We're going to the State Championships!

Wow! What a weekend of racing! First of all, congratulations to our girls who came in 3rd at the Regional meet this Saturday, earning their way down to the State Championship meet in Columbus on November 1. Also, congratulations to the Bay Boys team as well, who will also be heading down to Columbus, following their 2nd place finish this weekend! Great job, all runners!

The girls had a fantastic Varsity race! Leading the way for the Rockets was Amanda Cusimano who came in 5th (19:44), following closely by Abby Christel in 6th (19:50), Olivia Bechtel in 18th (20:29), Maddie Voiers in 58th (21:41), and rounding out our top 5 was Aubrey Crabb right behind her in 63rd (21:47). Also running for our varsity squad was Hailey Russell, finishing in 88th (22:34), and Rose Mlakar in 104th (23:32). Our Varsity team earned 131 points, which was more than enough to earn a spot in the State meet next weekend!

We had a very exciting run during the Open race as well! Carleigh Walter led the way for the Rockets in 22:31, followed by Christina Kinkelaar (23:10), Ellie Frey who set a lifetime PR in 24:41, Delaney Bly (28:18), Mary Woods who ran her final cross country race as a senior in 28:25, Kara Gillespie (28:26), and Abbey Strauss (30:19).

All of our girls ran well, despite the heat-wave and humidity of the day! Both coaches are extremely proud of our girls, and cannot wait to watch them race next weekend. Our Varsity team for the State meet will be: Amanda Cusimano, Abby Christel, Olivia Bechtel, Maddie Voiers, Aubrey Crabb, Carleigh Walter, Hailey Russell, Christina Kinkelaar (alternate), and Rose Mlakar (alternate).

There will be an email sent home this week with specific hotel information, bus times, meet information, etc.

We hope to see as many Bay Girls XC fans down at States as we can! Go Rockets!

Regional at Tiffin THIS WEEKEND!

The Regional meet is here! This Saturday, October 25, the Lady Rockets will race at the Division II Regional Meet for Region 6 held at Tiffin.

Our Varsity team, comprised of Amanda Cusimano, Abby Christel, Olivia Bechtel, Maddie Voiers, Aubrey Crabb, Hailey Russell, and Rose Mlakar will race at 2:15, with Carleigh Walter as the alternate. The rest of the girls still racing will run at about 3:30 in the Open meet.

To advance to the State Meet next weekend, on November 1, a team needs to finish in 1st-4th place, or an an individual needs to finish in one of the top 16 places. We are very excited to see what our girls can do this weekend--they are primed, ready, and in maximal racing condition, so it should be a great day!

Important times to remember for tomorrow:
            Bus LEAVES Bay High School at 10:30
            Varsity race runs at 2:15
            Open race runs at 3:30
           
Girls, make sure you bring warm/dry clothes, snacks/food for lunch (since we will be on the bus at lunch time and not racing until later--you need to be sure you eat!), money for concessions, spikes, uniforms, and your racing hearts and minds :)

Good luck to the Boys team as well tomorrow. Go Rockets!

District Meet

Our Lady Rockets braved the wind and cold and HUGE puddles at LCCC this afternoon to take away a first place finish at the District Meet! Congratulations, girls!

Our runners in the Varsity race finished as follows: Amanda Cusimano(1st--20:27), Abby Christel (2nd--20:34), Olivia Bechtel (6th--21:16), Maddie Voiers (17th--22:04), Aubrey Crabb (23rd--22:35), Rose Mlakar (30th--23:30), and Carleigh Walter (35th--23:43). Great work to all of these runners.

We also had six of our girls running in the Open meet, some trying to earn a spot on the Varsity team for next week's Regional Meet out at Tiffin. Our girls finished with the times as follows: Hailey Russell (23:29), Christina Kinkelaar (24:29), Tera Vangelos (26:37), Delaney Bly (27:47), Ellie Frey (28:48), and Abbey Strauss (31:45). These girls ran very, very well also! If you saw the course, and felt the conditions for the Varsity race, then double how strong the wind was and how muddy the course was for the Open meet. These girls braved the conditions and ran great races!

Our Varsity squad scored 49 points, winning the District, and earning a coveted spot in next week's Regional Meet at Tiffin. Without a doubt, our trip out to LCCC this past Wednesday built some confidence and strength running on the course this afternoon (and the girls really enjoyed going to Steak and Shake!)

There will be more information coming to you later on next week. As for now, the Varsity race time will be at 2:15 pm, and the bus will be leaving BHS at 10:30 am. It will most likely be another cold, windy, wet afternoon, so bring layers, money for food, and dry clothes. Thanks to all of our parents and fans who came out today! We hope to see you next week!

WSC Champtionship

Congratulations to all of our running Rockets on their performances last Saturday at the final WSC Conference meet!

Of the 28 girls who ran, we had 20 season PR's, and of those 8 were lifetime PR's! Season bests were earned by:

Amanda Cusimano, Abby Christel, Olivia Bechtel, Rose Mlakar, Christina Kinkelaar, Josie Uram, Mari Vanderkaar, Lea Flanagan, Sarah Evans, Aubrey Rohlke, and Katherine Kerka, Sara Ferrara, and Molly Harkness.

The lifetime bests were earned by:

Aubrey Crabb, Natalie Rezek, Claire Mohney, Sofie Wallace, Delaney Bly, Kara Gillespie, and Abbey Strauss!

As a team, our girls tied with Rocky River for first place (49 points each), but ended up losing with the 6th-man tie-breaker. However, Coaches Snyder and Aldrich as still very proud of the races our girls ran, and the stellar times they put up on the board!

Looking ahead, the girls will be racing at LCCC for the District meet on October 18. More information, including bus times, will be provided soon.

In case you are not aware, there ARE open races at both the District and the Regional Meets. Any girl who would like to continue their season is welcome to continue coming to practice, and racing in those meets the next two weeks!

The girls running at the District Meet will be taking a bus to LCCC with the coaches on Wednesday right after school to run the course. The girls will then stop for dinner at Steak and Shake! We expect to return to BHS by 6:30 that evening.

Girls who are finished racing for the season--WE NEED YOUR UNIFORMS!! Please return these either after school to the Coaches in the cafeteria, or to Coach Aldrich in room 205, as soon as possible.

Again, great work last weekend ladies! let's get ready to race our hearts out at the district meet!