tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73454788651292649832024-03-05T08:16:00.223-08:00Kaneland Knights Cross CountryCoach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-91388736289923948592023-11-21T16:38:00.000-08:002023-11-21T16:38:26.311-08:00Kaneland Rises to 4th In Class 2A State Finals, Nosek and Valkanov All State, Fastest Team Time in KHS History<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On a day created for sensational cross country racing, the Kaneland Knights toed the starting line for the final time this season. Fresh off a second place finish in Woodstock the week prior, the Knights were blessed with good health and great mindsets when the gun fired to start the race.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Twenty weeks of their “comeback” season in the books, dating back to fall of 2022 when three of the Top 7 were struck with illness in the final ten days of their season. These young men were centered on the phrase: “MegaStrong,” coined on the courage and comeback spirit of young West Aurora alum Megan Sporny who passed to cancer in June. A high-caliber runner, Megan’s cancer took the opportunity to really compete again as a harrier, so she found a new path to train and compete in the wheelchair division of the IHSA State Series. A state champion and all state competitor, Megan’s example lives on and is cherished. Sporny’s connections to some of the runners on our roster were important and meaningful; still evidenced in the Cal’s Angels bands worn on the forearms of the young men.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Junior Evan Nosek was first off the line and headed right to the front, joined by the elite runners in the 2A field. Racing with his golden Cal’s Angels bands on through the first mile marker in 4:39, Evan held his ground in the Top 6 and remained in that fight all the way to the finish line. He brilliantly stuck to the race plan of not engaging with those runners who were chasing their own history of the 14:00 mark, and rode the waves of very fast times with top notch runners. Nosek’s time of 14:47 was a :10 career PR and earned him sixth place, which tied him with Matt Richtman for the most All State medals in this sport for Kaneland. Evan’s time was also the third fastest mark ever recorded for a Knight at the State Finals. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Not far behind, David Valkanov was making history of his own. The senior runner has been putting up vital points for his team scoring with single digits all season long. The heavily senior laden field of competitors pushed the pace hard on this gorgeous weather day. Valkanov ran through the mile mark at 4:46, and moved from 19th place up to 9th at the end of the three miles. Valkanov broke 15:00 also, completing the run at 14:53 (bettered his career PR by :35) to earn his first All State medal in the sport. Like Nosek, Valkanov earned All State status last spring in the 3200m. Valkanov was overswept with emotion following the race, experiencing the true joy that comes when good things happen because you sacrificed so much to attain them. David leaves his three year career at Kaneland with two appearances at the State Finals, and ranks #3 all time on our Top 50 list.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Evan Whildin’s sustained excellence did not take a break at all in his first ever State Finals appearance. The talented sophomore found himself on the heels of Valkanov for much of the season. As the first 200m of the race unfolded, a wave of runners squished a gap between himself and David. Frustrated but sticking to his instincts, he never panicked or tried to do too much in the first 800m of the race to try and find Valkanov. Rolling through the mile mark in 58th place, Whildin went to work on passing the field of important scoring runners. He moved up into the high 30s and crossed the line in 36th place, which came with a sparkling 15:16 time. Evan ran an :18 career best mark today. Most every other year, that time is good for All State (top 25) status. The heavy number of seniors competing this fall made for such a fast meet. Whildin’s 15:16 time is the sixth fastest time at the State Finals for a Knight.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Junior Zachary Murdock has been on a tremendous trajectory in the month of October, and he sustained it into the month of December. Our secret ingredient to the program potentially reaching the 2A Top 10 in Illinois, Murdock understood that his points were critical to team success. Zachary turned a corner when we went to the hills of Antioch on September 30th and has been on a roll ever since. Starting out near 100th place at the mile mark of the State Finals, Murdock progressively picked off runners ahead of him and kept climbing his way up to 80th at the finish. His 15:42 was a :36 PR effort that ranks him in the top 20, all time at the State Finals for Kaneland.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">No cross country team is going to have high success without a solid performance from the fifth runner who is the final component to scoring. Junior Liam Lentz has stepped up to fulfill the role. Lentz had a career best time of 16:58 heading into the State Meet. He got out to a solid start in the large mass of 236 runners, and settled in around 145th place. He held strong throughout and kept grinding all the way to a 143rd place effort. Lentz ran a remarkable 16:16 to close our scoring at 220 points, and landing a fourth place team finish. Liam had the biggest PR of the meet for the Knights at :42. Liam’s time was also tied for the 50th best in program history.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Collin Reutimann has spent his senior year dedicating himself to getting this team down to Peoria. He ran into some injury and illness struggles, but refused to allow them to take him out of the lineup. On Saturday he was finally feeling closer to full strength and had his sights set on racing closer to Liam and that #5 slot. Reutimann stood tall through the first mile and then started pouring it on. Moving up from 176th place at the mile, he kept pushing himself closer and closer to Lentz. In the final mile he had found Liam and they were close throughout the last 1200 meters. Collin completed the day at 148th place, and set his career best time of 16:19 (an improvement of :24). Collin’s leadership and grit will be missed next fall.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Freshman Joey Schuch was our final performer in the meet. Just the fifth Kaneland freshman to ever pull on the jersey and lace up spikes for a State Finals race, Schuch embraced the opportunity with his trademark smile. Without the burden of pressure in a scoring roll, Schuch was able to traverse the course in PR time, finishing the race in 222nd, a complete three miles at 17:28. It will be great to have Joey competing with us in track this spring and bring him back for three more years in the sport.