Green Bay Press Gazette All-Area Team selections

Congrats to Megan and Miranda for being selected for the All-Area team. Your hard work has been recognized.

Molly winning the Footlocker National championships

Congrats to Molly Seidel and the Midwest team for winning the national championships in San Diego.  Shows the strong runners do come from the Midwest.

Quick thoughts before State

As State draws closer, I am just remembering some of the interesting things.  Megan face planting at Rosholt, having practice in the rain for a week straight, Andrew singing on the bus on our way home from Iola and then voice cracking.  Watching Whit and Marissa crying at Sectionals then thinking to myself, "We made it to state, why are they crying?"  Every season is unique.

Letter

Rebel Cross Country

October 25, 2011

 Parents of Rebel Cross Country Runners:

I would like to thank you and your athletes for another very successful season. Before the close of the season, there are a few things we would like to do yet.

First of all, on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., we will be having a potluck banquet for the runners. This will be a very informal event to celebrate the close of our season and the ladies trip to state. We ask that you attend and bring a dish to pass.

Second, we will be having two separate pep assemblies for the Lady Rebels to wish them good luck at state. One will be in Laona at about. 8:15 a.m. Friday morning and the other will be in Wabeno at 9:15 a.m. Friday. You are more than welcome to attend these assemblies.

And finally, if you wish to attend the race we have reserved rooms for the girls at the Ramada in Stevens Point just like last year.  You can reserve your rooms at the following address:

Ramada

1501 North point Dr., Stevens Point, WI

(715) 341-1340

Race time on Saturday is 11:00 am at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids

Hotels and Potluck

Runners are staying at the Ramada Inn in Point.  Coach Twardowski has a letter to hand out to runners with all information.  I have a copy to send out today.  Potluck is Wed. at 7pm

State information

Yes, we are going again.  Here are the latest things:
1.  11am Saturday at the Ridges directions are on the WIAA website
2.  99.9% sure Hotel rooms are at the same place.  I still need to confirm to be a 100%
3.  Pep assembly at Laona 8:10am then down to Wabeno at 9am
4.  Good times had by all 100%
5.  Coach Sorenson leaving with everyone is 50/50 depended upon Forest County courts and I will find out on Wed. at 5pm.

Sectional map

I tried and it doesn't work

Sectionals

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

 

Important Items, Dates & Times to Remember

·      10/21/11      Iola-Scandinavia Cross Country Sectional Run

·      2:30 p.m.            Course opens for warm-ups

·      3:15 p.m.            Coaches meeting at the chalet

·      4:00 p.m.            Girls’ race

·      4:45 p.m.            Boys’ race

·      5:30 p.m.            Awards ceremony behind chalet near the balcony

Note: If you have runners carrying an inhaler, don’t forget to give me a physician’s statement.

 

Sectional Tournament Information

·      Detailed information regarding rules and regulations for cross country can be found on the School Center on the WIAA Web Site or in the WIAA Fall Season Regulations handbook.  Also, detailed information regarding cross country state tournament information can be found on the School Center.

 

Conference Meet and upcoming Sectionals

What an awesome day for a Conference meet.  I want to once again say thank you to all the volunteers, the Bartel's family  and McCaslin Brook Golf Course for help making the Conference meet a success.  Also for the parents and juniors for the flowers for parents and our three seniors Whitney, Marissa and Nick.

Good job for the team yesterday.  Megan once again as our Conference champion and the girls retaking the  Team title.  Miranda, Marissa, Whitney and Amanda for making all conference.  Jake Kroll running hard for earning his first  all-conference on the guys side.  Lets not over look the Jr. high with Austin crushing the competition and Mason coming in second.  Abbey taking 3rd on the girls side.  Once again good job.

Now we have two weeks to prepare for Iola.  We have been here before so we know the course.  This is the course we had our first state qualifer so we have some history at Iola.  Lets train smart and hard this week in preparation for a solid result.  When I say smart it is also about healing,  some of you like the Shin Splint sisters.

Conference meet info

2011 Northern Lakes Conference Meet

The NLC meet will be hosted by the Laona-Wabeno cross country team.  The conference meet will be run at the McCauslin Brook Golf and Country Club. 

