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.

Excellent Way To Kick Off the Season at Verona Invite

The boys got the competition season off to a great start at the large Verona Invitational with both the Varsity and JV posting nice wins over the 31 team field. Varsity was lead by Zach Temple (2), Liam Culp (10), Eli Pettit (19), Jonah Simonson (30), and Peter Negrut (43).

JV was lead by overall winner Luke O’Neil (1), Owen Cooney (6), Basil Keck (7), Clay Elmore (11) and Walt Strange (14).

Many team members ran their first Cross Country race ever on the challenging Verona Course. Congrats to all. Next meet is Saturday Sept. 9 at the River Valley Invitational in Spring Green, WI.

BOYS 3’RD at State!!

Congratulations to the team for an outstanding 3’RD place at the State Championships! This was the one fastest State Meets in 108 year history of the meet. To place in the top 3 with a score lowere than years when we have won, is a tribute to every single member of the team. Well done all!

Solid Results on Tough Day at Conference

The Varsity overcame a huge crash in the first 50 meters of the race to win the Conference Championship despite losing Harrison Glazer to a sprained ankle and having several other team members run through injuries suffered in the fall. JV 1 was dominant in winning their race with an outstanding 26 point total. JV 2 went a few points better in winning their race scoring only 22 points. Congratulations to all on a terrific season!!

Next up will be the State Qualifying Sectional Meet in DeForest. This is a Varsity only meet. Please consider coming out next Saturday to support the boys’ bid to qualify for the State Championship.

Uniforms must be returned next week for everyone who has completed their season. Uniforms should be returned to a Coach at practice any day Monday – Friday next week. Please have the uniforms washed, dried, and placed in a bag clearly labeled with your name.