Welcome to the Geneseo Middle School Cross Country website!!!!!
November 29th, 2017
Tonight we finally were able to have our banquet. Coach Schmidt was able to attend and she brought Lou Lou along with her. It was great to see her.
The coaches would like to thank the parents and kids for the great coaches gifts. Thank you so much. We would also like to thank the parents and kids for making this year an incredible year. It was truly a great year. The highlight video is posted.
On a sad note, we lost a member of our middle school cross country family. Trevor Schefsky passed away this evening. Trevor was a huge part of our program in 2013 and 2014. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. We miss you Trev.
October 14th, 2017
Awesome Job!!!!!!!!! Our kids ran great. The girls finished 13th and our boys just missed a top ten finish and placed 11th. To put things in perspective, there are 125 teams in class 3A. Awesome job.
We had our fifth boy medalist in school history. Will Taylor placed 9th. Congratulations Will. We also had our 3rd girl medalist. Lacey Laxton also placed in the top 10 and placed 4th. Wow great job Lacey.
A couple of top 20 times were also added to the state history. Here is the top times from state. Top Times The boys almost had everyone under 12 minutes. What a great day. Thank you parents for everything you have done this year.
October 13th, 2017
We travel to Normal for the IESA State Championships tomorrow. Good luck to everyone. Dream Big!!!!!!!!!
October 7th, 2017
Heading to state. Congratulations!!!!!! The boys won the sectional and the girls placed second. Great job. Lacey, Ali, and Anna finished in the top 5. Will won and Justin was 2nd. Max finished in the top 10 also. Incredible.
Off to state we go. Results are posted. Have a great weekend and see you on Monday. Top Ten Sectional Times
October 3rd, 2017
Great job tonight!!!!!!! The kids did awesome under some warm temperatures. The course had a lot of turns and was hilly. Times will be a little slow. Both the boys and girls won their meets tonight. Lacey and Will were the varsity race winners. Tyler won the open race. Overall we ended with 25 medals for all four races. Incredible. Results are posted.
Tomorrow only the top 10 kids have practice. Great job and keep Dreaming Big!!!!!!!
September 27th, 2017
The kids were amazing tonight. The girls won their 11th straight conference title and the boys won their 4th straight conference title. Incredible. Both the boys and girls teams had 7 of the top 10. Overall the team brought home 25 medals. Great job!!!!
Lacey Laxton and Will Taylor were the individual champions. Congratulations Lacey and Will. Lacey set a new course record tonight. Awesome Job Lacey!!!!!!
Tomorrow practice goes to 5:00.
Results are posted.
Dream Big!!!!!!!
September 22nd, 2017
Wow was it hot!!!! Thanks to Sara Wirth and the boosters for supplying the kids with some popsicles and fluids for the ride down. Made the heat not so bad. The kids did an amazing job in the heat. Lacey Laxton ran awesome and finished second. She was the first to the 2 mile point. That is awesome. The girls team did well also and placed 10th.
The boys were amazing and won the meet. They had 3 guys in the top 25. Incredible. We also had three boys in the top 25 of the open race. All in all, we ended with 7 medals. That is a really good day.
Great job today. Try to run one of the next two days. Results are posted. Congratulations.
September 21st, 2017
Dress like a coach day. Here are the photos. Tomorrow is going to be a fun day. Hope to see you at Detweiller Park.
September 19th, 2017
Awesome job!!!!! The kids did great tonight. The course is in rough shape. The boys and girls won their meets. Will Taylor won the boys race. He had many top ten finishers. We will not get results for a few days. Great job kids.
Thursday is dress like a coach day. Get prepared.
Friday we head to Peoria for the Dunlap Invite. It is going to be warm. Drink lots of water and sports drinks this week.
Great job again!!!!!
September 14th, 2017
Another awesome day for the kids. We had four individual champions today. Congratulations to Lacey Laxton, Will Taylor, Addison Pischke, and Max Sottos for winning races today. Overall, we had 22 medalists. That is amazing. The girls finished runner-up to Dunlap. They have a great team and program. The boys won their meet with a perfect score. Incredible job guys. Results are posted.
Just a reminder we have morning practice at 6:30 am. Dress in white. Get some sleep.
Great Job today!!!!!
September 11th, 2017
Awesome!!!!! The kids did awesome tonight at the Moline Invite. The weather was perfect, maybe a little warm, but no wind. Both the boys and girls won their divisions. Lacey Laxton and Justin Johnson were individual champions. Congratulations to them. We also earned 13 medals at the meet. The girls had six of the top ten and the boys had seven of the top ten. Great job!!!!! We will get results up as soon as we get them.
Thursday we travel to Galesburg. We will shoot you a practice schedule for this week.
Have a great night and keep Dreaming Big!!!!!!
September 7th, 2017
Twinkie day. There was a parent letter today. cc-parent-letter9-7-2017 There were some twins, triplets, and some misfits today.
September 6th, 2017
What an incredible meet. The weather was perfect. We estimate there was over 1500 – 2000 fans at the meet. Wow. It was spectacular.
The kids did awesome. We had 11 medalists at the meet. We had kids in each race earn a medal. The teams did great also. Here is how it ended up. The 7th grade girls placed 4th as a team. The 7th grade boys won their division. The 8th grade girls won their division. And the 8th grade boys placed second in their division. The 7th and 8th grade girls combined to place second as a team. The 7th and 8th grade boys combined to win as a team. And all the teams combined to be the overall champions of the meet. Congratulations. This is the first time since 2014 we have won the overall. Awesome job.
We want to thank all the volunteers who helped. This meet would not have ran as smooth as it did without the great help. The boosters also did a great job with the concessions, t-shirts, and parking signs. Also, the city did a great job with the no parking areas and Brian Ludwig and the city parks staff did a fabulous job with the park. If you can thank Brian and his staff, if you have a chance, that would be great. We have an incredible setting for a race.
Parents thank you for an awesome snack table. Don’t forget tomorrow is Twinkie day.
Dream Big
September 5th, 2017
Awesome weather. Tomorrow is the invite. We did not have a chance to get out a parent letter tonight. cc-parent-letter-september-5-2017 There are 18 teams coming tomorrow, with 800 athletes. Should be fun. Please considering volunteering at the meet. Dream big tonight.
September 1st, 2017
Great day!!!!!! Six medalists today, a runner-up team finish, our first individual champion, and our first team championship at the Pleasant Valley Invite. Awesome effort by all. Lacey Laxton won the meet and the girls won the team championship. Congratulations. The boys did not disappoint either. They finished a close second, losing by 3 points. Great job guys. Some of our best times ever. Results are posted. Here is a history of the Top 25 at the Pleasant Valley Invite. Top 25 PV List
Yesterday the kids received a parent letter. cc-parent-letter-august-31-2017 No practice on Monday. Enjoy Labor Day weekend.
Keep Dreaming Big!!!!!!!!!!
August 29th, 2017
The kids had another great night. Both teams won their divisions. We had some really incredible performances. The results are posted.
Want to shoot a thank you to all who volunteered setting up, taking down, and all who worked at the finish line. Also, thanks to the boosters for the concession stand. Great job. Parents thanks with the snacks at the camp .
August 28th, 2017
Hope you had a great weekend. Our first home meet is tomorrow. Please let us know if you can volunteer. There was a parent letter tonight. cc-parent-letter-august-28th-2017
August 25th, 2017
What a great day!!!!! Weather is awesome. The kids did incredible. Unofficially with think the girls finished second as a team and the boys won the meet. Lacey Laxton and Ali Rapps won the girls relay and Anna Snyder and Annie Wirth finished third as a relay. Will Taylor and Josiah King won the boys relay and Justin Johnson and Hunter Clark-Holke finished 2nd. All the team members did well. The splits have been posted.
Remember tomorrow we are running to Richmond Hill and finishing at the DQ. If you have got some photos from the races, please send them our way. Pick out 10-20 of your best photos and get them to us.
Great job tonight teams!!!!!!
August 21st, 2017
Eclipse Day!!!!! Hope you all had a chance to get out and see the eclipse. The kids had a great workout on the track. It was a little warm with a lot of humidity, but the kids did fine. We handed out a parent letter. cc-parent-letter-aug-21-2017.
August 17th, 2017
The kids were awesome yesterday. The weather has been unbelievable. The kids ran to Richmond Hill, ran some hills and then were rewarded with some popsicles and cookies. Thanks for the popsicles Mrs. Kreiner.
Monday practice starts at 2:30 and gets done at 4:00. We are heading to the track for a speed work out. Bring your water bottles.
Friday was wear your time trial shirt to practice day. Here are some photos:
August 15th, 2017
Great day again today. Just a reminder practice is at 9:00 tomorrow. We will meet at GMS and then run to Richmond Hill for some hills. Please pick your kids up at 10:30 at Richmond Hill. Tomorrow is also wear your time trial t-shirt day. Please send photos if you have any from the time trial.
T-shirt order forms are due tomorrow (Friday).
Next week the week looks like this:
Monday – 2:30 – 4:00
Tuesday – 2:30 – 4:00
Wednesday – 2:30 – 4:00
Thursday – Meet at Sterling
Friday – 2:30 – 4:00
August 16th, 2017
Sectional assignments were announced. We are in class 3A at the Sterling sectional. We have ran there many times. It is a very good course. We do not know a time yet.
August 15th, 2017
Wow. What a night. The weather was perfect and the kids were just the same. We had some incredible times. The results are posted. Many kids have moved into the top 25 times. Check them out. Top 25 times history.
If you missed the parent meeting here are some things parents had questions about:
Does everyone run in the meets? Yes. Everyone will run in the meets and the meets score the top 7 runners. At the conference meet, there is a top 7 girls race, a top 7 boys race, and an open race for the rest of the team. At sectionals, only the top 7 runners run from the girls team race and boys team race. The top 10 runners dress for the sectional meet and if we qualify for state, only the athletes who qualified from sectionals run.
Does my son or daughter need shoes with spikes? No, but spikes will make the athletes run faster. Later in the year we encourage the kids who are in the top 7 to wear spikes.
Can my son or daughter miss meets? Yes. The kids are in middle school and we want them to be kids. They have a choice. We understand it is a long year and families have other commitments. Understand though, the top ten kids dress for sectionals and only the top seven kids run at sectionals. If you miss a meet and someone runs faster than you, you will move down the list.
Do the kids get uniforms? Yes. We are fortunate enough to have uniforms for all the kids. We also have a warm up jacket the kids will get to wear.
Is there eligibility requirements for the kids? Yes. The state requires the students to be passing all classes to be eligible. The students can not be failing any classes. Eligibility is done at the end of the week for the following week.
If you have any other questions please email us or contact us.
If you are interested in purchasing this years cross country t-shirt, here is the order form 2017 GMS XC Shirt Order Form All orders are due Thursday August 24th.
Great job tonight.
August 14th, 2017
Another great practice. We did not have time to hand out the parent letter. We sent it in an email and here it is also. cc-parent-letter-aug-142017
August 12th, 2017
Practices went great this week. We have over 60 kids out currently. Here is a photo of the kids.
August 9th, 2017
Another great start for the 2017 season. We had around 50 students show up today. We will have at least 10 more. A lot of kids are on vacation with the late start to school. If you did not receive the packet today, here is the info the kids received:
2017 Cross Country Parent Letter
2017 GMS Authorization for Medical Treatment
Please return the Authorization to Treat Form and the Concussion Form ASAP.
The kids also received a packet from the booster club. The booster club is doing a fundraiser this year. The kids received packets today. There are some great things being raffled off at the time trial on Tuesday. We encourage the kids to participate, but it is not mandatory. Do not feel like you have to sell all fifteen. Any amount is great. If you need more tickets let us know. If you did not receive a packet, contact coach Ehlert.