4:00 pm Jr. High

4:30 pm Boys

5:00pm  Girls

Meet scoring will be done by place cards so coaches you are responsible for collecting the place cards, writing the athletes name and place, and promptly turning the cards in for scoring.    Please e-mail  rosters  by Wednesday October 5^th to:  christinejanczewski@laona.k12.wi.us. 

Course:  The course follows through woods on varied terrain in the roughs of the golf course.  Runners will have good footing and spikes are allowed.  This is a spectator friendly course.  Boys will run 5K and girls 4K.

Directions: If you are coming from the south:

Take Hwy 32 into Lakewood, Wisc., once past Flynn's Amoco/BP and Lakewood Motor Sports turn RIGHT on St. Mary's Road, then turn RIGHT on County Road F, stay on F for a little over a mile, then TURN RIGHT on Logging Camp Road, you will then TURN RIGHT and Logging Camp Road will merge into Club House Lane.

If you are coming from the north:

Take Hwy 32 into Lakewood and TURN LEFT onto County Road F, stay on F for a about a mile and a half, then TURN RIGHT on Logging Camp Road, you will then TURN RIGHT and Logging Camp Road will merge into Club House Lane.

Awards:  Top 7 individuals boys and girls will receive medals as well as NLC All-Conference recognition and trophy for top boys and girls team. 

Teams:  Laona-Wabeno, Three Lakes,  Crandon, Florence, and Goodman-Pembine

For more information:

Christine Janczewski (AD) or Richard Sorenson (Cross Country coach) 674-2143

Fee:  $60  payable to Laona School District

There will be concessions with  Gatorade, water and baked goods 

Rain, Sweat, and Blood

We have had a good couple of weeks of racing.  Rain and lousy weather makes us appreciate the good weather we can have at races, but also it really shows the grit and soul of the team.

At Rosholt, it is the first time we had four runners on the podium, and at Crandon we almost had the hat trick of a perfect score.  The Florence runner is a friend of the team so it is alright. On the guys side we had Jake who medaled.  How about our Jr. High champions of Austin and Abbey both destroying the competition.  The most important thing is we came out healthy on a pretty rough course.   Now we have to prepare for our Conference meet Monday.

Pictures from Rosholt

Weather

Just remember there is no such thing as bad weather just bad clothing. Depending on who you are dress appropriately for practice and meets. Weather is not too promising. Although we do have some sunshine right now.  Our new jackets will protect us from the weather.

Rosholt course map

map of merrill course

Merrill information

The Merrill Blue Jay CC Invitational will be run at the Merrill Area Rec Complex (MARC) adjacent to Council Grounds State Park on Sat., Oct 1.  This site has been host to WIAA Sectionals often in the last 10 years.

9:00 Varsity and JV Girls

9:30 Varsity and JV Boys

10:15 Awards

(If there are a small number of schools, the JV will be combined with the varsity)

Meet scoring done by Performancetiming.com– log onto www.performancetiming.com  to submit your entries.  We have attached info pertaining to the process.  Please have entries submitted by September 30.

Boys 5k, Girls 4k (7 runners Varsity, unlimited JV)

Course:

It offers a variety of terrain and scenery, is fairly wind-proofed and footing is excellent.  The course travels on gravel & mowed paths, through woods, small rolling hills and flat grassy plains.

Awards:

Top 10 Individuals (JV and Varsity)

Top 2 teams for varsity

(If there are enough schools, additional team awards will be added and races run in divisions)

Teams:  Adams-Friendship, Antigo, Chequamegon, Laona-Wabeno, Merrill, Mosinee, Owen-Withee, Rhinelander, Westfield

Rosholt information

Three Lakes

Pretty exciting race at Three Lakes. We tied for second with Rhinelander and their sixth runner broke the tie. It shows what Coach Twardowski and I always say it takes all of us as a team to win as a team and to pick off as many runners as possible. That is what makes cross country a great sport. We have a week off to help heal the wounded and be ready for Rosholt. I will have times up later in the day.  It was good to see Gary and Olivia Zimmer at the race. They were cheering hard for the Running Rebels.

