STATE MEET

ACADEMIC ALL-STATE - Heeder, Frost, Girls Team, Zingsheim, Hicks, Winter

BOYS - STATE RUNNERS-UP
The boys team capped off the best season in school history by finishing 2nd in the D3State Finals. The boys finished with 192 points only behind Grandville Calvin Christian (107 points). Shepherd was 3rd with 212 points, Frankenmuth 4th and Lumen Christi rounded out the top-five. The boys were led by Jimmy Hicks who earned All-State honors by finishing 27th in 16:27. Zach Zingsheim was 33rd (16:38), Austin Winter was 38th (16:43), Joe Marrah was 39th (16:45), Nick Sampson was 152 running a 35 second PR of 17:45. Spencer Lebel was 172 in 18:00 and Nate Warriner was 198 in 18:15. The previous highest finish by a boys team at LCHS was 4th place.

GIRLS - 11TH PLACE
The girls team finished with the third highest state meet finish in school history by coming in 11th place. Megan Heeder led the way wth a third place finish and again lowered her school record to 18:11. Joining Megan as a all-stater was Emma Frost who finished in 16th place and lowered her own sophomore record to 19:00. Making her performance even better was the fact she fell at the 800 mark and finished scraped and bloodied. Emma was the top sophomore finisher and the sixth non-senior. The Cougars third runner was Lena Minniti (127th) who ran a personal best time of 20:41. Catherine Swiderski was the fourth finisher in 139th with a time of 20:51 and Adrienne Powell was fifth finisher with a time of 21:25, Allie Brown was next at 21:48 and Hunter Puma was 7th runner in 22:46.

On To States AGAIN !

The boys and girls teams both qualified for the State Finals at regionals and continued a legacy that gets more impressive each year. The boys captured the school's second boys Regional Championship ever and the girls finished third to send both teams on to the State Finals.

REGIONAL CHAMPS !
The boys team continued their great season by capturing the second regional championship in school history. They finished in first with 51 points ahead of second-place Perry with 60 and third-place Whitmore Lake with 84. Austin Winter, Zach Zingsheim and Jimmy Hicks led an impressive Cougar attack finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th. Joe Marrah just missed the medal stand finishing in 17th, the freshmen duo of Spencer Lebel and Nick Sampson came home in 23rd and 24th and Mitchell Lebel was 42nd.

STATES 10 out of 12 Years
The eighth ranked girls team finished in third place with 87 points behind Stockbridge (54) and Leslie (71) who both went into the meet ranked in the top-ten in the state. For the second staight year Megan Heeder won the regional championship. Her time of 18:43 was 57 seconds better than the 2nd place runner. Joining Megan on the awards stand was Emma Frost who finished in fourth place. Catherine Swiderski was third runner in 22nd place. Adrienne Powell running her first race in over three weeks finished 29th, Lena Minniti came home in 31st, Allie Brown in 33rd and Hunter Puma 49th. This marked the 5th straight year and 10th time in 12 years that the girls team has qualified for the state finals.

LCHS IS ELITE


*LCHS is one of just three schools in D3 that has had both their boys’ and girls’ teams qualify for five straight years (Benzie and Lumen Christi are the others).
*Only two teams in D3 (Benzie and Lumen Christi) equal our boys’ streak of seven straight State qualifying years.
*LCHS now has the longest active streak in the Lansing area for boys, surpassing Williamston, formerly the area’s dominant team.
*Only six D3 schools equal our girls’ streak of five straight State qualifying years.
*Only three D3 schools match our girls’ record of 10 qualifying years out of the past 12 (Lumen Christi, Benzie, Hillsdale). (In the two years our girls not qualify for States they finished 4th at Regionals).

CAAC White Runners-Up

Both the boys and girls team ended the season in second place in the CAAC White division. The boys team after winning the first jamboree finished second behind Perry in the next two jamborees and ended up in 2nd in the conference for an incredible sixth straight year. The girls team after finishing third behind Williamston and Perry in the first jamboree came in second in the next two league meets to clinch the second spot for the second straight year.

Megan Heeder won all three jamborees and was of course first overall in the league, Emma Frost joined her as an all-conference honoree and Catherine Swiderski was honorable mention. For the boys team Jimmy Hicks, Zach Zingsheim, Austin Winter and Joe Marrah were all named all-conference and Spencer Lebel earned honorable mention.

The girls team showed it's incredible depth by having 10 different girls run in the varsity seven in the three meets

HEEDER WINS GREATER LANSING

Megan Heeder ran 18:37 to win the 2010 Greater Lansing Championship. Her winning time was the 8th fastest winning time in the 22 year history of the event. She became the second Cougar to win the prestigous event. Rachal Kirvan won in 2010.