The girls team is looking to have a great year with 4 of the top 10 girls back from last year. There are many great seventh grade girl runners being added to the team. Again, more sisters of former runners are being added to the team this year. This could be a historic year for the ladies.
The boys team only has 1 of the top 10 coming back this year. After having another great year placing in the top 10 at state (9th in 3A), we are hoping to reload this year and maybe create some magic. We have two 7th grade boys, who broke the 6th grade mile record last year, on the team. This team has a lot of potential of being really good.
The class split has not been announced yet. We should be in 3A, but with a little luck we could be in 2A this year.
We are going to have a great year. Dream Big!!!!!!!
November 5th, 2016
Sorry we have not had any posts. The banquet has been set for Tuesday November 15th, at 6:00. There were a lot of conflicts in the way.
Also, we are selling t-shirts for the girls 10th straight conference championship. Here is the order form if you are interested. gms-girls-conference-xc-t-shirt-order-form
October 15th, 2016
Great Job!!!!!!!!! Our kids ran awesome. The girls finished 22nd and our boys had a top ten finish and placed 9th. To put things in perspective, there are 123 teams in class 3A. Awesome job.
We had our fourth boy medalist in school history. Rafe Morrison placed 24th. Congratulations Rafe.
A couple of top 20 times were also added to the state history. The boys almost had everyone under 12 minutes. What a great day. Thank you parents for everything you have done this year.
October 14th, 2016
We travel to Normal for the IESA State Championships tomorrow. Good luck to everyone. Dream Big!!!!!!!!!
October 8th, 2016
Going to State!!!!!!!! Boys won the their sectional and the girls placed second. Great job kids. Enjoy the weekend. Run 1 of the next two days. No practice on Monday. Here is a photo of the kids:
October 5th, 2016
Results are posted.
October 4th, 2016
The kids ran great tonight. The course was a little long and had a lot of turns. Times will be slow. That is ok. Both teams won their meet. There were 27 medalists. Awesome job. Remember tomorrow the top ten kids have practice. Keep Dreaming Big!!!!!!!
September 28th, 2016
Conference Champs x 2. Great job teams. We had 25 medalists. Wow!!!!!! This was the girls 10th consecutive conference championship. Congratulations. The results are posted.
Awesome job and keep Dreaming Big!!!!!
September 23rd, 2016
Hot day. Kids ran well. The heat really got to us today. Next week we have conference. Weather is supposed to cool down this week. We are running well. Championship season starts next week.
September 21st, 2016
Awesome job!!!!! The kids ran well. We used tonight as a training run, left the spikes at school and ran in our training shoes. The course was interesting. Finding broken bottles, glass, and holes on the course was new obstacles for the kids. The giant hill you have to run twice and the sidewalk running made it a smart choice to be safe and wear our training shoes. The kids performed awesome. We believe the boys and girls won the meet. We do not have official results and do not plan on getting any for a couple of days.
Great job with the post race snacks parents. Keep it up.
September 20th, 2016
Hot tonight and tomorrow. Bring your water bottle. We are at Glenview tomorrow. The girls run at 4:45. The boys run at 5:15. We had dress like a coach night:
Which one is Coach Schmidt?
Coach Gillespie?
Coach Ehlert?
September 18th, 2016
Results are posted. The girls open race results had some problems. They will be sending them in the morning.
September 17th, 2016
The kids did great. That was a tough meet. There were 19 teams there today. A lot of tough competition. We do not have official results yet. The girls did well. We had two medalists for the girls today. The boys did incredible. They had 9 medalists and won the meet. When we get the results we will post them as soon as we can. Have a great weekend. Take the day off tomorrow.
September 15th, 2016
Morning practice today. We had a white out:
September 14th, 2016
What a great night!!!! The weather was perfect and the course was in perfect shape. We love to run at Empire Park. The kids did awesome tonight. We had 11 medalists. 5 girls and 6 boys. That is incredible. Both the girls and boys teams won their meets. Tomorrow we have practice at 6:30 am. It is also a white out. We will be on the track with the lights. Should be fun. We do not have the results yet. When we get them, we will post them.
Dream Big!!!!!!
September 13th, 2016
Watermelon Day!!!!!
September 12th, 2016
Great day of practice. The kids learned how to “Get comfortable being uncomfortable”. Also we talked about “The little man”. This week we have meets on Wednesday and Saturday. Fun week. There was a parent letter today. CC Parent Letter(9-12-2016). Great job on the track today team. Tomorrow is watermelon day. Dream Big!!!!!!
September 11th, 2016
Great weekend. This week will be busy. We have two meets. Wednesday we run at the Moline Invite and on Saturday we head to Galesburg. The kids are doing amazing. Keep working hard. On Tuesday we are having watermelon day. The kids dress in pink and green.
September 8th, 2016
Wow. Great job tonight. The kids ran awesome. The weather was a little warm and the course was slow and muddy. Our teams did really well though. The 7th Grade Girls, 8th Grade Girls, and 8th Grade boys all placed 2nd. The 7th grade boys placed 6th. The 7th and 8th grade girls combined to win. The 7th and 8th grade boys combined to place 3rd. Overall the team placed 2nd. We had four team members earn medals. Awesome job!!!!! Remember we get out of practice at 4:30 tomorrow. Results are posted.
Parents and boosters, you are awesome. We are so fortunate to have a great community. Thanks to all who volunteered tonight. The meet went really smooth.
Again great job. Everyone is improving each week. That is our goal. Keep working hard and dream big. We have two awesome teams.
September 2nd, 2016
Great job tonight. The kids ran well tonight. We had perfect weather to run. We had some missing kids with sickness, vacation, and some conflicts. Overall the kids ran great. The girls were missing 4 top runners and still ended up 4th. The boys were missing a top runner and finished 4th also. Great effort by all the kids. The results will be posted shortly. We had two medalist. Make sure you run two of the next three days. Enjoy your weekend. Monday try to get 3-4 miles and get some sprints in. It was great to see Riley Coulter at the meet. She is doing well in Cedar Rapids.
September 1st, 2016
Great weather. Today was nerd day. Check out the photo down below. There was a parent letter today. CC Parent Letter September 1, 2016. We travel to PV tomorrow. Girls run at 4:00, boys at 4:30. Dream Big!!!!!!!
August 30th, 2016
Wow. The kids did a great job. The alternate course due to the flood was a good starter for the kids. Our kids had a an amazing day. Both the teams won the meet. The girls scored a perfect score. Way to go. And the boys were very close to doing the same. They had the top four. Incredible. Thanks go out to the booster club and the volunteers. The meet goes so much better when we have great help. We will need more help next week for the invite. Please consider helping. The jobs are easy. At the bottom are a couple photos from the course this morning. It only got worse as the day went on. We were very fortunate the weather held up. Great job today everyone.
Down at the bottom of “Death Valley”.This is the start and Finish area.
The soccer area behind Culver’s and Lionstone Brewery
August 28th, 2016
Thanks to all who came and helped paint the course. On Friday we did Twinkie day. The kids also received a parent letter. CC Parent letter August 26th, 2016. Tuesday is our first home meet. Please let us know if you can help with the meet. Here are some photos from Friday:
August 25th, 2016
Great job tonight. The kids were awesome. The boys won their meet and the girls placed second. The weather was perfect. The course was slow and muddy. Results are posted. Please send photos, if you took some. We would like to get them up on the web page and use them for the highlight video.
Tomorrow is Twinkie Day. Dress like a twin and bring some Twinkies. Great job tonight.
August 24th, 2016
A couple of good days of practice. We are ready for a meet. Tomorrow we run at Sterling. We handed out a parent letter CC Parent Letter Aug 24, 2016.
Boosters are selling a different style of shirt. If you are interested please contact us and we can give you the information for them. Here is their form XC 2016 Spirit Wear order form.
The weather looks good for tomorrow. Have a great night.
August 22nd, 2016
The great weather looks to continue this week. The kids are doing great. The kids received a parent letter today CC Parent Letter Aug 22, 2016. The one the kids received had a few errors. This one is updated.
Also, make sure you are eating. Carbs are great for you. 50-65% of your diet should be carbohydrates right now. Fruits and vegetables are very important. Proteins are very important to build muscles also. Meats provide the Iron we need also. Get some salty food in you also. It has been hot. Stay away from pop and energy drinks. They are horrible for you. A great drink after your workout is chocolate milk. Probably the best recovery drink out there.
The kids received their uniforms tonight. Please follow the washing instructions on the parent letter. The kids are doing awesome.
August 20th, 2016
Great weather. Get out and run one of these days. Take one of the days off. The Rust Buster Time Trial Top 25 has been updated. Check them out:
Practice will be after school until 4:00 on Monday. Have a great weekend!!!!!!
The kids with their Rust Bust shirts
August 18th, 2016
Very Hot!!!! It was hot out there tonight. The kids did great in the heat. We had some really good times tonight. The results from tonight are posted.
If you missed the parent meeting here are some things parents had questions about:
Does everyone run in the meets? Yes. Everyone will run in the meets and the meets score the top 7 runners. At the conference meet, there is a top 7 girls race, a top 7 boys race, and an open race for the rest of the team. At sectionals, only the top 7 runners run from the girls team race and boys team race. If we qualify for state, only the athletes who qualified from sectionals run.
Does my son or daughter need shoes with spikes? No, but spikes will make the athletes run faster. Later in the year we encourage the kids who are in the top 7 to wear spikes.
Can my son or daughter miss meets? Yes. The kids are in middle school and we want them to be kids. They have a choice. We understand it is a long year and families have other commitments. Understand though, only the top seven kids run at sectionals.
Do the kids get uniforms? Yes. We are fortunate enough to have uniforms for all the kids. We also have a warm up jacket the kids will get to wear.
Is there eligibility requirements for the kids? Yes. The state requires the students to be passing all classes to be eligible. The students can not be failing any classes. Eligibility is done at the end of the week for the following week.
If you have any other questions please email us or contact us.
If you are interested in purchasing this years cross country t-shirt, here is the order form 2016 GMS XC Shirt Order Form All orders are due Monday August 24th.
Great job tonight.
August 17th, 2016
The kids have been great. Just a reminder, the time trial is tomorrow at Richmond Hill Park. The kids need to be there by 5:15. Just a couple of reminders: 1) Booster Club Raffle tickets 2) T-shirt orders are due Monday
Great job the this week. Some photos from Tuesday.
August 12th, 2016
We had a great first week!!!!!! We have around 50 -60 kids out right now. Some of the kids are trying out for volleyball, so will gain some from volleyball. The kids had a hard work out on the track. There are some sore bodies. Please have them ice their legs down. Stretch, stretch, stretch. There are two easy ways to ice body parts: 1) do a cold bath. Fill the bath tub up with cold water and sit in it for 5 – 10 minutes. 2) Do an ice massage. Fill up paper cups with water and put them in the freezer. After cups freeze, tear off the top part of the cup and rub the ice on the area that is sore. This massages the area and gets the cold to go deeper in the body. Only do Ice Massage for 5 – 7 minutes. You do not want to get frost bite.
We did not have a chance to hand out a parent letter today. Here it is. CC Parent Letter Aug 12,2016
The booster club is doing a fundraiser this year. The kids received packets yesterday. There are some great things being raffled off at the time trial on Thursday. We encourage the kids to participate, but it is not mandatory. Do not feel like you have to sell all fifteen. Any amount is great. If you need more tickets let us know. I have already been contacted to get more for some athletes already. Great job.
The sectionals have been assigned. We are in 3A. We are in the Sterling Sectional. We do not know what course we will be running. If you would like to see the sectionals go to this site IESA Sectionals.
