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Girls Cross Country - 6/14/2010 - 7/29/2010

CROSS COUNTRY Summer Camp 2010

Write the dates on your calendar now. Parents we need a few helpers, let us know if you will come to camp this summer.

Girls Cross Country Camp: June 27 - 30, Warren Dunes, Michigan

Saints Challenge 5K & Youth Mile - June 20

June 20, 2010
32nd annual Saints Challenge 5K
and Jeff Leavey Youth Mile races.

It's a Saints Father's Day tradition.Get the whole family out to run the 5k or the 1 mile fun run before you relax on Dad's Day. T-shirts, goodie bags and great raffle prizes!

REGISTER NOW for the race.

SAINTS DADS, MOMS - WE NEED YOU!
We REALLY need YOUR help at the Saints Challenge 5K race on Sunday, June 20th.  Join the gang early that morning at the stadium in a SAINTS father’s day tradition and help us raise money for next year’s teams.  This is our biggest fundraiser of the entire year. So far ZERO parents have told us that they would be there but we KNOW that you meant to sign up at the banquet - it was a busy night. Money from this fundraiser buys shirts for the team, funds travel expenses and goes toward track equipment purchases (current project: a new pole vault pit).

Please let us know that you will help as a volunteer.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - meet at the stadium concession stand:
10 parents for registration/setup at 6:30 a.m.
7 for course, meet at 7:30,
3 for finish line, meet at 7:30,
1 person on the bike at 7:45 to follow the racers on the course (you will ride 3.1 miles SLOWLY)
 3 people that can stay until 11:30 and help clean up after the race.
You CAN sign up for more than one job or you can help with registration and still run/walk the 5K:
- The people who volunteer to clean up can come earlier and work another part of the race.
- People who work registration will be able to help on the course, the water table and the finish line.

Please volunteer TODAY. Your team thanks you!

Saints Achievements

Dec. 1 - Congratulations to our Illinois State Scholars: Linda Leben, Megan Moore and Holly Robertson.

Mallory Abel has been named to the St. Charles Republican's Fall 2009 All-Area Girls Team.
"Achievement: Only a sophomore, Abel took the reins left vacant when Lizzy Hynes graduated and led East back to the state meet, where it finished 16th overall. With a time of 18:15 Abel finished 37th overall (the top-sixth of the field) and was 26th among runners representing full teams. Abel was also the Saints top runner in the regional race (third overall, 19:11) and the sectional race (sixth, 19:09)."
Read the article...

CHRONICLE ALL-AREA GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Mallory Abel, St. Charles East, So.
"Abel battled early-season sickness and a few minor injuries but still emerged as the Saints’ leader. Improving on a solid state series showing – third at regionals, sixth at sectionals, 37th at state – gives her something to aim for next fall."
SECOND TEAM
Grace Gordon, St. Charles East, Sr.
Holly Robertson, St. Charles East, Sr.
Read the article...

Congratulations to Jackie Liebforth, a senior and one of our State Finals runners, on being a Chronicle Achievement Program Scholar and one of the November Breakfast of Champions. Jackie also received the cross country team Sportsmanship award this season.

Congratulations also go out to another of our State Final runners, Holly Robertson, who was named a National Merit Commended Student and the November Breakfast of Champions for Athletics. Holly was selected as a member of the Mid-East All-Star Cross Country team. She received the STCE Cross Country team MVP award this season.

Congratulations to our 2009-2010 inductees who joined Jackie Liebforth as members of the National Honor Society: Kristyn Allen, Gina Bartindale, Morgan Ketterling, Rachel Rawson, Holly Robertson and Madeline Welter.

At the Fall awards banquet, our four year cross country seniors were honored: Grace Gordon, Linda Leben, Megan Moore, Maya Rittmanic and Holly Robertson.

Can't say it enough - THANK YOU, PARENTS!

PARENTS, we could not have done it without you!

Thank you for being great parents and helping your kids develop as student-athletes! As you well know, cross country could not happen without the involvement of the parents. Thank you for EVERYTHING that you've done for the past 5 and a half months.

