NWSC Meet Results

Congratulations to Ruby as she finished an impressive 2nd place at the Northwest Suburban Conference Meet today in Elk River, running an all-time best time for herself, as well as breaking her own school record for 5K!  She helped the Girls team to a 9th place finish out of 13 teams, moving up from 11th a year ago.  The Boys team, led by Dagi, 44th, and Josh, 45th, finished in 13th place as a team, despite missing one of our top runners. However, 6 of the 9 Boys ran Season or All Time PR's as did 17 of the 28 runners on the team, with many others being within seconds of Season or All Time PR's!  

It was a near perfect weather day, with solid course that was still challenging, but our times continue to improve, and that is all we can ask of the runners.  Put forth solid efforts and continue to do the work to help reach goals.  Thanks to all of those that were able to make it out support the runners!  

Two other items of note:  

1st, the Boys team will be running the Game Ball on Friday for the annual Homecoming Run from the opposing school.  This year is from Hopkins High School and the Boys will be running in groups of 4 or 5, with each group running 5 miles.  We will have a bus that will pick us up at 3:00 and drive us down to Hopkins, as well as be with us the whole time.  I will also be biking with them the whole time.  The total route will be about 20.8 miles long, with us crossing the Mississippi River at the CR Dam.  A lot of planning has been put into it, and it is a great team bonding experience!  This will be I believe the 20th year of this tradition, that will bring the team out onto the Football field before the game begins at 7:00.  The Girls team will still have practice at our normal time.

2nd, there will not be an ABC 3K at Greenhaven.  I have a feeling that this race will no longer happen.

Thanks and any questions, please let me know,
Denny

NWSC Meet Week

Thanks to those that were able to make it out and Volunteer today at the Twin Cities Marathon!! 

Below is information on the upcoming week.  A reminder that Wednesday is the NWSC Meet at the Elk River Country Club, also, Friday is the Homecoming Run for the Boys team from Hopkins High School.  The Bus will be leaving at 3:00, and we will be doing a relay with groups of about 3, where each group will be running 5 miles to get the 20+ miles home.

NWSC Meet:

Bus Leaves @ 1:00

3:15    Boys Varsity Race 

3:55    Girls Varsity Race 

4:35    Boys JV Race 

5:15    Girls JV Race  6:00    Awards Presentation

1. Total All Conference awards to be equal to two times the number of schools participating: Year 2025: The top 28 finishers in the girl’s varsity race and the top 28 finishers in the boys’ varsity race will be recognized during the award ceremony. 2. Honorable mention All Conference honors will go to the 29 st through 42 th place finishers in the boys and girls varsity races.

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.  If there is any change in parking, I will let you know.

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.

NWSC Meet @ Elk River GC, October 8, 2025
Girls	Boys
JV	JV
Genavive Kostuck	Ben Moline
Vera Lee	Elijah Post
	Vincent Congdon
Varsity	Xavier Pantoja
Ruby Demmer	Kaiden Castillo
Josy Sinigaglia	Zach Reiland
Mackenzie Reiland	Avalyn Nagan
Faith Kue	Max Kirkpatrick
Emily Bornes	Ethan Elliot
Alexa Sabatke
Emmy Fuller	Varsity
Ella LaGree	Dagi Alemu
Nyah Fruth	Josh Hyatt
	Tate Burnett
	Josey Jacobs
	Nixon Glenn
	Truman Smith
	Mohammed Mustafa
	Cullen Jayasekera
	John Vandagriff

Marathon Water Stop Info

Some information for those helping at the water stop Sunday:

We just wanted to touch base with a few reminders prior to race day:

Our fluid station is at mile 7 of the course On E. Lake Harriet Pkwy., between Roseway Rd. and E. Lake Harriet Blvd (near the Rose Garden)

Please ask volunteers to arrive at 6:45am to prepare for the first runners arriving around 8:30am.  Runners should be through our station and we should be cleaned up between 10 and 10:30am

Feel free to park on the streets around the water station (around the Rose Garden) but take note of no parking signs, specifically on E. Lake Harriet Parkway

Jobs will include the following.   We would appreciate your help in assigning folks to various jobs. 

Fluid Station Table set-up - Assist with removing tables and other supplies from the supply van

Water Transportation - (2-4 individuals) Fill water barrels from water hose and transport on wheels to tables.

Nuun Mixers - (2-4 individuals) Mix the Nuun hydration fluid in Nuun jug

Pro Fluids Table Assignment - (4 individuals) Assist the Pro Fluid Captain with their table set-up and fluid distribution.  Once Pro runners have passed these volunteers will return to the regular fluid station to assist with cup pickup. 