August 10th, 2016
A great start to the 2016 season. We had around 45 – 50 students show up today. We could have 5-10 more. If you did not receive the packet today, here is the info the kids received:
GMS Authorization for Medical Treatment
Please return the Authorization to Treat Form and the Concussion Form ASAP.
We are going to have a great year. Dream Big!!!!!!!
July 17th, 2016
The first day of practice will be Wednesday, August 10th. We are very excited to start the year. Please get your physicals updated. The kids will be getting information in the next two weeks. Hope your summer is going well.
July 7th, 2016
The 2016 season is just around the corner. The first practice will be during the week of August 8th. We are expecting to start the year with around 50 – 60 student athletes.
After just missing a trophy last year placing 5th, the girls team is looking to have another great year with 3 of the top 10 girls back from last year. There are many great seventh grade girl runners being added to the team. More sisters of former runners are being added to the team this year. This could be another historic year for the ladies.
The boys team has 6 of the top 10 coming back this year. After having another great year placing 16th in 3A, we are hoping to reload this year and maybe create some more magic. This team also has a lot of potential and with the right work ethic this team could do something really special.
The class split has not been announced yet. We should be in 3A, but with a little luck we could be in 2A this year.
Come back to the website, we will be updating it on a regular basis and all the results will be posted as efficiently as we can.
All posts previous 2016, can be found at the “Archive Page”.
September 21st, 2016
Awesome job!!!!! The kids ran well. We used tonight as a training run, left the spikes at school and ran in our training shoes. The course was interesting. Finding broken bottles, glass, and holes on the course was new obstacles for the kids. The giant hill you have to run twice and the sidewalk running made it a smart choice to be safe and wear our training shoes. The kids performed awesome. We believe the boys and girls won the meet. We do not have official results and do not plan on getting any for a couple of days.
Great job with the post race snacks parents. Keep it up.
September 20th, 2016
Hot tonight and tomorrow. Bring your water bottle. We are at Glenview tomorrow. The girls run at 4:45. The boys run at 5:15. We had dress like a coach night:
Which one is Coach Schmidt?
Coach Gillespie?
Coach Ehlert?
September 18th, 2016
Results are posted. The girls open race results had some problems. They will be sending them in the morning.
September 17th, 2016
The kids did great. That was a tough meet. There were 19 teams there today. A lot of tough competition. We do not have official results yet. The girls did well. We had two medalists for the girls today. The boys did incredible. They had 9 medalists and won the meet. When we get the results we will post them as soon as we can. Have a great weekend. Take the day off tomorrow.
September 15th, 2016
Morning practice today. We had a white out:
September 14th, 2016
What a great night!!!! The weather was perfect and the course was in perfect shape. We love to run at Empire Park. The kids did awesome tonight. We had 11 medalists. 5 girls and 6 boys. That is incredible. Both the girls and boys teams won their meets. Tomorrow we have practice at 6:30 am. It is also a white out. We will be on the track with the lights. Should be fun. We do not have the results yet. When we get them, we will post them.
Dream Big!!!!!!
September 13th, 2016
Watermelon Day!!!!!
September 12th, 2016
Great day of practice. The kids learned how to “Get comfortable being uncomfortable”. Also we talked about “The little man”. This week we have meets on Wednesday and Saturday. Fun week. There was a parent letter today. CC Parent Letter(9-12-2016). Great job on the track today team. Tomorrow is watermelon day. Dream Big!!!!!!
September 11th, 2016
Great weekend. This week will be busy. We have two meets. Wednesday we run at the Moline Invite and on Saturday we head to Galesburg. The kids are doing amazing. Keep working hard. On Tuesday we are having watermelon day. The kids dress in pink and green.
September 8th, 2016
Wow. Great job tonight. The kids ran awesome. The weather was a little warm and the course was slow and muddy. Our teams did really well though. The 7th Grade Girls, 8th Grade Girls, and 8th Grade boys all placed 2nd. The 7th grade boys placed 6th. The 7th and 8th grade girls combined to win. The 7th and 8th grade boys combined to place 3rd. Overall the team placed 2nd. We had four team members earn medals. Awesome job!!!!! Remember we get out of practice at 4:30 tomorrow. Results are posted.
Parents and boosters, you are awesome. We are so fortunate to have a great community. Thanks to all who volunteered tonight. The meet went really smooth.
Again great job. Everyone is improving each week. That is our goal. Keep working hard and dream big. We have two awesome teams.
September 2nd, 2016
Great job tonight. The kids ran well tonight. We had perfect weather to run. We had some missing kids with sickness, vacation, and some conflicts. Overall the kids ran great. The girls were missing 4 top runners and still ended up 4th. The boys were missing a top runner and finished 4th also. Great effort by all the kids. The results will be posted shortly. We had two medalist. Make sure you run two of the next three days. Enjoy your weekend. Monday try to get 3-4 miles and get some sprints in. It was great to see Riley Coulter at the meet. She is doing well in Cedar Rapids.
September 1st, 2016
Great weather. Today was nerd day. Check out the photo down below. There was a parent letter today. CC Parent Letter September 1, 2016. We travel to PV tomorrow. Girls run at 4:00, boys at 4:30. Dream Big!!!!!!!
August 30th, 2016
Wow. The kids did a great job. The alternate course due to the flood was a good starter for the kids. Our kids had a an amazing day. Both the teams won the meet. The girls scored a perfect score. Way to go. And the boys were very close to doing the same. They had the top four. Incredible. Thanks go out to the booster club and the volunteers. The meet goes so much better when we have great help. We will need more help next week for the invite. Please consider helping. The jobs are easy. At the bottom are a couple photos from the course this morning. It only got worse as the day went on. We were very fortunate the weather held up. Great job today everyone.
Down at the bottom of “Death Valley”.This is the start and Finish area.
The soccer area behind Culver’s and Lionstone Brewery
August 28th, 2016
Thanks to all who came and helped paint the course. On Friday we did Twinkie day. The kids also received a parent letter. CC Parent letter August 26th, 2016. Tuesday is our first home meet. Please let us know if you can help with the meet. Here are some photos from Friday:
August 25th, 2016
Great job tonight. The kids were awesome. The boys won their meet and the girls placed second. The weather was perfect. The course was slow and muddy. Results are posted. Please send photos, if you took some. We would like to get them up on the web page and use them for the highlight video.
Tomorrow is Twinkie Day. Dress like a twin and bring some Twinkies. Great job tonight.
August 24th, 2016
A couple of good days of practice. We are ready for a meet. Tomorrow we run at Sterling. We handed out a parent letter CC Parent Letter Aug 24, 2016.
Boosters are selling a different style of shirt. If you are interested please contact us and we can give you the information for them. Here is their form XC 2016 Spirit Wear order form.
The weather looks good for tomorrow. Have a great night.
August 22nd, 2016
The great weather looks to continue this week. The kids are doing great. The kids received a parent letter today CC Parent Letter Aug 22, 2016. The one the kids received had a few errors. This one is updated.
Also, make sure you are eating. Carbs are great for you. 50-65% of your diet should be carbohydrates right now. Fruits and vegetables are very important. Proteins are very important to build muscles also. Meats provide the Iron we need also. Get some salty food in you also. It has been hot. Stay away from pop and energy drinks. They are horrible for you. A great drink after your workout is chocolate milk. Probably the best recovery drink out there.
The kids received their uniforms tonight. Please follow the washing instructions on the parent letter. The kids are doing awesome.
August 20th, 2016
Great weather. Get out and run one of these days. Take one of the days off. The Rust Buster Time Trial Top 25 has been updated. Check them out:
Practice will be after school until 4:00 on Monday. Have a great weekend!!!!!!
The kids with their Rust Bust shirts
August 18th, 2016
Very Hot!!!! It was hot out there tonight. The kids did great in the heat. We had some really good times tonight. The results from tonight are posted.
If you missed the parent meeting here are some things parents had questions about:
Does everyone run in the meets? Yes. Everyone will run in the meets and the meets score the top 7 runners. At the conference meet, there is a top 7 girls race, a top 7 boys race, and an open race for the rest of the team. At sectionals, only the top 7 runners run from the girls team race and boys team race. If we qualify for state, only the athletes who qualified from sectionals run.
Does my son or daughter need shoes with spikes? No, but spikes will make the athletes run faster. Later in the year we encourage the kids who are in the top 7 to wear spikes.
Can my son or daughter miss meets? Yes. The kids are in middle school and we want them to be kids. They have a choice. We understand it is a long year and families have other commitments. Understand though, only the top seven kids run at sectionals.
Do the kids get uniforms? Yes. We are fortunate enough to have uniforms for all the kids. We also have a warm up jacket the kids will get to wear.
Is there eligibility requirements for the kids? Yes. The state requires the students to be passing all classes to be eligible. The students can not be failing any classes. Eligibility is done at the end of the week for the following week.
If you have any other questions please email us or contact us.
If you are interested in purchasing this years cross country t-shirt, here is the order form 2016 GMS XC Shirt Order Form All orders are due Monday August 24th.
Great job tonight.
August 17th, 2016
The kids have been great. Just a reminder, the time trial is tomorrow at Richmond Hill Park. The kids need to be there by 5:15. Just a couple of reminders: 1) Booster Club Raffle tickets 2) T-shirt orders are due Monday
Great job the this week. Some photos from Tuesday.
August 12th, 2016
We had a great first week!!!!!! We have around 50 -60 kids out right now. Some of the kids are trying out for volleyball, so will gain some from volleyball. The kids had a hard work out on the track. There are some sore bodies. Please have them ice their legs down. Stretch, stretch, stretch. There are two easy ways to ice body parts: 1) do a cold bath. Fill the bath tub up with cold water and sit in it for 5 – 10 minutes. 2) Do an ice massage. Fill up paper cups with water and put them in the freezer. After cups freeze, tear off the top part of the cup and rub the ice on the area that is sore. This massages the area and gets the cold to go deeper in the body. Only do Ice Massage for 5 – 7 minutes. You do not want to get frost bite.
We did not have a chance to hand out a parent letter today. Here it is. CC Parent Letter Aug 12,2016
The booster club is doing a fundraiser this year. The kids received packets yesterday. There are some great things being raffled off at the time trial on Thursday. We encourage the kids to participate, but it is not mandatory. Do not feel like you have to sell all fifteen. Any amount is great. If you need more tickets let us know. I have already been contacted to get more for some athletes already. Great job.
The sectionals have been assigned. We are in 3A. We are in the Sterling Sectional. We do not know what course we will be running. If you would like to see the sectionals go to this site IESA Sectionals.
August 10th, 2016
A great start to the 2016 season. We had around 45 – 50 students show up today. We could have 5-10 more. If you did not receive the packet today, here is the info the kids received:
GMS Authorization for Medical Treatment
Please return the Authorization to Treat Form and the Concussion Form ASAP.
We are going to have a great year. Dream Big!!!!!!!
July 17th, 2016
The first day of practice will be Wednesday, August 10th. We are very excited to start the year. Please get your physicals updated. The kids will be getting information in the next two weeks. Hope your summer is going well.
July 7th, 2016
The 2016 season is just around the corner. The first practice will be during the week of August 8th. We are expecting to start the year with around 50 – 60 student athletes.
After just missing a trophy last year placing 5th, the girls team is looking to have another great year with 3 of the top 10 girls back from last year. There are many great seventh grade girl runners being added to the team. More sisters of former runners are being added to the team this year. This could be another historic year for the ladies.
The boys team has 6 of the top 10 coming back this year. After having another great year placing 16th in 3A, we are hoping to reload this year and maybe create some more magic. This team also has a lot of potential and with the right work ethic this team could do something really special.
