Sectional Info/District Results

Mercedes and Madison will race this Saturday at the sectional meet for a chance to race on November 8th at the state meet!  Come cheer them on!

Sectional 4 information:

Race @ Jesse James Park

7:25--Leave PHHS

9:00--Varsity Girls Race

District Results

Our District was the fastest in the area last weekend.  Chais, Mercedes, and Madison placed in the top 30, qualifying for the sectional meet.  Grace F (21:46) and Caylin (21:59) both set season personal bests. Each girl ran tough and should feel proud of her accomplishments this season!

Foggy finish line

Districts Information

Districts is here, and it should be an exciting race!  We have worked hard all season and are ready to give it our all on Saturday!  

Meet Information
Districts @ Platte Ridge Park
7:30--Load the bus
9:00--Girls Race (Chais, Grace F., Jill, Madison, Mercedes, Meg, and Tessa)
9:30--Boys Race
10:00--Alternates Race (Caylin, Gi, and Grace R)
10:30 Awards


***The top four teams and the top 30 runners will advance to Sectionals next weekend.

Conference Results!

Conference proved to be a great last meet for so many this season--so many PRs and JV earned second place!  Great job, Team!

Varsity Results
Chais--20:23 PR!!!
Mercedes--20:29
Madison--20:43
Jill--21:02 PR!!!
Meg--22:27
Tessa--22:36
Gi--23:57

JV Results
2nd Place Team!!!
Grace F--22:06 PR!!!
Caylin--22:21 PR!!!
Katie--23:27 PR!!!
Heather--23:35 PR!!!
Mary--23:43 PR!!!
Grace R--23:43
Lilly--23:56 PR!!!
Hannah--24:49 PR!!!
Veda--25:13
Carly--25:15
Tara--25:15 --first 5k!
Annie--25:36
Kat 25:48 PR!!!
Tess 29:17 PR!!!

Medal Winners!

Second Team All Conference

CONFERENCE!!!

It's conference time!  I can't believe it is already here!

Conference Meet Information
Location:  Smithville Lake
7:30: Bus departs PHHS
9:00: JV Girls Race--Grace F., Caylin, Mary, Lilly, Carly, Hannah, Kat, Tara, Veda, Tess, Grace R, Heather, Lauren, Katie, Annie
10:20: Varsity Girls Race:  Chais, Meg, Madison, Tessa, Jillian, Mercedes, Gi

Meet Treats:  Families of Grace F and Tara
Pasta Party:  Wyss and Sweney @ Sweney's home (directions to come)

KC Metro Results

Great racing on Saturday!  So many girls ran their fastest times so far this season!  This weekend, Conference will be the last race of the season for many athletes.  Let's give it our all!

Race Results:

9th/10th Race:

Madison--20:04 *PR! and her first 1st place finish!

Meg--21:27

Tessa--21:48

Grace F.--22:09 *PR!

Caylin--22:27 *PR!

Mary--23:49 *PR!

Lilly--24:23 *PR!

Veda--24:44 *PR!

Carly--24:50

Hannah--25:10 *PR!

Kat 27:09 *PR!

JV Race:

Gianna--22:26

Grace R. 23:17 *PR!

Katie--24:29

Heather 25:22

Annie--26:48

Lauren 34:00

Warming up on a chilly morning

Finishing FIRST!

Meg is all smiles after a great race!

KC Metro Invitational

Thanks to all who came out and supported the team last night at Chipotle--with your help, we raised $800 for the team!

Here is the information for this week's meet:

KC Metro Invitational at the Ray-Pec CC course
9th/10th Race: 8:00
JV Girls: 10:30

Meet Treats:  Jill and Carly--Thanks for your generosity!

Rim Rock Adjustments

Last night, the race director sent an email about adjusted times for the Rim Rock meet in Lawrence this Saturday.  A high of 85 is predicted for Saturday, so the race will be earlier in the day and hopefully cooler.

New Rim Rock Information
7:00--Load busses
10:30 Varsity 5k race--Madison, Chais, Meg, Tessa, Gi, and Grace F

Grandview and Rim Rock

JV and Varsity runners will attend different meets this week.  JV will head to Grandview on Thursday and Varsity will run at Rim Rock on Saturday

Grandview Information

Meet will be held at Swope Park

2:00 Load Bus

3:00 Coaches Meeting

4:00 JV Girls Run--Grace R, Caylin, Mary C, Carly, Katie, Lilly, Heather, Veda, Kat, Lauren, Tess, Hannah

Pasta Party:  Let Coach know if you are interested.