TEAM UNIFORMS:

All team members must return their uniforms ASAP. 

Any team issued uniform item must be returned or a $30 fee per item will be charged as a replacement fee.  (i.e. if someone wants to keep their uniform top and bottom they can pay the program $60 and they can keep it).

Illinois State Final Meet, November 7, 2009

Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic 2009 season!

The weather gods shined upon the spectators for a big change in this 2009 season - it was sunny and 73° in Peoria on Saturday. However, the weather became an unexpected challenge for the racers as the team had been practicing in temperatures 35 degrees cooler for weeks. Our team placed 16th out of 25 of the top Illinois teams racing at the State Final meet. It was a day of smiles and tears as the girls realized their season had drawn to a close. While their races may not have ended exactly how the team would have liked, everyone was proud of our Saints' team and their effort on the racecourse.

THANK YOU to all the parents who not only made the drive but hauled coolers, ice, water, pop, food, tents, and tables. A good turnout of Saints fans made the trip to Peoria and enjoyed a picnic before and after the races. Alumni, old coaches and friends stopped by to wish the team well.

Congratulations to Holly Robertson who was selected as a member of the 12 member senior Illinois team for the Mid-East All-Star Cross Country meet based on her run at State. The Mid East Meet of Champions was held on November 21st in Kettering, Ohio. The Illinois Girls team were the champions for the first time in the history of the race.

• IHSA State Final results
• News stories
• Photos

Mallory, Taushia, Lauren, Holly, Grace, Ashley, Jacki, Jessica, Colleen, Sarah, Rachel, Claire, Lizzie

1998-1999 STC was a special place to be

Have you ever wondered what the deal is with all of those state championship flags flying in the gym with the years 1998 and 1999 on them?

• 1998-99 Four state champs agree: STC was a special place to be
  By Craig Brueske, Daily Herald, Nov 1, 2009
• St. Charles dominated state in magical 1998-99
  By Craig Brueske, Daily Herald, Nov 1, 2009

We're going to State!

Saints put on their game face at Sectionals.

IHSA State Meet
Saturday, November 7, Detweiller Park, Peoria
All friends and family of SAINTS are welcome to join us in Peoria. We will have a Saints hospitality tent with snacks, sandwiches and beverages for our friends (paid for by Boosters).

 CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE STATE INFORMATION

IHSA RESULTS -

• Regional meet results
• Sectional meet results

Sectional photos - check out the mud & water on the back of the course:

• photos by Bob Martines
• photos by Alan Robertson

THANK YOU PARENTS

You did it! You made the St. Charles East Sectional a great success again this year. Thank you for getting out to Leroy Oakes early and working in the cold wind and muddy fields. We heard lots of compliments from parents from other schools on how well the sectional was run in all aspects.
PARENTS, YOU ARE AMAZING!

Girls Team Repeats as Regional Champs - Oct 24

Congratulations to the 2009 Regional Champions!

Congrats to the girls and their coaches on being the Regional CHAMPIONS for the second year in a row. The team ran a strong race even though many of our girls were just getting over or still had the STCE flu bug that shut down the school for half of the week. Along with that the condition of the course was far from ideal but Mallory Abel still took third place overall.

TEAM MATES, PARENTS, grandparents, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, friends of the family - it was FANtastic to see such a big turn out to cheer on our Saints at the Regional meet (especially in the cold & wet weather.)  Let's do it again next Saturday!

• See Regional Meet results
• See Regional Meet photos
• See Regional Meet newspapers articles

CONFERENCE meet - Saturday, October 17

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the SAINTS,
and Coaches Hefferin and Nold
on repeating your claim to the
Upstate Eight Conference Championship title!

RESULTS:

• The Saints were UEC Conference Champions
• Mallory Abel took 1st place!
• The Saints had five Varsity All-Conference athletes:
   1. Mallory Abel 18:04
   4. Holly Robertson 18:26
  15. Sarah Hill 19:27
  16. Grace Gordon 19:28
  21. Colleen Earl 19:39
  (Abel, Gordon and Robertson are multiple year All-Conference award winners.)

