I hope you all enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday and the long weekend. Don't forget to train - multiple days off is not a good idea at this point in the indoor season.
Today's D&C had the first winter sports results involving a Webster Distance Runner, and they came in... wrestling. Schroeder picked up wins over McQuaid and East Rochester, with our own Eric "the Eel" Kraweic recording two pins in less time that it takes most of the team to run an 800 at interval pace:
140: Eric Kraweic (W) p. Joe Rausch (M) 1:35
140: Eric Kraweic (W) p. Carl Allen (ER) 1:18
Congratulations Eric!
I'm looking forward to seeing Indoor Track results, as well as Swimming, XC Skiing and perhaps even Alpine (even though those three teams appeared at Thomas for WABO night).
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Webster Turkey Trot
Sorry I missed the weekend posting, but I was a bit busy and mostly without an internet connection. I drove up to Boston to visit a former Webster XC runner! And that meant I also got to do the Blue Hills Traverse, a rugged 13.2km orienteering race, which ended up taking over 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Anyway, I wanted to provide information about the Webster Turkey Trot, a wonderful Webster tradition. It's listed as a 4.4 mile race, but may be just a little short ;-). It was started by former Webster XC coach, Jim May, and is now conducted by a former Webster star runner, Dave Boutillier.
I highly recommend that all Webster runners participate in this race! It's a great way to start your Thanksgiving Day!
Anyway, I wanted to provide information about the Webster Turkey Trot, a wonderful Webster tradition. It's listed as a 4.4 mile race, but may be just a little short ;-). It was started by former Webster XC coach, Jim May, and is now conducted by a former Webster star runner, Dave Boutillier.
I highly recommend that all Webster runners participate in this race! It's a great way to start your Thanksgiving Day!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Banquet
Well, we had our year-end banquet last night, and went well past the two hours scheduled (we did get started a bit late), so my remarks were brief (probably not brief enough for some). I hope I made it clear that we will really miss each and every Senior that is leaving. At the same time, there is great reason for optimism about our team's future. I think next year will be an exciting time for Webster Schroeder Cross Country.
Coach Klehr did a nice job with the Varsity and JV awards. There was a unique message for each team member, and I hope everyone was able to look back at their accomplishments with pride. Those of you that stayed healthy all year showed dramatic improvement from last year, and most of the injuries were the result of "trying too hard", which is a great change from the types of injuries we've seen the last two years.
Congratulations to all of you, including: the Rookies of the Year, Ethan and Anneleise; the Most Improved Runners, Johnny (Afro Thunder) and Khristyna; and the MVPs, Kenny and Alaina.
Thank you all for your commitment to the program and each other. I hope that most of you have learned from me at least of fraction of what I have learned from you. It will make us all better athletes, and people, in the future.
Coach Klehr did a nice job with the Varsity and JV awards. There was a unique message for each team member, and I hope everyone was able to look back at their accomplishments with pride. Those of you that stayed healthy all year showed dramatic improvement from last year, and most of the injuries were the result of "trying too hard", which is a great change from the types of injuries we've seen the last two years.
Congratulations to all of you, including: the Rookies of the Year, Ethan and Anneleise; the Most Improved Runners, Johnny (Afro Thunder) and Khristyna; and the MVPs, Kenny and Alaina.
Thank you all for your commitment to the program and each other. I hope that most of you have learned from me at least of fraction of what I have learned from you. It will make us all better athletes, and people, in the future.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Federation Meet Results
The New York State Federation meet was held yesterday, in the traditional location of Bowdoin Park in Wappinger Falls, NY. The location used to move around each year. I think that ended about the time that it had to be shortened or canceled when it was scheduled to be run in the Syracuse area.
Results from this year's meet are available at Leone timing.
The East Aurora girls ran quite well, to finish 5th (first non-Section 2 team!). The East Aurora boys also out-performed expectations and finished 8th.
Section V was well-represented in the Boys race, by HF-L (4th, led by two juniors), Mendon (11th) and Brockport (14th). As individuals, Redfield was only 23rd (4th among Section V), Brimstein was 52nd and Dunham was 85th.
On the Girls side, Canadaigua 9th and 8th-graders finished 17th and 42nd to lead them to 10th, with just one senior in their top seven. They were the only local team. A junior from Class D, Amanda Moreland of Bloomfield, was the top local finisher, placing 9th. Elizabeth Schinski, another junior from a small school (Geneseo) was 20th, and Brianna Deming (51st) split two Mendon girls (Atkins, 45th and Tuite, 58th).
Soon, our season could last this long.
Results from this year's meet are available at Leone timing.
The East Aurora girls ran quite well, to finish 5th (first non-Section 2 team!). The East Aurora boys also out-performed expectations and finished 8th.
