2011-12 Cross Country Season
Coaches Jennifer Marsch and Elise Walz will be sponsoring the NW CC club this year. Practices will be held every Tuesday and Friday beginning August 23. There will be an informational meeting for runners on Thursday, August 18 at 2:30. Please use the following emails to contact the coaches: jennifer-marsch@uiowa.edu and elise-walz@uiowa.edu.
Highlights
September 15
The Cross Country team team won both the girls and the boys junior high divisions at the City High Invitational last night. Top five NW boys were Nathan Kabat, Phinny Brady, Trevor Holley, Adam Rose, and Marc Beaver. Top five gilrs were Emma Cooper (first overall), Claire Murray, Claire McDonnell, Natalie Shoultz, and Lynn Broermann.
Meet Schedule
Date |
Event |
Location |
Start Time |
September 9 |
Intrasquad Meet |
NWJH |
4:00 |
September 15 |
City Invitational |
U of Iowa CC Course |
4:00 |
September 21 |
Viking Invite |
NWJH |
4:00 |
September 27 |
West Invitational |
U of Iowa CC Course |
4:00 |
October 11 |
Cedar Rapids Invitational |
Noelridge Park |
4:00 |
Meet Results 2010
September 16--City High Invite
Cross Country Results: Girls 2nd place--top 5 runners McKenzie Mellecker (4th) Claire McConnell (8th) Grace Young (11th) Winter Philibert (14th) Natalie Shoultz (16th)
Boys 1st place Noah Brase (1st) Max Donta (3rd) Akash Borde (4th) Nik Donta (5th) Jack Chen (6th)
October 8--Viking Invitational
Grade 7 girls 1st Claire McDonnell (3) Natalie Shoultz (5) Grace Young (6) Morgan Schmitt-Morris (7) Alexandria Bebber (12)
Grade 7 boys 2nd Jack Chen (1) Peter Tearse (5) Louis Ho (8) Koichi Kakazo (14) Joel Tansey (15)
Grade 8 girls 2nd Winter Philibert (4) McKenzie Mellecker (5) Katie Peplow (7) Abby Walling (8) Frannie Rizzo (15)
Grade 8 boys 1st Noah Brase (1-new course record) Nik Donta (2) Akash Borde (3) Ian McGuillicuddy (4) Jake Schaeckenbach (5) Max Donta (6) Josh Jensen (7)
October 12--Cedar Rapids Invitational
Congratulations to the Cross Country team for doing so well at their final meet, the Cedar Rapids Invitational. Here are the results:
Grade 8 boys 2nd place over all. Top 5 scoring runners were: Noah Brase (8) Akash Borde (9) Ian McGillicuddy (14) Max Donta (21) Edward Yao (22)
Grade 8 girls 2nd place over all. Top 5 scoring runners were: Winter Philibert (11) McKenzie Mellecker (13) Katie Peplow (18) Abby Walling (21) Frannie Rizzo (43)
Grade 7 boys 6th place over all. Top 5 scoring runners were: Jack Chen (6) Peter Tearse (27) Louis Ho (28) Joel Tansey (40) Joey Trom (42)
Grade 7 girls 3rd place over all. Top 5 scoring runners were: Claire McDonnell (8) Grace Young (11) Natalie Shoultz (14) Morgan Schmitt-Moris (18) Anna Stevens (32)