Water and Nuun cup pourers - (24-42 individuals).  Pour water and Nuun into cups and stack 3 high on tables.

Cup Holders - Nuun and Water - (36-84 individuals).  Hold cups for runners to grab.  Shout either Nuun or water as runners approach. Wear plastic gloves. Stay on the street curb.

Clean-up Crew - (start with 10 individuals and add more as runners thin out). Rake/shovel or pick up discarded cups or other waste.

Organics Monitors - (2-4 individuals).  Monitor cup organics trash bins and replace liners as needed.  

We need to make sure that all volunteers clean hands at the hand washing station and use gloves while handling fluids for the runners.  

Volunteers will be given a t-shirt to wear and a light snack for breakfast.  No coffee or hot chocolate

HOKA ONE ONE/Cardinal Cup

Thanks to all that came out tonight to watch and support our runners for their 2 mile Time Trial under the lights!! It is an opportunity for the team to have a lower key race, at a shorter distance, where they could just go out and race fast!  The energy level was high among the runners, and despite being warmer than we would like, they went out and put forth great efforts and were very supportive of their teammates!  It was a positive step forward, big improvements from a year ago, and we are hoping to build off of this as we head to the Conference Meet next Wednesday!

The results are posted on the right side of the blog, and Congrats to Team Nemo for winning the Girls race and Team White for winning the Boys race!!  

Thanks,
Denny

Week of Sep. 29

Here are a few quick things for the week ahead for everyone to prepare for:

Monday evening is the HOKA ONE ONE/Cardinal Cup 2 mile on the track.  We are wanting the runners at the track at 6:00pm and due to the smaller size of our teams this year, we will run both together.  Something that we would like to try continuing this year is to have the "Future Cardinal" 1 or 2 lap run in between the two races.  So, please bring any younger siblings as well as let others you may know to come as well to come participate!  We would like to run the "Futures" race at 7:00 and the team at 7:15-7:20.  Teams are posted below.

Our Team Picture Day will be on Friday and we will be at the CR Dam.  We will start our pictures around 3:30 and then we will have our team practice after.  Please follow the information on this link to see and order any of your runner(s) pictures: https://download.photoday.io/ad97bbea-26cf-44c3-875b-b2b20d8f287b/Coon+Rapids+Cross+Country+25-26+-+Picture+Day+is+Coming!.pdf

Lastly, due to the fact that the Conference Meet the following week is on a Wednesday, we are going to have a Saturday morning practice to help prepare for that meet.  We will be on the track at 8:00am.

Thanks,

Denny

Girls
Nemo	Dory
Ruby Demmer	Josy Sinigaglia
Faith Kue	Mackenzie Reiland
Emily Bornes	Ella LaGree
Emmy Fuller	Alexa Sabatke
Nyah Fruth	Jessika Larson
Vera Lee	Genavive Kostuck
Boys
Red	White	Black
Dagi Alemu	Josh Hyatt	Tate Burnett
Truman Smith	Nixon Glenn	Josey Jacobs
Mohammed Mustafa	Cullen Jayasekera	John Vandagriff
Vincent Congdon	Elijah Post	Ben Moline
Xavier Pantoja	Kaiden Castillo	Zach Reiland
Ethan Elliot	Max Kirkpatrick	Avalyn Nagan

Cambridge Invite

On a warmer, sunny day, with a soft course that had some muddy spots, the improvements on our team are showing, not only within the individuals, but in the team placings as well!  15 of our Runners ran either Season or Personal Records, as we go through a tough part of our schedule, shows the effort that they have been putting into their workouts and their dedication to improving themselves!!

The Girls team finished in a solid 4th out of 8 teams, led by Ruby's 4th place finish on tired legs, while Dagi's 12th place finish and Josh's 16th place helped the Boy's finish in an improved 5th place team finishing out of 9 teams!  On the JV side, Genevive had a positive turn around race to finish in 34th out of 55 runners, as the continued duo of Ben and Eli led the JV Boys to 8th out of 10 teams, as that group of runners continue to fill in our programs depth.  

We have a lot of work left to do, and we are racing to do the best that this current team can do.  Little things can and will make the difference as to where we end up, and we will continue to teach and help develop our runners to give themselves the best opportunity to reach goals.

Thanks to our families, friends, and other spectators that helped support the team!  Next up will be the Cardinal Cup/HOKA ONE ONE 2 mile time trial on the track on Monday, Sep 29th.