Section V was well-represented in the Boys race, by HF-L (4th, led by two juniors), Mendon (11th) and Brockport (14th). As individuals, Redfield was only 23rd (4th among Section V), Brimstein was 52nd and Dunham was 85th.
On the Girls side, Canadaigua 9th and 8th-graders finished 17th and 42nd to lead them to 10th, with just one senior in their top seven. They were the only local team. A junior from Class D, Amanda Moreland of Bloomfield, was the top local finisher, placing 9th. Elizabeth Schinski, another junior from a small school (Geneseo) was 20th, and Brianna Deming (51st) split two Mendon girls (Atkins, 45th and Tuite, 58th).
Soon, our season could last this long.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
States and Banquet
I neglected to link to the full state meet results in the last post, so let me take care of that first. Here are links to tullyrunners for the Boys and Girls results.
I also forgot to send out some congratulations to our Thomas friends. Alex managed a respectable 32nd place in the AA Boys race. Brianna had a nicer race, finishing 26th, improving from 37th a year ago, but was just a few seconds slower than the second Mendon girl (and 35 seconds behind Tuite). It'll be interesting to hear what happened to young Jared, as he DNF'd. At least he has a couple more tries available.
Our banquet is scheduled for next Tuesday, November 18th. I'm a little behind on preparing a booklet. I hope the captains are working on their responsibilities!
I also forgot to send out some congratulations to our Thomas friends. Alex managed a respectable 32nd place in the AA Boys race. Brianna had a nicer race, finishing 26th, improving from 37th a year ago, but was just a few seconds slower than the second Mendon girl (and 35 seconds behind Tuite). It'll be interesting to hear what happened to young Jared, as he DNF'd. At least he has a couple more tries available.
Our banquet is scheduled for next Tuesday, November 18th. I'm a little behind on preparing a booklet. I hope the captains are working on their responsibilities!
Monday, November 10, 2008
New Update Schedule
Now that our XC season is over, I am not attempting daily updates. I'm going to try to move to a regular schedule of two postings a week: one on Wednesday and one on the weekend.
I'll make an effort to cover the exploits of our team, whether they've moved on to indoor track, xc skiing, swimming, or wrestling (does that cover everyone?).
Today, I just want to say congratulations to the East Aurora Girls Cross Country team, as they picked up their 4th straight state championship. And to the EA boys, who grabbed 3rd behind a couple of very strong teams. Also, to Addison's Carey Crooker, who must have had a very fine race, as she finished 15th in the Girls D race. Finally, to the Brockport boys, who finished 4th in the AA race, and the Mendon boys and girls, who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in Class A.
I'll make an effort to cover the exploits of our team, whether they've moved on to indoor track, xc skiing, swimming, or wrestling (does that cover everyone?).
Today, I just want to say congratulations to the East Aurora Girls Cross Country team, as they picked up their 4th straight state championship. And to the EA boys, who grabbed 3rd behind a couple of very strong teams. Also, to Addison's Carey Crooker, who must have had a very fine race, as she finished 15th in the Girls D race. Finally, to the Brockport boys, who finished 4th in the AA race, and the Mendon boys and girls, who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in Class A.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunken Meadows State Park
So, the state meet is back at Sunken Meadows State Park. I was at an XC State Meet there for the first time back in 1968, when a coach I know led his Lowville team to the state title. I did not return in 1974 or 1992, but I did go back in 2002 when my alma mater, East Aurora, led by Dan Field's (my step-brother), 4th place finish, competed at the state meet after a 7-year hiatus (although individuals went every year). In addition, my brother's team from Addison grabbed 2nd place, led by future Olympian(?) Bryan Morseman.
Some state meet history is available from the NYS Sportswriters' Web site. There I learned two interesting (to me) facts about the 1968 state meet:
1) the late, great Charlie McMullen won the Class B title that year, 8 seconds ahead of Lowville's top runner, Leon Brown, who finished 5th.
2) Donny Sauer, host of the awesome Mud Run in Boston, NY, finished 5th in the Class C race.
I wish I could head down there this weekend. The East Aurora girls have a shot at winning. I could cheer for the EA boys to knock off HF-L. Addison's Carey Crooker will be in the girls D race. And I'd also be interested in watching the Thomas kids that made it (Brimmer, Jared and Brianna), the Brockport boys (good luck, Audra), and Mendon.
And, speaking of the state meet, don't forget to swing by tullyrunners.com to see his state meet predictions.
Some state meet history is available from the NYS Sportswriters' Web site. There I learned two interesting (to me) facts about the 1968 state meet:
1) the late, great Charlie McMullen won the Class B title that year, 8 seconds ahead of Lowville's top runner, Leon Brown, who finished 5th.
2) Donny Sauer, host of the awesome Mud Run in Boston, NY, finished 5th in the Class C race.
