Litchfield Invitational Information - Thursday October 3, 2013

Bus leaves the high school at 2 pm.  Middle School students are excused at 1:15, bus out at 1:30. High School students are excused at 1:30.

The meet will take place at the Litchfield Golf Course located approximately one mile south of downtown Litchfield on Lake Ripley.  You can take Hwy 22 south from downtown and turn west on Pleasure Drive at Lake Ripley Elementary School.

Litchfield Golf Course
405 West Pleasure Drive
Litchfield, MN 55355
320-693-6059

Schedule:
4:00 Middle School Boys 2500 meters  Ribbons 1-20
4:05 Middle School Girls 2500 meters Ribbons 1-20
4:30 Boys Varsity 5000 meters Medals 1-10
5:00 Girls Varsity 4000 meters Medals 1-10
5:30 JV Boys 5000 meters Ribbons 1-20
5:35 JV Girls 5000 meters Ribbons 1-20

Teams:
Annandale, Albany, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Orono, Delano, Dassel-Cokato, Litchfield, Maple Lake, St. John's Prep, Sauk Rapids-Rice, New London-Spicer, Cambridge-Isanti, Hutchinson, St. Cloud Christian School, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.

Pancake Breakfast Recap

A huge "THANK YOU" to all of the students and parents for all of the hard work and ticket sales at yesterday's Pancake Breakfast at Rollie's!!  It was nice to see all of the teamwork on display amongst the students and parents.  There were people busing tables, serving food, collecting money and tickets, wiping tables, bringing food out from the kitchen and thanking our supporters for buying tickets.

It was a great sight to see all of the people of our community coming together to support our team!

Storm CC Photo Sharing Site is now set up

Susan Thielen (Hailey's mother) has been kind enough to set up a photo sharing site so we can upload photos of the Storm CC team if you wish.   An email has been sent out to the team email list with instructions how to join the site to view and share photos.

If you need instructions and are not on the email list, please contact Tim Wright and he will get the instructions sent to you.

Kimball and Paynesville Meets - Congratulations to the Storm CC runners

The Storm CC team placed several runners in the top 15 in the past two meets.  Here is the list:

Kimball

Boys Varsity

Ian Galligan 7th
Mickey Amo 10th
Jordan LeMieur 15th

Girls Varsity

Katelyn Scapanski 13th

Boys JV

David Nelson 13th

Girls JV

Emma Mader 8th
Julia Severson 9th

Boys JH

Jerad Schlichting  10th

Girls JH

Hailey Hickman 12th
Tatiana Geiger  15th

Paynesville

Boys Varsity

Ian Galligan 9th
Jordan LeMieur 11th

Girls JV

Abby Scapanski 9th
Summer Hagensick 14th
Skylar Zelienga 15th

Girls JH

Hailey Hickman 6th
Sydney Hennes 10th
Tatiana Geiger 11th
Katie Dusek 12th

Congratulations to all of the runners for their progress so far this season, your hard work in practice pays off!

Pancake Breakfast Sunday September 29 10 am to 1 pm

A big thank you to all of the parents who came up to the coaches at yesterday’s meet in Paynesville offering to help at the pancake breakfast on Sunday morning. 

Instructions about what is needed from the parents and student/athletes have been emailed to everyone on the Storm CC email list.  If you are not on the list and want more information, please email twright1@progressive.com and he will forward the email to you.

Please let your friends and families that tickets ARE available at the door!   We only do two fund raisers a year (Meat Raffle at the VFW in July), so your participation and bringing others to the breakfast are vital to our program!

Go Storm CC!!!

Paynesville Invitational Meet Information Tuesday September 24, 2013

Location: Koronis Hill Golf Course, 29757 State Highway 23 Paynesville, MN 56362 320-243-4111.

Times:
4:30  Junior High Girls and Boys (combined race) 2500 meters
4:45  Varsity Girls 4000 meters
5:15  Varsity Boys 5000 meters
5:40  JV Girls and Boys (combined race) boys 5000 meters and girls 4000 meters

Awards:
Jr. High ribbons 1-15 place
Varsity medals 1-15 place
JV ribbons 1-15 place

Parking available on the driving range at the bottom of the hill. The entrance to the range is off the highway between the clubhouse parking lot and the bean field by the school.  Please do not park on the highway or the clubhouse parking lot.

