Issaquah Cross Country

2011-11-20T15:04:00.000-08:00

See you in August!

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August 20
9:00am
Auxiliary Gym
BE THERE!

2011-11-10T19:31:00.000-08:00

2011 Season

State Meet: CLICK HERE

TPSTT: CLICK HERE

Awards Night: CLICK HERE

District Meet: CLICK HERE

KingCo Meet: CLICK HERE

Weeks 7 - 8: CLICK HERE

Weeks 1 - 6: CLICK HERE

2011-11-08T23:44:00.000-08:00

Results

Nice work...

1 T.H. - 4:59.6 (5:17.1 last year)

2 K.M. - 5:10.8 (0:02.4 lifetime PR; 5:23.4 last year)

3 A.L. - 5:12.6 (unofficial lifetime PR)

4 H.S. - 5:13.8 (5:32.5 last year)

5 J.O. - 5:15.7

6 S.J. - 5:22.0 (6:08.8 last year)

7 J.T. - 5:25.3

8 N.C. - 5:39.5

9 E.C. - 5:40.5

10 J.H. - 5:44.8 (5:58.7 last year)

11 E.H. - 5:45.2

12 E.W. - 5:49.3

13 C.S. - 5:50.5

14 R.O. - 6:01.7

15 A.W. - 6:04.1

16 H.A. - 6:08.4 (0:19.0 lifetime PR)

17 L.Y. - 6:45.5

18 S.S. - 6:55.4

2011-11-05T13:26:00.000-07:00

2011 Washington State XC Championships

November 5, 2011

Sun Willows Golf Course, Pasco

On just about the best weather day we've seen in Pasco in recent memory (mid-50's, clear blue skies, virtually no wind) our girls ran strong and ended up 10th at this year's state meet! The course was in great shape (several all-time course records for both boys and girls were set) and our girls performed great and took advantage of it. They had a lot of fun and learned what it's like to compete against the very best in our state. Shall we do it again next year girls? Let's do it!

> TEAM RESULTS:

Our girls were 10th out of 16 teams in the 4A race. When combining all competing girls from all classifications into one giant mock race, our girls placed 21st out of 72 teams! Awesome ladies!

To view 4A girls detailed team scoring, CLICK HERE.

To view all girls combined mock team scoring, CLICK HERE.

> INDIVIDUAL ISSY NOTES:

Rachel "The Wizard Of" Osgood

19:17
32nd place
75th place overall combined

In the final race of her Issy XC career, Rachel had a stellar race and ran really great. Her time of 19:17 is basically her unofficial lifetime PR as Lincoln is rumored to be about 20 - 22 seconds short of a true 5K. Rachel's time of 19:17 is # 2 amongst all Issy girls that have run at Sun Willows since the change from 3 miles to 5K in 1997. Rachel had an incredible senior season improving by a full minute from last year and 2:16 since her first year running XC two years ago. Congratulations on your outstanding Issy XC career Rachel. You'll always be The Wizard!

Ellie "Be Afraid Of The" Clawson

19:27
42nd place
98th place overall combined

Ellie had a great race running strong and hanging on after running a sub-6 first mile. Ellie's time of 19:27 is # 3 amongst Issy girls at state since the change to 5K. She ran strong for our squad all year and this meet was no different. Great run Ellie...you had an outstanding first season of Issy XC!

Issy girls top 10 at Sun Willows since the change from 3 miles to 5K in 1997:

1) Kate Bradshaw, 1997 - 19:12

2) Rachel Osgood, 2011 - 19:17

3) Ellie Clawson, 2011 - 19:27

4) Kate Bradshaw, 1998 - 19:28
5) Natalie Young, 1998 - 19:45
6) Whitney Stern, 1998 - 19:52
7) Britt Eddings, 2005 - 20:00
8) Natalie Young, 1997 - 20:04
9) Mary Wuest, 2006 - 20:07
10) Whitney Stern, 1997 - 20:12

Cayla "Boss" SeligWoman

20:19
100th place
252nd place overall combined

Cayla had a great finish up and over the hill to move on some people and gain several places. Cayla had a great season improving 2:41 from the Preview and had repeat lifetime PRs in four-straight meets leading up to state at just the right time. Great season Cayla...you animal!

Ellie "Yeah, That's Right" Hendrickson

20:28
112th place
287th place overall combined

Ellie had another stellar race running strong and being on-point as usual. Ellie had a wonderful season and had the unique fortune of being one of the most consistent runners we've seen as all of her races except for the fastest and the slowest were run within :29 of each other. That's from day 1 all the way through state! Great work Ellie - what a season!

Emily "Spring, Summer, Fall, and" Winterstein

20:28
113th place
288th place overall combined

Prior to "the incident" with her ankle, Emily's PR was 21:07. After sitting out a meet Emily ran her three subsequent meets all faster - to the tune of at least 35 seconds each time including this race. Emily showed awesome determination toward the end of the season and was huge in all three meets. Terrific season Emily! Now feel free to pick up a basketball!

Abby "Don't Force Me To Destroy You" Wilson

20:36
118th place
320th place overall combined

The 5th of our five freshman gals in this meet and one of our enforcers in the front row getting off the line, Abby showed great consistency (are you sensing a theme here?) with another stellar performance. Abby ran strong all year and did it again at this meet. She was the 16th fastest # 6 (out of 72 teams!) and did an awesome job with a great finish. Congrats on your great season Abby! You rock!

Amanda "That's Ms. Chalfie To You" Chalfant

20:41 (LIFETIME PR)
121st place
334th place overall combined

With the only official lifetime PR in the bunch, Amanda had the race of the day with a 19-second PR. Determined to get under 21:00 after hitting it on the number at districts, Amanda was all game from the gun and got WAY under her goal. Although times from over the years are difficult to compare in XC, especially from different courses, Amanda had the best time by an Issy # 7 ever on this course (23 seasons) and the third-best overall time at state by an Issy # 7 in the 36-year history of our girls' program. Absolutely incredible Amanda! With her PR in this meet, Amanda has dropped her PR down by 2:46 in just one season! Get out of town....what a year! Congrats Amanda on your outstanding season.

Abby "The Question's Been Answered" Irwin
Hayley "It's Over When I Show Up" Alexander

Warmer-uppers, stuff-toters, chief-cheerers, and bomb alternates.

Abby and Hayley were our alternates again this week. Entirely upbeat and cheerful to the max, these two were great teammates and were ready to roll at a moments notice if called upon. It was the book definition of how alternates should be and you guys outdid yourselves yet again. With their PRs this season of 20:51 and 21:23 respectively, they more than rounded out our varsity squad and gave Issy a girl's team this year that featured 9 girls running under 21:30 for 5K. That is serious business and really amazing! Great seasons you two! Can't wait for next year to see what you can do!

For Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE. (There's extra data this time!)

For overall girls results (all 641 girls in one list!), CLICK HERE. (Don't operate heavy machinery after viewing this list!)

> SPECIAL BLOG MENTIONS:

We have some of the greatest teammates on the planet! We had a solid group of teammates and their parents make the drive over to Pasco for the meet to cheer on our girls. They made awesome signs and cheered their guts out! Thanks so much guys!

Patrick Violette
Lindsey Yamane (and her mom!)
Joseph Tonnemaker
Aidan Heninger
Nicole Migotsky (and her parents!)
Andrew Larsen

Another special shout-out to those family members (yes, even some siblings made the trip!) that came to Pasco to cheer on their daughters. Thanks so much for your support and presence all season. Bonus points to the Hendricksons for bringing our tent in their car....thanks-a-million!

> PICTURES:

We are incredibly fortunate to have some great pictures taken at most of our meets. Lawrie and Don deserve a HUGE thanks for taking so many pictures and to help visually preserve the amazing accomplishments of our athletes. We can't thank you enough for doing this for us! (They even rode to Pasco together - it was like the paparazzi following our team!)

To view Issy pictures courtesy of Lawrie Robertson, CLICK HERE. Thanks for these great pics Lawrie!

To view Issy pictures courtesy of Don Borin, CLICK HERE. Thanks for these awesome pics Don!

Here are some "other" photos taken by one of the coaches who's name is classified:

Breakfast Friday.

After dinner Friday.

Saturday morning before leaving for the meet.

Proof of who they are.

The freshmen.

The sophomores.

The seniors. :)

Lane 4. Legit.

Final prep on the line.

Pre-race cheer.

Pre-race prayer.

Post-race with teammates that made the trip.

Once again.....CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS on all of your accomplishments this season and for being such a great and enjoyable group of student athletes. Good luck down the road...we'll be there cheering for you.

2011-11-01T19:37:00.000-07:00

2011 Awards Night

Thanks for a fun Awards Night! On behalf of all four coaches, thanks for our great coaches gifts too!

For pictures of the event, CLICK HERE. Thanks Lawrie!

Congratulations to our team-voted award winners for 2011:

2011-10-29T00:49:00.000-07:00

2011 4A Wes/King Bi-District I/II Championships

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Lincoln Park, Seattle

What a day it was at this meet! The course was great, the clouds parted a little and the sun actually came out to join us! We had some great performances from our 8 participants and it turned out to be a great day.

TEAM SCORES:

Our girls finished 4th out of the 16 teams that qualified to this meet. With their 4th place finish, our girls qualified to the state meet as a team! Outstanding ladies....it's been so long since our girls qualified as a team it's almost funny! (Not "ha ha funny" but "this milk tastes funny" funny.) Congratulations girls...you earned it! Enjoy your trip to Pasco!

To view detailed team scoring, CLICK HERE.

Some historical perspective on our girls' 4th place finish and their qualification to state:

- First girls' team to run at districts since 2007.

- First girls' team to qualify to state in 13 years.

- Best finish at districts since the 1998 girls finished 3rd.
- 19th time Issy girls have qualified as a team to the state meet.
- Of the 257 schools in Washington that have sent a girls team to the state meet, Issaquah is tied for 15th overall in total appearances. (Bellarmine Prep of Tacoma is # 1 with 31 appearances. We are 2nd behind Mercer Island out of all KingCo schools; they have 20.)

The average age of our 7 girls that ran today back in 1998 when the Issy girls last qualified to state: 2 years, 1/2 month.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

Tom Howe

76th place

17:10

Although Tom wasn't necessarily happy with the outcome of his race, he ran strong and represented us well as the only Issy competitor on the boys side. Tom winds up his junior campaign having been our number one boy runner in every meet this season. Congrats on a great season this year Tom!

For Issy boys results, CLICK HERE.

For overall boys results, CLICK HERE.

For photos from the boys race and awards ceremony, CLICK HERE. (Photos courtesy of Don Borin. Thanks for the great pics Don!)

Rachel Osgood

10th place

19:06 (Lifetime PR)

Individual State Qualifier

Place amongst KingCo runners: 6th

Age last time Issy girls went to state: 4 years, 4 months

After finishing 10th at KingCo last week, The Wizard laid down an incredible performance and finished 10th again this week with a 5-second lifetime PR. Rachel's 10th place finish earned her an individual qualification to state and she becomes the first Issy girl in 5 years (Mary Wuest, 2006) to accomplish this feat. At the district meet, you can sometimes "guesstimate" about where you "should" finish by doubling your place from KingCo. Rachel blew that theory out of the water by finishing 10th when she "should've been" around 20th. Way to run Rachel! Congratulations on making it to state...what a way to wrap up your Issy XC career!

Ellie Clawson

24th place

19:29

Individual State Qualifier

Place amongst KingCo runners: 13th

Age last time Issy girls went to state: 1 year, 3 months

Racing in her first ever district meet, Ellie ran well enough to qualify individually to state and becomes just the 8th freshman girl in school history to do so and the first in 14 years! (Christine Young, 1997) Way to run Ellie...we can't wait to see what you can do next week in Pasco!

Cayla Seligman

28th place

19:39 (Lifetime PR)

Place amongst KingCo runners: 16th

Age last time Issy girls went to state: 1 year, 2 months

After placing 24th in KingCo last week and breaking 20:00 for the first time, Cayla stunned us all once again by finishing 28th and just missing qualifying to state individually by a mere 8 seconds. If that weren't enough, Cayla bettered her lifetime PR for the 4th consecutive meet (practically unheard of), this time by 16 seconds. Holy cow Cayla...what a performance! Way to run!

Ellie Hendrickson

40th place

20:08

Place amongst KingCo runners: 21st

Age last time Issy girls went to state: 1 year, 7 months

With another solid performance, Ellie placed higher amongst KingCo runners than she did last week and nearly broke 20:00 once again. Way to compete and lay it down Ellie!

Abby Wilson

41st place

20:09

Place amongst KingCo runners: 22nd

Age last time Issy girls went to state: 1 year, 11 months

Missing her lifetime PR by just 3 seconds, Abby ran tough and did a great job getting out fast off that line in the crazy first 200m of the race. Abby also placed higher here amongst KingCo runners than she did last week and was well ahead of her "guesstimated" place based on last week's finish. Way to go Abby, great work out there!

