Week Six

A warm and humid week created great successes for the cross-country team along with gallons of sweat.  Tuesday the Tigers were in action at Crown College for the run of the lakes.  The varsity boys were sixth led by Drew Hastings 5th place finish, varsity girls, led by Lizzy Schmidt placed second 3 points behind Chanhassen.  In the JV races Hunter Schmidt led the boys to a seventh place finish and the 1-2 finish of Kalina Wolf and Alaina Herrmann was not quite enough to overcome Chanhassen for first.  In the Junior High races Champion Abby Mickus lead the girls to a third place finish while Emmette Gerres (2nd) led the boys team to a 4th place finish.

It was great to see our inexperienced runners continue to make improvements.  They are quickly becoming knowledgable competitors.

Saturdays meet in Winona was hot.  Amazingly everyone survived and competed very well.  It was a pleasure being on a trip with such fine young people who represented the community, school, and our team with such class.  The boys JV started the day out for us with a great performance by Tommy Sullivan leading the team to a 6th place finish.  The girls varsity was the next race.  The girls ran up against two very good teams and competed to a 3rd place finish.  In the boys varsity race they managed to out pace the other A schools and finish just behind all the AA schools in 6th place.  The final race of the day was the girls JV and young Mackenzie Murphy beat the heat to lead the JV to a 2nd place finish.

The kids ran well despite the conditions.  There was only 1 PR on the day but many of the kids times were faster this year than last which means we are a bit ahead of where we were last season.

This week we are in action Tuesday at the Jaguar Challenge in Bloomington.  See below for details.

Bus leaves at 2:00 pm

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Hyland Greens Golf Course, Bloomington, MN

(10100 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55437)

Time	Race	Distance
3:40	C Race Boys (Middle School)	2.5K
4:00	C Race Girls (Middle School)	2.5K
4:25	Varsity Girls	5K
4:50	Varsity Boys	5K
5:15	Junior Varsity Boys	5K
5:45	Junior Varsity Girls	5K

Monday-3:15 practice (mini harriers)

Tuesday-2:00 bus leaves for Jaguar Challenge in Bloomington

Wednesday-3:15 Picture Day! practice

Thursday-3:15 practice

Friday-3:15 practice

Week Five

We are officially mid season, seems hard to believe.  Once again we had a fabulous week with continued improvement being the norm.  The weather made the week a bit more arduous than it might have been and the kids continued to be impressive.  A pleasant surprise greeted us after Fridays hill workout as the parents prepared a wonderful potato bar for us.  Thank you for your generous donations of time and preparation it was great addition to our full week.

This weeks competition held at Baylor park north of Norwood is always one of the kids favorites.  It turned out very well as the Tigers won the Junior High races, both boys and girls, and the girls JV and Varsity also won the team competitions.  The JV girls perfect scored the field the second time this season they have accomplished perfection.  The JV boys placed 3rd having a strong showing.  Of the 31 medals available at the meet Belle Plaine captured 13 of them.  We also came home with a slew of ribbons.  Medalists and their races:

JH girls 1st Abby Mickus
JV girls 2nd Greta Steinhagen
JV girls 3rd Kalina Wolf
JV girls 4th Bailey Bahr
JV girls 6th Alyssa Wolfe
JV girls 7th Alaina Herrmann
JV girls 10th Randi Fiskewold
JV boys 1st Kyle Siemon
Varsity boys 11th Drew Hastings
Varsity girls 3rd Lizzy Schmidt
Varsity girls 4th Cassie Stolt
Varsity girls 8th Malina Koepp
Varsity girls 15th McKenna Herrmann

This week Tuesday we will compete in the Run of the Lakes at Crown college (see race times below) and Saturday we will be racing teams form Wisconsin and south east Minnesota at the Jim Flim invite held at St. Marys university in Winona.  We hope to see you cheering us on at the meets, thanks for your support in advance.


