Onalaska Luther at Cedar Creek Info, Monday 10/3, 5:10pm

Monday, Oct. 3rd , 2016 10th annual La Crosse Chileda Cross Country Classic Cedar Creek Golf

AWARDS:  Top Fourteen Medals for individual VARSITY GIRLS (5K)

Individual medals for High School Varsity first, second, and third place high school teams (7 per team)

“The Bethany Cup” Plaque for the high school with the lowest combined boys and girls score.

2:45 Students dismissed from class
3:00 Bus leaves
4:00 coaches meet at awards area behind the finish chute.
4:35All boys run
5:10 All girls run
Awards happen ASAP after the last race at the end of the chute.

The course will be open for scouting at 3:15 pm. It shouldn’t take very long for teams to scout this course. The course is very spectator friendly, very well-marked with flags roughly every 60 to 70 meters, and mainly very flat. There are a very few minor rough spots for footing. To prevent confusion on flags, additional markings/items will be used to ensure everyone goes the right way in the two spots where issues occurred last year..

Please keep your athletes off all greens and tees and make sure nobody wanders into parts of Cedar Creek that are not part of the course. They may run into flying golf balls!

T-shirts available.  Northwest Designs donates 20% of sales to Chileda.

Workouts

Saturday No technical practice... an informal run will be discussed Friday at practice.
Monday Onalaska Luther Meet at Cedar Creek Country Club (JV).  Varisty will do a tempo run.
Tuesday Mileage run to Myrick to cheer on the middle school runners at the city race
Wednesday Mileage with speed
Thursday Intervals
Friday Mileage and Abs
Saturday Practice at Maple Grove Country Club

Dick Mitchell Recap

The Dick Mitchell was greeting with perfect weather.  More importantly, the varsity gals put together the best race of the season.  It wasn’t a terrible vast course.  Of the 25 CHS runners, only 9 set personal records.  Of the 9 personal records, 5 were set by varsity runners.  Neither JV or varsity have started their taper (the training time before a runner’s main race where mileage decreases - intensity doesn’t, however).  I’ve been hoping the varsity would start running tighter and Leinfelder, Degenhardt, Klinglehofer, Nelson, and Pinkowski did just that!!

Results http://www.accuracetiming.com/results/laccc_2016g.pdf

Special Acknowledgements:

CHS Parents - Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with concession and the course.  You provide a tremendous service to the team and other runners.  This meet and team would not function without your help.   

Quackenbush - This gal is tough!  She got his with a nasty side stitch and ran with a bleeding toe nail, running 53 seconds faster at this race than last year.

Degenhardt has flourished and become a member of the varsity team this year.  She ran 1:28 faster than last year, placing 4th on varsity. 

Zinniel This girl has been working tremendously hard in the off season and now.  She improved  2:21 from last year.

Richmond Hit a “dark spot” of the race at about 3.5km where the pain of running caught up with her.  She battled through it to set an all time PR, blowing away the 30 minute barrier.  

McCallson  has turned into a racer this season.  She ran 3 minutes and 8 seconds faster at this race than she did this year.  Keep it up!!

Hannum was challenged by coach to train with varsity.  She ran 43 seconds faster than last year and think she’s going to have a strong finish to the season. 

Bruley is 37 seconds ahead of last year!

Brekke  2nd place finish!

Adams 22 second PR and won the JV race!! 

Season PR Improvements

Violet 0:18, Pinkowski 0:19, Leinfelder 0:20, Adams 0:22, Banasik 0:41, Klinglehofer 0:48, Degenhart 0:53, Zinniel 0:57, Richmond 1:25

PRs 2015 Dick Mitchell to 2016 Dick Mitchell

Pinkowski 0:02, Edge 0:19, Bruley 0:37, Hannum 0:43, Klinglehofer 0:52, Quackenbush 0:53, Degenhardt 1:28, Zinniel 2:21, Richmond 2:23, McCallson 3:08

Request Per Mr. Beran - Parking Volunteers at 2:00

If anyone is available to help direct/park cars Thursday at 2:00 at Forest Hill, we would greatly appreciate it.  Please contact Mr. Beran at jberan@lacrossesd.org or 6087897900 if you can help.

