Awards Assembly Tomorrow

If you purchased a Cross Country shirt this year, please wear it tomorrow for the Awards Assembly!

End of Season Breakfast

Just a reminder that our End of Season breakfast will start at 7:30 tomorrow morning in Ms. Gailliez's room! 

Come in through the front office and make your way down to my room!  

See you all then!

Happy Running,
Coach Gailliez & Coach Wallace

Eudora Press Release

The Wheatridge Mustangs traveled to Eudora for their last cross country meet of the season.  

The seventh grade girls’ one mile race was the first of the meet.  Jillian Velasquez took fourth place and earned a medal with a time of 6:27, Sadie Helms ran a 7:30 and Phoebe States ran a 7:42.    The seventh grade boys’ one mile race was the second of the meet.  Jake McClure lead the race with his first place, medal earning time of 5:40 and Trent Glaser took seventh place and earned a medal with a time of 5:58.  Cam Gillman (6:22), Charlie Kuzma (6:30), Jacob Adams (6:37), Jay Jensen (7:49), and Jackson Holle (9:33 PR) ended their season with strong performances as well.

The eighth grade girls’ two mile race was the next race of the day.  Two Mustangs ran medal earning times; Mallory Boden took sixth place with a time of 14:15 and Ashlyn Bell took thirteenth place with a time of 14:59.  Rachel Stuart (16:49), Bethany Stuart (17:33), Liz Noll (19:02), and Cassie Sleet (20:54) rounded out the race and ended their seasons well.  The eighth grade boys’ two mile race ended the meet.  Ryan Hamilton (13:27), Korbin Poznich (13:43), Jude Graham (13:54), Masen Kindler (13:54), Christian Gomez (14:08), Cale Yokley (14:14 PR), Kaeden Elbert (14:20), and Tyler Williams (14:32) all had a great last meet performances.

League medals were given to the first three runners in the league and ribbons were given to league runners in places four through ten.  Wheatridge runners who earned league awards are Jake McClure (1st place), Trent Glaser (5th place), Jillian Velasquez (3rd place), Mallory Boden (4th place), and Ashlyn Bell (8th place).   

The Mustangs had a wonderful season and their coaches are so proud of the progress they all made!

Eudora Meet Information

Thursday, October 6th, 2016

Location:  Eudora Middle School, 2635 Church St, Eudora, KS 66025

Fun Run: There will be a 1 mile race at 5:30 for any K-8 non-cross country runners.  Other schools are invited to participate.  Top 3 boys & 3 girls medal.

Schedule:

7th Grade Girls 4:00

7th Grade Boys 4:15

8th Grade Girls 4:30

8th Grade Boys 5:00

Fun Run   5:30  

Frontier League Awards 5:45

All races will run ahead of schedule if possible.

Inclement weather schedule:

7th Grade Girls & Boys 4:00

8th Grade Girls & Boys 4:15

Fun Run 4:50

(The Fun Run could be cancelled if we need to get the 7-8 races done)

Restrooms: Located at the baseball/softball complex or inside EMS using the backside commons door.  Enter through the patio doors. NO SPIKES IN THE BUILDING

Medals for the Invitational: Will be handed out in the chute as runners finish (top 15 in 7G, 7B, 8G, 8B).

League medals: League medals and ribbons will be presented to the top 10 runners in 7G, 7B, 8G, 8B (top 3 receive medals, 4th-10th receive ribbons) at the awards ceremony.

PRMS Press Release

 Amazing job, everyone!!  We had almost ALL of our team run personal records today!  We also have TWO NEW SEVENTH GRADE SCHOOL RECORDS!!  Below is the Press Release for you to see your times.  Also, I will personally be reading this Press Release tomorrow morning on the announcements, which means if you ran a PR, you will be getting a special shout out!

The 7th grade girls’ one mile kicked off the meet.  All three girls ran personal records!  Phoebe States ran a 7:29 (PR), Sadie Helms ran a 7:09 (PR), and Jillian Velasquez set a new school record with a time of 5:59 (PR)!  The 7th grade boy’s one mile was next, and many of the boys ran personal records in this race as well.  Jake McClure led the race and set a new school record with a time of 5:30 (PR), Trent Glaser was not far behind him taking third place with a time of 5:55 (PR), and the third Mustang to earn a medal was Charlie Kuzma who took ninth with a time 6:10 (PR).  Jacob Adams (6:44), Shane Hutchison (7:38 PR), Jay Jensen (7:48 PR), and Jackson Holle (9:56) had strong performances as well.

The 8th grade girls’ two mile was the next race and was followed by the 8th grade boys’ two mile.  Every single 8th grade runner ran a personal record!  Three Mustangs ran medal times in the girls’ race;  Mallory Boden took second (13:44 PR), Ashlyn Bell took fourth (13:59 PR), and Rachel Stuart took ninth (15:04 PR).  Bethany Stuart (15:33 PR), Cassie Sleet (15:44 PR), and Liz Noll (18:45 PR) had amazing races as well!  Blaine Leon took tenth with a medal earning time of 12:17 (PR), and the rest of his teammates all ran personal records as well;  Ryan Hamilton (12:49 PR), Korbin Poznich (13:01 PR), Jude Graham (13:11 PR), Christian Gomez (13:13), Masen Kindler (13:14 PR), Kaeden Elbert (13:33 PR), Tyler Williams (13:46 PR).

PRMS Meet Information - 9.28.16

Pioneer Ridge Middle School Meet

Wednesday, September 28th

Location: The meet will be held at the Celebration Park Cross Country Course, just north of Pioneer Ridge Middle School (16200 Kill Creek Rd.) in Gardner.

Shoes: The course has a variety of surfaces involved in it including concrete, asphalt, dirt and grass. Spiked shoes are prohibited.

Time Schedule:
7th grade girls – 4:00 p.m. (1 mile)
7th grade boys ~4:15 p.m. (1 mile)
8th grade girls ~4:35 p.m. (2 miles)
8th grade boys ~4:55 p.m. (2 miles)

RACE TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE

Medals: Medals will be passed out in the chute to the top ten finishers in each race.

Timing: The meet will be timed using Ticker Timing.

Ottawa Press Release

The seventh graders ran a combined girls and boys one mile race.  Six seventh grade runners placed in the top twenty and earned medals.  Jillian Velasquez took third (7:10) and Sadie Helms took eleventh (8:13) for the girls team.  Jake McClure led the race and took first (6:17), Trent Glaser took second (6:51), Cam Gillman took fourth (7:13), Charlie Kuzma took fifth (7:15), and Jacob Adams took eleventh (7:32).  Other great performances on this hilly course were Shane Hutchison (8:39), Jay Jensen (9:05), Phoebe States (9:58), and Jackson Holle (11:29).

The eighth graders ran a combined girls and boys two mile race.  All six of the eighth grade girl runners placed in the top twenty and earned medals.  Mallory Boden took second (15:17), Ashlyn Bell took fourth (15:54), Bethany Stuart took twelfth (18:19), Rachel Stuart took thirteenth (18:55), Cassie Sleet took nineteenth (22:36), and Liz Noll took twentieth (25:06).  Five of the boys placed in the top twenty and earned medals.  Blaine Leon took tenth (14:19), Ryan Hamilton took eleventh (14:23), Korbin Poznich took twelfth (14:29), Masen Kindler took fourteen (14:34), and Jude Graham took eighteenth (14:49).  Other great performances on this hilly course were Christian Gomez (15:11), Tyler Williams (15:40), Cale Yokley (16:02), and Kaeden Elbert (16:06).