Racing against the best

If you want to know how good of competition we will see at any given meet, invite, Sectionals or State.  Read Running Times Magazine and you will notice a Wisconsin native running for Oregon.  A very elite school for any runner.

Pictures

If anyone has pictures could you post them on the facebook or send them via e-mail.  Much appreciated.  I have not been able to do it because of the nature of the last two races makes it impossible to take pictures and coach.

Smiley Invitational

I have to say I am very proud of our runners on Saturday.  Everyone improved on their times from last year and we continue to improve throughout each race.  It is what I heard after the races that really impressed me.  Megan saying she was hurting so bad but she couldn't let that one girl go, Amanda and Alanna just running through their shin splints to make sure our team stays near the top, Marissa getting stepped on with her calf in spasms.  For the general public, they don't understand that cross country takes a special person who is committed to the sport.  I believe Wetmore says it best in the book Running with the Buffaloes, "Distant runners are experts in pain, discomfort and fear....That's the nature of their game.  Taking pain."  The teams that beat us are ranked 6th and 8th in the state.

Three Lakes meet Information

Smiley directions

SMILEY CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL RACE

Hosted by Wausau East High School

Directions to Wausau American Legion Golf Course: 

If you are coming from anywhere north, south and West of Wausau, you want to get on I 39/Hwy 51 and exit on Bridge St.

·      Take Bridge St. east across the Wisconsin River, turn left (north) at the third stoplight (6^th St.)

·      Stay on 6^th St. for approx. 1.5 miles, (you will see a boat landing and picnic area on your left along the river) just past this as the street curves to the right, is Horseshoe Springs Rd. on your right.  Exit 6^th St. onto Horseshoe Springs Rd.   This will bring you right to the course

If you are coming from the North and East of Wausau and not on Hwy 29 or I39/51, you likely will come into Wausau on Hwy 52.

·      As you come into Wausau on Hwy 52, stay on it until it comes to stoplight at 6^th St., turn right on 6^th St.

·      Stay on 6^th St. for approx. 1.5 miles, (you will see a boat landing and picnic area on your left along the river) just past this as the street curves to the right, is Horseshoe Springs Rd. on your right.  Exit 6^th St. onto Horseshoe Springs Rd.   This will bring you right to the course

Note:  If you miss Horseshoe Springs Rd., you will see Mino's Italian restaurant at the next intersection of 6^th St. & Golf Club Rd  - turn right (east) at Mino's.   Go one block and turn right again - you are at the Legion Golf Course and race course.

Smiley information

WAUSAU EAST HIGH SCHOOL

55^th  Annual Bill Smiley Invitational Cross Country

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Northern Wisconsin’s oldest invitational cross country meet will again be held at the Wausau American Legion Golf Course.  This meet continues to provide the best competition for the greatest number of runners.  We are happy to host your school and runners, and wish the best to everyone.

RACE TIMES:                        8:30         BOYS          Div II & III                  JUNIOR VARSITY

                                    9:00         BOYS                  Div II & III                  VARSITY

                                    9:25         GIRLS         Div II & III                  VARSITY

                                    9:55          GIRLS         Div I, II & III         JUNIOR VARSITY

                                    10:25         GIRLS         Div I                           VARSITY

                                    10:55         BOYS                  Div I                           VARSITY

                                    11:20         BOYS                  Div I                           JUNIOR VARSITY

COURSE:            The American Legion Golf Course, one block east of North 6th Street (hwy. W) on Golf Club Rd.                                      The Boys will run a 5000 meter course, the Girls will run 4000 meters.

            NOTE:  Coaches pick up your runner’s chips at finish line upon arrival & return all chips to timing table in the bag that you received when you picked them up.

ENTRIES:            Your timeliness in submitting your entries is essential.  MUST use website listed here.

------ Opens Noon Sept. 8^th, & CLOSES at Noon Sept. 15th  ------

No Exceptions to this entry time frame!!!

Extra chips will not be available – not entered, will not get a chip.

Please enter ONLY runners you know will be competing.  DO NOT just enter your entire roster.

