Take me to your leaders!

Mob Runners Receive Rewards

The XC Mob officially completed its season at the RHS Athletic Awards night. Awards were presented to the following runners:

Andrew ===== Four-year letterman & Most Valuable Runner
Matt ===== Most Inspirational Runner
Daniel ===== Most Improved Runner

Coach Lynch and Coach Collier stated their appreciation for the all of the senior contributions this year and are looking forward to good things from the team next year.

Only six months until the training season starts! Go Riders!

RHS Fall Sports Awards Night | Monday, Nov. 24

The RHS Fall Sports Awards Night will be held on Monday evening, November 24, starting at 7:00pm in the gym. The program starts with the coach of each sport summarizing the season and then presenting an award to one athlete. After the summaries, the teams retreat to a smaller venue where the coach will hand out certificates and the remainder of awards.

The XC Mob invites you to attend.

State Meet Recap

Andrew completed his RHS cross country career at Pasco on Saturday by finishing 90th. Congratulations to Coach Collier, Coach Lynch and all of the team for a great season.

Here is a link to the State meet results: http://www.jcrawford.net/08ccstateresults.html

Also, for those of you who have not been to the meet, it is very colorful and full of pageantry. For an excellent photo montage of the day's events, click on the following link to a Tri-Cities Herald photographer's collection of the day, http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1418/gallery/378478.html

End of the Season Celebration

The team will have it's end of the season celebration potluck at Olympic View Elementary School starting at 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm. Please plan to attend!

When: Today, Nov. 10, 6:30-8:00 (no school tomorrow)
Where: OLYMPIC VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 504 NE 95th St, just off of 5th AVE NE and south of Northgate Mall.
Map and Directions: http://tinyurl.com/6an52l
What to bring: According to runner's last name . . . A-Horner -- Salad (feeds 6-7); Howe-P -- Desserts; R-Z -- Drinks (for 10-12 & athletes don't drink much pop).
Who: Runners and their families.

Pizza will be provided. Plates, utensils, cups also provided. There will also be a slide show review of the season. Don't miss it!

Andrew is Lone RHS State Qualifier

Andrew placed 16th at Saturday's District 2/4 Championships and will travel to Pasco with Coaches Collier and Lynch as a State Meet qualifier. Matt also ran well in the District meet but will have to wait until next year to qualify.

When the gun sounded to start the race, the rain came down in buckets potentially threatening the course surface. A dejected runner from Woodinville was seen walking back to the finish area wearing only one shoe . . . the other one was left somewhere on the course. Other runners were covered with mud and grass indicating the less-than-ideal conditions. No Seattle 4A team qualified for State this year and altogether only two Seattle 4A runners qualified. We look forward to next year when this trend will be reversed.

District Meet and Other Details

The bi-District Meet will be held on Saturday, November 1. Starting at 2:00pm, the boys' race will be first followed by the girls' race at 2:45. This year, an open race will be run with the gun going off for that at 3:15. The Greater Mt. St. Helens league (Kelso, Battle Ground, Vancouver area) will send four teams north to Lincoln Park for the meet. The top 5 teams and 20 individuals will qualify for the State meet in Pasco on Saturday, November 8. Good luck to Matt and Andrew!

For all runners who will not run next Saturday, please return your uniforms to Coach Collier who will be anxiously awaiting your arrival after school on Monday, Oct. 27.

Mob Improves - Not Enough For KingCo

The XC Mob posted undeniable improvement at the KingCo championships for which all runners should be proud. (PRs in yellow and red.) There was no doubt after the meet that the league is much stronger this year with the additions of Skyline (Sammamish) and Issaquah. The Mob varsity missed qualifying for the District meet by a mere 9 points. Last year, the team experienced similar disappointment as they missed qualifying for State by just 6 points. Qualifying as individuals for the District meet, Andrew and Matt will move ahead and run at Lincoln Park on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 1, .

The team scores on Thursday were:

1, Skyline, 54; 2, Redmond, 60; 3, Issaquah, 115; 4, Bothell, 141; 5, Inglemoor, 145; 6, Ballard, 158; 7, Garfield, 174; 8, Eastlake, 176; 9, Roosevelt, 183; 10, Newport, 187; 11, Woodinville, 246.

Full varsity results can be found here.
Full team results can be found on the Athletic.net Mob Website.

As a comparision of how competetive the league was this year, Andrew's time of 16:15 would have placed him 4th at KingCo last year. This year it was good for 15th place.

Congratulations to the RHS seniors, too, as their high school careers come to a close.