Teams:

New London-Spicer, Rocori, BOLD, Paynesville, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Holdingford, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Willmar Community Christian, Sauk Centre, St. Cloud Christian, Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, St. Cloud Cathedral (boys JV and JH only)

Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball Results

Congratulations to all of the runners who competed on the tough hills of the Kimball Golf Course and the humid running conditions.

The Storm CC team placed at least one runner in the top 15 of all six races yesterday! That is the first time in recent memory we have had a top runner in all six of the races so congratulations to the team!

Saturday Morning Breakfast Run Details - Saturday September 21st

A big "thank you" to the Zimmerman's for hosting last week's breakfast run!  Also a big "thank you" to the Schimnich's for hosting this coming Saturday's breakfast!

The run will be from 7:30-9:30 am at Kurt's warehouse at 1931 15th St NE in Sauk Rapids.  This is located on County Rd 45 just east of County Road 1 (Mayhew Lake Road).  County Road 45 goes east from Mayhew Lake Road to the Wapicada Golf Course.

The practice is for all senior high runners but junior high runners are also welcome.

See you all on Saturday!!

Pancake Breakfast Ticket Reminder

Coach Zeilenga will be taking money and a count of tickets sold and unsold this coming MONDAY September 23rd.  Please return your money if you have sold all of your tickets already between now and Monday.   Otherwise, please sell them and turn your money in on Monday. Thank you!!

Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball Invitational Meet 9/19/13

Our next meet is the Kimball Golf Course on Thursday, September 19.  The course is located at: 11823 County Rd 150, Kimball, MN 55353.  320-398-2285

Schedule:

4:15   Boys AND Girls Junior High race (note: combined race) 2000 meters (not 3200 as usual)
4:40   Girls Varsity 4000 meters
5:10   Boys Varsity 5000 meters
5:40   Boys AND Girls JV (note: combined race) 4000 meters for girls, 5000 meters for boys

Awards:

Varsity Girls and Boys: medals 1-10, ribbons 11-15
JV Girls and Boys: Ribbons 1-10
JH Girls and Boys: Ribbons 1-15

Teams:

Maple Lake, EV-W/Kimball, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Dassel Cokato, Rockford, St. John's Prep, Sauk Rapids-Rice

Storm CC Buttons

If you are a new family to the Storm Cross County team in 2013, please track down Brenda Wright at a future meet for a Storm CC button to wear at our future meets.  She did pass out quite a few at the Little Falls meet, but if you didn't get one, please track her or her husband Tim down.  At this point, we have enough for one per family.  Depending on interest, we might be able to give away two per family eventually

End of the Week Odds and Ends - Friday 9/13

Congratulations to all of the runners who trimmed a lot of time off of their previous week's times by taking advantage of yesterday's cooler weather and favorable course (flat and shaded)! Great to see even MORE new runners at the meet as well!

Team and individual photos will be taken today! Please make sure you bring your uniforms to practice today!

Breakfast run at the Zimmerman's tomorrow.  Maps should have been given out and the location was given in a previous blog entry.

Storm clothing that was ordered was given to the runners yesterday. 

Please make sure to turn in your pancake breakfast money if you have sold all your tickets. There are more tickets available too if you wish to sell more.

Information about next Thursday's meet in Kimball will be entered into the blog early next week, so please check back for more details.

Team Photos have been rescheduled to THIS Friday September 13

Please remember to bring your uniforms to practice on Friday September 13 for photos!  The photo session was rescheduled from last Friday September 6.  Thank you!

Saturday Morning Practice Breakfast Run Information 9/14

This Saturday's run will be hosted by the Zimmerman's at 7:30 am.   They are located at 1101 Summit Way in Sauk Rapids.  Summit Way is a cul de sac street just off of Summit Avenue behind the Sterling House and near the Sauk Rapids balloon water tower.  Coach Zeilenga will be handing out maps at a future practice this week as well. 

Please remember senior high runners are expected to participate and junior high runners are optional attendees.

Thank you to the Zimmermans!!