LOG On To:  Website at:  www.pttiming.com               

Any problems, call 800-766-4167, ext. 800

ENTRY FEES:            $160. for both boys & girls teams (V & JV)    $80. one boys or girls team (V & JV),                                                                Payable to:  Wausau East HS, PLEASE send prior to the meet.  Thank you.

FACILITIES:            No dressing facilities at the meet site.  If you need a dressing facility, please contact

                                     Coach Olson to arrange for you to use locker rooms at East High School. 

Please be advised there is NO WATER available on the course.  PLEASE BRING WATER

AWARDS:                        Trophies for the TEAM Champion and Runner-up in all 4 Varsity divisions. (8)

                                    Trophies for the JV TEAM Champion in Divisions I Large & Small combined.  (2)

                                    Trophies for the JV TEAM Champion in Divisions II & III combined.  (2)

                                    Medals for the top 20 individuals places in all 4 Varsity divisions.   (160)

                                    Medals for the top 20 individuals places in JV Divisions I Lg & Small combined.  (40)

                                    Medals for the top 20 individuals places in JV Divisions II & III combined.  (40)

                                    Medals for the top 8 individuals on the top 2 teams in all 4 Varsity Divisions (64)

PRESENTING AWARDS & RESULTS:

                                    Awards for Division II & III schools will begin at approximately 10:30.

                                    Awards for Division I schools at approximately 11:45

REMINDERS:            ****STAY OFF THE GREENS AND TEES!!!

                           ****PARTICIPANTS MUST KEEP THEIR SHIRTS ON AT ALL TIME – COURSE RULE!   

***PLEASE, ABSOLUTELY NO COOL DOWNS ON THE COURSE!!!

The American Legion has gone out of their way to host this great meet.  Please be

respectful of the facilities and golfers. Help us to preserve it for future runners and

spectators.   Thank you.

55^th Annual SMILEY CC Shirts - available at the meet.

Long Sleeve shirts - $15.00 and Short Sleeve 

Information for DC Everest

D.C. EVEREST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

6500 Alderson Street

Schofield, WI  54476

Evergreen Invitational Cross Country Meet

Nine Mile Forest, Wausau

TO:            Cross Country Coaches and Athletic Directors

FROM:            Lee Ann Kitchell,  Athletic Director

            Greg Peterson - Girls Head Coach, Brad Seeley - Boys Head Coach

DATE:             September 13, 2011

Time Schedule:

                                    4:15 p.m.  Junior High Boys

                                    4:25 p.m.  Junior High Girls

                                    4:45 p.m.  Junior Varsity Girls

                                    5:15 p.m.  Junior Varsity Boys

                                    5:45 p.m.  Varsity Girls

                                    6:15 p.m.  Varsity Boys

Awards Ceremony For High School Teams Following the Conclusion of the Boys Race

Race Distance: 

                                    High School Female:                        5000M

                                    High School Male:                        5000M

                                    Junior High:                                    3200M

Participating Teams:

Division 1                                                Division 2

D.C. Everest                                                Laona/Wabeno

Stevens Point                                                Crandon

Hortonville                                                Clintonville

Superior                                                            Rosholt (Boys Only)

Marshfield                                                Wittenberg-Birnamwood

Wisconsin Rapids                                   

Menasha

Rhinelander

Junior High Teams

D.C. Everest

Horace Mann

Tomahawk

Wittenberg-Birnamwood

Merrill

John Muir

Mosinee

Medford

Marshfield

Marshfield Columbus

Stevens Point

ARRIVAL:                       

Coaches, please pick up team packets in the chalet. Changes can be made to entries at that time.  Have athletes inform their parents to pull into the parking lot at 9-Mile.  This will help minimize the parking issues on the gravel road leading into the park. 

