Bellevue Results Are In

The Roughrider XC team made an improved showing over the weekend while competing in the Bellevue Invitational. Most runners ran a PR due to the weather conditions and course layout. The boys' JV team finished 10th out of 27 teams. Varsity finished 17th out of 34 teams. Notable finishes were turned in by Abraham (9th, 16:12), Sean (90th, 17:24), and Matt who joined the sub-18 club with a 17:52.

Full results can be located on the RHS athletic.net site by clicking on "Team Results" under "Links" on the right. Full results are available on the Washington Runners site. Click here to view.

Remaining Meets Schedule

DATE/DAY	TEAMS	TIME	LOCATION
Sep 27 Th	RHS, Garfield, Eastlake, Woodinville, Bothell, Inglemoor	3:45	Big Finn Hill Park
Oct 6 Sa	Hole in the Wall Invitational	All Day	Lakewood High School
Oct 11 Th	Roosevelt , Inglemoor, Franklin, Redmond, Eastlake	3:45	Beaver Lake
Oct 18 Th	Kingco Races	2:00	Lincoln Park
Oct 27 Sa	Bi-District w/GSHL	2:00	Lake Sammamish
Nov 3 Sa	State Meet	TBD	Pasco

The site of this week's meet, Big Finn Hill Park, is located just off of Juanita Drive. Go past the turnoff to St. Edwards State Park and make a left onto NE 138th.



Driving Directions from ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, 1410 Ne 66th St, Seattle, WA to Juanita Dr Ne & Ne 138th St, Kirkland, WA

Bellevue Invitational, This Weekend, Sat. 9/22

The Bellevue Invitational Cross Country Meet is back this year after a one-year hiatus. The site of the race is Lake Sammamish State Park, in Issaquah, right off of I-90. The course is primarily flat with grass, pavement, and sand surfaces . . . in other words, FAST. Many of the state's top schools will compete. The weather forecast is temperatures in the low to mid-50s with a 30% chance of showers.

Here are the scheduled start times:

Varsity flights will run BOYS and GIRLS TOGETHER.

ALL other runners you may have may participate in the OPEN RACE at the end of the meet. Full results will be taken for this event.

MEET SCHEDULE Updated

9:00 AM Packet pick up and coaches meeting

9:30 AM Junior Varsity Girls (max. runners is 7 per team)

10:15 AM Junior Varsity Boys (max. runners is 7 per team)

10:45 AM Varsity Boys/Girls #7/8 runners

11:15 AM Varsity Boys/Girls #5/6 runners

11:45 AM Varsity Boys/Girls #3/4 runners

12:15 PM Varsity Girls #1/2 runners

12:15 PM Varsity Girls #1/2 runners

12:45 PM Varsity Boys #1/2 runners

1:15 PM OPEN RACE…ALL ADDITIONAL RUNNERS YOU MAY HAVE!!

2:00 PM TEAM AWARD CEREMONY

ALL team members encouraged to participate!! Scoring for Varsity races will be all 8 runners. Top five in Junior Varsity race will score (maximum entry is 7 runners per school). If a school does not have a runner entered in a Varsity race, or has a runner not finish a race then the runner will count for last place points in the Varsity flight events.

Good luck Riders!

Ft. Steilacoom Invitational Results

Ben, Derek, and Matt start strong.

Thirty RHS runners participated in the 10th Annual Ft. Steilacoom Invitational on Saturday morning. The weather was overcast, but pleasant with temperatures in the upper 60s. Roosevelt runners finished well in all of the divisions.

Results for the meet can be found at the Ft. Steilacoom Invite Web site. They are also posted on the RHS athletic.net Web site where each RHS athlete's season times. Click on "Results".

Ft. Steilacoom Invite Info

Directions to the meet can be found at: http://www.fortsteilacoominvite.com/driving_directions_to_fort_steil.htm

For other information, see the link on the right under "Invitationals".

Go Riders!

KingoCo Meet #1 Results

Photo: Izaac Post

Abraham nabbed team honors yesterday at upper Woodland Park when he finished second overall. Paul Kupcis (Eastlake) won the race. Eastlake won the varsity boys team honors (32) followed by Ballard (57). Roosevelt and Juanita each had 76 points, but Roosevelt won the tie-breaker. (Way to go Derek!) Results now published on athletic.net. (9/20/07). Click on link to the RHS athletic.net link in the right-hand column.

Thursday (9/13) Meet at Upper Woodland Park

On Thursday afternoon, the Roosevelt cross country team will co-host their first league meet against Lake Washington, Eastlake, Juanita, Inglemoor and Ballard. The approximate start times are:

• 3:45 Girls JV
  
• 4:15 Girls Varsity
• 4:45 Boys Varsity
• 5:15 Boys JV

If you are driving from out of town, take the 45th/50th NE turnoff and continue to the 50th NE offramp. Go west for 1 mile (through the 5-way intersection). Free parking is available off of 50th NE just west of Aurora in a large dirt parking lot that sometimes serves as Woodland Park Zoo's auxiliary parking. Watch for runners as you turn into the lot.

KingCo Preview Results

This season the race results will be available at the RHS athletic.net Web site (http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=498). The reason for posting there is so runners can see their results on one page. By clicking on a runner's name, you will be able to view up-to-date accomplishments for each individual. Let me know what you think of using this site compared to the way it was done last season.

The overall results for the Preview meet indicated strong performances for the Riders. In particular sophomores Ben Carpenter, Matthew Gross and freshman Daniel Swanson ran very well for an early season meet.

Go Riders!

2007 Summer Practice Schedule

There is going to be a practice Monday 9 am @ Cowen for anyone who wants to come. This won't count for the actual practices though. Tuesday and Wednesday practices will be at the regular time of 2:45. For all the runners competing in the Kingco Preview Thursday, Good Luck. Go Roughriders!!