Sunday, October 9, 2016

Trinity CC - Week Nine Schedule

Hello,

Please come out to Bassett Creek Park on Tuesday to cheer on your Tri-Hawk runners as both boys and girls teams chase a MCAA Conference title!

We are looking forward to another great meet and week of practice in preparation for Sections, which is just 2 weeks away.

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

Week Nine Schedule:
Monday, October 10th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, October 11th - MCAA Conference Meet at Bassett Creek Park (32nd Avenue North, Crystal, MN) by the Bassett Creek Dog Park. The first race starts at 4:00pm. We will have some students released early, please stay tuned for more details as we confirm with Trinity administration.
Wednesday, October 12th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 6:45am at Trinity School, weight room available
Thursday, October 13th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Friday, October 14th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Saturday, October 15th - 9:00-11:00am at Minnehaha Falls (4801 Minnehaha Ave Minneapolis, MN) meet at parking ticket meter just north of Sea Salt restaurant

Saturday is a change from the original schedule.  We will have a 2-hour practice, and it will be at Minnehaha Falls, not Hyland Park...we had to swap the site for practice this Saturday.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

CAA Junior High Meet Results

Hello,

We had a great turnout for the St. Paul Catholic Athletic Association Junior High meet on Saturday morning at Wakefield Park!

It was fun to see our youngest Trinity runners competing well and some younger siblings joining in for the 5th & 6th grade race.

St. Paul CAA Junior High Results-


Boys 5th & 6th Grade (and younger) Race (1 mile...probably more like 1900m)-
9:47 - Mason Gonko (4th Grade)
11:21 - Ben Chen (1st Grade)
(28 total younger boys runners)

Girls 5th & 6th Grade (and younger) Race
(1 mile...probably more like 1900m)-
8:58 - Izzy Cunningham (5th Grade) - 13th place
(30 total younger girls runners)

Boys 7th & 8th Grade Race (1.1 mile...probably more like 2000m)-
Team - 1st place
6:45 - Mitchell Arend - 3rd place
7:13 - Zachary Martin - 6th place
7:32 - Dominic Cudd - 9th place
7:42 - Lewis Gerrity - 10th place
7:45 - Ethan Cline-Cole - 11th place
8:42 - Zachary Chen - 25th place
8:47 - Damien Cudd - 27th place
8:54 - Gabriel Cruse - 28th place
(35 boys 7th & 8th grade runners)

Girls 7th & 8th Grade Race (1.1 mile...probably more like 2000m)-
Team - 3rd place
8:58 - Aryn Marble - 10th place
9:04 - Beatrice Monhaut - 11th place
9:19 - Ryan Kehl - 14th place
10:20 - Lydia Tallarini - 21st place
10:52 - Katia Brink - 22nd place
(23 girls 7th and 8th grade runners)

Thursday, October 6, 2016

St. Paul CAA Junior High Race

Race: St. Paul Catholic Athletic Association Junior High Race
Date: Saturday, October 8th, 2016
Place: Wakefield Park in St. Paul, MN (...just on the west side of Presentation Church & School - 1725 Kennard St, Maplewood, MN 55109)
Time: Runners should be at Wakefield Park no later than 7:30am to warmup for the race. The first race will start at 8:00am.  The entire event will be done by 9:00am.

Food For Meet:  Kehl (lead), Martin, Chen, Stevenson, Monhaut

Race Schedule:
8:00am - 5th & 6th Grade (...and younger) Race - 1.0 miles
as soon as the other race finishes - 7th & 8th Grade Race - 1.2 miles

Runners Competing:
Boys 5th & 6th (...and younger): Mason Gonko, Ben Chen
Girls 5th & 6th (...and younger): Izzy Cunningham, Leah Neil, Elsa Chen
Girls 7th & 8th: Katia Brink, Ryan Kehl, Beatrice Monhaut, Lydia Tallarini, Aryn Marble
Boys 7th & 8th: Mitchell Arend, Ethan Cline-Cole, Dominic Cudd, Lewis Gerrity, Zachary Chen, Gabriel Cruse, Damien Cudd, Zachary Martin

Awards:
Trophy and championship t-shirts to team champions
Medals to top 3 finishers in each race

Trinity Invitational Results

Hello,

We had fantastic running weather and conditions for the Trinity Invitational again this year! Thanks to all of the parents for working and helping out wherever needed to make our home meet run so efficiently and give our kids such a great experience.

