Week of Sep 14: St Francis/Griak Invites

Below is the information for both Thursday's St Francis Invite at the Ponds Golf Course and Saturday's Roy Griak Invite at the Fort Snelling Golf Course in St Paul. For Thursday, there is only one race for the Middle School runners at 3:30, Boys JV is at 3:50 and Girls JV is at 4:20.  For Saturday, we are in the Maroon Division for both the boys and the girls races.  Start times are 9:00am for boys and 9:45am for girls.  Please note that at both races, pets are Not allowed.

One other item of note, the Girls team will be wearing Pink uniform tops for both days and the Boys will be wearing Black tops with their Red Shorts.

Lastly, for the Varsity that will be running on Saturday, we would like for them to come with on Thursday for support and to get their workouts in at the JV meet location. If they are not able to come with, we would like to be notified so we can let them know their workouts.  With Saturday, we would like those that raced on Thursday to come with as well so they can see and experience the atmosphere and races.  There will be races throughout most of the day, with close to 200 high school teams competing in 4 races.  We won't stay all day, but if you would like to stick around and watch the rest, it's a good day of racing! (There are also college races on Friday morning)

Any questions, please let me know,

Thanks
Denny

St Francis Invitational: Bus leaves at 1:45

The Ponds Golf Course: 2881 229th Ave NW, St. Francis, 55070. Take Hwy 10 West to Round Lake Blvd and go North to St Francis (will change to Lake George Blvd north of CR 22).   Take a right at the round-a-bout for CR 24 and the golf course parking lot will be on the left side of the road just shy of a 1/2 mile.

Spectator parking: There is limited parking available in The Ponds parking lot on the north side of the road. If you park in the parking lot on the north side of the road please use the tunnel to get to the other side. NO PARKING ALONG THE ROAD (229th/Bridge Street in front of the golf course) or on the south side of the road. Handicap parking is available in the little lot on the south side of the road near the restrooms and where the buses are to drop off. 

***PLEASE USE THE TUNNEL TO GET TO THE MEET LOCATION WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. The tunnel is located to the east of the clubhouse. There will be signs directing you to the tunnel from the parking lot. ATHLETES, SPECTATORS, AND COACHES ARE NOT TO CROSS THE ROAD AS IT IS BUSY. PLEASE USE THE TUNNEL! 

(If I can get links to the maps I will post those as well)

Roy Griak Invitational (Fort Snelling Golf Course):  Bus leaves at 7:00

5701 Leavenworth Ave, St Paul, MN 55111.  Take Highway 10 east to Hwy 610 to south Hwy 252.  Continue south onto I 94 and then exit at I 35W South and then go east on MN Hwy 62. Go about 4.5 miles and exit onto exit 116A and then turn left onto Airport Service Rd, a right Bloomington  Rd, a left onto Minnehaha Ave, a right onto Taylor Ave, and then a right onto Leavenworth Ave.  (These directions will change depending on where general public parking will be located).

The University will be charging $12.50 entry fee for adults and $10.50 for students/youth/seniors (62 & above). Kids age 3 & under are free. (Credit card Only)

Please click on this link for more spectator information: Griak Spectator Information

Bauman/Rovn Invitational Meet Info

Below is the team roster for Thursday's Bauman/Rovn Invite as well as the start times for each race and Directions.  Please note that parking is tight, so please give yourself plenty of time to get there before the races start, but also consider car pooling if possible.

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

Bauman/Rovn Invitational: Gail Woods: 7210 County Rd 110 W, Minnetrista, 55364.  Highway 10 east to Hwy 610 and continue to Hwy 169 South.  Take 169 South to I94 West and follow to I494 South. Follow to Hwy 12 West, then exit onto Shoreline Dr, which is actually County Road 15, and continue going west.  Shoreline Dr will take you in and around Lake Minnetonka, and continue to Mound, where you will take a left onto Bartlett Blvd/County Rd 110W The park entrance will be a couple of miles after you take a left, on the right side of the road.  The WRA Park will be on the left side of CR 110W.  There is limited parking at Gail Woods, so consider parking at WRA Park, near the park.  

Bus Leaves @ 1:45

JV Boys @ 4:00, Girls @ 4:30

Varsity Boys @ 5:10, Girls @ 5:35

MS (1.8K) Boys @ 6:05, Girls @ 6:30

Live Results will be found on Wayzata Results

NO DOGS ALLOWED AT GALE WOODS FARMS.

Bauman Rovn Invite @ Gail Woods, September 10, 2026
Girls	Boys
Varsity	Varsity
Ruby Demmer	Nixon Glenn
Mackenzie Reiland	Josey Jacobs
Alexa Sabatke	John Vandagriff
Emmy Fuller	Tate Burnett
Faith Kue	Cullen Jayasekera
JV	JV
Genavive Kostuck	Ben Moline
Ellie Sadler	Truman Smith
	Kaiden Castillo
Junior High Race (1.8 Miles)	Eli Post
Vera Lee	Vince Congdon
Ruth Hutton	Max Kirkpatrick
Zoe Felller	Zach Reiland
Leah Kirkpatrick	Will Gable
	Alvin Nguyen
	Xavier Pantoja
	Avalyn Nagan
	Mohamed Mustafa
	Junior High Race (1.8 Miles)
	Brecken Jayasekera
	Mason Pflugshaupt

Week of Sep 7

Good Evening and Happy Labor Day Weekend! Hope everyone is enjoying the day!!  Here is some information for the upcoming week as we start back to school.

