Sam Ringger and State Meet Information

From Coach Zeilenga:

As many of you already know, Sam Ringger, qualified for the State cross country meet by finishing 5^th at the Sectional Meet last Thursday in Fergus Falls.  The State meet will take place this upcoming Saturday, November 4 at St. Olaf College.  Sam runs at 11AM. 

Unfortunately, we are not taking a team bus there, but anyone is welcome to drive on their own to watch.  You might also want to try and carpool with a group of athletes/families.  There is no cost for entrance into the meet. 

Here is the address for the college:

1520 St Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057

Course Map:

http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/sports/CC_Course_Map_2017.pdf

Also, we will have practice today through Thursday if anyone wants to join us for a workout!  We will be done by 4:15 each day.  Dress appropriately for the weather though! We will be running outside. 

Thanks and hope to see some of you at the meet and FOR SURE all of you at our banquet on Sunday! 

Coach Zeilenga :)

Year end banquet/potluck

You are invited!!!

Who: CC athletes grades 7-12

What: End of season banquet/potluck

Where: High school commons

When: Sunday, November 5, 

5pm-6:30pm

Please bring:

Grades 7-8: fruits/veggies, side dish or dessert

Grade 9: desserts

Grade 10: side dishes

Grade 11 & 12: main dishes

You are more than welcome to bring more than one dish.  There are around 45 athletes. Coaches will provide beverages.

Sectional Meet Travel Information from Coach Zeilenga

Information regarding the section meet on Thursday:

Any high school athlete, who is not running, is more than welcome to join us, but they will need to communicate intentions to teachers.  If they decide to come with us, athletes will need to eat A lunch.  

Bus will be leaving at 11:30.  

Make sure athletes have appropriate clothing!!!  The weather forecast is calling for possible precipitation and it WILL be cold!  

On our way home, we will be stopping in Alexandria for a quick food stop. Athletes will need money if they want to purchase food.  It'll be a fast food type option.  

If you have any questions, please email me. 

Thanks! Coach Z :)

8AA Sectional Meet Information - Thursday October 26 - 3:30 pm

3:15 National Anthem

3:30 Girls Varsity

4:15 Boys Varsity

5:15 Awards

1918 Pebble Lake Golf Dr

Fergus Falls, MN  56537

http://www.playpebblelake.com/

Teams: Alexandria, Becker, Bemidji, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley,  Little Falls, Monticello, Moorhead, Rocori, St. Cloud Apollo, St. Cloud Technical High School, Sartell-St. Stephen, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Thief River Falls   (Willmar is out and Foley is in 8AA for 2017-18) 

Please, no athletes  or spectators in the Club House.  Portable toilets available on site.

Concessions available

No dogs or pets on the course please

Split times given at 1600 and 3200 meters

*Online Section Clothing Store is located at:  https://ffcrosscountry8aasections.itemorder.com 

*Please note that it will close at 11:59pm on Sunday, October 15. There will be a very

limited amount of shirts available at the meet.

Pickle Events will be doing the timing:   http://pickleevents.com/

Best of luck to our Storm runners! Go Storm!

Post CLC Message to Storm CC Families from Coach Zeilenga

Hello families-

Congrats to all runners who had great races yesterday at the conference meet.  For many athletes this meant that the season came to an end.  There will be a potluck/banquet for all athletes and families (grades 7-12) on 

Sunday,November 5 at 5PM at the high school in the commons to celebrate another season of great running! You will get more information closer to the date on what to bring. 

A couple of other things to take note of: 

The high school athletes (not middle school) not competing in the section meet are more than welcome to join us at practice.

Here is the practice schedule for the next week:

Thursday-8:30-9:30AM

Friday-No practice

Monday, October 23-3:30-4:40PM

Tuesday, October 24-3:30-4:30

Wednesday, October 25-3:30-4:15

(If you do not join us at these practices you will need to make sure your uniform gets turned in on banquet night.  Middle schoolers you can get your uniforms to Coach Lahr before then if you'd like.)

