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!!