Go Blue Ridge -- Pioneers Pace Field in Home Opener
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Watauga wins Boys and Girls races. UPDATE full results
Kathleen Mansure won by a wide margin (20:27), and Michael Holland (17:43) gave Boys winner Dylan Mathewson (17:34), of South Caldwell, a good race. Watauga won both team competitions to inaugurate the new home course.
Watauga Democrat -- WHS Cross-country Teams Dominate Meet. "Watauga [Boys] runners finished second, third, fourth, and eighth." "Watauga's girls' team captured the top three places." Matt Osborn and Lynde Wangler were back in action and finished 4th and 6th.
Full results are posted here on NC Runners' meet page. Visiting teams included South Caldwell, Freedom, Hibriten, McDowell, and Crossnore.
There are a few volunteer spots left for Friday night at the concession stand.
Watauga Democrat -- WHS Cross-country Teams Dominate Meet. "Watauga [Boys] runners finished second, third, fourth, and eighth." "Watauga's girls' team captured the top three places." Matt Osborn and Lynde Wangler were back in action and finished 4th and 6th.
Full results are posted here on NC Runners' meet page. Visiting teams included South Caldwell, Freedom, Hibriten, McDowell, and Crossnore.
There are a few volunteer spots left for Friday night at the concession stand.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Home meet -- Boys at 5:00pm. Girls at 5:30pm.
Several of our conference competitors were at the Catawba County Championships yesterday: Fred T. Foard, St. Stephens, Hickory. Fred T. Foard won both Boys and Girls.
Meanwhile, on our new home course, we should be seeing everyone else from the Northwestern 3A/4A: South Caldwell, Freedom, Hibriten, and Patton this afternoon.
It's cool. There's a small of chance of rain, not too heavy. Almost no chance of lightning.
Meanwhile, on our new home course, we should be seeing everyone else from the Northwestern 3A/4A: South Caldwell, Freedom, Hibriten, and Patton this afternoon.
It's cool. There's a small of chance of rain, not too heavy. Almost no chance of lightning.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Tuesday notes
Go Blue Ridge -- " Mansure, Holland Pace WHS at Hurman Classic." "Mansure finished ninth in 19:48.70." "Michael Holland paced WHS in the boy's varsity race. He finished 11th in
16:31.24; Will Vandenberg of the Pioneers was 23rd in 17:10.83;"
New stage of the season! Only 2 1/2 weeks to Wendy's. 4 weeks to Conference Championship.
Watauga still has not run on a fast course, although Saturday's was not bad. NC Runners has posted all-class rankings of the fastest times of the year (but subscription required after top 25).
Kathleen is 55th. Lily 194th. Celia 216th.
Michael 59th. Will 150th. Matt 265th.
Volunteer opportunities this Friday night at the football game concession stand and for the September 28 cross country meet, the High Country Classic.
New stage of the season! Only 2 1/2 weeks to Wendy's. 4 weeks to Conference Championship.
Watauga still has not run on a fast course, although Saturday's was not bad. NC Runners has posted all-class rankings of the fastest times of the year (but subscription required after top 25).
Kathleen is 55th. Lily 194th. Celia 216th.
Michael 59th. Will 150th. Matt 265th.
Volunteer opportunities this Friday night at the football game concession stand and for the September 28 cross country meet, the High Country Classic.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Home meet Wednesday
Boys at 5:00pm
Girls at 5:30pm
This will happen at the new course that starts below the Watauga High School stadium and does not go near the Covered Bridge and the university parking lots.
Here's a map to the high school (which was completed 3 years ago), Wednesday's course starts near the bottom.
Girls at 5:30pm
This will happen at the new course that starts below the Watauga High School stadium and does not go near the Covered Bridge and the university parking lots.
Here's a map to the high school (which was completed 3 years ago), Wednesday's course starts near the bottom.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Furman Classic Results
It was a good day to run. A fun course, a beautiful day, good competition, teammates. Lots of near PRs and PRs.
Full results here and (of course) at SC (and NC) Runners.
PRs:
Michael, Will, Jacob, and ZackS just missed their PRs. ZackC and Logan too.
ZakH, 17:49. Lowered his PR by 51 seconds.
MatthewH, 18:07. Lowered his PR by 2 minutes!
Connor, 19:11
Devin, 19:12. PR by 1:07
Gabe, 20:18. PR by over 2 minutes
Patrick, 22:22. PR by over 2 minutes
Deshawn, 23:17. PR by nearly 5 minutes.
Lily, 21:01
Finley, 22:20. PR blasted away by 4 minutes
Lauren, 23:22. By a minute and a half
Sophia, 24:00. No data on her page, but this must be a PR.
