26, 1:06) - 578th place
30:52.0 - Waweru Kariuki - was led to skip 2nd 800m loop - ran 4200 meters
(583 total boys jv race runners)

Boys 7th Grade Race Results (3200m)-
12:40.3 - Michael Ennis (6:11, 6:29) - 24th place
13:35.2 - Charlie Cruse (6:27, 7:08) - 70th place
14:20.5 - James Sommer (6:50, 7:30) - 140th place
14:47.5 - Charlie Cudd (7:09, 7:38) - 166th place
(324 total boys 7th grade race runners)

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

Milaca Mega Meet

Here are the details for the Milaca Mega Meet:

Race: Milaca Mega Meet
Date: Saturday, September 21st
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 no later than 7:30am. Our first race with Trinity runners is at 10:15am.
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 and leave Milaca at 3:30pm, to arrive back at Trinity School between 5:00-5:30pm.
Food For Meet: Ann Hoey, Anita Baum, Katherine Lewis, Jeanette Leighton, and Rose Husaby

Race Distances:
Boys Varsity, JV, 10th and 9th grade races: 5000m
Girls Varsity, JV, 10th and 9th grade races: 4000m
Boys & Girls 7th & 8th grade races: 3200m

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

Race Schedule (...for races with Trinity runners):
10:15am - 7th Grade Boys (Charlie Cruse, Charlie Cudd, Michael Ennis, James Sommer)
10:45am - 7th Grade Girls (Emily Balsbaugh, Elizabeth Neil, Amelia Tallarini)
11:00am - 9th Grade Girls (Emmy Brewer, Eva Bulson-Lewis, Gracie Carlson, Marie DeMarais, Charlotte Howland, Katie Michalak, Abigail Nordhues, Abby Turbenson)
12:00pm - Varsity Girls Class A Race (Grace Ennis, Anna Maunu, Theresa Mueller, Ahna Neil, Lotus Schifsky, Maria Stephenson, Becca Wilkin)
1:45pm - Varsity Boys Class A Race (John Michael Berns, Henry Brink, Andrew Dourgarian, Eddie Hoey, Henry Leighton, Eamon Naughton, Thomas Wilkin)
2:00pm - Girls JV (Madeleine Brylski, Marcella Brylski, Hannah Kehl, Chaerin Lee, Claire Mealey, Lauren Miller, Cecilia Nicklaus, Clare Reinhardt)
2:15pm - Boys JV (Alex Baum, Andy Baum, Joshua Cline-Cole, Mark Gerdes, Sam Hill, Tyler Husaby, Waweru Kariuki, Rob Kranz, Josiah Sommer, Raymond Tallarini, Sam True, Jorgen Viltoft)

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, Benson/K-M-S, Blooming Prairie, Blue Earth Area, Braham Area, Carlton, Concordia Academy, Cromwell-Floodwood, Dilworth/Glydon/Felton, East Central, Eveleth-Gilbert, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, Hinckley-Finlayson, Holdingford, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Lake of the Woods, Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial, Lakeview Christian, Laporte, Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Mankato Loyola, Maple Lake, The Marshall School-Duluth, Mesabi East, Mille Lacs, Minnesota Valley Lutheran, Morris Area, Mounds Park Academy, Nevis, Ottertail Central, Pelican Rapids, Pierz, Providence Academy, Royalton, Rush City, Sauk Centre, St. Cloud Christian, St. Croix Prep, St. James, South Ridge, Trek North, Trinity School at River Ridge, United South Central/AC, Willmar Community Christian and Wrenshall.

Spaghetti Supper before Milaca

Hello,

The Trinity CC Spaghetti Supper at the Leighton's house following practice on Friday has become a pre-Milaca Mega Meet tradition.  It is another great way for the team to spend time together.  Thanks to the Leightons for agreeing to host again this season.

We will have a short practice (3:30-5:00pm) on Friday following school.  We will then transport students to the Leighton house just a few miles away for supper.

Parents just need to be available to pickup students from the Leighton house (...directions listed below) at 7:30pm...we will coordinate rides to the Leighton house following practice.

Event: Spaghetti Supper at Leighton's house
Date: Friday, September 21st
Time: 5:30ish-7:30pm
What to Bring: Any game that you want to play with teammates

The spaghetti supper is an optional team event, please have students let me know if they do not plan to attend.

Thanks,
Jesse
--
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.*

Trinity CC - Week Six Schedule

Hello,

It's homecoming week at Trinity...and that means big things for Trinity cross country too, which include the Bass Ponds hill workout on Monday (students bring your water bottle!), a spaghetti supper on Friday, and the Milaca Mega Meet to end the week on Saturday.

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

Week Six Schedule:
Monday, September 16th - 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 17th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Wednesday, September 18th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 6:45am at Trinity School
Thursday, September 19th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Friday, September 20th - 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 21st - Milaca Mega Meet at Stones Throw Golf Course near Milaca. The first race starts at 10:00am, we will start loading the bus at Trinity School at 7:00am, to be on the road no later than 7:30am. Students are due to return from the meet around 5:00-5:15pm.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse