Girls 8th and Boys 10th
Megan Heeder - State Runner-up
After a nail biting regional meet both teams went to the State Meet and came away with top ten finishes.
The girls who had been ranked in the top 10 all season showed they were deserving by coming home in 8th place, which is the second highest finish in school history. The boys came into the State Meet after suprising a lot of people by finishing third at regionals (despite losing the top 3 from last year's team). The boys proved they were no fluke and finished in 10th place, which was also the second best finish in school history. Last year the boys were 12th and the girls 13th.
The individual highlight was once again Megan Heeder who finished in 2nd place behind only two-time defending champin Devon John of Allendale. Megan's state runner-up performance was the highest State Meet finish ever by a Cougar in XC. It was a great race for Megan as she and the two Allendale runners pulled away from a pack of eight at the mile and a half and then Megan held of numerous challenges for second place and proved once again just how tough she is. She was 40th in last year's race.
The leading runner for the boys was Jimmy Hicks who ran a personal best time of 17:21. It was the first time in his short career that he was the first finisher for the team. He was followed in short order by Austin Winter, Zach Zingsheim and Ben Flint who also ran a PR. The tight pack did the trick as the Cougars once again surprised everyone by finishing in the top ten. Alex Thompson was the fifth runner. Freshman, Emma Frost was the second runner for the girls team in 61st place followed by Adrienne Powell, Catherine Swiderski and Allie Brown as scorers.
It was agreat season for both teams.
11/1/09
Both Teams Qualify For States
Heeder Regional Champ
Both the boys and girls teams continued their streak of consecutive State Meet appearances. The girls qualified by finishing second at regionals, It is the fourth year in a row and ninth time in 11 years the girls have qualified. The boys ran their streak to six straight years by finishing third in the regional meet. Lansing Catholic is one of just a handful of schools to have both boys and girls qualified four years in a row.
The individual highlight of the day was Megan Heeder running away from the field to win convincingly. She was the first individual regional champion in XC for the Cougars since Rachel Kirvan won in 2000. The only other individual medalist for the Cougars was Austin Winter who finished 15th. The fact that combined the boys and girls only had two medalists but were the only school in the region to qualify both teams shows what great TEAMS we have.
Both teams have overcome many obstacles on their way to this accomplishment and should be extremely proud of it. They should also be focussed on having great efforts at the State Finals and placing both teams as high as possible.
Both the boys and girls teams continued their streak of consecutive State Meet appearances. The girls qualified by finishing second at regionals, It is the fourth year in a row and ninth time in 11 years the girls have qualified. The boys ran their streak to six straight years by finishing third in the regional meet. Lansing Catholic is one of just a handful of schools to have both boys and girls qualified four years in a row.
The individual highlight of the day was Megan Heeder running away from the field to win convincingly. She was the first individual regional champion in XC for the Cougars since Rachel Kirvan won in 2000. The only other individual medalist for the Cougars was Austin Winter who finished 15th. The fact that combined the boys and girls only had two medalists but were the only school in the region to qualify both teams shows what great TEAMS we have.
Both teams have overcome many obstacles on their way to this accomplishment and should be extremely proud of it. They should also be focussed on having great efforts at the State Finals and placing both teams as high as possible.
10/6/09
Megan Heeder Sets Junior Record
Megan Heeder broke the LCHS junior record with a time of 18:51 at The Greater Lansing Championship. Megan placed 6th and broke the old record of 18:52 which was set in 1999 by Rachel Kirvan. Megan is the second fastest Cougar of all-time and only the second to run below 19 minutes. The all-time record is 18:42 run by Rachel Kirvan in 2000.
Heeder's record run helped pace the Cougars to their highest Greater Lansing finish since 2000, as they placed 7th in the 35-team field. The Cougar girls haveranked in the top ten in the state in division 3 throughout the season.
The boys team finished 15th out of 35 teams.
Heeder's record run helped pace the Cougars to their highest Greater Lansing finish since 2000, as they placed 7th in the 35-team field. The Cougar girls haveranked in the top ten in the state in division 3 throughout the season.
The boys team finished 15th out of 35 teams.
9/20/09
9/1/09
Grrreat Job Cougars at MI Catholic XC Invite!
Thank you to sponsors and volunteers and DeWitt Retreat Center!
