Section 4A Meet Results

We ran through the rain and sloshed through the mud and puddles on the grounds of Battle Creek Regional Park on Thursday. Our effort and performance was exceptional and it is hard to believe some of our runners ran their fastest times ever in those conditions, but it is true.

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Section 4A Meet:

Girls Results-
Trinity Team Time: 1:31:07.9 - 11th place of 20 teams (16 complete teams)
Range: 2:47.0
17:09.6 - Lotus Schifsky (6:21, 7:13, 3:35) - 34th
17:15.2 PR - Linnea Bellomo (6:29, 7:18, 3:28) - 39th
17:45.1 PR - Lucy Leighton (6:48, 7:32, 3:25) - 51st
19:01.4 SB - Carmen Quinlivan (7:18, 7:52, 3:51) - 84th
19:56.6 - Katie Stephenson (7:37, 8:21, 3:58) - 98th
20:04.8 - Catherine DeMarais (7:37, 8:24, 4:03) - 101st
21:24.5 PR - Sydney Kloster (7:53, 7:58, 4:33) - 107th
(122 total Girls Varsity runners)

Full Section 4A Girls Varsity results can be found here: http://www.raceberryjam.com/results/sect4agirlscc.html

Girls JV-
22:20 - Emily Brubaker (8:03, 9:28, 4:49)

Boys Results-
Trinity Team Time: 1:34:18.7 - 9th place of 20 teams (18 complete teams)
Range: 1:26.4
18:12.6 - Patrick Earhart (5:33, 5:59, 5:59, :41) - 28th
18:21.9 - Charlie Leighton (5:50, 6:05, 5:45, :41) - 33rd
18:31.3 - Cody Sommer (5:48, 6:11, 5:50, :42) - 35th
19:33.9 - Jonathon Valentas (6:27, 6:09, 6:13, :44) - 64th
19:39.0 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:57, 6:25, 6:33, :44) - 69th
21:04.1 - Joe Hrbacek (6:37, 6:46, 6:54, :47) - 93rd
21:08.6 - Chris Johnson (6:45, 6:57, 6:39, :47) - 96th

Full Section 4A Boys Varsity results can be found here: http://www.raceberryjam.com/results/sect4aboyscc.html

Boys JV-
20:47 - Jacob Bellomo (6:10, 7:15, 6:36, :46)
21:31 PR - John Michael Berns (7:05, 6:46, 6:52, :48)
21:39 - Karl Brummer (6:51, 7:09, 6:51, :48)
24:15 - Jeremy Troedson (7:33, 8:15, 7:34, :53)
29:02 PR - Rob Kranz (9:17, 9:48, 8:54, 1:03)

PR = Personal Record
SB = Season Best

Section 4A Meet

Race: Section 4A Meet
Date: Thursday, October 29th
Place: Battle Creek Regional Park - 2401 Upper Afton Road, Newport, MN‎
Time: Girls Trinity runners are dismissed from school at 2:00pm, to be on the road by 2:15pm. Boys Trinity runners are dismissed from school at 2:30pm, to be on the road by 2:45pm. Our first race is at 4:00pm.
Drivers and Riding Assignments:
Girls - 2:00pm release, on the road by 2:15pm:
Teresa DeMarais - Catherine DeMarais, Lucy Leighton, Lotus Schifsky, Sydney Kloster
Melanie Bellomo - Linnea Bellomo, Katie Stephenson, Carmen Quinlivan
Emily Brubaker - Rebecca Driessen
Boys - 2:30pm release, on the road by 2:45pm:
Vanna Valentas - Jonathon Valentas, Jacob Bellomo, Rob Kranz, John Michael Berns
Jeremy Troedson - Patrick Earhart
Joe Hrbacek - Karl Brummer
Chris Johnson - Cody Sommer, JonElliott Brubaker, Charlie Leighton
Directions:
From Trinity - Take 494 East to US 10W/61N and go North, take US 10W/61N to Lower Afton Road and go right (east), take Lower Afton Road to McKnight Road and go left (north), take McKnight Road to Upper Afton Road and go right (east). Take the first left on Upper Afton Road into the parking lot with the pavilion and aquatic center.