Meet Treats:  Annie and Kat

Thank you for your generosity

Rim Rock Information

Meet will be held at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence

10:15 load bus

1:30 Varsity 5k--Mercedes, Madison, Chais, Jillian, Tess, Gi, and Grace F

Pasta Party: Meg's family

Meet Treats:  Tessa and Mercedes' families

Thank you for supporting the team!

Few things feel better than catching girls at the finish!

Run as a pack!

Mary running like a champ!

Second place team!

Tessa's finishing kick!

Working as a pack to set the pace

A bit of an uphill start!

Showing off our hardware in style!

Platte County Invitational Results

Nice job last night!  Second place as a team with three runners in the top ten for varsity; third as a team for JV with one in the top five!  It can be tricky business racing after school when we are so used to going in the morning, but I think we showed up and ran well as a team! Way to go, Trojans!

Varsity Results--2nd Place

Mercedes 20:22 (3)

Madison 20:39 (6)

Chais 20:54 (8) *PR*

Tessa 22:39 (20)

Gi 22:51 (23)

Meg 23:08 (28)

Jill DNR

JV Results--3rd Place

Grace F 22:52 (4)

Grace R 23:22 (11) *PR*

Caylin 23:30 (14) *PR*

Mary 24:00 (23)

Katie 24:24 (27)

Carly 24:53

Veda 24:53

Heather 24:54

Lilly 24:57

Hannah 25:45

Annie 28:03

Lauren 31:36

Tess 32:01

Kat 32:18

Chantale 39:38

Platte County Information and Ray-Pec Pictures

Platte County Invitational Information

Meet held at Platte Ridge Park

2:00:  Athletes dismissed from class, load buses

3:15: Coaches meeting

4:00--Varsity 5k--Mercedes, Madison, Tessa, Chais, Jillian, Meg, Gi

4:50--JV 5k--Grace R, Grace F, Caylin, Heather, Carly, Katie B, Lilly, Veda, Annie, Mary, Hannah, Kat, Tess, Lauren D, and Chantale

Awards will follow conclusion of all races (last race is at 5:50)

Pasta Party: Jill's family

Meet Treats: The families of Chais and Mary

Thank you for your generosity!

Moments from last Saturday:

Getting focused before the gun

Ready! Set! Go!!!

Mercedes ran a great race!

Jill and Chais working together to pick off competitors--Nice teamwork!

Nice running, Caylin!

Top 25--three Trojans!

Ray-Pec Results

Nice weather and great racing this weekend at the Ray-Pec Invitational!  Congrats to all runners; a special congrats to all who completed a 5k for the first time!   Official meet results here: Ray-Pec Results

Varsity 5K Results

Mercedes 20:01 (11)

Madison 20:31 (17) *PR*

Tessa 21:01 (24)

Chais 21:13 (30) *PR*

Jillian 21:22 (34) *PR*

Meg 22:21 

Grace R. 23:41  *PR*

JV 5K Results

Grace F 22:17 (9)

Caylin 23:53 (33)

Katie B. 24:27 (49)

Lilly 24:28 (50)

Carly 24:45 (61)

Veda 25:13 *PR*

Hannah 25:18 

Annie 25:27 *PR*

Kat 27:28

Lauren 29:32

Tess 30:49

Chantale 36:31

Did not run:  Gi, Mary, Tara

Ray-Pec Invite Information and Liberty Pictures

Ray-Pec Invite Schedule:

All races are a 5k (3.1 miles) this week!

7:15--Load busses
9:15--Coaches Meeting
10:00--Varsity Girls:  Mercedes, Madison, Chais, Tessa, Jill, Meg, Grace R.
11:10--JV Girls:  Grace F., Mary, Heather, Caylin, Lilly, Tara, Carly, Katie B, Annie, Kat, Lauren, Tess S., Chantale, Hannah, Veda
12:30--Awards

Pasta Party:  Tessa's family will be hosting the pasta party
Meet Treats:  Lauren and Chantale's family will be providing meet treats.
Thank you for supporting the team!

Other:  Ray-Pec will be collecting a $1 donation at the gate to help maintain and improve the course.

Pictures from Liberty:

2nd place as a team!  5 in the top 25!  Nice work, girls!

Freshman runners were second as a team; Mary, Caylin, Lilly, and Carly received individual medals!

JV Medal Winners!

Working together to finish strong!

Running as a pack!

Liberty Invitational Results

I am so proud of how we performed this week at the Liberty Invitational.  The results speak for themselves:  a combination of never settling as an individual and competing as a team is what gets results in this sport. 

The Varsity and Freshman teams both placed second in their divisions.  In the varsity group, there were only 34 seconds between the first and fifth team finisher, and all five placed in the top 25--that's impressive team running!

Varsity Race Results (2.2 mile race):
Mercedes 14:25 (12)
Madison 14:30 (13)
Chais 14:56 (21)
Tessa M. 14:58 (22)
Jillian 14:59 (23)
Meg 15:51 (46)
Gi 15:51 (47)

Junior Varsity Race Results (2.2 mile race):
Grace R. 16:17 (7)
Grace F. 16:25 (9)
Heather 17:19 (27)
Tara 17:44 (35)
Katie B. 17:54 (40)
Annie 18:33 (57)
Lauren 20:45 (85)
Tess S. 20:46 (87)

Freshman Race Results (2.2 miles):
Mary 17:17 (12)*
Caylin 17:26 (14)*
Lilly 17:29 (15)
Carly 17:50 (17)
Kat M 19:47 (37)
Chantale 29:40 (43)*

*first time racers

Liberty Invitational Info and Kearney Kick-off Photos

This weekend the team will head to Liberty for the Liberty Invitational. Many schools from our district will be present, so it will be a great opportunity to compete.

Information for Saturday, September 6th
Liberty Invitational at Stocksdale Park
6:15--Arrive at PHHS
6:20--load buses
8:00--Freshman race:  Kat, Lilly, Chantale, Hannah, Carly, Caylin, Mary
9:50--JV Girls race:  Tess S., Grace R, Heather, Annie, Grace F., Tara J., Lauren D., Katie B.
10:45--Varsity Girls race:  Madison, Mercedes, Jillian, Tessa M., Gi, Chais, Meg
11:45--Awards
12:45--approximate arrival back at PHHS

Pasta Party: Thursday at 4:45 at Gi's house. The families of Gi, Mercedes, and Lauren are hosting
Meet Treats:  Lilly (no one else is signed up, so if another family is willing to help, it would be greatly appreciated by a bunch of hungry girls)
Thank you for your generosity!

Here are some pictures from our first meet of 2014:

Yelling the team cheer loud and proud!

Varsity start!

Chais finishing her first CC race!

Jill surging up the hill--eyes to the top!

JV start!

 Grace securing a top 10 finish in her first race! Way to go!

 Kat running her first CC race!

 Tara has great form up the hill--looking to the top, driving her arms!  Nice!

All smiles after the race!

Thank you, Mr. King for the fabulous photos!

Kearney Kickoff Results

Good job to all who ran this weekend!  For veterans and newcomers alike, Saturday was an exciting day!  We have a great team spirit and enthusiasm this year--you could feel it on the course and in the tent all morning!

Varsity Results (5k)
Madison King--21:01(11th)
Mercedes Robinson--21:04 (13th)
Jillian Roepe--21:53 (24th)*
Tessa Mussman--22:28 (33rd)
Chais Wright--22:40 (35th)*
Gianna Tutorino--23:10 (43rd)
Meg Feeley--23:19 (45th)
Grace Russo--24:00 (51st)*

JV Results (apprx 2.1 miles)
Grace Fink--16:50 (10th)*
Tara Jones--18:13 (46th)*
Heather Wojahn--18:40 (53rd)*
Veda Matthews--18:47 (57th)
Carly Saunders--18:48 (58th)*
Annie Chen--19:21 (73rd)
Lilly Muller--20:55 (97th)*
Kat Marshall--21:26 (100th)*

*first time racing on the CC team

 The Liberty Invitational (2.1 mile race) is this Saturday.  Information will be available on this site in the coming days.

---For more detailed results follow this link:  http://mo.milesplit.com/meets/182802-kearney-invitational#.VAUInkhGqxk

Kearney Kickoff this Saturday!

Our first meet is this Saturday, and I couldn't be more excited!  I love the atmosphere of meets, and putting all of our hard work to the test on the course.  The team has logged a lot of summer miles and worked extremely hard these past few weeks.  We are ready--time to see what we can do!