Results of the 2-mile Invite and Michigan Catholic are available at Playmakers.com
GIRLS - 3RD OVERALL - FIRST IN SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
BOYS - 5TH OVERALL - FIRST IN SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
7/28/09
High School XC Schedule
2009 Schedule
August 12 - First Day of Practice
August 25 - 2 Mile Invite @ Grand Woods
August 29 - Michigan Catholic Invitational
September 9 - Marauder Invite @ Ovid
September 12 - Bath Invitational
September 18 - MSU Invitational
September 22 - CAAC White Jamboree @ Portland
September 26 - Cougar/Falcon Invite - Grand Rapids
October 3 - Carson City Invitational
October 6 - CAAC White Jamboree - St. Francis Retreat Center
October 15 - East Lansing Frosh and JV Invitational
October 17 - Greater Lansing Invitational
October 24 - CAAC White Jamboree - Corunna
October 31 - Regionals - Carson City
November 4 - Stockbridge Last Chance
November 7 - State Finals - MIS Speedway
August 12 - First Day of Practice
August 25 - 2 Mile Invite @ Grand Woods
August 29 - Michigan Catholic Invitational
September 9 - Marauder Invite @ Ovid
September 12 - Bath Invitational
September 18 - MSU Invitational
September 22 - CAAC White Jamboree @ Portland
September 26 - Cougar/Falcon Invite - Grand Rapids
October 3 - Carson City Invitational
October 6 - CAAC White Jamboree - St. Francis Retreat Center
October 15 - East Lansing Frosh and JV Invitational
October 17 - Greater Lansing Invitational
October 24 - CAAC White Jamboree - Corunna
October 31 - Regionals - Carson City
November 4 - Stockbridge Last Chance
November 7 - State Finals - MIS Speedway
5/16/09
Megan Heeder Sets School Record at State Meet
1600 Relay and Heeder All-State
The Cougars went to the State Meet with a contingent of 13 qualified in 10 events. When the day was over five girls had earned All-State honors and one school record had fallen.
Megan Heeder qualified in the 3200 meter relay and in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs. She started the day by helping the 3200 meter relay to a 13th place finish and a season best time of 10:05 and she ended the day by finishing fourth in the 3200 with a Lansing Catholic school record time of 11:27.83, breaking the oldest girls record on the books which was set by Cindy Sprague in 1976.
One event later the girls 1600 relay team of Monica Lopez, Jamie Holtham, Adrienne Powell and MaryAlice Fata ran a season best time of 4:10.26 to finish in 5th place.
The Cougars were one of only three teams to qualify in all four relays. Eventhough they only made the medal stand in the 1600 relay they still managed good finishes in all the relays and ran season-best times in each event. The 800 relay team finished in 10th place, the 400 relay in 14th place and the 3200 relay in 13th place. Catherine Swiderski ran in the 1600 and finsihed in 5:40 but that was after running a team-best relay leg of 2:28 leading off the 3200 meter relay. In teh shot put Sara Wegener finished a very respectable 13th place with a personal best of 34-10. Annie Hanis made it to the semi-finals of the 100 meter dash.
Garrett Swain was the lone boys qualifier. he finished one spot out of the medeals in 9th place with a jump of 20-10 and he jumped 5-11 in the high jump.
Garrett Swain and Megan Heeder - Honor Roll Champs !
See full results of Honor Roll Meet at Playmakers.com.
Garrett Swain with no run throughs or warm ups won the long jump with a jump of 20-9 3/4 and Megan Heeder ran away from the field in the last mile of the 3200 to win with a time of 11:38. In the 1600 meter relay the team of Monica Lopez, Jamie Holtham, MaryAlice Fata and Adrienne Powell finished 4th in a season best 4:10 and in the 3200 meter relay the squad of Catherine Swiderski, Allie Brown, Aurilee McCarus and Megan Heeder ran a season best of 10:11 to take 4th as well.
REGIONAL CHAMPS !!!!!
Girls Win First Regional Since 2000
The Cougar girls dominated the field to win the school's first regional championship since 2000. The Cougars finished in first with 120 points which was almost as much as second-place Stockbridge (68 points) and third-place St. Charles (63 points) combined. The Cougars qualified for states in all four relays and had four indivdual qualifiers.
On the boys side the boys finished in eighth place with 38 points. Garrett Swain won the long jump and was second in the high jump to lead the way. He qualified for states in both events and was the lone Cougar qualifier on the boys side.
