STATE MEET RESULTS

5th Grade Girls

4 - Jolie Faust - 14:38.0

11 - Rachel Scherer - 15:46.40

14 - Lucy Wiedmar - 16:05.10

32 - Kayla McKinney - 17:55.80

38 - Abbey Fitzsimmons - 18:18.27

5th Grade Boys

2 - Mason Beard - 13:05.68

11 - Dylan Yates - 13:38.54

THE STATE CHAMPION 4TH & UNDER HUSKY GIRLS!!!!!!!

14 - Sophie Lossin - 9:06.85

20 - Ainsley Cooper - 9:19.20

27 - Claire Lobb - 9:28.30

30 - Caroline McLellon - 9:29.75

36 - Bella Purdy - 9:33.59

39 - Grace Bradstock - 9:35.38

133 - Vaughn Downing - 10:49.85

1ST PLACE - HARMONY - 89

2nd - Pulaski County - 105

3rd - Dunn Elementary - 110

4th - Kenwood Station - 111

5th - Southwestern - 209

THE 5TH PLACE 4TH & UNDER HUSKY BOYS!!!!!!!

36 - Logan Beard - 8:40.28

43 - Wyatt Smith - 8:46.30

69 - Jack Smith - 9:04.87

70 - William Hare - 9:05.62

94 - Ty Sandman - 9:12.65

138 - Carson Mulligan - 9:45.99

166 - Jacob Sarno - 10:07.40

1 - Dunn Elementary - 171

2 - Locust Grove - 178

3 - Stopher - 182

4 - Kenwood Station - 183

5 - Harmony - 232

4th and Under Girls Open Race

10 - Taylor Taasaas - 10:12.14

19 - Bailey Smith - 10:36.04

25 - Gracelyn Jack - 10:58.20

60 - Audrey Koch - 12:39.95

63 - Anna Beno - 12:55.59

67 - Avery Bisig - 13:14.19

4th and Under Boys Open Race

9 - Aiden Sarno - 9:30.60

13 - Will Lobb - 9:44.70

21 - Adam Hope - 10:00.40

23 - Ethan Sarno - 10:02.40

25 - Christian Sander - 10:12.86

28 - Alex Hope - 10:15.34

55 - Hayden Roberts - 11:35.11

60 - Hayden Bailey - 11:42.71

POST SEASON RUNNING

All,
Just wanted to let everyone know that there are opportunities to let the kids continue to run after the school CC season is over. Two of the local running clubs that have sent me info are the Liberty Running Club, coached by the NOMS coach Mark Levdahl, and the Kentucky Stampede, coached by Leigh Lynch and Jeff Webb. Below are the info they sent to me. Let me know if you have questions about either.
LIBERTY RUNNING CLUB
Coaches:
I plan on having the Liberty Running Club going again for post season racing. The post season is much shorter than in past years though. We will race on 11/14 at the AAU district meet (probably at Tom Sawyer but it will be in the Lousiville area) and then the CCCYNC National Championship meet at Masterson Station on 11/20.
For those of you not familar with post season racing: we no longer race as a school team but gather other kids from the local area and compete as a club team in age groups. There are at least three other clubs in the Lousiville area that will do the same, Derby City, West Side and Kentucky Stampede and I hold nothing against anyone who wants to compete for any of those teams, they are all good. I will give you contact info for each if you wish. Derby City will go to AAU Nationals while I suspect the other two will join us in Lexington. I can even get you in contact with the team from Northern KY if your kids want to go to USATF Nationals.
There are three "National Championships" that will occur during November and December, AAU, USATF and CCCYNC. AAU Nationals are in Orlando, USATF Nationals are in Alabama and CCCYNC are in Lexington, KY this year. I chose CCCYNC because it is the closest. All three offer top flight competition and are roughly the same size.
We will practice roughly three days a week for those remaining three weeks, more details to follow.
Anyone, regardless of ability, is welcome to join us, but the level of competition is another step tougher when we go to Nationals. If your runners are still pumped about Cross Country, don't mind running with faster kids and finishing further back at races then they are welcome to join us.
I already have commitments from runners at several schools.
This is open to runners from 6 years old through 18, although our team will be primarily 8-14 year olds.
Please pass this along to your families.
Thanks
Mark Levdahl