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Since 2018, the Knights have finished fourth in 2A a total of three times. This Kaneland squad, the 24th to qualify for State and the 23rd to get to race it (COVID halted the Finals in 2020) wrote a memorable finish to their chapter. The program record for total team time (cumulative time of the top five scoring runners) stood at 77:17, recorded by the 2019 State Champions. This year, these Knights bettered that mark by :20, to set a new standard of 76:57 for the Knights.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Some may consider Saturday’s finish an improbable effort from the Kaneland squad. Projected to finish 11th and 13th by analysts who understand the sport well and use data to support their work, these Knights were aggressive in their approach yet consistent in how they performed. Taking advantage of an excellent day’s weather and receiving the graces of good health, this offseason will be full of smiles and more hard work. They earned every bit of their success. We are most grateful for the blessings of the 2023 season, and appreciate the support of our Kaneland families and those who have been behind us, all year long. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9s_4qSGWiUkU8XO8GSAcf2suF9gbZ5ZV3sHTlRkbgiAiTbzeXw7FR2g8UYKYuvGfR9EcINSiBiMboDmWSu1nDHSpf7aoNODvlC8aydRXceAHhDF7q4ysEOD0mJXMdrayp-rSH7mHETjJsxc7GagmKXWHox3VNjJ2xWu8d-_uUlV4_BGw9P8j-edAxN0/s820/State%20Team%20Top%2014%202023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="820" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9s_4qSGWiUkU8XO8GSAcf2suF9gbZ5ZV3sHTlRkbgiAiTbzeXw7FR2g8UYKYuvGfR9EcINSiBiMboDmWSu1nDHSpf7aoNODvlC8aydRXceAHhDF7q4ysEOD0mJXMdrayp-rSH7mHETjJsxc7GagmKXWHox3VNjJ2xWu8d-_uUlV4_BGw9P8j-edAxN0/s320/State%20Team%20Top%2014%202023.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-68866255683165630762023-11-21T16:36:00.000-08:002023-11-21T16:36:46.950-08:00Knights Take 2nd at Woodstock Sectional, 3 in Top 10, Advance to State Finals<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For the 24th time since 1986, the Kaneland Knights will send a boys team to the IHSA State Finals. Running on one of the toughest courses in the State, the team advanced behind stellar front-running from their top 3, a sensational effort from the fourth runner, a tremendous race from the 5th, and gritty performances from the pushers.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Evan Nosek had his nose in the front pack throughout the first two and half miles of the rolling hills at Emricson Park. Racing with some of the best senior runners in Illinois, Nosek took third overall in a time of 15:41. Video lost at the finish line had his time slower, but he battled hard throughout to net a top 3 finish. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">David Valkanov ran like a senior, pushing his way up to 6th overall. Much of his race was run solo; and he is excited to have a second run in the State Finals (where he ran as a sophomore in 2021). Valkanov ran 15:57 on the course that basically had 80m of flat ground.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Using the course and his proximity to his teammate as an advantage, sophomore Evan Whildin raced to a 9th place finish in the Sectional. Challenging all day, Whildin raced to 16:10 and punching his ticket to State. With the top ten automatically qualifying, it was only a matter of time in knowing if his teammates would be joining him.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Junior Zachary Murdock rose throughout the race, pushing himself up into the top 30 runners to finish 27th overall (16:38). Zachary has been doing a terrific job of closing the gap on the front three, making a huge difference in team scoring. Murdock will make his first appearance at the State Finals with his team, because of his important impact on the final scores.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Kaneland has been working to shrink the scoring runner split to 90 seconds or less. Junior Liam Lentz has been tasked with this job as the fifth runner, and at the Sectional he smiled all the way to the finish. Lentz pushed with other important scoring runners from competing teams, racing to 64th (17:14). Liam fell with 60m to go, but jumped right back into action and capped the 1-5 split at 1:33. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Senior Collin Reutimann leads this team with his grit and passion for the sport. Continuing to push past runners, all the way to the finish. He took 80th with a time of 17:31, a tremendous effort on the prevalent uphills at Woodstock. Reutimann earns his first trip to the IHSA Finals in the Top 7.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Freshman Joey Schuch continued his season with another solid effort in the varsity. Only his second meet in the Top 7, he broke 18, running 17:50. These are exciting and important days for Schuch to learn the ropes on this level. Getting to run in the State Finals as a freshman is rare for Kaneland runners. Schuch will be only the fifth Knight to compete at State as a freshman.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6735NE0P7EYSFj02cvL0cWvf2nRP7OnDyHHSuDuFFubX73TwCpjHfJ3nJioTBngHs7CctoyNPuIg3lz6HfVzA_0auz41qXAKpXFF9lGq7MHw7NJioYET4RTtkaV1Rim05cPLdy_-vNzamCXAtwjFHiPJJqzKF2j6XEo0ldQNVI3jORLfpIhyphenhyphendv9r84sM/s1099/Sectional%20Whole%20Team%2023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1099" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6735NE0P7EYSFj02cvL0cWvf2nRP7OnDyHHSuDuFFubX73TwCpjHfJ3nJioTBngHs7CctoyNPuIg3lz6HfVzA_0auz41qXAKpXFF9lGq7MHw7NJioYET4RTtkaV1Rim05cPLdy_-vNzamCXAtwjFHiPJJqzKF2j6XEo0ldQNVI3jORLfpIhyphenhyphendv9r84sM/s320/Sectional%20Whole%20Team%2023.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-47280984141139883772023-11-21T16:35:00.000-08:002023-11-21T16:35:05.721-08:00Kaneland Claims 2nd in Home Regional, Opens State Series<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kicking off the State Series at home was a great blessing for the team. The Knights demonstrated both strong firepower up front as well as great personal grit in racing to multiple personal record times.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Evan Nosek spent another week of taking control of the race early and charging forward to an individual win in a time of 15:24. This was Evan’s third consecutive invitational championship. He is definitely looking forward to the many big challenges ahead.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">David Valkanov is starting to heat up, racing to a ten second PR on the home course while notching a 2nd place effort at 15:36. He has been working at race consistency in the third mile, and appears to be getting back to form. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Evan Whildin has been such a solid performer for the team all season long. This week, he posted a :29 career best time on the home course and surged to sixth overall. Whildin ran 15:52, and was joined at the finish line by his uncle, Michael, who ran for the Knights back in 2005. It was a special day to come home.