The highlight of the meet was the girls 1600 meter run which saw freshman Catherine Swiderski run an incredible 20 second PR to win with a time of 5:25.31. She finished with an amazing final 100 meters and passed teammate Megan Heeder in the last 15 meters. Heeder was second in a time of 5:25.56 which was a seven second PR for her.
The race immediately following the 1600 was the 400 relay which was the Cougars other victory. The foursome of Annie Hanis, Jessica Doody, Mary Alice Fata and Lexi Solomon won in a time of 52.32. The Cougars finished 2nd in the 3200 meter relay, the 800 meter relay and the 1600 meter relay. In all of the relays the teams ran season bests and eclipsed the additional qualifying standards for the events. In addition to Heeder and Swiderski in the 1600 the other individual qualifiers were Sara Wegener who finished 2nd in the shot put, Annie Hanis who was second in the 100 meter dash and Heeder who was second in the 3200 meter run. Heeder qualifed in 3 events as she was also on the 3200 meter relay. Mary Alice Fata became only the second Cougar ever to qualify on all four relays. Monica Lopez was on three relays as she led off the 3200, 400 and 1600 meter relays. Adrienne Powell and Lexi Solomon were both on two squads and Annie Hanis, Jessica Doody, Allie Brown and Aurilee McCarus each ran on a relay that qualified.
Coaches Comments:
Our teams were very good in this meet and came ready to succeed and that is what they did. While the state meet qualifiers get the most attention we had so many others step up and have their best day of the season. The boys distance runners ran the best they have all season, and Hunter Puma had a great day finishing sixth the 100 hurdles and fourth in the 300 hurdles to name a few.
Our girls qualified for the MITCA state meet and they should do very well because they are a complete team. They have quality performers in virtually every event and not just one but three or more at every event. It is amazing that our team could score 120 points and only have 2 first place finishes. We have had teams in the past that won many more events but none scored close to 120 points. Our team has a lot to be proud of this was a total team effort.
The boys had 2 relays that had I thought had a shot of qualifying and in each case they barely missed. In the 3200 meter realy the boys really stepped up and gave a great effort as did the guys in teh 400 relay. An encouraging thing about those relays is that many of them will be back next year.
Jessica Doody Sets School Record in Pole Vault
At Perry the girls team won by a score of 111-26 to move their league mark to 2-2 and the boys lost by a score of 74 -63. The highlight of the meet was the first 7-foot vault for a girl at LCHS by Jessica Doody. Jessica also won the long jump with a jump of 15-61/4 and finished 3rd in the 100. The girls won 14 of the 17 events.
On the boys side Garrett Swain continued his undefeated season in the long jump with a jump of 21-5. Freshman, Austin Winter ran PR of 4:44 in the 1600.
Monday the Cougars will end the dual meet season at Lakewood and then head to regionals at Maple Valley on Friday.
Girls Place 3rd at PW Invite
The girls team finished in 3rd at the PW Invite just four points behind runner-up Pewamo Westphalia. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg finished in first. The only individual event winner was Megan Heeder who continued her spectacular season with wins in the the 1600 and 3200. Heeder also lead off the 3200 meter relay which also finished in first. Allie Brown, Aurilee McCarus and Mary Alice Fata were also on the squad.
On the boys side the only winner was Garrett Swain who captured the long jump. In the 3200 meter run Mikey Castellani and Zach Harvey went 3-4 with PRs of 10:25 and 10:26. The boys finished in 7th overall.
The meet also served as the dual meet between Portland and LCHS. The girls came out a winner and the boys took a loss.
Garrett Swain Breaks School Record in Long Jump
Garrett Swain broke a school record in the long jump that was twice as old as he is. By jumping 21-8 on his first jump of the meet Garrett erased the old record set by Steve Fox in 1971. The record-setting jump came only after he nearly equalled the school record in the HJ by clearing 6-4 on his first attempt and having some good attempts at 6-6. Garret won the long jump and finished 2nd in the high jump. He also finished 4th in the 110 hurdles.
In a meet that featured seven other teams that were all a lot bigger than LCHS the points were harder to come by but there were many good performances for the boys and girls. Individual point scorers for the boys were Sam Maki who was third in the shot, Eddie Brennan sixth in both shot and disc including PR tosses of 43-10 and 122-3, and Austin Winter, fifth in the 1600 and 8th in the 800.