The UEC does not technically award All-Conference honors in the frosh-soph and JV races, but we had three frosh/sophs in the top 24 and an amazing TEN girls in the top 24 of the JV race. Those award winners in the F/S included: Lizzie Deutsch, Annie Martinez and Maddie Westerhoff. In the JV race we had: Claire Sanchez, Taushia Mugge, Rachel Rawson, Lauren Comstock, Linda Leben, Alyssa Voltina, Amanda Pearce, Maya Rittmanic, Ashley Perez and Ally Furman.

The conference championship and so many conference award winners shows the hard work these girls have been putting in for the past four+ months. Way to go, SAINTS!

• Saints results
• Full results

PHOTOS:

• Our Flickr galleries
• Dr. Ketterlings' photos

VIDEOS: taken by another team but you will see our Saints racing

• Varsity Girls
• Frosh/Soph Girls
• Open Girls

St. Charles East wins 2nd straight UEC title
Daily Herald, Oct 17, 2009
"St. Charles East used its star power to push to its second-straight girls conference championship. Saints' sophomore Malory Abel took the individual crown with a time of 18:04 and teammate Holly Robertson (18:26) finished fourth. The places were enough for the Saints (57) to edge out Lake Park (65) and St. Charles North (76)."
Read the article...

STCE Girls are moving up in the rankings

2009 Illinois Cross Country 3mile Rankings

MILESPLIT US FIRST TEAM ELITE - Mallory Abel (17:52.00)
MILESPLIT US SECOND TEAM ELITE - Holly Robertson (18:14.00)

DyeStat Illinois

Oct 21, 2009 Mallory Abel is ranked #12 girl in the state.

#18. St. Charles East Girls team is moved up to 18.
"St. Charles East continues to improve and will be a factor by sectionals. "

Oct 13, 2009 - Mallory Abel is ranked #16 girl in the state.

Oct. 5, 2009 - St. Charles East Girls team is ranked #19 and MOVING UP! Hey, does this seem like a repeat of how DyeStat ranked us too low last year - right up until the Saints stepped up for their 3rd place state trophy?

Sept 28 - St. Charles East Girls team is ranked #22

Sept 21 - St. Charles East Girls team is ranked # 23

Sept 14 - Mallory Abel is ranked #16 girl in the state.

August 19 - Girls 3A Pre-Season Cross Country Preview

The Dyestat Season preview is out. Do you agree with their rankings and what they have to say?

#16. St. Charles East-
Head coach: Denise Hefferin
’08 final season finish: state championship- 3rd (197 pts)
Key returnees/newcomers: Mallory Abel (So.), Holly Robertson (Sr.), Colleen Earl (Jr.), Grace Gordon (Sr.), Jacki Leibforth (Sr.), Kristin Sheehan (So.).

Outlook: The Saints were probably the biggest surprise in all of girls cross country outside of St. Charles last year.  Actually, they barely registered on anyone’s radar during the pre-season.  No one thought they were capable of making state let alone win a trophy. Coach Hefferin will rely heavily on the talents of Mallory Abel. The rest of the varsity will be solid.

West Aurora Stampede - Oct 10

Sophmore Mallory Abel surprised the crowd when she came out of the woods all alone in first place. She completed the last half mile of the muddy, sloppy Stampede course far ahead of the rest of the varsity pack winning the race with a time of 17:33.

PHOTOS:

• See Bob Martines GREAT photos of this MUDDY race!
• See Dr. Ketterling's interesting photos in the woods.

VIDEOS: (found on YouTube)

• Stampede XC Invite Girls Varsity
• Stampede Invitational Girls Open

Falcon Girls Classic - Oct 3

The Falcon Classic lived up to the hype. Even on the wet and slippery course, it was an exciting day of 10 separate races in what was called the state's toughest field. Our girls had the chance to really test themselves against some of the top runners in the state and the Saints did themselves proud.

• Saints results
• Full meet results
• Meet photos

Afterward at the awards ceremony, the Saints set the fashion standard in their new white jackets and black pants with many favorable comments from other coaches and runners.

