Coon Rapids CC

Information about the CRHS CC Running team (Gr 7-12) is found here. If you are new to our program, check out the information in the pull downs of the blog for more information about who we are. The posts will be about what is currently happening. For those that are considering joining our teams, our summer training is a great place to see what the sport is all about. No cost or full commitment to the team. All we ask is to give it an honest try to see if this is the sport and team for you.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

State Meet

For those of you interested and are wanting to go watch Jackson run at State on Saturday, the race will be at St. Olaf College in Northfield, and Jackson will be running at 11:00am. Also, there is construction along I35, which is the main way to get there, with only one lane being open for a large portion of it (south of Lakeville). So, give yourself plenty of time and look at alternate routes to get there.
Thanks and any questions, please let me know
Denny

Friday, October 25, 2013

2013 Boys Cross Country Banquet

The season is coming to an end it is time to look back on the accomplishments of the 2013 edition of the Coon Rapids Boys Cross Country team.

This year, our banquet will be on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 starting at 6:30 at the CRHS Cafeteria. This will be a Pot Luck affair with each grade of athletes bringing the following:

15 Seniors: Entrees

5 Juniors: Desserts

4 Sophomores: Beverages

9 Freshmen & Under: Salads

Please note that there are 33 members of the team, plus two coaches and one manager, 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.

This will be a night in which we will be handing out all team awards and such, so we do appreciate you being apart of this event to celebrate the accomplishments of the athletes and the team. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact myself.

Thanks for your support this season!
Denny

Section Results

Results for yesterday's Section 5AA Meet can be found at the following web page: www.mtecresults.com

Also, you can find many pictures taken by Barb Sabatke at: https://picasaweb.google.com/109948595371131403479

As for yesterday, the boys put forth their best effort of the season at the right meet and 22 of the 29 that ran, had personal bests!! It shows the type of work that they have put in over the past couple of weeks, and months for that matter, and what they are capable of.

Congratulations to Jackson Bednar as he finished 6th overall and qualified for the State Meet next Saturday at St Olaf College in Northfield. He will be running at 11:00am on the 2nd of November. Also, Jackson has moved up to the number 7 spot in all time runners at Coon Rapids!!

We lose a lot of Seniors this year, so a lot of openings for Varsity are available. We are hoping that the boys can build off of what they finished with and aim towards building for a better next year. As for those Seniors, we wish them all the best throughout the rest of the school year and all the best as they move forward in their lives. Keep running gentlemen, and always have fun with it!!

Thanks for everything, and I will be posting information about the banquet in another blog in a little while.
Denny

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Sections

Here is who will be running in which race and what time the Varsity and JV will be raced at. Please remember the no pet/dog rule. Also, there will be plenty of parking, you may have to walk a little bit, but school will be getting out at Anoka at 2:20, so there will be a lot of traffic up to about 3:00. There is also a lot of construction happening on 7th Ave, especially north of the High School, so please be aware of the possibilities of delays.
Thanks
Denny