Race Distances:
Boys Varsity and JV races: 5000m
Girls Varsity and JV races: 4000m

Schedule of Events:
3:30pm - Coaches Meeting
4:00pm - Girls Varsity (Carmen Quinlivan, Katie Stephenson, Catherine DeMarais, Lucy Leighton, Linnea Bellomo, Lotus Schifsky, Sydney Kloster)
4:30pm - Boys Varsity (Patrick Earhart, Cody Sommer, Joe Hrbacek, Chris Johnson, JonElliott Brubaker, Charlie Leighton, Jonathon Valentas)
5:00pm - Boys & Girls Combined JV race (Karl Brummer, Jeremy Troedson, Jacob Bellomo, Rob Kranz, John Michael Berns, Emily Brubaker)
5:30pm - Awards Ceremony

Awards:
Team - The top 2 teams in each varsity race are awarded both trophies and medals and qualify for the State Meet.
Individual - The top 10 individuals in each varsity race are awarded medals and qualify for the State Meet.
The top 15 individuals in each race earn all-section recognition honors.

Teams Participating:
Belle Plaine, Blake, Breck, Christ's Household of Faith, Concordia Academy-Roseville, DeLaSalle, Eagle Ridge Academy/International School of MN, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Holy Family Catholic, Jordan, Math & Science Academy, Mayer Lutheran, Minneapolis Henry/North, Minnehaha Academy, Mounds Park Academy, New Life Academy/Lion's Gate, Norwood-Young America, St. Anthony Village, St. Croix Lutheran, St. Paul Academy, St. Paul Humboldt and Trinity School at River Ridge.

Sections Spaghetti Supper

The Driessen family is treating the Trinity CC team with a spaghetti supper before our Section Meet.

Here are the details:
Date - Tuesday, October 27th
Place - Driessen's house - 12155 Danbury Way, Rosemount, MN
Time - Following practice, from 5:30-7:00pm

We plan to end practice on Tuesday by 5:00pm and then drive to the Driessen house for supper from Trinity. Some of the other students, Kim and I will be driving students to the supper.

We don't want to keep students too late on a school night, so be sure you have a ride planned from Driessen's for 7:00pm.

Directions from Trinity:
Take Argenta Trail south to Hwy 149 and go left (south), follow Hwy 149 to Hwy 3 and go right (west), stay on Hwy 3 until the 4th stoplight and turn right (west) on Cty Rd 38/McAndrews Road, follow McAndrews Road to the first Danbury Way on the north (right) side of the road...not the left (south), follow Danbury Way past the Private Drive No Trespassing sign, the Driessen house is the first two-story house on the right. The house number is on the tree at the end of the driveway.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Trinity CC - Practice Week Eleven

Hello,

It's Section Meet Week and the Tri-hawk runners have put in the time and effort to make the most of our next big meet. We are prepared and are looking forward to the races on Thursday!

Here's the Week Eleven Schedule:
Monday, October 26th - at Trinity School (601 River Ridge Parkway Eagan, MN) from 3:30-5:00pm.
Tuesday, October 27th - at Trinity School from 3:30-5:00pm - followed by a CC team spaghetti supper at Driessens from 5:30-7:00pm.
Wednesday, October 28th - Run On Your Own - option to meet before school and run with teammates at 7:00am.
Thursday, October 29th - Section 4A Meet at Battle Creek Regional Park (2401 Upper Afton Road Maplewood, MN) at 4:00pm.
Friday, October 30th - at Trinity School from 3:30-5:00pm.
Saturday, October 31st - To Be Determined - following the results of the Section Meet.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Trinity Boys vs Girls Race Results

We had a beautiful fall day to enjoy the trees and trails at Lebanon Hills Regional Park.

The girls raced over 3200m, while the boys covered 3800m. Both groups performed very well on a challenging course with pride on the line.

Here are the results:

Team Scores:
1st - Boys - 26 (3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
2nd - Girls - 29 (1, 2, 7, 9, 10)