23rd Annual &Run of the Lakes
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Crown College Campus
6425 Co. Rd. 30, St. Bonifacius
(State Hwy. 5 to Co. Rd. 30)

2:20 Bus leaves
3:40 Junior High Boys’ & Girls’ (3000 meters)
4:05 Junior Varsity Girls’ (5000 meters)
4:45 Junior Varsity Boys’ (5000 meters)
5:30 Varsity Girls’ (5000 meters)
6:15 Varsity Boys’ (5000 meters)
7:00 Awards Ceremony

Jim Flim Invitational

September 23rd, 2017

St. Yon's Valley on the campus of St. Mary's University

3:45 - Bus leaves Friday after school   

   9:00 - 4th-6th grade Fun Run   (1 mile)   

    9:30 - C Race boys and girls   (3200m)

    10:00 - Junior Varsity Boys   (5000m)

    10:30 - Varsity Girls   (5000m)

    11:10 - Varsity Boys   (5000m)

    11:40 - Junior Varsity Girls   (5000m)

5:30- Bus returns Saturday

Week Four

Week four was shortened because of the labor day holiday, however the cross-country team was very busy.  The kids practiced hard on Tuesday went a bit lighter on Wednesday, then competed in their second meet on Thursday.  Friday was an excellent end to a busy week.

Thursdays meet the Gerry Smith Invitational held in Montgomery went very well.  Over 20 of the 69 kids from Belle Plaine running recorded personal records PR's.  Click for Meet Results.  The JV runners raced first with great results.  As a team most kids ran much faster than a week ago in Mankato.  Tommy Sullivan once again led the boys JV while Savanna DeYoung finished 7th in the girls JV race to lead the team.  In the boys varsity race Drew Hastings ran a career best 17:10 to climb into the top 5 all time for boys 5k times finishing in the medals in 9th place.  Lizzy Schmidt once again led the girls varsity with a 11th place finish good for a medal.  Cassie Stolt finished in 16th just out of medal position with the other top 5 girls finishing in the top 40 runners.  The varsity squads also ran great times improving tremendously in a weeks time.  In the junior high races Emmett Gerres placed 5th overall while Abby Mickus ran to a second place finish.  The junior high teams each place high among the 20 plus schools in attendance.  It was a great day to race and wonderful to see the progress the kids have made.

This week we are busy once again with mini harriers starting on Monday.  The kids will run out to oakcrest and help supervise the mini harriers to introduce them to what cross-country is all about.  Tuesday is our meet at Baylor park north of Norwood, see race times below.  Wednesday morning we will have another optional morning practice at 6:25 am with breakfast to follow.  There will be the normal after school practice Wednesday as well.  We shall attempt to end practice a bit earlier on Wednesday because of religion classes.  Thursday and Friday practice as usual.

Monday-3:20 practice (mini harriers) run out to oakcrest as soon as you are dressed
Tuesday-Meet at Baylor Park north of Norwood
    Bus leaves at 2:30
    Race Times

3:45 PM –         COACHES’ MEETING

4:00 PM -          JV Boys 5000 m

4:05 PM -          JV Girls 5000 m

4:50 PM -          Varsity Girls 5000 m

5:20 PM  -         Varsity Boys 5000 m

5:50 PM -          MS Girls 1600 m

6:00 PM -          MS Boys 1600 m

6:15 PM -          Awards

Wednesday-6:25 am optional practice and breakfast 

                    3:20 practice

Thursday-3:20 practice

Friday-3:20 practice

Week Three

This week saw the team competing at Mankato East where the the boys teams were second to Mankato in each race and the girls teams won all three races.  Leading the team for the boys were Drew Hastings, Tristan Cruz, and Emmett Gerres in their respective races.  For the girls Lizzy Schmidt, Savanna DeYoung, and Abby Mickus led the way in their respective races.  There were many outstanding performances Tuesday in Mankato including 2 personal bests.  Once again the kids had an exceptional week of practicing.  They continue to impress us with their hard work and eagerness to improve.

Coming up in week four school begins and practices will be after school from 3:20-5:30.  We also have a big meet in Montgomery on Thursday.  If you haven't been to a race yet the Montgomery golf course is a great venue to watch cross-country.  Come on out and see what your runner has been up to.

Tuesday-Practice 3:20

Wednesday-Practice 3:20

Thursday-Gerry Smith Invitational Montgomery bus leaves at 2:45

Race times:

4:20 PM: Boys’ JV (5000 Meters)

4:27 PM: Girls’ JV (5000 Meters)

5:05 PM: Boys’ Varsity (5000 Meters)

5:45 PM: Girls’ Varsity (5000 Meters)

6:15 PM: Boys’ Junior High (2500 Meters)

6:20 PM: Girls’ Junior High (2500 Meters)

6:45 PM: Awards Ceremony

Friday-Practice 3:20