Awards/Pot Luck Wrap Up

We had a great turn out for our season end awards and pot luck on Monday evening!  A huge “thank you” to the parents for the awesome display of food at the pot luck and a “shout out” to our athletes/runners  for their enthusiasm during the presentation of the awards.   Coach Zeilenga did a great job outlining where our program is currently and where we want to go (let’s fill up two buses to the meets next season!).

 

Team awards, conference academic awards, performers of the week, certificates of participation, varsity letters and a six year participation jacket were awarded to the various runners.  Next season’s captains were also named as well.  

 

Team yearbooks were distributed via email on Monday.  If you know of someone who didn’t get one, please forward them the email or print off a copy and give it to them if they don’t have computer access.  Please reply back if you know of someone who still wants one and we can make arrangements to get one to that person.

 

I will stay on board to assist with compiling the yearbook next season,  communicate via the blog /email and submit articles to the Sauk Rapids Herald.  However, I do want a parent to step up and volunteer to be the point person to work with the coaching staff next season to plan our activities, coordinate volunteers for the home meet, etc.  If you have interest, please contact one of the coaches or myself to discuss.  I would be happy to talk about what is needed.

 

Lastly, I offered to assist with the families of the runners who wish to make running “their sport” from a competitive standpoint next season.  If you and your runner want to head into fall practice next season ready to work hard and be competitive, please reply and let me know if you wish to participate.  I will be meeting with a group of parents/runners in the near future to discuss off season training plans, running camp potentials, local race opportunities, etc.   I sincerely hope we can get a core of competitive runners ready BEFORE the 2015 starts!

 

Go Storm!!

 

Tim Wright

REMINDER! Storm CC Pot Luck and Awards Ceremony on Monday November 3rd

November 3rd - 6 pm

We will be gathering at 6 pm in the Sauk Rapids- Rice High School commons on Monday, November 3rd to celebrate the season with a year end pot luck and awards ceremony. Runners and their families are welcome.

Seniors and Juniors: please bring a main dish to share. Sophomores: please bring a salad. Freshman: please bring fruit, veggies or chips. 8th Graders: please bring a dessert. 7th graders: please bring anything you like. If you wish to bring something extra, please do!

The coaches will be providing a water cooler/cups and juice, as well as plates and napkins. We will see you next Monday.

Go Storm!!

2014 CC Season Summary

A big, sincere “thank you” to all the coaches, parents and most importantly the runners for an exciting 2014 season!  It has been fun to watch the program grow over the course of the past four seasons with the current coaching staff in place. (from 35 runners in 2011 and 2012 to 52 last season and 56 this season!)  Additionally, there are signs of the program becoming more competitive as well!

2014 highlights include: Ian Galligan’s individual championship at the Kimball Invitational and his top 10 finish at Paynesville; Danny Sertich’s top 10 finish at Kimball, the Junior High Boys’ winning team titles at Kimball, Paynesville and the 12 team Litchfield Invitational; Jack Grabinski’s and Sam Ringger’s top 10 finishes at Paynesville, Kimball and Litchfield; Ryan Sweeney’s top 10 finishes at Paynesville and Kimball; Emma Mader’s and Julia Severson’s top 10 finishes at the Sartell Jr. High Classic and in Kimball; Kayleen Martin’s top 10 finish at the Sartell Jr. High Classic; and Isaac Freese’s, Alex Knebel’s and Dakota Johnson’s top 10 finishes at Kimball.

We say “good bye” to seven seniors (Gavin Reed, Zach Schreiner, Drew Wright, Hayli Marquette, Katelyn Scapanski, Colleen Schimnich and Courtney Krsiean) and are hoping we see the remaining 49 runners back next year with a couple of new friends or family members with them! Remember, if there is someone out there who is not participating in a fall sport or is tired of their current fall sport, please invite them to join the team.  Members of the CC team NEVER sit on the bench if healthy and their grades are up to speed.  They will ALWAYS participate at our meets.  We REALLY need to grow our numbers in the Junior High area, so if you know of some 6^th graders who can participate next season, please invite them to join us!

Thank you to the parents who hosted the Saturday morning breakfast runs (Zimmermans, Froilands and Johnsons)  and the pre-CLC pasta dinner (Schimnichs)!  Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in the home meet pot luck and the Pizza Ranch visit after the Tech meet.   Go Storm!!

Below is a summary of this year’s participants and their season best times.  * denotes a career best for returning runners

HS Boys – 5000 meters: Ian Galligan 17:42*, Danny Sertich 18:14, Gavin Reed 19:08*, Jaiden Pick 20:07, Isaac Zimmerman 20:09*, Devin Ballard 20:20*, Taylor Rau 20:20*,  Dylan Andert 21:33*, Tanner Brudwick 21:33, Drew Wright 21:38, David Nelson 22:01, Tate Wagner 23:01*, Morgan Freese 23:08, Parker Walder 23:18*, Brent Nelson 24:24, Gage Miller 24:25, Zach Schreiner 25:23, Tyler Speicher 25:16*, Sawyer Amo 26:51

HS Girls- 4000 meters: Julia Severson 17:10*,  Emma Mader 17:18*, Katelyn Scapanski 17:22, McKenzie Froiland 17:24*, Kayleen Martins 18:03,  Sidney Hennes 18:13, Courtney Krsiean 18:22, Hayli Marquette 19:18, Nicole Bukowski 19:41*, Colleen Schimnich 19:47, Matraca Conarro 20:07, Skylar Zeilenga 20:44*, Marissa Leeb 21:15, Katie Dusek 21:45, Tatiana Geiger 22:28, Carly Spoden 23:04,  Emily Thompson 23:04, Cherilyn Brastad 25:37, Josie Amo 26:06, Elle Christoferson 26:17

JH Boys- 3200 meters: Jack Grabinski 12: 11, Sam Ringger 12:15, Ryan Sweeney 12:31, Alex Knebel 13:03, Dakota Johnson 13:34, Nathan Wollak 13:40*, Andrew Lochen 13:55, Isaac Freese 13:57, Jared Daniels 14:18*, Gavin Fuchs 14:52, Jacob Kruger 15:41*, Ben Gilbertson 17:57

JH Girls – 3200 meters: Michaela Wolfe 14:36, Maureen Schimnich 15:22, Tiegan Blum 16:18, Bailey Bauer 19:59, Sara Andert 21:53

 

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Year End Pot Luck and Awards Ceremony Details - Monday November 3rd - 6 pm

We will be gathering at 6 pm in the Sauk Rapids- Rice High School commons on Monday, November 3rd to celebrate the season with a year end pot luck and awards ceremony.  Runners and their families are welcome.