Here are the Trinity results:

Girls Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:42:25.3 - 2nd place of 14 teams (10 complete teams)
Team Range - 2:03.4
19:20.3 - Grace Ennis (5:53, 6:24, 6:19, :44) - 4th place
20:08.3 - Katie Michalak (6:20, 6:40, 6:22, :46) - 10th place
20:24.4 - Elizabeth Neil (6:20, 6:47, 6:31, :46) - 15th place
21:08.7 - Emily Balsbaugh (6:36, 7:07, 6:38, :47) - 26th place
21:23.6 - Charlotte Howland (6:44, 7:00, 6:51, :48) - 28th place
21:34.1 - Marie DeMarais (6:44, 7:01, 7:00, :49) - 31st place
21:44.8 - Grace Carlson (6:44, 7:05, 7:06, :49) - 32nd place
21:46.9 - Abby Turbenson (6:44, 7:05, 7:08, :49) - 34th place
21:53.6 - Kate Cunningham (7:01, 7:20, 6:43, :49) - 37th place
23:05.3 - Eva Bulson-Lewis (7:15, 7:39, 7:19, :52) - 47th place
23:13.9 - Abby Theis (7:15, 7:41, 7:24, :53) - 50th place
25:01.5 - Maddie Gonko (7:27, 8:24, 8:12, :58) - 79th place
26:12.4 - Aryn Marble (8:08, 8:39, 8:23, 1:02) - 89th place
26:46.4 - Amelia Tallarini (8:24, 9:03, 8:15, 1:04) - 94th place
27:07.5 - Beatrice Monhaut (8:41, 8:51, 8:30, 1:05) - 99th place
27:25.6 - Ryan Kehl (8:41, 9:07, 8:31, 1:06) - 101st place
31:09.0 - Katia Brink (9:14, 10:26, 10:13, 1:16) - 120th place
33:07.1 - Lydia Tallarini (10:30, 11:20, 9:55, 1:22) - 123rd place
36:34.8 - Kate Mealey (10:30, 11:49, 12:46, 1:29) - 126th place
(127 total girls runners)

Boys Results-
Trinity Team Time - 1:26:40.1 - 1st place of 13 teams (13 complete teams)
Team Range - 1:42.9
16:34.6 - Dob Kintz (5:12, 5:32, 5:11, :39) - 2nd place
17:11.2 - Alex Baum (5:21, 5:37, 5:33, :40) - 5th place
17:11.7 - Henry Leighton (5:25, 5:42, 5:24, :40) - 6th place
17:25.1 - Thomas Wilkin (5:26, 5:40, 5:38, :41) - 7th place
18:17.5 - Charlie Cudd (5:50, 5:58, 5:47, :42) - 18th place
18:50.3 - Charlie Cruse (5:50, 6:11, 6:05, :44) - 32nd place
18:52.5 - Will Nixon (5:51, 6:15, 6:02, :44) - 33rd place
19:07.7 - Daniel Votel (5:52, 6:19, 6:12, :44) - 39th place
19:14.0 - Mitchell Arend (6:01, 6:24, 6:05, :44) - 41st place
20:00.0 - Nathaniel Cline-Cole (6:16, 6:29, 6:44, :46) - 71st place
20:06.0 - Patrick Kobbermann (6:17, 6:27, 6:36, :46) - 74th place
20:40.8 - Erik Iverson (6:23, 6:40, 6:50, :47) - 91st place
20:45.0 - Zachary Martin (6:53, 6:40, 6:25, :47) - 93rd place
20:57.9 - Lewis Gerrity (6:44, 6:49, 6:37, :47) - 103rd place
21:06.0 - Dominic Cudd (6:35, 7:00, 6:44, :47) - 106th place
21:24.8 - Sawyer Hammond (6:44, 6:57, 6:55, :48) - 117th place
21:26.3 - Lucas Lorenz (6:29, 7:04, 7:05, :48) - 119th place
21:32.4 - Stephen Norlien (6:44, 6:58, 7:01, :49) - 123rd place
21:36.2 - Nyaga Kariuki (6:39, 7:06, 7:02, :49) - 126th place
22:23.1 - Ethan Cline-Cole (7:10, 7:23, 6:59, :51) - 133rd place
22:51.9 - William Zhao (7:00, 7:43, 7:16, :52) - 146th place
23:07.3 - Zachary Chen (7:17, 7:40, 7:18, :52) - 151st place
23:52.9 - Thomas Whittenburg (7:17, 7:40, 8:01, :54) - 158th place
24:48.3 - Damien Cudd (7:57, 8:25, 7:29, :57) - 168th place
25:32.5 - Jonny Stevenson (7:51, 8:40, 8:02, :59) - 181st place
25:34.2 - Carl Yaeger (8:05, 8:23, 8:07, :59) - 182nd place
26:38.1 - Gabriel Cruse (7:51, 8:31, 9:12, 1:04) - 186th place
29:35.7 - Isaac Timberlake (9:32, 9:36, 9:16, 1:11) - 192nd place
38:43.6 - Ransom Schmidt (12:05, 13:16, 11:46, 1:36) - 196th place
(196 total boys runners)

