Saturday, October 22, 2011

REGIONALS!!!



IHSA Class 1A Cross Country Regional Championship
hosted by Aurora Christian H.S.

What a day...a day to go down into Walther history.  BOTH the girls and the boys qualified for sectionals today!  The girls were in fourth place overall and the boys got fifth.  Everyone put forth a great effort and it was definitely fun to watch.
Enjoy the pictures below:




GIRLS' VARSITY
Warming up for the big race.


Final warm-ups at the starting line.

And a word of prayer.


The race begins!



Between the 1st and 2nd mile markers...in 8th place.





Can you see the runners across the lake?

Coming into the finish line.





Stats: 
                       Place         School            Score
                      ---------------------------------------
                       1   Westmont                      22
                       2   Joliet Catholic Academy       68
                       3   Aurora Christian              93
                       4   Walther Lutheran             110
                       5   Timothy Christian            116
                       6   Richmond-Burton              120
                       7   Immaculate Conception        182
                      ---------------------------------------
                                                                    
                                                                  Advancing Team #4
                         Name of School: Walther Lutheran                     

                      Runner                    Yr   Pl  Time    
Ale Garcia                Fr.  8   19:15.8
                      Sandra Garcia             Sr.  18  20:02.7
                      Sonja Sorensen            Jr.  23  20:12.4
Melody Garnica            So.  31  21:03.7
Nessa Enokian             Jr.  35  21:26.4


A proud coach with his team.

And the other proud (assistant) coach with her team!

BOYS' VARSITY





Almost 1/2 way done and leading the pack.






Coming into the finish line earning a 2nd place finish!!  Great job!






He gets the perseverence prize...he finished in spite of a very painful hip!!  Rest up this weekend!!!

Stats

Place           School            Score
---------------------------------------
  1   Aurora Christian              31 
  2   Timothy Christian             59 
  3   Westmont                      88 
  4   Joliet Catholic Academy       95 
  5   Walther Lutheran             124 
  6   Lisle                        176 
 7   Montini Catholic             181 

Top 5 Runners

Pl  Runner                Yr   School                    Time    
1   Ryan DeGroot          Sr.  Timothy Christian         15:48.3
2   Kyle Duff             Sr.  Walther Lutheran          15:54.3
3   Jake Gehman           Jr.  Aurora Christian          16:01.7
4   Jake Wert             Sr.  Aurora Christian          16:10.1
5   Nate Novota           Jr.  West                      16:13.6
 
 

Advancing Team #5

                    Name of School: Walther Lutheran                     

Runner                    Yr   Pl  Time    
Kyle Duff                 Sr.  2   15:54.3
Emmanuel Perez            Sr.  21  17:32.8
Cole Evans                Sr.  32  18:10.0
Sean Edwards              Jr.  35  18:19.5
Maurice Wilson            Sr.  38  18:29.2
Jake Denton               Sr.  48  19:41.5
Frank Caputo              Jr.  50  19:58.7

Great job, gentlemen!

Receiving the envelope for Walther, the fourth place sectional-qualifying team.

Getting his medal for 2nd place.



Receiving the envelope for the boys team, the 5th place sectional qualifying team.

Can't wait 'til next Saturday. 
What a fun season. 
Go Broncos!!!!


                                                                 Advancing Team #4

                         Name of School: Walther Lutheran                     

                      Runner                    Yr   Pl  Time    
Ale Garcia                Fr.  8   19:15.8
                      Sandra Garcia             Sr.  18  20:02.7
                      Sonja Sorensen            Jr.  23  20:12.4
Melody Garnica            So.  31  21:03.7
Nessa Enokian             Jr.  35  21:26.4

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