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Regional Meet Info

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Regional Championship Meet Sat. 10/28 (Girls High School)

Results available at http://www.baumspage.com/cc/reg/tiffin/2016/g3.htm

Course maps: Tiffin Regional High School Course

Hedges-Boyer Park
Tiffin, OH 44883
(see parking info below)
$7 spectator charge

9:30am – Bus leaves from High School (est. arrival 11:15am)
1:30pm – Division III Girls Race
4:00pm – Estimated return time
Meet Notes – We are very lucky to be in the Tiffin Regional.  Tiffin hosts one of the largest cross country meets in the country every September, and a bit part of the reason is that the course is excellent.  Whether because of the course itself or because it’s at the peak of the season, this meet brings some of the fastest times for the runners. The varsity girls and coaches are admitted to the meet automatically; all other spectators pay $7 for admission. That includes our varsity boys team, however we are not only encouraging them to ride the team bus with us but the team will also cover their admission.  We expect these boys to qualify for this meet some day, and we want them to get exposure to the experience now.
Spectator Info – This is a fairly spectator friendly course. The start and finish are right in the same area of the park, with the finish actually circling the center field as they come in.  The final quarter mile or so is usually packed on both sides with cheering fans, so it’s a great experience for the runners. As is usually the case, if you’re ambitious and don’t mind some running, you can see the runners on several other parts of the course.  As mentioned above, there is a $7 spectator charge. They have concessions onsite as well as shirts for sale.
Parking – There is no parking at the park itself during the meet and only school transportation will be able to enter the park, so you’ll need to either park on the street (Summit or Coe), the YMCA (Summit) or the United Baptist Church (Coe).

NWOAL Championship Info

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NWOAL Championship Meet Sat. 10/15 (High School & Middle School)

Results available at http://www.baumspage.com/cc/nwoal/2016/

Swanton High School
601 N. Main St.
Swanton, OH 43558

8:00am – HS bus leaves from EHS (est. arrival 8:30am)
9:15am – MS van leaves from EHS (est. arrival 9:45am)
10:00am – HS girls race
10:40am – HS boys race
11:20am – MS girls race
12:00pm – MS boys race
1:30pm – Estimated return time

Course maps:
Swanton NWOAL High School Course
Swanton NWOAL Middle School Course

Meet Notes -This is it…the league championship meet! After all the work these runners have put in for the past several months, they finally go toe-to-toe with their NWOAL rivals. One of the great things about the league meet is that we get to preview the course earlier in the season, so the runners are already familiar with the ins and outs of it.  This course is mostly flat with just a few very gradual inclines and declines, so it’s very possible to see some fast times.
We have some talented teams and runners in the NWOAL, but we expect to be competitive.  The top 21 runners in each race earn All League Honors (Top 7 is First Team, 8-14 is Second Team, 15-21 is Honorable Mention). The awards ceremony is at the end of the meet after the Middle School boys race.  The athletes usually have a pretty good time clowning around and even dancing while they wait for the scores and awards to be finalized.  We do of course expect all athletes to remain until the end of the meet.  As this is the last meet of the season for the Middle School, the coaches (and parents) would also like to get pictures of the runners together as a team.
For spectators: The start and finish are both in the same area, and the course takes the runners by that area multiple times, so it’s a very spectator-friendly event.  There shouldn’t be any charge for parking, but be sure to give yourself plenty of time to find a spot at the high school. There will also be concessions, and league meet t-shirts available for $10 (thanks to Brandon Myerholtz for the great league logo design!).

Widewater Invitational Recap

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Recap: What a great meet!  Last Saturday definitely showed why this is such a popular course with the runners.  Not only is it a beautiful place to run with a great course, but it is almost inexplicably fast.  Out of 26 Viking runners, 18 set new personal records and three more turned in their best time of the season so far.  It certainly helped that we started off with near perfect weather, overcast and in the 60’s.

The Middle School girls got us started with great efforts across the board. Morgan, Jolie and Izzy all turned in personal bests, with Morgan taking over a minute and a half off her PR going back to last season.  Kayla and Kennedy turned in strong performances in a very competitive field, finishing in the Top 20 and Top 30, respectively.

For the boys, Chris continued his streak with a third straight PR, while Owen tied his PR from the previous week and Evan ran his best time of the season so far (Will just missed his PR, but ran his best time since the Lake meet).  There was some speculation after the Fayette meet that the course might have been short because of the drastic drop in times, but the times at Widewater showed that it was no fluke; these runners are improving in big ways as their training and hard work come together in the races.