The class split has not been announced yet. We should be in 3A, but with a little luck we could be in 2A this year.
Come back to the website, we will be updating it on a regular basis and all the results will be posted as efficiently as we can.
October 17th, 2015
Great Job!!!!!!!!! Our kids ran incredible. The boys finished 16th and our girls had our top finish ever with a 5th place finish. Awesome job. A lot of top 20 times added to the state history. Every girl was under 12:48 seconds. What a great day. Thank you parents for everything you have done this year.
October 10th, 2015
Sectional Champs x 2. Great job boys and girls. We are heading to state. We will get photos up when we get them.
October 6th, 2015
Been awhile since we have posted anything. Kids are doing really well. The meet for today was moved to Thursday. We are not going to go. Tonight we had a intra-squad challenge. The kids ran really well. We have figured out our top ten. Team pictures will be on Thursday after school. We will be sending home packets with the kids tomorrow.
October 5th, 2015
M and M day. I guess it could have been Skittles day also.
September 30th, 2015
Conference champions!!!!!!!!! Great job to everyone. Both top 7 boys and girls finished in the top 10. That is a conference first. Incredible. We ended up with 29 medalists. The weather was perfect and the course was awesome. Just a great day. Parents, the snack table was one of the best. Here are some photos. Have a great night.
September 25th, 2015
Great job today. The kids were awesome. The girls placed 3rd and boys placed 6th out of 50 teams. That is incredible. The boys were only 9 points out of 4th. We had 9 medalists. What a great day.
September 24th, 2015
Pirates and Princess Day!!!!
Look closely at the photo bombers!!!!!!
September 23rd, 2015
Great job tonight. The kids did a really good job. We told the kids to take it easy today. The course is dangerous and we do not want to have any injuries. Both the boys and girls won the meet. We will not get official results for a couple of days. Tomorrow is pirate and princess day. Should be interesting.
September 21st, 2015
Great work out tonight. Dairy Queen was packed. There was a parent letter tonight CC Parent Letter(9-21-2015)
September 19th, 2015
Kids were awesome today. Both teams won their division. There were 17 teams running with over 600 runners. We do not have official results yet. There was some issues with missing athletes (Neo). We hope to have them up this weekend. The snacks were great again.
Monday we are running to Richmond Hill and running some hills. We will end practice at the Dairy Queen. Please have the kids bring some money and pick up the kids at 5:00.
Awesome job everyone.
September 17th, 2015
Kids had a great practice this morning. White out was a great success. The results from last night are up.
September 16th, 2015
Awesome job tonight. Both teams won their meet. The girls had 7 place in the top 10 and the boys had 7 place in the top 10. A great meet for all. The kids are running really well. Tomorrow we have morning practice at 6:30. It is a white out. Wear all white. We will be done by 7:30. You will have plenty of time to get ready for school. Awesome job tonight. We will not get the official results until tomorrow. We will have them posted as soon as possible.
September 14th, 2015
So how was your weekend? Nothing like the high school boys team. If you have not heard, check out their webpage. https://gcsdstaff.org/crosscountry/. A miracle happened early Saturday morning. Coach Fredericks is amazing. Thanks to all who helped get the boys to their meet.
There was a parent letter tonight. CC Parent Letter(9-14-2015)
September 11th, 2015
Nerd Day!!!!!! Have a great weekend. Good luck to the high school teams at First to the Finish tomorrow. Enjoy the photos:
September 9th, 2015
Great job tonight. The weather was perfect. Parents, you were awesome. Thanks for the help everywhere. We had 7 medalists. The girls combined finish 2nd. The boys combined finished 2nd. With the scoring format, the team ended up 3rd overall. Some of the toughest competition we have seen at our meet in years. Results are posted. Sorry for getting the results up so late. My truck broke down and I did not get out of Richmond Hill until 9:45.
Again great job. Everyone improved from last week. That is our goal. Keep working hard and dream big. We have two awesome teams.
September 4th, 2015
Awesome job!!!!! The heat was brutal. We have never raced in hotter conditions. We had one medalist. The will not have results done until the middle of the week. Parents, great job with the snacks and drinks. We did have a couple of items misplaced. We are looking for a black bag with “Perform Better” written on it in Red. It is Coach Ehlert’s. It has extra spikes, stop watches, and some other things in it. If you have it, please let coach Ehlert know. Also, one girl went home with two right shoes. We know this because a girl on the bus had two left shoes. The shoes are identical. Great job. Please send us photos.
September 3rd, 2015
We handed out a parent letter and locations of meets sheet. Have a great night.
CC Parent Letter September 3, 2015
September 2nd, 2015
Results are posted. Great job everyone. Please send us some photos.
September 1st, 2015
Hot!!!!!! The kids did great tonight. No one was ready for the heat. A big thank you to the parents who helped volunteer. The meet ran very smoothly. Both teams won the meet tonight. The results will not be posted until tomorrow. Having some computer problems. The “Wizard” James Roodhouse has promised things will be fixed in the morning. If you have any photos, send them our way. Great job tonight.
August 28th, 2015
Watermelon Day!!!!!!!! Kids had a great time at Richmond Hill tonight. There was a parent letter CC Parent Letter Aug 28, 2015. We will be painting the course on Sunday at 2:00 if you would like to come and help. Also, on Tuesday we have a home meet. We could use volunteers to help. Also, the meet start time has been moved back to 5:00 to adjust for the heat.
There has been a change in our sectional location. We are going to be running at Sauk Valley Community College near Sterling. Currently there is a start time of 9:00 for the girls and 9:45 for the boys.
Here are some photos from tonight:
August 27th, 2015
Kids did a great job tonight. Dixon is incredible. They might have the best girls team the state has ever seen. That is saying a lot.
Our kids had a very good night. The results are posted. We do not have team scores. We will get them in a couple of days. We had some of the best times we have ever had at Sterling. Parents, great job with the snacks tonight. Sorry about the water running out. It sounds like other teams were using our water. We will have to watch that better.
Tomorrow is watermelon day. Wear your green and pink. Here are some photos from tonight:
August 26th, 2015
Kids are ready for a meet. We travel to Sterling tomorrow. There was a parent letter tonight CC Parent Letter Aug 26, 2015.
Boosters are selling a different style of shirt. If you are interested please contact us and we can give you the information for them.
Have a great night.
August 24th, 2015
Track workout tonight. Kids did awesome. Make sure they are icing their legs down and stretching. There was a parent letter CC Parent Letter Aug 24, 2015. Tonight was Rustbuster t-shirt night enjoy.
August 22nd, 2015
Hope you have had a good start to the weekend. The kids need to take a day off this weekend. Run one of the next two days. Also, make sure you are eating. Carbs are great for you. 50-65% of your diet should be carbohydrates right now. Get some salty food in you also. It has been hot. Stay away from pop and energy drinks. They are horrible for you. A great drink after your workout is chocolate milk. Probably the best recovery drink out there.
The rust buster top 25 lists have been updated. Here are the links for them if you would like to look at the them:
Just a reminder, it is wear your rust buster t-shirt on Monday. The kids have been great. Keep up the hard work. Dream Big!!!!!!!!!!!
August 20th, 2015
What a great night. Weather was perfect. Temperatures in the 70’s with little wind. Awesome time trial. The kids ran incredible tonight. A lot of top ten times this evening. Best weather we have ever had. Please send us some photos and we will get them posted. The results from tonight are posted.
If you missed the parent meeting here are some things parents had questions about:
Does everyone run in the meets? Yes. Everyone will run in the meets and the meets score the top 7 runners. At the conference meet, there is a top 7 girls race, a top 7 boys race, and an open race for the rest of the team. At sectionals, only the top 7 runners run from the girls team race and boys team race. If we qualify for state, only the athletes who qualified from sectionals run.
Does my son or daughter need shoes with spikes? No, but spikes will make the athletes run faster. Later in the year we encourage the kids who are in the top 7 to wear spikes.
Can my son or daughter miss meets? Yes. The kids are in middle school and we want them to be kids. They have a choice. We understand it is a long year and families have other commitments. Understand though, only the top seven kids run at sectionals.
Do the kids get uniforms? Yes. We are fortunate enough to have uniforms for all the kids. We also have a warm up jacket the kids will get to wear.
Is there eligibility requirements for the kids? Yes. The state requires the students to be passing all classes to be eligible. The students can not be failing any classes. Eligibility is done at the end of the week for the following week.
If you have any other questions please email us or contact us.
If you are interested in purchasing this years cross country t-shirt, here is the order form 2015 Cross Country T-Shirt Order Form All orders are due Monday August 24th. Here is what the shirt will look like:
Great job tonight.
August 18th, 2015
Twinkie Day!!!!!!!!!!!! The kids did an awesome job of participating today. Check out the photos below. Just a few reminders: 1) Turn in the booster raffle money and tickets tomorrow, 2) Get your t-shirt order forms in by Monday, 3) The time trial is on Thursday.
The kids are doing awesome.
They said they are “Fraternal Twins”
August 16th, 2015
Hot weekend. Just to let you know, Tuesday is a dress up day. We are doing Twinkie Day. The kids will dress up as twins and then kids will bring twinkies in for the end of practice. Hope all is well.
August 14th, 2015
We had a great first week!!!!!! We have around 60 – 70 kids out right now. Some of the kids tried out for volleyball, so on Monday, we will lose some, but we will also gain some from volleyball. The kids went long today. There are some sore bodies. Please have them ice their legs down. Stretch, stretch, stretch. There are two easy ways to ice body parts: 1) do a cold bath. Fill the bath tub up with cold water and sit in it for 5 – 10 minutes. 2) Do an ice massage. Fill up paper cups with water and put them in the freezer. After cups freeze, tear off the top part of the cup and rub the ice on the area that is sore. This massages the area and gets the cold to go deeper in the body. Only do Ice Massage for 5 – 7 minutes. You do not want to get frost bite.
The kids received a parent letter today CC Parent Letter Aug 14,2015.
The booster club is doing a fundraiser this year. The kids received packets today. There are some great things being raffled off at the time trial on Thursday. We encourage the kids to participate, but it is not mandatory. Do not feel like you have to sell all ten. Any amount is great. If you need more tickets let us know. I have already been contacted to get more for some athletes already. Great job.
Tonight was “Neon Day”. Check out the photos:
August 13th, 2015
Kids have been working hard. We had an easier day today. Watched last years highlight video. The kids received the t-shirt order form today. Here it is 2015 Cross Country T-Shirt Order Form. Here is what the shirts will look like:
You do not have to buy the shirts. They are just spirit wear for the kids and parents.
Tomorrow is “Neon Day”. Break out the brightest shirts you can. Things are going great.
August 11th, 2015
A great start to the 2015 season. We have had around 65 students show up the last two days. We could have 5-10 more. If you did not receive the packet yesterday, here is the info the kids received:
July 29th, 2015
Sectional assignments have been announced. We are in 3A. We are heading to Sterling. The season is just around the corner. Just a reminder, next week is the IHSA dead week. We do not have Summit workouts or fun runs next week. The first day of practice is August 10th at 3:30. Make sure you turn in your physicals and authorization to treat forms to the school nurse.
July 1st, 2015
The 2015 season is just around the corner. The first practice is on Monday August 10th. We are expecting to start the year with around 50 – 60 student athletes.
The girls team is looking to have another good year with 4 of the top 10 girls back from last year. There are many great seventh grade girl runners being added to the team. Many sisters of former runners are being added to the team this year. This could be another historic year for the ladies.
The boys team has 3 of the top 10 coming back this year. After having a magical year placing 4th in 3A, we are hoping to reload this year and maybe create some more magic. This team also has a lot of potential and with the right work ethic this team could do something really special.