A big thank you to all of our wonderful parents - both for your food/drink donations and for coming out in force to cheer on the girls during their races. Parents were our wall of orange and black on the sidelines.

Sept 19 - PEORIA (Richard Spring Classic) Invite

Racing on the state meet course against many of the top ranked teams in the state spurred the girls on to a successful day with many PRs (Personal Records) recorded in the races. See Peoria results. Mallory Abel ( 17:52) and Holly Robertson (18:14) brought home medals in the varsity race while Lizzy Deutsch (19:42) brought one home for her 15th place finish in the frosh/soph race. Varsity runners, Sarah Hill (18:36) and Grace Gordon (18:59) also broke 19 minutes. Nice going, girls!

The girls varsity team placed seventh out of 50 schools. The frosh/soph team placed ninth. No team scores were tallied for the open.

PARENTS, thank you for your contributions towards our picnic lunch in Peoria.  It was a great success. And boy, were we hungry after getting up early to make it to Detweiller for the first race of the day - part of the cross country experience. It was fun to see so many new parent faces show up in Peoria. The girls took the extra water, cookies and fruit onto the bus for the ride home. Any leftover food/drinks will travel to the either the next Tuesday meet or to the WN Flite meet.

See Peoria results.

PHOTOS, PHOTOS, PHOTOS!

• See Alan Robertson's photos (Flickr photo gallery) for this meet.
• See Bob Martines' photos
• See Cassandra Geiger's photos (DyeStat)

Sat., Sept 5 – Leavy Invitational

Results and news articles.

New photos have been added:

• SEE our Flickr gallery
• SEE Dr. Ketterling's gallery
• SEE Bob Martines' photos

Our Varsity had 3 top 30 finishes with Mallory Able (4), Holly Robertson (22) and Grace Gordon (26) in what was the fastest Leavey Invite Girls Varsity race ever!

Our Frosh/Soph team took third place with 4 top 20 finishes with Sarah Hill (3), Lizzy Deutsch (10), Jessica Evans (18),  and Caitlin Geurin (19).

Our Open team had 6 top 30 finishes with Taushia Mugge (11), Alyssa Voltilina (13), Carolyn Straiker (26), Amanda Pearce (27), Rachel Rawson (28), and Linda Leben (29).

THANK YOU PARENT VOLUNTEERS for helping to make the Leavey Invitational run so smoothly.

Click to see more LEAVEY photos.

Elgin Classic

Elgin Classic Fr/Soph results and photos are now on the web site.

Congratulations to our fantastic frosh/sophs who took FIRST at the first meet of the season!

#1. St. Charles East

• 1 Lizzy Deutsch, Fr 13:37.8
• 3 Caitlin Geurin, Fr 14:18.8
• 4 Annie Martinez, Fr 14:42.7
• 5 Maddie Westerhoff, Fr 14:49.5
• 6 Jessica Evans, Fr 14:49.8
• 8 Kelsey Woodbridge, Fr 15:06.4
• 14 Caitlin Constante, So 16:35.4

Total Time = 72:18.4 Total Places = 19

2009 Cross Country Season Schedule

• Girls Cross Country 2009 Varsity Season Schedule

Write these dates on your calendar but be sure to check for changes later in the season.

Concession Stand - Thank you, parents!

A BIG THANK YOU to the moms and dads who worked in the concession stand at the volleyball game. By volunteering at these events, we earn money from Central Boosters toward our Girls Running program.

More information about our 2009-2010 Concession Events.

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Booster Meeting

ALL PARENTS!!!
Booster Meeting
Parents of all team members are welcome.
Mon., June 14th
8 - 9 pm
Westerhoff's house: 1913 Bridle Ct.
( MAP )

Parents & Team Members!

Thank you VOLUNTEERS for helping with the Saints Challenge on June 21 - our largest fundraiser for the Track & Field and Cross Country teams.

The Girls Take 3rd Place at State in 2008!

Relive the entire 2008 winning season. See our 2008:

• Results
• Photos
• News Stories