Emily Winterstein

44th place
20:12

Place amongst KingCo runners: 25th

Age last time Issy girls went to state: 1 year, 5 months

Equaling her place amongst KingCo runners compared to last week, Emily showed awesome consistency by being 55 seconds below her pre-KingCo PR. Emily was the third-best # 6 in this meet and ran great! Nice job Emily!

Amanda Chalfant

75th place

21:00 (Lifetime PR)

Place amongst KingCo runners: 42nd

Age last time Issy girls went to state: 2 years, 3 months

With her lifetime PR and a 10-place improvement amongst KingCo runners compared to last week, Amanda ran amazingly and is now on the very precipice of breaking 21:00. Amanda has now broken her lifetime PR two meets in a row...sweet! Awesome stat: Amanda's time today is the 2nd-best time by a # 7 Issy girl at the district meet in school history! So, in the 36-year history of Issy girl's XC, only one girl that was our # 7 at the district meet ran faster than Amanda did today! (Julie Brothers, 1986) Pretty astounding Amanda! Nice run!

Abby Irwin & Hayley Alexander

Extraordinary Alternates!

Abby and Hayley were our alternates this week and were incredible teammates and did a super job supporting our girls and doing everything they could to prepare to step in if necessary. It's a thankless job and you two did great!

Way to run girls! Let's take Pasco by storm next week!

To view Issy girls results, CLICK HERE.

To view overall girls results, CLICK HERE.

To view photos of the girls race and awards ceremony, CLICK HERE. (Photos courtesy of Don Borin...thanks for the great pictures Don!)

SPECIAL BLOG MENTION to teammates Hunter Sapienza, Nicole Migotsky, and Lindsey Yamane for coming to the meet and cheering on their teammates. Thanks guys...your support is awesome and means a lot!

On to Pasco...

2011-10-20T01:22:00.000-07:00

2011 KingCo League Championships
Thursday, October 20
Lincoln Park, Seattle

TEAM RESULTS:

Varsity Boys: 10th place with 276 points.

The bad news is that our boys failed to qualify as a team to districts for the first time since 2005 but the good news is that they avoided finishing in last place! Six of our seven boys in this race matched or beat their LIFETIME PRs so it was a valiant effort and these guys ran their guts out.

JV Boys - Race 1: 7th place out of 10 teams that scored. Nice job guys!

JV Boys - Race 2: 10th place out of 11 teams. Good running men!

Varsity Girls: 2nd place with 89 points.

For the first time since 2007, our girls have qualified for the district meet! Awesome ladies....way to run! Here are some bullet points offering some patented "historical perspective" on how our girls ran in this meet:

- Their 2nd place finish is the best finish for our girls in this meet in 13 years.
- Their point total of 89 is their lowest in 13 years as well.
- First time with two girls in the top 10 in 8 years.
- First time with our top five girls all finishing in the top 25 in 13 years.
- Until this meet, we hadn't had a freshman girl qualify individually for the district meet in 10 years and we had 5 freshman girls do it in this meet alone!
- Best average time for our entire varsity squad in 24 years! Unbelievable!!

What a great day for all our girls....let's do it again next week!

JV Girls: 5th place out of 11 teams. Great effort girls...way to run!

To view detailed team scoring, CLICK HERE.

We are proud of how all our teams ran at the meet. Well done!

INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

We had a staggering number of incredible performances in this meet. Our kids had great attitudes and were ready to race with focus and determination. We had some kicks at the end that we've never seen before and it lead to a huge number of PRs.

PRs: (All Preview-to-KingCo and Season PRs can be found on the Issy Boys and Issy Girls results links down below...scroll down.)

- We had 44 kids that ran in the Preview back in September run in this meet and all 44 improved! That's a batting average of 1.000!

Top 5 boys:

5) Jack Ogilvie - 2:01 - 10.14%
4) Mark Dabundo - 2:16 - 10.28%
3) Kevin Krzyzewski - 2:35 - 11.04%
2) Jack Herbst - 2:43 - 12.56%
1) Lucas Johnson - 3:07 - 13.01%

Top 5 girls:

5) Cayla Seligman - 2:25 - 10.82%
4) Abby Irwin - 2:32 - 10.83%
3) Erin Burdette - 3:19 - 12.71%
2) Lindsey Yamane - 3:15 - 12.97%
1) Tara Fussell - 4:12- 14.12%

- 25 girls ran in the race and 22 had season PRs. Of those 22 girls, 5 had lifetime PRs!

Top 5 girls:

5) Jasmine Shen - 0:49 - 3.27%
4) Hayley Alexander - 0:58 - 4.33%
3) Lindsey Yamane - 1:16 - 5:49%
2) Emily Winterstein - 1:11 - 5.60%
1) Cassidy Price - 3:08 - 9.22%

- 47 boys ran in the race and 43 beat their prior season PRs. Of those 43 boys, 20 had lifetime PRs. That is an incredible number of lifetime PRs for one race...way to go boys!

Top 5 boys with season PRs:

5) Mark Dabundo - 1:12 - 5.72%
4) Kevin Krzyzewski - 1:19 - 5.95%
3) Lucas Johnson - 1:23 - 6.23%
2) Yosep Kim - 1:55 - 7.24%
1) Kyle Cote - 1:59 - 7.49%

INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL MENTIONS:

Varsity Boys:

TOM HOWE - 11-second lifetime PR and broke 17:00 for the first time. With his 38th place finish, Tom qualified individually to the district meet and will be our sole competitor on the boys' side at districts. He is the 57th boy to qualify individually in school history and this season marks the 24th straight year we've had a boy qualify for the district meet. Great run Tom....good luck next week!

JACK CORSCADDEN - A huge 47-second lifetime PR to break 18:00 for the first time. Jack was our # 2 finisher for the first time this season. Great race Jack....can't wait to see what you can do as a junior next year!

KEAGAN MOO - 41-second lifetime PR and first time under 18:00.

HUNTER SAPIENZA - 28-second lifetime PR and also first time under 18:00. (Hunter was above 25:00 just two years ago.)

JV Boys 1:

ANDREW LARSEN - Our varsity alternate at his meet, Andrew ran incredibly and ended up in 12th place with a 30-second lifetime PR to also get under 18:00 for the first time! Andrew's performance put him as our number 4 in this meet overall. Way to run Andrew!

JACK OGILVIE - 42-second lifetime PR and first time under 18:00.

JACK HERBST - 24-second lifetime PR and first time under 19:00. (Jack was running over 24:00 two years ago.)

JV Boys 2:

LOUDEN IVEY: 27-second lifetime PR and broke 20:00 for the first time!

JACOB BRUNETTE: Just 2 weeks ago, Jacob had never run under 21:00. He has lowered his lifetime PR by 1:25 in two weeks and got under 20:00 for the first time! Incredible!

MARK DABUNDO: 34-second lifetime PR and broke 20:00 for the first time.

First-timers under 21:00 - Alex Hansen, Alex Baker, Joseph Tonnemaker, Wesley Esko

First-timers under 22:00 - Vikram Kumar, Adam Karren, Zach Durham, Braeden Calhoun, Kenji Crenshaw, Connor Moo

First time under 24:00 - Jordan Hamilton

First time under 26:00 - Kyle Cote, Yosep Kim, Nathan Karren - all three went WAY under 26:00 or even 25:00!

WAY TO RUN GUYS!!

Varsity Girls:

ELLIE CLAWSON: With her 7th place finish, Ellie earned 1st-Team All-KingCo honors and becomes just the first Issy girl to do so in the last 6 years and just the third since 1998! Her time of 19:03 is the fastest at KingCo by an Issy girl in 14 years and stands as the new school record at Lincoln Park. Congratulations Ellie...great work!

RACHEL OSGOOD: With her 10th place finish, The Wizard earned 2nd-Team All-KingCo honors and becomes # 15 on the list of Issy girls to qualify to districts individually twice. A 14-place improvement from her place last season at this meet, Rachel had a 27-second lifetime PR and becomes # 20 on the list of 3-year participants in varsity KingCo. Incredible Rachel!

ELLIE HENDRICKSON: With her PR, Ellie broke 20:00 for the first time and broke our old school record at Lincoln by :03! Her 23rd place finish qualifies her individually to the district meet! Way to go Ellie!

CAYLA SELIGMAN: Another big PR and sub-20:00 performer for the first time! Cayla's 24th-place finish also earns her a trip to districts individually. Cayla ran over two minutes faster here than she did at the Preview. Smokin' Cayla!

EMILY WINTERSTEIN: After turning her ankle at Hole-in-the-Wall and having to drop out and then being forced to sit out of last week's meet at Hartman, Emily was chomping at the bit to get back out there and lay the smack down! She bounced back in a BIG way by getting under 21:00 AND 20:00 for the first time with a PR of 1:11! Her 25th place finish also earned her an individual qualification to districts. Way to run Emily...you showed up and killed it!

ABBY WILSON: With her 29th place finish, Abby was the 2nd fastest # 6 runner in the meet and is on the brink of breaking 20:00 with her 13-second season PR. Abby's performance also qualified her individually to the district meet. Outstanding Abby!

AMANDA CHALFANT: For the second time in the last three meets, Amanda broke her lifetime PR by more than 25 seconds and is now on the doorstep of breaking 21:00! Amanda has now dropped her PR by 2:30 since last season. Stunning Amanda!

JV Girls:

ABBY IRWIN: With her 8th place finish, Abby earned a spot on the awards stand and had a 39-second lifetime PR! She broke 21:00 for the first time and has dropped 1:22 off her PR in 2 weeks. Abby needed to PR and beat the last varsity finisher on 1 team in order to earn a varsity letter for this season - she ended up beating the # 7 on 9 of the 11 teams to get way past the 25 points required for her letter. Congratulations Abby! Way to go get it!

HAYLEY ALEXANDER: For the 3rd straight meet, Hayley lowered her PR - this time by a whopping 58 seconds to break 22:00 for the first time! Hayley finished 18th out of 202 total competitors in her race. She needed to PR and beat five # 7 varsity runners to earn her varsity letter and she did just that to finish with 25 points exactly. Way to work Hayley...congratulations!

LINDSEY YAMANE: A 1:16 season PR and a 0:26 lifetime PR and a sub-22:00 for the first time. Now that's quite a day Lindsey! Way to run!

MADISON CALLAN: In the final race of her Issy XC career, Madison kicked it like no other in the final 100m to earn an 18-second lifetime PR. Across her two seasons running XC, Madison went from running nearly 27:00 to 22:30 in just 14 months time. Incredible Madison...you had a great Issy XC career.

NIKITA SIROHI: Having missed nearly all of the first half of the season due to injury and being behind in her conditioning because of this, Nikita managed to earn a 7-second season PR in her final race of the season. Way to run tough Nikita!

ERIN BURDETTE: A huge 40-second PR and first time under 23:00!

First-timers under 24:00: Stephanie Yose & Annika Barnett

First timers under 26:00: Tara Fussell

First time under 27:00: Genevieve Macdonald

CASSIDY PRICE: In just her second 5K of the season, Cassidy improved by more than 3:00! Way to run Cassidy!

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST....OUR SENIORS IN THEIR 4th YEAR OF ISSY XC:

LUCAS JOHNSON: In the final race of his Issy XC career, Lucas had the largest lifetime PR of the lot by getting under 22:00 AND 21:00 in the same race to finish with a 20:50. Way to run Lucas...you had a great Issy XC career.

ANDREW HARTMAN: Before this meet, Andrew's PR was from KingCo his freshman year. After dialing it in like never before Andrew had a 49-second lifetime PR to destroy his prior PR and get under 20:00 and 19:30 in the same race to end up with a PR of 19:28. Excellent Andrew, what an effort! Congratulations on your Issy XC career.

For overall girls' results, CLICK HERE.
For Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE.

For overall boy's results, CLICK HERE.
For Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE.

For results on athletic.net, CLICK HERE.

To view pictures of the meet courtesy of Karen Yose, CLICK HERE. Thanks for the great pics Karen!

Way to run everybody! If you're moving on to districts, good luck next week! If your season is over, we'll see you at the awards night!

2011-10-15T14:07:00.000-07:00

2011 Season

Weeks 7 - 8

WEEK 8:

Duel meet with Eastlake, Newport, & Redmond at Hartman Park - Wednesday, October12

TEAM SCORES:

Boys:

027 Redmond

045 Eastlake

061 Newport

101 Issaquah

Final duel meet record for 2011: 2-8

Overall duel meet record 1964-2011: 314-183 (.632)

Girls:

031 Redmond

047 Issaquah

050 Eastlake (Our first duel meet victory over Eastlake since 1996!)

106 Newport

Final duel meet record for 2011: 9-1 (2nd place in KingCo!)