The class split has not been announced yet. We could be in 2A or 3A. With a little luck we could be in 2A this year.
Come back to the website, we will be updating it on a regular basis and all the results will be posted as efficiently as we can.
October 22nd, 2014
The school will be having an assembly for the kids to present the trophy to the school on Friday, October 24th. We will recognize both the top ten boys and girls and the individual medalists at the assembly. The assembly begins at 8:15 am. It will be a short assembly and then the boys and the individual medalists will have their photos taken.
October 18th, 2014
Awesome. The kids ran awesome today. The girls started out the day running great. All personal best times. The girls finished 12th as a team. We found out 3A is the toughest class in the state. One of the best girls teams we have ever had.
The boys pulled off a miracle. The kids were missing one of the top 2 runners on the team and ran their hearts out. The boys brought home a fourth place trophy. Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable.
We finished with two all-state medalists. A girl finished 15th and a boy finished 20th.
What a great year. We will have a banquet sometime. We are still working on the date. Please send us some photos. We will get the web page updated soon.
October 11th, 2014
Incredible. Both boys and girls are sectional champions. A first in school history. The kids ran awesome. Kaden Rink was the individual sectional champion. We will get a schedule out to everyone as soon as we can. Thanks for coming, we had great support. Results are posted.
October 7th, 2014
Great job tonight. The kids were awesome again. The boys had a perfect score and the girls were not to far off with 4 of the top 5. This was a really good warm up for Saturday. Parents, great job with the snack table. Just a reminder team pictures are on Thursday.
October 6th, 2014
Parent letter today. CC Parent Letter(10-6-2014) We will get photos up from the last two meets soon. Tomorrow we are at Coal Valley Municipal Park. Hope to see you there.
October 1st, 2014
Awesome job tonight. Conference champs x 2!!!!!! Boys and girls won the Heartland Conference Championships. Thanks to all who volunteered. We just received word the meet is on Tuesday next week. We will be sending home information tomorrow. The kids brought home 21 medals tonight. Congratulations. Results are posted.
September 29th, 2014
Parent Letter CC Parent Letter(9-29-2014)
September 26th, 2014
What a day. Great weather. Great results. The kids were awesome. We ended up with 6 medalists and two trophies. The boys placed 3rd and the girls placed 4th as teams. Parents, thanks so much for the snacks. We will get photos up as soon as we get some. Results are posted. Have the kids run one of the next two days. Make it a long one 4 or 5 miles. We will be on the track on Monday. Congratulations to all. Have a great weekend.
September 25th, 2014
Parent letter tonight. CC Parent Letter(9-25-2014)
September 24th, 2014
Awesome job. We tried some different things tonight and the kids did great. We used tonights meet as a practice and had the kids run a little different. Things went well. They will be ready for Fridays meet. We will not get results for a bit. We will let you know when we get them. Great job tonight!!!!!!!!!!
September 23rd, 2014
Parent Letter CC Parent Letter(9-23-2014)
September 22nd, 2014
Results are posted from Saturday. Remember Dairy Queen run tonight. Pick the kids up at the DQ.
September 20th, 2014
What a great day. The kids did great. The girls placed second to an incredible Dunlap team and the boys placed first. We had 19 medalists. Six in the open races and 13 in the top 7 races.
September 19th, 2014
Parent letter. CC Parent Letter(9-19-2014)
September 17th, 2014
Great job tonight. The kids were awesome. We had 12 medalists. The boys scored a perfect score. Boys and girls teams placed 1st in each division. Very impressive night. Thanks for the snacks. Awesome snack table. Have a great night. Results are posted.
September 15th, 2014
Kids had another great night on the track. They received a parent letter tonight. CC Parent Letter(9-15-2014) Things are going really well. Busy week this week. Hope to see you at the Moline Invitational.
September 11th, 2014
Incredible night. The weather was great. The kids did awesome. We had a very good meet. The course was in great shape. We had 12 medalists. The 8th grade girls won, 8th grade boys won, 7th grade girls placed 2nd, 7th grade boys placed 2nd, the 7th and 8th grade girls combined to win, the 7th and 8th grade boys placed 2nd, and the entire team won the overall championship. Congratulations. Great job everyone. Thank you to all who volunteered. Also, thanks to the parks maintenance for getting the course into great shape. With 3 inches of rain in the last 3 days, the course was awesome. We have practice at 6:30 in the morning. Have a great night.
September 8th, 2014
Great practice tonight. The kids are ready for a big meet. We have moved the invitational to Thursday. Here is a parent letter from today. CC Parent Letter September 8, 2014. Let us know if you can help on Thursday. Thanks for your flexibility.
September 5th, 2014
That was a lot of rain. Wow. The meet administration made the right call. The lightning was bad and it was still raining as we left at 5:00. Make sure the kids run the next two days. We have a track workout on Monday. Wednesday is our big invite. Please volunteer if you can. Have a great weekend.
September 3rd, 2014
Parent letter tonight. CC Parent Letter September 3, 2014
September 2nd, 2014
Awesome night. Great weather. Low 80’s and a little breeze. The course was in great shape. Kids did really well. The course is 200 meters short. Last year the course was a lot shorter. It was 300 – 350 short. They ran a 3k tonight. With the 3 giant hills, we think that is fair. Times will be a little quick. Great performances for both teams. Both the boys and girls won their divisions. The boys finished 1 – 6. An awesome feat. We will have photos up. Working on the grass relays photos. Should have those up tomorrow. Thank you to the volunteers. The meet ran very smooth. Results are posted.
September 1st, 2014
Friday was watermelon day. Kids are working hard. Thanks to the parents and kids who helped with the course today. just a reminder we have a meet tomorrow. Girls will run around 4:45. Boys run at 5:15. Hope to see you there.
August 28th, 2014
Great job!!!!! Girls had annoying conditions. Horrible conditions for the boys. Rain, rain, and more rain. We were lucky the lightning held off as long as it did. Most of the kids got two miles in. Unfortunate for the kids who did not. We do not have official results yet. Our guess is the girls placed second. Dixon has a strong team. We believe the boys finish first. The results will be posted as soon as we get them. We will have times for the kids to look at tomorrow. The kids had some incredible times. If anyone was able to take some photos, please send them our way. Awesome job tonight kids.
August 25th, 2014
Lots going on. The kids received a parent letter tonight. CC Parent Letter Aug 25,2014. The weather was hot. We practiced inside and handed out uniforms. Washing instructions are in the parent letter. New for this year, the kids have a warm up coat. Please take care of this. We had a very generous donor. We would like to keep them a long time. Photos from the time trial have been posted. Thursday is Sterling Grass Relays. All this information can be found in the parent letter. We have some meets coming up. We will need volunteers. Boosters are selling signs the form is here 2014 XC Yard Signs. Just a reminder, if you are interested in the 2014 cross country shirt money is due tomorrow. Here is the form 2014 Cross Country T-Shirt. Lots of info. If you have any questions please email us.
August 21st, 2014
Awesome time trial. Sorry we have not been on the web page in awhile. The kids ran great tonight. A lot of top ten times this evening. We lucked out with the weather. Please send us some photos and we will get them posted. The results from tonight are posted.
If you missed the parent meeting here are some things parents had questions about:
Does everyone run in the meets? Yes. Everyone will run in the meets and the meets score the top 7 runners. At the conference meet, there is a top 7 girls race, a top 7 boys race, and an open race for the rest of the team. At sectionals, only the top 7 runners run from the girls team race and boys team race. If we qualify for state, only the athletes who qualified from sectionals run.
Does my son or daughter need shoes with spikes? No, but spikes will make the athletes run faster. Later in the year we encourage the kids who are in the top 7 to wear spikes.
Can my son or daughter miss meets? Yes. The kids are in middle school and we want them to be kids. They have a choice. We understand it is a long year and families have other commitments. Understand though, only the top seven kids run at sectionals.
If you have any other questions please email us or contact us.
If you are interested in purchasing this years cross country t-shirt, here is the order form 2014 Cross Country T-Shirt. All orders are due Wednesday August 27th.
Graat job tonight.
August 20th, 2014
Yesterday was nerd day. The kids are running awesome right now. There was a parent letter tonight. CC Parent Letter Aug 20,2014
Here are some photos from nerd day:
August 15th, 2014
What a great week of weather. Best ever. Tonight we had a little fun and had tie die day. We did not get any photos. Sorry. We ran a longer distance today. Some kids ran two miles. Others ran up to five. Everyone is on a different program, depending on summer running. At the end of practice the kids had a great snack of cookies. Thanks to all who donated. The kids received a parent letter tonight. CC Parent Letter Aug 15,2014 This weekend the kids are encourage to run one of the two days. Take a day off and relax. Heal up. Some of you have some soreness. Take an ice bath for five minutes. Have a great weekend and see you on Monday.
August 13th, 2014
Today was Neon/Highlighter day. A great practice on the track. The kids are working really hard. There might be some sore bodies. Have the kids ice their bodies down. Cold baths are great. Have them sit in the bath tub for 5 minutes in cold water. This will help get some of the soreness out. When they get done they need to stretch. Here are some photos from the day.
August 11th, 2014
A great start to the 2014 season. We had around 45 students show up today. We are expecting 5-10 more. If you did not receive the packet today, here is the info the kids received:
2014 Authorization for Medical Treatment
Come back and visit. We will try to keep the web page updated.
August 2nd, 2014
Just found out we have been moved up to class 3A for the split. Last years numbers put us at the same amount of students. Other schools lost enrollment, so we have been moved up. Not a problem. We are looking to continue to roll and try to bring home a trophy from 3A. We think it can be done. First practice will be Monday August 11th at 3:00 pm at the middle school. Make sure you have a current physical on file at the office. Hope to see you there.
June 16th, 2014
The 2014 season is just around the corner. The first practice is on Monday August 11th. We are expecting to start the year with around 50 – 60 student athletes.
The girls team is looking to have another great year with 4 of the top 10 girls back from last year. There are many great seventh grade girl runners being added to the team. This could be another historic year for the ladies.
The boys team has 4 of the top 10 coming back this year. After what look liked a rebuilding year last year, turned into a reloading year. This team has a lot of potential and with the right work ethic this team could do something really special.
It looks like we will be in class 2A for the state split.
Come back to the website, we will be updating it on a regular basis and all the results will be posted as efficiently as we can.
November 6th, 2013
Just a reminder about the banquet on Friday November 15th. We accidentally had the wrong date on the web page. We hope this does not cause problems. The invite is correct. Hope to see you there.
October 30th, 2013
The banquet date is set for Friday, November 15th from 6 – 9. The kids will receive invitations tomorrow. Here is the invite, if do not believe your son or daughter will bring it home xc banquet invite 2013. Please let us know if you have any questions.
October 19th, 2013
The kids did great today. The girls placed 7th as a team and the boys place 6th. Two top ten team finishes…… Amazing!!!!!! The course was fast and so was the competition. Fastest times we have ever seen at State. Girls team has the highest finish for Geneseo Middle School girls team. The boys team has the second highest finish. A great year for both teams. We will get more photos up when we get them.
Thanks to the Pioneer Pacers for being great friends and making us better.
October 13th, 2013
Schedule for this week. Monday – No Practice (Run on your own 25 – 30 minutes / 3-4 miles), Tuesday (7th Grade Field Trip) – 6:45 am practice, Wednesday – 3:30 – 4:30 practice, Thursday (1 hour early out) – 6:45 am practice, Friday – 3:30 – 4:00 practice.