Seniors and Juniors: please bring a main dish to share.  Sophomores: please bring a salad.  Freshman: please bring fruit, veggies or chips.  8th Graders: please bring a dessert.  7th graders: please bring anything you like.  If you wish to bring something extra, please do!

The coaches will be providing a water cooler/cups and juice, as well as plates and napkins.  We will see you next Monday.

Go Storm!!

Storm CC Alum Sam Sunstrom Top Husky Performer at SCSU Invitational

Congratulations to Storm alum Sam Sunstrom as she was the top Husky finisher last Friday at the SCSU Cross Country Invitational in Sauk Rapids.  Here is a link to the story:

http://scsuhuskies.com/news/2014/10/24/WCROSS_1024143454.aspx?path=cross

Thanks to all of the Storm runners who made the trek out to Wapicada to cheer her on!

8AA Sectionals and Storm Alum Sam Sunstrom Home Meet

Just a reminder that today (Friday 10/24)  at 4:30 former Storm runner (2013 graduate Sam Sunstrom) will be participating in the SCSU Home meet at Wapicada Golf Course in Sauk Rapids.  If you can go and cheer her on, please do!  Please make sure you wear your Storm colors with pride!

Congratulations to all of the runners who participated in the last meet of the season yesterday in Alexandria (8AA Sectionals).  The weather conditions were warm and the course was a challenging one with all of the hills. 

Please check back for frequent updates as we close the season with the awards pot luck on Monday November 3rd at 6 pm.

Final Team Outing of the Season

Former Storm Cross Country runner Samantha Sunstrom competes for St. Cloud State in the SCSU Cross Country Meet at Wapicada Golf Course in Sauk Rapids, on Friday, October 24th at 4:30 pm and we would like to have as many Storm Cross Country runners from her alma mater to cheer her on!

Last season, we had a large contingent of Storm runners there to cheer her on and nothing would be better than seeing a bunch more this year with Storm CC gear to support her!

Sam graduated from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in 2013 and was a Central Lakes Conference All-Conference runner her senior season finishing in THIRD place overall at the CLC meet.  Her senior year at SR-R was a model of consistency: running every race between 15:38 and 15:04! She ran a season best 15:22 her junior year before injuries derailed the end of her season. 

Sam's bio can be found here: http://scsuhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1635&path=cross

Wapicada is located at:

4498 15th Street NE

Sauk Rapids, MN 56379

Phone: (320) 251-7804

Uniform Return and Good Luck at Sectionals

If you are not participating in the Sectional Meet at Alexandria on Thursday, October 23rd, you are welcome to return your (clean) uniform back to the Activities Office at either the Middle School or High School at anytime.

Upon completion of the Sectional Meet, the remaining runners are welcome to do the same.

Good luck to all of the runners at the 8AA meet on Thursday.  Wear your Storm colors with pride at the meet!

Go Storm!

Thank you to Schimnichs for the Pasta Dinner! Sauk Rapids Herald Article

A big "thank you" to the Schimnichs for hosting over 30 runners at the team pasta dinner on Monday night!   Thanks for continuing our annual tradition another year!

This week's edition of the Sauk Rapids Herald has the article I submitted regarding the St. Cloud Tech Invitational last week.  I apologize for how it was edited, but I don't have any control of that.  But there are two great photos accompanying the article: one of a determined Emma Mader running a career best race and another of Danny Sertich setting his season best time.

You can pick up a copy at the Sauk Rapids Coborn's or Village Drug in downtown Sauk Rapids.

Central Lakes Conference Meet Results

The Storm Cross Country team concluded the regular season portion of their schedule under beautiful sunny skies at the VA Hospital Grounds in St. Cloud.   The Storm Junior High boys posted the highest team finish with a 6^th place finish in the nine team CLC.

Eleven high school runners and 14 junior high runners posted season bests on the day, many two to three minutes faster than their first race on the same course in late August!   Topping the Boys Varsity were Ian Galligan and Danny Sertich with respective times of 18:06 and 18:20 on the 5000 meter (3.1 mile) course.   Heading up the Girls Varsity was Julia Severson who ran a 17:17 on the 4000 meter (2.5 mile) course.  She was followed by Emma Mader and McKenzie Froiland who ran a 17:44 and a 17:48 respectively.

The top JV boys were Taylor Rau with a 21:16 and Drew Wright with a 22:05.  Nicki Bukowski ran a career best 19:41 to lead the JV girls followed by Matraca Conarro with a season best 20:07.

Jack Grabinski was the top performer for the day, finishing 19^th overall in the Junior High boys race with a time of 12:11 in the 3200 meter (2 mile) course.   He was followed closely by Sam Ringger at 12:15 and Ryan Sweeney at 12:31.  Michaela Wolfe was the top Junior High girl, finishing the course in a time of 14:54.

The Storm concludes their 2014 campaign at the 8AA Sectionals on Thursday, October 23^rd at Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria.

Section 8AA Meet Information - Thursday October 23rd

Time:

3:30 pm Boys Varsity Meet 5000 meters
4:15 pm Girls Varsity Meet 4000 meters
Awards Ceremony to follow on the lawn near the finish line

Location: 

Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center
2100 Arrowwood Lane NW
Alexandria, MN 56308

320-762-1124

Timing Company:

Pickle Events

Schools:

Alexandria, Moorhead, Fergus Falls, Detroit Lakes, Willmar, Sartell, Bemidji, Monticello, Thief River Falls, St. Cloud Tech, St. Cloud Apollo, Little Falls, Brainerd, Rocori, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Becker

High School students will be excused at 12:15. Bus leaves at 12:30. 

All high school runners who are currently passing all of their classes are welcome to join in the trip!

Post Conference Meet Schedules and Logistics

After Tuesday's Central Lakes Conference Meet at Apollo, the season will continue for the runners who are will be running at the 8AA Sectionals in Alexandria on Thursday, October 23rd.  However, this does not mean the season will end for everyone.