Denny

Week of September 22

There are a few announcements in this post, so please make sure to read through all of the information.

If anyone is interested in purchasing a t-shirt for the NWSC Meet, please follow this link:

 https://nwsc25.itemorder.com/ 

We just got this information on Friday, but this order is due on Tuesday, Sep. 23!

We will be working at a water stop for the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 5th as a fundraiser for the team.  If you would like to help, please read through the information and go to the link below to fill out the registration form.

Fluid Station 3 (Mile 7) during Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend on Sunday, October 5.

I've attached the group volunteer packet work for you to review and complete if you are planning on joining us. Additionally, I've outlined the steps all volunteers from you group will need to follow to officially sign up.

Steps to register as a volunteer:
1.    Click on the Volunteer Registration Website: https://twincitiesinmotion.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=101047
2.    Enter First Name and Email Address and click "Submit"
3.    Complete or update Volunteer Application, if applicable (this is a one-time step and volunteering for additional events going forward, will only include entering First Name and Email Address as the Volunteer Application creates a unique Volunteer Profile).
4.    On the Volunteer Registration Website: https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://twincitiesinmotion.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=101047enter___.YXAzOnR3aW5jaXRpZXNpbm1vdGlvbjphOm86YjYxOWVjNmJmOWRiOTI3ODJjM2FiY2ZhMjk1M2Q3ODg6NzphM2E5OmNjNDQyYWQ2MGQ4NmRjNjUwMzMyOTRkMTdmMzAxNmVmYWYwMWQ2MzZiMGJmNzQ0ZGNlN2M2NDEyZTY2ZTYyN2M6dDpUOkY, enter this password: FLUID325 and click "Submit"

5.    The volunteer position will appear, review/complete the waiver (parent/guardian must review/complete waiver for volunteers under the age of 18).

Fluid Station 3 (Mile 7) Volunteer Details
Time: 6:45am - 10:35am
Location: E. Lake Harriet Pkwy. near parking bays by Rose Gardens (between Roseway Rd. and 42nd St. W.)
Volunteer Details: Assist with Fluid Station setup. Service runners as a water and/or Nuun Mixer, Pourer or Holder. A select number of individuals will also assist with Pro Fluids, if applicable. Assist with Fluid Station clean up. Assist with other duties as assigned by Fluid Station captain.

Below is the information for Tuesday's Norm Ayen/Cambridge Invite, at Purple Hawk Golf Course, about 4 miles north of Cambridge.

First race is at 4:00 and then it will be a rolling clock, so exact times of the next races are not known.
7-8/C Race Girls (2.4K)
7-8/C Race Boys (2.4K) (This may be combined with the Girls 7-8/C Race)
Girls Varsity
Boys Varsity
Girls JV
Boys JV

Live Results: live.herostiming.com

Cambridge Invitational: Purple Hawk Country Club: 36300 Highway 65 NE, Cambridge, 55008. Take Hwy 65 North to Cambridge.  Continue on Hwy 65 about 4 miles north of Cambridge to Purple Hawk, which will be on the left side of the highway.

Norm Ayen (Cambridge) Invite @ Purple Heart GC, September 23, 2025
Girls		Boys
JV		JV
Genavive Kostuck		Elijah Post
Jessika Larson		Ben Moline
		Xavier Pantoja
Middle School Race (2400M)		Kaiden Castillo
Vera Lee		Zach Reiland
		Avalyn Nagan
Varsity		Vincent Congdon
Ruby Demmer
Josy Sinigaglia		Middle School Race (2400M)
Mackenzie Reiland		Max Kirkpatrick
Ella LaGree
Alexa Sabatke		Varsity
Emily Bornes		Dagi Alemu
Emmy Fuller		Josh Hyatt
Faith Kue		Tate Burnett
Nyah Fruth		Josey Jacobs
		Nixon Glenn
		Cullen Jayasekera
		John Vandagriff
		Mohammed Mustafa
		Truman Smith

Roy Griak Results

The Roy Griak Invite is one of the bigger races in the country, with teams from around the country coming in to up the competition.  Improvements show in different ways sometimes.  It doesn't always have to show with Season or All Time Bests , it can sometimes show in the overall places of the teams, as well as how the team may have done in the same event the year before, which was the case for our girls team this year, as the boys showed improvements with their developments, running times that were faster than many of their PR's from a year ago! It wasn't a perfect day of running, good temps but a course that was a little spoungy. But that didn't stop our runners as they put forth solid efforts and held their own for where they are currently at in their developments.