Overall duel meet record 1975-2011: 295-82 (.782)

Historical Perspective on our girls' duel meet season:

- This is the 9th season in program history that the girls have had just one loss.

- First season with more wins than losses in 6 years. (2005 team went 8-1)

- Best won-lost percentage in 15 years. (1996 team went 11-1)

Congratulations ladies....what a great duel meet season!

For detailed team scoring, CLICK HERE.

Individual Notes:

Season PRs for 5K:

Top 5 Girls:

4t) Annika Barnett - 0:10 - .7%

4t) Hayley Alexander - 0:10 - .7%

3) Amy Li - 1:50 - 5.9%

2) Maddie Bennett - 2:43 - 9.2%

1) Genevieve Macdonald - 3:04 - 10.2%

Top 5 Boys:

5t) Zach Johnson - 0:35 - 2.8%

5t) Lucas Johnson - 0:38 - 2.8%

4) Dusty Fry - 0:56 - 4.1%

3) Chewy - 0:57 - 4.2%

2) Sam Borom - 1:06 - 4.3%

1) Kyle Cote - 4:21 - 14.1%

Way to run you gazelles! (If you have no idea what a gazelle is, CLICK HERE.)

SPECIAL BLOG MENTION to senior Lucas Johnson for his lifetime PR in the second-to-last race of his Issy XC career. Nice job Lucas! Can you do it again next week??

For overall girls results, CLICK HERE.
For Issy girls results, CLICK HERE.

For overall boys results, CLICK HERE.
For Issy boys results, CLICK HERE.

For results on athletic.net, CLICK HERE.

Way to run everybody!

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WEEK 7

Hole-in-the-Wall Invite - Saturday, October 8

Way to run at the invite kids! The course was fun, the weather was stable, and some of our kids ran OUT OF THEIR MINDS!

TEAM SCORES:

Our varsity girls finished an outstanding 5th out of 27 schools! They were 2nd amongst 4A schools and three 3A schools that were ahead of us are all highly ranked in our state and even beyond our state. Five of our six girls that finished were in the top 40 overall. (Emily turned her ankle mid-way and wisely dropped out to avoid further injury.) Way to run ladies!

Our JV girls also finished 5th out of 16 teams. Way to go ladies...you ran incredibly!

Our varsity boys placed 18th out of 29 teams. Way to run guys!

(Our JV boys and Frosh/Soph boys didn't have complete teams and therefore did not score as a team.)

For detailed team scores, CLICK HERE.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

Award winners:

Ms. Clawson - 7th in the varsity heat and 7th overall out of 432 runners! (With a 14-second PR to go with it!)

Mr. Violette - 8th in the JV boys race. Terrific run Patrick - you looked great!

Special Blog Mentions (in random order):

Ms. Osgood - 16th overall and after lowering her PR to 20:00 our last two meets, she broke down that barrier with a stunning 22-second PR and a time of 19:38. Amazing Rachel!

Mr. Beckwith - First time under 19:00 with a stellar 18:47 which was a 28-second PR! Nice!

Ms. Irwin - Prior PR = 22:13. New PR = 21:31. That's 42 seconds folks! Incredible Abby!

Ms. Callan - Broke 23 minutes with an awesome 22:49 which was a 17-second PR!

Ms. James - In her first XC invite, she had a 24-second PR! Congrats Emilie!

Ms. Wilson - An excellent race + 26-second PR = incredible! Way to run Abby!

Ms. Chalfant - First time under 22:00 with a 21:30 which is a 33-second PR! One for the books Chalfy!

Also having a PR today:

Jack Ogilvie - :07
Annika Barnett - :06
Jasmine Shen - :06
Cayla Seligman - :06

Way to run!

For Issy girls results, CLICK HERE.
For overall girls results, CLICK HERE.

For Issy boys results, CLICK HERE.
For overall boys results, CLICK HERE.

To view results on athletic.net, CLICK HERE.

For some pictures of the meet from Jenner Sapienza, CLICK HERE. Thanks Jenner!

For pictures courtesy of Lawrie Robertson, CLICK HERE. Thanks for these great shots Lawrie!

To all our kids that ran in today's meet whether you PR'd or not, congratulations on your strong efforts.

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Duel meet with Inglemoor & Garfield - Thursday, October 6

TEAM SCORES:

Girls:

21 Issaquah (another double win!)

37 Garfield

77 Inglemoor

Our girls are now 7-0! (They haven't been 7-0 since at least 1998!)

Boys:

29 Garfield

33 Inglemoor

71 Issaquah

Our boys are now 2-5.

For detailed team scores, CLICK HERE.

For overall girls results, CLICK HERE.

For Issy girls results, CLICK HERE.

For overall boys results, CLICK HERE.

For Issy boys results, CLICK HERE.

For pictures from the meet courtesy of Jeff Yamane (Lindsey's dad), CLICK HERE. Thanks Jeff!

For pictures from the meet courtesy of Jenner Sapienza, CLICK HERE. Thanks Jenner!

More tidbits coming soon...

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For weeks 1 - 6 from this season, CLICK HERE.

2011-10-01T07:51:00.000-07:00

2011 Season

Weeks 1 - 6

WEEK 6

Tomahawk Twilight Invite - Saturday, October 1

Talk about some great races.....our kids ran really, really well and there were some huge PRs laid down! Although it rained a bit, we still had a great time and our kids competed really tough!

TEAM TIDBITS:

- Our varsity girls finished 3rd in the 4A division complete with trophy and awards area recognition as a team. They finished 2nd out of all the teams from our district that were there. Way to go girls!

- When combining all girls into one giant mock race, our girls finished 7th out of 45 teams. Awesome girls!

- Our varsity boys finished 17th out of 21 teams. Nice guys!

- Our JR/SR JV Girls finished 6th out of 16 teams. Nice run!

- Our FR/SO JV Girls finished 6th out of 13 teams. Way to go frosh/soph!

- Our JR/SR JV Boys finished 14th out of 28. Way to represent guys!

- When combining all boys into one gigantic mock race, our varsity boys finished 27th out of 45 teams. Sweet!

For team scores, both actual and mock, CLICK HERE.

INDIVIDUAL TIDBITS

- Ellie Clawson finished 7th in her heat (out of 147 total) and earned a spot in the awards area. Ellie also finished an incredible 16th place overall out of 538 total girls that ran yesterday. Way to run Ellie!

- Caleb Walin finished 4th in his heat (out of 184 total) and also earned a spot in the awards area. Great work Caleb!

- Issy athletes that finished in the top 10% overall:

16th overall

38th overall

68th overall

- Issy athletes that improved from last year's invite:

Boys:

4) Adam Meyer - 0:09 - 0.7%

3) Keagan Moo - 1:09 - 5.8%

2) Hunter Sapienza - 2:11 - 10.8%

1) Sean Johnson - 2:29 - 11.7%

Girls:

7) Sam Salmon - 0:17 - 1.2%

6) Rachel Osgood - 0:27 - 2.2%

5) Lindsey Yamane - 0:40 - 2.8%

4) Kathleen Adkins - 1:16 - 5.2%

3) Madison Callan - 1:19 - 5.4%

2) Amanda Chalfant - 1:28 - 6.2%

1) Abby Irwin - 1:51 - 7.6%

Great running folks!

To view "official" meet results, CLICK HERE. Please note that there are slight variances in these times and the times that Gwen and Tracy recorded. In the 4A girls, all times were approximately 16 seconds slower than actual.

To view overall girls results, CLICK HERE.

To view Issy girls results, CLICK HERE.

To view overall boys results, CLICK HERE.

To view Issy boys results, CLICK HERE.

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Duel meet with Ballard - Wednesday, September 28

TEAM SCORES:

Girls

17 Issaquah

44 Ballard

Talk about a slaughter! Way to run ladies...your league record this season is now 5-0....yeah baby!

Varsity Boys

18 Ballard

41 Issaquah

We'll get 'em next time guys! Your record this season now stands at 2-3.

And just for fun....JV Boys Mock Score!

26 Issaquah
29 Ballard

Nice work JV Boys! Would I have posted this mock score if Ballard had won? Nobody knows for sure!

To view detailed team scoring, CLICK HERE.

IMPROVEMENTS FROM OUR MEET TWO WEEKS AGO:

GIRLS:

We had 25 girls compete in both meets and 17 improved! (68%!) That's incredible for just two weeks time. Way to run!

The top 7 in reverse order:

7) The Wizard - 0:40 - 3.3%

6) Annika Barnett - 0:55 - 3.7%

5) Abby Irwin - 0:51 - 3.8%

4) Erin Burdette - 1:15 - 5.1%

Ms. Macdonald

3) Sierra Schulte - 1:32 - 6.0%

2) Julian Hsu - 2:02 - 7%

1) Genevieve Macdonald - 4:07 - 13.3% (Holy cow...that's 1:22 per mile!)

BOYS:

41 boys ran in both meets and 31 improved! (That's 76%..sorry gals!). Awesome boys...way to bring it!

The top 7 in reverse order:

7) Sean Johnson - 0:50 - 4.2%

6) Wesley Esko - 0:57 - 4.38%

5) Lucas Johnson - 1:00 - 4.40%

4) Alex Baker - 0:58 - 4.5%

Mr. Karren

3) Braeden Calhoun - 1:05 - 4.7%

2) Caleb Walin - 0:54 - 4.856% (So close and yet so far!)

1) Adam Karren - 1:06 - 4.860%

Great racing everybody! Really great work out there today!

For Issy girls results, CLICK HERE.

Ms. Hendrickson

For overall girls results, CLICK HERE.

Special Blog Mention: Congrats to Ellie Hendrickson on her first career victory at IHS! Alright!

For Issy boys results, CLICK HERE.

For overall boys results, CLICK HERE.

For results on athletic.net, CLICK HERE.

For some photos courtesy once again of Jenner "Asehel Curtis" Sapienza, CLICK HERE.

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WEEK 5:

Duel meet with Roosevelt & Woodinville - Wednesday, September 21

TEAM SCORES

GIRLS

26 Issaquah

45 Woodinville
60 Roosevelt

Issy girls overall record this season: 4 - 0 (Our girls haven't been 4 - 0 since 2005!)

BOYS

19 Roosevelt

43 Issaquah
75 Woodinville

Issy boys overall record this season: 2 - 2

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Congratulations to the following athletes that competed in their first race as members of our team:

Yosep Kim

Kyle Cote

Maddie Bennett

Congratulations guys....you ran great!

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IMPROVEMENTS FROM LAST YEAR:

TOP 5 GIRLS:

5) Abby Irwin - :59 - 4.1%
4) Julia Brackett - 1:27 - 5.0%
3) Laura Tochko - 1:24 - 5.1 %
2) Amanda Chalfant - 1:15 - 5.2%
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1) Kathleen Adkins - 1:39 - 6.3%

TOP 5 BOYS:

5) Alex Hansen - 1:54 - 8.0%

4) Sean Johnson - 1:44 - 8.3%
3) Jacob Brunette - 2:11 - 9.3%
2) Jack Herbst - 2:34 - 11.7%
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1) Andrew Larsen - 3:37 - 16.7%

GREAT JOB KIDS!

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For overall girls' results, CLICK HERE.

For Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE.

For overall boys' results, CLICK HERE.

For Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE.

For detailed team scores, CLICK HERE.

For results on athletic.net, CLICK HERE.

For some pictures courtesy of Jenner Sapienza, CLICK HERE. Thanks Jenner!

WAY-TO-GO TEAM!!

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WEEK 4:

Duel meet with Bothell and Skyline - Wednesday, September 14

TEAM SCORES

Girls:

27 Issaquah

28 Skyline

83 Bothell

(This is the first time our girls have beaten Skyline in a duel meet since at least 2003. Outstanding!)

Girls overall duel record this season: 2-0

Boys:

18 Skyline

57 Issaquah
62 Bothell

Boys overall duel record this season: 1-1

IMPROVEMENTS FROM TIME TRIAL:

GIRLS: 28 girls that ran today also ran in the time trial. All 28 improved (awesome!) by a combined average of a whopping 2:50 per runner! We had some girls improve by more than 6 minutes in two weeks on the same course. Incredible!

BOYS: 42 boys that ran today also ran in the time trial. 41 improved by an average of 1:59 per runner. Way to run boys!

To view detailed team scoring, CLICK HERE.

To view overall girls' results, CLICK HERE.

To view Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE.

To view overall boys' results, CLICK HERE.

To view Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE.

To view some photos from the meet taken by Jenner Sapienza (Hunter's little brother) click HERE or HERE. Thanks Jenner....great photos!

To view photos of the meet from Don Borin, CLICK HERE and look for the 2011 section. Thanks for the photos Don!