ALL runners junior and senior high are welcome to participate in the practices leading up to sectionals next week.  Runners can utilize the practices to maintain fitness levels for upcoming winter sports or just good health habits in general. (or spend a few more practices with teammates!)

This week's practice schedule: Wednesday 3:30 pm, Thursday 8 am, Friday no practice.

Go Storm!

Sartell Junior High Classic Results

Congratulations to the 9th grade girls and the 8th grade boys for their third place team finishes last Friday at the Sartell Junior High Classic!  Runners from grades 7 through 9 participated in the 3200 meter (2 mile course).

The Storm was well represented in the award ceremonies with the following medalists:

7th Grade Girls:  Michaela Wolfe - 13th (14:36)
8th Grade Girls:  Julia Severson 7th (13:48)
9th Grade Girls:  Emma Mader 8th (14:12), Kayleen Martins 9th (14:25) and Sydney Hennes 11th (14:32)
8th Grade Boys:  Jack Grabinski 12th (12:26) and Sam Ringger 13th (12:28)

Nearly every runner in the 7th and 8th grade posted their season bests and the day's biggest improvements went to Michaela Wolfe with a whopping 47 second jump from her prior best and Sam Ringger who conquered his prior best time by 27 seconds!

Nice job Storm and good luck at the Central Lakes Conference meet on Tuesday, October 14th at Apollo!

Mark Your Calendars - Year End Pot Luck and Awards Ceremony - Monday November 3rd

We will be having our year end pot luck and awards ceremony at 6 pm on Monday, November 3rd.  Please mark your calendars and come back for more details as the date gets closer.

Central Lakes Conference Championship Meet Information - Tuesday October 14

Central Lakes Conference Championship Meet Information

 

Tuesday October 14, 2014

VA Hospital

1000 44^th Av N

St. Cloud, MN 56303

Limited parking in the Apollo High School lot if arriving before 3:30 pm.

4:00 Girls JV Race 4000 meters
4:25 Boys JV Race 5000 meters
4:50 Girls Varsity Race 4000 meters
5:15 Boys Varsity Race 5000 meters
5:40 Girls Jr High Race 3200 meters
6:00 Boys Jr High Race 3200 meters

All Conference Awards to Top 15 Varsity finishers
Honorable Mention Awards to 16-25 Varsity finishers plus 1 at large per school

Top 10 JV and Jr. High runners will receive ribbons in the chute

Award ceremony follows in Apollo Football Stadium (weather permitting)

Teams: Alexandria, St. Cloud Tech, Sartell-St. Stephen, St. Cloud Apollo, Willmar, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Fergus Falls, Rocori, Brainerd

Middle School excused at 1:45 pm, High School excused at 2 pm, Bus leaves at 2:20 pm.

 

Tech Results & Post Race Meal

Thank you to all the runners, parents and families who turned out for the post-race meal!  We had an excellent turnout to the point we overflowed out of the party room into the main dining area.  Thanks again for making this annual event a huge success.

 

Kudos to all the runners who ran so well at the Tech meet on Tuesday.   It was the third two mile race of the season for the Junior High runners and all of them eclipsed their previous two mile best times despite the windy conditions.  The Star of the Day goes to Jacob Kruger:  he ran a two mile career best by 51 seconds!!  Congratulations to the all the Junior High runners!

 

Despite a hillier course than Litchfield and the aforementioned wind, the high school runners also made great strides collectively.  ELEVEN high school runners posted their season bests! Making the biggest leaps were Sydney Hennes with an amazing 35 second improvement from her previous best time at Litchfield last week, Tatiana Geiger improving her best time by 22 seconds over her Kimball finish and Kayleen Martins with a 21 second improvement from Litchfield.

 

Special shout outs to Nicki Bukowski for matching her career best time on Tuesday and Emma Mader who bettered her career best time by :04 over her previous best at Litchfield last week.

 

The girls varsity team was 14 seconds away from getting SIX runners under the 18 minute barrier and the boys varsity team was 15 seconds away from getting TWO runners under the 18 minute barrier.  Here’s hoping they can break that at the CLC meet next Tuesday at Apollo!  

 

Go Storm!!

Pasta Dinner Feed - Monday October 13

A huge "thank you" to the Schimnich family for hosting the annual pasta dinner for the runners on the day before the Central Lakes Conference meet! Here are the details:

Practice will conclude at 4:30 pm and the team will get out to the Schimnich's by 5 pm. Eating will start between 5:15 and 5:30 and should be done by 6:15.

Junior high runners: please bring non-carbonated/non-soda drinks to share with 45-50 runners.  Suggestions would be milk, water, juice and sports drinks.  There is roughly 18 of you so you would only need to bring enough to share with 3-4 other runners per person.

Freshman and Sophomores: please bring fruit/veggies/tossed salads to share.  There are about 22 of you, so you would need to bring enough to share with 2-3 other runners per person.

Juniors and Seniors: please bring desserts.   There are roughly 16 of you, so you would need to bring enough to share with 3-4 other runners per person.

The Schimnich's will be offering their home, pasta, sauce, meat and garlic bread.   Other parents: if you want to assist in preparation, clean up or or supplying the main course ingredients, please get in touch with Julie or Kurt.  Their email address is: meatusa@aol.com.

The team will be coordinating rides from the school out to the dinner. If you have any concerns and wish to take your runner out on your own to the dinner, you are welcome to and then come back and pick them up when they are done.

The address: 1931 15th St NE. Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 

Again, this dinner is for our athletes only!

Go Storm!

Sartell Jr. High Classic - Friday 10/10

Location: Between the Sartell High School and Sartell Middle School

Times:

4:30 7th grade boys and girls
4:55 8th grade boys and girls
5:20 9th grade boys and girls
6:00 Awards ceremony in high school
(medals 1-15 all races)

Championship cakes to combined team winners for boys and girls.

Scores will be determined by adding up the top finisher from each grade level (7-8-9) plus your next two best finishes in any race.

2 minute delay for the start of each boys race
separate chutes - girls right side - boys left side

Distance: 3200 meters for all races

ALL RUNNERS WILL BE RUNNING THEIR GRADE LEVEL

6^TH graders must run with the 7^th graders

9th graders out at 2:45 and bus leaves at 3:00 from high school to go to middle school.  Bus leaves middle school at 3:15

****ALL OTHER RUNNERS WILL STILL HAVE PRACTICE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL****

This is another one way bus meet.  The athletes will be transported to the meet. Parents must make arrangements to take them home.

