Uniform Turn In/State

We are going to do Uniform/Warm Ups/Bags/Lock Turn In on Wednesday of this week, November 2nd, after school.  Please make sure that everything is cleaned before turning in.  All of the Boys locks will need to be turned in and those Girls that are not joining Nordic Skiing will have to turn theirs in as well.

Also, on Saturday morning for the State Meet, we are going to have a bus to go to the meet.  Last week I asked the runners if there were any that would want to go down to support Peyton and there were 15-20 that raised their hands.  So, I was able to get a bus that will take Peyton and those that are wishing to go down to St Olaf, leaving at 8:00 am.  For those that are wanting to go down on the bus, I would like to know on Wednesday.  As for the race, Peyton will be racing in the AAA race at 10:30 and we will leave to head home around 11:30.

If there are any questions, please let me know,
Thanks,
Denny

Section 7AAA Results

Congratulations to Peyton on qualifying for the Minnesota State Meet that will be next Saturday at St. Olaf College! Peyton finished in a solid 8th place overall and added his name to the Coon Rapids Sub-17:00 Club, moving into 42nd All-Time! Peyton also helped lead the Boys to a solid 5th place finish, moving up from 8th place last year!

The Girls were led by Ruby who finished in 16th place overall, just a few places out of qualifying for State herself, becoming just the fourth Cardinal to break 20 minutes in a 5K and is now 3rd overall in Cardinal History.  (3200m and 4K's were the Girls distance prior to 2015).  The Girls team finished in 8th place, but ran a 17 second faster average than last year.

On the JV side, Justin and Tythe finished 1 second apart to help lead the Boys to an 11th place finish out of the 13 teams there and Hannah finished in 25th to lead the Girls to an 8th place finish.

All of our individual times are now posted, along with links to the Overall Results as well as an updated Season Bests list.  On the day, 31 All Time Personal Records with an additional 4 Season Bests were set out of the 41 Cardinal Runners that raced today!

Great work to everyone today! It was a huge positive to see everyone competing at their bests and to see the improvements as a team, even if some times individual or team placings don't always show it.  We have opportunities to grow, and it is something that we will continue to do what we can to improve everyone!  

We will be meeting after school tomorrow, Friday, to do team voting and discuss a few items.

Thanks to all of those that were able to come out and watch and support the runners today!!
Denny

Section 7AAA Meet Thursday

Here are a couple of items for the Section Meets on Thursday, Oct 27 for the Varsity and JV.  A list of who will be running Varsity is also below.  Those not listed will be running in the JV races.

This will be the last meet of the season for most of the team, but also the opportunity to qualify for the State Meet at St. Olaf on Saturday, Nov. 5th.  Please note that the Varsity will be in the late morning/early afternoon and that the JV runners will be late in the afternoon.  We will actually have two bus times and the Varsity will come back after the awards.

Those that qualify for the State Meet will be the 1st and 2nd place teams, as well as the 6 fastest runners that are not on those two teams.  The weather is looking like temp wise will be perfect for fast times, hard to say at this time if there will be any rain or not.

Also, please remember that there are no dogs allowed.  We don't want a dog getting lose during the race and interfering with a runner.

Varsity Runners:
Boys
Peyton, Aaron, Kjell, Lachlan, Nehemiah, Albi, Owen

Girls
Ruby, Stella, Ella, Kaylee, Lily, Kendall, Sophia

Varsity times:
Bus Leaves at 9:45
Boys - 11:30
Girls - 12:10

JV times:
Bus Leaves at 3:00
Boys - 4:20
Girls - 4:50

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks,
Denny

ABC 3K Schedule

Here are the start times for Wednesday's ABC 3K at Greenhaven Golf Course in Anoka off of Hwy 10:
Boys - 4:00

Girls - 4:30

Thanks,

Denny

End of Season Banquet Information

2022 Cross Country Running Banquet 

The season is coming to an end it is time to look back on the accomplishments of the 2022 edition of the Coon Rapids Boys and Girls Cross Country teams.

This year, our banquet will be on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 starting at 6:00 at the CRHS Cafeteria.  This will be a Pot Luck affair with each grade of athletes bringing the following: 

7 Seniors: Desserts

8 Juniors: Beverages

14 Sophomores: Salads

15 Freshmen & Under:  Entrees

Please note that there are 44 members of the team, plus four coaches, as well as family members of these athletes that will be attending, so please bring accordingly.  All plates, silverware, napkins, and cups will be supplied.

Also, please note that there are a few individuals that have nut allergies. If you do make anything with nuts in it, please make sure to mark it as so.

This will be a night in which we will be handing out all team awards and such, so we do appreciate you being a part of this event to celebrate the accomplishments of the athletes and the team. 

We are also wanting this to be a more formal affair for the athletes.
If there are any questions, please let me know.  Thanks, Denny

NWSC Meet

Congratulations to Peyton (10th) and Aaron (22nd) of the Boys, and Ruby (16th) and Stella (19th) with the Girls, for earning All-Conference honors today at the Northwest Suburban Conference Meet!! Also congrats to Kjell for earning All-Conference Honorable Mention with a 41st place.  On the team side of things, both Varsity teams moved up from our placings last year, with the Boys finishing in 9th and the Girls 10th out of the 14 teams!  

The JV teams also saw a lot of improvements, with the Girls finishing a solid 5th place led by the 14th place finish of Hannah, and 3 others finishing in the top 25!!  On the Boys side, in a very competitive JV race, the Boys finished in 11th led by the 23rd place finish of Justin out of 249 total runners!

Despite the fluctuating weather conditions and the somewhat soft course in places, not to mention the weather delay for the JV races, we have 20 Season or All Time PR's on the day!! These are all positives that we like to see and will build off of, and we know we could have had a better day, which we will use to help us as we get ready for the Section Meet in two weeks.