TEAM AWARDS                       

• Trophy to 1^st Place Team and 2^nd Place for Large and Small School Divisions
• Medals to Runners from Winning Male and Female Teams (1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd)
• Plaques to 1^st Place Team for Junior High Girls and Junior High Boys Teams

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:

            Boys Varsity - Medals (1-20)

            Girls Varsity - Medals (1-20)

            Boys JV –1--5 medals

            Girls JV - 1--5 medals

            Boys J.H. - Ribbons - (1-20)

            Girls J.H. - Ribbons - (1-20)

ENTRIES:

Please email entries using the attached roster form to Lee Ann Kitchell by Friday, September  9^th.  Email Address:  lkitchell@dce.k12.wi.us.  Changes can be made prior to the start at the meet on the 13^th. 

Junior high runners may be in 6^th, 7^th, or 8^th grade.  In the high school races, all teams will run together and the divisions will be scored after the race.

ENTRY FEE:

$100.00 for the Varsity and Junior Varsity and $40.00 for Junior High.  Send checks to D.C. Everest High School Attn: Lee Ann Kitchell, Athletic Director.

CONCESSIONS:  A concession stand run by the D.C. Everest Athletic Club will be on site. 

MEET T-SHIRTS:

Meet T-Shirts will be sold for $10.00

SPASH bus times

As of right now we are leaving at 6am.  I will bring the bagpipes music.  I will verify on Friday. 

Pictures

If anyone wants to add pics please e-mail, burn a CD or download them.  Don't always get the pictures as a I coach.

Pictures from the Iola Race

Iola Race

Back from the Iola Invite. Girls took 3rd overall just behind two second division teams which are ranked in the state. Once again EVERYONE beat their times from last year. The Tarlton twins medal with 3rd and9th places. Good job Running Rebels

Results for Rhinelander and Iola

You can go to tandhtiming.com for Rhinelander and pttiming.com for Iola.  Results were not bad.  We are the 1st small school and almost beat Rhinelander again.  More importantly, EVERYONE improved on their times from last year.  Some by a few seconds other like Amanda by about a minute and half and the most improved was Andrew by over two minutes.  Brea, Jake and Nick  had a good first races. 

Rhinelander meet

Some things to remember for te Rhinelander meet: bring your jersey, black shorts, shoes and water. First meet of the season so lets be focused on this. Make sure we do the following things: walk the course as a team, my seniors and juniors get the younger runners stretched out and warmed up properly as well as cooled down after the race. Remain loose and have fun.
Rhinelander is also the race most of you will do some school shopping. Happens every year. YOU MUST HAVE A NOTE. It must be written by your parents/guardian and leaving with them. IT CAN NOT BE A FRIEND OR YOUNGER BROTHERS OR SISTERS. I don't want this to become a habit. I want runners coming back with us on the bus. Wabeno runners: your rules are different so you will need to ask Mr. Twardowski about what you need to do.
Finally don't forget your money for t-shirts and/or warmups

Practice and Bus time for Rhinelander

Thursday practices will be at school.  Bus leaves on Saturday at 7:30am.  Good practices at Ed's Lake, and good seeing the Wabeno runners in the afternoon.  I think we will have to have some more combined practices during the school year since we are a bit smaller and can travel a bit easier.  See you this afternoon and to the ones in the morning I hope you had a good workout.

Pricing for jacket and pants

The cost for Under Armour Jacket and Pants will be the following:

Jacket:  $71
Pants:  $ 65

That includes the set up costs and shipping and handling.

Rhinelander meet

Bus will be leaving at 7:30 am from Wabeno.  The meet is at Rhinelander HS.

Practice week of Aug 22-26

Tuesday afternoon practice will start at Coach Sorenson's home

Wednesday:   both practices will be at Ed's Lake at normal times

T-shirts

This year the t-shirts are going to be tie-dye with green and purple to represent the schools.  The back has an inspirational quote as well as a new design on the front.  Looks pretty cool.  Once again friends and family can also purchaseon eas well.  The price is $17. 

Sectionals

SECTIONAL #3 - IOLA-SCANDINAVIA 

Amherst, Bonduel, Florence, Gillett, Goodman, Green Lake, Iola-Scandinavia, Laona/Wabeno, Lena/Saint 

Thomas Aquinas Academy, Marion, Menominee Indian, Oconto, Oshkosh Lourdes, Princeton, Rosholt, Saint 

Mary Central, Valley Christian. 