Individual Results:
1 - Lotus Schifsky - 12:48 - Girls (6:24 pace)
2 - Linnea Bellomo - 12:57 - Girls (6:28 pace)
3 - Cody Sommer - 13:22 - Boys (5:39 pace)
4 - Patrick Earhart - 13:28 - Boys (5:42 pace)
5 - JonElliott Brubaker - 13:31 - Boys (5:43 pace)
6 - Charlie Leighton - 13:34 - Boys (5:44 pace)
7 - Lucy Leighton - 13:56 - Girls (6:58 pace)
8 - Jonathon Valentas - 14:13 - Boys (6:01 pace)
9 - Carmen Quinlivan - 14:17 - Girls (7:08 pace)
10 - Catherine DeMarais - 14:30 - Girls (7:15 pace)
11 - Karl Brummer - 14:36 - Boys (6:11 pace)
12 - Joe Hrbacek - 14:41 - Boys (6:13 pace)
13 - Chris Johnson - 14:53 - Boys (6:17 pace)
14 - Sydney Kloster - 16:20 - Girls (8:10 pace)
15 - John Michael Berns - 16:22 - Boys (6:56 pace)
16 - Jeremy Troedson - 16:47 - Boys (7:06 pace)
17 - Rob Kranz - 23:22 - Boys (9:53 pace)

Course Records:
12:19 - Sarah Ennis (2008) - 3200m
12:38 - Luke Gross (2008) - 3800m

Trinity Boys vs Girls Race

Race: Trinity Boys vs Girls Intrasquad Race
Date: Monday, October 19th
Place: Lebanon Hills Regional Park - Jensen Lake entrance on Pilot Knob Road, between Cliff Road and McAndews Road (4601 120th Street West Apple Valley, MN)
Time: Runners will leave for Lebanon Hills from school at 3:15pm. The intrasquad race will begin at 4:30pm. Runners will cooldown following the race and treats will be provided. The entire event will conclude by 5:30pm. Please pickup students at Lebanon Hills Regional Park.
Drivers: BJ Kranz, Margaret Berns, Kim Kelly-Sommer, Jesse Schoen and various students.
Directions: From Trinity School - take 494 West to 35E South - 35E South to Pilot Knob Road going south - take Pilot Knob Road for about 4 miles and turn left into Lebanon Hills - Jensen Lake entrance.

Race Distances:
Boys: 3800m
Girls: 3200m

Format:
Both boys and girls Trinity teams will race the same course, the girls will start 600m ahead of the boys on the course path...both teams will start at the same time and finish at the same location.

Boys and girls runners of equal ability should finish at approximately the same time over these distances. We will score the meet as normal and determine a Trinity team champion.

Schedule:
3:15pm - Leave Trinity School
3:50pm - Runners will arrive at Lebanon Hills
4:00pm - Runners will warmup and check out the course
4:20pm - We will call Boys and Girls teams to their starting lines
4:30pm - Start the Intrasquad Race
5:00pm - Runners will cooldown
5:15pm - Announce team scores and serve treats

Trinity CC - Practice Week Ten

Hello,

We had excellent weather and an outstanding performance at the MCAA Conference Meet last week! Week Ten is our down week for racing, with just the Boys vs Girls intrasquad race on Monday...a final tune-up as we get ready for Sections next week.

Here's the Week Ten Schedule:
Monday, October 19th - Boys vs Girls Race at Lebanon Hills Regional Park - Jensen Lake entrance (4601 120th St W Apple Valley, MN) from 3:30-5:30pm. The race starts at 4:30pm.
Tuesday, October 20th - at Trinity School (601 River Ridge Parkway Eagan, MN) from 3:30-5:30pm.
Wednesday, October 21st - Run On Your Own - option to meet before school at 7:00am and run with teammates.
Thursday, October 22nd - at Trinity School from 3:30-5:30pm.
Friday, October 23rd - at Trinity School from 3:30-5:00pm.
Saturday, October 24th - at Minnehaha Falls (4801 Minnehaha Avenue Minneapolis, MN) - meet at the parking ticket meter by the falls - from 9:00-10:00am.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

MCAA Conference Meet Results

We were blessed with some much improved weather for the conference meet today...and our runners responded well with some gutsy performances!

Here are the Trinity CC results from the MCAA Conference Meet:

Girls Results-
Trinity Team Time: 1:32:09.6 - 3rd place of 7 teams (4 complete teams)
Range: 3:05.9
16:47.4 PR - Lotus Schifsky (6:44, 6:30, 3:33) - 3rd - All-Conference
18:14.7 - Linnea Bellomo (7:00, 7:11, 4:03) - 15th
18:40.5 - Katie Stephenson (7:34, 7:13, 3:53) - 17th
18:58.1 - Lucy Leighton (7:49, 7:24, 3:45) - 19th
19:53.6 - Catherine DeMarais (7:49, 7:50, 4:14) - 22nd
20:14.1 - Carmen Quinlivan (7:49, 7:53, 4:32) - 25th
22:03.6 PR - Sydney Kloster (8:35, 8:36, 4:52) - 28th
(30 total Girls Varsity & JV runners)