A very special shout-out to all the parents and team members that helped out at our meet. We had at least 20 individuals that volunteered their time to help run the meet and you all did an incredible job. We can't do it without you so thanks a million!

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WEEK 3:

TAHOMA CO-ED RELAYS - Saturday, September 10

Fabulous work at Tahoma Relays kids! We had some strong efforts and some really solid improvement from last season. It was the perfect day to run through a lake!

To view Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE.

To view Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE.

To view results on athletic.net, CLICK HERE.

To view photos from the meet courtesy of Lawrie Robertson (Gwen's husband), CLICK HERE. Thanks Lawrie!

To view photos from the meet courtesy of Liz Herbst (Jack's mom), CLICK HERE. Thanks Liz!

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LEAGUE PREVIEW - Thursday, September 8

To view Issy Girl's results, CLICK HERE.

To view Issy Boy's results, CLICK HERE.

To view mock team scores, CLICK HERE.

To view results on athletic.net, CLICK HERE. (They aren't all up yet.)

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WEEK 2:

Intra-squad Time Trial - Thursday, September 1

For boys results, CLICK HERE

For girls results, CLICK HERE

For results on athletic.net, CLICK HERE

2010-11-10T19:29:00.000-08:00

2010 Season

State Meet: CLICK HERE

TPSTT: CLICK HERE

District Meet: CLICK HERE

KingCo Meet: CLICK HERE

Earlier weeks from 2010: CLICK HERE

2009-11-10T19:42:00.000-08:00

2009 Season

State Meet: CLICK HERE

TPSTT: CLICK HERE

District Meet: CLICK HERE

KingCo Meet: CLICK HERE

Earlier Weeks: CLICK HERE

2009-02-07T21:32:00.000-08:00

- Donate to Issy Cross Country -

You don't have to be on this year's team to become part of IHS Cross Country. You can make a huge difference in the lives of all our athletes through a monetary donation to our program!

We welcome donations of any dollar amount. They will go directly into our general fund to be used for all sorts of reasons - invite fees, team-issued warm-ups, equipment upgrades, etc. All donations are fully tax-deductible and come with complementary "warm and fuzzy feelings" from knowing you are making our program better for our kids.

Here's how:

> Download the donation form by CLICKING HERE.

> Print it out then fill it out. It is a school district form so some of the specifics have already been completed for you. The form is the same form used for Track & Field Donations because technically both sports fall under the same donation category.

> Write a check payable to "IHS" and include in the memo line "Cross Country Donation".

> Send in your form and check to this address:

Issaquah High School
ATTN: Lorie Sorteberg, ASB Bookkeeper
700 2nd Ave. SE
Issaquah, WA 98027

You will receive a receipt later in the mail that proves how awesome you are!

We REALLY appreciate all our supporters and thank everyone involved in our program on all levels.

Thank you!!

2008-12-02T23:11:00.000-08:00

STATS, STATS, STATS! - Team

Click below on each category to view those teams that made each list. Have fun!

(Lists are up-to-date through the 2011 season.)

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DUEL MEETS

All-Time Won-Lost Records in Duel Meets
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VARSITY KINGCO MEET

All-Time Team Places

Team Finishes in Top 3

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DISTRICT MEET

All-Time Team Places

Team Finishes in Top 3

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STATE MEET

All-Time Team Places

Team Finishes in Top 3

2008-12-02T21:41:00.000-08:00

STATS, STATS, STATS! - Individuals

Click below on each category to view those individuals that made each list. Have fun!

(Lists are up-to-date through the 2011 season.)

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JV KINGCO

Individual finishers in Top 20: By Year

Individual finishers in Top 25% of field: By Year

Individual Champions: By Year

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VARSITY KINGCO MEET

First Team All-KingCo Performers: By Place OR By Year

First Team All-KingCo Performers - Multiple Times

First & Second Team All-KingCo Performers By Year

All Participants

4 & 3-Year Participants

9th-Grade Participants
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QUALIFYING TO THE DISTRICT MEET

Individual Qualifiers

Individual Qualifiers - Multiple Times

9th-Grade Individual Qualifiers
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DISTRICT MEET

First Team All-District Performers: By Place OR By Year

First Team All-District Performers - Multiple Times

First & Second Team All-District Performers By Year

All Participants

4 & 3-Year Participants

9th-Grade Participants
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QUALIFYING TO STATE MEET

Individual Qualifiers

Individual Qualifiers - Multiple Times

9th-Grade Individual Qualifiers
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STATE MEET

First Team All-State Performers

All-State Performers - Chronological Order OR By Year

Top-25 Finishers

Top-25 Finishers - Multiple Years

All Participants

All Participants - Multiple Years

9th-Grade Participants

2008-11-28T22:12:00.000-08:00

Prior weeks of 2010 season

WEEK 8: @ BEAVER LAKE w/ Redmond & Eastlake

For some awesome pictures from the meet, CLICK HERE. Thanks to Susie Yamane for providing these great pictures!

For team scores, CLICK HERE

For Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE

For Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE

For the meet results page on Athletic.net, CLICK HERE

Special mention to our seniors that competed in the pie eating contest: Kim Varney, Madison Pong, Lucas VanDeMark, and Isaac Robinson. Congratulations to Kim and Madison for being the winning duo and schooling the Eastlake and Redmond eaters and winning free pumpkins!! Also - special mention to Madison for being the fastest individual eater: 1:29 for a Hostess pie!
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WEEK 7: @ Big Finn w/ Inglemoor & Garfield

For team scores - CLICK HERE

For Issy girls results - CLICK HERE

For Issy boys results - CLICK HERE

For overall results on Athletic.net - CLICK HERE _____________________________________

WEEK 6: Tomahawk Twilight Invite

Great weather, a challenging yet fun course, and the dusk element made a for a fantastic meet! Thanks to all those teammates that made the trip with us as well as their family members that were there to cheer and support. We all had a great time! There were many season PRs set for 5K, even compared to the flat course at Marymoor from our last dual meet!

Here are those that had season PRs: (Lifetime PRs for those that have competed with us for more than one season are also listed.)

0:03 Tom Tseng
0:06 Nicole Migotsky
0:09 Sam Salmon
0:09 Nikita Sirohi (Lifetime PR!)
0:10 Rachel Osgood (Lifetime PR!)
0:15 Kaileen Dougherty (Lifetime PR!)
0:35 Stefano Erickson (Lifetime PR!)
0:35 Amanda Chalfant
0:52 Eva Perry
0:53 Lucas VanDeMark (Lifetime PR!)
1:01 Madison Callan

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!!

RESULTS :

Issy Girls: CLICK HERE

Issy Boys: CLICK HERE

Actual & Mock Team Scores: CLICK HERE

Official results on Athletic.net: CLICK HERE

Pictures: CLICK HERE to view pictures from the meet. Thanks to Lawrie Robertson for these great pics!
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WEEK 5:

Saturday - Bellevue Invite

Team scores:

Our JV boys were 9th out of 36 teams and our JV girls were 10th out of 17. Very nice! (Remember: we didn't enter anybody into the varsity flights.)

For detailed team scores, CLICK HERE.

For Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE.

For Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE.

For official results on Athletic.net, CLICK HERE.

For pictures from the meet, CLICK HERE. (Thanks to Lawrie Robertson for these great pics!)

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Tuesday - @ Marymoor w/ Roosevelt & Woodinville

For team scores, CLICK HERE

For overall girls' results, CLICK HERE

For Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE

For overall boys' results, CLICK HERE

For Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE

PICTURES:

CLICK HERE

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WEEK 4:

Saturday - SOUTH WHIDBEY INVITE

CLICK HERE to view team scores (actual & mock) of the races were we had at least 5 runners

CLICK HERE to view Issy girls' results

CLICK HERE to view Issy boys' results

CLICK HERE to see some pictures!

CLICK HERE to see Kim Varney's boyfriend from Jackson

Official meet results can be viewed by clicking HERE.

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Thursday - @ Big Finn w/ Bothell & Skyline

CLICK HERE for detailed team scores

CLICK HERE for overall girls' results

CLICK HERE for Issy girls' results

CLICK HERE for Issy boys' results
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WEEK 3:

Saturday - Tahoma Relays

CLICK HERE to view pictures! Thanks to Lawrie Robertson (Gwen's husband) for taking these awesome shots!

Our 5 relay teams ran great; here are their places (out of approximately 95 teams)

R. Higgins, Migotsky, Osgood, Violette, Robinson - 12th!
C. Higgins, Perry, Sirohi, Corscadden, Ratcliffe - 43rd
Moo, K. Varney, Dougherty, Kane, Tom - 58th
W. Borom, Chalfant, Salmon, Phair, Sapienza - 67th
B. Varney, Adkins, Yamane, Corman, Meyer - 78th

CLICK HERE for Issy Girls' Results

CLICK HERE for Issy Boys' Results

Great work all!
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Thursday - League Preview

CLICK HERE to view Issy girls' results

CLICK HERE to view Issy boys' results

CLICK HERE to view mock varsity team scores

CLICK HERE to go to the results page on Athletic.net

CLICK HERE to view pictures from the event ____________________________________

WEEK 2: Eagle Countdown Classic

Congratulations to our winners and new record holders:

Nicole Migotsky - 7.27 laps
Turner Wiley - 9.05 laps

* Special mention to boys' Heat 1 winner Bob Varney who held the school record for about 15 minutes after the first heat finished. He will forever be the answer to the trivia question - "Who was TECHNICALLY the first record holder?"

TEAM RESULTS:

Girls:

Juniors/Sophomores: 6.325 average laps
Seniors/Freshmen: 5.913 average laps

Boys:

Seniors/Freshmen: 7.401 average laps
Juniors/Sophomores: 7.100 average laps

Combined:

Seniors/Freshmen: 6.864 average laps
Juniors/Sophomores: 6.827 average laps

CLICK HERE to view detailed results. We rounded to the nearest 1/8 lap; in some cases kids are shown as having the same distance even though they were not exactly together. Some lap counts were adjusted to reflect minor differences when known.

2008-11-28T22:01:00.000-08:00

KingCo League Championship Meet
Thursday, October 21
Lincoln Park
Seattle
5K

We had some EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS at the league meet! There were PRs all over the place - both Season and Lifetime! Incredible work kids...your hard work this season paid off BIG TIME!

IMPROVEMENT SUMMARY:

GIRLS:

Improvements from Preview: 16 / 16 (100%!)

Season PRs: 10

Top 3:

1:53 Tabitha Wheeler
1:35 Allison Hsu
1:24 Emma Longo

Lifetime PRs: 6

Top 3:

:46 Lindsey Yamane
:24 Kaileen Dougherty
:19 Rachel Osgood

BOYS:

Improvements from Preview: 38 / 40 (95%!)

Season PRs: 21

Top 3:

2:25 Joe Pierini
1:16 Charlie Butz
1:06 Jacob Brunette

Lifetime PRs: 18

Top 3:

1:10 Stefano Erickson
:51 Mark Dabundo
:39 Lucas VanDeMark

To view all Season & Lifetime PRs from this meet, CLICK HERE.

TEAM SCORES:

Varsity Boys - 7th
Varsity Girls - 10th
JV Boys 1 - 10th
JV Girls - 10th
JV Boys 2 - 7th

With their 7th place finish, the boys qualified for the District Meet! Congratulations men! This is the 5th straight season our boys have qualified for the District Meet - Awesome work!

Unfortunately, our girls missed out on qualifying as a team for the third straight year. Let's make it happen next year! Start training TODAY! :)

For detailed team scoring, CLICK HERE.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

NICOLE MIGOTSY - By finishing 21st, Nicole qualified for Districts for the 2nd straight season. She is the 14th girl in school history to qualify individually for Districts twice. Solid Nicole!

RACHEL OSGOOD - With her 25th-place finish, Rachel also qualified for Districts individually. This is her first time qualifying and she is the 59th girl in program history to do so. Excellent Rachel!

ISAAC ROBINSON - By finishing 7th, Isaac earned 1st-Team All-KingCo honors and became just the 3rd Issy boy to do so in the last 8 years (Roger Ying in 2006 and Chris Brasino in 2007, 2008, 2009 are the others). Isaac also qualified individually for Districts (even though the team did too) for the second-straight season and became the 20th boy in school history to do that. Superb Isaac!

TURNER WILEY - With his 9th place finish, Turner earned 2nd-Team All-KingCo honors and became just the 7th Issy boy to finish in the top 10 in the last eight years! This is also the second-straight year that Turner qualified individually to Districts and he's now # 21 in program history to do that. Way to run T-Dub!

RYAN HIGGINS - Even though he's just a freshman, we're still required to mention his performance. :) With his 34th-place finish (3rd-best finish by a 9th grader in the race), Ryan also qualified individually to Districts and became just the 7th freshman in program history (we're talking about 45 years here folks!) to do this and just the 3rd to do it in the last 13 years! (Alex Looi in 2003 and Chris Brasino in 2006 are the others.) Outstanding Ryan!