I wish I could head down there this weekend. The East Aurora girls have a shot at winning. I could cheer for the EA boys to knock off HF-L. Addison's Carey Crooker will be in the girls D race. And I'd also be interested in watching the Thomas kids that made it (Brimmer, Jared and Brianna), the Brockport boys (good luck, Audra), and Mendon.
And, speaking of the state meet, don't forget to swing by tullyrunners.com to see his state meet predictions.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sectional Results
The complete results are available from the Section V XC web site, here. I assume this link will eventually break, since it does not have a well-chosen name.
Our girls wound up 10th in Class AA, unable to catch up to Churchville-Chili. In the merged results, of the 90 schools with girls in Section V, 55 fielded complete teams at Sectionals, and we placed 44th. Since our six fastest girls from Saturday are returning, things should certainly improve next year.
Our boys placed as well as they possibly could have, both in Class AA, where we finished 5th, behind the big 4, and in the merged results, where we finished an outstanding 12th place - a huge improvement over 24th last year (and much, much lower than in 2006). Looking ahead to next year, Rush-Henrietta appears to be a lock for the state meet: they have the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th fastest returning runners, but there is no telling what a real summer of running can do for our team next year.
How were the actual results, compared to the predictions? The computer did a nice job overall - only missing 100% accurate placement by Fairport boys' underperformance.
Boys (school, prediction, actual):
Brockport 54 57 (Coon rebounded from Counties to secure the win)
Thomas 57 60 (Mattiucci was injured at Counties and unable to compete)
Rush Henrietta 67 69 (unable to match County performance)
Penfield 72 91 (4th runner was out, costing at least 15 points)
Schroeder 166 146 (Wade and Chris stepped up)
Fairport 167 180 (missing #2 and several others outside of top 5)
Hilton 175 149 (these young guys ran great)
Spencerport 207 161 (Cyril made states, and had a little support, for a change)
Gates Chili 267 249
Wilson 280 337 (#s 2 & 3 were no-shows, and they only had 3 sub-20 runners)
Churchville Chili 319 301
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Girls (school, prediction, actual):
Rush Henrietta 51 42 (incredible run by 4th girl made it an easy win)
Hilton 63 59 (Ritchie saved a few points to get by Fairport)
Fairport 63 65 (2 teammates outkicked a third for the final state meet spot)
Penfield 110 93 (big run by #5 girl)
Thomas 114 110 (missing 4 and 5, but a frosh stepped up)
Spencerport 133 119 (had a reasonable 5th runner)
Gates Chili 160 204 (Farmer had a poor run, as did #s 2 & 3)
Brockport 232 228
Churchville Chili 263 252 (outperformed expectations to fend off Schroeder)
Schroeder 286 277 (2 runners recovering from illness partially offset excellent team run)
Our girls wound up 10th in Class AA, unable to catch up to Churchville-Chili. In the merged results, of the 90 schools with girls in Section V, 55 fielded complete teams at Sectionals, and we placed 44th. Since our six fastest girls from Saturday are returning, things should certainly improve next year.
Our boys placed as well as they possibly could have, both in Class AA, where we finished 5th, behind the big 4, and in the merged results, where we finished an outstanding 12th place - a huge improvement over 24th last year (and much, much lower than in 2006). Looking ahead to next year, Rush-Henrietta appears to be a lock for the state meet: they have the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th fastest returning runners, but there is no telling what a real summer of running can do for our team next year.
How were the actual results, compared to the predictions? The computer did a nice job overall - only missing 100% accurate placement by Fairport boys' underperformance.
Boys (school, prediction, actual):
Brockport 54 57 (Coon rebounded from Counties to secure the win)
Thomas 57 60 (Mattiucci was injured at Counties and unable to compete)
Rush Henrietta 67 69 (unable to match County performance)
Penfield 72 91 (4th runner was out, costing at least 15 points)
Schroeder 166 146 (Wade and Chris stepped up)
Fairport 167 180 (missing #2 and several others outside of top 5)
Hilton 175 149 (these young guys ran great)
Spencerport 207 161 (Cyril made states, and had a little support, for a change)
Gates Chili 267 249
Wilson 280 337 (#s 2 & 3 were no-shows, and they only had 3 sub-20 runners)
Churchville Chili 319 301
Edison inc inc
Girls (school, prediction, actual):
Rush Henrietta 51 42 (incredible run by 4th girl made it an easy win)
Hilton 63 59 (Ritchie saved a few points to get by Fairport)
Fairport 63 65 (2 teammates outkicked a third for the final state meet spot)
Penfield 110 93 (big run by #5 girl)
Thomas 114 110 (missing 4 and 5, but a frosh stepped up)
Spencerport 133 119 (had a reasonable 5th runner)
Gates Chili 160 204 (Farmer had a poor run, as did #s 2 & 3)
Brockport 232 228
Churchville Chili 263 252 (outperformed expectations to fend off Schroeder)
Schroeder 286 277 (2 runners recovering from illness partially offset excellent team run)
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