Important information for this Saturday:
Kearney Kickoff at Jesse James Park
5:50--Meet by the coach's office entrance to load the bus
6:00--Bus leaves--runners must ride the bus to the meet
7:30--Varsity Girls Race (5k)
8:30 JV Girls Race (2 mile)

The pasta party for the meet will be hosted by senior, Annie Chen's family on Thursday.
Meet Treats will be provided by Madison King's and Tessa Mussman's families.
Thank you for your generosity!


The season has been going great!  This past weekend, we had a great time serving the running community at the Parkville Days 5k!  Here are some pictures from the event:

 First full team picture of 2014!  What a great group!

Cheering on the runners and making sure they go the correct way!

This adorable puppy didn't stand a chance!

Friday Practice

Practice is after school Friday. Much of the practice will be indoors. Please remember t-shirts forms, excursion forms, and activity fees.

Time Trials

Great job at Time Trials!  No practice tomorrow! Stay tuned for news about Thursday!

Important First Week News

We had a great first day of practice!  It was exciting to see so many new and returning runners.  Here is some important information to know about the start of the season:

• Practice will be from 7-8:30 am Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday--athlete's must have a physical on file to participate in practice 
• On Thursday, practice will be from 6-7:30 am
• August 11th-15th, practice will be from 3:10-4:45 pm
• Parent Meeting:  Monday, August 11th at 6 pm in Park Hill HS Room 543 (Coach Sweeney's room)

First Day of Practice

This first day of practice is Monday, August 4th at 7 am.  Meet at the Park Hill High School Track!

July 21st-26th

Commit to being at the runs this week!  Season starts in two weeks!

Monday: English Landing Park at 7am.  Run 4-6 miles

Tuesday:  Park Hill track at 7:15 am  Run 3-5 miles

Wednesday:  Park Hill Track at 7am. Run 4-6 miles

Thursday: North Heartland Community Church at 7:30 pm. Run 4 miles

Friday:  Park Hill track at 7:15 am Run 5-10 miles

Saturday:  Park Hill track at 8 am Run 4-5 miles

Weekly Mileage Totals:
*Experienced/Varsity Runners:  27-36 miles; New/Casual Runners: 18-25 miles.

July 14th-19th

Monday: English Landing Park at 7am.  Run 4-6 miles

Tuesday:  Park Hill track at 7:15 am  Run 3-4 miles

Wednesday:  Park Hill Track at 7am. Run 4-6 miles

Thursday: North Heartland Community Church at 7:30 pm. Run 4 miles

Friday:  Park Hill track at 7:15 am Run 5-10 miles (long run will be a day earlier this week)

Saturday:  Park Hill track at 8 am Run 4-5 miles

Weekly Mileage Totals:
*Experienced/Varsity Runners:  27-35 miles; New/Casual Runners: 18-24 miles.

July 7th-12th

JULY IS HERE!  The season starts in less than a month!  Make sure you are ready to go on August 4th by challenging yourself to go further and run more often this month.  Your teammates are counting on you to do the work!

Monday: English Landing Park at 7am.  *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  4-6 miles; New Runners: 4 miles. 

Tuesday:  Park Hill track at 7:15 am *Runners: 3-4 miles

Wednesday:  Park Hill Track at 7am (check in with Coach Sweeney).  *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  4-6 miles; New Runners: 3-4 miles. 

Thursday: North Heartland Community Church at 7:30 pm (check in with Jill R. and Coach Davis). Runners: 4 miles

Friday:  Park Hill track at 7:15 am *Runners:  3-4 miles

Saturday:  North Heartland Community Church at 8 am (check in with an upper classman and Coach Davis) *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  7 miles; New Runners: 4-5 miles.

Weekly Mileage Totals:
*Experienced/Varsity Runners:  25-32 miles; New/Casual Runners: 16-22 miles.

June 30th-July 5th

Here is a look at this week's run schedule:

MSHSAA "Dead" Week

Monday: English Landing Park at 7am.  *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  4-6 miles; New Runners: 4 miles. 

Tuesday:  Park Hill track at 7:15 am *Runners: 3-4 miles

Wednesday:  Park Hill Track at 7am.  *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  4-6 miles; New Runners: 3-4 miles. 

Thursday: North Heartland Community Church at 7:15 am. Runners: 4 miles

Friday:  Park Hill track at 7:15 am *Runners:  3-4 miles

Saturday:  Park Hill track (in the back parking lot) at 8 am *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  7-9 miles; New Runners: 4-5 miles.