Letter

Rebel Cross Country team,

I hope you are enjoying your summer.  In several weeks we will be starting practice so I am sending a reminder about a few things.  Number one, RUNNNNNN!!!  I ran the Nicolet Plastics run in Lakewood and saw Jake down there. Everyone missed a great race day. I also did the 10K Hodag run and took 2^nd place in my age group.  My next race is Armstrong Creek on July 24^th  and I hope to see some of you there.  If you have not been running at all work on endurance and put one speed workout a week.  Remember you should be able to run at least 40 minutes nonstop before practice begins.  Do this gradually over the next of couple of weeks.  I expect my varsity runners in shape on the 1^st day of practice.

Second reminder, don’t forget about your physicals or alt. year cards.  This must be done before you can practice.  Ask your athletic directors which one you need.

Third reminder, Practice will start at 5pm  Monday Aug. 15^th at Laona High School.

This reminder is only for Wabeno athletes.  You have a mandatory meeting with your athletic director August 1st 7pm in the auditorium.  You and your parents must attend in order to participate in athletics. 

Finally, ACT’s exams are coming up in the fall the weekend of SPASH and Sectionals.  If you plan to one of these, please choose the SPASH date so we don’t have any problems on which one to choose.

Equipment athletes will need.  1. shoes(duh), go to a good store like East Bay or Scheels.  If you are really serious and have money you will need a pair of cross country spikes and a pair of training shoes.  Look on the internet for Eastbay for deals.  If you only want one pair of shoes, buy a light pair of trail shoes like Teva, Salomon, Saucony or Brooks are great shoe companies.  Choose what works for you.  2.  Black pair of shorts for the meets. Nothing below the knees and without writing.  3.  Water bottles, our practices get long and we run in the heat and you will need to stay hydrated.  We have had issues with drinking out of the same bottles and getting sick so each person will have to bring their own bottles for practices and meets.  We will have coolers.

If you have questions call me at school.  I am usually here from 8-10 am.  You can call me at home, good luck at reaching me.  You can also go on the Rebel  Blog  which has all the information.  Looking forward to seeing everyone in several weeks. 

Why run cross country?

1. Going to State is there anything else
2. Good way to outrun a bear
3. Get cool T-shirts with awesome sayings
4. Improves your tan
5. Souper run is August 7^th (Yes do it!!!)at Silver Lake Beach
6. Coach runs at 6:30am(yes in the morning)
7. Eat more and not feel guilty
8. See your teammates 
9. Run against national caliber athletes:  Chris Solinsky American record holder in the 10K, Molly Seidel , and Allie Woodward who is running for Oregon Univ.
10. Your coach (or God) told you to run

Mr. Sorenson and Mr. Twardowski            

Rebel Cross country on Facebook

I thought this might be a good idea to communicate.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laona-Wabeno-Cross-Country/232210630127064?ref=hnav

If you want to add me as a friend I have two Facebook accounts.  One is for family and one for cross country.  The one for cross country is the pic of me in my orange shirt at the 3-Lakes meet.  Have fun this summer and do some running.

Tracking mileage

There are sites that track mileage, map out routes, and keep pace.  Runnersworld.com has  a training page.

dailymile.com is cool because it will connect to Facebook and is simple to use.

Racing in the summer

Yes I do expect my runners to do some races in this summer.  I also realize that gas is expensive, but there are races in the local area.  


Crandon :  Run for Paws July 11th 8am in front of the Courthouse.


Pembine:  Saturday August 6th


Lakewood:  Nicolet Plastics 4 mile race on June 4th  register online:  www.nicoletplastics.com


Rhinelander:  10K Hodag Run June 25th register online at Active.com


Laona:  5K Souper Run Aug 7th


Florence:  Keyes Peak Trail 50 K and Marathon:  Now you have to be in shape to do this.  Register on line:  greatlakesendurance.com


Armstrong Creek:  Polish days Run will be Sunday July 24th.  I will find out more and post it.


There are other runs in the area just to have do a bit of searching, plus wisport has a trail running series with one race in Iola.  I am doing the 1st two myself so I expect to see runners at some of the events.