On the girls side the relays were big point scorers as the Cougars finished 2nd in three of the four relays. In the 3200 relay the team of Megan Heeder, Aurilee McCarus, Allie Brown and Mary Alice Fata ran a season-best 10:25 and finished only behind Dexter. In the 400 relay the squad of Annie Hanis, Jessica Doody, Fata and Lexi Solomon were second behind Chelsea with a time of 52.29 and in the 1600 relay the team of Monica Lopez, Jamie Holtham, Adrienne Powell and Fata were second again to Chelsea. The 800 relay would have been another good finish but third runner Adrienne Powell fell during the exchange. To her credit she got up and ran the race and the Cougars ran a time of 1:56 and still beat two teams. Despite being scraped up Adrienne gutted out 6th place in the 400 in 66.38 and led off the 1600 relay in 63.3.
Other individual scorers for the girls were Sara Wegener (4th ) and Taylor Maylee (8th) in the shot. Taylor came back with a season-best 96-8 for 5th in the disc and Wegener was 7th with 93-8. Both girls have a good shot at states in both events. Monica Lopez was 6th in the 100 and 3rd in the 400 (65.11) and Lizzy Balboa was 7th in the 400. Elizabeth Warriner was 8th in the 800 and Megan Heeder ran a great race in the 3200 to get 2nd place in a PR of 11:53.
Coaches Comments:
This was a horrible week for everyone at our school and our kids can be proud of the way they they competed in this meet. Things started slowly but once everyone got going the efforts were certainly there. I was thrilled with the throwers getting seond in the "fat man" relay and I know the other kids on the team were into it and impressed. It was a good ending.
We have now had 2 meets cancelled for weather so we don't have many meets under our belts but the results are still pretty darn good and will get better.
Garrett breaking the long jump record in great. He can be very proud of the fact that he broke a record that no one else has broken for 38 years. He has some more big achievements ahead and I predict he will put the record out over 22 feet and then we will see if that can stand for another 38 years.
Outstanding Performances at Lakewood
Full Results:
http://michigancrosscountry.com/michigan_track_cross_country_forum/showthread.php?tid=702
Coaches Comments:
The girls and boys teams had an outstanding day at the Lakewood Invite. In the first meet of the year with nice weather the times dropped and the distances and heights were bigger. Considering how early it is in the season the performances were very good and this should be just the beginning.
For the boys the throwers and jumpers are all at or above the marks they had last year. Sam Maki had a PR in the disc and was 3rd in the shot. Garrett set the meet record at Lakewood on a bad board and is poised to go well into the 21s and is consistently jumping at 6-0 and 6-2. In the relays we have a lot of inexperience but the times are pretty good and there is a lot more to come. For instance our 800 relay had 2 freshmen, a sophomore and junior Jon Lopez who is the only one with HS sprint relay experience. Cedric Lee had a great meet with a 4th in the 100 and an awesome anchor leg in the 800 relay to move us into 2nd. In the distances Austin Winter had another strong meet and Mikey had a gutsy 800, 1600, 3200 triple.
On the girls side we got tons of great performances. In the shot we had 3 of the top 5 places and all three equalled the regional additional qualifier mark which is something we have never had. Sara Wegener was the big star winning the the shot in 34-7 (which is the state meet additional qualifier mark) and the disc. In the high jump, freshman Courtney Russell competed in her first HJ competition and won it with a jump of 4-10. In the relays the time of 1:52 in the 800 is very good for this time of year as is the 4:18 they ran in the 1600 relay. The 400 relay ran 53.5 but was DQed for passing out of the zone. Considering that the handoff cost time it is reasonable to assume our time would have been better. Even so a time of 53.5 is very good for this time of year. We should be taking four relays to states and should have the potential to score in all of them. The best part is that none of the relays is set as far as personel and we have plenty of options for all of them. In the 3200 meter run Megan Heeder won with a time of 11:59 which betters the state meet additional qualifier time - again great for this early in the season. Some of the other notable performances were Jamie Holtham finishing 2nd in her first open 400 with a time of 64, one place ahead of defending league champion Ashly Pifer of Lakewood and Mary Alice Fata who ran an anchor leg of 61.4 despite being way ahead when she got the baton. Mary Alice also on all 4 relays and ran very well on all of them. Annie Hanis finished high in the 100 and 200 and Adrienne Powell was 4th in the 200 and ran a 63 in the relay and ran on the 800 relay. Catherine Swiderski also had a big day running the 3200 relay, the 1600 and the 3200 where she placed 5th - she and Mikey Castellani on the boys side each logged 3.5 miles of races on the day.