SENIORS WITH A LIFETIME PR IN THEIR FINAL RACE:

Will Borom
Cameron Courage
Chris Lundeen
Connor Pearl
Lucas VanDeMark

Congratulations on your PRs and your XC careers at IHS!

These are just a few of the notable performances - great work everybody!

To view Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE.

To view Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE.

To view the official results on Athletic.net, CLICK HERE.

2008-11-28T21:26:00.000-08:00

Wes/King District I/II Championship Meet
Saturday, October 30
South Whidbey High School
Langley
5K

Way to run at the District Meet folks! Of the nine athletes we had that participated, eight also ran at the South Whidbey invite back in September. All eight improved their time! That's really impressive! Even those that were unhappy with their races still improved their time from the invite. Way to end the season with something of a bright spot!

GIRLS:

Rachel Osgood - 34th - 1:05 improvement from invite: Rachel ran a strong race and wound up just nine spots and about 25 seconds from qualifying for state. She beat four girls that beat her last week at KingCo (that's really awesome considering the overall talent of our league) and had her second-fastest time of her career. Way to go Rachel on a great season, we can't wait for next season!

Nicole Migotsky - 69th - :04 improvement from invite: Nicole had one of the tougher races of her career and did not finish where she would have liked, however Nicole wraps up an outstanding junior campaign with her participation in her second-straight District meet. Just a junior, she'll be ready to roll again next season!

For Issy girls' results, CLICK HERE

For overall girls' results, CLICK HERE

SPECIAL BLOG MENTION to the Roosevelt girls for finishing 5th and knocking "the green school" out of state qualifying by just 3 points. (The green school beat Roosevelt by 60 at KingCo - that is an unbelievable turnaround in just one meet.) Way to go Roosevelt!!

BOYS TEAM: Our boys finished 13th out of 16 teams and just barely missed qualifying for state by a minuscule 112 points! [tongue-in-cheek :) ] This was the first boys' team in program history to run at the District Meet with more than two 9th graders on it. Isaac & Turner were also the only two of our boys that had ever run at a District Meet before. Just making it this far with this much raw youth and lack of high-level competitive experience is a tremendous accomplishment and we couldn't be prouder of our boys! The future sure looks bright!

For detailed team scores, CLICK HERE

INDIVIDUAL BOYS NOTES:

Isaac Robinson - 16th - :23 improvement from invite - STATE QUALIFIER: In his third District meet, Isaac ran yet another strong race with an awesome final kick to earn his first individual qualification to state! Entering the track, Isaac was in 18th and managed to run down a couple boys in the last few meters. Isaac is just the 28th boy in program history to qualify individually to state. Way to go on your awesome season Isaac - let's do it one more time next week in Pasco!

Turner Wiley - 19th - :17 improvement from invite - STATE QUALIFIER: Also in his third District meet, Turner had a stellar race and also earned his first-ever individual qualification to state! Turner becomes the 29th boy in program history to qualify for state individually. Turner has had one of the most consistent seasons in recent memory and has one more race to cap his Issy XC career! We'll see you in Pasco tough guy!

Way to go fellas!

Below: 4A podium featuring all 25 individual state qualifiers. Turner is 3rd from right, Isaac is 4th from left in purple sweatshirt and red shorts. Click on the image for a larger view.

ISSY BOYS INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS TO STATE (Since state qualifying began via District competition in 1967):

1967: Rick Whitcomb
1968: Jim Mano
1978, 1979: Mike Pyeatt
1982: Tom Bohannon
1988: Travis Whisman
1988: John Louviere
1988, 1989: Bard Zajac
1990: Chris Weinmann
1990: Richard Thomas
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994: Kris Roof
1993, 1994: Mitch Stuard
1996: John Young
1996: Brent Jarosek
1998: Michael Hughes
1998, 2000: Aaron Skolnik
2000: Joel Hatfield
2001, 2002: Jon Harding
2001, 2002: Zach Shaw
2001: Ryan Pawloski 2
002: Tim Baynes
2002: Jamie Miyazaki
2005: Alex Looi
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009: Chris Brasino
2006: Roger Ying
2007, 2009: Kevin LeMond
2008, 2009: Jon Wallis
2009: Dennis Leigh
2010: Isaac Robinson
2010: Turner Wiley

Ryan Higgins - 68th - :29 improvement from invite: Becoming just the 18th Issy freshman to participate in a District meet, Ryan had an outstanding first season in our program. Running as our # 3 for most of the season, Ryan is one of the more-impressive freshmen we've had at IHS in recent years. Way to go on an outstanding season Ryan!

Sean Ratcliffe - 102nd - 1:39 improvement from the invite: The grand-prize winner in terms of improvement, Sean had an awesome race, finishing 4th on the team which was his highest team finish of the season. He was 31 seconds better PER MILE than the invite and he was just 11 seconds off his lifetime PR set last week. Considering that South Whidbey is considered to be much slower than Lincoln Park, this is a really impressive mark. Way to run Sean, you had a great sophomore campaign and we can't wait to see what you can do next year!

Patrick Violette - 109th - :32 improvement from the invite: Our lone junior on the varsity squad this season, Patrick caps his first season of Issy XC with an excellent half-minute improvement from the invite. Patrick has been a strong competitor all season for our team and we look forward to his senior campaign next season!

Jack Corscadden - 110th - didn't run at the invite: Our second finisher amongst our trio of varsity 9th graders, Jack caps his frosh campaign as just the 19th freshman to run at the District meet. A very consistent runner for our team this year, we can't wait for seasons down the road. Way to go Jack!

Aidan Heninger - 111th - :04 improvement from the invite: The third of our three freshmen at this meet, Aidan caps his first Issy XC season as just the 20th 9th grader to run at Districts. Running as our # 5 for much of the season, Aidan had a super season as one of our youngest-ever team members (he's only 13!). We can't wait for next season!

9th GRADE DISTRICT MEET PARTICIPANTS:

1984: Brent Copenhaver
1984: Brent Wendel
1986: Sal DeSalvo
1988: Chris Weinmann
1990: James DeSalvo
1990: Blaine Cameron
1991: Kris Roof
1991: Dusty Lybbert
1992: Jason Townsend
1992: Eric Rasmussen
1996: Michael Hughes
1997: Aaron Skolnik
1998: Devin Carroll
1998: Matt Kasser
2003: Alex Looi
2006: Chris Brasino
2006: Kevin LeMond
2010: Ryan Higgins
2010: Jack Corscadden
2010: Aidan Heninger

Keagan Moo & Hunter Sapienza: Our alternates for this meet, we truly appreciate their upbeat attitudes and their willingness to warm-up with the team and tote the racers' gear back to the bleachers. They were both at-the-ready if we needed them and both did a great job. Both just sophomores, we can't wait to have them back next year. Awesome guys!

For Issy boys' results, CLICK HERE

For overall boys' results, CLICK HERE

For the results page on Athletic.net, CLICK HERE

Congratulations everybody on your great seasons!

2008-11-28T19:24:00.000-08:00

STATE MEETSaturday, November 6
Sun Willows Golf Course
Pasco
5K

Congratulations to our boys for their great efforts at state. The weather was perfect with nearly no wind (really rare for this course) so it made for a great day of racing.
TURNER - 61st, 16:35 - Turner wraps up his XC career at IHS with his second-straight top-65 finish at state, putting him in the top half of the 4A field both times. His time was just 11 seconds off from his mark last year, showing great consistency on a course that can cause problems for some year-to-year. Turner was a three-year member of our varsity squad and has become just the 8th IHS boy to run at state three times since qualifying began in 1967. Awesome job Turner - congratulations on your accomplishments and career at IHS, we'll miss you next year!
ISAAC - 125th, 17:27 - Isaac had one of the more courageous performances at state we can remember. Battling dehydration and electrolyte issues plus a collision in the second mile that put him on the ground, Isaac was able to battle through and complete his race. (As a reward for his efforts, he got to spend a couple hours in the hospital in Pasco to receive a couple IVs of fluid!) Though he is disappointed that things didn't turn out as he had hoped, we couldn't be prouder of his effort from this meet and during his IHS career. Isaac ran varsity all three of his XC seasons also running at state all of those years becoming the 9th IHS boy to run at state three times since 1967. Well done Isaac, congratulations on your outstanding IHS career!
IHS BOYS 3-TIME STATE MEET PARTICIPANTS (Since state-qualifying began in 1967):
Kris Roof: 1991-1993
James DeSalvo: 1990, 1992-1993
Blaine Cameron: 1990, 1992-1993
Mitch Stuard: 1992-1994
Zach Shaw: 2000-2002
Jamie Miyazaki: 2000-2002
Jon Wallis: 2007-2009Turner Wiley: 2008-2010
Isaac Robinson: 2008-2010
SPECIAL MENTIONs - Thanks to all those family members and current and former team members that made the trip over to Pasco to watch our boys!
CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS:

Kim Varney
Rachel Osgood
Nicole Migotsky
Patrick Violette

IHS ALUMNI:
Sean Migotsky
Arielle Walton
Chris Brasino
Kevin LeMond
It was really great to see the large group of kids to come watch our boys and we really appreciate it! Extra special mention to those that came to the hospital to support Isaac. Way to go guys!
For results from the meet, CLICK HERE

For video of the 4A race, CLICK HERE

Thousands of pictures from the day will be eventually posted on THIS WEBSITE (Scroll down past all the Eisenhower information.)
A few pictures from Mitch, AKA Ansel Adams:

Thanks everybody!

2008-11-15T15:37:00.000-08:00

State Meet Recap

3rd in State!!

Scroll down for pictures from the meet

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Here are summaries of how our boys did. For reference purposes, there were 144 boys in our race and 694 boys total across all classifications.

CHRIS BRASINO (18th, 15:53, Lifetime PR, 27-second PR at state) had an amazing race with a strong last 800m to move from 25th to 18th at the finish. By finishing in the top 20 in our 4A classification, Chris reached a pre-race goal and qualified for Border Clash XI. Only runners that place under a specific place threshold in each classification qualify for this event. (Chris is the 3rd Issy boy to qualify for Border Clash; Jon Harding & Zach Shaw in 2002 are the others.) Chris caps his high school XC career by becoming one of the first two Issaquah boys to run at state all 4 years (Kevin LeMond is the other, read on for his summary.) Chris is the 10th boy in school history to have finished in the top 20 at state and just the 3rd to do it twice. (Mike Pyeatt 1978/1979; Travis Whisman 1987/1988) This was the 22nd year that the state meet has been run at Sun Willows. Chris' time of 15:53 is the fastest for an Issy boy since the length moved from 3.0 to 3.1 miles in 1997 and the 4th fastest Issy result overall at Sun Willows when you convert all results to 3.1 miles. Chris ended up 35th overall out of all runners to earn All-State honors. Congratulations Chris on an extrordinary high school career at Issaquah.

DENNIS LEIGH (33rd, 16:08, Lifetime PR) ran in his first and only state meet and turned in the 3rd fastest time for an Issy boy since the course lengthened to 3.1 miles in 1997. After getting somewhat mauled at the start and then having to be treated by trainers before the second start, Dennis ran as good a race as you'll ever see for a state-meet rookie. Dennis is the 13th Issy boy to finish in the top 35 at state in the last 20 years. Overall, Dennis was 54th across all classifications. Dennis finished 13th in KingCo, 13th in District, and 33rd in state. Amongst KingCo runners in the 4A race, Dennis placed 6th! Awesome work, that is the definition of the way to finish a season. Congratulations Dennis on an outstanding season and IHS XC career.

ISAAC ROBINSON (51st, 16:24, Lifetime PR, 44-second PR at state) ran in his second state meet and had a great last 400 up and over hill to achieve an oustanding PR. Isaac is the 33rd Issy boy to run at state twice since the inception of the state meet in 1969. Isaac improved 50 places from his 101st finish last season. He was 84th overall across all classifications. Wonderful job and a great junior season Isaac...we can't wait to see what happens next year!

TURNER WILEY (52nd, 16:24, 64-second PR at state) also ran in his second state meet and had the largest improvement of both place and time by jumping an incredible 62 places from his 116th place finish a year ago. Turner is the 34th Issy boy to run at state twice since 1969. He finished 85th overall across all classifications. Turner had one of the most consistent seasons in recent memory and we eagerly await his senior season next year. Way to go Turner!

JON WALLIS (53rd, 16:27) ran a strong and stellar race to finish 94th overall among all classifications and became just the 9th boy in school history to run at state 3 times. His time was virtually the same as last year where Jon improved 80 seconds from the year before that. Jon is only the second boy to run under 16:30 at state twice since the length increase to 3.1 in 1997. Jon has been one of our strongest and most consistent runners during his three varsity seasons and this year was no different. Congratulations Jon, you have had a great Issy career and you did us proud at every turn.

