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Tim Wiesenhahn Head
Cross Country Coach/Boys Team Coach (859) 277-7183 ext. 477
or (859) 333-4480 twiesenhahn@lexingtoncatholic.com timwiesenhahn@insightbb.com
Sheryl O’Neil
Assistant Cross Country Coach/Girls Team Coach 2007
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Official
and complete results from Saturday’s Class 2A State cross country
championships can be found at http://www.khsaa.org/cross_country/2007/ Below,
you will find a recap of the day. Click here for race times for the
year.
BOYS RECAP: Lexington
Catholic junior Thomas Canary finished third to lead the Knights to
a third-place team finish Saturday in the Class 2A state cross
country championship at the Kentucky Horse Park. Canary, who won the Class 2A Region
4 Championship last week in Wilmore, Ky., ran Saturday’s 5,000-meter
course in a personal best time of 16 minutes, four seconds. Five other Lexington Catholic runners
also ran personal best times Saturday at the State meet: junior Logan
Horrall (17:23), senior team captain Joe Fernandez (17:45), senior
Bobby Martin (17:52), senior Kevin Melody (18:10), and senior Chris
Haffler (18:47). Senior Lee Richardson (19:28) missed setting his
personal best time by five seconds. The
Knights third-place team finish Saturday was LC’s best team-finish at
the State meet since 1999, when the Knights finished runners-up. The 2007
team, however, equaled the 1999 squad’s average team time of 17:27. The
Knights, who finished fourth as a team in the 2006 State meet, scored 154
points Saturday, only 29 points behind meet runners-up Pendleton County, and
89 points behind meet champion Owensboro Catholic, which won the Class 2A
State title for the third-straight year.
The Knights also won the Class 2A Region 4 Championships last week at
Asbury College. The Knights won the Region 4 Meet in 2005 and 2004, and were
runners-up in 2006, 2003, 2002 and 2001. Boys
places of finish at State meet: Canary: 3; Horrall: 26: Fernandez:
44; Martin: 49; Melody 58; Haffler 104; Richardson 154. GIRLS RECAP: Lexington
Catholic freshman Mallory Linton ran a personal best time of 20
minutes, 48 seconds to lead the Lady Knights to a 16th-place team
finish Saturday at the Class 2A state cross country championship
at the Kentucky Horse Park. Linton,
whose previous best time was 21:48, finished 30th in the
197-runnner field. Three other
Lexington Catholic runners also ran personal best times Saturday: junior Jennifer
Greb (22:13), senior Sophie Yurkoski (22:21), and sophomore Chelsea
Allen (22:49). Junior Camille
Mason posted a time of 23:15 and senior team captain Linsey Ward
posted a time of 25:24. Junior Leanne
Little, who finished the regular season as the Knights number one runner
and lead her team to second place last week at the Class 2A Region 4 Meet,
did not finish because of illness.
Sophomore Mary Stewart Montague also qualified for the 2007
post season, but did not compete in Regions and State because of illness
(coach’s decision). Montague ran her best time in 2007 (23:10) at the
Lexington Catholic Invitational on Oct 13. Girls
places of finish at State Meet: Linton: 30; Greb: 93; Yurkoski: 98;
Allen: 122; Mason: 133; Ward: 174; Little: dnf. Regional
Championship! The
boys placed first and the girls second in the Class 2A Region 4 Championships
on Saturday, November 3rd.
