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.

Congrats On a Great Day of Racing at Marquette Invite

Both the Varsity and JV took some big steps forward at the Marquette Invite held on the lovely and challenging Tendick Park course. The Varsity out paced a competitive field to win the title while the JV scored a perfect 15 points and placed 16 of the first 17 finishers in the race. Varsity was lead by Zach Temple (1), Liam Culp (4), Eli Pettit (6), Peter Negrut (15) and Jonah Simonson (17). The JV was lead by August Peters (1), Basil Keck (2), Sam Stanton (3), Owen Cooney (4), and Clay Elmore (5). Zach, Liam, and Eli all made improvements on their times on our team all time Honor Roll page. Many boys ran season or lifetime bests. Well done all!

Freshmen and Sophomore Shine at Big 8 Grade Level Challenge

We had some excellent results at today’s Big 8 Grade Level Challenge. This meet has a slightly different format. There are 2 races, a Frosh/Soph race and a Jr./Sr. race. Each grade is ranked ordered against their grade only. The top 7 places for each school, regardless of grade, make up a team’s score. We had most of our older Varsity athletes do their long run today and not race. This allowed the majority of our scoring to come from our Freshman and Sophomore. We finished 2’ND overall lead by August Peters #1 Soph, Owen Cooney #3 Soph, Nathan Schwoerer #4 Frosh, Walt Strange #4 Soph, Summit Todd #5 Frosh, Basil Keck #5 Sr. and Harold Westergaard #6 Frosh. Additionally 3 boys ran their first races of the year – Dragos Chiruta (12), Gaon Oh (11), and Kieran Komarek (9). Congrats to all!

Another great photo set from Kristi Stanton here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/f2n3LGfpESxQma7q9

Excellent Day at River Valley

Boys have a solid day of racing at River Valley Invite. Varsity scores 62 points in big win. Zach Temple (2), Liam Culp (10), Eli Pettit (14), Luke O’Neil (17), and Jonah Simonson (20) lead Varsity. JV scores a perfect 15 points and place 7 in the first 10.
August Peters (1), Sam Stanton (2), Basil Keck (3), Owen Cooney (4), and Clay Elmore (5) lead JV.

Next week at Marquette Invite held at Tendick Park on Sept. 16.