Simran, 25:04. PR by over 3 minutes
Barbara, 25:22
Chloe, 25:47. PR by a minute
Elise, 26:37
Sylvia, 26:28. PR by almost 2 minutes
Catie, 27:03
One thing to watch here. Watauga was not at full strength, but we don't know about the other teams either. South Mecklenburg finished just ahead of us in both Varsity races, and we will not want to lose to them at the Regionals.
Full results here and (of course) at SC (and NC) Runners.
PRs:
Michael, Will, Jacob, and ZackS just missed their PRs. ZackC and Logan too.
ZakH, 17:49. Lowered his PR by 51 seconds.
MatthewH, 18:07. Lowered his PR by 2 minutes!
Connor, 19:11
Devin, 19:12. PR by 1:07
Gabe, 20:18. PR by over 2 minutes
Patrick, 22:22. PR by over 2 minutes
Deshawn, 23:17. PR by nearly 5 minutes.
Lily, 21:01
Finley, 22:20. PR blasted away by 4 minutes
Lauren, 23:22. By a minute and a half
Sophia, 24:00. No data on her page, but this must be a PR.
Simran, 25:04. PR by over 3 minutes
Barbara, 25:22
Chloe, 25:47. PR by a minute
Elise, 26:37
Sylvia, 26:28. PR by almost 2 minutes
Catie, 27:03
One thing to watch here. Watauga was not at full strength, but we don't know about the other teams either. South Mecklenburg finished just ahead of us in both Varsity races, and we will not want to lose to them at the Regionals.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Furman Classic -- 2nd UPDATE Results -- all of them
Results for all races are posted now:
Kathleen 9th, 19:48; Watauga Girls 10th. (Shelby was not running.) Finley ran in the 22s, way down from her only other 5K, 26:30 at Hendersonville. Way to go, Finley!
Michael 11th, 16:31 (just off his PR of 16:26); Watauga Boys 5th. Will and JacobS were close to their PRs, but Zak Horine broke his by almost a minute, with 17:49 today.
We'll look at more PRs and near-PRs later.
Also, WHS XC grads, Julia '12 and Lauren '13, have showed up.
Girls and Boys JV results are up too. Devin PRed at 19:12.
NCPrepTrack's overview (exact quote -- Thanks):
Providence girls 47, Hardin Valley 77, Dunwoody 91.
Grace Sullivan (Providence) 2nd, 18:15.
Wyatt Maxey (Providence) 1st, 15:12.
Tanis Baldwin (E Henderson) 3rd, 15:19.
Providence boys 2nd, S Meck 4th, Watauga 5th.
Here's the schedule Saturday:
Results here at Perfect Timing Group and SC Runners meet site. Probably not 'til mid-afternoon.
The course is at the golf course, on the northwest side of the college campus. Here's a map -- about 2:40 from Boone.
Kathleen 9th, 19:48; Watauga Girls 10th. (Shelby was not running.) Finley ran in the 22s, way down from her only other 5K, 26:30 at Hendersonville. Way to go, Finley!
Michael 11th, 16:31 (just off his PR of 16:26); Watauga Boys 5th. Will and JacobS were close to their PRs, but Zak Horine broke his by almost a minute, with 17:49 today.
We'll look at more PRs and near-PRs later.
Also, WHS XC grads, Julia '12 and Lauren '13, have showed up.
Girls and Boys JV results are up too. Devin PRed at 19:12.
NCPrepTrack's overview (exact quote -- Thanks):
Providence girls 47, Hardin Valley 77, Dunwoody 91.
Grace Sullivan (Providence) 2nd, 18:15.
Wyatt Maxey (Providence) 1st, 15:12.
Tanis Baldwin (E Henderson) 3rd, 15:19.
Providence boys 2nd, S Meck 4th, Watauga 5th.
Here's the schedule Saturday:
8:30am Collegiate Women 6k
9:00am Collegiate Men 8k
9:30am High School Girls Championship 5K
10:00am High School Boys Championship 5K
10:30am and 11:00am Independent School Girls and Boys Championship 5k
11:30am High School Girl’s JV 5K
12:00pm High School Boy’s JV 5K
12:45pm Awards presentation
Results here at Perfect Timing Group and SC Runners meet site. Probably not 'til mid-afternoon.
The course is at the golf course, on the northwest side of the college campus. Here's a map -- about 2:40 from Boone.
- Providence, of Charlotte, is very strong this year, Boys and Girls. We will see them again in late October at the West Regional.
- East Henderson has their runner, Tanis Baldwin, who won the Boys' at the WNC Carnival.
- J.L.Mann, of Greenville and with nearly identical jerseys to Watauga's, will be there. Get them!
- Strong teams from Tennessee and Georgia too.
- It looks like MattO and Lynde will not run. Hope to see them running soon.
- It should be a fun course. Go!
