Grandview Invitational Results and KC Metro Meet Information

What a great meet on Thursday!  It has been really impressive to watch the team push limits these past few weeks.  There were a lot of breakthrough performances on Thursday, and the results show it!  Let's keep the momentum going the next few weeks as JV wraps up their season and Varsity runners prepare to compete for a spot at the state meet!

Grandview PRs:  
Jillian R 20:22 (3rd place)
Grace F 21:35 (8th place)
Carly S. 23:19 (JV Champ and a 90 second Pr--WOW!)
Karli P. 25:17
Taylor H. 26:47

KC Metro Invitational Information:

Location:  Ray-Pec Cross Country Course

6:30  Bus Departs

7:30 Coaches Meeting

9:30 Varsity Girls 

10:30 JV Girls

12:00 Awards

1:30 Approximate arrival at PHHS

Pasta Party:  The family of Jill and Hannah

Meet Treats:  Hannah's family 

Carly, determined to get the win.  She ran a great race!

Jill giving it everything she's got--no one passes a Trojan at the finish line!

Taylor, giving it her all to finish strong!

Meg had a great race!  She thanks Hilary Swank for the inspiration this week :) 

All smiles after earning second place!

Karli and Hannah work together.  Karli kept her focus the whole race!

Get to that finish line!

Winning is always fun!

Way to go, Lilly!

Team!

Blue Springs Results and Grandview Information

Saturday was a great day!  Kudos to all who competed. The team was challenged to get the most out of themselves this week and be mentally tough throughout the race.  As a team, we were unwavering on a tough course!  While we still have work to do, this week was a breakthrough for many. Let's keep the momentum going this week!

Gutsy finishes were a team strength this week!

Grace F with a photo finish and a PR!

Lilly started strong and pushed herself the whole race

With smiles like that at the start, you know its going to be a good race

Karli: adding to the list of girls challenging themselves this week!

Grandview Invitational Information:
Location: Swope Park (near the Starlight Theatre)
1 pm--students excused from class, bus departs shortly after
3 pm--coaches meeting
4 pm--Junior Varsity race
5 pm--Varsity Race
6 pm--Awards

Meet Treats:  Natalie (and all the leftovers--we have quite the back stock!)
Pasta Party: Lilly ON TUESDAY

Ray-Pec Invite Results and Blue Springs Invitational Information

It was a beautiful day for a race on Saturday!  Let's hope this weather trend continues, and we have a lot more nice Saturdays this season.  All the official Ray-Pec Results can be found here:  http://www.raypec.k12.mo.us/index.aspx?NID=315

This week, we will head to a meet that we have not attended since I began coaching.  I've heard the course is challenging, yet beautiful, offering lots of opportunities to gutsy runners!

Blue Springs Invitational Information
Meet Location:  Shelter 14 off Beach Road @ Lake Jacomo 
6:45 Bus Departs
8:00 Coaches Meeting
9:10 JV/C Girls
10:20 Varsity Girls
11:30 Awards
12:30 Approximate Arrival @ PHHS

Meet Treats: Emily H and Carly S
Pasta Party: Veda and Karli P
Thanks so much for supporting the team

Circle up!

JV Pack!

World's Best XC Manager

Caylin keeps working hard week after week!

Liberty Invitational Results and Ray-Pec Invitational Information

IGreat job by all in some hot conditions on Saturday!  Racing and training in the heat is tough, but everyone fought through on a hilly course.  The nice thing about cross country season is that as the temperatures get cooler and our times get faster, we become grateful for all that early training and racing in the heat.  Next weekend is already looking more pleasant!




Here is a link to the full results from last weekend's race:  http://www.morgansports.net/results/Liberty2015.php

As a team, Varsity runners took home fourth place with Chais, Jill, and Grace F all placing in the top 20.  Runners and coaches are extremely proud of Chais for taking the first place finish--never an easy task!

Next Saturday we race at the Ray-Pec Invitational.  All runners will run a 5k on a very spectator-friendly course. 

Ray-Pec Invitational
Location:  Panther Cross Country Course at Ray-Pec High School
7:15--Bus Departs
9:00--Coaches Meeting
10:00--Varsity Girl's Race: Jillian, Grace F, Grace R, Meg, Madison, Caylin, Tessa
11:10--JV Girl's Race:  Carly, Karli, Kayla, Veda, Hannah, Evan, Heather, Clarissa, Emily, Lauren, Gia, Natalie, Aubrey, Taylor, Juliet, Kat, Lilly
12:30--Awards
1:30--Approximate arrival at PHHS  

Pasta Party:  We are still looking for a host for this week's dinner.  If you are interested, please contact Coach Wyss
Meet Treats: Thank you to the families of Kayla and Tessa for providing Ray-Pec treats

Liberty Invitational Information

Thank you to all who helped out with the car wash this weekend.  We exceeded our goal, raising just over $1200!  Woo Hoo!

Way to go, team!

Liberty Invitational Information -- Stocksdale Park

6:15:  Bus departs (be early to load up supplies)

8:00 C Team Race-- Clarissa, Emily, Lauren, Gia, Natalie, Aubrey, Kayla, Taylor, Juliet

8:55 JV Race--Hannah, Lilly, Caylin, Carly S, Evan, Veda, Karli P, Heather

9:50 Varsity Race--Jillian, Grace R, Madison, Meg, Tessa, Grace F, Chais W

Meet Treats: Madison K and Lilly M 

Pasta Party:  Clarissa and Emily

We are ready for a meet!  We've been training hard for a month now, and ready to race! I can't wait to see our debut!

***Parents and fans have been asked to park at Schumacher Elementary and take the provided shuttle to the course.