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!