Boys Results-
Trinity Team Time: 1:31:09.0 (season best) - 1st place of 7th teams (5 complete teams)
Range: 1:17.9
17:35.3 PR - Patrick Earhart (5:16, 5:48, 5:51, :40) - 2nd - All-Conference
17:56.5 PR - Charlie Leighton (5:27, 6:04, 5:44, :41) - 3rd - All-Conference
18:11.5 SB - Cody Sommer (5:26, 6:14, 5:50, :41) - 6th - All-Conference
18:32.5 - JonElliott Brubaker (5:31, 6:16, 6:03, :42) - 7th - All-Conference
18:53.2 PR - Jonathon Valentas (5:43, 6:32, 5:55, :43) - 10th - Honorable Mention All-Conference
20:13.6 PR - Joe Hrbacek (6:12, 6:42, 6:32, :47) - 17th
20:17.4 PR - Chris Johnson (6:17, 6:54, 6:19, :47) - 20th
20:21.6 PR - Jacob Bellomo (6:20, 6:50, 6:24, :47) - 21st
20:47.5 PR - Karl Brummer (6:22, 7:10, 6:27, :48) - 26th
21:31.7 PR - John Michael Berns (6:30, 7:19, 6:52, :50) - 30th
23:31.9 - Jeremy Troedson (6:58, 8:20, 7:17, :56) - 38th
29:24.3 PR - Rob Kranz (8:52, 9:42, 9:36, 1:14) - 46th
(47 total Boys Varsity & JV runners)

PR = Personal Record
SB = Season Best

Six Characteristics of a Champion Runner

Six Characteristics of a Champion Runner-

1) Confidence - a realistic faith in one's abilities that resists irrational doubts and fears.
- If you lack confidence, you'll be susceptible to underestimating your abilities.
- If you have too much confidence, you'll have an inflated sense of your abilities.

2) Optimism - a general expectation that things will go your way.
A tendency to expect success regardless of your abilities or external circumstances.

3) Focus - the ability to concentrate your attention on the sensory input and information that matters and to ignore everything else.

4) Resilience - having the ability to cope with adversity.
Every runner encounters setbacks. Champion runners are able to minimize the effects of setbacks by not dwelling on them and by having ready practical strategies for dealing with them as they arise.

5) Motivation - the direction and intensity of one's effort.
The desire to run…and the desire to run well.
- Focus on the motivation of team camaraderie. Racing and giving your best effort to represent excellence for the team and school.

6) Discipline - the ability to stick to a plan regardless of internal and external challenges.
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The most important psychological fact of racing = racing isn’t especially fun. Racing is hard.

How tough can it be to give your best effort in a Cross Country race?

…from Matt Fitzgerald in The Cutting-Edge Runner:
‘Most races inflict heavy doses of physical pain and emotional suffering. It's a unique kind of misery, sort of like a very slow drowning or a very rapid starvation. The muscles plead for oxygen and glucose. At the same time, they feel as if they are being eaten by acid. It seems your blood is slowly being replaced with tap water. The kicker is that this form of torture is utterly voluntary, hence ridiculous, and so the whole thing is essentially a mind game. You can stop (or slow down) at any time, but of course, the shame of stopping or slowing down is even worse than the agony of continuing.’

The Ultimate Adversity of Running = To Endure Pain and Suffering

How much pain are you willing to endure for a few minutes to achieve the result you desire?

Believing you can accomplish something makes it possible.

MCAA Conference Meet

Here are the details for the MCAA Conference Meet:

Race: MCAA Conference Meet
Date: Tuesday, October 13th
Place: Bassett Creek Park in Crystal, MN (32nd Avenue North and Yates Avenue North)
Time: Trinity runners will be leaving immediately following school (3:15pm). Our first race is at 4:30pm.
Drivers: Dikka Brummer, Kim Kelly-Sommer, Theresa Gross and Jeremy Troedson
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.

Race Distances:
Boys Varsity and JV: 5000m
Girls Varsity and JV: 4000m

Race Schedule:
Girls Varsity and JV together: 4:30pm
Boys Varsity and JV together: 5:00pm
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, Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity, Maranatha Christian Academy, Meadow Creek Christian, New Life Academy, Providence Academy and Trinity School at River Ridge.

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.