The great part about this meet is that so many people contributed to this effort and when we win the MITCA meet we will need a lot of contributors, not just a few stars - but a whole team !
All of this is great news and says we have a good season ahead for boys and girls.
The goals for the girls team to win regionals, win the MITCA D3 championship and place highly at the state meet are all within reach.
Boys and Girls Lose at Corunna
The boys and girls both lost their league opener to Corunna. The Boys lost by a score of 87-50 and the girls lost 78.5-57.5. Individual event winners were Garrett Swain in the LJ, HJ and HH, Austin Winter in the 800 and 1600, Megan Heeder in the 1600 and Lizzy Balboa in the LJ. In the relays the boys won the 3200 meter relay with a team of Nick Lemmer, Zach Harvey, Lois Savona and Kevin Bergeron and the girls won the 400 relay with a team of Annie Hanis, Mary Alice Fata, Monica Lopez and Lexi Solomon. They were also winners in the 3200 relay with Heeder, Aurilee McCarus, Allie Brown and Catherine Swiderski and the 1600 relay with McCarus, Jamie Holtham, Brown and Lopez.
1600 Relay and Heeder All-State
The Cougars went to the State Meet with a contingent of 13 qualified in 10 events. When the day was over five girls had earned All-State honors and one school record had fallen.
Megan Heeder qualified in the 3200 meter relay and in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs. She started the day by helping the 3200 meter relay to a 13th place finish and a season best time of 10:05 and she ended the day by finishing fourth in the 3200 with a Lansing Catholic school record time of 11:27.83, breaking the oldest girls record on the books which was set by Cindy Sprague in 1976.
One event later the girls 1600 relay team of Monica Lopez, Jamie Holtham, Adrienne Powell and MaryAlice Fata ran a season best time of 4:10.26 to finish in 5th place.
The Cougars were one of only three teams to qualify in all four relays. Eventhough they only made the medal stand in the 1600 relay they still managed good finishes in all the relays and ran season-best times in each event. The 800 relay team finished in 10th place, the 400 relay in 14th place and the 3200 relay in 13th place. Catherine Swiderski ran in the 1600 and finsihed in 5:40 but that was after running a team-best relay leg of 2:28 leading off the 3200 meter relay. In teh shot put Sara Wegener finished a very respectable 13th place with a personal best of 34-10. Annie Hanis made it to the semi-finals of the 100 meter dash.
Garrett Swain was the lone boys qualifier. he finished one spot out of the medeals in 9th place with a jump of 20-10 and he jumped 5-11 in the high jump.
Garrett Swain and Megan Heeder - Honor Roll Champs !
See full results of Honor Roll Meet at Playmakers.com.
Garrett Swain with no run throughs or warm ups won the long jump with a jump of 20-9 3/4 and Megan Heeder ran away from the field in the last mile of the 3200 to win with a time of 11:38. In the 1600 meter relay the team of Monica Lopez, Jamie Holtham, MaryAlice Fata and Adrienne Powell finished 4th in a season best 4:10 and in the 3200 meter relay the squad of Catherine Swiderski, Allie Brown, Aurilee McCarus and Megan Heeder ran a season best of 10:11 to take 4th as well.
REGIONAL CHAMPS !!!!!
Girls Win First Regional Since 2000
The Cougar girls dominated the field to win the school's first regional championship since 2000. The Cougars finished in first with 120 points which was almost as much as second-place Stockbridge (68 points) and third-place St. Charles (63 points) combined. The Cougars qualified for states in all four relays and had four indivdual qualifiers.
On the boys side the boys finished in eighth place with 38 points. Garrett Swain won the long jump and was second in the high jump to lead the way. He qualified for states in both events and was the lone Cougar qualifier on the boys side.
The highlight of the meet was the girls 1600 meter run which saw freshman Catherine Swiderski run an incredible 20 second PR to win with a time of 5:25.31. She finished with an amazing final 100 meters and passed teammate Megan Heeder in the last 15 meters. Heeder was second in a time of 5:25.56 which was a seven second PR for her.