Thursday, September 12, 2013
One Goal for Saturday
Two goals for any year at Watauga are to win the conference championships and to qualify at the West 4A Regional for the State 4A Championship meet.
One goal for the Girls this Saturday in Greenville might be to beat J.L. Mann. That's the team that has the same jerseys as Watauga, possibly copied from Watauga a few years ago. J.L. Mann only sent their Girls team to the WNC Carnival. Here are the team results in Championship Girls:
This looks like a big deficit to make up, but with a few more weeks of recovery and training, it's probably going to be partly about paying attention to the other blue shirts.
This is what I'm talking about. Celia and Shelby with 3 Mann runners. (Unfortunately, the full shot is subscription only.)
The J.L. Mann Boys team has not competed in a big meet yet this year and it's difficult to predict what they'll do.
It looks like the course is through the golf course, on the west side of the college campus. Here's a map -- about 2:40 from Boone. (Thanks, NCPrepTrack.)
One goal for the Girls this Saturday in Greenville might be to beat J.L. Mann. That's the team that has the same jerseys as Watauga, possibly copied from Watauga a few years ago. J.L. Mann only sent their Girls team to the WNC Carnival. Here are the team results in Championship Girls:
This looks like a big deficit to make up, but with a few more weeks of recovery and training, it's probably going to be partly about paying attention to the other blue shirts.
This is what I'm talking about. Celia and Shelby with 3 Mann runners. (Unfortunately, the full shot is subscription only.)
The J.L. Mann Boys team has not competed in a big meet yet this year and it's difficult to predict what they'll do.
It looks like the course is through the golf course, on the west side of the college campus. Here's a map -- about 2:40 from Boone. (Thanks, NCPrepTrack.)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Cancelled for lightning, but next Wednesday's meet at Watauga. Saturday in Greenville, SC
Cancelling is disappointing, but lightning is dangerous enough. Here are several policies. The first one is very brief and the second has lots of details: National Federation of State High School Associations' (link from the NCHSAA Health and Safety webpage), and the National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement : Lightning Safety for Athletics and Recreation. Don't take cover just from the rain or relax when an event is delayed for lightning. It's worthless to delay the athletic event if athletes and spectators just mill around waiting for the lightning to stop.
Coach Mac reports that next Wednesday's meet will now be at Watauga, instead of Lenoir. There should be at least 5 teams competing on the challenging new course. Let's hope for lightning-free skies.
The Furman Classic
Athletes going overnight to Greenville, South Carolina, for the Furman Classic will need $25 and some additional bucks for Friday supper and Saturday lunch. The team will leave mid-day Friday and not return until about 6:00pm Saturday.
Many college teams will be competing in the 8:30 and 9:00am races. Keep in mind that many Watauga runners could be collegiate cross country runners at small colleges or for club teams. For example, NC State's club team competed in last Saturday's meet at UNC Wilmington.
The Furman course is a one mile loop for high school runners and is said to include "obstacles." It might not be a good place to PR, but it should be fun to run and watch.
Coach Mac reports that next Wednesday's meet will now be at Watauga, instead of Lenoir. There should be at least 5 teams competing on the challenging new course. Let's hope for lightning-free skies.
The Furman Classic
Athletes going overnight to Greenville, South Carolina, for the Furman Classic will need $25 and some additional bucks for Friday supper and Saturday lunch. The team will leave mid-day Friday and not return until about 6:00pm Saturday.
Many college teams will be competing in the 8:30 and 9:00am races. Keep in mind that many Watauga runners could be collegiate cross country runners at small colleges or for club teams. For example, NC State's club team competed in last Saturday's meet at UNC Wilmington.
The Furman course is a one mile loop for high school runners and is said to include "obstacles." It might not be a good place to PR, but it should be fun to run and watch.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Watauga's new XC course!
Coach Mac announces a new course that starts and finishes below the WHS stadium. (It will not start or end at or near the Covered Bridge.)
Boys at 5:00
Girls at 5:30
Boys at 5:00
Girls at 5:30
Monday, September 9, 2013
Home meet Wednesday, Furman Classic Saturday
Freedom, Patton, and South Caldwell at the Greenway Wednesday. South Caldwell has a strong runner, Dylan Mathewson, who will be tough to beat in the Boys race.
Friday, Watauga travels to Greenville, South Carolina, for Saturday's Furman Classic.
Here is the schedule. High school events start with Girls Championship 5K at 9:30am.
It looks like Watauga is taking about 38 athletes. Check the e-mails from Coach Mac and
let him know if your name is on the list, but you will not be able to go. The cost will be $25.
Friday, Watauga travels to Greenville, South Carolina, for Saturday's Furman Classic.
Here is the schedule. High school events start with Girls Championship 5K at 9:30am.