Congratulations to Ruby as she continues showing solid performances in the bigger competitions and running smart throughout to move up to 5th place overall in the Maroon Division for Girls.  This helped the Girls team finish in 31st place as a team out of the 49 teams in their Division.  The Boys team was led by Dagi, who finished in 84th out of 412 runners, and helping the team finish in 30th place out of the 49 schools in the Boys Maroon Division.

Thanks to all of the family, friends, and even staff and alumni that were able to come out and watch and support the runners!  There were a lot of spectators out watching the races at the Griak, and to hear and see a few that are familiar are always helpful in dealing with the energy!

Next up is an Invite on Tuesday in Cambridge.  Information on the races will come out tomorrow, Sunday.

Thanks,
Denny

Chisago Lakes Results

On a day that was extremely warm, and on a course that had a lot of open space, our middle school and JV runners ran solid races.  Top runners for the Boys were Eli and Ben, racing with each other and racing it to the line, again, with Eli getting the edge this time!! Vincent and Vera were the first to the line for Middle School Boys and Girls respectively, while Genavive accepted the challenge, not feeling the greatest, as our only JV Girl.

Despite the times not being what our runners would have wanted, the one thing that we as coaches are proud of with the JV/Middle School Runners today, is they worked to the best of their abilities!  They fought, and some struggled, but they ran the race and did what they could to finish.  They will have the opportunity to run faster times in the near future, but for today, times are not what was important, it was the effort and what they could learn about themselves!

Our results are now posted on the right side of the blog with a link to the overall results.  If the link does not work, please let me know and I will see if I can find a different one.  Thanks to all of the parents/fans that sat in the heat to watch our runners! 

Thanks,

Denny

Week of September 15

Below is the information for both Tuesday's Chisago Lakes Invite at the Ki-Chi-Saga Park and Saturday's Roy Griak Invite at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in St Paul. For Tuesday, there is only one race for the Middle School runners (3:30), Girls (4:00) and one for the Boys (4:40).  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. We are hoping it will be easier to spot our Girls during the Griak race.  We have not decided if the Boys will wear an alternative uni yet.  We will discuss it at practice Monday and let everyone know.

Lastly, for the Varsity that will be running on Saturday, we would like to for them to come with for support and to get their workouts in there. 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 Tuesday 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

Roy Griak Invitational (Les Bolstad Golf Course):  Bus leaves at 7:30

U of M Golf Course. Take 35W South to Cleveland Avenue South to West Larpenteur. Turn right and follow for a ½ mile on Larpenteur and you will see the Driving Range and Golf Course on the right. For parking use S101 (on the corner of Cleveland and Commonwealth) and the Gortner Ave Ramp. Shuttles will transport to the golf course. Park at your own risk on city streets. 

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

Chisago Lake Invitational (Ki-Chi-Saga County Park): Bus leaves at 1:15.  29061 Glader Blvd, Lindstrom, 55045. Highway 10 east to I35W North.  Take I35W North to I35 North and continue for about 4.5 miles to Hwy 8 East. Take Hwy 8 to Lindstrom and take a right onto CR 25, Olinda Trail and continue to Glader Blvd, taking a left.  Park will be about .8 miles on the right.

Meet Information: Chisago Lake Invite, Course Map

Chisago Lake Invite @ Ki-Chi-Saga Park, September 16, 2025
Girls	Boys
JV	JV
Genavive Kostuck	Ben Moline
	Elijah Post
Middle School Race (3200M)	Kaiden Castillo
Vera Lee	Xavier Pantoja
	Zach Reiland
	Avalyn Nagan
	Ethan Elliot
	Middle School Race (3200M)
	Vincent Congdon
	Max Kirkpatrick
Roy Griak Invite @ Les Bolstad Golf Course, September 20, 2025
Girls	Boys
Varsity	Varsity
Ruby Demmer	Dagi Alemu
Josy Sinigaglia	Josh Hyatt
Mackenzie Reiland	Tate Burnett
Ella LaGree	Josey Jacobs
Faith Kue	Nixon Glenn
Emily Bornes	John Vandagriff
Emmy Fuller	Truman Smith
Jessika Larson	Cullen Jayasekera
Alexa Sabatke	Mohammed Mustafa
Nyah Fruth

Waconia Wildcat Invite Results

Solid performances, a new challenging course on a warmer day, and solid competition allowed our runners to continue to grow and take steps forward towards their goals.  5 PR's and 4 Season Bests, as well as PR's by all three of our runners that were in the Middle School at the 2 mile distance, lead the improvements, with many runners being mere seconds away from a Season or all-time best time!