October 12th, 2013
Great!!!!!!! The kids were great. The weather was perfect. Girls placed third as a team and the boys won their first meet of the year. Sectional champions!!!!!! Both teams are headed to state next weekend. Results are posted. Congratulations to all.
October 8th, 2013
What an awesome day. The kids ran incredible. The weather great. The teams finished second in both divisions. We had a ton of medalists (21). Perfect meet as a warm up for sectionals. Results are posted. Great job!!!!!!
October 7th, 2013
Results came in today from conference. There were no open results sent. We will ask tomorrow at the meet. Here is a parent letter from today. CC Parent Letter(10-7-2013). Things have been busy. We apologize for not getting things updated on the web page.
October 2nd, 2013
Great job today. Kids were awesome. Girls won the meet. Boys finished a close second. We had 16 medalists from the three races. An incredible accomplishment. We will not get the final results until tomorrow. We will get them posted as soon as possible. Sorry for not posting in a couple of days. We will try to get some photos up from the past three meets.
September 27th, 2013
Kids did awesome today. Both teams won the meet. Results are posted. It was a little warm and the course was a little long. Times will look slow. Everyone did great. We will get photos updated soon. Make sure you get a long run in this weekend. Take one of the next two days of. Rest is important. Have a great weekend. Awesome job!!!!!
September 26th, 2013
Results are up. Parent letter. CC Parent Letter(9-26-2013)
September 25th, 2013
Great job tonight. Kids ran really well. The course is very hard. A monster hill completed twice. Results will not be in for a day or two. We will get them posted as soon as we get them. They will be hand written. We will retype them when we get a chance and get them up on the web page. The girls should win. The Pioneers were missing one of their top runners. The boys race could be very close. It will be exciting to see the results. Glenview likes to keep us in suspense. Please stop back and see the results and look at photos. Reminder, the Rock Island Invite on Friday is at 2:30. Both the boys and girls run at 2:30.
September 24th, 2013
We worked on signs and posters for Friday.
September 23rd, 2013
Beautiful day. Kids had a good practice. We ran out to Richmond Hill did some hills and ended at the DQ. The kids may be a little sore tomorrow. They need to ice their legs down. Normal for doing hills. Kids received a parent letter. CC Parent Letter(9-23-20). There was some confusion with the RI Invite information. The kids on the team do not have to pay to get into the meet. Just the fans. Have a great night and enjoy the weather.
September 21st, 2013
What a great day. Weather was perfect and the kids ran really well. The girls won their meet and the boys finished second. There were 18 schools there today for each division. We think the course was a little long, so times are off just a little bit. Results have been posted. Monday is a blackout / ninja day. We are running to Richmond Hill and then ending at the DQ. Parents, please pick your athletes up at the DQ at 5:00. Great job today. We will see you on Monday.
September 19th, 2013
Awesome morning practice. The kids got another parent letter. CC Parent Letter(9-19-2013) Practice will be done at 4:30 tomorrow.
September 18th, 2013
Great job at the meet tonight. The boys and girls were awesome. The course was better this year. Great competition with the Pioneers. They have great teams. Should be an interesting year. We had 8 medalists tonight. The boys finished 2nd as a team. The girls won the meet. They finished in a tie with the Pioneers. It came down to the 6th runner and the girls won. Parents, great job with the treats and support. We have great parents. Thank you for all you do. Remember, tomorrow is a morning practice, due to the 1/2 day of school. Great job and come back to the web page, we will get some photos posted.
September 16th, 2013
Great practice on the track. Kids received a parent letter. CC Parent Letter(9-16-2013)
September 13th, 2013
Best day of the year so far. The kids went for a long run tonight. Over the weekend, the kids need to run one of the two days. Try to go for another long one. There was a parent letter today CC Parent Letter(9-13-2013). For those of you who ordered a yard sign, they have come in. The students will be given the signs at practice on Monday. We are also making another team t-shirt order. If interested, please email coach Schauland. We would like to get it all squared away on Monday.
There are left over t-shirts from the invite. If interested in purchasing one, email coach Ehlert.
September 12th, 2013
What a beautiful night. Thanks to all who volunteered. There were over 500 students who ran tonight. We only had one go down the wrong chute. That is a pretty good night. Results are posted. Our kids did awesome. The 7th grade girls finished 2nd, the 8th grade girls finished 2nd, the 7th grade boys won their division, and the 8th grade boys finished 4th. Overall we finished 2nd. We had 11 medalists this evening. A great night for the program. Great job everyone. Please send some photos when you get a chance.
September 10th, 2013
The invitational t-shirts have come in. Here is the design:
September 9th, 2013
Practice went well this morning. Very humid though. The Geneseo Middle School Invite has been moved to Thursday (September 12th). With the weather predictions for the next three days being so hot, we are hoping Thursday the weather will break. We have to think about the safety of all the kids. Being on a bus for an hour and then standing around in the heat is not a good idea for the teams coming. We apologize for any inconveniences. There was a parent letter this morning. CC Parent Letter September 9, 2013 We want to thank everyone for all the photos. We will try to get more up today.
September 7th, 2013
The kids did awesome today. Great day to run. With a very tough field both teams did well. The girls placed second and the very young boys placed 7th. Reminder, Monday’s practice is at 6:30 am. There is an early out on Monday. Great job and please send us photos. Results are posted.
September 5th, 2013
Great practice tonight. The weather was really nice. We were on the track tonight. Tomorrow is an easy day. Just a little bit of running and some games. Practice is done at 4:30. If you are sore, make sure you are icing and stretching.
September 4th, 2013
Kids received a parent letter. CC Parent Letter September 4, 2013
September 3rd, 2013
Great job tonight. Great running conditions. Just a little warm. The kids did awesome. Both teams ended up getting second. We had some great performances. The course was a little short. We will have to adjust for next week. Really fast times tonight. Great job. Send us some photos. Thanks go out to all who volunteered. Things ran very smoothly. Results are posted.
September 2nd, 2013
Great weekend of weather. Should be nice tomorrow. High of 80. Thanks to the athletes and parents who helped get the course painted today. Just a reminder, the meet starts around 4:45 tomorrow. If you are volunteering, please be at the finish line around 4:15. Should be a great night for a run. Hope to see you there.
August 30th, 2013
Great practice this morning. Kids ran some hills and finished with a run back to the middle school. The kids received a parent letter. CC Parent Letter Aug 30,2013 Very humid this morning. Make sure the kids are hydrating over the weekend. We do not have practice on Monday. Please have the kids run two of the next three days. Soccer games and practice count as a workout. We have a home meet on Tuesday. Let us know if you would like to volunteer at the meet. Have a great weekend.
August 29th, 2013
The Sterling Grass Relays have been cancelled. There will be no practice today (Thursday). The kids are encouraged to run on their own 2 – 3 miles later if possible. Friday’s practice has been moved to 6:30 am. We will meet at Richmond Hill Park at the Pavilion by the tennis courts. The students bags and instruments will be transported to the middle school during practice. There is no watermelon theme day. If you have any questions please contact Coach Ehlert. Sorry for any inconveniences.
August 26th, 2013
Hot today. We practiced outside for 45 minutes and then headed in to hand out uniforms and to a little indoor running. The kids received a parent letter this evening. CC Parent Letter Aug 26,2013 Practice tomorrow is in the morning due to the heat.
August 22nd, 2013
Great job tonight at the time trial. The kids were awesome. Results are posted.
What a beautiful night to run. The kids ran really well tonight for the time trial. If anyone has photos, please send them to coach Ehlert’s email address. We will post some once we get some. Thanks to all who came out. Great job runners and fans. If you missed the parent meeting here are some things parents had questions about:
Does everyone run in the meets? Yes. Everyone will run in the meets and the meets score the top 7 runners. At the conference meet, there is a top 7 girls race, a top 7 boys race, and an open race for the rest of the team. At sectionals, only the top 7 runners run from the girls team race and boys team race. If we qualify for state, only the athletes who qualified from sectionals run.
Does my son or daughter need shoes with spikes? No, but spikes will make the athletes run faster. Later in the year we encourage the kids who are in the top 7 to wear spikes.
Can my son or daughter miss meets? Yes. The kids are in middle school and we want them to be kids. They have a choice. We understand it is a long year and families have other commitments. Understand though, only the top seven kids run at sectionals.
If you have any other questions please email us or contact us.
If you are interested in purchasing this years cross country t-shirt, here is the order form 2013 Cross Country T. All orders are due Wednesday August 28th. Here are some photos:
August 20th, 2013
Today was nerd day. Check out the photos. Thanks go to Mrs. Davison, the kids were treated to cookies, popsicles, and water after the hills. There might be some sore legs. Have the kids ice any sore body parts (No longer than 15 minutes with ice). Icing the body or even doing a cool bath will help the body recover and heal faster (Cold bath for 5 minutes). Stretch gently afterwards.
Just a reminder, practice on Thursday (August 22nd) will be at Richmond Hill at 5:15 pm. The time trial will start at 6:00pm. The kids need to bring 3 canned goods to donate to the food pantry. They will also need to bring a t-shirt to be part of the awards ceremony. Girls need to bring 12 baked goods (Cookies or brownies) and the boys need to bring a 6 pack of water or sports drink for a post practice party. The kids will be done by 7:30. There will be a parent meeting after the run.
Here are some photos:
August 19th, 2013
Kids are working hard. We had mile repeats tonight. Tomorrow is Nerd Day. Parents received a parent letter tonight. Here you go CC Parent Letter Aug 19,2013
August 17th, 2013
We had a great first week of practice. Sorry for having the kids out a little late last night. We had some technical problems with the video. Monday we will be back at it. Reminder to the kids, Tuesday is nerd day. Have a great weekend.
August 15th, 2013
The kids are working really hard. We had a track workout this evening. There might be some sore bodies. Have the kids ice their bodies down. Cold baths are great. Have them sit in the bath tub for 5 minutes in cold water. This will help get some of the soreness out. When they get done they need to stretch. Yesterday was neon day, here are some photos from the day.
August 12th, 2013
Practice started today. We had 59 student athletes show up today. What a great start. We are expecting 5-10 more. If you did not receive the packet today, here is the info the kids received:
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Come back and visit. We will try to keep the web page updated.
August 3rd, 2013
Just got official word we will be in class 2A. Our sectional will be at Germantown Hills. We have a little over a week before we begin the season. This week is a non contact week. Everyone needs to run on their own. There is no Summit this week also. We are excited to see you on Monday August 12th. Have a great last week of summer.
July 26th, 2013
The 2013 season is just around the corner. The first practice is on Monday August 12th. We are expecting to start the year with around 50 – 60 student athletes. It is not too late to join.
The girls team is looking to have another great year with 4 of the top 10 girls back from last year. There are many great seventh grade girl runners being added to the team. This could be a historic year for the ladies.
The boys team has 2 of the top 10 coming back this year. After their historic year, it could be a rebuilding year for the boys. The boys also have many great seventh grade boys being added to the team.
It looks like we will be in class 2A for the state split.
Come back to the website, we will be updating it on a regular basis and all the results will be posted as efficiently as we can.
November 17th, 2012
Thanks for a great year. Parents thanks for a great banquet. Boys team we have been invited to the city council meeting on Tuesday, November 27th. The meeting is at 6:00. Hope to see you there.
November 6th, 2012
Just a reminder. The banquet is on Friday at 6:00. Hope everyone can make it. The highlight video is done and we will be playing some games afterwards.
October 26th, 2012
The banquet date is set for Friday, November 9th from 6 – 9. The kids received invitations yesterday. Here is the invite, if your son or daughter did not bring it home xc banquet invite. Please let us know if you have any questions.
