Sweatshirts Galore at last JV meet

The season ended for the JV cross country team at the Walsh Warrior classic, in which runners are split up by age groups.  While no team scores were kept, individuals were awarded sweatshirts if they finished top 25 in their grade level.  A majority of the SJA runners earned a sweatshirt for their efforts.  The top SJA finisher in the freshman/sophomore race was freshman Rachel Cogar, who was 2nd in her race after having led for much of the way.  In the junior/senior race, senior Helen Steve competed for the lead for much of the time, but settled for a 3rd place finish.  In all, 3 PR's were set by Tori Roberts, Corinne Baker, and Julia Kemer.

Workouts for the week of Oct 22

Two things to note:
1.  Uniform turn in day is Friday, during either activity block.  Fill in the post-season evaluation during this time.
2.  The fall sports banquet is Tuesday, November 6th (does this date ring a bell???).  Social hour is at 6:30, dinner at 7:00pm.

Monday, October 22 – meet at Walsh (JV)

          2:00pm – bus leaves SJA

          Varsity (all 7 from districts and Coach Kieser) – stop at towpath to run 5 miles.

          JV to Walsh

          3:10 – frosh/soph warm-up

          4:00 – frosh/soph race (top 25 each grade gets a sweatshirt)

          4:10 – junior/senior warm-up

          5:00 – junior/senior race

Alesha practice with whoever wants to show up with her the rest of the week.

Tuesday, October 23 –

          Easy 4 miles at mastick with striders, abs, and stretch

Wednesday, October 24 – workout at location to be determined

Thursday, October 25 – at SJA – light jog, stretch

Friday, October 26 – light run at location TBD. 

Saturday, October 27 – Regionals at Tiffin (race at 3:00pm – last race of day)

          11:45 – van/car leaves SJA

          2:10 – begin warm-up

Sunday, October 28 – nothing planned

Alesha Vovk qualifies to regionals!

In Saturday's District meet at Strongsville High School, the varsity cross country team's season ended with a 6th place finish of 13 teams.  Finishing as SJA's top runner and qualifying for the Tiffin Regional meet next Saturday was junior Alesha Vovk, who finished 15th place overall in the race.  At 2 miles, Alesha was 17th place, but only the top 16 qualify to the next round.  Vovk ran the last mile tough and actually moved up to 14th place at one point only to be clipped at the line by an opponent.  Sophomore Mallory Fahey finished 2nd for the Jags and 25th overall - her best effort of the season.  The rest of the competitors for SJA were; senior Jill Bresnahan 29th, junior Rachel McGuire 30th, senior Mel Ward 41st, junior Maddie Zimmerman 42nd, and senior Jessica Bresnahan 43rd.

Spotlight on seniors

On Wednesday, October 17th, the SJA cross country team hosted its second annual Senior Night, which featured a race between the JV teams of St. Joes and Mentor on the girls side as well as a match up between the boys teams from St. Ignatius and Mentor.  In all, 18 seniors were recognized in a ceremony at South Mastick Park including the introductions of 4 seniors who competed all 4 years for the Jaguars; Emily Bauer, Jessica Bresnahan, Jill Bresnahan, and Regina Russo.
On the competition side of things, the SJA women dominated the meet with a score of 23-36.  Leading the way with a big PR was junior Maddie Zimmerman, who won the race by over a minute.  Following Zimmerman to the line to help with the win were; senior Helen Steve, sophomore Lauren Marconi, freshman Bridget McGuire, freshman Katie Butterfied, sophomore Clare Fibbi, and freshman Emma Stalder.

Monday, Oct 15 – at Mastick 3:35-5:15…We will do a workout on the senior night course as long as its not too wet.

Tuesday, Oct 15 – at Mastick 3:35-5:00…final meet clean up and mileage for varsity

Wednesday, Oct 16 – Senior Night meet at mastick

Boys start 5:00pm – Ignatius JV v. Mentor JV

Senior introductions 5:25 in the pavilion

Girls start 5:40pm – SJA JV v. Mentor JV

Full team running except varsity and Lenehan

Thursday, Oct 17 – at SJA….done by 5:10

Friday, Oct 18 – at SJA (unless we can get a chance to run on Strongville’s course to view it…will let you know).

Saturday, Oct 19 – Districts at Strongsville High School.

Noon – gather at SJA for snacks and movie

2:15 – bus leaves for District meet

4:10 – varsity Div I race (3:20 start wup)

Sunday, Oct 20 – SJA open house.  If any athlete wants to volunteer to work the cross country/track table let me know.  I’ll find out if you get volunteer hours for that.