Athlete Sale at Endurunce Shop on Racing Spikes

The Endurunce Shop in St. Cloud has a sale on racing spikes for the student athletes.  40% off all spikes until the end of September and they will throw in a free pair of sunglasses with every spike purchase.  You are welcome to call them at 320-252-5262 or check out their website for more details:

http://endurunceshop.com/

Lucky Lindy Little Falls Meet Information - Thursday September 12

Here are the details for this coming Thursday's meet:

48th Annual Myron Ahle Lucky Lindy Meet
Thursday September 12
Little Falls Golf Course
1 Edgewater Drive
Little Falls, MN 56345
320-616-5520

4:15  Boys JV   5000 Meters
4:45  Girls JV    4000 Meters
5:10  Boys Varsity  5000 Meters
5:35  Girls Varsity   4000 Meters
6:00  Boys Jr. High  3200 Meters
6:15  Girls Jr. High   3200 Meters

Concession stand is available for the athletes and spectators

Teams: Alexandria, Apollo, Becker, Bemidji, Brainerd, Cathedral, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Grand Rapids, Hopkins, Little Falls, Monticello, Perham, Rocori, Roseau, Sartell, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Sebeka, Tech.

Saturday Morning Practice Breakfast Run

A big "thank you" to the Froiland's for hosting this past Saturday's practice breakfast run!  The turnout was fantastic and a good time was had by all.

Another big "thank you" goes out to the Zimmerman's for hosting this coming Saturday's (9/14) run.  Please check back later in the week for more details on the run.

Friday September 6 is Photo Day!!

Runners PLEASE make sure to bring your uniforms to practice today for team photos!

First Saturday Morning Breakfast Run - September 7, 2013

Our first Saturday breakfast run will be Saturday, the 7th of September at Erik and Aby Froiland's house in Sauk Rapids.  They live at 1815 Star Drive.  The breakfast is for the runners only.  High School runners are expected to attend, Junior High runners are welcome to join as well.  Practice will run from 7:30 to 9:30 am.

The Froiland's live just off of 18th Street Northwest (the street that runs from the Holiday Station at Highway 15 and turns into Summit Avenue by the Sauk Rapids balloon water tower) on Star Drive and are the fourth place on the left.

Runners: we will see you there!

Thank you parents!

A huge thank you to the parents last night for helping out on the course and bringing food to the pot luck which followed the meet!  We had a very successful evening. 

All of the runners got to the finish line without any wrong turns and got the proper hydration when finished. It was a real treat to see all of the new Storm runners out there and all of the new parents willing to help. 

Thank you to the coaches and some of the Sauk Rapids-Rice faculty members as well for their smooth handling of the meet.

Home Meet Race Day Reminders

A couple of quick reminders about tonight's meet:

1) Pot luck follows the awards ceremony in the commons.  Runners and families are invited.  Please bring a dish or two to share, along with your own beverages.  You can store your food in the Career Room starting at 3:30 pm.

2) A huge thank you to all of the parents who have stepped up to volunteer!  We will be meeting at 4:15 near the finisher's chute to organize what races you will work and your location on the course.  You may need sunscreen and/or bug spray while volunteering.

3) Please come back for details on this Saturday's (9/7) breakfast run.

Pot Luck Storage on Thursday

The Career Center room will be open at 3:30 pm on Thursday if you wish to store your Pot Luck items there while attending the meet.

The Career Center is in the main hallway that runs from the west side of the building to the Commons.  It is just past the Performing Arts Center and across the hallway from the DECA concessions stand.

Storm Home Meet Volunteer and Pot Luck Update

A huge thank you to the following people who have volunteered already to help on the course on Thursday afternoon!  They are:

Tracy Wollak, Kia Lindholm, Todd Scott, Tim/Kristie Christoferson, Melissa Althaus, JoAnne Tennison, Mike/Julie Bukowski, Erik/Aby Froiland and Don Thielen.

If I could get just a few more, I would really appreciate it!  That way, we can spread the help out so all of the parents will be able to watch their runners participate in their individual races.  

For those who have volunteered, I will meet with all of you at 4:15 near the finish line/chute.  I will have maps available and will highlight where we would like you on the course.  Aby and Erik will hold down the fort again at the finish line and the rest of you we will place you on the course to make sure the runners go the correct direction at the forks in the trail.   I will meet with the coaches before our meeting to make sure we are clear where the coaches want our volunteers.

I will let you know shortly on where we can keep our pot luck food (secure location) on Thursday while the meet is going on.  Please remember to bring a dish or two to share and your own beverages.  Again, runners’ parents and families are all invited.

Thanks again! Go Storm!

Tim Wright