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Seneca Twilight in the Woods meet information

On FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD 2010, the Seneca Township High School Cross Country Team will host an 20 team Invitational, TWILIGHT IN THE WOODS.

RACE SCHEDULE

4:30 p.m. Frosh-Soph Boy’s Race 3 miles

5:10 p.m. JV Girl’s Race 3 miles

5:50 p.m. Varsity Girl’s Race 3 miles

6:30. p.m. Varsity Boy’s Race 3 miles

SCHOOLS COMPETING

Beecher, Bishop McNamara, Fieldcrest, Gardner-SW, Herscher, Lisle, Marquette, Morris, Ottawa, Peotone, Plainfield North, Plano, Pontiac, Prairie Central, Reed Custer, Sandwich, St. Bede, Streator, and Yorkville.

FACILITIES

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Nicknamed, the Woods, Seneca’s course is located at the Agricultural Farm Lab. To get to the course, go one mile WEST of Seneca on Route 6, turn NORTH on East 28th Road. It is one mile from the highway. The course is true cross country. The terrain is such that hills occupy a sufficient part of the course to offer the runners a challenging race. The first 1/4th mile will run over crushed gravel, with the remaining course, grass and wood chipped trails. No asphalt will be run. Spikes may be worn.

Seneca Township High School
“Twilight In The Woods” Invitational
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2010

SCHOOLS ENTERED

Beecher, Bishop McNamara, Fieldcrest, Gardner-SW, Herscher, Lisle, Marquette, Morris, Ottawa, Peotone, Plainfield North, Plano, Pontiac, Prairie Central, Reed Custer, Sandwich, St. Bede, Streator, and Yorkville.

TIME SCHEDULE

4:30 p.m. Frosh-Soph Boy’s Race (unlimited entries) 3 miles
5: 10 p.m. JV Girl’s Race (unlimited entries) 3 miles
5:50 p.m. Varsity Girl’s Race (unlimited entries) 3 miles
6:30. p.m. Varsity Boy’s Race (unlimited entries) 3 miles

RACE INFORMATION
The team races will run with an UNLIMITED NUMBER OF ENTRIES. Schools do not have to field a complete team to compete in the race. There will be NO OPEN RACE this year.

FACILITIES
Nicknamed, “The Woods”, the course is true cross country. The terrain is such that hills occupy a sufficient part of the course to offer the runners a challenging race. The first 1/4th mile will run over crushed gravel, with the remaining course, grass and wood chipped trails. No asphalt will be run. Spikes may be worn.

AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AFTER THE VARSITY BOY’S RACE
The top four teams in each team race will be awarded trophies. Team champions will be given a Championship T-shirt for its’ top seven runners. Individual awards will go to the top fifteen in each race.

RESULTS
Computerized timing will be done by the Starved Rock Runners Club. There will be one copy of the results furnished to each team after the race.

Yorkville Invitational results, photos and video

Girls Varsity

Girls Varsity Results >>
Team Scores:
Yorkville (AA) 26
West Aurora (AAA) 71
Aurora Central Catholic (AA) 89
Oswego East (AAA) 91
Aurora Christian (A) 130
Plainfield South (AAA) 139
Morris (AA) 235
Lisle (A) 253

Individual race:
Oswego East’s Ariel Michalek led wire to wire for the win in 19:10.9. She was followed by a trio of Lady Foxes with Ali Hester (19:33.4), Esther Bell (19:33.8) and Casey Kramer 19:34.8 outpacing West Aurora’s Nicole Bartell (19:39.3) at the wire to round out the top five. Yorkville placed 6 in the top 11.

Girls JV Results >> (Yorkville 2nd)

Boys Varsity

Boys Varsity Results >>
Team Scores:
West Aurora (AAA) 29
Yorkville (AA) 58
Plainfield South (AAA) 69
Marmion (AA) 80 (missing a couple guys)
Aurora Central Catholic (AA) 148
Aurora Christian (A) 169
Oswego East (AAA) 182
Morris (AA) 232
Lisle (A) 238

Individual Race:
West Aurora swept the top three spots, as Steve Loran won the race in 15:56.4, Ryan Bartell second in 16:15.5 and Matt Muth finishing in 16:17.1. They were followed by two Plainfield South runners, Alex Deeter (16:24.6) and Tyler Ryan (16:24.8) to round out the top five. West Aurora placed 6 in the top 14.

Boys FR/SO Results >> (Yorkville 3rd)

Photos:

Video:




In the news: Kendall County Record’s YHS XC preview

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In the news: Beacon News releases 2010 XC previews

Featured girls article on Somonauk >>

Featured boys article on West Aurora (featuring Matt Muth!) >>

Area Girls Preview >>

Yorkville

Coach: Chris Muth

Last season: 2nd in Class AA IHSA State Meet

Preview: The Foxes return their top five runners from last year’s state runner-up squad. Leading the pack are All-State runners Ali Hester and Esther Bell. “They are currently ahead of their pace from last year,” said Muth. Joining them in their quest for a second team trophy will be Casey Kramer, Bree Stupfert, Leena Palmer, Ashley Leonetti and Lindsay Foster. “We have a great group of hard working girls that could be on the verge of a very special season.”

Area Boys Preview >>

Yorkville

Coach: Chris Muth

Last season: 13th in Class AA IHSA state finals

Preview: The Foxes could be the team to beat this season, as Yorkville returns 11 of 12 top runners from last year’s squad that competed in the state final. Jake Callahan, Scott King and Eric Baker have the opportunity to earn All-State honors if they have the season Muth believes they are capable of. Also keep an eye on Chris Kellogg, Zac Arcara, Karl Bomba, Shaun O’Malley, Nick Harrison, Justin Vacha and Kyle Dhuse. “Our goal is to try and break into the top five this year….if we do that, we will have the best boys cross country team at Yorkville High School in the past 25 years,” Muth said.

News roundup

Just some random stories of interest from the news.

KCChronicle.com’s girls XC preview >>

KCChronicle.com’s boys XC preview >>

West Aurora boys and girls win Aurora City Meet >>

Article on Max Brusveen’s great night for the Foxes last Friday >>

Kaneland boys preview >>

Kaneland girls preview >>

2010 Yorkville Invitational information

Location: Harris Forest Preserve, Route 71, Yorkville, IL.

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Teams: 9 girls teams, 9 boys teams:
Aurora Christian, Aurora Central, West Aurora, Lisle, Morris, Oswego East, Rosary, Marmion, Plainfield South, Yorkville

Course Map UPDATED (thanks Mr. Stuepfert!!)
Download the course map

Order of events:
Girls JV: 4:30 p.m.
Boys FS: 5 p.m.
Girls Varsity: 5:30 p.m.
Boys Varsity: 6 p.m.

Meet T-Shirts
We will have custom-designed meet T-Shirts available for $12. LIMITED AMOUNT!

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Concessions
We will have Dippin’ Dots, and light concessions will be available

Results
Kompusport.com will have the results available here.

Video from the War on 34

In the news: Article on the War on 34

Yorkville Claims “War” Double Dip

Fox Harriers Dominate Girls and Boys Team Scores …
By Bill Lidinsky
Northern Illinois Sports Beat Contributor

YORKVILLE – Yorkville Cross Country has been pretty stellar over the past few years.
Most recently, the Lady Foxes finished second in the 2009 IHSA Class 2A State
Championship team meet, while the Yorkville boys weren’t too shabby either by grabbing
13th as a group at state in 2009.

Read the full article here >>