Dick Mitchell Invite

Dick Mitchell Invite, Thursday September 29th, Forest Hills Golf Course


2:00 Runners excused from class
3:40 JV Boys
4:10 JV Girls
4:45 Varsity Boys
5:15 Varsity Girls

Do not cross the tracks use the tunnel.

This Week's Workouts

Monday: Ladder Intervals
Tuesday: Mileage, Strength
Wednesday: Thresholds
Thursday: Mileage, Yoga
Friday: Mileage, Bounding
Saturday: LSD with tempo. Probably at Maple Grove Country Club on Cty B in West Salem.  We can likely give kids rides from our house 633 23rd St. N. If weather cooperates and we don't have a bunch of muddy girls, we'll have them over for pancakes afterwards at our home.
REQUEST:   We are requesting families donate $10 to fund our upfront concession cost.  All profits from our concessions come back to the team.  Since our car wash was cancelled due to weather, concessions will be one of our main fundraisers.  If you didn't donate at the last social and are still willing to donate, Coach Pischke will collect money at the pancake breakfast this Saturday. 

Smiley Results

For the 2nd year in a row, there were changes to the race course.  I personally liked the course changes.  Again, no giant bridge to backup runners at 400 meters, and this year they moved the starting line to lengthen the distance to the first turn, decreasing backup at that turn. This also makes the "giant hill" less giant as runners don't start at the very bottom.  Wausau, like much of the state, must have gotten quite a bit of rain as the course was soft and slow.  

Post Race Dancing. 100's of runners from different school all busting a groove together!

Varsity: The team earned 2nd Place in D1 small schools and Brekke, Bruley and Leinfelder all placed in the top 20.  Brekke was leading the race for over a mile. She had a gutsy performance pushing the 2nd mile as hard as could, creating a bit of a gap with her and the rest of the chase group of 5 or 6 girls.  She put a major hurt on this group and 1 or 2 fell off.  4 gals went passed her in the last 200m.  Bruley’s summer mileage paid off and she’s a 30 seconds ahead of where she was last year.  Leinfelder fought hard while being under the weather.  Pinkowski, Degenhardt, Klinglehofer and Nelson did a great job pack running most of the race.  Klinglehofer ran 25 seconds faster than last year while Degenhardt improved 18 seconds.  Fellenz got some valuable varsity experience.   

Lucy trying to "let it go" on the downhill.  She sure did. I was wondering how she got the grass stains.   

Junior Varsity:  Several JV members had some big races from last year on what was surely a slower coarse due to the rain the past week.  S ZInniel improved 2 minutes, Quackenbush 2:30 and Richmond 2:40.  McCallson purchased some shoes with rockets in them over the summer and improved 3 minutes and 40 seconds!!  Fielding and Haug ran their first 5k ever!

This turkey photo-bombed us.  Speaking of turkeys, I hit one on the way back with our car's windshield.  It may have survived or a coyote or wolf may be whipping up some gravy right now.  No damage and Lucy didn't completely wake up. 

Season PR Improvements:  Brekke 0:01, Quackenbush 0:05, Degenhardt 0:06, Pinkowski 0:07, McCallson 0:11, Klinglehofer 0:016, Bruley 0:18, Kjos 0:33 ,L Herling 0:51, Richmond 1:08.

Honda Motorwerks Key Chain left in Spring Green

If you or someone you know left a Honda Motorwerks Key Chain in Spring Green, contact Steve at sstettler@rvschools.org

Smiley Info, NO HOLMEN MEET TUESDAY 9/20

NO HOLMEN MEET THIS YEAR

Holmen changed their meet date to 9/15.  We are not going as that would put our runners at 3 meets in 8 days - not ideal for racing our fastest in Mid-October

WEHS 60th Annual Bill SMILEY Invitational Saturday, 9.17.16

Northern Wisconsin’s oldest invitational cross country meet will again be held at Tribute (old American Legion) Golf Course.