KENTUCKY STAMPEDE
HI AARON,
HERE IS NATIONAL INFO. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO YOUR RUNNERS.
KENTUCKY STAMPEDE WILL ONCE AGAIN TAKE RUNNERS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS TO NATIONALS THIS YEAR. THE DATE IS NOVEMBER 20TH IN LEXINGTON! WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS....ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING SO CLOSE TO HOME. WE WILL START PRACTICE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3.
COST:
1. $15 SINGLET AND $30 TO ENTER
OR
2. $60 ANNUAL CLUB FEE INCLUDES SINGLET, BUT RUNNERS STILL MUST PAY $30 ENTRY. JOINING THE RUNNING CLUB INCLUDES RUNNERS BEING PUT ON THE GROUP E-MAIL FOR A YEAR. THIS WILL INFORM THEM WHERE AND WHEN WE PRACTICE DURING OFF SEASON AND ALL 5K AND ANY ROAD OR TRAIL RACES WE CHOOSE TO RUN AS A CLUB. HOPEFULLY, TRAINING WITH OUR RUNNING CLUB WILL SEND THEM BACK TO SCHOOL A STRONGER AND FASTER RUNNER FOR THEIR TEAM!
**ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CALL LEIGH LYNCH 608-7308, JEFF WEBB 741-2437
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THE PARENTS INTERESTED FROM YOUR TEAM AT YOUR CONVENIENCE!
THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
LEIGH LYNCH & JEFF WEBB

DRAGON INVITATIONAL RESULTS

Girls Individual Results
19 - Jolie Faust - 14:01.17
38 - Ainsley Cooper - 14:33.63
39 - Claire Lobb - 14:36.57
49 - Bella Purdy - 14:48.33
51 - Rachel Scherer - 14:50.78
52 - Caroline McLellon - 14:52.66
63 - Grace Bradstock - 15:15.43
105 - Lucy Wiedmar - 16:25.63
111 - Bailey Smith - 16:35.08
140 - Kayla McKinney - 17:26.45
146 - Abbey Fitzsimmons - 17:35.36
179 - Anna Beno - 18:59.20
210 - Avery Bisig - 20:48.24

Team Results
1 - Locust Grove - 62
2 - Hite - 81
3 - Goshen - 102
4 - Dorothy Sayers - 111
5 - Harmony - 169

Boys Individual Results
12 - Mason Beard - 12:25.95
18 - Dylan Yates - 12:54.21
35 - Logan Beard - 13:23.29
47 - Wyatt Smith - 13:40.88
72 - William Hare - 14:08.82
101 - Aiden Sarno - 14:59.18
115 - Jacob Sarno - 15:11.79
135 - Ethan Sarno - 15:39.93
162 - Will Lobb - 16:33.70
191 - Christian Sander - 17:41.64
216 - Hayden Bailey - 19:30.22
227 - Jim Bland - 22:24.00

Team Results
1 - Hite - 37
2 - Goshen - 44
3 - Locust Grove - 136
4 - Harmony - 163

Dragon Invitational and other info

The SOHS Dragon Invitational is actually at Oldham County High School in Buckner. It is off 393. You will enter the "tent city" through the football stadium entrance.
Walk Through Begins - 8:00 am
Girls Race - 9:00 am
Boys Race - 9:35 am

During Fall Break please have the kids run at least two times, hopefully three if at all possible. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders should run about a mile and a half. The 5th graders should run 2 miles.

For those who will miss the meet Saturday, have a safe and fun Fall Break.

After Fall Break Schedule
Monday, Oct. 25th - Practice at Creasey 5:30pm
Tuesday, Oct. 26th - Harmony Runners vs Parents Meet at Creasey 5:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 28th - Last Practice at Creasey 5:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 30th - State Meet in Lexington
Wednesday, Nov. 3rd - Banquet in the Harmony Cafeteria

Finally, I need everyone to start sending me your pictures from this season. Please send the via email or if you have them on a picture website where I can download let me know. I am going to start putting the Video/Picture Show together soon.