One thing of note for next week, the ABC 3K at Greenhaven has been changed to Wednesday the 19th.  We will also be doing the JK5K on Thursday morning, but please note this is just a workout that we do to get everyone on the course one more time. 

Thanks for all of the parents and fans that came out and supported the runners, and especially those that had members of the team in your vehicles during the lightening delay!!
Denny

NWSC Meet

Below is the information as well as time schedule and line up for Wednesday's Northwest Suburban Conference Meet at the Elk River Country Club.  Just a forewarning for Parking at the Conference Meet, most people will be able to park on the driving range that is north of the main lots, but some may have to park on the street that will be a little bit of a walk.  This is a busy road, so if you do end up parking on a neighborhood street, beware trying to cross to get to the course.  Also, if it does rain, which is a possibility, it is possible that the golf course says "No" to anyone parking on the driving range.  If there is any change in that, I will let you know.

Also note that we are aware that there is PSAT testing that day as well and will work with any of the runners that are planning to take the test and may miss the bus.  However, these runners need to let me know on Monday so we know whether to expect someone on the bus or if they will be meeting us there.

Elk River (Conference Championships): 20015 Elk Lake Rd.  Highway 10 west to Proctor Ave. in Elk River, go north (right).  Go 2 miles to the Elk River Country Club, which will be on the right.  Additional parking will be available at Woodland Trails, just north of the Country Club.

Bus Leaves at 1:00

NWSC Meet @ Elk River Country Club, October 12 2022
Girls	Boys
Varsity	Varsity
Ruby Demmer	Peyton Martinek
Stella Bone	Aaron Casey
Ella LaGree	Kjell Norquist
Kaylee Buerman	Lachlan Demmer
Lily McKenzie	Nehemiah Kue
Kendall Martinek	Albi Ludwig
Sophia Greiner	Owen James
Casey Amelsberg	Cole Burnett
Grace Berndt ?	Vlad Vorobyev
Megan Fuller ?	Tythe Kue
JV	JV
Hannah Berndt	Justin Bauer
Emmy Fuller	Marco Velasquez
Addie Erickson	Joshua Hyatt
Faith Kue	Nate Bornes
Nyah Fruth	Gilbert Kostuck
Jessika Larson	Orion Carter
Emily Bornes	Kevin Cheaye
Ash Cocchiarella ?	Joshua Holder
Anna Winter ?	Truman Smith
	Nico Cocchiarella
	Michael Kane
	Jacob Thoen
	Landon Egerstrom
	Nolan Rife

2022 Conference Meet

Site:     Elk River Golf Club 

Date:   Wednesday, October 12

Make-up date options: 

• If the course is too wet we will use Prairie Park in Otsego or the ERX Motor Park in Elk River.
• If we get intermittent lightning we will run Varsity only on Wednesday, October 12 and JV on Monday, October 17

Time and Order of Races:      

            2:45                 National Anthem

            3:15                 Boys Varsity Race

            3:55                 Girls Varsity Race

            4:35                 Boys JV Race

            5:15                 Girls JV race

            6:00                Awards Presentation

Team Champions, All Conference, and JV places will be announced after the meet.

A postponed meet will be rescheduled.  Every attempt will be made to make a decision to postpone by noon and have that decision communicated to each school by 12:30 p.m.

 Total All Conference awards to be equal to two times the number of schools participating:  Year 2021:  The top 28 finishers in the girl’s varsity race and the top 28 finishers in the boys’ varsity race will be awarded all conference medals.
Honorable mention All Conference honors will go to the  29^st through 42^th place finishers in the boys and girls varsity races

No awards will be provided for the JV races.

Week Ahead

Thanks for all that came out last night to watch and support the runners!  Times were faster and it appeared the runners had some fun as well. The Boys top 5 average ended up being 30 seconds faster than lasted year and the Girls top 5 average was 19 seconds faster than a year ago, but times for a lot of individuals was much faster than those averages.

As for the rest of the week, we are going to be doing weight training after school today, Tuesday, and then practice will be optional. Practice will be as usual the rest of the week, plus we will have practice on Saturday morning at 8:00am at the track. The NWSC meet is next Wednesday, so we are going to be getting a good track workout in to prepare ourselves.

Thanks

Denny

Cardinal Cup/Hoka One One 2 Mile Time Trial Line Ups

Below are the teams for Monday Nights Cardinal Cup/Hoka One One 2 Mile Time Trial.  The Girls will be going at 7:00pm and the Boys at about 7:30pm.  We are wanting everyone on the team to be there by 6:00pm.  Every one is welcome to come and watch, enjoy the music and the runners and have some fun!!

Thanks

Denny

HOKA 2 MIle Time Trial @ CR Stadium, October 3 2022
Girls
Team:	Team:
Ruby Demmer	Stella Bone
Kaylee Buerman	Ella LaGree
Lily McKenzie	Kendall Martinek
Emmy Fuller	Hannah Berndt
Megan Fuller	Sophia Greiner
Casey Amelsberg	Addie Erickson
Faith Kue	Nyah Fruth
Ash Cocchiarella	Jessika Larson
Emily Bornes	Anna Winter
Boys
Black	Red	White
Peyton Martinek	Aaron Casey	Kjell Norquist
Albi Ludwig	Nehemiah Kue	Lachlan Demmer
Owen James	Cole Burnett	Vlad Vorobyev
Marco Velasquez	Justin Bauer	Tythe Kue
Joshua Hyatt	Nate Bornes	Gilbert Kostuck
Joshua Holder	Kevin Cheaye	Orion Carter
Truman Smith	Nico Cocchiarella	Michael Kane
Landon Egerstrom	Tristan Golen	Jacob Thoen
Nolan Rife