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Zachary Murdock has been turning heads of other coaches lately with his progress and surging up toward his teammates. This week, he was able to land in the Top 15, racing to 16:18. Murdock’s time was a :33 improvement on the home course, and his points were an important tally in the final score.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Liam Lentz found his training from the week to feel exceptionally good in the first mile of the race. Liam pushed himself through the next two miles to complete the three miles in a PR time of 16:58. Lentz was 26th overall in the race, helping secure 48 points for second overall.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Collin Reutimann shook off some early rust on his gait and was able to push ahead of scorers from seven of the Regional field teams. Collin’s time of 17:23 net him 40th overall in the meet. He will look forward to leading his team and running in his second Sectional, next weekend at Woodstock.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Joey Schuch got his first taste of running at the Varsity level. The freshman settled in early with Reutimann, then came up with a cramp midway through the race. He finished strong and his ever-present smile was rewarded with a :28 home course PR. He is eager to get back to work with his teammates and try to help them advance to State.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFqKImPT6SezjkVCoOctNAJkTSSgwc1J8bI4sQIKAm75pZV3fdllSno2D8BoTEBbKpMCzRmymwZJTp_592et6ZTNxhFV0SnqzT8jb0q0FjrQU1hwHTzUKxp0LKHVqom6n2JidfCffwEj_5OTfnk4-F9xPiSWQJimcSw2b-is0o_VvqLRvy0m2yh-0WGI/s3686/Regional%20Seven%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2764" data-original-width="3686" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFqKImPT6SezjkVCoOctNAJkTSSgwc1J8bI4sQIKAm75pZV3fdllSno2D8BoTEBbKpMCzRmymwZJTp_592et6ZTNxhFV0SnqzT8jb0q0FjrQU1hwHTzUKxp0LKHVqom6n2JidfCffwEj_5OTfnk4-F9xPiSWQJimcSw2b-is0o_VvqLRvy0m2yh-0WGI/s320/Regional%20Seven%2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-44829308389887804532023-11-21T16:33:00.000-08:002023-11-21T16:33:38.508-08:00Knights Take Interstate 8 Conference Titles, Nosek Repeats as Conference Champion<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The course conditions were more fun than fast, but the Knights splashed their way to a team title in both the varsity and frosh soph divisions of the Interstate 8 Conference Championships. Led by Evan Nosek’s third conference championship in the sport, Kaneland placed four in the top 8 to net 31 points for the win. A smaller field made for an exciting race with some great times by all competitors on a slippery course that included about 3/4 of a mile on wet mud and leaves, as well as four crossings of a water filled ditch that made for some trouble.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Nosek took the early lead and then extended his efforts (15:33) to win by about 20 seconds. David Valkanov came off a finish of the week with an illness to take fourth in a solid time on the sloppy course at 16:00. In close proximity the whole way was teammate Evan Whildin who took 5th at 16:06. Zachary Murdock was the next Knight to the finish mats, running a very strong 16:36 for 8th overall. All of these points would be crucial in holding off strong team efforts from Sycamore and Morris.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">In a difference making run, Liam Lentz hung close to important scorers to run the team tally to 31 points. Lentz ran 17:23 to finish 14th overall. Collin Reutimann built momentum in the second half of the race and ran 18th overall with a time of 17:56, which was a :45 course PR. Devon Kowalczyk joined his varsity teammates in celebrating a strong team effort. Kowalczyk was vying for the dirtiest uniform in the race when he fell in the water-filled ditch. Washed virtually clean, he got out to finish 26th overall at 18:56.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The frosh soph squad was next to Box 2, and they put up a strong team effort to take first with 28 points. Joey Schuch was the first Knight to the stripe, earning a runner-up finish with a career best time of 17:31. At Morris, they have a bell mounted to a post for any athlete to ring when they race to a personal record. It was a timely race to drop his career best below 18 minutes, and ring the bell. Jessub Hardy overcame a painful foot strike in the depths of the ditch that rocked his knee. Hardy kept his momentum moving forward depsite the discomfort and held on for fifth overall (18:36). Hardy finished just ahead of his hard charging teammate, Nathan Kowalczyk who finished with an identical time at 6th. Ricky Anderson had one of his best individual performances of the season, racing to 9th (19:12).</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Jack Nevenhoven took some time to get into the scoring mix, but when he did, he kept charging right to an 11th place – ribbon earning – finish. Jack closed the scoring for the team at 28 points, just narrowly defeating a talented Sycamore squad by 5 points. Sahel Torres pushed to 14th overall, breaking 20 minutes at 19:55. Elijah Fiedler also put up a top time at 20:41, for 19th in the race.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The boys who raced in the Open were hungry for their chance to perform. The rains came back to make the finale something fun to see. Senior Ben Broz lost one shoe in the first mile, ditched the other, and raced to second overall at 18:58. Jack Polloway joined him in the chute, :26 later to finish 3rd overall. Sean Meagher took a different approach to racing today, and jumped out with the eventual winner from Sycamore. This strong start got him in a great position to challenge himself and ultimately led to a ringing of the PR bell. Meagher ran 19:34 and took 4th. Lucas Fiedler was our final competitor to cross the mats at the finish, and did so in dramatic fashion by ringing the same PR bell at 20:15, a career best.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPRNh79wbXj2KZVW6tQeoy0NyPw3XlMcboYEToRtM70brFwruKEKNUy9zCT7sKPtECX-RWx0oBdhumX_BVUJ4eQOLmX9fa6zFrzaMGfwdLP7xP5YiBBmwGyV3rybL-tiFMDuaEQ0sb0JQUVL1KcE4CYTOhO2CNyLpAX7K_m5GqTK4n-LWnwdV7hMXzZA/s1332/Conference%20Champs%202023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="1332" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPRNh79wbXj2KZVW6tQeoy0NyPw3XlMcboYEToRtM70brFwruKEKNUy9zCT7sKPtECX-RWx0oBdhumX_BVUJ4eQOLmX9fa6zFrzaMGfwdLP7xP5YiBBmwGyV3rybL-tiFMDuaEQ0sb0JQUVL1KcE4CYTOhO2CNyLpAX7K_m5GqTK4n-LWnwdV7hMXzZA/s320/Conference%20Champs%202023.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-31771041873074978472023-11-21T16:32:00.000-08:002023-11-21T16:32:17.040-08:00Kaneland Varsity Boys Win Antioch's Pat Harland Invite <p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kaneland took the long bus ride north into Burlington, Wisconsin to run the hills of Fox River Park. The 3.09 mile course was the challenge needed to prepare for a hilly Sectional course in just four weeks at Woodstock. The Knights placed 4 in the top 11 and took a narrow win over Libertyville, while also seeing some of the tough 2A competitors of the northern portion of our Sectional complex.