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 6th 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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