Weekly Mileage Totals:
*Experienced/Varsity Runners:  25-32 miles; New/Casual Runners: 16-22 miles. 

IMPORTANT:  Coach Wyss still needs June mileage numbers from a few people.  Send it in ASAP!

June 23-28

Here is a look at this week's run schedule:

Monday:  Meet at English Landing Park from 7-8:30 am for strengthening exercises and a group run.  *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  5-6 miles; New/Casual Runners: 2-4 miles. 

Tuesday (optional):  Meet at the Park Hill track at 7:15 *Runners: 3-4 miles

Wednesday:  Meet at the Park Hill Track from 7-8:30 am for strengthening exercises and a group run. (optional:  weight room; finish at 9am) *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  5-6 miles; New/Casual Runners: 3-4 miles. 

Thursday:  Meet at North Heartland Community Church from 7:30-8:30 pm for a 3-4 mile group run

Friday (optional):  Meet at the Park Hill track at 7:15 *Runners:  2-4 miles

Saturday:  Meet at the Park Hill track (in the back parking lot) at 7 am *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  7-8 miles; New/Casual Runners: 3-4 miles.

***Saturday, June 28th is the start of the MSHSAA "Dead Week" that runs from June 28-July 6th.  During this time runs will be lead by upperclassmen runners.***

Weekly Mileage Totals:
*Experienced/Varsity Runners:  26-29 miles; New/Casual Runners: 14-22 miles. 

IMPORTANT:  Coach Wyss needs you mileage so far this summer by Wednesday this week.  This information should show daily and weekly miles.  You can email the information to wyssk@parkhill.k12.mo.us, text it, or bring a hard copy to a run.   

Saturday, June 21

We will run tomorrow at 8 am at E.H Riverfront Park (near Argosy Casino).  We will meet in the far back lot for a run up to 7 miles.  See you there!

June 16-22

As the temperature climbs, it is important to stay hydrated.  Drink water throughout the day and bring a water bottle to every run.

Here is a look at this week's run schedule:

Monday:  Meet at English Landing Park from 7-8:30 am for strengthening exercises and a group run.  *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  4-5 miles; New/Casual Runners: 2-3 miles. 

Tuesday (optional):  Meet at the Park Hill track at 7:15 *Runners: up to 3 miles

Wednesday:  Meet at the Park Hill Track from 7-8:30 am for strengthening exercises and a group run. (optional:  weight room; finish at 9am) *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  4-5 miles; New/Casual Runners: 3-4 miles. 

Thursday:  Meet at North Heartland Community Church from 7:30-8:30 pm for a 3 mile group run

Friday (optional):  Meet at the Park Hill track at 7:15 *Runners: up to 3 miles

Saturday:  Meet at E.H. Young Riverfront Park (in the back parking lot) from 8-9:30 am *Experienced/Varsity Runners:  6-7 miles; New/Casual Runners: 3-4 miles.

Weekly Mileage Totals:
*Experienced/Varsity Runners:  21-26 miles; New/Casual Runners: 12-20 miles. 

Saturday Run--June 14th

We will meet tomorrow for a run at 7 AM at English Landing Park.  Please note that this start time is earlier than the time on the original calendar that was sent home this spring.  We will finish by 8 AM.  There will not be any yoga this Saturday.

Thursday Run--June 12th

It looks like the rain will clear out, and we will have perfect weather for a run this evening!

Meet at North Heartland Community Church (4800 NW 88th St Kansas City, MO 64154) at 7:30--we will finish up by 8:30.  See you there!

Let's Run

I am excitedly waiting the start of group runs!  I hope to see everyone there this week!

Here is a schedule for the week of June 9th-15th:

Monday: FIRST GROUP RUN!  7am--English Landing Park
Tuesday: on your own (ask a friend you met on Monday to join)
Wednesday:  7 am--Park Hill High School (meet by the track)
Thursday: 7:30 pm--North Heartland Community Church
Friday:  on your own/with friends 
Saturday: 7 am--English Landing Park ***note the time is earlier than stated on the calendar

Summer is Almost Here!

Summer is almost here and that means it's time to start conditioning for cross country season Coach Sweeney and I are excited to meet new runners, greet returning runners, and start training!

Remember:  You need to have a physical on file to attend summer runs!  You may turn in your form to the office at PHHS or bring it to a run and give it to a coach.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on June 9th!