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Junior Evan Nosek raced to :37 course PR to earn the win on the winding and hilly course. Nosek posted a 15:59 on the day. Senior David Valkanov took third for the second week in a row, this time bettering his course PR by :50 to run 16:25. Sophomore Evan Whildin took his first lap of the Fox River course in 16:33 to earn 4th overall, and more small points for the team.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Junior Zachary Murdock roared back into his fourth position in the lineup by surging into the top 11, bettering his course best time by :49 for 17:20. It’s good to see Zachary moving back to a position we need to see him reaching for each week. Senior Collin Reutimann also notched a big course PR, running :58 better than his best here, and completing the race in 17:52 which was good for 22nd overall. Junior Liam Lentz had the biggest time drop for a varsity runnner, when he crossed the finish in 18:23, which was a 2:20 course best time (32nd overall).</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Next up, the Frosh Soph Knights raced against the JV competitors of other programs and took 3rd overall in this event. Joey Schuch took 7th in 18:42 with his best mile pace of the season. Jessub Hardy was next to cross at 19:06 (12th), followed by Nathan Kowalczyk (19th, 19:52). Jack Nevenhoven took the last ribbon in the event at 20:10 (30th), with Sahel Torres close behind in season best mile pace (32nd, 20:13) and Ricky Anderson a few clicks later in 20:16 (36th). Elijah Fiedler had another strong effort for the team, racing to 53rd at 21:22.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The Boys Open saw five Knights in the top 13 to score 27 points as a unit. Senior Devon Kowalczyk hung tough for the 3.09 miles and took individual honors at 19:52. This was a course best time for Devon by :05. Jack Polloway was second for Kaneland, running 19:57. Senior Ben Broz took a :14 course PR home with a third place ribbon in the event. Junior Sean Meagher in his first season in the sport raced to 21:19 and was 9th overall out of 92 competitors. Junior Lucas Fiedler shaved more than 6 minutes off his previous best to take 13th at 21:43. Brayden Cattero battled the entire route of dust, dirt, hills, and heat to complete our strong team day with a 25:15 effort at 66th.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The Knights come home to host the Twilight Handicap Run with East Aurora and Morris on Tuesday evening for our Senior Night.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaguAyFR61vGcAEk2-leZUlZ_qEcE9a4TRiBgBLVsLhpWIrokMQrLg_MqEDDKHDn19yoeqeT6o0Ho2LzRzvJ2HuU-hdMVCvSZf2_jl1ftkKTgam9jcAC7ADFhn2UZk7hsDKMF-9878grI-qHqg18-Aj9XPVS21h5zXHsf9hv60r_p9z8ZuPspbulBBAc/s795/Antioch%20Team%20Champs%2023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="795" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaguAyFR61vGcAEk2-leZUlZ_qEcE9a4TRiBgBLVsLhpWIrokMQrLg_MqEDDKHDn19yoeqeT6o0Ho2LzRzvJ2HuU-hdMVCvSZf2_jl1ftkKTgam9jcAC7ADFhn2UZk7hsDKMF-9878grI-qHqg18-Aj9XPVS21h5zXHsf9hv60r_p9z8ZuPspbulBBAc/s320/Antioch%20Team%20Champs%2023.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-91448774701024171592023-11-21T16:29:00.000-08:002023-11-21T16:29:58.634-08:00Valkanov, Reutimann Lead Way to Sterling Rock River Title<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There’s an old adage that “seniors get the job done.” Kaneland seniors David Valkanov and Collin Reutimann each posted solid efforts to lead the team to the 2023 Rock River Run boys varsity title.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">David Valkanov shook off morning car trouble to push out to a top 5 spot in the race and found himself with no company and cruised to :15 meet PR for third (15:57). Evan Nosek and Evan Whildin took a team approach to the day and worked at pacing teammates through the first two miles, then used a progression run to blitz the field on the last mile. Nosek (12th, 16:30) and Whildin (16th, 16:41) each put up crucial points in the scoring.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Collin Reutimann is starting to build some momentum to his season. Today the senior finished 21st in 16:51 on a course that was slowed by mud in the woods. Reutimann still managed a :34 course best time. Junior Liam Lentz rode an early wave of motivation to a 17:10 overall time to complete the Knights scoring in the 29th position. Next to the chute was Zachary Murdock, running 17:21 for 33rd overall, and the final pusher for the race scoring was Jack Polloway, who finished the run in 18:49 (94th overall).</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Ben Broz (98th, 18:57), Devon Kowalczyk (104th, 19:10), Johnny Neville (107th, 19:13) got in on team win as well. Sean Meagher (146th, 20:34) set a course best mark for himself and Lucas Fiedler (162nd, 21:15) ran a :41 meet best time to round out the day for varsity.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The Frosh Soph team had another stellar pack split day, running :53 apart, to place 3rd in the field. Joey Schuch led all Knight competitors with a 17th place finish at 18:26, followed by Jack Nevenhoven (21st, 18:46) and his :83 course PR. Jessub Hardy (24th, 18:47), Nathan Kowalczyk (26th, 18:54) and Ricky Anderson (37th, 19:19) all set their new course best times. Sahel Torres (48th, 19:55) had a blistering kick to hold his spot at the finish, and Elijah Fiedler (62nd, 20:31) ran a :85 course best time.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The Knights head to Antioch next weekend for the Pat Harland Invitational.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAHbKRIAA4_-z-ImmbyqApArC1MVlBi4nSHq6IkoSmXIHmT_KvLjyFhZGUGh_JEr1IrqFmDURPmDUFHHvqTkmz2l3CFCMDVZI5azkDvAl9EiPPE47JXNJtd4g4Xw7-k6Cz0nHZ5mKKZrqhPKoAundP6Hg2FBwVuqjMJRrakPjw4JF0qa0E4bsNyaruqE/s1182/Rock%20River%20Champs%2023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1182" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAHbKRIAA4_-z-ImmbyqApArC1MVlBi4nSHq6IkoSmXIHmT_KvLjyFhZGUGh_JEr1IrqFmDURPmDUFHHvqTkmz2l3CFCMDVZI5azkDvAl9EiPPE47JXNJtd4g4Xw7-k6Cz0nHZ5mKKZrqhPKoAundP6Hg2FBwVuqjMJRrakPjw4JF0qa0E4bsNyaruqE/s320/Rock%20River%20Champs%2023.