October 17th, 2012
Just wanted to give everyone an update on this week. There is an assembly for the middle school kids on Friday to recognize the teams accomplishments and to present the state trophy to Mr. Debaene. Friday night at the varsity football game the boys’ team will be recognized between the first and second quarter. If you have any questions please email us. The students received their team pictures today. Have a great week.
October 14th, 2012
State Champions!!!!!!!!! Wow, did that really happen? Both teams were incredible. The girls started the day off great. They ended up 9th as a team. What a great spark for the boys. The boys won the IESA State Championship. The conditions were horrible and after a 3 hour delay the kids were able to run. Congratulations everyone. Results are posted. Please send photos, so we can get them posted.
October 5th, 2012
Freezing!!!!!!! The kids ran awesome in very cold conditions with some wind. Both the boys and girls are headed to state!!!!!! The girls placed third as a team and the boys won their sectional. Congratulations. The team has decided to practice on their own on Monday. Go out and get 4 miles easy. All of the runners ran year best times in freezing temperatures. Great job today, get some sleep, it was a long day. Parents, send us some photos please. Results are posted. State qualifiers can be found on the IESA website. http://www.iesa.org/activities/cc/ See you on Tuesday.
October 2nd, 2012
Just a reminder, team pictures are tomorrow (Wednesday). The results were sent to us today from Monday. They are posted. The teams are doing great.
October 1st, 2012
Another great night to run. Running at Sylvan Island was pretty cool. A new site for us. We hear the parking was not desirable. Both the girls and boys teams won tonight. We do not have the official results. When we get them, we will post them. The kids received a parent letter tonight. CC Parent Letter(10-1-2012). We have team pictures on Wednesday after school. The kids will receive picture packets tomorrow at school. Great job tonight team. We will post photos when we receive them.
September 28th, 2012
Parents, we just received word that the races will go as follows: Girls top 7 at 4:30, Boys top 7 at 5:00, and an open race at 5:30. If you read this, could you tell other members of the team. Directions to Sylvan Island Park are as follows. Take I80 West to I280 West to I74 West. Take the 7th Avenue exit, EXIT 2. Last exit in Illinois. Keep left at the fork to go on 7th Ave. Turn right onto 19th St. Turn left onto 4th Ave/IL-92 W. Turn right onto 1st St/46th St. Turn right onto 1st Ave/2nd Ave. Take the 1st left onto 2nd St. Have a great weekend.
September 27th, 2012
Fun practice today. Tomorrow the kids are done at 4:30. They received a parent letter today. There were some mistakes. Here is an updated one. CC Parent Letter(9-27-2012)
September 26th, 2012
Perfect day. The weather was absolutely perfect. The kids were awesome. Both the boys and girls teams are Heartland Conference Champions. The results are posted. We had 17 medalists tonight. Incredible. Great job team. Parents please send us some photos, so we can post them.
September 24th, 2012
Beautiful day to run. We were on the track today. Good speed work. Here is the parent letter the kids received today. CC Parent Letter(9-24-2012) There will be t-shirts available at the conference meet this year. They cost $15. Each shirt will have a logo on the front and all the names of the participants on the back. Here is what the shirt is going to look like:
September 21st, 2012
Another great day for running. The kids did awesome today. The boys and girls both won their meet. Results are posted. We had 10 medalists. The Glenview results have also been posted. We will try to get a better version over the weekend for you. Great job this week everyone. Thanks to all the parents for all your help.
September 20th, 2012
Kids did really well last night. Unofficially, the girls won the meet and the boys placed second. It was a tough course. A huge climb. When we get the results, we will post them as soon as possible. We run at Saukie Golf Course tomorrow. The race starts at 3:00 for both the boys and girls. Here are some photos from last night.
September 17th, 2012
Fun practice today. We stayed inside during the storm. It cleared off and we were able to run to the Dairy Queen. There were some great nerd costumes. Kids received a parent letter today. CC Parent Letter(9-17-2012)
September 15th, 2012
Incredible day!!!!!!! Both teams did awesome. The girls and boys teams won. Galesburg only gave 10 medals for each race this year. Our kids earned 6 of them. Great job team. On Monday the kids run to Richmond Hill and end at the Dairy Queen. Please pick you kids up there. Results are posted. Congratulations team.
September 13th, 2012
Great practice today. Kids are doing awesome. They received a parent letter. CC Parent Letter(9-14-2012) There are some schedule changes to look at. Thanks to the parents who brought snacks last night. The kids had a lot of fun. The blackout went well. Just a reminder, practice gets out at 4:3o tomorrow.
September 12th, 2012
Awesome job tonight. Our kids were great. Girls started the night off great. The girls had 6 of the top 10. They won the meet. The boys did not disappoint either. The boys had 4 of the top 10. As a team we finished 2nd. It was an exciting race. Tomorrow is supposed to be a black out. Kids are doing awesome. Keep up the hard work. Results are posted. Here are some photos from the meet.
September 11th, 2012
Yesterday was a tough practice. The kids did awesome. We were on the track. We have some kids with some soreness. Make sure the kids are stretching at home and icing down their bodies. They received a parent letter last night. CC Parent Letter(9-10-2012). Practice is done at 4:30 tonight. We travel to Coal Valley Municipal Park tomorrow. Girls run at 4:15. Boy run afterward around 5:00. Directions are in the parent letter. Kids are doing awesome.
September 7th, 2012
Today is hat day. The kids received a parent letter last night. Here it is. CC Parent Letter(9-6-2012). Weather is turning for the better. The kids have done great so far this year. Practice gets done tonight at 5:00. They have the weekend off. Please have them run one of the two days. They can run both if they want. Do speed work tomorrow. On Monday we will be on the track. Our next meet is Wednesday at Coal Valley Municipal Park. Have a great weekend.
September 5th, 2012
The kids did well tonight. It was a little hot. We estimate there were 800 – 1000 people watching the meet again this year. The team had 6 medalists. The 8th grade boys and 7th grade girls placed 2nd. The 8th grade girls placed 3rd and the 7th grade boys were 4th. Out of 11 teams that is great. There were over 500 kids running tonight. The 7th and 8th grade girls combined to finish 2nd in the girls combined division. The 7th and 8th grade boys finished 3rd. And the whole team was 2nd in the team division. It was a good night. The results are on the results page.
September 2nd, 2012
Just a reminder, no practice tomorrow. Tuesday’s practice will be at Richmond Hill. The kids will be bused there. Please pick your student athlete up there by 5:00. Tuesday is also Oreo Day. Everyone where black and white. Photos have been added to the August 30th post. Have a great weekend.
September 1st, 2012
The kids were awesome today. We had a lot of great performances. The weather was perfect. It started to sprinkle as we were packing up. Sorry we did not wait around for awards. Pleasant Valley is going to bring the medals to us on Wednesday. The girls placed second as a team and the boys placed third. We had three medalists. A great start to the year. Results are posted. Great job team. No practice on Monday. Please try to run one of the next two days. Great job!!!!! Check out the photos.
August 30th, 2012
A hot night at Sterling. The kids did well. The boys placed first and the girls placed second. It was a good practice run for the kids. Results are posted. We will have photos up as soon as we can. Great job team.
August 28th, 2012
Watermelon Day!!!!!! We worked some hills this evening and the kids were awesome. The weather was hot!!! Thursday is our first meet at Sterling. There will be a parent letter coming tomorrow. Make sure to ask your student athlete for the letter. We will also post it on the webpage. The kids are working really hard. It is time for a meet. Check out the photos from today.
August 24th, 2012
We ran to city park today. It was college day. After we got back the kids got their uniforms. They also received a parent letter. Here it is CC Parent Letter Aug 24,2012. Below are some photos from today. The kids had a great practice!!!!!! Have a great weekend.
August 23rd, 2012
After a few hard days, it was time to have some fun. The kids were in the facility tonight working some strength and conditioning. It was crazy day. Check out the photos.
August 20th, 2012
Kids had a hard day on the track today. They may be a little tired and sore. Make sure the kids are doing cold baths or icing their legs down. Cold baths consist of filling the bath tub full of cold water and sitting in the tub for 5 minutes. You do not need to add ice. Do a good stretch afterward. Another good way to ice is to fill a paper cup with water, put it in the freezer, let it freeze, and then tear the top of the paper off and do an ice massage on the sore area. Only do an ice massage for 5 minutes. Do not go any longer than that.
The kids did receive a parent letter today. There are some schedule changes. Here is the letter CC Parent Letter Aug 20,2012. Also, a reminder t-shirt orders are due tomorrow.
August 19th, 2012
Friday was popsicle day. The kids dressed in one color and at the end of practice we all had popsicles. We did some weight training at the facility and did a little running. It was a fun practice.
The sectional assignments were announced. We are in class AA. We have a tough sectional at Germantown Hills. The girls have 6 teams that made it to state last year in their sectional and the boys have 5 teams. We will have to work hard to make it back down to state this year.
There has been a schedule change. The September 12th Moline Invitational is being run at Coal Valley Municipal Park (1st Street) in Coal Valley Illinois.
August 16th, 2012
What a beautiful night to run. The kids ran really well tonight for the time trial. The results of the middle school time trial are posted. If anyone has photos, please send them to my email address. I will post some once I get some. Thanks to all who came out and participated. Great job runners and fans. The night ran a little long, so the parent meeting was a little short. Here are some things parents had questions about:
Does everyone run in the meets? Yes. Everyone will run in the meets and the meets score the top 7 runners. At the conference meet, there is a top 7 girls race, a top 7 boys race, and an open race for the rest of the team. At sectionals, only the top 7 runners run from the girls team race and boys team race. If we qualify for state, only the athletes who qualified from sectionals run.
Does my son or daughter need shoes with spikes? No, but spikes will make the athletes run faster. Later in the year we encourage the kids who are in the top 7 to wear spikes.
Can my son or daughter miss meets? Yes. The kids are in middle school and we want them to be kids. They have a choice. We understand it is a long year and families have other commitments. Understand though, only the top seven kids run at sectionals.
If you have any other questions please email us or contact us.
If you are interested in purchasing this years cross country t-shirt, here is the order form. Cross Country T All orders are due Tuesday August 21st.
Here are some photos
August 14th, 2012
The kids worked hills today. There might be some sore legs. Have the kids ice any sore body parts (No longer than 15 minutes with ice). Icing the body or even doing a cool bath will help the body recover and heal faster (Cold bath for 5 minutes). Stretch gently afterwards.
Just a reminder, no practice tomorrow (Wednesday) and practice on Thursday (August 16th) will be at Richmond Hill at 5:15 pm. The time trial will start at 6:00pm. The kids need to bring 3 canned goods to donate to the food pantry. They will also need to bring a t-shirt to be part of the awards ceremony. Girls need to bring 12 baked goods (Cookies or brownies) and the boys need to bring a 6 pack of water or sports drink for a post practice party. The kids will be done by 7:30.
August 13th, 2012
Practices are going really well. The students received a parent letter tonight. We do not have practice on Wednesday, due to the early out. The next practice, after tomorrow, will be Thursday. Practice will be at Richmond Hill at 5:15. The time trial will start at 6:00. Here is the parent letter:
August 8th, 2012
We had a great start to the year. 50 student athletes came today. We expect another 10 who had plans this week. The athletes received a packet and hopefully they have brought it home. If not, here is another copy:
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We will try to keep you updated with more info.
August 6th, 2012
The 2012 season is just around the corner. The first practice is on Wednesday the 8th. We are expecting to start the year with around 50 – 60 student athletes. It is not too late to join. The girls team is looking to have another great year with 4 of the top 10 girls back from last year. There are many great seventh grade girl runners being added to the team. This could be another exciting year for the ladies.
The boys team has 4 of the top 10 coming back also. The boys also have many great seventh grade boys being added to the team. This looks to be a great year for both teams.