COURSE: The Tribute Golf Course, one block east of N 6th Street (hwy. W) on Golf Club Rd.

TIMES:
5:15 Bus Loads
5:30 BUS LEAVES
8:30 BOYS Div II & III JUNIOR VARSITY
9:00 BOYS Div II &  III VARSITY
9:25 GIRLS Div II & III VARSITY
10:00 GIRLS Div I, II & III JUNIOR VARSITY
10:35 GIRLS Div I VARSITY
11:10 BOYS Div I VARSITY
11:35 BOYS Div I JUNIOR VARSITY
12:00 Awards

FACILITIES: No dressing facilities at the meet site. If you need a dressing facility, please contact Coach Olson to arrange

Please be advised there is NO WATER available on the course. PLEASE BRING WATER

BUS PARKING: THERE WILL BE NO BUS PARKING ON THE STREETS OR ON THE GOLF COURSE GROUNDS! Weare working with the Wausau Police Department to post “No Parking” signs for the morning of the 19 th , along North 13 th Street and the adjacent areas. All buses are required to park at 1 of the following 3 locations:

1. Riverview Elementary School – 4303 Troy Street (about 7 blocks from the golf course)
2. Sylvan Hill Park – 1329 Sylvan Street (About 2 blocks from the golf course)
3. Horace Mann Middle School – 3101 N. 13 th Street (about 6 blocks from the golf course)

Any buses parking in No Parking zones will be directed to move.

AWARDS:
Plaques for the TEAM Champion and Runner-up in all 4 Varsity divisions. (8)
Plaques for the JV TEAM Champion in Divisions I Large; Small combined. (2)
Medals for the top 20 individuals places in all 4 Varsity divisions. (160)
Medals for the top 20 individuals places in JV Divisions I Large & Small combined. (40)
Medals for the top 8 individuals on the top 2 teams in all 4 Varsity Divisions (64)

60 th Annual Smiley Invite Shirts - available at the meet.
Long Sleeve shirts - $15.00 and Short Sleeve - $10.00

REMINDERS: ***STAY OFF THE GREENS AND TEES AND OUT OF ROPED OFF AREAS!!!
PLEASE OBEY THE SIGNS ON THE COURSE
***PARTICIPANTS MUST KEEP THEIR SHIRTS ON AT ALL TIME – COURSE RULE!
***PLEASE, ABSOLUTELY NO COOL DOWNS ON THE COURSE!!!

The Tribute Golf Course has gone out of their way to host this great meet. Please be respectful of the facilities and golfers. Help us to preserve it for future runners and spectators. Thank you.

Team Pics, Spring Green Recap, Training This Week

Team Pictures...

This monday.  Please bring your jersey and black shorts.

Spring Green Recap

After the cancellation of the Luther All-American, we are grateful River Valley made room for us (they literally added a box and modified the course to squeeze us in).  I really liked the venue and course.  Several gals also also said the same.

Despite the wet and muddy coarse, the team toughed it out and to place 4th (out of 40 some) JV teams and 4th out of some 20 large school varsity teams.  Megan Degenhardt did a great job running in her first Varsity race.  Her hard work and dedication to running over the past year have certainly paid off.  Several JV runner had some great races.  Scout broke 27 minutes for the first time.  Lakiah broke 25 minutes (24:31).  Emma E and Kaylee both dropped a couple minutes off their PRs!!  Here are the improvements from the last meet.

