10/17/10

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.