Practice Monday will be at 6:00pm on the West end of the Tennis Court Parking Lot.  Then, starting Tuesday we will be on our school schedule for practices, where for those at the high school, we will meet at the weight room at 2:25, unless otherwise stated, and then everyone will meet at 3:10 on the West end of the Tennis Court Lot, giving the Middle School runners time after school to get ready.  Expect practices to last until about 5:00 every day we have practice.

Thursday this week, September 10th, is our next meet, the Bauman/Rovn Invite at Gail Woods in Minnetrista.  Directions to the course are below, but know that they are always posted in the Parent Handbook on the right side of the blog.  Bus time is 1:45, with the HS runners getting out at 1:25 and MS runners at 1:20 (I submit names for everyone to get them excused). Once I get the time schedule, I will get that out to everyone.  In the past, the first race starts at 4:00 and the last one at 6:30, so expect this to be a later evening for getting home.  Runners are allowed to go home with parents, but we need notification from a parent prior to the meet and we would like for the runners to stay until their teammates have completed their races.

If there are any questions, please let me know,

Thanks

Denny

Bauman/Rovn Invitational: Gail Woods: 7210 County Rd 110 W, Minnetrista, 55364.  Highway 10 east to Hwy 610 and continue to Hwy 169 South.  Take 169 South to I94 West and follow to I494 South. Follow to Hwy 12 West, then exit onto Shoreline Dr, which is actually County Road 15, and continue going west.  Shoreline Dr will take you in and around Lake Minnetonka, and continue to Mound, where you will take a left onto Bartlett Blvd/County Rd 110W The park entrance will be a couple of miles after you take a left, on the right side of the road.  The WRA Park will be on the left side of CR 110W.  There is limited parking at Gail Woods, so consider parking at WRA Park, near the park.

District 11 Meet Results

Our Individual Results and the Overall Meet Results are now posted on the right side of the blog.  Two of the Boy's times did not make it into the Overall Results, but I am working on getting those fixed.

A positive step to start the season however.  Congrats to Ruby for taking 3rd overall in the girls race!  Temps were rising and got warmer as the day went on.  It wasn't a perfect day, and was actually rough for some of the runners, but it is something of a starting point for everyone and one that we can all build off of as we head into next week and the rest of the season.

Friday's practice will be at 8:00am at the High School.  This is the annual Donut Run, so if the runners want a donut, they will need to bring money with, as they will run to a local Donut Shop.  We are going to also have the Captains in charge of this workout, giving the team a break from us Coaches!! :)

Monday's practice will be at 6:00pm at the High School to allow those that may be out of town the chance to not have to rush back.

Starting Tuesday, practice for the season will be at 3:10pm on the West End of the Tennis Courts, unless otherwise stated.  However, for only those that are at the High School, we will be weight training after school at 2:25, so please meet at the Weight Room.

Thanks to everyone that came out and supported the runners this morning!! 

Denny

Meet/Schedule Changes

As mentioned recently, the Waconia Invite was moved to Thursday, Sep 24, and with this move we canceled the Chisago Lakes Invite.  Since then I have been able to add a meet for the MS/JV runners on Thursday, Sep 17, the St Francis Invite.  These two changes are updated on the Schedule on the blog.  Also, I received information on the Section 7AAA Meet and they changed us to the morning session, with the first race now starting at 11:30am.  This change is also shown on our schedule.

Sorry for all of the changes,

Thanks,
Denny

Meet Schedule Change

There have been a couple of changes to our meet schedule due to date change from what I was originally told.  The Waconia Invite has been changed to Thursday, Sep 24, and due to this we took the Chisago Lakes Invite out to give those running at Griak more time to recover.  Thus, we currently have an opening for our JV/MS runners where Waconia had been.  I am currently working on getting another meet put in, and once I have confirmation I will get that information out as well.

Thanks and sorry for any issues this may create,

Denny

Week of August 31, 2026

There are a few items in this post, so please read through the whole post.

The team apparel put together by the Captains is due in one week, Sep. 6.  Here is a link to what can be purchased.  Please remember that these are optional items:

https://lettermensp.tuosystems.com/stores/crcc-26

To help with those putting together food for the pasta parties (which there are still openings, please look through them), if your athlete(s) has any allergies, can you please fill out this form.  This will also help with the end of season banquet: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZZesbmaXlI8krcHqYgxskvxmy4WiGxLZ7jtxK6LcJlM6z5w/viewform?usp=sf_link

The plan for practices is to be done by 5:00 Monday through Wednesday.

Third Week (Aug 31-Sep 4)

Monday: 3:10pm, CR Soccer Complex (Near Recycling Center)

Tuesday: 3:10pm, CRHS, West end of Tennis Courts

Wednesday: 3:10, CRHS, West end of Tennis Courts

Thursday: District 11 Meet, Bus leaves at 7:00am, First race at 8:30, Second Race at 9:15

Friday: 8:00am, CRHS, West end of Tennis Courts

Workouts for the Week: 

Workouts for the Week of August, 31

Thursday is our first meet of the season and it is on the south end of Anoka High School.  The Bus will be leaving at 7:00am from Door 3 of the High School and will return to the same location after the races are completed, getting back a little after 10:00.  The Boys will be racing at 8:30 and the Girls will be at racing at 9:15.  Everyone will be racing 5K and you will be able to see results online shortly after your runner finishes.  Once I get the link for the races, I will send it out

As for spectating, this is a good course to see the runners in a couple of spots without having to do too much running.  It will be a two lap course with the start and finish being in the general same area.  They also highly recommend that no dogs are brought onto the course.

Also note, we will meet at 6:00pm on Monday, September 2nd for practice, west end of the Tennis Courts, to allow those heading out of town for the weekend the opportunity to get home without rushing.

Any questions, please let me know,

Thanks

Denny