Ruby continued her solid start to the season with another top 10 performance, finishing in 6th place, helping the girls team to improve to 7th place out of the 9 scoring teams. Dagi continued his improvements, finishing in the top 20 with Josh finishing in 29th as our only 2 Varsity Boys.  We decided to run most of our boys team in JV to give all of the 9th and 10th graders on our team a chance to race together and compete against others closer to their age and current levels and it showed.  Tate raced to win and held onto 4th and Josey finished in a solid 15th place to help the JV Boys to a 4th place team finish out of the 10 teams racing.  Emmy led the 4 JV girls as they all raced close together and all 4 finishing within 30 seconds.

Our results are posted on the right side of the blog as well as a 2025 Season Bests list that I will update after every meet.

Next up is the Chisago Lakes Invite for our JV/MS runners on Tuesday and the Roy Griak Invite on Saturday, Sep 20th.  Information and who will be in which race will be posted this weekend.

Thanks to all that came out to watch yesterday!  It was a fun race!
Denny

Week of September 8/Waconia Wildcat Invite

Below is information for the week to come.  Practices will continue with weight training for the high school runners at 2:25 and then the running portion will begin at 3:15 when the middle school runners get there. 

We will be going to a new meet for us, the Wildcat Invite at Crown College on Thursday.  There is a link to the information that Waconia has sent to us, but there are also directions as well as who will be running in which race.  We will be doing a change with our boys since the majority of them are 9th or 10th graders, young in racing and close together in time.  We will be running our only 2 seniors on Varsity, our top two runners, and the rest of the high schoolers in the JV race.  We want to build their confidence, to not only make us stronger for this season, but start building for next year as well.  Plus, we can honestly say we have 9 of them that are trying to fill 8 spots for the Griak Invite next week, and would like for them to compete and race together for those spots this week.  

The bus will be leaving at 2:00 Thursday.  The meet will get done earlier than last week, so it should not be as late of a night.  However, if you need to bring your runner home after their race, please let me know in advance.

Schedule: * UPDATED SCHEDULE (9/10/25)

4:00pm Middle School Race 2mi (Boys & Girls Combined) 

4:30pm Jr. Varsity Boys 5K
5:00pm Jr. Varsity Girls 5K
5:30pm Varsity Boys 5K  (up to 7 athletes)
6:00pm Varsity Girls 5K (up to 7 athletes)

Meet Information:

https://www.runwaconia.com/wildcatinvite

Directions:

Waconia Invitational: Crown College, 8700 College View Dr, Saint Bonifacius, 55375.  Highway 10 east to Hwy 610 and continue to Hwy 169 South.  Take 169 South to I94 West and follow to I494 South.  Follow on I494 to MN Hwy 7 West and continue to Saint Bonifacius.  Take a left onto Main St (CR 92) and continue for about 1.1 miles to the college entrance and take a left on to College View Dr.

Wildcat Invite @ Crown College, September 11, 2025
Girls	Boys
Varsity	Varsity
Ruby Demmer	Dagi Alemu
Josy Sinigaglia	Josh Hyatt
Mackenzie Reiland
Emily Bornes	JV
Ella LaGree	Tate Burnett
Faith Kue	Josey Jacobs
	Nixon Glenn
JV	Truman Smith
Emmy Fuller	John Vandagriff
Alexa Sabatke	Cullen Jayasekera
Jessika Larson	Mohammed Mustafa
Nyah Fruth	Ben Moline
	Elijah Post
	Xavier Pantoja
Junior High Race (2 miles)	Zach Reiland
Vera Lee	Avalyn Nagan
	Kaiden Castillo
	Junior High Race (2 miles)
	Vincent Congdon
	Max Kirkpatrick

Any questions, please let me know,

Thanks,
Denny

Bauman/Rovn Results

A tough course and conditions and weather that were getting wetter as the evening progressed didn't stop the runners from solid progress and improvements last night at the Bauman/Rovn Invite at Gail Woods.  The team accumulated 21 PR's or Season bests out of the 25 who ran in the 5K races, with the our 3 middle school runners also running paces that were faster than they had in the past.  There was a lot of positive energy with the team, before, during and after the races, something as coaches we like to see and feel will make it easier helping them all get stronger for the rest of the season.