Kaia :02, Kenzie :08, Brekke :12, Tessa :12, Bruley :17, Leinfelder :27, Thea :27, Degenhardt :32, Martell :37, Pinkowski :42, Heath :55, Kummel :56, Hannum :58, Scout 1:11, Lakiah 1:21, Ehlers 2:16, Streeton 2:35

Varsity Girls:  http://entries.pttiming.com/system/results/files/16962/original/GVL_Final.pdf?
1473537782 

JV:  http://entries.pttiming.com/system/results/files/16958/original/GJV_Final.pdf?1473537690

Training This Week

Monday: Mileage, Team Pictures, Strength

Tuesday: Intervals 

Wednesday: Mileage and Speed

Thursday: Light LSD with Tempo

Friday: Mileage and Stretching

Saturday: Wausau (Smiley Invite) - I have not received meet information yet.  I will post as soon as I do.

Saturday Meet, Saturday Social, Donation Request

Decorah has been cancelled.  We are going to Spring Green instead.   Bus leaves at 5:15 sharp.  There are a lot of teams at this meet.  It'll be a great challenge for our runners.  They've been working hard and doing a great so I'm excited to have the team line up against a big field.  There is a social at Martell's at Saturday night at 6:00 where spaghetti will be served.  They are located at 2161 S 22nd St.  It's the red house across from Spence Elementary.  We are requesting families donate $10 to fund our concession cost.  All profits from our concessions come back to the team.  Since our car wash was cancelled due to weather, concessions. need to be one of our main fundraisers.  Martells can collect money this weekend.  Details below.

Viroqua Recap, Training, Decorah Meet Cancel, River Valley Instead

VIROQUA RECAP

The Central gals ran very well today.  Viroqua changed from hosting at a golf course to the Vernon County Fairgrounds.  This eliminates hill, but adds a lot of turns.  Some racers liked the flat open course and liked being able to see racers ahead of them.  That's one of the cool parts of XC.  Every course is different.

Viroqua Invitational Results (Link)

First 5k Congrats to Kaylee Streeton and Ahnikah Wichelt on running their first 5k ever!

Improvements from Onalaska’s 5k to Viroqua’s 5k.  We believe this course was a bit slower than Onalaska so these improvements are NOT because of the course - just runners getting faster and learning how to race.

Marley Richmond:01 second, Sophie Leinfelder:03, Alex Bruley:10, Kenzie Fellenz:15, Macey Heath:18, Ally Klinglehofer:19, Megan Degenhardt:20, Violet Nelson:24, Jane Pinkowski:27, Maria Martell:36, Tessa Edge:37, Sara Brekke:51,  Heleyna Kummel 1:07, Emma Hannum 1:30, Kaia Adams 1:42, Thea Kjos 1:53, Cheyenne Banasik 2:55

Congrats to Sara Brekke on a great performance and individual victory.

Congrats to the Central Red Raiders on winning the meet.

NEXT WEEK

Friday (9/2):  Mileage or LSD
Saturday (optional practice) w/ Coach Anderson, 8:00 at Myrick: Mileage or LSD
Monday Morning: Optional Captains practice - 8:30 at Myrick
Tuesday: Thresholds
Wednesday: Mileage with Hills
Thursday: Intervals.... fast 400s in lane 8
Friday: Mileage and speed
Saturday AM: Decorah
Saturday PM: XC Gathering at Martells

RIVER CHALLENGE

River Valley Blackhawk
Cross Country Invitational
Information Sheet
Saturday, September 10 th , 2016

*******Changes for the 2016 Blackhawk Invitational********
We are working with local law enforcement and our neighbors on the golf course
to keep all of our athletes, spectators and community members safe, and to minimize our
footprint on the local grounds.  STAY OFF OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