Monday, Oct 21 – JV run at Walsh Jesuit High School for final JV meet.  Times to be announced later.  There are 2 races – frosh and soph run together then juniors and seniors run together

Massillon Meet gets team ready for post-season

The SJA cross country team did their last full team invitational this past Saturday at Massillon.  Even though SJA held back the varsity to help pace the JV runners and split full squad into 3 even teams victory was still achieved.  Officially the SJA "white" team consisting of scorers Helen Steve (sr), Rachel Cogar (fr), Mel Ward (sr), Rachel McGuire (jr), and Emma Stalder (fr).  The top finisher for SJA overall was sophomore Maddie Zimmerman (jr) who was 4th in the race.

This Wednesday SJA hosts their annual Senior Night at South Mastick Park in the Rocky River Reservation against Mentor.  St. Ignatius will be racing against Mentor on the boy's side.

Next Saturday the varsity enters the post-season when they compete at the District Meet at Strongsville High School.

Workouts and schedule for week of Oct 15

Monday, Oct 15 – at Mastick 3:35-5:15…We will do a workout on the senior night course as long as its not too wet.

Tuesday, Oct 15 – at Mastick 3:35-5:00…final meet clean up and mileage for varsity

Wednesday, Oct 16 – Senior Night meet at mastick

Boys start 5:00pm – Ignatius JV v. Mentor JV

Senior introductions 5:25 in the pavilion

Girls start 5:40pm – SJA JV v. Mentor JV

Full team running except varsity and Lenehan

Thursday, Oct 17 – at SJA….done by 5:10

Friday, Oct 18 – at SJA (unless we can get a chance to run on Strongville’s course to view it…will let you know).

Saturday, Oct 19 – Districts at Strongsville High School.

Noon – gather at SJA for snacks and movie

2:15 – bus leaves for District meet

4:10 – varsity Div I race (3:20 start wup)

Sunday, Oct 20 – SJA open house.  If any athlete wants to volunteer to work the cross country/track table let me know.  I’ll find out if you get volunteer hours for that.

Monday, Oct 21 – JV run at Walsh Jesuit High School for final JV meet.  Times to be announced later.  There are 2 races – frosh and soph run together then juniors and seniors run together

SJA 6th at Legends Invitational

The cross country teams traveled to the Trumbull County Fairgrounds last weekend to compete in a flat, but muddy competition called the Legends Invitational in which "legends" of running from the Northeast Ohio area are honored and can mingle with the athletes.  This year's legends were Marc Hunter and Jenny Morgan.
The varsity team finished 6th out of 13 teams and a varsity "B" team was 9th in the same race.  Two of the teams ahead of SJA were last year's division champs Brunswick and the best team in the state this year St. Vincent/St. Mary's.  Senior Emily Bauer returned to her early season form with perhaps her best race ever finish 14th place.  The other top 4 scoring runners were Alesha Vovk (jr), Jill Bresnahan (sr), Rachel McGuire (jr), and Jessica Bresnahan (sr).
The JV lost a close battle to Brunswick, but in reality it was Brunswick's B team vs. SJA's C team.  Freshman Emma Stalder was the top SJA finisher in the open race with her 4th place effort.
The team has one more weekend invitational next Saturday at Massillon's Ohio Independent championship.

Week of October 8

Monday, October 8 – South Mastick, 3:40-5:15…AT run

Tuesday, October 9 – SJA, 3:30-5:10…mileage, lifting, stretching

Wednesday, October 10 – NORTH Mastick…this is an old parking lot with a NEW Pavillion 1 minute north of South Mastick’s lot.  Repeat 500’s

Thursday, October 11 – SJA – cross train day – done by 5:10

Friday, October 12 – no school…practice at South Mastick 3:30-5:00

Saturday, October 13 – Meet in Massillon (Ohio Independent Schools Champs).  We’re split into 3 “even” teams.  Varsity’s job is to pace JV.

Sunday, October 14 – no workout planned

Adjustment to this Week's plan

There will be a change to Thursday and Friday of this week. Thursday - there will be no scheduled practice. You may jog, lift, or stretch on your own as needed. It is Paws for Pride day, so the football game and bonfire will be going on. Feel free to watch these, but please do NOT participate! Friday - practice will take place at Mastick from 3:30-5:00pm. This is a change from the location being at SJA. Also, this week's itinerary has already been linked under the page heading titled "results and itineraries". I apologize for the formatting...Google has lost its mind I guess.