Thursday--Section meet, bus leaves at 11:30, meet start time is 3:30.  We will be home between 7:30-8PM.

-high school athletes, not competing, are invited to join us for this meet, but also realize that it is a good portion of the school day missed, so we are not requiring those athletes to come with)

-we will be stopping to grab dinner on the way back home, so anyone joining us has the option to bring money for the stop.

If you have any questions, let me know! Coach Z :)

Storm CC Pre-CLC Meet Meal Monday October 16 and CLC/8AA Meet Shirt orders

A message from Coach Zeilenga:

Good morning! 

On Monday 10/16 after practice, all athletes (running in the Central Lakes Conference meet) are invited to Emma Mader's house for a pre-conference meet meal.  They will supply the main course (spaghetti) and we are asking athletes who will be joining us to bring additional items. 

Grades:

7-9 Dessert

10-11-Fruits or veggies

The plan is to practice till 4:15 and then head over to their house. They live just across the trail in Village Creekside.  We will try and get as many athletes into cars as we can or they can walk over. We should be done eating by 5:15 or 5:30. You can pick up your runners at their house.

Address for Mader's:

3288 Old Stone Way NE

Sauk Rapids MN 56379

Additional information!!!

These are optional clothing orders for upcoming meets..

Conference T-shirt ordering:

Below is a link to order the 2017 CLC T-shirt.  Please let your runners know to order online.  Only $10 a shirt!

http://www.ncstore5.com/clc_t-shirt/shop/home

Section T-shirt ordering:

Another deadline to pay attention to is the online section clothing store. It is open to all athletes and fans. It closes Sunday, October 15, 11:59pm.

https://ffcrosscountry8aasections.itemorder.com

Central Lakes Conference Meet - Tuesday October 17th

Boulder Ridge Golf Course
2750 Cty Rd 74
St Cloud, MN 56301

http://boulderpinegc.com/

3:30  Boys JV
4:00  Girls JV
4:30  Boys Varsity
5:00  Girls Varsity
5:30  Boys JH  (3200 meters)
6:00  Girls JH  (3200 meters)


Awards Ceremony to follow the final race 
* Varsity Team Championship Trophies
* All Conference: top 15 places in Varsity Races and Honorable Mention: places 16-25 in Varsity Races
* JV and JH races: ribbons for top 20 places (given at the finish of the races in the chute)

Pickle Events will be chip timing all the races and providing results. 

http://pickleevents.com/

Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball Invitational Meet - Monday October 9

The next meet after Litchfield is at the Kimball Golf Course on Monday, October 9. 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 AND JV 
5:10 Boys Varsity AND JV

Awards:

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

Teams:

EV-W/Kimball,  Sauk Rapids-Rice, Paynesville, Litchfield, Maple Lake, Holdingford, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, 

Litchfield Meet Update - Parking and Course Change Information - Thurs 10/5

Due to heavy rains this week, the Litchfield meet had to make some pretty drastic changes to the course and set up.  A NEW course map was emailed to those on our email list. 

PARKING INFORMATION:

Spectators will not be able to park along the course as usual. They can park in Lake Ripley Elementary school parking lots and walk over or park north of where we turn on Swift Ave.

Litchfield Invitational Meet Info - Thursday October 5

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
4:02 Middle School Girls 2500 meters Ribbons 1-20
4:30 Boys Varsity  Medals 1-15
5:00 Girls Varsity  Medals 1-15
5:30 JV Boys  Ribbons 1-20
5:32 JV Girls  Ribbons 1-20
6:00 Grades K-6 Fun Run 1500 meters 

Teams:
Annandale, Albany, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball,  Orono, Delano, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Howard Lake/Waverly -Winsted, Dassel-Cokato, Blake, Litchfield, Maple Lake, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Northwest Home School, New London-Spicer, Cambridge-Isanti, Hutchinson, St. Cloud Christian School, Holdingford, Mayer Lutheran.