Month: August 2015

Defiance Early Bird Open Recap

P.Schwan 2015, Race Recap
Varsity girls Grace, Leah and Lilly have their game faces on for the start
Varsity girls Grace, Leah and Lilly have their game faces on for the start
Savannah, Kennedy, Millie and Maddy surge during the start of the Middle School girls' race
Savannah, Kennedy, Millie and Maddy surge during the start of the Middle School girls’ race

Recap: This was a very challenging course and a big test for our first full meet. Not only were there a couple significant hills on the trails, but the runners also had to endure a long climb up a major hill right before turning the corner to sprint in the last 150 meters.  Despite having little hill training at this point in the season, our runners handled the course pretty well.

Here are the results for the High School:

Last Name First Name Finish Place
Miller Brendan 20:56 108 (204)
VanOstrand Phoenix 21:05 116 (204)
Mitchey Jared 25:02 178 (204)
Simon Pete 29:38 203 (204)
Bryson Grace 24:54 79 (220)
Kuszmaul Lilly 25:23 95 (220)
Schwan Leah 26:15 116 (220)
McCormick Alexis 29:38 160 (220)
Klebold Hannah 32:58 188 (220)
Cromley Claudia 34:37 195 (220)
Jared and Pete compete in the Varsity Boys race
Jared and Pete compete in the Varsity Boys race
2015 Defiance Phoenix Brendan
Phoenix and Brendan work to keep the pace heading into the second mile
2015 Defiance Claudia Kick
Claudia kicking it in
2015 Defiance Hannah
Hannah working that second mile

Here are the results for the Middle School:

Last Name First Name Finish Place
VanOstrand Savannah 14:45 9
Syroka Millie 15:02 12
Keller Kennedy 17:49 63
Peluso Maddy 17:52 67
Foster Morgan 18:46 81
Ruetz Kamryn 24:44 98
Schwan Ben 12:26 5 (121)
Ruetz Chandler 15:52 89 (121)
Pennington Evan 16:09 94 (121)
Harzell Chris 18:29 109 (121)
Kam pushes for a strong finish
Kam pushes for a strong finish
Morgan pushing through to the finish
Morgan turning it on at the end
Evan turns the corner for the final kick
Evan turns the corner for the final kick

For those of you keeping score, that’s two middle school girls meets and three records taken down. Congratulations to Savannah on a new Girls 8th grade and Middle School record! Congrats also to Millie who also beat the previous record of 15:16 and set a new 7th grade girls record!

Full Event Results are available on Baumspage.

Great job again this week by all our athletes. We’ll go over splits and review our goals at Monday’s team meeting.

Lake Middle School Invitational Recap

P.Schwan 2015, Race Recap
Shane and Ben warming up for the Lake MS Invitational
Shane and Ben warming up for the Lake MS Invitational
Kennedy and Maddy after taking 1st and 3rd in the 7th Grade Girls race
Kennedy and Maddy after taking 1st and 3rd in the 7th Grade Girls race

The 2015 Cross Country season kicked off with the middle school runners heading to Lake High School for the Lake Flyers Junior High Cross Country Invitational.  This was a rare event in that 7th and 8th graders ran in separate races, so we were not able to field a full team.  Nevertheless, Evergreen definitely made an impression!

Here are the results:

Last Name First Name Finish Place
Keller Kennedy 15:43 1 (24)
Peluso Maddy 16:59 3 (24)
Harzell Chris 17:24 15 (21)
Pennington Evan 15:31 8 (21)
Ruetz Chandler 16:01 29 (43)
Ruetz Shane 13:01 5 (43)
Schwan Ben 12:09 2 (43)

Kennedy set a new 7th Grade Girls record with her time of 15:43, and Ben set a new 8th Grade Boys and overall Middle School record with his time of 12:09.  All seven of our runners performed VERY well, especially those running in their first meet ever!

First Meets of the Season!

P.Schwan 2015, Race Info

Here is some important information to know for our first cross country meets this week.  Please note, if a parent is at a meet and wishes to drive their athlete home after rather than sending them on the bus, they must sign the athlete out with one of the coaches.  It is expected that all athletes be at the meet, either competing or supporting others, until the last Evergreen runner has run for the day. If you need to leave sooner, please clear it with a coach prior to the day of the meet.

Lake Invitational Thurs. 8/27 (Middle School only)

Lake Middle School
28100 Lemoyne Rd
Millbury, OH 43447

3:15pm – Bus leaves from the Middle School (est. arrival 4:00pm)
5:00pm – Races start
(TBD) – Bus returns to Middle School (full schedule of events was not provided)

Notes – This is likely the only meet where 7th and 8th graders run separately. This course can also be a confusing one, especially for new runners, so we will be sure to spend time on the course prior to the races.

*There may be concessions available. However, we ask that athletes have a healthy snack to take with them and NOT eat concession food until after they have competed.

Defiance Early Bird Open Sat. 8/29 (High School & Middle School)

Results available at Baumspage.com

Course maps:
Defiance High School Course
Defiance Middle School Course

Camp Lakota
2180 Ginter Rd
Defiance, OH 43512

6:30am – Bus leaves from High School (est. arrival 7:30am)
9:00am – HS boys race
9:45am – HS girls race
10:30pm – MS boys race
11:00am – MS girls race
1:00pm – Estimated return time
Notes – Word from several local Scouts who spent time at Camp Lakota this past month is that there are a lot of mosquitoes, so bring bug spray and plan accordingly. This is our first time running this meet, but from past experience at this location there are significant hills and wooded trails.
*There will be concessions available. However, we ask that athletes have a healthy breakfast that morning and NOT eat concession food until after they have competed.