Post Tech Invitational Athlete & Family Meal - Tuesday October 7

We have reserved the party room to the right side of the restaurant as you walk in the front door for our team, families and friends starting at 7 pm.   The buffet runs until 8 pm, so it is important we hustle over there once the meet is done at Oak Hill.  

Pizza Ranch is located at 110 2nd Street South in Waite Park next to K-Mart. 320-203-8646.

Buffet or regular menu will be available for purchase.

Like the Apollo meet, we will have a one way bus for this meet as well. The bus will transport the athletes to Oak Hill, but they must get a ride home from their parents. ***NEW THIS YEAR***: Due to liability reasons, athletes may drive themselves to Pizza Ranch after the meet but cannot provide transportation to our post-race gathering for other athletes. Athletes either have to drive themselves, get a ride from their own parent or get a ride from another parent as long as arrangements were made in advance.

 

Storm Jr. High Boys Make it Three in Row! - Litchfield Invitational Results

Congratulations to the Junior High Boys and the rest of the team for a great showing at the Litchfield Invitational on Thursday October 2nd!  

After three warm, hilly meets in Kimball, Paynesville and Willmar, the table was set for successful team and individual results in Litchfield.  The rain stopped just before the meet and the temperature cooled into the low 50's making for ideal conditions on the flat and fast course.

The boys won the 12 team race with a score of 56 points, topping runner up Maple Lake by 17 points and third place Hutchinson by 24 points.   Jack Grabinski led the charges with a time of 9:04 over the 2500 meter course good enough for 3rd place overall.  Teammate Sam Ringger was just behind in the 4th spot at 9:06. Alex Knebel finished 11th at 9:19, Ryan Sweeney 13th at 9:22 and Dakota Johnson was 26th at 9:42.  All of the other members of the Jr. High boys ran much faster than their last meet in Paynesville the week before as well!

On the individual side, 15 of the 17 high school boys ran season bests and all 18 high school girls ran season bests! Of those returning runners, 7 of the 12 returning high school boys ran career bests and 5 of the 10 returning high school girls ran career bests!

Topping the girls varsity was Julia Severson with a career best 17:10 in the 4000 meter race.  Not to be outdone, three more Storm girls were in the 17's:  Katelyn Scapanski with a season best 17:22, Emma Mader with a career best 17:22 and McKenzie Froiland with a career best 17:24  (her first sub 18 of her career).

On the boys varsity side, Ian Galligan blew his career PR out of the water as well, besting his prior best time of 18:24 by running a 17:42 in the 5000 meter race.  (the first sub 18 for the Storm boys in many years!) Danny Sertich ran a season best 18:26 and Jaiden Pick (20:07) and Isaac Zimmerman (20:09) just missed the 20 minute barrier.  The boys were less than 10 seconds from four sub 20 finishers. Here's hoping that barrier is broken at Tech or the CLC meet!

Topping the Jr. High girls was Michaela Wolf in 16th place with a 10:47 time.  Taylor Rau was the top boys JV at 20:20 and Colleen Schimnich ran a 19:47 to lead the girls JV.

Congratulations to all of the runners on a real fun day at the course.  Go Storm!!

Willmar Invitational Photos

We have been informed by the Willmar Activities Department that they took 1,200 photos at last Saturday's meet. 

You are welcome to view them and purchase any at:

www.8thstreetphotography.zenfolio.com
 

*Choose: "8th street sports"

*Select event

 

 

St. Cloud Tech Invitational - Tuesday October 7

Oak Hill Elementary School
2600 Cty Rd 136
St. Cloud, MN 56301
320-251-7936

4:00 Girls JV 4000 meters
4:30 Boys JV 5000 meters
5:00 Girls Varsity 4000 meters
5:30 Boys Varsity 5000 meters
5:55 Girls Jr High 3200 meters
6:20 Boys Jr High 3200 meters
6:45  Awards

Awards: 1-10 Jr High & JV Boys and Girls - medals at finish and names to be announced at ceremony
1-15 Varsity medals at the awards ceremony

Teams: St. Cloud Apollo, Brainerd, St. Cloud Cathedral, Duluth East, Rocori, Sartell, Sauk Rapids-Rice, St. Cloud Tech, Willmar, Princeton, Rogers, Lakeview Christian Academy and Little Falls.

Middle School excused at 2:05 pm and High School excused at 2:20 pm (TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE) So please check back to make sure they haven't changed.

Like the Apollo meet, we will have a one way bus for this meet as well. The bus will transport the athletes to Oak Hill, but they must get a ride home from their parents.  ***NEW THIS YEAR***: Due to liability reasons, athletes may drive themselves to Pizza Ranch after the meet but cannot provide transportation to our post race gathering for other athletes.  Athletes either have to drive themselves, get a ride from their own parent or get a ride from another parent as long as arrangements were made in advance.  

Friday 10/3 Update

There will be no Homecoming Parade tonight (assuming inclement weather) and practice will be done by 4:30 at the High School.

This week’s edition of the Sauk Rapids Herald has an article about our Paynesville meet and please check back next week to see if they will be publishing an article in the Herald about yesterday’s exciting meet in Litchfield. 

Please check back to the blog for more information on next Tuesday’s St. Cloud Tech meet and some results from yesterday’s meet in Litchfield.

Go Storm!

 

Litchfield Invitational Meet Info - Thursday October 2

Bus leaves the high school at 1:40 pm. Middle School students are excused at 1:10, High School students at 1:20.

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,  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, Watertown-Mayer, Holdingford, Mayer Lutheran.

Junior High Boys win their second consecutive meet in Paynesville!

Congratulations to the Storm Junior High Boys as they won their second meet this season in Paynesville on Thursday, September 23. 

Bolstered by three top 10 finishes and six top 16 finishes, the boys captured the team title with 37 points, topping runner up New London-Spicer by 23 points.  Rocori was third with 73.  Melrose followed at 86 and BOLD was the last complete team with a score of 118.

Jack Grabinski traversed the 2500 meter course (1.55 miles) in 10:26 finishing in the runner up position, just four seconds behind the winner.  Sam Ringger was four seconds behind Jack and finished in fifth.  Ryan Sweeney ran a 10:57 good for 10th place.  Isaac Freese finished 12th and Nathan Wollak and Dakota Johnson came in together at the 15th spot.