Here are the results for the Middle School:

Last Name First Name Finish Place
Barkhimer Izzy 18:48 89
Foster Morgan 16:45 72
Gleckler Kayla 13:51 19
Huffman Jolie 17:17 77
Keller Kennedy 14:16 27
Bryson Owen 16:06 96
Hartzell Chris 14:53 80
Pennington Evan 15:39 90
Thomas Will 17:09 110

The High School races were every bit as exciting as expected.  Any concerns we had about the team getting on the bus at 7:30am and not running until after noon were quickly proven unwarranted.  They spent that time walking the entire course to preview it, as well as cheering on the Middle School runners during their races.  They did a great job of representing our school and our program well, particularly in their interaction with our fellow NWOAL teams.

For the girls’ race, every runner ran a season best, with four of them setting a new personal record. Sarah took almost a minute off her time, setting a new sophomore record in the process.  Trinity was all smiles after a brisk first mile, enjoying her first race back from injury. Ashley and Katie did an excellent job of pacing and pushing each other through the entire race, with Heidi in hot pursuit.  Hannah had a goal at the beginning of the year to break the 30-minute barrier and has been working hard at practice, so it was great to see her not only achieve that goal but absolutely smash it by taking almost three minutes off her personal record!

More barriers were broken in the boys’ race as well. Ben took another 40 seconds off his PR to set a new freshman record, and Phoenix broke the 19-minute threshold for the first time. Kyle, Augie, Tom and Alex all set PR’s as well, but three more boys in particular deserve a call out. Much like Hannah, Gavin is seeing his steady hard work begin to pay off as he took just under three minutes off his personal best. Ashton has fought through some injury issues early in the season and saw his PR drop by over four minutes!  Pete took over a minute off his PR, and in doing so he put on a clinic for how to handle a hill. We have entire workouts on Country Road 16 and up at Heritage Park designed around working efficiently up a hill and then accelerating over the top to pass runners and finish strong.  As Pete crested the hill, he…took…OFF!  He accelerated into the flat final stretch and never let up.

Here are the results for the High School:

Last Name First Name Finish Place
Majewski Alex 22:11 156
Mitchey Jared 22:58 163
Pollard Thomas 21:20 142
Rhodus Gavin 24:15 177
Ruetz Chandler 23:03 164
Schwan Ben 18:09 40
Simon Pete 27:08 189
Smith Kyle 20:03 117
Tipping Augie 21:19 141
Utz Ashton 23:24 169
VanOstrand Phoenix 18:59 69
Fritsch Heidi 26:09 90
Fritsch Katie 24:39 76
Garlick Ashley 24:40 78
Klebold Hannah 27:49 106
Schwan Sarah 21:39 28
Welch Trinith 22:32 39

It’s really tough to overstate the progress these runners have made, but everything you see on Saturdays is the result of the hard work they put in Monday through Friday.  As we enter the final phase of our season leading up to the NWOAL and District Championships, you can tell they are focused and excited.

Full Event Results are available on Baumspage.

Up Next: The Middle School has the weekend off while the High School travels to Pearson Park in Oregon for the Clay Eagle Invitational

XC Car Wash Information

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The CAR WASH is ON! We have found a location–Taco Bell on Central Ave (next to Meijer). The Car Wash will be on September 10 from 9 am- 4 pm. There will be a morning shift (9 am- 1 pm) and an afternoon shift (1 pm- 4 pm). MS runners are encouraged to work the afternoon shift after the Archbold meet. 
WORK SCHEDULE LINK https://docs.google.com/a/evergreen.k12.oh.us/document/d/1HLZbgP6mIur25r4OAHLTj9MVJp9VjGcBqYvIiKxJvhE/edit?usp=sharing
 
I know that time is limited, but I know we can pull it off! With that said, I will be very understanding if athletes are not able to attend due to prior scheduled events (with a parent’s note). However, they still must collect the 10 pledges ($100). Pledge forms will be distributed tomorrow at practice. Families with 2 runners are encouraged to combine their total pledges to 15 instead of 20. Runners are encouraged to ask family, friends, teachers, businesses, etc. to pledge them 2 pennies for each car (500) they wash which equals to a $10 pledge. We will be advertising this as a FREE CAR WASH with a freewill donation bin as well.
 
All the proceeds will go towards funding a cross country camp for next summer and team apparel.
 
Taco Bell is generously donating the water and we may have a donation for soap and rags. If you have any 5 gallon buckets that we could borrow, we would greatly appreciate it.
 
Pledge forms and money will need to be turned in by Friday, September 9 at practice.
 
Don’t hesitate to ask any questions. This will be a CAR WASH only; no bake sale as we don’t want to take business away from Taco Bell. 🙂
Extra Pledge Forms- XC Car wash Pledge Form