Nice Start to Season at Watertown

Boys Finish 2’ND in solid opening meet at Glenn Herold Invite scoring 47 points.
Team was lead in scoring by Nate Schwoerer (3), Liam Culp (4), Mason Brosious (6),
Clay Elmore (16), and Luke O’Neil (18). Many boys started their season considerably faster than last year. Congrats to all!!

NEXT WEEK AT VERONA HIGH SCHOOL There will be separate Varsity and JV races.
Hope to see you there!

State Meet Sees a 5’TH Place Finish

Congratulations to the boys for another top 5 finish at the State Cross Country Championships. On a cold, cloudy day, the boys raced hard to earn another excellent team result. There were several individual highlights among the boys. Zach Temple finished 4’TH overall running a personal best time of 15:40 on the challenging Ridges Cross Country course. Zach’s finish is the best individual result in the past 8 years. Not to be outdone, Eli Pettit improved on his personal best time by 16 seconds to finish 19’TH overall and earn an All State honor. The scoring was rounded out by Truman White (66), Jonah Simonson (76), and Basil Keck (91). As always, it was an exciting and challenging race.

On To State!

The team picked a good day to run one of their best races of the year. With a solid 47 second 1 – 5 time split, the team scored 32 points to win the Verona Sectional and advance to the State Championship next week. The State Meet will be run at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday Oct. 28. The boys will compete against the best in the State at 1:10pm. Congrats to team! Full results are posted on the results page.

WET COLD DAY AT CONFERENCE

The boys succeeded in reaching a season goal by winning all 3 races at the Big 8 Conference Meet, on a day marked by rain, mud, standing water, and high winds. Thriving in the tough conditions, the Varsity was lead by Zach Temple (2), Eli Pettit (7), Jonah Simonson (9), Luke O’Neil (10) and Basil Keck (26). The JV1 featured the overall race winner Truman White, followed by August Peters (2), Owen Cooney (6), Nate Schwoerer (9), and Walt Strange (12). JV2 was highlighted by first year Cross runner (and senior) Ray Sensenbrenner (1), Clay Elmore (2), Grant Shadman (3), Danny Hegeman (4), and Joe Hegeman (6).

This caps a great season for most of the team. The Varsity will compete in the State Qualifying Sectional Meet next Saturday Oct. 21 back at the Verona course.

We’ll hope to see many of the team members out cheering at the Sectional meet and of course all of the team members at our team banquet on Wednesday Nov. 8.

Congratulations to all on an outstanding season!!

Quite a Day at Don Loker Madison City Cross Championship

Congrats to all for some great racing at the City Meet today (10/6). Both Varsity and JV won in convincing fashion. The Varsity put together an excellent 48 second 1 – 6 time split, lead by Zach Temple (2), Liam Culp (3), Eli Pettit (6), Jonah Simonson (7), Peter Negrut (9), and Basil Keck (10).

The JV posted a similar 49 second 1 – 6 time split, lead by Luke O’Neil (1), Truman White (2), Nate Schwoerer (4), Sam Stanton (7), Walt Strange (8), and Owen Cooney (9).

Full results and updated all time honor roll lists are posted on the schedule/results and history pages respectively. Well done everyone!! There were many seasonal and personal all time bests today. Great to see!

Varsity Solid and JV Outstanding in Wins at Greiten Invite on UW Parkside Course

Both Varsity and JV scored nice wins at today on the UW Parkside Cross Country Course. The course with it’s usual hilly and sometimes muddy terrain saw some excellent results. The Varsity was lead by Zach Temple (1) in an outstanding 16:01, Liam Culp (3) in an equally outstanding 16:11, Eli Pettit (4), Jonah Simonson (11), and Basil Keck (17).

The JV totally dominated their race earning the the first 14 places overall. They were lead by Nate Schwoerer(1), Walt Strange (2), Harold Westergaard (3), Ray Sensenbrenner (4), and Clay Elmore (5). Full results are linked on the Results page.

Next up is the Don Loker Madison City Championship on Friday 10/6 at Lunner Lake Farm Park. Boys Varsity at 3:30pm,
Boys JV at 4:30pm.

Roy Griak and Midwest Invites Provide Lots of Racing

The team split up to compete at 2 meets this weekend. 10 boys ran in the Roy Griak Invite at the University of Minnesota. This is a national caliber meet with many of the top teams from around the midwest compteting. Our guys ran in the Championship Race, finishing 16’TH out of the 40 teams in the race. 117 teams competed in 3 different races. The boys were lead by Zach Temple, Liam Culp, Eli Pettit, Jonah Simonson, and Peter Negrut.

The others on the team competed in the Midwest Invite in Janesville. This is also a large meet that attracts many of the top teams in Wisconsin. Our Varsity finished 27’TH lead by Clay Elmore, Owen Cooney, Isaac Mozena, Danny Hegeman, and Nate Schwoerer. JV Blue finished 8’TH lead by Grant Shadman, Joe Hegeman, Hunter Shadman, Chris Evans, and Ray Sensenbrenner. JV White finished 1’ST lead by Kieran Collins, Sebastian Pietz, Jonas Tangen, Liam Benish, and Freddie Berkelman.