KEVIN LeMOND (55th, 16:27, 8-second PR at state) became one of the first two Issy boys to run at state all 4 years. (Chris is the other, scroll up to read his summary) Kevin showed marked improvement each year at state with improvements of 35, 39, and 8 seconds. Of the 80 teams that were at the state meet, Kevin was the fastest #6 runner and finished 96th overall amongst all classifications. (our top 6 were all in the top 100) Kevin finished in the top 60 at state 3 times. Congratulations Kevin, you enjoyed a storied Issy career and were a great performer for all 4 years.

SPENCER HILDIE (130th, 17:36) also ran in his first and only state meet and had a strong final push over and down the hill to the finish. Spencer is just the 2nd # 7 Issy runner to finish under 17:45 at state in the last 14 years. Spencer finished 355th overall amongst all classifications. Spencer ran in his first 3 varsity post season races this season and proved to be an excellent # 7 and strong competitor each time. Congratulations Spencer, you had an awesome senior XC season and Issy career.

BARRON GILMORE (Alternate extrodinaire) was again our alternate this week. Barron demonstrated excellence in his role and was right there as needed to support the team and be ready to go if necessary. One of the three juniors to make the trip, we have high hopes for Barron next season. Way to go Barron, thanks for a great season!

CLICK HERE for Issy results
CLICK HERE for 4A boys results
CLICK HERE for overall all-classification boys results

TEAM RESULTS / IMPACT

This team has accomplished some amazing and incredible things this season. They had specific team goals and worked hard all summer and during the season to accomplish these goals. Here are bullet points with factual tidbits of varying signifigance that relate this team's accomplishments and place in history of Issaquah XC.

> League preview team champions
> Winning team at Tahoma relays
> Kelso Invite champions
> Sunfair Invite - 7th place (3rd place when scored in post-season format)
> Unbeaten league dual meet record of 12-0
> KingCo Champions (5th team title in school history & a specific goal for this season)
> District Champions (1st team title in school history & a specific goal for this season)
> 13th boys team to qualify for state in school history (a specific goal for this season)

> 3rd place in state
[This is the second time in three years that our boys finished 3rd in state and the third time overall (1987, 2007, 2009). That is the second highest team finish in school history at state behind the 2002 team that finished 2nd.]

> After scoring all 80 boys teams and 694 runners from the meet Saturday together in one gigantic mock race, our boys finished in an incredible 4th place. That's 4th overall in Washington State regardless of classification behind only North Central, Joel Ferris, & Henry Jackson. All three of those teams have been ranked in the top 10 nationally at some point this season. Other than an 11-point loss to Auburn Riverside at Sunfair (we beat them by 21 yesterday actual and by 90 in the mock scoring), the only teams to beat our boys this entire season in any meet on any course were those three teams.

CLICK HERE for all-classification mock team scores

>>>>This team is easily the deepest in school history and a consensus pick amongst all four coaches as the best team in school history. Congratulations boys...you are incredible athletes and a team for the ages that will live on in stories and memories for years and decades to come. We as coaches have been honored to be witnesses to your accomplishments.

THANK-YOUs

Thanks to all those that made the drive to Pasco to support and cheer on our boys.

> Special mention to the following XC teammates and fellow IHS students, in no particular order:
Nolan Taylor, Nicole Migotsky, Kim Varney, Arielle Walton, Michael Migotsky, Haley Miller-Boren Thanks guys!

> Special thank you to the Migotsky Family for delivering our team tent to and from the meet.

> Lastly, a hearty thanks to the parents and families of all of our kids. Your support, time, photos, cheering, and presence have all helped our athletes achieve these incredible things. For the parents and families of our seniors - Thank you so much for a great four years. It's been quite a ride and lot of fun. Don't be strangers!

Here are a few pictures from the meet. Thanks to Terry Brasino for these great shots.

The start (note the creepy neon-faced hooded figures in the background)

Chris & Dennis run past the mile mark

Jon, Turner & Isaac make their move before the homestretch

Kevin fights for position

Spencer just past the mile mark

The squad post-race: Barron, Spencer, Chris, Turner, Isaac, Dennis, Jon, Kevin

The Podium: Coach Zach Shaw, Coach Mitch Stuard, Coach Gwen Robertson, Barron, Isaac, Jon, Chris, Kevin, Dennis, Turner, Spencer, Coach Tim Baynes, Volunteer Coach Sean Migotsky

The squad with teammates: Top: Barron, Dennis, Turner, Isaac, Spencer, Chris, Haley, Kim, Michael. Bottom: Kevin, Jon, Arielle, Nolan, Nicole

Seniors on the squad, The Class of 2010: Spencer, Dennis, Jon, Kevin, Chris

2008-11-11T08:30:00.000-08:00

2009 Post-Season Time Trial Results

Great job at the time trial kids! Some of these performances are lifetime PRs! Use these results as motivators to help you train over the winter so you can have an awesome track season.

Thanks to the Migotskys for timing this event.

4:37.1 Chris Brasino
4:37.3 Isaac Robinson (20.6 better than last year)
4:37.5 Kevin LeMond (14.4 better than last year)
4:46.0 Sean Migotsky
4:48.2 Dennis Leigh (Within 0.4 of PR)
4:49.5 Turner Wiley (New PR by 0.7; 18.8 better than last year)
5:00.5 Spencer Hildie (New PR by 10.3; 13.3 better than last year)
5:01.8 Jeremiah Odom
5:38.8 Nolan Taylor
5:41.1 Nicole Migotsky
5:49.5 Arielle Walton (6.1 better than last year)
5:53.0 Michael Migotsky (20.3 better than last year)
5:55.0 Lucas Vandemark (1:41.4 better than last year!)
5:58.9 Rachel Osgood
6:21.8 Andrew Hartman
6:41.7 Hunter Sapienza

CLICK HERE for comparative spreadsheet of prior results

2008-11-09T21:05:00.000-08:00

10/22 KINGCO LEAGUE MEET @ L.S.S.P.

Outstanding job at the meet everybody! Just about everyone looked great and ran really well. We had 45 season PRs yesterday! That is incredible and shows that we are peaking/peaked at the perfect time. Way to go!

If this was your last meet, congratulations on a terrific season. We will see you at our awards night!

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS /

GIRLS:

Varsity notables:

Nicole Migotsky finished 21st and qualified individually for the District Meet in just her first year of XC. Nice!

Arielle Walton finished 35th and also qualified individually for the District meet for the second straight year.

Rachel Osgood ran incredibly and had a monster PR of over 30 seconds!

JV:

Top JV finisher was Kaileen Dougerty in 94th place also with a season PR.

CLICK HERE for overall girls results
CLICK HERE for Issy girls results

BOYS:

Varsity:

Chris Brasino finished 5th for his 3rd career top 7 league finish and also earned 1st Team All KingCo honors for the 3rd straight time.

Kevin LeMond finished 9th for his 2nd straight top 10 finish and achieved 2nd Team All-KingCo for the 3rd straight season.

STATISTICAL NOTE: Chris and Kevin are the 14th and 15th boys in school history to run varsity at the KingCo Meet all 4 years. Incredible! The others are: Brent Copenhaver & Brent Wendel '84 - '87, Chris Weinmann '88 - '91, Blaine Cameron & James DeSalvo '90 - '93, Dusty Lybbert & Kris Roof '91 - '94, Michael Hughes '96 - '99, Aaron Skolnik '97 - '00, Ryan Pawlowski '98 - '01, Alex Looi '03 - '06, and Matt Benson & Roger Ying '04 - '07)

Dennis Leigh placed 13th in his first varsity KingCo appearance and earned 2nd Team All-KingCo honors and a spot on the awards stand.

Turner Wiley placed 16th which was a 27-place improvement from last season.

Jon Wallis placed 18th in his 3rd varsity appearance and finished in the top 20 all 3 of those years.

Isaac Robinson placed 22nd which was a 33-place improvement from last season.

Spencer Hildie made his Varsity debut and finished 52nd with a lifetime PR.

JV:

Barron Gilmore finished 1st in our boys' JV heat with a lifetime PR!

Lucas Casey finished 6th with a lifetime PR.

Ty Morton finished 10th. There were over 200 runners in our heat alone!

CLICK HERE for overall boys results
CLICK HERE for Issy boys results

TEAM SCORES /

4A Varsity Girls: 10th out of 12 teams

JV Girls: 14th out of 15 teams

Combined 4A & 3A/2A Varsity Girls mock: 14th out of 19 teams

4A Varsity Boys: 1st out of 12 teams

JV Boys (Red race): 3rd out of 10 teams

JV Boys Red & Blue combined mock: 4th out of 18 teams

Combined 4A & 3A/2A Varsity Boys mock: 1st out of 19 teams (Beat Bellevue by 5!!)

CLICK HERE for actual varsity scores
CLICK HERE for JV and mock varsity/JV scores

GREAT JOB EVERYBODY!

2009 4A KingCo Champions

L-R: Spencer "The" Hildie, Isaac "Swiss Family" Robinson, Turner "T-Dub" Wiley, Dennis "Vivien" Leigh, Jon "J-Wall" Wallis, Kevin "French Connection" LeMond, Chris "Spielberg" Brasino

2008-11-09T20:55:00.000-08:00

10/31 DISTRICT MEET @ KELSO

Wonderful job at the meet. We had some truly incredible performances and improvements since we ran at the invite on the same course earlier this season. It's always great to see our kids peak at the right time.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS /

Girls:

Nicole had an unbelievable last mile and finished 18th and missed qualifying for state by just 7 seconds. After placing 21st at KingCo, she turned around and beat 7 girls that beat her last week. Her time of 18:37 was an astonishing improvement of 1:15 from the Kelso Invite. Nicole is just the 6th Issy girl in the last 10 years to finish in the top 20 at the District Meet. Congratulations Nicole...you had a fantastic rookie XC season!

Arielle battled some stagnant illness symptoms and finished 67th. Arielle wraps up her Issy XC career having qualified individually to the District Meet twice in two years on the team. Congrats Arielle, you had a great season and XC career!

CLICK HERE for overall girls' results
CLICK HERE for Issy girls' results

Boys:

Chris ran an insane final 400m to finish 3rd and qualify individually for State for the 4th consecutive year. Chris is just the 2nd boy in school history to accomplish this feat. (Kris Roof from 1991-1994 was the first.) Chris finished 3rd for the 2nd time at Districts and finished in the top 10 for 3 straight years and is also only the 2nd boy in school history to do that. (Mike Pyeatt, 1977-1979) His time was a 43-second improvement from the Kelso Invite earlier this season. Very impressive Chris; these accomplishments speak for themselves and we still have another week to go!

Dennis finished 13th and also qualified for State individually. Dennis is the 23rd Issy boy to qualify for State individually since the inception of the State Championship meet in 1969. Remember: this is just Dennis' first year running varsity in the post season. Dennis improved 33 seconds from the invite earlier this season. Way to go Dennis!

Jon finished 14th and also qualified for State individually for the 2nd straight season. Jon is the 11th boy in school history to qualify for State individually twice. Outstanding Jon!

Kevin finished 15th and also qualified for State individually for the 2nd time. Kevin is the 12th boy in school history to qualify for State individually twice. Awesome Kevin!

Turner finished 16th and barely missed qualifying for State individually. Turner's time of 15:31 was a 27-second improvement from the invite earlier this year. Excellent Turner!

Isaac finished 24th with a 19-second improvement from the invite earlier this year. Nice Isaac!

Spencer finished 55th and improved by an incredible 1:30 from the invite. Spencer was the fastest # 7 runner by over 20 seconds. Very good Spencer!

CLICK HERE for overall boys' results
CLICK HERE for Issy boys' results

TEAM RESULTS /

Our boys became the first team in school history to win the District Meet with an impressive 33-point win over Redmond. Here is a summary of the notable accomplishments this team has realized with their win in this meet:

1st boys’ team District championship

13th boys’ team to qualify for state

4th straight year boys’ team qualified for state (school record)

4 individual qualifiers to state (school record)

5 runners in top 20 (school record)

6 runners in top 25 (school record)

These are the types of accomplishments where the impact will not really be felt maybe for years. This team's place in history is growing by the week! Let's keep it going for one more meet!

CLICK HERE for team scores

SPECIAL MENTIONS /

Barron was our alternate for this meet and we want to thank him for being a great alternate and teammate. He did everything he needed to and was right there the whole time and ready to step in if needed. Thanks Barron!

Thank you to all the parents and family members of our kids that made the trek down to Kelso to watch the races and cheer on our kids. We sure appreciate all the support...thanks! See you in Pasco?

Particular mention to teammate Nolan Taylor and and 2009 IHS grad Kyle Yee for their attendance and cheering/support. It was great to have you there...way to go guys!