JIMMY HICKS 4TH PLACE - #7 ALL-TIME
Jimmy Hicks ran an amazing race to finish 4th place at Greater Lansing. His time of 16:18 moved him to # 7 on the Cougars All-Time list and put him just 8 seconds away from the junior record. Jimmy's 4th place was the second highest place of all-time for LCHS and the best since Eric Gelino won the inaugural event in 1988.

Frost and Zingsheim Medal

Zach Zingsheim finished 16th place and Emma Frost finished 28th. Both earned medals. LCHS has had 15 girls finish in the top 30 at least once in the their career and the boys have had 14 runners earn top-30 honors.

LCHS Greater Lansing Top 30 Finishers
Place BOYS Time Year
1 Eric Gelino 15:38 1989
4 Jimmy Hicks 16:18 2010
5 Ian McDowell 16:30 2006
6 Ian McDowell 16:11 2005
6 David Todd 16:31 2006
8 Matt Guilfoyle 16:16 1990
8 Leo Rodgers 16:31 1992
11 Bryan Bauman 16:25 1996
11 David Todd 16:17 2005
14 Bryan Bauman 16:25 1995
16 Mike Sachau 16:52 2001
16 Zach Zingsheim 16:39 2010
17 Brandon Zingsheim 16:39 2000
18 Leo Rodgers 16:34 1991
22 Matt Guilfoyle 16:52 1989
25 Matt Soule 17:02 1999
26 Kevin Bergeron 17:22 2006
30 Dan Weiss 16:50 1990

GIRLS
1 Megan Heeder 18:37 2010
1 Rachel Kirvan 19:03 1999
2 Rachel Kirvan 18:44 2000
5 Katie Chenoweth 19:08 2000
6 Megan Heeder 18:51 2009
7 Katie Rodgers 20:04 1993
10 Amanda Strouse 19:50 2002
12 Rachel Kirvan 19:40 1998
16 Lynne Gratz 19:46 1998
16 Lauren Gratz 19:56 1995
16 Katie Rodgers 20:26 1991
17 Suzanne Poprawa 20:00 2000
20 Liz Watson 20:28 2006
20 Rachel Kirvan 19:43 1997
22 Amanda Strouse 20:39 2001
25 Amanda Kirvan 20:14 1995
27 Caitlin Dillon 20:43 1992
28 Emma Frost 20:05 2010
29 Emily Naber 20:04 2005
29 Suzanne Poprawa 20:55 2001
29 Anne Kelterborn 20:47 1991
30 Siobhan Kent 20:43 1994

MIDDLE SCHOOL DOMINATES GREATER LANSING

the Middle School teams dominated the Greater Lansing Championship meet. The 7th/8th Grade boys team won the meet by an incredible 63 points over runner-up Okemos. The girls 7th/8th grade team finished 3rd just behind Bath and East Lansing. The 6th grade boys team won their race as well.

Keenan Rebera followed up his runner-up finish as a 7th grader by winning the meet this year despite missing much of the season with an injury. Just behind Keenan was Teddy Jurkovic who finished 2nd and Teddy Terzian came home in fifth to give the Cougars three of the top five. In the 6th grade race Caitlin Rebera won not only beating all the girls but all the boys. The top three runners for the girls 7/8 team were Sydney Theis, Amy Hicks and Josephine Brown.

The boys win was the second in the last four years for the Cougars.

EMMA FROST 3rd ALL-TIME and SOPH RECORD

RUNS to 3rd On ALL-TIME LIST
Emma Frost ran 19:05 to finish 7th overall at the Cougar/Falcon Invitational. Her time bested the Rachel's Kirvan's sophomore record of 19:42. Her time also vaulted to 3rd all-time at LCHS behind only Megan Heeder and Rachel Kirvan.

BOYS WIN JAMBOREE # 1

The boys team became the first team, boys or girls from Lansing Catholic to win a CAAC jamboree. The boys finished 7 points better than 2nd place Perry. The second of three league jamborees will be October 5th at Perry with the final jamboree being October 23rd at Lakewood.

the girls team finished in 3rd place losing to 2nd place Perry on tiebreaker. Williamston won the meet.

Megan Heeder won the girls race and Austin Winter finished 2nd in the boys race.

NEW SCHOOL RECORD

Congratulations to Megan Heeder for breaking the school record in Cross Country !S
Megan broke the record on Wednesday at Ovid with a time of 18:36, she then broke her own record on Saturday at Bath with a time of 18:28.

The previous record was set by Rachel Kirvan in 2000.

Emma Frost Joins Sub-20 Club
Emma Frost became just the 10th runner in school history to run under 20 minutes. Her time of 19:53 at Bath places her 9th on the all-time school list. It is also the 3rd fastest time ever run by a sophomore behind 19:42 by Rachel Kirvan and 19:44 by Megan Heeder.

