After a 10 day break from racing, the Manistee Chips were back in action at home on Tuesday Sept 25th. Racing against Traverse City St. Francis and Mason County Eastern, the chips boys ran to victory 17-46 over TCSF, while the girls narrowly lost to the #5 ranked D4 Glads 28-29.
Jarret Deisch was the first overall boy to finish, while Annie Fuller ran to first in a time of 19:31, the fastest ever on the Manistee course by anyone other than record-holder Kelly Schubert.
The Chip XC team had two races this weekend, first at MSU on Friday and then at WSCC for the Ludington Invitational on Saturday.
Courtney sprints past her fans at MSU
Kelsey keeps pace
Annie and Ashley on the trophy stand
MSU ice cream rocks!
On Friday at MSU, the boys team took 9th while the girls were 18th of 33 D2 and D3 teams at MSU. Jarret Deisch (17:46) was the first Chip finisher for the boys, while Bryce Cameron (18:11) and Andrew Solberg (19:34) both ran PR's. Annie Fuller (5th-19:16) and Ashley Lindeman (23rd - 20:09 PR!) ended up on the awards stand for the Chip girls.
Alex tries to pass Jacob at WSCC
Teammates work together!
On Saturday Alex Lindeman led the boys on the tough WSCC course to a 54th place finish. Eduardo Mattos ran his first race (28:14) while the Kaitlin Helminski and teammates ran a well-paced race for the girls.
Annie Fuller took 1st and Ashley Lindeman 4th as the Manistee Chippewa girls and boys cross-country teams both finished 3rd at the "Ray Helsing" Bulldog Invitational at Ferris State University Sept. 8. Jarret Deisch was the first boy, finishing 8th in 17:51.
8 Chip girls ran season best times, as did 5 of the guys. The teams competed against several Division I and II schools. Next meets are at MSU (9-14) and West Shore CC (9-15).
The MHS 2012 XC campaign kicked off Aug 25th at the Pete Moss / Benzie Early Invitational. With hot (upper 80's) and dusty conditions, the Chips raced well against some state ranked teams. The boys ran to 15th of 21 schools in the red (large school) division, while the girls were 14th of 20. Annie Fuller finished 11th to be the lone Chippewa medalist, while PR's were achieved by Jonny Bailey (17:33) and Nick Veine (17:56). Also running PR's were first time HS runners Andrew Solberg, Alex Lindeman, Jacob Stefanski, Ashely Lindeman, Kelsey Harrigan, Mallory Stefanski, and Kaitlin Helminski! Great job, runners!
Great weather and turn out for today's Firecracker 5K! After sweltering all week long, the weather finally broke and we got breezes and cooler temperatures for today's races.
Thanks to our sponsors:
Sports Ink and Lucky Lizard Awards
Callesen's
Parkdale Animal Hospital
Dr. Veach & Allen - Optometry
Dr. Marian Fuller
Snyder's Shoes
Lisa Fragomeli
Thanks to all of you who helped out today too! We couldn't do this without you.
Photos courtesy of the Manistee News Advocate (purchase copies here) and video courtesy of MichianaTiming.
Get ready for the best Manistee Firecracker 5K ever this summer! This year's race, held during the annual Manistee Forest Festival, takes place Saturday, July 7th, beginning with the 1K fun run at 8:00 am and the 5K run/walk following at 8:15. Starting at Manistee High School, run through quiet, tree-lined neighborhoods to Manistee's newly remodeled 1st St. Beach waterfront on newly paved streets. You'll be sure to run your fastest time of the year!
Race entry includes a specially designed T-shirt. Trophies will be awarded to the top overall finishers in the run/walk as well as for the top masters (over 40). Also 3 age-group medals for each of 15 different age categories in the run/walk will be awarded, while every finisher in the fun run gets a medal!
The annual race is organized by the Manistee Track & Field and Cross-Country teams, with all proceeds supporting their programs.