Front row L-R: A. Walton, N. Migotsky, B. Gilmore. Standing L-R: K. LeMond, Coach G. Robertson, Coach Z. Shaw, T. Wiley, Volunteer S. Migotsky (behind T. Wiley), C. Brasino, J. Wallis, D. Leigh, Coach M. Stuard, S. Hildie, I. Robinson,
Coach T. Baynes [Photo courtesy of Kyle Yee]

On to Pasco...

2008-11-03T07:17:00.000-08:00

2010 Post-Season Time Trial

Tuesday, November 2

1600m:

4:55.0 - Isaac Robinson (Tempo) - 2009: 4:37.3
4:56.9 - Turner Wiley (Tempo) - 2009: 4:49.5
5:01.8 - Patrick Violette
5:13.3 - Aidan Heninger (unofficial lifetime PR)
5:17.1 - Tom Howe
5:17.3 - Jack Corscadden
5:23.4 - Keagan Moo
5:27.5 - Parker Phair
5:32.0 - Ben Corman
5:32.5 - Hunter Sapienza (:26.4 lifetime PR) - 2009: 6:41.7
5:33.0 - Lucas VanDeMark - 2009: 5:55.0
5:33.7 - Nicole Migotsky - 2009: 5:41.1
5:36.9 - Rachel Osgood (:03.4 lifetime PR) - 2009: 5:58.9
5:54.1 - Jared Isom
5:58.7 - Jack Herbst (unofficial lifetime PR)
6:08.8 - Sean Johnson
6:24.3 - Kim Varney (unofficial lifetime PR)
6:26.4 - Kaileen Dougherty
6:31.3 - Lindsey Yamane (:11.5 lifetime PR)
6:37.0 - Sam Salmon
6:52.5 - Amanda Chalfant
7:01.0 - Madison Callan
7:34.4 - Emma Longo

400m (Run like 15 minutes after the 1600m):

BOYS:

1:02.0 - Patrick Violette
1:03.6 - Jack Corscadden
1:04.4 - Parker Phair
1:04.9 - Ben Corman
1:06.1 - Keagan Moo
1:07.4 - Lucas VanDeMark
1:08.1 - Aidan Heninger
1:08.9 - Hunter Sapienza
1:17.0 - Jack Herbst

GIRLS:

1:05.3 - Nicole Migotsky
1:07.3 - Kim Varney
1:08.1 - Madison Callan
1:12.5 - Amanda Chalfant
1:15.5 - Kaileen Dougherty

2008-10-27T07:51:00.000-07:00

PRIOR WEEKS

Week 8: ISD Meet @ Klahanie Park

TEAM SCORES /

Girls:

31 Skyline
49 Issaquah
50 Liberty

Our girls finished with a dual meet record of 4-8.

Boys:
26 Issaquah (Yet another win!!)
47 Skyline
56 Liberty

Our boys finished with a perfect dual meet record of 12-0.

CLICK HERE for team scoring details

RESULTS /

CLICK HERE for overall girls' results
CLICK HERE for Issaquah girls' results
CLICK HERE for overall boys' results
CLICK HERE for Issaquah boys' results
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WEEK 7: 10/7 meet @ Beaver Lake

GIRLS:

Team Scores:

015 [perfect score] Eastlake (Defending 4A state champs)
064 Skyline
081 Newport
102 Issaquah
116 Roosevelt

CLICK HERE for overall girls' results
CLICK HERE for Issy girls' results

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BOYS:

TEAM SCORES:

023 Issaquah (Another win!)
039 Skyline
067 Roosevelt
087 Eastlake
134 Newport

CLICK HERE for overall boys' results
CLICK HERE for Issy boys' results
CLICK HERE for detailed boys' & girls' team scoring
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WEEK 6:

Sunfair Invite

Our kids ran really well and everyone enjoyed the day at this great event. Special mention to Jon Wallis, Kevin LeMond, and Chris Brasino who each finished in the top 40 out of over 975 boys. Way to go!

CLICK HERE for overall boys' results
CLICK HERE for overall girls' results
CLICK HERE for Issaquah boys' results
CLICK HERE for Issaquah girls' results

Our boys ran incredibly and finished 7th out of 59 teams. Our girls ran strong against some incredible interstate talent and finished 38th out of 54 teams. Team scores are calculated by adding up the finish places of all 7 runners in the varsity flights. Teams not entering a runner in a flight are given the point value of the last place finisher in that flight.

CLICK HERE for actual girls' team scores
CLICK HERE for actual boys' team scores

We also scored the meet as if it were a dual meet with traditional top-5 scoring. We put all varsity runners into a giant list and ranked them by time and then scored it that way. Our boys leapfrogged 4 teams and ended up 3rd! Our girls were 41st.

CLICK HERE for dual meet mock girl's team scores
CLICK HERE for dual meet mock boys' team scores

In the Seniors Only JV race, there were 13 teams that had the minimum number of 5 runners to qualify for a mock score. Our boys finished 3rd! Nice job seniors!
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WEEK 5:

9/23 meet @ Juanita

TEAM SCORES: Scored as if there was only one race per gender like a traditional dual meet.)

GIRLS:

31 Redmond
56 Woodinville
81 Issaquah
92 Ballard
94 Juanita

BOYS:

31 Issaquah (Another win!)
53 Redmond
75 Ballard
79 Juanita
119 Woodinville

Results:

CLICK HERE for overall girls results
CLICK HERE for Issy girls results
CLICK HERE for overall boys results
CLICK HERE for Issy boys results
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WEEK 4

Kelso Invite

Here is a summary of how our teams placed:

Varsity Boys: 1st
Varsity Girls: 5th
JV Boys: 5th
Frosh Boys: 4th

Individuals:

Special Mention to those that finished in the top 10 in their heats and received a ribbon or medal and recognition over the PA system.

JV Boys: Brandon Pearson (6th)
Varsity Girls: Arielle Walton (9th)
Varsity Boys: Kevin LeMond (2nd), Jon Wallis (7th), Chris Brasino (10th)

Results:

CLICK HERE for overall varsity girls' results
CLICK HERE for Issaquah girls' results
CLICK HERE for overall varsity/JV boys' results
CLICK HERE for Issaquah varsity/JV boys' results
CLICK HERE for overall frosh/soph boy's results
CLICK HERE for Issaquah frosh boys' results

PICTURES FROM SATURDAY [These were taken by Mitch who defines the term "amateur photographer at best". Some (IE "several") didn't turn out good so not everyone is shown.]

CLICK HERE to see some pictures from Saturday
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9/16 meet @ Lincoln Park

Girls Team Scores

31 Mercer Island
47 Garfield
54 Issaquah

CLICK HERE for overall girls' results
CLICK HERE for Issaquah girls' results

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Boys Team Scores

20 Issaquah (Winner winner chicken dinner!)
50 Garfield (better 6th place runner)
50 Mercer Island

CLICK HERE for Issaquah boys' results
CLICK HERE for overall boys' results
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WEEK 3

TAHOMA RELAYS

Team finish in brackets.
[ 1st PLACE!!] Wallis, N. Migotsky, Walton, Leigh, LeMond

[15th place] Wiley, K. Varney, Higgins, Fowler-Lindner, Robinson

[61st place] Pearson, Vlahovich, J. Dabundo, Osgood, M. Migotsky

[69th place] R. Varney, Yamane, Sirohi, Co, Ratcliffe

[93rd place] Taylor, Dougherty, Baslington, Courage, Borom

CLICK HERE for Issaquah girls' results

CLICK HERE for Issaquah boys' results

CLICK HERE for results on Athletic.net. Some other schools will enter their results if they timed their kids.
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KINGCO JAMBOREE

CLICK HERE for the Issy girls' results summary
CLICK HERE for the Issy boy's results summary
CLICK HERE for overall girls' results
CLICK HERE for overall boys' results
CLICK HERE for mock team scoring results

2008-10-09T21:17:00.000-07:00

Various pics from Patrick's dad. Thanks James!!

2008-09-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

This is Kim Varney's boyfriend. He runs for Jackson. He is the enemy.

Click for a larger view

2008-09-19T10:29:00.000-07:00

Pics from South Whidbey Invite - 9-18-2010

Sorry these aren't higher qualify. Some can be viewed with more clarity by clicking on them.

Ryan Higgins on the podium for boys varsity II. (He's in 7th position, 4th from right.)

Rachel & Nicole with their medals

Rachel & Nicole on the podium for girls varsity II. Nicole is in 4th position and Rachel is next to her in 6th position.

Mitch having invite champ and 2-time defending 1A state champ Maddie Meyers sign the course map for Isaac.

The signed course map!

2008-08-22T22:32:00.000-07:00

Transportation Forms

Both of these forms need to be filled out completely and then filed with the office in order for athletes to ride home from meets with somebody other than their own parent.

2320F1

2320F3

2008-08-22T22:24:00.000-07:00

Zackery Lystedt Law

The Zackery Lystedt Law mandates that all WIAA coaches remove from play (or practice) any student athlete that has sustained or is suspected to have sustained a concussion. The athlete will not be allowed to return to play until written approval from a licensed health care provider has been obtained.

It is the responsibility of athletes and parents to notify coaches immediately if the athlete has sustained any head injury, regardless of when, where, or how the injury was sustained.

For more information, please see the Brain Injury Association of Washington's website by clicking HERE.

2008-07-21T23:38:00.000-07:00

If you have access to any other podium photos and would be willing to share, please send a note to mitchstuard@comcast.net. Thanks!

CLICK ON EACH PHOTO FOR A LARGER VIEW

1975 District Meet - Individuals

Kathy Chase (3rd), far right: Leslie Riebe (10th)

1979 District Meet - 4th Place (First girls team to qualify for state.)

L-R: Coach Ken Ruud, Sylvia Lo, Nancy Miller, Stacy Sindora, Jackie Miller, Becky Larsen, Trixie Forstner

1979 State Meet - Individuals

L–R: Bryan Johnson, Lynnwood (6th); Ed Dotter, North Central (5th); Ken Velasquez, Hazen (3rd); Mike Pyeatt, Issaquah (1st); Jim Coombes, North Central (2nd); Jon Knight, Ferris (4th)

1980 State Meet - Individuals

Far right: Becky Larsen (12th)

1980 State Meet - 2nd Place

L-R: Coach Ken Ruud, Mary Moore, Nancy Miller, Becky Larsen, Lieschan Hansen, Stacy Sindora

1984 State Meet - Individuals

Far right: Kelley Smith (12th)

1985 District Meet - 1st Place

Standing L–R: Coach Ken Ruud, Julie Folkman, Heidi Wendel, Karen Tuvey, Stacy Liebsack, Ann Montgomery, Jennifer Greenlaw, Tracy Pleiman, Kelley Smith, Heather Graves

Kneeling L–R: Julie Brothers, Maren Warnick, Lori Lindquist

1985 State Meet - 1st Place

L–R: Heather Graves, Kelley Smith, Ann Montgomery, Heidi Wendel, Karen Tuvey, Julie Folkman, Stacy Liebsack, Jennifer Greenlaw, Tracy Pleiman, Coach Ken Ruud

1986 District Meet - Individuals

Four Issy's in Top 10: Standing 2nd from right - Kelley Smith (4th). Sitting from right - Julie Folkman (9th), Stacy Liebsack (8th), Karen Tuvey (7th).