The race immediately following the 1600 was the 400 relay which was the Cougars other victory. The foursome of Annie Hanis, Jessica Doody, Mary Alice Fata and Lexi Solomon won in a time of 52.32. The Cougars finished 2nd in the 3200 meter relay, the 800 meter relay and the 1600 meter relay. In all of the relays the teams ran season bests and eclipsed the additional qualifying standards for the events. In addition to Heeder and Swiderski in the 1600 the other individual qualifiers were Sara Wegener who finished 2nd in the shot put, Annie Hanis who was second in the 100 meter dash and Heeder who was second in the 3200 meter run. Heeder qualifed in 3 events as she was also on the 3200 meter relay. Mary Alice Fata became only the second Cougar ever to qualify on all four relays. Monica Lopez was on three relays as she led off the 3200, 400 and 1600 meter relays. Adrienne Powell and Lexi Solomon were both on two squads and Annie Hanis, Jessica Doody, Allie Brown and Aurilee McCarus each ran on a relay that qualified.
Coaches Comments:
Our teams were very good in this meet and came ready to succeed and that is what they did. While the state meet qualifiers get the most attention we had so many others step up and have their best day of the season. The boys distance runners ran the best they have all season, and Hunter Puma had a great day finishing sixth the 100 hurdles and fourth in the 300 hurdles to name a few.
Our girls qualified for the MITCA state meet and they should do very well because they are a complete team. They have quality performers in virtually every event and not just one but three or more at every event. It is amazing that our team could score 120 points and only have 2 first place finishes. We have had teams in the past that won many more events but none scored close to 120 points. Our team has a lot to be proud of this was a total team effort.
The boys had 2 relays that had I thought had a shot of qualifying and in each case they barely missed. In the 3200 meter realy the boys really stepped up and gave a great effort as did the guys in teh 400 relay. An encouraging thing about those relays is that many of them will be back next year.
Jessica Doody Sets School Record in Pole Vault
At Perry the girls team won by a score of 111-26 to move their league mark to 2-2 and the boys lost by a score of 74 -63. The highlight of the meet was the first 7-foot vault for a girl at LCHS by Jessica Doody. Jessica also won the long jump with a jump of 15-61/4 and finished 3rd in the 100. The girls won 14 of the 17 events.
On the boys side Garrett Swain continued his undefeated season in the long jump with a jump of 21-5. Freshman, Austin Winter ran PR of 4:44 in the 1600.
Monday the Cougars will end the dual meet season at Lakewood and then head to regionals at Maple Valley on Friday.
Girls Place 3rd at PW Invite
The girls team finished in 3rd at the PW Invite just four points behind runner-up Pewamo Westphalia. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg finished in first. The only individual event winner was Megan Heeder who continued her spectacular season with wins in the the 1600 and 3200. Heeder also lead off the 3200 meter relay which also finished in first. Allie Brown, Aurilee McCarus and Mary Alice Fata were also on the squad.
On the boys side the only winner was Garrett Swain who captured the long jump. In the 3200 meter run Mikey Castellani and Zach Harvey went 3-4 with PRs of 10:25 and 10:26. The boys finished in 7th overall.
The meet also served as the dual meet between Portland and LCHS. The girls came out a winner and the boys took a loss.
Garrett Swain Breaks School Record in Long Jump
Garrett Swain broke a school record in the long jump that was twice as old as he is. By jumping 21-8 on his first jump of the meet Garrett erased the old record set by Steve Fox in 1971. The record-setting jump came only after he nearly equalled the school record in the HJ by clearing 6-4 on his first attempt and having some good attempts at 6-6. Garret won the long jump and finished 2nd in the high jump. He also finished 4th in the 110 hurdles.
In a meet that featured seven other teams that were all a lot bigger than LCHS the points were harder to come by but there were many good performances for the boys and girls. Individual point scorers for the boys were Sam Maki who was third in the shot, Eddie Brennan sixth in both shot and disc including PR tosses of 43-10 and 122-3, and Austin Winter, fifth in the 1600 and 8th in the 800.
On the girls side the relays were big point scorers as the Cougars finished 2nd in three of the four relays. In the 3200 relay the team of Megan Heeder, Aurilee McCarus, Allie Brown and Mary Alice Fata ran a season-best 10:25 and finished only behind Dexter. In the 400 relay the squad of Annie Hanis, Jessica Doody, Fata and Lexi Solomon were second behind Chelsea with a time of 52.29 and in the 1600 relay the team of Monica Lopez, Jamie Holtham, Adrienne Powell and Fata were second again to Chelsea. The 800 relay would have been another good finish but third runner Adrienne Powell fell during the exchange. To her credit she got up and ran the race and the Cougars ran a time of 1:56 and still beat two teams. Despite being scraped up Adrienne gutted out 6th place in the 400 in 66.38 and led off the 1600 relay in 63.3.