Click here for
results. Coach
Wiesehahn says that the regionals “ . . .were perhaps the most exciting
I’ve seen as coach of Lexington Catholic cross country. (I’ve
been the full-time coach since 2001.) It was a privilege and a thrill (and I
am not talking about the water dousing I got) to be a part of. I was very
proud and I didn’t want the day to end.” Read
Mark Maloney’ article this morning in the Lexington Herald-Leader at http://www.kentucky.com/312/story/221111.html He
also states “Did you know that since 2001, LC’s boys cross
country team has either won (2007, 2005, 2004) or finished runners-up (2006,
2003, 2002, 2001) in class 2A Region 4? An outstanding accomplishment if you
consider how many varsity runners graduate each year. That said, did you also
know that since 2001, three individuals: Thomas Canary (2007), Megan Deaton
(2005) and Lauren Arnold (2002, 2001) have won the Region
Championship?” STATE: Saturday’s
KHSAA State Cross Country Championship Meet, is held at the camp grounds of
the Kentucky Horse Park. Lexington Catholic’ regional runner-up team Girls
team (Class 2A) runs at 11:30 AM. LC regional champion boys team
(class 2A) runs at 12:15 PM. LC seniors running in their
final race Saturday are: Sophie Yurkoski, Linsey Ward, Joe Fernandez, Chris
Haffler, Kevin Medley, Lee Richardson and Bobby Martin. Woodford
County Invitational: Both
Buses leave Lexington Catholic at 10:30AM Saturday. Please know that
both buses are drop only on Saturday, which means everyone, including
Coach O’Neal, me and the tent need to get other rides home from the
meet. Woodford
County Invitational Schedule
LEXINGTON
CATHOLIC INVITATIONAL Saturday’s
meet, which got big help from Linda Hay in awards, had eight races and
1,298 runners, including LC junior Thomas Canary, who finished
third Saturday in the boys’ small-school varsity race. Canary’s time of 16 minutes,
33 seconds for 5K (3.1 miles) was the fastest time posted by any
Lexington Catholic runner since I became head coach in 2000, (Mark Noll ran
16:50 at State in 2002) and maybe the fastest since my teammate Jeff Moll
won the Class A State title in 1985.) Nevertheless, Canary finished behind
only Gordy Dooley of St. Henry, the defending meet and Class A State Meet
Champion, and Willie Polio of Owensboro Catholic, State 2A runner-up. In
short, he’s fast. Canary’s
LC team finished sixth in the 21-team field and were second among
class 2A schools at the meet. Except for Owensboro Catholic, LC’s
team of Canary, Logan Horrall, Joe Fernandez, Bobby Martin, Kevin Melody,
Chris Haffler and Lee Richardson beat every team Saturday they will face
at the State meet on Nov. 10. Watch out Batman, the 2007 boys are
coming for your 1999 State Runners-up title. LC’s
girls varsity team finished 12th among 24 teams Saturday in the
girls’ small-school varsity race. LC
Boys Small-School Varsity Results at Lex Cath Invitational (180 finishers): 1. Thomas
Canary, 16:33, 3rd overall 2. Logan
Horrall, 17:53, 37th overall 3. Joe
Fernandez, 18:01, 41st overall 4. Bobby
Martin, 18:16, 50th overall 5. Kevin
Melody, 18:50, 74th overall 6. Chris
Haffler, 19:15, 99th overall 7. Lee
Richardson, 19:24, 107th overall LC
Girls Small-School Varsity Results at LexCath Invitational (187 finishers): 1. Leanne
Little, 21:35, 49th 2. Mallory
Linton, 21:48, 59th 3. Jennifer
Greb, 22:37.53, 81st 4. Linsey
Ward, 33:37.80, 82nd 5. Sophie
Yurkoski, 22:58, 99th 6. Mary
Stewart Montague, 23:10, 105th 7. Camille
Mason, 23:13, 108th
Tates Creek Invitational Results Junior
Thomas Canary won the Tates Creek Invitational Saturday at Woodford County
Park. Canary’s
time was 17 minutes, 41 seconds for the hilly and hot 5K course.
Canary’s win paced LC’s boys varsity team to fourth-place finish
in the six-team field. It
was his second-straight victory this season. LC’s
girls varsity team finished fifth, in the seven-team field. Junior
Leanne Little placed 12th in 22:55 and freshman Mallory Linton
placed 13th in 22:56 to lead the Knights. The
boys JV team finished fourth in the eight-team field The
girls’ JV team finished runners-up, in the three-team field. Here
are finish times for everyone:
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