1986 District Meet - 1st Place

Back row, L–R: Coach Ken Ruud, Kelley Smith, Karen Tuvey, Stacy Liebsack, Julie Folkman, Leslie Smith, Mindy Schneider, Julie Brothers, Barb Tracey
Front row, L–R: Coach Gwen Robertson, Mickey Gray, Ann Montgomery, Jennifer Greenlaw

1986 State Meet - 1st Place

L–R: Coach Gwen Robertson, Mindy Schneider, Leslie Smith, Stacy Liebsack, Kelley Smith, Karen Tuvey, Julie Folkman, Jennifer Greenlaw, Julie Brothers, Coach Ken Ruud, Mickey Gray, Barb Tracey, Lori Lindquist

1987 District Meet - 3rd Place (First boys team to qualify for state in non-invitational era)

L–R: Coach Ken Ruud, Brent Copenhaver, Brent Wendel, Bill Rupp, Travis Whisman, John Louviere, Sal DeSalvo, Tom Hawley, Coach Gwen Robertson

1987 State Meet - 3rd Place

Back row, L-R: Coach Gwen Robertson, John Louviere, Bill Rupp, Sal DeSalvo, Travis Whisman, Brent Copenhaver, Tom Hawley, Brent Wendel, Jason Ward, Richard Thomas, Coach Ken Ruud

Front row, L-R: Mikael Christensen, Matt McKinnon, Charlie Hawley

1987 District Meet - 1st Place

L–R: Coach Ken Ruud, Julie Folkman, Mickey Gray, Leslie Smith, Mindy Schneider, Stacy Liebsack, Maren Warnick, Lara Allison, Coach Gwen Robertson

1987 State Meet - 1st Place

L–R: Coach Gwen Robertson, Maren Warnick, Laurette Lambregts, Robin DeSalvo, Lara Allison, Mindy Schneider, Mickey Gray, Julie Folkman, Stacy Liebsack, Leslie Smith, Kate Glover, Lois Munn, Piper Strand, T-Rex, Coach Ken Ruud

1987 State Meet - Individuals

Second from right: Leslie Smith (11th); far right: Julie Folkman (12th)

1987 State Meet - Individuals

Second from right: Travis Whisman (11th)

1988 District Meet - Individuals

Back row left: Travis Whisman (1st); front row, far right: John Louviere (8th); second from right: Bard Zajac (9th)

1988 District Meet - 1st Place

On podium L–R: Julie Folkman, Mindy Schneider, Leslie Smith, Mickey Gray, Maren Warnick, Lara Allison, Coach Ken Ruud
On ground L–R: Coach Gwen Robertson, Rachel Heiser, Robin DeSalvo

1989 District Meet - Individuals

Second from left: Bard Zajac (2nd)

1989 District Meet - 1st Place

L–R: Coach Ken Ruud, Mindy Schneider, Joanne Harman, Rachel Heiser, Shay Gray, Becky Brannon, Robin DeSalvo, Kathy Chamberlain, Coach Gwen Robertson

1993 KingCo - 2nd Place

[Issaquah Press Photo]

1993 KingCo - Individuals

Four Issy's in Top 10; Far left: Shea Harman (10th); far right: Lindsay Harman (9th), fourth from right: Sarah Tenace (5th), fifth from right: Rhonda Wood (3rd)

1993 KingCo - 1st Place (Most-recent girls' league title)

[Issaquah Press Photo]

1994 KingCo - 3rd Place

L-R: Kris Roof, Mitch Stuard, Dusty Lybbert, Adam Jones, Brian Hodges, Jeff Blackwood, Eric Rasmussen

2001 State Meet - 4th Place

L-R: Coach Ken Ruud, Eric Holzer, Tim Baynes, Nic Nelson, Jon Harding, Zach Shaw, Joe Roberts, Jamie Miyazaki, Coach Gwen Robertson

2002 State Meet - 2nd Place (Best boys' team place in program history.)

L-R: DFW Rep, Coach Ken Ruud, Jamie Miyazaki, Zach Shaw, Tim Baynes, Jon Harding, Joe Roberts, Sam Taylor, Scott Young, Sean Migotsky, Coach Gwen Robertson, DFW Rep

2007 State Meet - 3rd Place

L-R: Coach Mitch Stuard, Coach Zach Shaw, Jon Wallis, Kevin LeMond, Chris Brasino, Matt Benson, Roger Ying, Tanner Holmes, Dennis Leigh, Rory Montgomery, Coach Gwen Robertson, WIAA Rep

2009 KingCo - 1st Place

L-R: Spencer Hildie, Isaac Robinson, Turner Wiley, Dennis Leigh, Jon Wallis, Kevin LeMond, Chris Brasino

2009 State Meet - 3rd Place

On podium, L-R: Coach Zach Shaw, Coach Mitch Stuard, Coach Gwen Robertson, Barron Gilmore, Isaac Robinson, Jon Wallis, Chris Brasino, Kevin LeMond, Dennis Leigh, Turner Wiley, Spencer Hildie, Coach Tim Baynes, Volunteer Coach Sean Migotsky

2008-07-21T22:17:00.000-07:00

Below are several team photos, however, some are missing. If you have access to any of the missing years and would be willing to share, please send a note to mitchstuard@comcast.net. Thanks!

CLICK ON EACH PHOTO FOR A LARGER VIEW

1964

1965

1966

1967

1971

1972

1973

1974

1987

1988 - Boys

1988 - Girls

1989

1990

1992

1994

1995

1998

2000

2001

2002

2006

2007

2008

2009

2008-03-20T09:20:00.000-07:00

Pictures from Kelso Invite on Saturday

Varsity boys top 10 finishers. (10th - 1st, left to right) Chris 10th, Jon 7th, Kevin 2nd

Ty with about 175m to go

Turner and Isaac (notice Will and Kim cheering on the left!)

Dennis with Chris in the distance (Nicole & Arielle cheering)

Jon with Kevin in the background

Varsity boys on the line pre-race

Jon & Kevin in the zone pre-race

Rachel & Kim

Haley

Brianna & Nikita

Nicole

Varsity girls on the line pre-race

Arielle

2008-01-06T09:35:00.000-08:00

Meet Format

WEDNESDAY MEETS (Duel Meets):

These meets are slated to begin at 4:00pm. They could begin later if a team arrives late, which can happen sometimes. The host school decides how many races will be run; typically there are two, three, or four races.

If there are two races: Boys should be running first this year. All boys will run in the first race and all girls will run in the second race.

If there are three races: Typically when there are three races, the boys are broken down into two races and then all girls run together in one race.

If there are four races: This format usually means that the top 10 - 14 runners on each team will run in the varsity race and all other runners in the JV race. The probable order is JV Girls, Varsity Boys, Varsity Girls, JV Boys.

We often will not know until the week before each meet how the meets will run. We will post information as we get it.

NON-WEDNESDAY MEETS (Preview, invitational, post-season meets):

These meets run on their own schedules with unique start times, races, flights, and groupings. We will post more information on these meets in the days leading up to them.

2008-01-05T17:43:00.000-08:00

Maps & Directions to Meet Locations - 2011

(Listed in order of meet schedule; IHS used as starting point. Each location is listed just once even though we will go to some of them twice this season.)

Lincoln Park (Seattle): CLICK HERE
[This park is on a broad wooded slope overlooking Puget Sound with a large field in the middle of the northern half of the park. The start/finish is located on the north end of the field. There is a parking lot off Fauntleroy Way further south from the field. There is also street parking in the area but be sure to avoid parking in the ferry waiting lane.]
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Lake Wilderness Park (Maple Valley): CLICK HERE
[Best parking lot + overflow is located south down 224th Ave.; start/finish is in beach area next to the lake.]
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Marymoor Park (Redmond): CLICK HERE
[One of the largest parks around, located on the northern end of Lake Sammamish. The start/finish area is in the eastern section of the park right by the velodrome. Best access to parking area is by using the east gate (if it's open) via East Lake Sammamish Pkwy.]
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Cedarcrest Golf Course (Marysville): CLICK HERE
[Start/finish area are located on north end of golf course near clubhouse. Parking is off-site. Further specifics on this location will be posted the week of the meet.]
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Lower Woodland (Seattle): CLICK HERE
[Woodland Park in the Green Lake area of Seattle. Entire course is on the east side of Aurora Ave. (the zoo is on the west side) Start/Finish is in lower area within the sports fields. Parking available along Green Lake Way N.]
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Lakewood High School (Arlington): CLICK HERE
[Course is south and southeast of the school. Start is on soccer field north of the stadium and finish is on the track. There should be plenty of parking. Covered grandstand and great spectator course.]
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Hartman Park (Redmond): CLICK HERE
[Located across the street to the south from Redmond High School and within walking distance of parking lots there. Start/Finish are located within the park.]
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Sun Willows Golf Course (Pasco): CLICK HERE

2008-01-04T23:10:00.000-08:00

Links

IHS XC Page on Athletic.net
[Meet results and individual athlete statistics since 2006. IHS League, District & State meet results 1964 - 2005.]

IHS School Website Athletics Page
[Registration information, forms, etc.]

KingCo Conference Athletics Website
[Information about all sports from a league perspective]

SeaKing District II Website
[General information & contact information]

WIAA Cross Country Page
[Information, regulations, schedules, state meet information & past results]

XC State Meet Results - All Years
[State Meet results - all years. Proof that Tim, Zach, & Mitch actually ran there!]

John Crawford’s Website
[State Meet webmaster; this site has results and information about various sports]

WA Cross Country / Track & Field
[Meet results and news from around the state]

IHS Track & Field Website
[IHS Track & Field team website. Go Issy Track & Field!]

2008-01-03T22:43:00.000-08:00

Our League

We are members of the KingCo League/Conference. There are three classifications within our league: 4A, 3A, 2A. Attendance figures are tallied (grades 10-12 only) every few years and sometimes schools switch classifications depending on their counts. A new enrollment cycle began last Fall and will last through the 2011-12 school year.

The 2008-09 school year was our first as a 4A school. As opposed to prior years in XC, we will not compete against a mixture of 4A/3A/2A schools in our Wednesday dual meets this season - those meets will be competed against 4A schools only.

Here is a breakdown of the members of our league:

4A Schools
Ballard Beavers (Seattle)
Bothell Cougars
Eastlake Wolves (Sammamish)
Garfield Bulldogs (Seattle)
Inglemoor Vikings (Kenmore)
Issaquah Eagles
Newport Knights (Bellevue)
Redmond Mustangs
Roosevelt Rough Riders (Seattle)
Skyline Spartans (Sammamish)
Woodinville Falcons

3A Schools
Bellevue Wolverines
Juanita Rebels (Kirkland)
Lake Washington Kangaroos (Kirkland)
Liberty Patriots (Issaquah/Renton)
Mercer Island Islanders
Mt. Si Wildcats (Snoqualmie)
Sammamish Totems (Bellevue)

2A School
Interlake Saints (Bellevue)

Our District

District and sometimes combined-district competition is used in most sports in Washington to determine teams and individuals that will qualify for state competition. There are nine districts in our state that are each made up of a varying number of leagues of varying classification sizes. We are members of W.I.A.A. District II also known as "SeaKing". With our current enrollment cycle, we now combine with the Wesco 4A League out of District I, also known as "Northwest". To view a map of the districts in our state, CLICK HERE.

Here is a breakdown of the Wesco 4A League teams that we will compete with at the district level:

Arlington Eagles
Cascade Bruins (Everett)
Edmonds-Woodway Warriors (Edmonds)
Henry Jackson Timberwolves (Mill Creek)
Kamiak Knights (Mukilteo)
Lake Stevens Vikings
Mariner Marauders (Everett)
Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks (Marysville)
Monroe Bearcats
Snohomish Panthers
Stanwood Spartans

2008-01-02T22:30:00.000-08:00

Contact Us

Gwen Robertson (Head Coach)
lgrr@comcast.net

Mitch Stuard (Assistant Coach & blog person)
mitchstuard@comcast.net

Luke Ande (IHS Athletic Director)
andel@issaquah.wednet.edu

2008-01-01T21:34:00.000-08:00

2011 IHS XC Coaching Staff

Here's a look at this season's coaching staff. Click on each picture for a larger view if you dare!

HEAD COACH - Gwen Robertson

Gwen Now (2011 Track Season)

This is Gwen's 29th season coaching XC at IHS. One of the most widely-recognized excellent coaches in our state, Gwen has been involved in coaching well over 1,000 IHS XC athletes of all abilities, including taking over 100 participants and 28 teams to the state meet. Gwen has been recognized multiple times as league Coach of the Year and we are very fortunate to have Gwen as our head coach at Issaquah.

Gwen Then (1980's)

Tracy Now (2011 Track Season)

ASSISTANT COACH - Tracy Silva

A 1988 graduate of IHS, Tracy has coached track at Issaquah for 11 seasons and joins us this year for her first season coaching XC. Tracy ran XC at IHS for two seasons in the mid 1980's and was a member of the varsity squads those years that were 1st in KingCo, 2nd in district, and 6th in state in 1984 then 2nd in KingCo, 1st in district, and state champs in 1985. Tracy's 1985 state championship team was the first team state championship in any sport at IHS.

Tracy Then (1985)

Mitch Now (Summer 2011)

ASSISTANT COACH - Mitch Stuard

This is Mitch's 6th season coaching XC at Issaquah. A 1995 graduate of IHS, Mitch ran XC for four years in the early 1990's. Running varsity three of those seasons, Mitch was a first-team All-KingCo performer as a junior and senior and ran at the state meet three years finishing in the top 60 all three times and earning all-state honors as a senior. Mitch is also responsible for the content on this blog - for better or for worse!

Mitch Then (1993 Richland Invite)

ASSISTANT COACH - Jon Wallis

The most recent graduate of our coaching staff, Jon joins us this year for his first season coaching. A 2010 graduate of IHS, Jon was one of the key members of the Issy boys teams that finished 3rd at the state meet in both 2007 and 2009. Jon was second-team All-KingCo in 2008 and ran at the state meet all three of his varsity seasons becoming just the 8th boy in school history to run at state three times.

Jon Then (2009 Kelso Invite)

Jon Then (left, warming up with T. Wiley, I. Robinson, and S. Hildie)