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-51658867043756780132023-09-09T18:27:00.004-07:002023-09-09T18:27:58.139-07:00Knights Race to 8th in 2A Race at First to the Finish, Nosek Sub 15:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFF2RugAVNTe7aE127rWl09VgByNWYhukQyEaQOgHpe-0VRRxIi8bhAos1ZZzrs_8_inudIW4tKDnf5zcmwYs0xLxR3eBO5HVw-EKhdLJet4AbacfRLu2JcC_pbgmls77RabKSjgJNX2AaFhp3I5Y3XyA5upgnE3Hs6NzSzge0nr_8TcTHa34SmXtt98/s828/Peoria%20Varsity%2023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="828" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFF2RugAVNTe7aE127rWl09VgByNWYhukQyEaQOgHpe-0VRRxIi8bhAos1ZZzrs_8_inudIW4tKDnf5zcmwYs0xLxR3eBO5HVw-EKhdLJet4AbacfRLu2JcC_pbgmls77RabKSjgJNX2AaFhp3I5Y3XyA5upgnE3Hs6NzSzge0nr_8TcTHa34SmXtt98/s320/Peoria%20Varsity%2023.png" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;">This meet never disappoints with the level of competition we get to see. First to the Finish is a high octane, ranked team rich field of performers. Our Knights rose to the occasion, coming off a very challenging week of rigorous workouts. Junior Evan Nosek wasted little time moving out to the lead pack of runners, and surged to a strong career best performance of 14:57. Nosek is only the second runner in program history to crack the 15:00 barrier for three miles. David Valkanov was the next Knight to the finish mats, setting a :48 course best and :11 career PR (15:28, 17th). Sophomore Evan Whildin could see Valkanov the whole way and surged to his new :43 career PR of 15:34, good for 24th overall. Only meet champion Glenbard South had more firepower from their front three.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;">Partnering up all week, Collin Reutimann and Zachary Murdock wove through the thick and dusty field of competitors to have great runs. Reutimann smashed a :30 career PR, running 16:43, good for 123rd overall. Murdock had a :06 meet PR, which is exactly what we have been focusing on; one PR meet at a time. Rounding out our top 7 on the day, senior Devon Kowalczyk raced to a new career best time of 18:09 (:10 PR). Newcomer Joey Schuch (fr.) put up a :55 improvement to set his new career best time of 18:15 (309th).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;">More PR racing for the varsity Knights included Johnny Neville, who ran a course best time of 18:34 (:04 improvement, and freshman teammate Nathan Kowalczyk, who dropped :24 for a young career best time of 18:50.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;">The Open included an enormous field of 1,023 competitors, pulling more Knights to meet and career best times. Junior Jack Polloway capped off a meet best time of 18:35, which was a :28 course PR. Ricky Anderson (fr.) sped to a new career best time of 18:47, with a :41 improvement on his 2023 time. Jack Nevenhoven continues to build his own momentum, this time running a :37 career best time on the Detweiller course (18:55, 252nd).Ben Broz (sr) took the fourth spot in our Open lineup, running a meet best time of 19:30, a :75 course best. Nolan Reutimann (fr.) took his first race of the season with gusto, starting and finishing fast, with a time of 19:42. Our Open pack split was just :67.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;">Jessub Hardy was in the ballpark of his season’s best time, finishing Detweiller in 19:58 (408th). Fellow freshman teammate Sahel Torres came to the stripe :27 seconds later (20:25), closing strong at the end. Lucas Fiedler felt he was going to have a big day and didn’t leave without a new career best (:14 CPR) at 21:05. His brother was next in the chute, when Elijah polished off a 3:14 meet PR, running 21:27 (631st). Eli was shadowed by new KXC runner Sean Meagher who ran an impressive 7:10 mile pace for his first career race longer than 200m on the track. Meagher ran 21:28 (633rd). Brayden Cattero was also near his course best time, this despite losing a shoe in the first half mile of the race. Brayden ended the day for Kaneland running a solid individual effort of 22:35 (783rd).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;">The meet featured 13 of the Top 20 Class 2A teams. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-78955778611773559742023-01-29T07:52:00.001-08:002023-01-29T07:52:35.086-08:00KXC Night Out a Great Success<p> For those who joined us in the Bunker at Elburn Legion Post 630 on Saturday, thank you for joining us! It was a great night of rekindling friendships, seeing current families and those who continue to support the program by assisting at our home meets. During the evening, we were also able to showcase the video work of Coach Franklin (and others) who made the end of season videos. Please find the link on the right for access to ALL videos from our last decade plus of seasons. Thank you again for joining us on Saturday. We look forward to doing this again in the future.</p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-64888924053095305992022-09-11T17:38:00.000-07:002022-09-11T17:38:00.672-07:00Volunteer Sign Up for Larry Eddington Invitational<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_bINYQOTDXxVNk5SFV502eKil5u5YTjeBCAhvk42tnBeWbea5mzuPPCzxs0IgAehNMzWSXvYmGiyeIHTn_LHnMgWE9SZJRsRutqxtI9YVc8DtZAeRXQt1W_nnaky3DmS-028zqZ7Z5qR4gb47XEhus8O0hlJoiAp3rIYYlk3IyuD62Z2RGBoEG8pMQ/s1920/IMG_2486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_bINYQOTDXxVNk5SFV502eKil5u5YTjeBCAhvk42tnBeWbea5mzuPPCzxs0IgAehNMzWSXvYmGiyeIHTn_LHnMgWE9SZJRsRutqxtI9YVc8DtZAeRXQt1W_nnaky3DmS-028zqZ7Z5qR4gb47XEhus8O0hlJoiAp3rIYYlk3IyuD62Z2RGBoEG8pMQ/s320/IMG_2486.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Please use the link below to sign up for positions around the campus on Saturday morning. We are ever grateful for the outstanding support offered each year to help with such an event. Should you have any questions, please use the contact information for Sheila Albano or Coach Clarey.<p></p><p>There will be a volunteer meeting on Thursday evening (9/15) to share details on posts and responsibilities. We will begin this meeting at 5:50, at the finish line of the course. </p><p><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q4IrKyYbBVaNNA-ZkWgANBq1x49ABp1iw5-QpwSiUDc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">LINK TO THE VOLUNTEER SIGN UP</a></b></p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-34068328968422736682022-09-05T14:14:00.002-07:002022-09-05T14:14:20.144-07:00KXC Family Picnic Details Here! Join Us Saturday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGWcJuLyNcu22ZfhWPbh60oP3JhZT79uLwSDV-msZLf55AXNYGRLMfcWbPHmH_AmIlxxtNv2hXP5-UPf8-cM4TkyIQMcEcSttSCerEkn5_0OprKixc9kTHElVeMW6eZMtxX0UwIQ0fsjWNE-cGXXrX3NVLAc9Dssuo42iLjo-44arDHyCkq8vc84x9g/s4032/IMG_2192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGWcJuLyNcu22ZfhWPbh60oP3JhZT79uLwSDV-msZLf55AXNYGRLMfcWbPHmH_AmIlxxtNv2hXP5-UPf8-cM4TkyIQMcEcSttSCerEkn5_0OprKixc9kTHElVeMW6eZMtxX0UwIQ0fsjWNE-cGXXrX3NVLAc9Dssuo42iLjo-44arDHyCkq8vc84x9g/s320/IMG_2192.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This weekend the team travels to Detweiller Park, home of the IHSA State Finals course. When the event concludes, we head north to Henry, Illinois for our annual KXC Family Picnic. Please use the link attached to order your sub sandwiches for your family. Additionally, there is a Signup Genius to find items you can share to make the event a success. <p></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSwBXOeSvg_hYARMqa-8SrOinxdXBU_XP-EpIErbZz-prgRD9pKnpOpE4LvaJ1ffo9Px9KpX1iWADEC/pub?urp=gmail_link" target="_blank">PICNIC FOOD ORDER FORM</a> (send cash Wednesday, if at all possible... will take $ day of event)</p><p><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084CAEA723ABF49-peoria" target="_blank">SIGNUP GENIUS FOR PICNIC</a></p><p>**The Subway that we are ordering from does NOT have gluten free items at this time, so for families where that is a need, please plan accordingly. Sorry for this inconvenience.