It looks like Watauga is taking about 38 athletes. Check the e-mails from Coach Mac and
let him know if your name is on the list, but you will not be able to go. The cost will be $25.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Girls Win at Caldwell County Invitational UPDATE
Update -- still no results at NC Runners, but Go Blue Ridge -- "Mansure Paces WHS at Caldwell Invite."
No results yet for the Caldwell County Invitational, but the Watauga Girls won, and the Boys did not.
There will be no practice Thursday. That's very unusual. It's said to be due to the prevalence of flu-like illness.
No results yet for the Caldwell County Invitational, but the Watauga Girls won, and the Boys did not.
There will be no practice Thursday. That's very unusual. It's said to be due to the prevalence of flu-like illness.
Meet tonight at Lenoir, starting with Varsity Boys at 5:00pm
Meet tonight at Lenoir. Varsity Boys 5:00, Varsity Girls 5:30, Open Boys 6:00, and Open Girls 6:30. It looks like there will be no problem getting everyone home.
It's hard to know which teams will show up. The NC Runners meet page shows Freedom, Lincoln Charter, Lincolnton, Mt. Airy, Surry Central, and West Stokes. Other teams, such as Watauga, will be there but are not listed. This meet was cancelled last year (cannot recall why). Watauga is not likely to win all 4 races as it did in 2011 and 2010 but should be very competitive.
A note from 2011: "Generally we would expect at least a one minute improvement for the faster people from this race to the Wendy’s or United Way courses; for people still getting in shape, a two minute improvement is realistic."
Also, Coach Mac mentioned that the United Way meet is limiting teams to only 18 runners this year -- not enough for Watauga. There is not much in alternatives that week, unless a new meet is set up. That might be fun but cannot be easy. We will wait to see how to update the schedule.
It's hard to know which teams will show up. The NC Runners meet page shows Freedom, Lincoln Charter, Lincolnton, Mt. Airy, Surry Central, and West Stokes. Other teams, such as Watauga, will be there but are not listed. This meet was cancelled last year (cannot recall why). Watauga is not likely to win all 4 races as it did in 2011 and 2010 but should be very competitive.
A note from 2011: "Generally we would expect at least a one minute improvement for the faster people from this race to the Wendy’s or United Way courses; for people still getting in shape, a two minute improvement is realistic."
Also, Coach Mac mentioned that the United Way meet is limiting teams to only 18 runners this year -- not enough for Watauga. There is not much in alternatives that week, unless a new meet is set up. That might be fun but cannot be easy. We will wait to see how to update the schedule.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Wednesday meet in Lenoir UPDATE about getting home afterwards
Coming up this Wednesday -- Caldwell County Invitational, at Lenoir Aquatic & Fitness Center. This meet drew 23+ teams in 2011 and 27+ in 2010 but was cancelled last year. It's a stormy time of year.
Here's the schedule from Coach Mac. He adds that after the meet they will not stop to eat, but will come right home.
UPDATE: ( I think this what Coach is saying) One bus that will take athletes to the meet will not be available to take them home. The team will depend on parents to drive many (half?) of them home.
It should be all 5Ks for all runners from here on.
Directions to Lenoir Soccer Complex (Map): From Boone, take Highway 321 through Blowing Rock to Lenoir. Take a left at Nuway Circle (stoplight before Bo's), go about 0.5 miles and turn right onto Zack Forks Road, which will take you to the soccer complex (on your right) and the start and finish of the race.
Graduates: Schneider and Vandenberg had good outings for ASU. Spotted up north.
Here's the schedule from Coach Mac. He adds that after the meet they will not stop to eat, but will come right home.
UPDATE: ( I think this what Coach is saying) One bus that will take athletes to the meet will not be available to take them home. The team will depend on parents to drive many (half?) of them home.
4:30 pm - Coach/Adult Race 2500m.
(If any parents want to run, it is $3. Some of the coaches are doing it, so come join us.)
4:45 pm - Middle School Race 2500m.
5:00 pm - Boys Varsity 5K.
(Michael H., Matt O., Jacob S., Zack C., Zack S., Will V., Zak H.)
5:30 pm - Girls Varsity 5K.
(Kathleen M., Lily W., Celia J., Shelby H., Lauren W., Sophia P., Sidney W.)
6:00 pm - Boys Open 5K. (All other boys)
6:30 pm - Girls Open 5K. (All other girls)
It should be all 5Ks for all runners from here on.
Directions to Lenoir Soccer Complex (Map): From Boone, take Highway 321 through Blowing Rock to Lenoir. Take a left at Nuway Circle (stoplight before Bo's), go about 0.5 miles and turn right onto Zack Forks Road, which will take you to the soccer complex (on your right) and the start and finish of the race.
Graduates: Schneider and Vandenberg had good outings for ASU. Spotted up north.
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