Girls Third to FHE and Caledonia and Nip Jenison

Well our first meet is in the books … and I am very very satisfied with the results!
Team Scores:
Forest Hills Eastern 39 (5+7+8+9+10) (pushers in 17 and 21)
Caledonia 56 (3+4+12+18+19) (pushers in 22 and 24)
West Catholic 61 (1+2+13+20+25) (no pushers)
Jenison 62 (6+11+14+15+16) (pusher in 23)
For those new to the sport, each team has 5 scorers […]

Parents want to live first person? Race at Portage!

So often we live vicariously through our children. Now is your chance to live first person at the Portage Invitational. They have an open race that the public can run. The cost is $13 and includes your t-shirt and a fantastic race course. Sign-up today with your credit card. Bonus: […]

GVSU Course: Dual with Jenison

UPDATE: Forest Hills Eastern and Caledonia are now joining in this meet I understand from Coach Scully. That means that the competition level just kicked up a notch! No problem, we live for that, so bring it on and lets go race on Wednesday.
The boys and girls kick off their season on Wednesday […]

Ludington Triathlon goes well for our Falcons

Monica Kinney finished 18th, while sister Erin took 33 (the bike does make a difference, see?). Meanwhile Mary Kate Harpold finished 130th, showing that swimming does make a difference, as Monica was ranked 5th in swim time (both genders) and Erin was ranked 6th. What I care about is the run and Mary […]

Catholic Central Girls Third at Catholic Invite

The Catholic Central girls team is featured in the Grand Rapids Press. Apparently they are looking forward to a meet with us. See them on the 13th.

Williamston off and running; defeats Rockford at Benzie

Williamston is off to a good start after downing Rockford at the Benzie invite this weekend. Looking far down the boys list is a suprise, Allendale.
In other news, Lumen Christi boys finished second and LCC third in the first LCC Catholic Cross Country Invite in Lansing last weekend. On the girls side Lumen […]

First Press of the Year

The GR Press has us challenging Williamston for the state championship. I hope that is true, although I suspect it to be a bit over-optimistic. We will have a very good boys program this year and it appears to be an improved girls program as well. The boys program boasts 26 athletes […]

Training Workout: 8/22 at Riverside Park

Both the boys and girls teams will pair up on Tuesday 8/22 for the coed relay. More details at GrandRapidsRunningClub.com. Boys and girls will alternate laps in relay style. Cost to participate is $2 each and we want to be at the north parking lot at Riverside by 6:15 that evening.

Lumen Christi Up and Running for the Season

Here is an article about Lumen Christi. Sounds like they are ready to rumble. We will see them first at our own Catholic Invite on September 23rd.

Regional Assigments Available

We again are returning to Sparta for Regionals.
Teams this year will be:
Allendale
Delton Kellogg
Grand Rapids-West Catholic
Grandville-Calvin Christian
Grant (new)
Hopkins
Kent City
Montague
Muskegon Heights
Muskegon-Oakridge
Newaygo (new and they have one of the best individual girls in the state)
Vermontville-Maple Valley (new)
White Cloud (new)
Whitehall
Wyoming-Godwin Heights
Wyoming-Kelloggsville
Because it is at Sparta, I would again suspect that we will have a reserve race the night before, […]