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact Coach Clarey.</p><p><br /></p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-23685627265801445382022-08-18T18:26:00.001-07:002022-08-18T18:26:33.815-07:00Marklund Challenge Accepted!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AJU_IQqDngXCVTfcdzcIvJY4ve1P2lSb3Samyb5gFXf6N1smvxKoAIrqGkb05If4syYMjTUsQQiLjTv_7nF03VaVrsvQfNBFMO7kJGXkQs-Z1KRmRZPBvQezx5falEtdJURq76UdHtIY_p2xkdiZVpadizIDb_AbnJxbNjQ1flZ2WWzF-1JtqO9ucA/s366/marklund%20photo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="262" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AJU_IQqDngXCVTfcdzcIvJY4ve1P2lSb3Samyb5gFXf6N1smvxKoAIrqGkb05If4syYMjTUsQQiLjTv_7nF03VaVrsvQfNBFMO7kJGXkQs-Z1KRmRZPBvQezx5falEtdJURq76UdHtIY_p2xkdiZVpadizIDb_AbnJxbNjQ1flZ2WWzF-1JtqO9ucA/s320/marklund%20photo.png" width="229" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Kaneland boys and girls cross country programs are teaming up to help their long time friends at Marklund Home in Geneva. The grade level groups are trying to collect basic needs items and money donations to help support the clients and staff of Marklund. For more than a decade, Kaneland runners have been getting out of their comfort zones to assist our friends. Covid has prevented us from doing what we usually do, sharing time playing games, taking nature walks, and spending time in their classrooms. Now, we have a mission to help them with important essentials for a quality living.</div><p></p></blockquote><p>Please help support our programs by donating to your local KXC runners, either with items off the list below, or monies to purchase gift cards at Walmart or other supplies. While we are competing against one another, the true winners will be the clients that need our help. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Clarey at 10965@kaneland.org. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDabkANfC5_rhDspZvET7l3qCuExFrIJb5yc5r3YxG_H6lwHpVyLby2hM-H0y-FWQYjuSZGfBje0rWgMHMZYDZscOx1fsQLGPhjhtIvZ0LSCXnXw3lMH5ysCP7fQBYFK148ODtVLelEzkQ6M1wsimrNI_CI397P5_QNDXtPm1yLNXed42N-Lhyok5bBg/s958/MARKLUND%20LIST.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="958" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDabkANfC5_rhDspZvET7l3qCuExFrIJb5yc5r3YxG_H6lwHpVyLby2hM-H0y-FWQYjuSZGfBje0rWgMHMZYDZscOx1fsQLGPhjhtIvZ0LSCXnXw3lMH5ysCP7fQBYFK148ODtVLelEzkQ6M1wsimrNI_CI397P5_QNDXtPm1yLNXed42N-Lhyok5bBg/s320/MARKLUND%20LIST.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></blockquote><p>FOR MORE DETAILS, CLICK THE LINK BELOW:</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ndNr7xZ_dXj7OSWEAzNPLvtrOvWBP9G2kjEjVN-HBdY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Marklund Challenge Link</a> </p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-12775557386659302042022-08-14T15:51:00.002-07:002022-08-14T15:52:11.100-07:002022 Season: Parent Meeting Slides<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17RPgfvgpfIRVRNsgvzBlrVWB30oMAUsM/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103442876223210085067&rtpof=true&sd=true" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="532" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBX-ILE8f_Zc1Ty64Ms4YB1MRGgfJpEXxBw4vQULISV8WnpSt85O5LE6nRbH4JLVdCuZqKwozYO-B2WC7Vo6v-83e6BsjjQkncZ6b-zsYTJYFk33HU2ZnW3Zq7jfRsOa5Ehi9-yCG0tIfoKMnt2e42n9Awobkyr2-xBDiXKkuoQyZePRHTLEg6dNjTWw/s320/Embrace%20the%20Standard%20logo%2022.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Click on the 2022 Season logo (right above this) to view our slides and notes from the Friday night meeting with the coaches. We look forward to supporting your son this fall as we work to be a highly optimistic and accountable program. We are grateful for your partnership, support, and excellence as we ROW together. Don't forget to connect to our Remind texts and Google Classroom, with the details at the end of the slides.</div><br /><p></p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-12812094367921366802022-07-14T16:44:00.000-07:002022-07-14T16:44:10.314-07:00Knights Take 4th at State Finals, Nosek Earns All State<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0qTBpOzJYf1uPfH3ZRM9KTC1AIgBg7bOqCbW3k02DU60RI-af7S7rHilJ5dNuWu5jV0P2eRMdf6pUZgRrer9rLv4eT1_b64OdzZXUi17xFpcIn2h1DnJiuPEAi5gpqffeq7H68vZNL5M0aZuYYpNaHnaz-l2YMS2UKQSvCj9gStcUi9GZdjJ4cE2/s968/Team%20points%2021%20pic.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0qTBpOzJYf1uPfH3ZRM9KTC1AIgBg7bOqCbW3k02DU60RI-af7S7rHilJ5dNuWu5jV0P2eRMdf6pUZgRrer9rLv4eT1_b64OdzZXUi17xFpcIn2h1DnJiuPEAi5gpqffeq7H68vZNL5M0aZuYYpNaHnaz-l2YMS2UKQSvCj9gStcUi9GZdjJ4cE2/s320/Team%20points%2021%20pic.JPG" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWzDORw_CpwG-aWDqihWDHCUeUjW2gNql142c-IVlzS7xK91zvhH9adjaXqe69DW8Rl6sCYda7v5S9VdLVTMGqPfy2Kx85wIYQO73VLmhr6zfH-Euc-WSZ67GxLV-ZShQhwRrF2rRGEk1QUwvMueTS1X9wDD6IzlICa6_exDfkjq6OyfOJlfjm9K_/s600/State%20Team%2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWzDORw_CpwG-aWDqihWDHCUeUjW2gNql142c-IVlzS7xK91zvhH9adjaXqe69DW8Rl6sCYda7v5S9VdLVTMGqPfy2Kx85wIYQO73VLmhr6zfH-Euc-WSZ67GxLV-ZShQhwRrF2rRGEk1QUwvMueTS1X9wDD6IzlICa6_exDfkjq6OyfOJlfjm9K_/s320/State%20Team%2021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Entering Finals, we had the depth and strength to land in the Top 5 at Detweiller. We did that and more on a fantastic day for racing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Freshman Evan Nosek mingled with the top tier 2A runners early, and the rest of the pack stuck close to one another to afford a fourth place team finish at the State Finals. Nosek found familiar runners that he knew would pull him to the final mile where he would need to hang on for 25th place or better. Evan ran a career best 15:17 to earn 21st overall and an All State medal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Seniors Christian Phillips and Nolan Allen made up ground on the field, and history, by racing just :04 apart through the three mile course. Phillips finished his high school career running 15:46 for 45th overall in the Finals. Allen crossed the finish line at 15:50 (53rd overall) to surpass his career best time by :10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Sophomore David Valkanov continued to show progress all season long, and kept his eyes on familiar jerseys to reach a career best mark on the finals course. Valkanov broke 16, running 15:59, to place 70th overall in 2A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Junior Trevor Neal grabbed the final scoring position for the Knights when he crossed the finish line at 16:08, which was our fifth career best race of the day. His finish also completed the tallying of our score at 185 points, which was a fantastic finish in a very balanced field of teams. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Senior Logan Cunz closed out his final race of his high school career with a course best time of 16:24. This time was good for 134th overall. Logan was the fifth fastest #6 in 2A at Finals, and he bettered 50 scoring runners from other competing teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Junior Brady Babka battled allergies and more throughout the week and ended his season running a course best time of 16:44. He finished 166th for the Knights. Babka pushed past 26 scoring runners from other state qualifying teams. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">The 2021 season marked the first time since COVID that a State Finals would be held. Battling to stay healthy and prepared for a full season on a truncated schedule in the offseason proved to be quite a challenge. We were up to the challenge!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Since 2018, there have been hundreds of teams qualify for the State Finals on both sides of the ledger. In that time span where three Finals were run, Kaneland is the only program to place in the Top 4, three times in a row at Detweiller. Our seniors did a fantastic job of harnessing the role of the pack, and striving to help our team </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">stick together</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Nosek’s All State performance was the 23rd in program history. Evan’s time of 15:17 was the sixth fastest All State race by a Knight, and the fastest race by a Kaneland freshman, ever, at Detweiller Park. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 1.2152in;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">The team made its own history all season long by sticking together throughout their races. The 23rd chapter as a team at State was epic!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-59331969718639985752021-10-31T18:08:00.001-07:002021-10-31T18:08:08.628-07:00Kaneland Squishes to Second at Fenton Sectional, Advances to State Finals<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhat-Zkunvc6zvZBHOc2sCQf_huYhii-SemlXLBjscjRgEEFc01JXydCAU-fZQjrnPbMqWUZYnTCDXxyX0w3g8rdowiG08A3s3MKl9WPSvj5xcgys3leDVaLXxUmbQbQJiBwx1w6mmOX3I/s2048/StateTeam+21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhat-Zkunvc6zvZBHOc2sCQf_huYhii-SemlXLBjscjRgEEFc01JXydCAU-fZQjrnPbMqWUZYnTCDXxyX0w3g8rdowiG08A3s3MKl9WPSvj5xcgys3leDVaLXxUmbQbQJiBwx1w6mmOX3I/w413-h310/StateTeam+21.jpg" width="413" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The road to State is never an easy one for Kaneland teams. For the 23rd time in program history, the Knights jerseys will be worn by a full seven lineup.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Meeting up with multiple Top 10 programs, we found a greater challenge with not the runners, but the saturated Fenton course. Runners won’t love the times on this course, but they’ll remember the challenges in the mud.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Evan Nosek wasted little time finding the front runners in this race, splashing into the top 5 for much of the run. In the final turns, Evan finished as an All Sectional runner with an 8th place medal, and an uncharacteristic time of 16:50.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Christian Phillips found himself working from the 30’s up to a teen position and held his own at about 15th for much of the run. Phillips cemented his important #2 scoring position at 16th overall in the meet, in a time of 17:21. Every single finisher at Fenton had at least a minute of extra running on this muddy morning. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Nolan Allen ran just like a senior would in the Sectional meet. Nolan worked his way from the 20s in the first half of the race up to high teens. In the final quarter mile, he turned it up a few notches to net 17th, running just :06 back of Phillips at 17:27. This is the type of push to the line that only a senior running at the end of a season makes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Trevor Neal proved yet again that we have an arsenal of talent where there are no specific scoring places that our runners must fulfill. This week, Neal took aim at a top 5 scoring spot, and led David Valkanov through the muck for much of the race. Trevor kept pushing forward and held a spot in the low 30s through most of the race. In the final 800m, he moved up to score 27 points with his finish at 17:40, and just 13 seconds back of Allen. This was such a pivotal performance for our pack.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">David Valkanov, also competing in his first Sectional like Neal, showed great valor and toughness while using everything in his tank to net our final scoring tallies. David maintained his position in the 30s to grab 36th overall at 17:49. He lay in an exhausted heap at the finish line, mud or no mud. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Logan Cunz found joy in the fact that he helped us earn another chance to run next week on drier grounds in Peoria. Cunz wasn’t pleased with his 49th/18:10 day, but he is grateful that he gets a chance to give this another shot in Peoria. Logan was able to push the score up on every single team below us on the final results including 7 other ranked teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ligatures: none;">Brady Babka also gave every<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bit of his energy for the team on a very tough course when torn up with six sloppy loops of long spikes on long grass. Brady raced to 58th overall (18:29), and was ahead of 38 scoring runners from other teams in the Sectional. We remember that not every day is going to be a “10” like it felt at the Regional.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-88192873109450751322021-10-24T18:14:00.005-07:002021-10-24T18:14:39.683-07:00Knights Use Power of the Pack, Net 2nd Behind #2 Fenwick<p>What a difference a week makes. We took full advantage of our home course and matched up very well with #2 Fenwick’s elite team. MileSplitIL came out to watch our Regional because it was the most loaded field in Illinois for 2A. That being said, we had our work cut out, and we responded very well from Conference to Regionals.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Our seniors stepped up to match the hard charging freshman in our lineup, and our juniors and sophomore did exactly what they intended to do, racing to their strengths and finding the pack to shore up a phenomenal split for 1-7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Evan Nosek jumped right into the top 5 with Fenwick’s powerful 1-2 punch. The pace through the mile was very manageable, and helped Evan secure a career best time for three miles at 15:42, with a 5th place medal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Christian Phillips dropped :40 from his Regional race a year ago. He took solid control in a loaded field and secured 7 points for our score, and a pumpkin as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Nolan Allen moved up to a top 10 position as well, and was less than a half second from hitting Sub 16 for three miles. Allen’s 9th place effort was a career best time of 16:00. What better motivation than to have another week to hit that coveted Sub 16 mark?