Etri Ajbour
Eden Garcia
Jim Hiner
Jack Laurence
Nick Millman
Chris Nguyen
Andrew Sahl
Max Simon
Derek Yamamoto

The performances of Matt, Daniel, Ben, Izaac and Seth demonstrated that the Mob will return a strong core of runners next year. If the improvement shown this year is any indication, next year's team will mark its return to the District and, quite possibly, the State meets. Go Rider Mob!

All City Meet Recap

Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped out at yesterday's All-City 4A meet. It turned out to be a nice day (read: no rain) despite the cool temperatures. The boys' did very well with most of the team turning in their best performances of the season so far. There were 22 personal bests recorded for the 5K distance. Congratulations to each of the runners! It was a hard-fought contest.

For those keeping score at home, the Varsity score was, BHS-35, GHS-45, RHS-49. It was a close meet. No JV score was kept. Results are posted on the athletic.net site.

Also, there were a total of 156 boys and girls from the three schools who competed . . . a HUGE turnout.

New picture page is courtesy of Junior Izaac Post . . . see link on the right, for the thexcmob.

Go Riders!

Past, Present, Future RHS XC

The results for last Saturday's Hole-in-the-Wall Invitational at Lakewood High School are now published and available via the athletic.net Web site as well as the link on the right under "Invitationals". Pictures from the meet are also available via the "Roughriders on Flickr" link on the right. And finally, Izaac Post has posted more pictures that can be viewed here.

Today's meet will be at Lincoln Park. There will be two separate races, a boys' race and a girls' race. The first one starts at 4:00pm at the north end of the sports fields. For a map of the park, click here.

And finally, after today, the championship season begins. Next Thursday, Oct. 23, the boys will run in the 4A KingCo Championships held at Lincoln Park. There will be separate JV and Varsity races. The time schedule is as follows:

2:15===Coaches Meeting at Finish Area
2:30===JV Girls’ Race
3:15===Varsity Boys’ Race
3:45===Varsity Girls’ Race
4:15===JV Boys’ Race
4:45===Awards Presentation at Finish Area

The top seven VARSITY teams and the top 35 individuals qualify for the District Championship Meet on Saturday, November 1st, at Lincoln Park. (The next three meets are ALL at Lincoln Park.) The JV runners will complete their season at KingCo on the 23rd.

For those who qualify from the district meet (top 4 teams and the top 20 individuals), they will run in the State Championships on Saturday, November 8, in Pasco.

Good luck to everyone! Go Riders!

Hole in the Wall | Varsity & JV 4th!

Both of the boys' varsity and JV teams finished in 4th place Saturday afternoon at the Hole-in-the-Wall Invitational in Lakewood. It was a gorgeous day for a race!

The results for the meet can be found on the RHS athletic.net Website. The frosh-soph results still have to be entered and published.

Pictures and video still have to be uploaded.

Parent Volunteers Needed for Wednesday's Meet

This coming Wednesday, Oct. 15, Roosevelt will host its meet against Garfield and Ballard at Lincoln Park in West Seattle. The meet starts at 4:00pm. There will be a boys race and a girls race--2 total.

The coaches need about 10 people to monitor the course as well as work in the finish chute. If you are interested, please send me an e-mail, bluesky at scn.org by Tuesday.

Thanks for your help! -- Kurt

Go Riders!

Bus Leaves 7:15am for H.I.W Invite | Directions

The bus for the Hole in the Wall Invitational leaves from RHS at 7:15 am on Saturday morning.

9:00am Middle School Girls (unlimited entries)
9:20am Middle School Boys (unlimited entries)
10:00am Freshman/Sophomore Boys (unlimited entries)
10:40am Junior Varsity Girls (unlimited entries)
11:20am Junior Varsity Boys (unlimited entries)
12:20pm Varsity Girls (seven entries only)
1:00pm Varsity Boys (seven entries only)
1:30pm All-Comers Race ($5 entry fee payable day of race)
2:00pm Awards (New and Improved!!)

Driving directions to Lakewood High School:

35.2 mi – about 43 mins (up to 1 hour 0 mins in traffic)

Roosevelt High School 1410 NE 66th St Seattle, WA 98115

1.	Head north on 15th Ave NE toward NE 68th St	0.1 mi
2.	Turn left at NE 70th St	0.4 mi
3.	Turn right to merge onto I-5 N	31.5 mi
4.	Take exit 202 for 116th St NE	0.3 mi
5.	Turn left at 116th St NE	0.2 mi
6.	Turn right at 34th Ave NE	0.5 mi
7.	At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit and stay on 34th Ave NE	0.3 mi
8.	Turn left at 128th St NE/Henry Steve Rd	1.4 mi
9.	Turn right at 11th Ave NE	0.4 mi

Lakewood High School

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Today's Race Times

There will be 4 separate races today at Beaver Lake. The Girl's JV race is scheduled to start at 4:15 today. The remaining races will take place when the previous race is finished. I have no idea about the order of the races.