Full results can be at Wayzata Results here:
http://www.wayzataresults.com/event/show/364151189

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Trinity Invitational

Here are the details for the Trinity Invitational:

Race: Trinity Invitational
Date: Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Place: Dakota County Fairgrounds - 4008 220th Street West, Farmington, MN 55024
Time: Trinity runners will be leaving immediately following school (3:10pm). The first race is at 4:30pm.

Drivers:
Boys-
Chen (3): Zachary Chen, Dob Kintz, Luca Tallarini
Martin (6): Charlie Cudd, Dominic Cudd, Damien Cudd, Will Nixon, Mitchell Arend, Zachary Martin
Kariuki (4): Nyaga Kariuki, Sawyer Hammond, Gabriel Cruse, Nick Erickson
Cruse (3): Charlie Cruse, Carl Yaeger, Erik Iverson
Schmidt (6): Ransom Schmidt, Nathaniel Cline-Cole, Daniel Votel, Thomas Whittenburg, Ethan Cline-Cole, Lewis Gerrity
Wilkin (6): Thomas Wilkin, Lucas Lorenz, Patrick Kobbermann, Isaac Timberlake, Jonathan Stevenson, William Zhao
Alex Baum (1), Henry Leighton (1), Stephen Norlien (1)

Girls-
Kehl (3) - Ryan Kehl, Kate Cunningham, Kate Mealey
Brink (3) - Katia Brink, Emily Balsbaugh, Abby Theis
Marble (3) - Aryn Marble, Beatrice Monhaut, Lydia Tallarini
Gonko (4) - Maddie Gonko, Katie Michalak, Elizabeth Neil, Amelia Tallarini
Grace Ennis (1), Abby Turbenson (1), Marie DeMarais (1), Gracie Carlson (1), Charlotte Howland (1), Eva Bulson-Lewis (1)

Food for Meet: Michalak (lead), Cudd, Cline-Cole, Iverson, Marble, Whittenburg

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 (right), 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:  Rebecca Lorenz / Anne Michalak
Chute Worker/Finish Line:  John Norlien / Pat Mealey
Chute Worker/Finish Line: Charlie Cudd / June Klaphake
Chute Worker/Crowd Control: Ben Cunningham / Ben Cunningham
Timer/Chute Worker:  Sara Yaeger / Sally Ennis
Timer/Results Helper:  Kelly Iverson / Cristy Brink
Course Worker/Directions:  Eileen Wilkin / Missy Marble
Course Worker/Directions:  Anita Baum / Sarah Howland
Course Worker/Directions:  Richard Baum / Chuck Howland
Course Worker/Directions:  Jess Chen / Katherine Lewis
Course Worker/Directions:  Barb Seery / Suzy Turbenson
Course Worker/Directions:  Lori Martin / Rachel Tallarini
Course Worker/Directions:  Diane Rachac / Tom Leighton
Split Announcer/1-Mile Mark:  Lonny Cruse / Lonny Cruse
Split Announcer/2-Mile Mark:  Dawn Whittenburg / Ben Kehl
Race Lead/Trail Bikers:  Larry Boyes, Kristi Boyes

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

Schedule of Events:
3:30-4:00pm - Workers Check In (...with Coach Kim, Coach Jesse or Craig Yotter at finish line)
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 (15):
Cannon Falls, Charter Stars, Hastings, Hiawatha Collegiate HS, Maranatha Christian Academy, Nova Classical Academy, St. Agnes, St. Croix Lutheran, St. Croix Prep, St. Paul Humboldt, South St. Paul, Southwest Christian, Trinity School at River Ridge, Visitation and Washington Technology

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Trinity CC - Week Eight Schedule

Hello,

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

Here's the schedule for the upcoming week:

Week Eight Schedule-
Monday, October 3rd - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Tuesday, October 4th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Wednesday, October 5th - Run On Your Own - option to run at 6:45am at Trinity School, weight room available
Thursday, October 6th - Trinity Invitational at Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The first race starts at 4:30pm, we will be leaving immediately following school.
Friday, October 7th - 3:30-5:30pm at Trinity School
Saturday, October 8th - Junior High Runners (5th-8th) - 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.
Saturday, October 8th - Senior High Runners (9th-12th) - 10:00-noon at Battle Creek Regional Park (2401 Upper Afton Road East, Maplewood, MN) - meet just west of the Aquatic Center
Saturday, October 8th - Coach Challenge Lunch - following practice until 2pm at Cossetta (7th Street West, St. Paul, MN) - by invitation only for summer running challenge runners.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jesse

Swain Invitational Results

Hello,

Your Tri-Hawk runners embraced the hilly and challenging course again this year.  We had some great weather and outstanding performances on a tough course.