Ian Galligan covered the very hilly 3.1 mile course in Paynesville in 18:51, good enough for a 9th place finish.

On the girls side, Julia Severson finished just 7 seconds out from the 15th place medal, finishing with a time of 18:08 in the 4000 meter (2.5 mile) race.  In the JV race,  Colleen Schimnich (4th), Nicole Bukowski (6th), Matraca Conarro (12th) and Marissa Leeb (13th) won ribbons.

Michaela Wolfe nabbed the 14th spot in the Junior High Girls race with a time of 12:34.

Congratulations to all the runners for another fun day at the races!

Go Storm!

Willmar Cross Country Invitational Meet - Saturday September 27

Eagle Creek Golf Club
1000 26th Av NE
Willmar, MN 56201

Rolling Start at 1 pm:

Varsity Girls  (4000 m)
Varsity Boys  (5000 m)
JV Girls  (4000 m)
JV Boys  (5000 m)
*Middle School Girls (3000 meters)
*Middle School Boys (3000 meters)

*we will not be placing runners/teams in the Middle School meets

Varsity, JV & Middle School: Medals 1-20

Teams: Hopkins, Moorhead, Willmar Community Christian School, Fargo North, Fargo South, Jordan, Belle Plaine, West Fargo, Sauk Rapids-Rice and Willmar

Results will be posted at: www.willmar.k12.mn.us/srhigh/ - go to athletics, varsity sports, cross country

Concessions will be available on site

Course maps will be sent out to the Storm CC email list

Bus departs at 10:30 am from the High School.   The bus will be stopping at Qdoba in Willmar for a meal after the meet.  You don't have to eat at Qdoba's, but please bring money along if you intend on eating there.  Should be returning home sometime around 7 pm.

Ian Galligan wins the Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball Invitational! Junior High Boys win their Division!

Congratulations to Ian Galligan for winning the boys varsity race on Thursday September 18 at the Eden Valley Watkins/Kimball Invitational held at the Kimball Golf Course.

Ian ran a very smart/tactical race passing the last two Dassel-Cokato runners up the last hill with 300-400 meters to go to finish in a career best time of 18:24.   It is the first boys Storm individual win at a race in many years.   Danny Sertich finished in 6th place with a time of 19:20.

Here is a link to the story in the St. Cloud Times:

http://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/2014/09/18/area-sports-roundup-benoit-sauk-rapids-swim-past-tigers/15869155/

The Junior High boys won their division by besting Dassel-Cokato and Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.  They scored 20 points (15 is a perfect score in CC), beating D-C with 52 points and HLWW with 83 points.  (EVWK and St. John's Prep did not have complete teams)

The Jr. High boys garnered places 2-7 in the race.  In order, they were Jack Grabinski, Sam Ringger,
Ryan Sweeney, Isaac Freese, Dakota Johnson and Alex Knebel.

The Storm varsity boys and girls and junior varsity boys all finished in the runner up position in the team scores.

Also placing in the ribbon/medal categories were:

Michaela Wolfe 13th in the Jr High Girls race, Nathan Wollak 12th in the Jr. High Boys race, Kayleen Martins 3rd in the girls JV race, Isaac Zimmerman and Devin Ballard  7th and 8th in the boys JV race, Julia Severson and Emma Mader  7th and 8th in the girls varsity race along with McKenzie Froiland, Courtney Krsien and Katelyn Scapanski finishing 12th through 14th respectively as well and Gavin Reed placed 14th in the boys varsity race.

Congratulations again to all of the runners.  Go Storm!!

Paynesville Invitational Meet - Tuesday September 23

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
4:50  Varsity Girls and JV Girls 4000 meters
5:20  Varsity Boys and JV Boys 5000 meters

Awards:
Jr. High ribbons 1-15 place
Varsity medals 1-15 place and Top 2 teams
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 field by the school. Please do not park on the highway or the clubhouse parking lot.

Teams:

New London-Spicer, Rocori, BOLD, Paynesville, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Willmar Community Christian, Sauk Centre, Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, St. Cloud Christian School, St. Cloud Cathedral (girls only)

Course map was emailed to everyone on the Storm CC email list along with the runner's times from last year.

Middle School students will be excused at 1:55
High School students will be excused at 2:10
Bus leaves high school at 2:30

 

Saturday Morning Breakfast Run - Sat 9/20

Our next Saturday breakfast run will be Saturday, the 20th of September at the Johnson's in Southeast St. Cloud.  They live at 2600 14 1/2 Av SE, St. Cloud, MN 56304.

Again, the breakfast is for the athletes and 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 Johnson's live in the development off of Sherburne County Road 8 just a bit south of Riverside Park and St. Benedict's Nursing Home.  You can take a left off Cty Rd 8 on 25th St SE and that street becomes 14 1/2 Av SE as it bends to the right.

Runners: keep up the momentum from the great times at the Kimball meet on Thursday!

See you there!!

Mid Week Housecleaning (Willmar meet/pasta dinner/SR Herald)

Three quick hitters to the Storm CC family today:

1) The Sauk Rapids Herald has some coverage of our meet last week in Little Falls.  You can pick up the Herald if you have interest at Village Drug or Coborn's in Sauk Rapids.

2) Traditionally, we have had a family volunteer to host a pasta dinner for the athletes (only) the night before the Central Lakes Conference meet.  This year the meet is on Tuesday October 14.  Because of the size of the team, we would appreciate a volunteer to host the team again on Monday the 13th and possibly have a family or two volunteer to assist with food preparation and clean up.  If you have interest, please let Tim Wright or one of the coaches know.  Thank you!

3) Next Saturday (9/27) is our meet in Willmar.  The meet starts at 1 pm.  The bus will be leaving around 10 am and returning around 7 pm.  More specific times will be communicated soon.   We will have teams competing in the boys and girls Varsity and Junior Varsity races only.  However, if you are a Junior High athlete and want to run in the JV meet, you are more than welcome to come and run!  Please let the coaches know if you wish to participate!

See you all in Kimball tomorrow.  Go Storm!

Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball Invitational Meet - Thursday September 18

Our next meet is the Kimball Golf Course on Thursday, September 18. 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:

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

Student dismissal times: 

Middle School dismiss at 1:40 Leave at 1:50

High School dismissal at 2:00 Leave at 2:20

Media Coverage of Storm CC

Here is a link to the story about yesterday's meet in Little Falls in the St. Cloud Times:

http://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/09/11/california-runners-make-impression-lucky-lindy-invitational/15494283/

Ian Galligan is prominently displayed in the cover photo.

There is also a nice photo gallery from Kimm Anderson in the Times from the meet yesterday here:

http://www.sctimes.com/picture-gallery/sports/high-school-sports/2014/09/11/lucky-lindy-invitational-cross-country-meet/15489291/

Lastly, the Sauk Rapids Herald did a nice story with photos of Julia Severson and Danny Sertich of our home meet last week.  The Herald is not available on line, but you can purchase copies of the Herald at Village Drug and Coborns in Sauk Rapids.

Congratulations to all of the runners who shaved significant times off their season bests and to several of the runners who set career bests yesterday!

 

Go Storm!

 

Saturday Morning Breakfast Run - Sat 9/13

Our next Saturday breakfast run will be Saturday, the 13th 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: keep up the momentum from the great improvement at the Little Falls meet yesterday!!

Lucky Lindy Little Falls Invitational Information - Thursday September 11

49th Annual Myron Ahle Lucky Lindy Meet
Thursday September 11
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, St. Cloud Apollo, Becker, Bemidji, Brainerd, St. Cloud Cathedral, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Grand Rapids, Hopkins, Little Falls, Laguna Beach, Monticello, Perham, Rocori, Sartell, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Sebeka, Staples-Motley, St. Cloud Tech.

Middle School bus departs at 1:55 (students dismissed at 1:45)
High School bus departs at 2:10 (students dismissed at 1:55)

Monday morning forecast for Thursday afternoon: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. 

Thank you parents for volunteering and the pot luck!

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!  The coaches were very pleased at our presence on the course and making sure the runners were going the correct directions. 

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

Saturday Morning Practice - Breakfast Run Information Saturday 9/6

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. 

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

Thank you to the Zimmermans!!

Potluck and Home Meet Volunteer Update - Thursday September 4th

Thank you to all of you who have already replied and let me know you can help volunteer at the meet! I would still like a few more volunteers so I can make sure the parents can watch their runner’s race and not miss it. If you can help, please contact me at twright1@progressive.com.   

 

I plan on meeting the volunteers at 4:10-4:15 near the starting line on Thursday.  The middle school races start at 4:30, so we need to get the volunteers out to their spots on the course right away.  I would like to have high school parents work the middle school races and the middle school parents work the JV and Varsity races if at all possible.  If we get enough volunteers, we shouldn’t have to have anyone work more than two races (approx 45-60 minutes).

 

Volunteers, please make sure you are armed with bug spray and sun screen just in case.  The gnats have been pretty bad the last few years.   The current National Weather Service forecast is:

 

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

 

(If we are lucky, hopefully the storm system will pass before the meet and we will cool down and dry out.)

 

Secondly, we are having a pot luck following the award ceremony in the High School commons.  You can keep your food in the Career Center room on the first floor of the high school while the meet is going on.  It is located between the Performing Arts Center and the Commons.

 

Families of the runners are also invited.  Please bring a dish or two to share with the group. 

 

See you all on Thursday.  Go Storm!!

 

Home Meet Information - Thursday September 4th

9th Annual Sauk Rapids-- Rice Cross Country Invitational

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Sauk Rapids-- Rice High School

 

Teams:  Dassel Cokato, Eden Valley--Watkins, Sartell‑St. Stephen, Sauk Rapids--Rice, St. Cloud Apollo, St. Cloud Christian, St. Cloud Tech.

 

The course is located just north of the high school in Mayhew Creek Park. Enter via the north school

entrance just north of the water tower on Mayhew Lake Road (County Road 1). The course has a

crushed granite surface. Racing flats or rubber--‐‑bottomed spikes work the best.

 

Please note there are numerous road construction projects in the vicinity of SRRHS. Please plan routes that do not involve taking Golden Spike Road. It would also be wise to avoid the Highway 15 and County Road 29 Intersection.

 

**Concessions will be available**

Schedule

4:30 PM 7- 8 Grade Girls 3200 m

4:50 PM 7--8 Grade Boys 3200 m

5:10 PM JV Girls 4000 m

5:35 PM JV Boys 5000 m

6:00 PM Varsity Girls 4000 m

6:20 PM Varsity Boys 5000 m

Awards will be presented at the completion of the meet.

 

Season Opening Pot Luck - September 4th

We will be holding our annual season opening pot luck after the race in the High School commons for the runners and their families.   Please bring a dish or two to share along with your own drinks for you and your family.   We should have napkins, plates and silverware available for everyone.

The pot luck will give families an opportunity to meet other CC families and all of the athletes.  So please mark your calendars as we look forward to next Thursday!

 

Go Storm!

Home Meet Volunteers Needed!

We need a minimum of 10-12 volunteers for the home meet next Thursday (the meet is run in Mayhew Creek Park that is adjacent to the high school).  Here is a link to the map of the park:

 

http://www.ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us/vertical/sites/%7B0431F973-8F1A-45B9-BC40-963EF7BF7919%7D/uploads/%7BD5530FB6-F843-44A2-9DA7-16461E8535EC%7D.PDF

 

 (btw: a big “thank you” to the people who have already put their names in the hat!)

 

Volunteers are needed to stand at different points on the course to make sure the runners don’t make the wrong turn on the course.  If we get enough volunteers, then we should not have to worry about our volunteers working more than one or two of the six races.  We will also make sure you are able to watch your son’s or daughter’s race!   If you volunteer, make sure you bring water and bug spray with as it can be hot and buggy on the course!

 

I'm in the process of obtaining course maps from the coaching staff.  If I get them before the meet, I will distribute them to all of you via email.   The meet will begin at 4:30 pm so I would like to meet with the volunteers at 4:15 to go over our locations.  If you can’t get there at 4:15 but still want to volunteer, don’t sweat it, just come and find me on the course and I will let you know what races to help out with and where we need you.

 

Please email Tim Wright at twright1@progressive.com and let him know if you can assist.  Thanks!

Informal Apollo Invitational Post Meet Gathering/Meal - Qdoba's

We will be heading to Qdoba's in St. Cloud after the Apollo meet to enjoy burritos/tacos/salads and swap stories from the meet earlier that day.  This will be a totally informal gathering.  If you have time after the meet, please come and join us!