LCHS All-Decade Teams

For the 10 years from 2000 - 2009

Girls

Rachel Kirvan - All-State, 3rd place in 2000, 4-time MVP , member of 2000 State Runners-Up
Megan Heeder - All-State , 2nd place in 2009, 2-time MVP
Katie Chenoweth -All-State, 9th place in 2000, member of 2000 team
Suzanne Poprawa - All-State, MVP 2001, member of 2000 team, 5th fastest all-time.
Liz Watson - MVP, 6th fastest all-time.
Amanda Strouse - MVP, member of 2000 team, 8th fastest all-time, missed senior year with injury.
Ellen Chenoweth - MVP, member of 2000 team, school record for most all-time races run.

Boys

Ian McDowell - 2-time MVP, All-State, 2nd fastest all-time
David Todd - All-State, MVP, 5th fastest all-time
Zach Harvey - MVP, 9th fastest all-time
Brandon Zingsheim - MVP, 12th fastest all-time
Robert Schneider- 13th fastest all-time
Mike Sachau - 10th fastest all-time in only XC season
Kevin Bergeron - MVP, 4 year varsity letterwinner, 14th fastes all-time

2012XC SCHEDULE

Date Meet Location
8/21/12 Cougar 2 Mile Invite Grand Woods
8/25/12 Michigan Catholic St. Francis Retreat
9/5/12 Marauder Invite Ovid
9/8/12 Bath Invitational Bath
9/14/12 Spartan Invitational MSU
9/18/12 CAAC Jamboree # 1 Corunna
9/22/12 Cougar/Falcon Invite Grand Rapids
9/29/12 Carson City Invitational Carson City
10/2/12 CAAC Jamboree # 2 Williamston
10/11/12 Frosh/JV East Lansing
10/13/12Greater Lansing Grand Ledge
10/20/12CAAC Jamboree # 3 Stockbridge
10/27/12 Regionals - Carson City
10/31/12 Last Chance Invt-Stockbridge
11/312State Meet -MIS

Dream Team and All-Area

Lansing State Journal 2010 Track and Field Dream Team
Megan - Heeder - 3200 meter run

Lansing State Journal 2010 Track and Field All-Area
Boys
3200 meter relay - Zingsheim, Hicks, Winter, Savona
1600 meter relay - Zingsheim, Macksood, Rybinin, Savona
400 meter relay - Swain, Lopez, Macksood, Lee
800 meter run - Zingsheim
Coach - Coach Simpson

Girls
400 meter relay - Hanis, Lopez, Doody, Holtham
800 meter relay - Sailar, Lopez, Minniti, Holtham
1600 meter relay - Lopez, McCarus, Minniti, Holtham
1600 meter run - Heeder, Frost (HM)
Shot put - Wegener
Discus - Wegener
Coach - Coach Simpson