Come back to the website, we will be updating it on a regular basis and all the results will be posted as efficiently as we can.
November 16th, 2011
Thanks to the parents for an awesome banquet last night. The highlight video has been downloaded on the webpage. Go to the highlight video page and enjoy. Coach Schauland and I would like to send a huge thank you for the gifts from the students and the parents. We will really enjoy the plaques. A great keepsake. We will try to put up some photos from last night when we receive some. Again, thanks for an incredible year.
October 30th, 2011
Team pictures have come in and distributed to the kids. Hopefully the kids bring them home for you. The pictures look great. When we get them downloaded, we will put them up on the website. The end of the year banquet has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th. If you are interested in helping organize, please contact us. The highlight video is coming along and will be ready for the banquet. Thanks to all who took pictures this year.
The high school team participated in sectionals at Maxwell Park on Saturday. The kids did well. The boys team finished 9th and the girls team finished 8th. Two high school kids qualified for state. Congratulations high school team on a great year.
October 17th, 2011
Just a reminder, individual and team pictures are on Thursday October 20th after school. If you need an envelope, get one from coach Ehlert. Also, Mrs. Kashner was at the state meet. There are some great photos on the Leafprints (http://leafprints.zenfolio.com/f736070675) site of the state meet. Check them out. We are still excited about the weekend. Let us know if you would like to help with the end of the year banquet.
October 15th, 2011
Congratulations boys and girls on a great season!!!!!! The boys team finished the year 25th in class AA. A great season for them. The girls team finished 8th in class AA. The best team finish for a middle school team, boys or girls. An awesome accomplishment. If you are wondering, there are 150 teams in class AA. There are 300 teams total in cross country in the IESA.
We also had an individual girl finish 2nd at the state meet. She was the first 8th grader across the line. To us she is the 8th grade girls state champion. An incredible day for all the kids. We will get photos up as soon as we can. Results are posted. What a great year.
October 8th, 2011
Both teams are heading for state!!!!!! Girls won the sectional. The girls went 1, 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 29th. Boys finished 3rd and get to go to state also. The boys number one runner was under the weather and still finished the race. Even with our number one runner down, the boys made it. What a huge accomplishment. A great day for all the kids.
A big thank you to the High School Team!!! The high school kids had a meet early in the day in Sterling and stuck around to cheer. It was awesome. They were everywhere. They had signs, face paint, body paint, and a lot of cheers. The middle school kids were very excited to have them there. Thanks to the parents also for helping with set up and clean up. What a great day.
Results are posted. We do not have practice on Monday. Congratulations boys and girls!!!!!!! See you on Tuesday, we will practice until 5:00.
October 6th, 2011
Nerd day was a huge success. New photos are up from the Davenport Classic. Check them out. Sectionals is on Saturday. The bus will be leaving around 12:20. Have the kids show up at 12:15. The kids have had some great practices this week and are ready for Saturday. Remember the girls run at 3:00 and the boys will follow around 3:30. The high school team runs in the morning in Sterling and is sticking around for our meet to cheer us on. It should be a fun day.
October 4th, 2011
Another great performance by all the kids. Great competition tonight. The girls finished with 5 of the top 10 spots (1, 3, 8, 9, and 10). Boys ended up with 1 in the top 10. The girls team finished 1st and the boys team finished 3rd. Results are posted. Today was a warm day and the grass was really tall. Even with those conditions, the kids had really fast times. Things look good for both teams heading into sectionals this weekend. We will get photos posted, as we receive them. On a side note, thanks to the parents who brought the awesome cookies for after the race.
September 28th, 2011
Conference Champs!!!!!!! Both the boys and girls teams won the conference championships today. Another great day to run. The girls started the day off by going 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10. A perfect score of 15. An accomplishment that has never been done at the conference meet. The boys did not disappoint either. They went 2, 4, 5, 9, and 10. Five of the top 10. 12 medalists. Incredible. The open race also went well for the team. Great job team. Tomorrow is red, white, and blue day. Enjoy the photos. Results are posted.
September 23rd, 2011
Perfect day for a meet. The kids ran great and it was great to see the high school kids compete. The girls won the meet and the boys finished 3rd. Both teams had great performances. We had 6 medalists with the girls and 2 with the boys. The girls took 6 of the top seven spots. Very impressive. Results are posted. Check out the photos. Great job team. Keep up the hard work. Conference is on Wednesday. Have a great weekend.
September 21st, 2011
The kids ran really well tonight at Butterworth Park. The kids did great. Both the boys teams and girls teams won the meet. The girls finished 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 11 and the boys went 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12. Another great day. Results are posted.
I have received word the Pioneer Pacer meet has been cancelled. We are adding a meet on Tuesday October 4th in Davenport, Iowa. I will be sending a note home with the kids tomorrow. Check out the photos from tonight. Great job today everyone!!!!!!
September 20th, 2011
A day off for all the kids. Don’t forget, we are at Butterworth Park tomorrow. I received some Galesburg photos today. They are posted. Hope the kids are having fun.
September 19th, 2011
Ninja day was a huge success. Check out the photos. The kids had a good work out tonight and then were rewarded with a trip to the Dairy Queen. We run at Butterworth Park on Wednesday. No practice tomorrow, due to the hour early out. Enjoy the day off.
September 17th, 2011
Another great day for the team. Conditions were awesome again. There were 14 girls teams and 14 boys teams at the meet. The girls team and boys team won their meets. We had 11 medalists. The girls had 7 of the top 15 finishers and the boys had 4 of the top 15. A great performance. The girls went 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 for a score of 20. We will get photos up as we get them. Again, another great day. Keep up the hard work. Monday is ninja day and we are ending at the Dairy Queen after running to Richmond Hill for some hill work. Results are posted. Have a great weekend!!!!
What a great day for racing!!!! The conditions were perfect for a race and the kids were awesome. The girls team had 8 of the top 10 finishers. They scored a perfect team score of 15 points and won the invitational. That is the equivalent of a perfect game in baseball. The girls finished in the top 5 spots. Incredible!!!!
The boys were so inspired by the girls, they won their invitational also. The boys had 4 of the top 10 spots. It was a great day for both teams. I want to thank the parents who brought snacks for the kids for after the race. The kids really appreciate it. Tomorrow is green and white day. We will be running over to the old athletic field to support the football team. Great job today boys and girls. Results are posted.
September 12th, 2011
Tomorrow is pajama day. The kids will be getting out of practice at 4:30. Got an email from Glenview today. The Glenview invite on September 24th has been moved to Butterworth Park by the Soule Bowl. We will send you directions next week with a parent letter.
September 11th, 2011
Just a quick note, tomorrow is supposed to be a black out, but it will be to warm. We are changing the day to a white out.
September 9th, 2011
We had some fun today in the weight room. We have been going hard and the team needs an easy day. T-shirts are in. Hope the kids are having fun. Today was bandana/hat day.
September 8th, 2011
We just received word from the Moline schools, their invite on Wednesday September 14th, has been moved to Credit Island in Davenport, Iowa. We have run there in the past. It will be a flat, fast course. Girls will run at 4:15 and boys at 5:00. We have updated photos from the PV meet and our invite. Check them out.
September 7th, 2011
What a great meet!!!! The kids were awesome. I estimate there were 800 – 1000 people watching the meet. The team had 13 medalists. The 7th grade boys, 7th grade girls, and 8th grade girls won their divisions. The 8th grade boys were 3rd. Out of 10 teams that is great. The 7th and 8th grade girls combined to win the girls combined division. And the whole team was the overall team champions. What a great night. Here are some photos. Enjoy. And again, the kids were awesome. The results are on the results page.
September 3rd, 2011
The kids did awesome today. Pleasant Valley had a great cross country course. One of the toughest we will see all year. The boys did very well. They placed 5th out of ten teams. The girls were incredible. The girls placed 2nd out of 9 teams. Linn Mar was a powerhouse team from Cedar Rapids. Some great competition for both teams. We had 3 medalists. The results are up on the results page. A great start to the year. Parents, if you have any photos please send them my way and I will post them. Again, both teams should be very proud of their effort today. Here are the medalists from today:
Here are some photos from the boys race. I will put some girls photos up when I get them.
August 31st, 2011
Just received an email from the Sterling officials. They have cancelled the meet for tomorrow, due to the heat. We will still have practice. We will go to the facility for a weight work out and stay cool. Sorry for the disappointing news.
August 30th, 2011
Watermelon Day!!!!! Enjoy the photos.
August 29th, 2011
It was Oreo day at practice. The kids had another great day. We had a track workout tonight. Some of the kids are sore. Make sure the kids are doing cold baths or icing their legs down. Just a reminder, practice is at Richmond Hill tomorrow (Tuesday). The kids are excited about Thursdays meet in Sterling. It should be a fun one. Parents if you could bring some bottles of water and snacks (Brownies, cookies, or even fruit) for the kids for after the meet, that would be awesome. Sterling always has a cookout for their kids after the meet. Our kids are always envious.
Again, if you are interested in volunteering for our home meet next Wednesday, please email us. The kids received a parent letter tonight to explain the next week of practice and meets. I hope you are receiving them.
August 26th, 2011
Today we ran to the City Park and had a little fun. Check out the photos below. Just a reminder, we will be practicing at Richmond Hill on Tuesday. Parents will pick their kids up there at 5:00. Students who need a ride back to school will be shuttled to the middle school by 5:15.
Meet Magnus, the adopted team mascot.
August 25th, 2011
Another great practice this evening. The kids did mile repeats to practice for the Sterling Grass Relays. Both the boys and girls results are the fastest we have had in the four years I have been coaching. Awesome job!!!!!
Parents, just a heads up, the Geneseo Middle School Invitational is in two weeks and we will need volunteers to help with the meet. Contact the coaches if you are able to help.
August 22nd, 2011
The kids are working really hard. We did a track work out to work some speed and pacing. All the kids did a great job. At the end of practice we had a visit from Coach Fredericks and he brought some cold relief for the kids. Just a reminder, t-shirt orders are due on Wednesday. The order form is listed below in the August 18th post.
August 18th, 2011
What a great night. The kids ran really well tonight for the time trial. The results are up. If anyone has photos, please send them to my email address. I will post some once I get some. Thanks to all who came out and participated. Great job runners and fans. Here were the top ten finishers from the race.
If you are interested in purchasing this years cross country t-shirt, here is the order form. Cross Country T-1 All orders are due Wednesday August 24th.
Here are some photos from the night.
August 15th, 2011
The kids worked hills today. There might be some sore legs. Have the kids ice any sore body parts (No longer than 15 minutes with ice). Icing the body or even doing a cool bath will help the body recover and heal faster (Cold bath for 5 minutes). Stretch gently afterwards.
Just a reminder, practice on Thursday (August 18th) will be at Richmond Hill at 5:15 pm. The time trial will start at 6:00pm. The kids need to bring 3 canned goods to donate to the food pantry. They will also need to bring a t-shirt to be part of the awards ceremony. Girls need to bring 12 baked goods (Cookies or brownies) and the boys need to bring a 6 pack of water or sports drink for a post practice party. The kids will be done by 7:30.
August 10th, 2011
The 2011 season is just beginning. We are expecting to start the year with around 50 student athletes. It is not too late to join. The girls team is looking great again having 8 of the top 10 girls back from last year. There are many great seventh grade girl runners being added to the team. This could be another exciting year for the ladies.
The boys team has increased in size from 14 to at least 24. With increased numbers, there could be some great competition to get the boys team back to the top. This looks to be a great year for both teams.
Come back to the website, we will be updating it on a regular basis and all the results will be posted as efficiently as we can.