Qdoba's
3219 Division St
St. Cloud, MN 56301
320-203-4444

Apollo Early Bird Invitational Meet Information - Monday August 25th

Apollo Invitational will be held on Monday, August 25th at the VA Hospital located across the street from Apollo High School, 1000 44^th Ave. No., St. Cloud. 

 

TIME SCHEDULE:

3:45 p.m.         Coaches meeting

4:00 p.m.         Junior High Girls         3000 m 

4:25 p.m.         Junior High Boys         3000 m 

4:50 p.m.         Girls JV                       4000 m

5:15 p.m.         Boys JV                       5000 m

5:40 p.m.         Girls Varsity                4000 m

6:05 p.m.         Boys Varsity                5000 m

 

Awards to follow

Parking at Apollo High School parking lot

 

Participating teams in 2014: Sartell-St. Stephen, Sauk Rapids-Rice, St. Cloud Tech, Coon Rapids, Elk River, Forest Lake, Hutchinson, St. Cloud Cathedral, Wayzata, Andover, Dassel-Cokato, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Cloud Apollo.

Parking is allowed in the Apollo North Lot and overflow lot across from Apollo.  You may use the restrooms at Apollo, Door 7.

 

Storm runners: There is no bus. Please be at the meet by 3 pm. Thank you!

 

Saturday Breakfast Hosts are now set

A big "thank you" to the Zimmermans, Froilands and Johnsons for volunteering to host the Saturday morning breakfast runs in September. 

9/6 Zimmermans
9/13 Froilands
9/20 Johnsons

Please come back to the blog down the road for specific directions and addresses of our hosts.  Please remember the Saturday practices are for the high school runners and are optional for the middle school runners.  Practices begin at 7:30 am SHARP.

Thanks as well to the Speichers and the Duseks for also offering!

The last Saturday in September is the meet in Willmar at 1 pm.

Storm CC Clothing Reminder

Reminder to all of the members of the Storm CC family:  the clothing order is due this Wednesday, August 13th. 

If you wish to purchase clothing, please do so very soon as this will be the ONLY ordering period this summer/fall!

You should be able to click on this link to get to the page:

http://programs.rambowinc.com/orderform.php

If that doesn't work, go to: rambow.com and enter stormxc for the code.

The season is finally upon us! :)

Two important reminders!

Good afternoon Storm CC family.

 

Two reminders:

 

1)      Storm CC Day at the Endurunce Shop is TOMORROW, Saturday August 9^th.  25% discounts, prizes and giveaways and shoe company representatives are all part of the day

2)      None of our athletes can participate in practice unless all of the require paperwork is turned in.  Please make sure all of the required work is turned into the ACTIVITIES OFFICE (not the coaching staff) before the runners go to practice. 

 

Go Storm

Last Captain's Practice! (tonight - Thursday 8/7)

Just a reminder that the last Captain’s practice is tonight at 7 pm at the track at the SRR Middle School. 

 

Regular practice begins at 8 am on Monday, August 11^th at SRR High School.

 

Go Storm!

 

Coaches Agenda and CC Schedule have been distributed

Coach Zeilenga and her staff distributed the schedule for the season in person last night at our Fall Sports Parent Meeting and they were also emailed to everyone on the list.  If you did not get a schedule/agenda, please contact one of the coaches or Tim Wright and they can be distributed to you as well before the season starts.

Just a few schedule highlights:

Practice will run from 8-10 am at SRRHS the first two weeks, Monday-Friday 8/11-22.  No formal practices will be set on Saturdays in August, but high school runners are expected to run 4-6 miles on those Saturdays.

The schedule for the week of Monday-Friday 8/25-30 will be:  Apollo Early Bird Meet on Monday at 4 pm (athletes need to arrive at 3 pm), practice 3:30-5:30pm on Tuesday, no practice Wednesday due to Open House, practice 3:30-5:30pm on Thursday and 8-10 am on Friday.

Please check back to the blog frequently for any schedule changes!

Thanks to the VFW Meat Raffle volunteers!

A big "thank you" to Paul and Cindy Johnson for helping the Zeilenga family and the coaches with the VFW Meat Raffle last Wednesday, July 30th!  The funds raised last week will help offset the costs of some of the "extras" to run our program not covered by school funds.

Thanks again to all of the volunteers!

Fall Sports Meeting Reminder - Tonight August 4th (also Sports Psychologist at 3:30 for athletes)

This is a reminder that the fall sports meeting is set for Monday, August 4th. This meeting is also for Middle School Students who will be participating on the team this season!

Important to note that no athlete can participate in practice until ALL of the paperwork is turned in, no exceptions. Athletes can sign up electronically on the school site.

This year, there is a special breakout session for the students on the same day (August 4th) from 3:30-5:30 pm with Sports Phsychologist Dave Williams from MSU-Mankato. It is HIGHLY recommended the athletes try and make it to this session at the Sauk Rapids High School Community Room. Parents will receive a shorter presentation the same evening.



More details can be found here: http://www.isd47.org/storm

From the site:

2014 Fall Activities Information
Sauk Rapids-Rice High School students wanting to participate in a Fall Sport need to begin to plan ahead to make sure they are ready. Student participants and at least one parent/guardian should mark their calendars now and be prepared to attend the fall parent, student and coach eligibility night on Monday, August 4th at 7 PM in the High School PAC. Practice schedules, eligibility information and all pertinent information for Fall Sports participation will be discussed at this meeting. Individual team meetings will follow the 7 PM general session.
…
****Students who are in grades 7-8 that plan on participating in Girls’ Swimming and Diving or Cross Country should also plan on attending this meeting with a parent.****

Registration and Participation Requirements for Extra-Curricular Activities
All items must be taken care of before participants are able to practice or play.
1. Complete the Eligibility Forms: ONLINE FORMS or PAPER FORMS
2. Make sure you have a physical on file within the last 3 years
3. Pay activity fee ($500 – Individual Cap, $1,000 Family Cap)

Practices times Week One - Starting Monday August 11

Practices will run from 8-10 am the first week of the season.  So please plan ahead about car pooling for the first three weeks of practice.  If you run into an issue, please make sure you let a member of the coaching staff know as arrangements can be made.

Practices will be held at the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School.

Thanks!

