Thanks for a great season!  Hope you enjoy the video 🙂

XC Highlight Video 2018

Our top 10 teams dodged the rain drops and slogged through the mud at the sectional meet today.

Both the boys and girls team had very tough competition at this race!   We couldn’t be more proud of both teams and their performance not only today, but all season.  It has been a pleasure to coach such great kids!

The girls team took 3rd place and will advance as a team to the State meet!  Congratulations to Morgann Steinert in 15th place, Madison Simms in 16th place, Annie Wirth in 19th place, Jaide Flowers in 23rd place, Taylor Krueger in 28th place, Joselyn Reisner in 30th place, and Sierra Krueger in 33rd place, as well as our alternates, Phoebe Shoemaker, Addison Pischke and Emma DeBaene.

The boys team took 5th place as a team, and Tyler Gehl won the meet and is our sectional champion!  Tyler will continue on to complete in the State meet next weekend.  Congrats to the rest of our boys team on a great season.  In the sectional race, Tyler finished in 1st place, Cooper Schaad in 28th, Sam Mosbarger in 31st, Caleb Durian in 32nd, Mason Lovig in 34th, Bristol Lewis in 36th, and Jake Rapps in 51st place, as well as our alternates Luke Maas and Nate Ryerson.

The results are posted here and also in the Results section of our website.

WOW!  What a great meet!  I think we were owed some great weather after the downpour on Wednesday 🙂

Truly a fantastic meet all around.  Almost every single runner had a PR, and many athletes PR-ed by 30 seconds or more!  The coaches are so excited to see training and hard work pay off.  This is the time of year we want to see those times going down as we get faster and stronger.  It’s the push to the end of the season and we’re happy with where our athletes are going.

Results are posted at the link below.  Overall, the varsity girls team placed 21st out of 50 teams, and the varsity boys team placed 19th out of 50 teams.   Tyler Gehl took home a medal for 22nd place in the varsity race, and Sierra Krueger sped to the finish line for a 19th place medal in the open race.  Congrats to all our runners!  Get in 1 run over the next 2 days and have a great weekend!  Don’t forget DQ run on Monday, so athletes, bring money for food, and parents, please pick up at DQ!

Dunlap Results

The cross country team had a good afternoon at our first meet with Varsity and Open races.  Both the boys and the girls Varsity teams placed third overall.  Top 20 finishers in the girls Varsity race were Madison Simms in 19th place, Taylor Krueger in 18th place, Morgann Steinert in 16th place, Addison Pischke in 15th place and Jaide Flowers in 12th place.  Top 20 finishers in the boys Varsity race were Caleb Durian in 20th place, Cooper Schaad in 15th place and Tyler Gehl in 3rd place.

In the open races, top 10 finishers in the girls race were Sierra Krueger in 5th place and Phoebe Shoemaker in 4th place.  In the boys open race, Mason Lovig finished in 2nd place.

Full results are posted at the link below (also posted in the results section).

Galesburg Invite Results

Have a great weekend!  Make sure to run twice over the next three days.

Thanks to everyone for making our meet tonight a success!  Our Boosters did a fantastic job designing the shirts, and we always love the delicious food they have to offer.  So many parents helped all around the course before, during and after the meet.  And we can’t forget Coaches Ehlert and Fredrichs who were a HUGE help!!

Our athletes did a great job in some muddy and rainy conditions!  The girls 7th grade team placed second, and the 8th grade girls team placed second.  As a combined girls team, they won the meet!  In the 7th grade race, top 25 finishers were Madison Simms in 10th place, Morgan Steinert in 11th, Emma DeBaene in 21st and Belle Stroud in 24th. In the 8th grade race, top 25 finishers were Annie Wirth in 7th place, Addison Pischke in 9th, Jaide Flowers in 10th, Taylor Krueger in 12th, Joselyn Reisner in 15th, Phoebe Shoemaker in 21st, Stacy Parsons in 23rd and Sierra Krueger in 24th.

The 7th grade boys team placed fourth, and the 8th grade boys team also placed fourth.  As a combined boys team, the Leafs placed 3rd.  In the 8th grade boys race, top 25 finishers were Tyler Gehl in 2nd place, Caleb Durian in 17th, and Bristol Lewis in 24th.  In the 7th grade boys race, top 25 finishers were Cooper Schaad in 14th and Sam Mosbarger in 24th.

Full results are posted in the results section!

Also, thanks to a friend of coach Freddy for taking pics at the meet.  Follow the link below to check them out:

Geneseo Invite pictures

A great first “official” 2 mile run today for the team in warm conditions!

The girls team placed 4th overall and the boys team placed 2nd.  Tyler Gehl medaled in 2nd place and Alex Slaymaker medaled in 10th place.  Like last meet, we loved to see the sportsmanship and team spirit from our athletes!

The full results are posted at the link below:

Pleasant Valley results

Have a great 3 day weekend!  Make sure to get a run or two in over the weekend, and make one of those runs a longer 3-4 mile run.  Also try to work in some sprints!

We’re looking forward to hosting our invite on Wednesday.

Go Leafs!

Yesterday at practice we all enjoyed some twinkies with our twins! It was a good pre-race practice full of fun, food, and tag 🙂 We also had a group of “fraternal” twins join us in the fun!

Coach Schmidt and I were so excited to see so many GMS cross country athletes at the Jordan Rahn Forever Young race this weekend!  Everyone had some great times despite a warm morning!

Congrats to Tyler Gehl, Mason Lovig, Annie Wirth, Addison Pischke, Alexa Jolly, Castin Gustafson, and Alyssa Gentry for placing in their age groups in the 5K and 1 mile races.  Also burning up the pavement in the 5K and 1 mile was Buddy Henderson and Aubrey Brumbaugh.

Great work getting some miles in over the weekend, looking forward to seeing everyone Monday!