Week #4, September 28 - October 3

Monday through Thursday - Practice after school at Jackson.

Friday - No practice.  Run on your own with a friend.

Saturday - No organized morning run with the Rebels...run on your own with a friend.  Rebels are racing in Duluth at the Swain Invitational.

Rebels Autumn Classic Results

The Jackson girls won the team race by placing seven runners in the top 10 for a score of 20, better than Northdale Middle School which scored 41 points.  In cross country, the lowest score wins.

Veteran Emily Lindell paced newcomers Crown Bisan and Hayley Jiracek to a strong top five finish.  Crown, Hayley, and Emily finished the 2 mile course in 14:56, 14:57, and 15:00, respectively.  Jenny Omann (15:39), Annie Miller (15:48), Kayla Benjamin (15:56) and Grace Moffitt (15:57) all placed in the top ten to help secure the team win.

The Jackson boys were led by Ben Fischer who won the race in a meet record time of 12:19, ten seconds faster than the old mark of 12:29.  As a team, the boys finish one point behind Oak View Middle School.  Oak View had their fourth team runner just ahead of Jackson's third team runner...that difference was 0.2 seconds and gave Oak View the team win for the day.

Following Ben was Mark Scheller (12:43) placing 3rd, just 0.7 seconds ahead of Oak View's Fiala Calvin.  Sam Rose (12:21) rounded out the top ten by placing 10th.  Brandon Bloss (13:30), Keegan Poston (13:34), Jacob Marsolek (13:40), and Garrett Doty (13:44) finished in the top 15 to help secure the team's second place finish.

Full results HERE.

As stated earlier...in cross country, the lowest point total wins.  To compete as team, a team must have no less than five finishers.  A team's point total is determined by summing the place of those five finishers.  As an example, the lowest score, known as a "perfect score", is 15 (sum of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).   Two more team mates are added and call "pushers", because they can get ahead of another team's 5th runner and push that team's score higher.  So a max of seven runners per team impact the scoring in cross country.

Team Pictures, Race Friday, Swain Invitational

Team pictures are this Thursday, September 24th
Please bring the uniform to practice on Thursday.  Also, photo envelopes where given to the kids today at practice which should be returned on Thursday.

Race this Friday (9/25) at Northwoods Park
The kids are to report to the classroom J151 ready to race by 3:20.  As a group we will walk/jog to the race course.  Meet details are HERE.
Girls race at 4:30 (edited 9/25)
Boys race at 5:00 (edited 9/25)
Kids must be picked up after the race at the park...after the team cool down. (edited 9/25)

Swain Invitational
Details regarding the Swain Invitational are HERE.  If you would like to run, please email (no texting please) Coach Crandall by Sunday, September 27th..  Unfortunately Swain is not open to 6th graders.

Week #3 (9/21-9/26) - Team Pictures

Monday through Thursday

• Practice after school at Jackson
• Team Pictures on Thursday, wear the Jackson racing top

Friday - 2nd Race, Rebels Autumn Classic

• Meet Details HERE
• We will meet in class room J151 before we walk/run to the race course (Northwoods Park)

Saturday - Rebels are racing at the Griak Invitational (U of M), so no morning run is planned

9/19 Saturday Morning Run With the Rebels

This is an invitation to all Jackson cross country runners and their parents/guardians.  Join the Rebels as they begin a long run on Saturday morning the 19th.  The route for you will be an out and back in Elm Creek Park, so the distance is your choice.

8 am at the Champlin Ice Forum

Race Cancelled - Bus From Rum River to Jackson

Race was cancelled.  The bus will be at Anoka HS around 5:30 to bring the team back to Jackson. Hopefully we will be back to Jackson around 6:00 pm.

Week #2 (9/14-9/19) - First Race

Monday - Wednesday

• Practice after school at Jackson
• Reminders
• Sports Qualifying Physical due ASAP (can't participate without it)
• T-Shirt order due Tuesday
• Running shoes and cloths, full sealable water bottle required

Thursday - 1st Race - Rum River Invitational

• Meet details HERE
• Course Map HERE. Yellow loop is first followed by red dashed loop...3000 meters total

Friday - no practice but run on your own with a friend

Saturday - morning run with the Rebels, time and location to be determined

Other:

Full Luther All-American Invitational results HERE

Booster Club Meeting Changed to September 14th

The Champlin Park High School Cross Country Booster Club will have a meeting on Monday, September 14th at 6:30pm. The meeting will take place in room C-245 in the Champlin Park High School.  Please note this is a correction from an earlier post which stated the meeting was Thursday the 10th.  Sorry for any confusion.

The Champlin Park High School Cross Country Booster Club has filed for 501(c)(3) status and is waiting for approval from the IRS.  Once approved, all donations to the Booster Club will be tax deductible. The Booster Club supports both the high school and Jackson Middle School cross country programs.

Week #1 (9/7-9/12) - First Official Team Practice

Not registered?  Start the registration process HERE (Cross Country Running Club - Jackson MS)

Monday (Labor Day) - Evening run with the Rebels

• 7:00pm near the CPHS track

Tuesday (First Day of School) - No practice

Wednesday - First official team practice at Jackson Middle School (we will run!)

• PLEASE click here for more detailed information!
• Sports Qualifying Physical is required...click here for more information
• Running shoes, shorts and a full sealable water bottle are required
• Click here for the First Day of Practice Handout 2015-09-09

Thursday - Practice at Jackson

Friday - No practice on Fridays (no activity bus on Fridays)

To see our meet schedule, where to buy running shoes, coaches contact information, results, pictures, and other great stuff, view this blog site in the web version (not the mobile version). The links are listed on the right.

Finally parents...did you know the Jackson team has a booster club?  We do and we're having a meeting on Monday, September 14th at 6:30pm in room C-245 in Champlin Park High School.  The booster club is the Champlin Park High School Cross Country Booster Club and provides some support to the Jackson team.  This is a great opportunity for you to get involved.