Varsity 4:00 JV 4:30
Jackson Bednar Justin Reeves

David Dujmovic Ryan Elias
Paul Breitbach Joe Coughlin

Nathan Mueggenberg Joe Thoen

Emmett Haberman Tanner Aust

Corey Vaillancourt Alex Fish

Kyle Mehrhof Cole Johnston

Matt Dunn

Larsen Kronstad

Tommy Kiecker

Dan Mathews

Micah Johnson

Adam Gerenz

Jacob LaBine

Seth Kronebusch

Bobby Rebartchek

Austin Holland

Stephane Bui

Darnell Apedoh

Jacob Samit

Aaron Caroon

Tate Andrews

Andrew Johnson

Mike Koch

John Koch

Gavin Nord

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Section Meet

This is the week of the Section Meet. The meet will be on Thursday at Anoka High School. The Girls will be running first and our Varsity Boys will be running at 4:00 with the JV Boys following at 4:30. Parking will not be an issue, but they are saying that dogs will not be allowed, so if you look to bring your dog along, please do not. Reasoning is, is that they don't want a dog getting lose and possibly interfering with one of the races.
How qualifying works for the State Meet, is the top two teams in the Varsity race, and then the next top 8 individuals who are not apart of those two teams. The State Meet will be on Saturday, Nov. 2 at St Olaf College in Northfield.
For those who do not qualify for the State Meet, we will have practice on Friday, to do a survey the school district would like all athletes to take, and do our team voting, as well as one final team workout. For those that do qualify, practice will still be as scheduled up to the day of the State Meet.
The end of season banquet will be on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 6:30pm at the High School Cafeteria. This will be a pot luck event, with more information to be sent home and posted at the end of the week.
If you have any questions about any of this, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Thursday Practice

This is just a reminder that Thursday we will be meeting at the high school at 9:30 and then heading to Anoka High School to do our workout on the Section course. Any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Denny

Monday, October 14, 2013

Reminder

Just a reminder that there will be no meet this week. We are, though, planning on going to Anoka High School on Thursday morning to do a workout on the Section course. More information about the Section Meet will be posted next week, but just as a heads up, there will be no dogs allowed at the meet.

If you are looking for results for the NWSC Meet, they can be found on the same web site as many results, raceberryjam.com.

Finally, Congratulations to the Girls CC team as they were able to win the NWSC crown!

Thanks,
Denny

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

NWSC Conference Meet

Below is the information that was sent to us yesterday for Thursday's Conference Meet. Parking is going to be an issue, so please plan accordingly and if possible, car pool.

Also, below is who will be running in which race and what time.

If you have any questions, please let me know,
Thanks

Denny

Northwest Suburban Conference Championship

Thursday, October 10

Location: Woodland Trails and Elk River Golf Club

Parking: Woodland Trails and Elk River Golf Club (9 holes of the golf course will be in play therefore golfers will have 10 reserved parking spots in front of the club house.)

Please do not arrive before 2:00!!!

Bus Drop Off: Buses will drop off athletes at Woodland Trails.

Bus Parking: If the weather is nice the buses will park in the development south of the golf course.

Directions: Travel on Highway 10 to the west side of Elk River. Travel north on Proctor Avenue also known as County Road 1. Stay on County Road 1 until you get to Woodland Trails.

Spectator Parking: Majority of the parking will be in Woodland Trails and the Golf Course. Overflow parking will occur in the adjacent neighborhood. (Please be very careful crossing County Road 1, in front of the golf course.) Note that the neighborhood south of the golf course may be the best location to park because athletes and spectators do not have to cross the County Road #1.

Toilets: The 10 Portable Toilets will also be located by the driving range of the golf course, close to the starting area.

Workers: Each school should provide one to two workers who will be on the course. These workers will be at every corner guiding athletes to run on the appropriate side of the flags.

Course Closed: Please do not preview the course prior to the race day! No maps will be provided until the day of the meet for this reason.

1. Total All Conference awards to be equal to two times the number of schools participating: Year 2013: The top 22 finishers in the girl’s varsity race and the top 22 finishers in the boy’s varsity race will be awarded all conference medals.

2. Honorable mention All Conference honors will go to the 23^st through 33^th place finishers in the boys and girls varsity races

3. In case of injury or serious illness a coach can nominate that individual by email or at end of season coaches meeting for All Conference Honorable Mention consideration only.

4. No awards will be provided for the JV races or 9^th, 8^th, 7^th grade race. Scoring

will be available for the 9^th, 8^th 7^th grade race.

Announcer will read the all-conference honorable mention for both genders at

the conclusion of reading the all-conference runners. JV and junior high top

3 teams and 5 runners for JV will be acknowledged. The order of announcing will be:

JV, junior high, varsity.

Varsity 3:30 JV 4:40
Jackson Bednar ?Justin Reeves