Other individual scorers for the girls were Sara Wegener (4th ) and Taylor Maylee (8th) in the shot. Taylor came back with a season-best 96-8 for 5th in the disc and Wegener was 7th with 93-8. Both girls have a good shot at states in both events. Monica Lopez was 6th in the 100 and 3rd in the 400 (65.11) and Lizzy Balboa was 7th in the 400. Elizabeth Warriner was 8th in the 800 and Megan Heeder ran a great race in the 3200 to get 2nd place in a PR of 11:53.
Coaches Comments:
This was a horrible week for everyone at our school and our kids can be proud of the way they they competed in this meet. Things started slowly but once everyone got going the efforts were certainly there. I was thrilled with the throwers getting seond in the "fat man" relay and I know the other kids on the team were into it and impressed. It was a good ending.
We have now had 2 meets cancelled for weather so we don't have many meets under our belts but the results are still pretty darn good and will get better.
Garrett breaking the long jump record in great. He can be very proud of the fact that he broke a record that no one else has broken for 38 years. He has some more big achievements ahead and I predict he will put the record out over 22 feet and then we will see if that can stand for another 38 years.
Outstanding Performances at Lakewood
Full Results:
http://michigancrosscountry.com/michigan_track_cross_country_forum/showthread.php?tid=702
Coaches Comments:
The girls and boys teams had an outstanding day at the Lakewood Invite. In the first meet of the year with nice weather the times dropped and the distances and heights were bigger. Considering how early it is in the season the performances were very good and this should be just the beginning.
For the boys the throwers and jumpers are all at or above the marks they had last year. Sam Maki had a PR in the disc and was 3rd in the shot. Garrett set the meet record at Lakewood on a bad board and is poised to go well into the 21s and is consistently jumping at 6-0 and 6-2. In the relays we have a lot of inexperience but the times are pretty good and there is a lot more to come. For instance our 800 relay had 2 freshmen, a sophomore and junior Jon Lopez who is the only one with HS sprint relay experience. Cedric Lee had a great meet with a 4th in the 100 and an awesome anchor leg in the 800 relay to move us into 2nd. In the distances Austin Winter had another strong meet and Mikey had a gutsy 800, 1600, 3200 triple.
On the girls side we got tons of great performances. In the shot we had 3 of the top 5 places and all three equalled the regional additional qualifier mark which is something we have never had. Sara Wegener was the big star winning the the shot in 34-7 (which is the state meet additional qualifier mark) and the disc. In the high jump, freshman Courtney Russell competed in her first HJ competition and won it with a jump of 4-10. In the relays the time of 1:52 in the 800 is very good for this time of year as is the 4:18 they ran in the 1600 relay. The 400 relay ran 53.5 but was DQed for passing out of the zone. Considering that the handoff cost time it is reasonable to assume our time would have been better. Even so a time of 53.5 is very good for this time of year. We should be taking four relays to states and should have the potential to score in all of them. The best part is that none of the relays is set as far as personel and we have plenty of options for all of them. In the 3200 meter run Megan Heeder won with a time of 11:59 which betters the state meet additional qualifier time - again great for this early in the season. Some of the other notable performances were Jamie Holtham finishing 2nd in her first open 400 with a time of 64, one place ahead of defending league champion Ashly Pifer of Lakewood and Mary Alice Fata who ran an anchor leg of 61.4 despite being way ahead when she got the baton. Mary Alice also on all 4 relays and ran very well on all of them. Annie Hanis finished high in the 100 and 200 and Adrienne Powell was 4th in the 200 and ran a 63 in the relay and ran on the 800 relay. Catherine Swiderski also had a big day running the 3200 relay, the 1600 and the 3200 where she placed 5th - she and Mikey Castellani on the boys side each logged 3.5 miles of races on the day.
The great part about this meet is that so many people contributed to this effort and when we win the MITCA meet we will need a lot of contributors, not just a few stars - but a whole team !
All of this is great news and says we have a good season ahead for boys and girls.