Large Schools (20): DeForest, Dodgeville-Mineral Point, Dubuque Senior, Edgerton, Holmen,
Little Chute, Lodi, Madison Lafollette, Mauston, Mcfarland, Milton, Mt. Horeb, Reedsburg,
Richland Center-Ithaca, River Valley, Sauk Prairie, Southwestern-Cuba City, Stoughton, Sun
Prairie, Wisconsin Dells.
Small Schools (21): Albany, Belleville, Boscobel, Brookwood, Cassville, Darlington,
Fennimore, Gibraltar, Hillsboro, Iowa-Grant- Highland, Lancaster, Madison Country Day,
Necedah, New Glarus-Monticello, Palmyra Eagle, Pecatonica-Argyle, Prairie du Chien,
Riverdale, St. Ambrose, Viroqua, Wisconsin Heights.
Junior High/Middle Schools (27): Albany, Belleville, Boscobel, Brookwood, Cherokee MS,
Darlington, DeForest, Dodgeville, Fennimore, Hillsboro, Lancaster, Madison Country Day,
Mauston, Mount Horeb, New Glarus-Monticello, Pecatonica-Argyle, Prairie du Chien,
Reedsburg, Richland Center-Ithaca, Riverdale, River Valley, St. Peter’s, St. Ambrose, Sacred
Heart, Sauk Prairie, Soutwestern-Cuba City-Benton, WI Dells

LOCATION: The race is held at the Spring Green Municipal Golf Course. The golf course
entrance is located at the intersection of Hoxie Street and Winsted Street (Hwy 23). The starting
line is directly south of the golf course entrance.
PARKING: There is no parking at the Spring Green Municipal Golf Course. The small parking
lot that does exist will be used for emergency vehicles, meet staff, and for portable toilets. Team
busses and spectator vehicles are encouraged to park in the neighborhoods adjacent to the golf
course. There should be no parking on Winsted Street (Hwy 23) south of Hoxie Street along the
Golf Course. Parking on Hwy 23 may result in your vehicle being ticketed.
RACE SCHEDULE:
8:30 am Junior Varsity Boys Race (One division/race)
9:00 am Junior Varsity Girls Race (One division/race)
9:45 am Small School Boys Varsity Race
10:15 am Large School Boys Varsity Race
10:45 am Small School Girls Varsity Race
11:30 am Large School Girls Varsity Race
12:15 pm Junior High/Middle School Boys Race
12:40 pm Junior High/Middle School Girls Race
Awards Approximately 1:30 pm
RESTROOMS: Portable toilets will be available in the parking lot of the Spring Green
Municipal Golf Course. The screened clubhouse will not be available to runners or spectators on
the day of the meet.
PACKET AND TIMING INFORMATION PICK-UP: Coaches can pick up their team
packets beginning at 7:15 am on race day. The packets and timing information will be available
near the starting line. Lane assignments and updated course maps will be included in the packet.
COACHES MEETING: A brief coaches meeting will take place at 8:00 am near the starting
line of the race.
FLAG WHIPPING: Any runner seen purposely whipping flags into runners behind them will
be disqualified.
NO DOGS ALLOWED: No dogs are allowed on the Spring Green Municipal Golf Course,
which aligns with WIAA rules regarding dogs at events. Assist dogs are exempt from this rule.
CONCESSIONS: The River Valley Athletic Booster Club will be selling concession items. We
will large selection of food and beverages this year.
T-SHIRTS: The River Valley Cross Country Team will be selling t-shirts.
COURSE MAPS: Course maps will be in your race packet on race day. Extra maps will be
available at the golf course starter’s shed need the race starting line.
GREENS AND TEE BOXES: Please keep your runners off of the greens and tee boxes on the
golf course.
AWARDS:
Team Awards:
Plaque and 7 Medals to First and Second Place Teams in All Varsity Divisions
Plaque to Third Place Team in All Varsity Divisions
Plaque to First Junior Varsity Girl’s and Boy’s Teams (One Division for JV)
Plaque to First Junior High-Middle School Girl’s and Boy’s Teams (One Division)
Individual Awards:
Plaque to First Place Finisher All Varsity Divisions
Medals from 2 nd to 20 th Place All Varsity Divisions
Medals from 1 st to 10 th Place Junior Varsity Girl’s and Boy’s Races (One Division for JV)