GREAT FINISH TO AWESOME SEASON

The 2010 track season ended with a spectacular two weeks for both the boys and girls teams. Both teams had excellent results in the biggest meets of the season.
Regionals began on Friday and didn't end until Monday but it turned out to be a meet to remember for much more than the two-day delay. The girls repeated as Regional Champs and remarkably scored in every event and won by a convincing margin again. Regional Champions for the girls team were Sara Wegener in the discus and the shot put (breaking her own school record with a throw of 36-1.75), Megan Heeder in the 1600 and 3200 and the 400 relay team of Annie Hanis, Jessica Doody, Monica Lopez and Jamie Holtham. Other state meet qualifiers were Emma Frost in the 1600 and 3200, the 3200 meter relay team, the 1600 meter relay team and the 800 meter relay.
The boys team also had a spectatular meet with the Zach Zingsheim winning the 800 meters and the 1600 meter relay winning a thrilling race. The 400 meter relay team finished second to qualify for States but in the process set a new school record. Also qualifying for States was Louis Savona who was third in the 800 and the 3200 meter relay team.
League Meet
Just 41 hours after the regional meet ended the Cougars were back in action in the CAAC White league meet. Depite the short turnaround the Cougars came out ready and had a great meet for both teams. The girls backed up their 4-1 dual meet record by finishing second and locking up a league runner-up finish for the second straight year While the boys who came into the meet in fourth place surprised the teams above them by finishing second in the meet (for the 2nd time in three years) and finishing in third place overall. League champions for the girls were the 3200 meter relay team of Catherine Swiderski, Annie Fata, Allie Brown and Megan Heeder, and Megan again in the 3200 and 1600 meter runs. League Champions for the boys were Zach Zingsheim in the 800, the 400 meter relay team of Jon Lopez, Jack Swain, Matt Macksood and Cedric Lee and the 1600 meter team of Zach Zingsheim, Greg Rybinin, Matt Macksood and Louis Savona.
MITCA
Just 3 days after the league meet the girls team competed in the MITCA team state meet against the top teams in Division 3. The girls finished in 8th place in the 14 team field and had many solid efforts. the highlight of the meet was Megan Heeder who ran three great races in the 85 degree heat. She started her day with a season best 2:28 in the 3200 meter relay then ran another PR of 5:12 in the 1600 and capped it off with a dominating performance in the 3200 meter run where she set the MITCA meet record of 11:07 while easily beating a field of very good runners which included two-time XC State Champion Devan John of Allendale.
Honor Roll
The stretch of big meets continued with the Lansing Area Honor Roll meet. The Cougars performed very well in the area all-star meet. The girls 3200 meter relay lowered their season best to 10:07 and finished on the medal stand with a thrid place finish. Megan Heeder who anchored the relay finished in second place in the 1600, Sara Wegener in 4th place in the shot put, Emma Frost in 5th place in the 3200 in a PR of 11:46 and the girls 1600 meter relay was 5th in a season best 4:12. The boys 3200 meter relay team was 4th and the 1600 meter relay was 7th in a season best 3:29.
State Meet
The season ended at the State Meet with the Cougars performing very well once again with four relays earning All-State honors as well as two individuals. Megan Heeder led the way by earning All-State recognition in two events finishing second in the 3200 meter run and third in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:10. In the 1600 meter run freshman, Emma Frost also earned All-State by finishing in 8th. Emma also just missed a second top eight finish by coming in 10th in the 3200 meter run.
The top relay effort of the day came from the boys 400 meter team which won their heat and finished fourth overalll and lowered their own school record to 44.08. The boys 3200 meter team ran a spectacular race finishing in 6th but with an excellent time of 8:05. the boys 1600 realy team ran a season best of 3:28 and finished 8th and the girls 1600 relay team finished in the money as well with a time of 4:12 for eigth place.
Summary
A track season can become grueling at times with a lot of meets in a short period of time but in the end that kind of schedule paid off when the big meets came and both the boys and girls teams had strong meets in all the most important meets. Some teams "save themselves" and rest while the Cougars pride themselves on never backing down from tough competition and never taking the easy way out. When it is time to perform the Cougars are ready for all the big meets not just some of them. Toughness developed throughout the season is a big reason why.
The boys team went from a team that won no dual meets in 2009 and finished 6th in the league meet and had only two senior varsity athletes returing to a the second best team in the league. Jack Swain was second in the league in the long jump as a freshman, Cedric Lee was one of the conferences best sprinters as a sophomore, the 3200 meter and 1600 meter relays finished as all-staters with no seniors and only two juniors. The two returning seniors had great seasons. Jon Lopez was great on relays and ended up 3rd in the league in the 300 hurdles and Pat Gauthier was league runner-up in the pole vault. The future is very bright for this talented group.
The girls team continued to dominate everyone but Williamston in the league and everyone in the region. School records were set by Sara Wegener in the shot put, Hannah Sailar in the pole vault and Megan Heeder in the 3200 meter run. The seniors on this year's squad all had great seasons and played major roles in the teams success over the past four years. Annie Hanis, Jessica Doody, Lizzy Balboa, Sara Wegener and Megan Whybra all will be missed a lot. They can all go in the school in the years to come and see their names on two regional championship trophies.




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2010 Track Schedule

3/15 First day of practice
3/31 MSU True Team Indoor Invite
4/17 Lakewood Invite
4/20 Lakewood
4/24 Wyoming Park Relays
4/27 Corunna
4/30 MSU Invite
5/4 Portland
5/7 Pewamo-Westphalia Invite
5/11 Williamston
5/18 Perry
5/21 Regionals @ Laingsburg
5/24 St. Johns JV
5/26 CAAC @ Lakewood
5/29 MITCA @ Kent City
6/2 Honor Roll
6/5 State Meet

2010 Middle School Track Schedule

April 23 Fri. 4:30 @ Jackson Catholic vs. Jackson NW
April 28 Wed. 4:30 @ Fowlerville
May 5 Wed. 4:30 @ Holt Middle School vs. Ionia
May 7 Fri. St. Johns Invitational - time (TBA)
May 10 Mon. 4:30 @ Portland vs. Central Montcalm
May 12 Wed. 4:30 @ Okemos Middle School
May 19 Wed. 4:30 @ Williamston vs. Portland
May 20 Thurs. 5:30 COUGAR MILE CHAMPIONSHIP
(Lansing Catholic High School)
May 27 Thur. Pewamo-Westphalia
June 3 Thurs. JR HONOR ROLL TRACK AND FIELD MEET
time (TBA) (Okemos High School)