The goals for the girls team to win regionals, win the MITCA D3 championship and place highly at the state meet are all within reach.
Boys and Girls Lose at Corunna
The boys and girls both lost their league opener to Corunna. The Boys lost by a score of 87-50 and the girls lost 78.5-57.5. Individual event winners were Garrett Swain in the LJ, HJ and HH, Austin Winter in the 800 and 1600, Megan Heeder in the 1600 and Lizzy Balboa in the LJ. In the relays the boys won the 3200 meter relay with a team of Nick Lemmer, Zach Harvey, Lois Savona and Kevin Bergeron and the girls won the 400 relay with a team of Annie Hanis, Mary Alice Fata, Monica Lopez and Lexi Solomon. They were also winners in the 3200 relay with Heeder, Aurilee McCarus, Allie Brown and Catherine Swiderski and the 1600 relay with McCarus, Jamie Holtham, Brown and Lopez.
5/12/09
Cougar MS Mile Championship
Cougar Mile Results
63 runners participated in the first annual Cougar Mile. It was a hot night but the runners in all four races did a great job.
List of all finishers and times :http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=r19c7UvgS1aeSnGT8DwRx3Q
63 runners participated in the first annual Cougar Mile. It was a hot night but the runners in all four races did a great job.
List of all finishers and times :http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=r19c7UvgS1aeSnGT8DwRx3Q
4/18/09
4/1/09
Girls Finish 3rd - Boys 6th at MSU
Full results can be found at http://Playmakers.com
Meet Highlights - The boys finished 6th out of 15 schools. Garrett Swain was the big scorer for the boys team finishing first in the long jump, 2nd in the hurdles, by .01 seconds and tied for first in the high jump. Other top 10 fnishers for the boys were: Zach Zingsheim and Kevin Bergeron in the 800, Austin Winter in the 1600, Jon Lopez in the long jump and Sam Maki in the shot put.
The girls team finished in third out of 16 schools behind division 2 schools Williamston and Yale and ahead of such schools as DeWitt,Corunna, Potterville and Maple Valley which was the winning team in our regional last year. The girls finished only 8.5 points out of 2nd place. Megan Heeder helped lead the way with a 2nd place finish in the 3200 in an excellent time of 12:09 and she came back later to finish 4th in the 1600 in 5:40. The Cougars picked up one first place finish and that was on the night's last race, the 1600 relay. The Cougars watched as the first heat was won by DeWitt in 4:20.86 and then the team of Monica Lopez, Allie Brown, Adrienne Powell and Mary Alice won the 2nd heat in 4:20.55 to claim the overall victory. It should be noted that the time would have easily won the big school meet the night before as well. Other top 10 finishers were: Lexi Solomon in the 60, Adrienne Powell in the 400, Elizabeth Warriner and Catherine Swiderski in the 800, Swiderski in the 3200, Jessica Doody, 2nd in the long jump, Taylor Maylee and Sara Wegener in the shot put.
Meet Highlights - The boys finished 6th out of 15 schools. Garrett Swain was the big scorer for the boys team finishing first in the long jump, 2nd in the hurdles, by .01 seconds and tied for first in the high jump. Other top 10 fnishers for the boys were: Zach Zingsheim and Kevin Bergeron in the 800, Austin Winter in the 1600, Jon Lopez in the long jump and Sam Maki in the shot put.
The girls team finished in third out of 16 schools behind division 2 schools Williamston and Yale and ahead of such schools as DeWitt,Corunna, Potterville and Maple Valley which was the winning team in our regional last year. The girls finished only 8.5 points out of 2nd place. Megan Heeder helped lead the way with a 2nd place finish in the 3200 in an excellent time of 12:09 and she came back later to finish 4th in the 1600 in 5:40. The Cougars picked up one first place finish and that was on the night's last race, the 1600 relay. The Cougars watched as the first heat was won by DeWitt in 4:20.86 and then the team of Monica Lopez, Allie Brown, Adrienne Powell and Mary Alice won the 2nd heat in 4:20.55 to claim the overall victory. It should be noted that the time would have easily won the big school meet the night before as well. Other top 10 finishers were: Lexi Solomon in the 60, Adrienne Powell in the 400, Elizabeth Warriner and Catherine Swiderski in the 800, Swiderski in the 3200, Jessica Doody, 2nd in the long jump, Taylor Maylee and Sara Wegener in the shot put.
1/9/09
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