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2 5K's in 40 hours - Chips at MCC and Pine River

What did you do this weekend? If you're a Manistee HS Chippewa CC runner, you could say that you ran two 5K races before noon on Saturday!

It was gorgeous weather Thursday afternoon (10-1-09) at WSCC for the Mason County Central Invitational. With clear skies and temperatures in the upper 50's, the girls raced to 5th place while the boys took 7th in a 12 school field against some state ranked teams.

Kelly Schubert was 3rd girl (20:48) and Jarret Deisch was the 12th boy (18:07). Not only did the two medalists run their fastest times at WSCC ever, they were the fastest times recorded at WSCC by a Manistee boy and girl in the past 3 seasons!

Other PR's went to Erin Guillen, Jonny Bailey, Nathan Morang, John Stickney, and James Agle, while Erin Crothers got a season best time.

The weather was a whole lot different on Saturday (10-3-09). After steady rain all day Friday, Pine River's course was a mud bog by Saturday morning. Despite running in a constant drizzle, no one lost a shoe and some runners even ended up with new PR's! The girls took 4th at this meet, while the boys were 5th (missed 4th by 1 point!).

Kelly took 2nd overall for the girls, while Jarret was 7th for the boys. Lacey K, Erin C, and Tyler S all placed in the top 30 and took home medals, as did Tyler G and Trent S in the JV race.

New PR's were run by Tyler Sievert, Trinity Derooy, and for the second straight meet, James Agle. In addition, Erin C ran another season best time. She's come within 15 seconds of setting her all-time PR 3 meets in a row now! Maybe next meet.

The pictures were all taken Saturday at Pine River.

Chips sweep Reed City!

The Chippewa CC squads defeated Reed City Thursday, with the boys winning 22-39 and the girls prevailing 22-33. Here's what was sent in to the News Advocate:

Sophomore Tyler Sievert led the MHS boys with a second place finish in 20:14. Markus Kling (3rd, 20:36), Jonny Bailey (4th, 21:04), Mason Wallace (6th, 22:01), and Nathan Morang (7th, 22:19) rounded out the scoring for the Chips.

Other finishers for the MHS boys were Trinity Derooy (8th, 22:25), Trent Schmeling (9th, 23:32), Tyler Guzikowski (11th, 23:38), Brian Kimball (13th, 25:07), and John Stickney (14th, 27:31)

Kelly Schubert took first overall for the MHS girls, running the 5K course in 20:37. She was followed by No'el Solis (3rd, 25:19), Erin Crothers (4th, 25:22), Erin Guillen (6th, 27:06), and Courtney Stefanski (8th, 27:40).

PR's on the day were Markus, Jonny, Trent, Tyler Guz, Brian K, Stick, No'el, and Erin G. Enjoy the pictures!

Girls get first hardware of the season!

Saturday - Sept. 19, 2009. Clear skies, ideal conditions for running at WSCC. It was the first time in two years that we actually got to run in dry conditions at West Shore! The Chip girls took 2nd in the Div. 3/4 race, winning their first trophy of the season, while the boys took 3rd.

For the girls, Kelly Schubert was 5th in her division (10th overall) with a time of 21:04, while Jarret Deisch led the boys with a time of 18:19, good for 6th in his division and 19th overall. Those times represent the fastest races recorded by an MHS girl and boy at WSCC in over 3 years!

Running season best times were Erin Crothers, Erin Guillen (welcome to CC!), Trent Schmeling, and John Stickney. Great job, harriers! Next race is Thursday at Reed City.

Remaining Season Schedule

2009 Manistee HS / MCC

Girls/Boys Varsity Cross-Country Meet Schedule

9-19 Sat. Ludington Invite Away 9:45am

9-24 Thur. Reed City – Dual Away 4:00pm

10-1 Thur. Mason Co. Central Invite Away 4:15pm

10-3 Sat. Pine River Invite Away 9:00am

10-13 Tue. MCE Cardinal Invitational Away 4:00pm

10-17 Sat. W. Branch Ogemaw Hts. Invite Away 11:00am

10-27 Tue. Manistee Invitational Home 4:00pm

10-31 Sat. Regionals @ Benzie Central Away 10:00am

(top 7 Varsity only)

11-7 Sat. State Finals @ MIS Away 10:30am

(Qualifiers only)

week of 11-9 EKUP 2009

(times / dates subject to change!)

Chips race at home

Ludington and MCE paid MHS a visit on Tuesday the 15th. After the MS runners did their thing (great job, junior Chips!) the HS girls took off. Kelly Schubert took first with a sophomore course record time of 21:31. Other Chip finishers were Lacey Krolczyk (8th, 25:09), Erin Crothers (12th, 26:13), Courtney Stefanski (13th, 26:20), and No'el Solis (15th, 26:33). The lady Chips fell to the Orioles, 20-41, while MCE finished with an incomplete score.

The MHS boys took 2nd as well, finishing behind the Orioles 15-59, while MCE was 3rd with 65 points. Not the team performance we were hoping for, but we will meet those teams again later this season, and the results will be different!

MHS was led by Jarret Deisch (7th, 19:50), followed by Tyler Sievert (10th, 21:11), Jonny Bailey (13th, 22:02), Marcus Kling (19th, 22:34), Trinity Derooy (22nd, 23:39), Mason Wallace (23rd, 24:16), Nathan Morang (24th, 24:27), Trent Schmeling (26th, 24:45), Tyler Guzikowski (28th, 24:55), John Stickney (31st, 39:56), and James Agle (32nd, 42:08).

The MHS girls are now 3-2 in head to head competition, while the MHS boys are 2-3.

Thanks to all of the MHS volunteers that helped with the meet! We couldn't have put this on without you!

Fremont Hill and Bale

Jumping straw bales (not hay!) at the Fremont Hill & Bale on 9-12, the lady Chips took 5th in their division while the boys finished 7th. Many of the Chip harriers had their all-time best times, including most of the boy finishers! Kelly Schubert finished 10th overall in the 21 school meet, running a personal best 19:52! She was also second in her division, earning her 3rd medal of the year in 3 invitationals. Tyler Sievert was the first boy finisher, breaking 20 minutes for the first time. The young Chip runners saw Jonny Bailey, Trinity Derooy, Nathan Morang, Mason Wallace, and Marcus Kling all run under 22 minutes for the first time. Not bad for 5 guys who just started running CC a few weeks ago. Lacey Krolczyk, Courtney Stefanski, and No'el Solis all ran personal bests too!

Sorry - didn't get any pictures, but here's one from last year, featuring MHS grad Caleb Bailey showing how it's done clearing the bales!