2014 Season Schedule has been finalized! Please mark your calendars!

You can find the link to the schedule at the school's web site but here is a brief summary:

Monday 8/25 at Apollo
Thursday 9/4 home meet
Thursday 9/11 at Little Falls
Thursday 9/18 at Kimball
Tuesday 9/23 at Paynesville
Saturday 9/27 at Willmar
Thursday 10/2 at Litchfield
Tuesday 10/7 at Tech
Tuesday 10/14 Conference meet at Apollo
Thursday 10/23 Regionals at Alexandria

Couple of notes:
1) this schedule is ALSO for the middle school runners.  There will likely be an additional Grade 7-9 meet at Sartell on Friday 10/10, so check back for further details.
2) please note the date of the first meet, Monday, August 25th.  Yes, the first meet is before school starts, so be prepared! :)
3) there is a Saturday meet (in Willmar on 9/27)

Please make sure you can adjust your schedules and mark your calendars accordingly for these dates!

Mileage Logs

Another reminder to the athletes to please be sure to keep a log of the miles you have run this summer and be prepared to turn them into the coaches at the start of practices.

If you have a current log, please email Tim at twright1@progressive.com with your current miles so he can pass them along to the coaching staff. 

Thank you!

Captain's Practices Update

Captain's practices are still going on currently but will be winding down as the season starts on Monday, August 11th.  The last Captain's Practice is scheduled for Thursday, August 7th.

Just a reminder they are on Sunday nights at 7 pm and Tuesday mornings at 9 am at Sauk Rapids Municipal Park and at Sauk Rapids-Rice High/Middle School track at 7 pm on Thursday nights.

See you there!!

Storm CC Day at Endurance Shop - Saturday August 9

The Endurance Shop has scheduled Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm CC Day on Saturday, August 9th.   Athletes will get 25% off all shoes, spikes and apparel and 15% off all electronics.

The experts at The Shop will be there to make sure you get the proper fitting shoes and will offer free gait analysis as well.   The are also planning giveaways and individual shoe company representatives may be present as well to answer questions.

Mark your calendars!

2014 Storm CC Clothing Orders (Deadline Wednesday August 13th)

The Storm CC clothing orders will open up on Monday, August 4th and will close on Wednesday, August 13th.  This is the ONLY opportunity for the athletes, parents and fans, so please make sure you check back for more details (or attend the parent meeting for more details) about ordering the clothing this season.

Fall Sports Parent Meeting - Monday August 4 (Athletes breakout session at 3:30 the same day)

This is a reminder that the fall sports meeting is set for Monday, August 4th.  This meeting is also for Middle School Students who will be participating on the team this season!

Important to note that no athlete can participate in practice until ALL of the paperwork is turned in, no exceptions.  Athletes can sign up electronically on the school site.

This year, there is a special breakout session for the students on the same day (August 4th) from 3:30-5:30 pm with Sports Phsychologist Dave Williams from MSU-Mankato.  It is HIGHLY recommended the athletes try and make it to this session at the Sauk Rapids High School Community Room.  Parents will receive a shorter presentation the same evening.



More details can be found here:   http://www.isd47.org/storm

From the site:

2014 Fall Activities Information
Sauk Rapids-Rice High School students wanting to participate in a Fall Sport need to begin to plan ahead to make sure they are ready. Student participants and at least one parent/guardian should mark their calendars now and be prepared to attend the fall parent, student and coach eligibility night on Monday, August 4th at 7 PM in the High School PAC. Practice schedules, eligibility information and all pertinent information for Fall Sports participation will be discussed at this meeting. Individual team meetings will follow the 7 PM general session.
…
****Students who are in grades 7-8 that plan on participating in Girls’ Swimming and Diving or Cross Country should also plan on attending this meeting with a parent.****

Registration and Participation Requirements for Extra-Curricular Activities
All items must be taken care of before participants are able to practice or play.
1. Complete the Eligibility Forms: ONLINE FORMS or PAPER FORMS
2. Make sure you have a physical on file within the last 3 years
3. Pay activity fee ($500 – Individual Cap, $1,000 Family Cap)

VFW Burger Night/Meat Raffle Fund Raiser Reminder - Wednesday July 30

A reminder about the VFW fund raiser next Wednesday night, July 30th at the Sauk Rapids VFW (901 N Benton Dr)!!  The VFW hosts Burger Night and a Car Show this night and they allow the Storm Cross Country team to sell tickets for the meat raffle to help us raise money for the program.

Please help spread the word through your own social media sites as soon as possible (Facebook, Twitter, old fashioned emails, etc) and try to get people to come and support our event.

Only Storm parents are allowed to sell the tickets, but athletes are encouraged to be a "presence" at the event so the patrons can see some of the faces of the students they are supporting when they buy tickets.  If you have Storm CC gear, please be sure to wearing it to the event (along with your awesome smiles :) )

If you can help out please let Coach Zeilenga know via text message or email.

4:30 burger sales begin ($2.50 for burger/chips/corn on the cob)
5:00 meat raffle begins
4:30 - 8 pm car show featuring hot rods, classic, muscle, stock and drag cars

Meat Raffle/Burger Night/Car Show Fund Raiser - Wed July 30th

A quick message out to all of you in the Storm CC family.  Each summer we participate in the Sauk Rapids VFW Burger Night meat raffle.   This year, the night falls on Wednesday, July 30 from around 4:30-7:30.   Please mark your calendars and come back to the blog for more specific details.

We will need parent volunteers to sell raffle tickets to the patrons while they enjoy burgers and sweet corn inside and the car show outside in the parking lot.

Student/athletes are welcome to come and participate by eating a meal there, wearing Storm Cross Country wear and possibly assist in busing tables when people are done eating. (only the parents can sell the raffle tickets)  Basically, the athletes presence is important so the people buying the tickets know who they will be supporting.

Please stay tuned for further details in the near future as this is the first fund raiser we do each year for the team.

Logging your miles reminder!

Just a quick reminder from Coach Z.  She wants to make sure all of you are logging your miles over the summer.  Please be prepared to show the coaches at the first practice your logs so the staff has an indication as to how many miles you got in. 

Please remember if you log 100, 150 or 200 miles, you will be awarded with a t-shirt to proudly wear in front of your peers and students at Sauk Rapids-Rice High or Middle Schools!

Keep up the miles everyone!