If what we had a chance to see from our runners on Saturday is any indication, it should be a very exciting late October/early November for Trinity cross country!

Here are the Trinity CC results from the Swain Invitational:

Girls JV Race Results (5k)-

23:32.6 - Eva Bulson-Lewis (7:59, 7:31, 7:10, :52) - 10th place
24:03.9 - Abby Theis (7:59, 7:40, 7:31, :53) - 16th place
26:04.4 - Maddie Gonko (8:07, 8:30, 8:30, :57) - 33rd place
28:58.2 - Amelia Tallarini (9:36, 9:29, 8:51, 1:02) - 90th place
(126 total girls jv race runners)

Boys JV Race Results (5k)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:44:11.6 - 7th place of 29 teams (17 complete teams)
Team Range - 2:22.1
19:38.9 - Charlie Cruse (6:25, 6:20, 6:10, :43) - 19th place
20:04.1 - Mitchell Arend (6:55, 6:21, 6:04, :44) - 31st place
20:52.0 - Will Rachac (6:55, 6:47, :45) - 55th place
21:35.6 - Nathaniel Cline-Cole (6:58, 6:44, 7:03, :50) - 75th place
22:01.0 - Nick Erickson (6:57, 7:06, 7:11, :47) - 94th place
22:13.4 - Patrick Kobbermann (6:42, 7:17, 7:26, :48) - 101st place
22:18.4 - Lucas Lorenz (7:13, 7:11, 7:06, :48) - 103rd place
22:34.5 - Erik Iverson (7:09, 7:08, 7:28, :49) - 112th place
22:40.2 - Sawyer Hammond (7:14, 6:56, 7:41, :49) - 116th place
22:54.0 - Nyaga Kariuki (7:12, 7:22, 7:30, :50) - 120th place
23:19.4 - Stephen Norlien (7:30, 7:34, 7:23, :52) - 132nd place
24:52.2 - Luca Tallarini (8:01, 8:04, 7:52, :55) - 159th place
(193 total boys jv race runners)

Girls Varsity Race Results (5k)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:46:40.7 - 2nd place of 44 teams (32 complete teams)
Team Range - 2:02.9
20:18.4 - Grace Ennis (6:28, 6:27, 6:39, :44) - 6th place
21:00.9 - Katie Michalak (6:58, 6:47, 6:30, :45) - 22nd place
21:16.0 - Elizabeth Neil (6:59, 6:51, 6:41, :45) - 30th place
21:44.1 - Emily Balsbaugh (7:14, 6:58, 6:46, :46) - 48th place
22:21.3 - Marie DeMarais (7:19, 7:03, 7:11, :48) - 71st place
22:35.6 - Gracie Carlson (7:19, 7:15, 7:12, :49) - 80th place
24:42.3 - Abby Turbenson (7:38, 7:27, 8:45, 1:02) - 156th place
(219 total girls varsity race runners)

Boys Varsity Race Results (5k)-
Trinity Team Time - 1:31:19.5 - 7th place of 40 teams (29 complete teams)
Team Range - 1:35.6
17:42.6 - Dob Kintz (5:51, 5:32, 5:39, :40) - 22nd place
17:59.6 - Thomas Wilkin (6:07, 5:39, 5:33, :40) - 31st place
18:03.0 - Alex Baum (5:47, 5:46, 5:50, :40) - 34th place
18:16.1 - Henry Leighton (5:45, 5:50, 6:01, :40) - 44th place
19:18.2 - Charlie Cudd (6:18, 6:04, 6:14, :42) - 118th place
19:56.6 - Daniel Votel (6:34, 6:10, 6:29, :43) - 155th place
20:10.8 - Will Nixon (6:33, 6:17, 6:36, :44) - 166th place
(247 total boys varsity runners)

The splits are a little strange because the final half-mile for the boys and girls races was nearly all downhill to the finish.

Individual results from the Swain Invitational can be found here:
http://www.itiming.com/raceresults/1413-swain2016_ind.pdf

Team results from the Swain Invitational can be found here:
http://www.itiming.com/raceresults/1413-swain2016_teamlist.pdf