2010 Runners of the Week

Coaches look for runners who are consistantly working hard, make a large improvement, show good leadership and have a good attitude.  Way to go Falcons!  Keep it up. 
August 23- Ellen Hackett, Erika Buczkowski & Nate Quam
August 30- Shelly McGough & Blake Russo
September 6- Lizzie O’Rouke
 

Girls Team MITCA Bound!

WC Girls were invited to the MITCA Meet this morning. See you in Jenison on Saturday! Details to follow.

Blue Meet On - still plan to be there

As of 1:30 the message is — we plan to run — so bring your garbage bags, and everything else you need to stay dry and warm.

CETL Meet - Saturday 5/8/2010

CETL Meet Saturday at 5:00. Gates open at 4:30 - please do not come early.
Critical that we use VIP side only as the craft show will be still using the other side of the facility. MUST USE VIP!!
It WILL BE COLD and maybe damp — dress appropriately. Bring layers, garbage bags to wear, […]

City League Reunion Canceled

Meet is canceled due to weather concerns. It was scheduled for 5/8/2010 at Julius Houseman Field. It has been canceled. Uncertain if it will be rescheduled.

Girls Ranked in Area Track

BOYS TRACK
1. East Kentwood
2. Hudsonville
3. Greenville
4. Rockford
5. Cedar Springs
6. Hastings
7. Caledonia
8. Catholic Central
9. Hamilton
10. Allendale
GIRLS TRACK
1. Rockford
2. East Kentwood
3. Sparta
4. South Christian
5. Middleville
6. East Grand Rapids
7. Zeeland West
8. Kent City
9. West Catholic
10. Grand Haven

CETL Middle School Track Meet 5:00 at West Catholic Track

Should weather come into play any cancellation or delay will be posted her as soon as possible.
The gates open at 4:00. Park behind the baseball/softball diamonds to the west of the campus (second entrance to campus) in the VIP Football Parking, nearest the cemetery. Please do not park at the school as there […]

Tonight vs Cedar and Belding at Cedar

Field events at 4:00 — open pit long jump all others per normal order (click for normal order). Boys 3200 Relay at 5:00 followed by girls 3200 relay. Rest of running should be rolling by 5:25-5:30.
See you all there tonight.
Season schedule by the way is here:
West Catholic 2010 Outdoor Track Schedule

Catholic Elementary Track […]

Welcome Coaches Brazier and Meyer

2010 finds two new Falcon mentors:
Jeff Brazier: Jeff placed 25th in the 1976 State Cross Country Finals. He ran for Grand Rapids Catholic Central and then did a stint coaching at Aquinas. He will have primary responsibility for men’s distance.
Gordon Meyer: After fifteen successful seasons at the helm of Coopersville with over 100 […]

Kinney Running at D2 Nationals - Qualifies for Finals

Kinney ran to a comfortable 2nd place finish in the first heat of qualifying in the indoor mile. The top three automatically to tomorrow’s final that will be webcast if you would like to watch it. 3:30 out west time should be 6:30 here.

Falcons 5th of 12 Teams at Allegan; Portage Crew Takes 12th

Amazing when you take your second varsity group and race them against 12 teams — and come up 5th. The Allegan crew ran well and has a lot to be proud of.
Results are up here: http://michigancrosscountry.com/michigan_track_cross_country_forum/showthread.php?tid=1110
And of course I have added them to Athletic.net as well.
We didn’t fare as well as one would have […]

Results of the WC v Belding and WC v Cedar Meets

We lost a narrow one to Cedar and defeated Belding. We missed a girl when counting who finished in the top three for Cedar, so a final score was 19-36.
We ran excellent to be honest, but Cedar ran even better.
At 6-1 we are in second place in the conference — so it will come […]

Website 2009 - WC Girls XC

I received a kind nudge tonight on the website … why is there less info here this year. Answer … partly it has just been a busy couple of weeks, partly nobody has bothered me to put up info and partly we are putting some time into more usable results in two other places.
Other […]

2009 OK Blue All Conference Standings After Two Meets

O-K Blue All-Conference Standings 2009
time #1 points #1 time #2 points #2 subtotal
1 Breeann Ovokaitys -12 Cedar Springs 20:12.3 18 19:24 20 38
2 Keira Jack -11 FH Northern 20:10.6 19 19:49 18 37
3 Meredith Busman -12 Coopersville 20:03.2 20 20:23 17 37
4 Katelyn Cnossen -12 Sparta 20:29.9 17 20:34 16 33
5 Katie Weiler -9 Cedar Springs 20:46.4 13 19:38 19 32
6 Nina Cahill -11 GR Central 20:34.5 16 20:40 14 30
7 Megan Debri -11 West Catholic 21:00.1 12 20:34 15 27
8 Kelsey Carpenter -12 West Catholic 20:46.2 14 20:53 13 27
9 Kelsey Thome -9 Sparta 21:09.3 11 21:12 9 20
10 Andrea Kober -12 Sparta 21:19.3 7 20:56 12 19
11 Claudia Vredeveld -9 FH Northern 21:15.0 9 21:05 10 19
12 Alesha Reed -9 Sparta 21:19.9 6 20:57 11 17
13 Jill Pindar -12 West Catholic 21:13.8 10 21:30 7 17
14 Olivia Quam -12 West Catholic 20:41.9 15 21:47 1 16
15 Melaina Bent -9 Comstock Park 21:54.9 2 21:21 8 10

Fall Sports Outlook WC XC

Fall sports outlooks: West Catholic
The Grand Rapids Press, September 09, 2009 10:13 a.m.
Boys cross country
* Coach: Denny Scully, 10th year
* Conference: O-K Blue
* 2008: 9-1 O-K Blue champions, regional champions, fifth at Division 3 state meet
* Top returners: Juniors […]

Miller has a top ten finish …

Brendan Miller, who has a GPA of 4.3, is the son of Mary Miller. He was active in cross country, track, quiz bowl, National Honor Society, and the student ambassador program.
He also participated in a missions trip to Haiti. Brendan plans to attend Grand Valley State University, and will major in psychology.
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Advance Article on FHN Victories

Northern Article by Grant Lofdahl

Kinney Named GLIAC Athlete of the Week in Track

Monica Kinney continues with her successful rookie season. She was named the GLIAC Female Track Athlete of the Week in recognition of her outstanding 4:49 mile.

OK Blue All Conference Photos

Boys:
http://photos.mlive.com/grandrapidspress/2008/12/ok_blue_5.html
Girls:
http://photos.mlive.com/grandrapidspress/2008/12/ok_blue.html

Bildner Named Scholar Athlete by Detroit Free Press

Congratulations to Katie Bildner on this great accomplishment.
Hillsdale Link
Freep Link
Note too that this is categorized under “Alums”. Wow. Great class even if small. Good luck to Monica Kinney at GVSU, Katie Pittman at GVSU and to Katelyn Werra.