Go Riders!

Kingco Meets Resume This Week

On Wednesday, Oct. 8, the Roughriders cross country teams travel to Beaver Lake Park in Sammamish (directions below). Schools attending the meet include Issaquah (Boys #9-4A), Eastlake (Girls #3-4A), Newport of Bellevue (Girls #10-3A) and Skyline. The course is fairly fan-friendly with a number of good viewing places.

There are two ways to get there--via 520 or I-90. Pick your poison. The directions below are based on the I-90 route.

From Roosevelt High School

1.	Head south on 15th Ave NE toward NE 66th St	0.1 mi
2.	Turn right at NE 65th St	0.5 mi
3.	Turn left at NE Ravenna Blvd	0.1 mi
4.	Slight right onto the I-5 S ramp	0.5 mi
5.	Slight left at I-5 S	4.3 mi
6.	Take exit 164 toward I-90 E/Bellevue/Spokane	0.7 mi
7.	Keep left at the fork to continue toward I-90 E	259 ft
8.	Keep left at the fork, follow signs for I-90 E/Bellevue/Spokane and merge onto I-90 E	13.0 mi
9.	Take exit 15 for WA-900 W toward Renton	0.2 mi
10.	Keep left at the fork to continue toward 17th Ave NW/Renton Issaquah Rd SE/WA-900	0.3 mi
11.	Turn left at 17th Ave NW/Renton Issaquah Rd SE/WA-900 Continue to follow 17th Ave NW/WA-900	0.3 mi
12.	Slight right at NW Sammamish Rd	0.7 mi
13.	Turn left at E Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE	1.2 mi
14.	Turn right at SE 43rd Way	1.2 mi
15.	Continue on 228th Ave SE	1.3 mi
16.	Turn right at SE 24th St	1.3 mi

Beaver Lake Park 25101 SE 24th Street Sammamish, WA 98075

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A Sport for Everybody

The Seattle Times on Tuesday this week featured an article on the sport of high school cross country. If you haven't seen it, check it out here.

Varsity and JV 6th at Bellevue!

Under a beautiful autumn blue sky, the boys' teams ran exceptionally well on Saturday at Lake Sammamish State Park in the Bellevue Invitational. Both teams placed 6th in their division and saw fifteen personal bests as a result. Trimming 20 or more seconds off of their PRs were: Sam Gluck, Sam Hendren, Nick Murphy, Izzac Post, Ryan Pritchett, Derek Yamamoto and Jack Laurence, who saw his PR drop by over a minute. Congratulations to the team!

Photos
A number of parents have provided their meet pictures to the team and the pictures can be accessed in a number of ways. Laura Gill, Nick Murphy's Mother, supplied photos that can be accessed from the team Flickr site by clicking on Profile. Penny Swanson, Daniel's Mother, also snapped a number of photos and those can be accessed by clicking here.

No meets this week. The next meet will be on Wednesday, October 8 at Beaver Lake Park on the Sammamish Plateau.

Bellevue Invitational | Sat. Sept. 27

On Saturday morning, the boys' travel to Lake Sammamish State Park to participate in the Bellevue Invitational. This is usually a large meet with schools from across Washington. The meet schedule follows:

9:00 -- Packet pick up and coaches meeting

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

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

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

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

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

12:15 -- Varsity Girls #1/2 runners

12:45 -- Varsity Boys #1/2 runners

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

2:00 -- TEAM AWARD CEREMONY

Notes: 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.

GO RIDERS!

Results and Photos

Results from yesterday's meet at Liberty High School are now posted on the athletic.net Website. In the right-hand column, locate "Results" and click on Athletic.net.

Also, photos from the Bellevue meet and a few from Ft. Steilacoom are now posted. Locate "Pictures" on right and click there to see the recent additions.

Kingco meet #2 @ Liberty High School, 9/24

On Wednesday, 9/24, the Roughrider teams travel to Liberty High School for a meet against Liberty (3A), Inglemoor, and Garfield. This will be a new course for our runners. The meet will take place like the one last week (1 boys' race, 1 girls' race) with the boys' race starting at 4:00pm.

If you plan to make the trip to the meet, click here for the directions to Liberty. These directions rely on an I-5 approach. You can also take I-405. In either case, be aware that it can be a long trip.

Good luck Riders!