Top overall performer on the day went to Ruby who finished an impressive 8th place in the Girls Varsity race, to help the girls finish in 14th out of the 15 scoring teams.  Dagi was the top Varsity Boy in 54th place to lead the Boys to 14th out of the 16 scoring teams.  Ben and Eli finished together to top our Boys JV runners as Emmy improved from a week a go to be the first Girls JV runner.

Thanks to all of the family and friends who came to support the runners and enjoyed the rain with us!! Next up is the Waconia Invite at Crown College next Thursday, Sep. 11.

Thanks,
Denny

Bauman/Rovn Invitational Information

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 4, 2025
Girls	Boys
Varsity	Varsity
Ruby Demmer	Dagi Alemu
Josy Sinigaglia	Josh Hyatt
Mackenzie Reiland	Tate Burnett
Faith Kue	Josey Jacobs
Emily Bornes	John Vandagriff
Ella LaGree	Cullen Jayasekera
	Truman Smith
JV	Nixon Glenn
Jessika Larson	Mohammed Mustafa
Emmy Fuller	JV
Alexa Sabatke	Ben Moline
Nyah Fruth	Elijah Post
Genavive Kostuck	Xavier Pantoja
	Zach Reiland
Junior High Race (1.8 Miles)	Kaiden Castillo
Vera Lee	Avalyn Nagan
	Junior High Race (1.8 Miles)
	Vincent Congdon
	Max Kirkpatrick

Week of September 1st.

Good Morning 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 6:30pm 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 3:15 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 4th, 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. 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/ABC Early Bird Invite Results

The results from today's races at Anoka High School, both our individual and the overall results, are now posted on the right side of the blog.

Good weather led to a good start to the racing season.  It was a good way for our new runners to get a race in and for our returning runners to get back into the swing of racing.  The boys race was very competitive, while the girls teams are strong up and coming teams.  Both of our teams finished in 5th out of the 5 teams, with our boys team missing one of our top 2 runners.  It is a major overall on the boys team and despite the team placing, there was a lot of improvements, with 12 of the 16 boys running Personal Bests (PR's)!!  With our girls, it is a group that is still developing and fighting to get to where they all would like to be as individuals.  4 of the 12 girls also ran PR's while many others started the season off with solid performances.  We know that there was a lot left out on the course, and we are ok with that at this stage of the year.  We are still ramping everyone up as we prepare them to start zoning in on their goals, so we aren't expecting the runners to have been at their bests today.  That so many were able to run PR's is a testament the work that they are all putting in.

Our top runner on the day was Ruby, finishing in a solid 3rd place overall, just 30 seconds off of her fastest time from last year!  The top boy was Dagi, who battled some illness the last part of the race to finish in 21st place.

Next up is the Bauman/Rovn Invite at Gail Woods on Thursday, Sep. 4.  Info on the race and who will be in which race will be posted later.

Thanks to all of those who came out and supported the runners today!!

Denny

Week of August 25

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

To help with those putting together food for the pasta parties (which there are still openings, please look through them), if your athletes 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

We are starting a fundraiser this week that is a little different than any we have done in the past.  We will be collecting and recycling used running shoes and sending them to GotSneakers! where they can either recycle the shoes or reuse them, depending on the condition the shoe is in.  For each pair of running shoe that we collect and send in, we will receive between $1 and $7, depending on the condition.  We have not set an end date yet, but we will collect for at least two weeks so the runners can be collecting at school as well.  There are a few details we will need to decide on with the runners, but if you have any, or know of anyone that has some old running shoes, please start sending them to practice. As we get closer to the end of when our campaign will end, we will send out any other details.

Below are the locations for our practices this week as well as the basic info for our first meet on Thursday.  We will be getting uniforms on Wednesday, August 27 at 2:45 in the equipment room downstairs.  Please enter through Door 16.  If there is someone that is not able to be there for uniform hand out, please let me know so we can set up a plan to make sure you get your uniform.

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

Monday: Meet at CR Soccer Complex, near the recycling center at 3:15.

Tuesday: Meet at west end of Tennis Courts at 3:15.

Wednesday: Uniform Hand Out at 2:45; Meet at west end of Tennis Courts at 3:15.

Thursday: District 11 Meet - Bus leaves at 7:00am, Girls race at 8:30, Boys race at 9:15.

Friday: Meet at CRHS west end of Tennis Courts at 8:00am.

Workouts for the Week: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12hA7wZmwzslMUwekUHNOMtqMAO62NaRE8vjENfYaHC4/edit?usp=sharing

Thursday is our first meet of the season and it is on the south end of Anoka High School.  The Girls will be racing at 8:30 and the Boys 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 6:30pm 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