Thanks,
Coach Beard

STATE

The State Meet, or Meet of Champions, is Saturday, October 30th at Masterson Station Park in Lexington. The Meet Director has changed the format from previous years. This year the races will be a 2K for 4th and under and a 3K for 5th and 6th graders in a separate race. Each race has a Champion race for boys and girls and 1 combined Open Race.

Since our boys won't have enough 5th graders to have a full team and our girls will only have enough for a team if all 5th graders attend, I've asked our 5th graders to make a decision on which race they'd like to enter. The Championship Race or the Open race. There are two ways to look at this. The Championship Race will allow our runners to run against the top 5th and 6th graders in the state. I can't imagine that the Open Race will have that many 6th graders in it so it will still be a good test of their running ability against other 5th graders. I'm ok either way. If I don't hear from our 5th graders or their parents by Tuesday's practice I will be entering them in the Open Race.

I will let all of our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders know which race they will run very soon. I can only enter 7 boys and 7 girls in the Championship Race. Everyone else will run in the Open Race.

Just so everyone knows, I'm NOT happy about this change at all. The KTCCCA has been very hesitant to change the structure of the State Meet ever since I've been involved in Cross Country even though MANY coaches have asked them to change. We've been asking them to make their meet 5th and under and have the 6th graders run with the 7th and 8th graders. The change they've decided to make only makes the problem worse in my opinion.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE

All,
Just a reminder that the Practice Schedule for next week is as follows:
Monday - NO PRACTICE
Tuesday - 5:30pm at Creasey
Thursday - 5:30pm at Creasey
Saturday - SOHS Dragon Invitational at OCHS, Walk Through - 8:00, Girls Race - 9:00, Boys Race - 9:35

STOPHER INVITATIONAL RESULTS

Girls Individual Results

7 - Sophie Lossin - 13:13
10 - Jolie Faust - 13:16
21 - Ainsley Cooper - 13:43
27 - Caroline McLellan - 14:06
33 - Claire Lobb - 14:26
39 - Rachel Scherer - 14:35
58 - Isabella Purdy - 15:20
60 - Lucy Wiedmar - 15:21
61 - Grace Bradstock - 15:25
96 - Taylor Taasaas - 16:44
106 - Gracelyn Jack - 17:13
108 - Vaughn Downing - 17:21
114 - Kayla McKinney - 17:31
116 - Bailey Smith - 17:40
121 - Bailey Mitchell - 17:55
141 - Ida Isenhart - 19:06
147 - Anna Beno - 19:33
156 - Audrey Koch - 20:08
160 - Avery Bisig - 20:21

Girls Team Results
1 - Locust Grove - 49
2 - Hite - 52
3 - Harmony - 93

Boys Individual Results
9 - Mason Beard - 12:21
11 - Dylan Yates - 12:31
30 - Logan Beard - 13:03
35 - Wyatt Smith - 13:10
40 - Jack Smith - 13:25
41 - William Hare - 13:25
54 - Carson Mulligan - 14:04
57 - Aiden Sarno - 14:10
82 - Ty Sandman - 14:56
101 - Jacob Sarno - 15:17
106 - Ethan Sarno - 15:27
126 - Will Lobb - 16:12
146 - Adam Hope - 17:15
148 - Alex Hope - 17:20
163 - Chrisitan Sander - 17:48
169 - Jim Bland - 19:05
170 - Hayden Roberts - 19:08
171 - Hayden Bailey - 19:11

Boys Team Results
1 - Hite - 43
2 - Locust Grove - 118
3 - Harmony - 125

Nature Preserve Haunted Hike this Friday

All,
If you'd like to donate a bag of candy for our team to set up a treat station at the Nature Preserve's Haunted Hike please bring it to practice this week.
Thanks,
Coach Beard