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Logan Cunz was waiting for the perfect time to drop both a new career PR and course PR. He delivered today by racing to 18th in the field, and boasting a new PR of 16:18. Cunz found company when he looked over his shoulder as Brady Babka steadily worked his way up through the mid pack to reach the finish at 20th in 16:20. Brady notched a career PR by a few seconds and bettered his course PR by nearly :20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">David Valkanov and Trevor Neal kept excellent pace with their peers and each finished off course best times. Trevor edged David by less than a second, with Neal getting a :36 course PR, and Valkanov dropping his best time at home by 1:02. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-38441515480177727062021-09-30T18:54:00.003-07:002021-09-30T18:54:47.625-07:00COME JOIN THE ZOMBIES!! Treat Race and "Run for Your Life" on October 8<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3vIK-MZ_BhD1cV8gngbTFMtJL_-V6Kl4KTmr7SXWCpANOpK3s2YgmZzjSksaogoZDqGesG9lS83LmVX4Qmdp2i4iwW1VHjTyOtdIsHVOPoBadpLf0p7KEI1dMDphkiwuonUeyaqo_5Jk/s481/Zombie+Run+Graphic+21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="476" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3vIK-MZ_BhD1cV8gngbTFMtJL_-V6Kl4KTmr7SXWCpANOpK3s2YgmZzjSksaogoZDqGesG9lS83LmVX4Qmdp2i4iwW1VHjTyOtdIsHVOPoBadpLf0p7KEI1dMDphkiwuonUeyaqo_5Jk/s320/Zombie+Run+Graphic+21.JPG" width="317" /></a></div> This Kaneland HS Cross Country program tradition, our Zombie Run, will have our student athletes play the kind and scary roles of Zombies. Of course during the first run of the evening, they are very kind to our younger runners by offering sweet treats ahead of Halloween. Runners as young as kindergarten are welcome to participate, but may want an older sibling or adult to guide them through the course. All these treat runners are encouraged to wear their favorite Halloween costumes as well. The run is short and walking is absolutely fine!<p></p><p>The "Run for Your Life" is an absolute blast! Our Zombies get a little hungrier from the first race and will be prepared to chase brave flagged runners who might escape with all three of their flags. Awards for this 1.2 mile run are available to all runners who survive!</p><p>Please go to the LINK TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN to find details pertaining to our Oct. 8th Zombie Run. If you're a minor, your guardian will need to sign a waiver in order to participate. Parents of participants can sign up the day of the event.</p><p>Looking forward to seeing you at the Zombie Run this year! Registration opens at 4pm. DON'T MISS THIS fantastic event that supports our program.<br /></p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-46845908197576801912021-09-06T08:31:00.002-07:002021-09-06T08:31:32.253-07:00Third Consecutive Top 5 Finish for Both Levels at CLS Invite<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcrDMUjNTRwMNaGMZv-s6JhuGmNJpkAwMQLSgKxhgfCeoehZ3q15xymyPm7SgG1NT2zFC8P8umulHAMTuasBxdt2Gt8vYA1vOHUOZa8oqovnRFsXjm9D0axWLNupRqEJcxQRNUp8VYTU/s888/Juniors+CLS+21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="888" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcrDMUjNTRwMNaGMZv-s6JhuGmNJpkAwMQLSgKxhgfCeoehZ3q15xymyPm7SgG1NT2zFC8P8umulHAMTuasBxdt2Gt8vYA1vOHUOZa8oqovnRFsXjm9D0axWLNupRqEJcxQRNUp8VYTU/s320/Juniors+CLS+21.JPG" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAhrUsAZZ6M2OlNsIcnhRxv_t4dC6i7_23l4atOBF1oMoDHaaCqrQ4kmZWzdpq2yoMo4bft-gt8gtwm6_FHxsHWeOj09xBcXmpreQSC7UAPR3JhHwQblsGZU1X9K8fm3mI5_3YhWZrPA/s625/Allen+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="436" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAhrUsAZZ6M2OlNsIcnhRxv_t4dC6i7_23l4atOBF1oMoDHaaCqrQ4kmZWzdpq2yoMo4bft-gt8gtwm6_FHxsHWeOj09xBcXmpreQSC7UAPR3JhHwQblsGZU1X9K8fm3mI5_3YhWZrPA/s320/Allen+1.JPG" width="223" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobAt8j5aKmK_JpgXx_2VGiIlufxPxUimoj515ls8K2oO64jA0fBbvao_8VAGMu0gKt7UDZlN-GJGGicJSgZEhobb93jLwMDJkrxCgP2rlLrwSeceRJy8nUy7jH68Q63V9J70Ynx8bdJo/s861/Frosh+CLS+21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="861" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobAt8j5aKmK_JpgXx_2VGiIlufxPxUimoj515ls8K2oO64jA0fBbvao_8VAGMu0gKt7UDZlN-GJGGicJSgZEhobb93jLwMDJkrxCgP2rlLrwSeceRJy8nUy7jH68Q63V9J70Ynx8bdJo/s320/Frosh+CLS+21.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">While we went a little longer, we achieved something terrific at the varsity level this week. Running flag to flag as instructed, our team showed resilience and commitment. We lost places in the final results, but we gained an understanding that our pack is really alive and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>strong. Christian Phillips was first to notice runners streaming off the path, but he held to his convictions. Phillips was 11th in the results at 18:04. Neal came into the chute just 8 seconds later at 18:12 for 15th. Allen turned in 17th for points, running the only course PR of the day (and he ran longer!) at 18:23. Brady Babka was next in, just 6 seconds later to make the pack split of 1-4 stand at :25. Brady finished 21st overall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Scoring needed to be complete, and Lechocki was up to the task. He finished the day in a medal position at 63rd overall. Bruhl was the next Knight to place, finishing as a pusher at 70th and a time of 20:34 on the long course. Fielder was just out of the medals, but still ran a solid effort, finishing 74th (20:40). Nolan<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hosking, not feeling 100% still came to run and put up sub 7:00 mile pace to grab 91st (21:17). Brayden Farmer was closing on Nolan, and finished up his run two places later at 21:26. Smith also broke 7:00 pace, to end the day at 21:46. Scherden ended our varsity competition when he crossed in 23:42, for 131st. While the results said we finished 5th, we have a lot to look forward to in the next few weeks if we stay healthy, hungry, and humble.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Our frosh soph squad took to the rocky trails next and used some very fine grouping up to show they will be a force for the whole season. Evan Nosek clocked in at 11:56 on the rolling hilly course to take home a bobblehead award and 2nd overall. Teammate Zach Murdock was just into the chute ahead of a solid pack of Knights. Murdock ran 15th (12:49) followed by Brennan (16th, 12:52), and then Reutimann at 17th with a 12:59. Ten seconds between those finishers is just awesome! Keep making that pack “unbreakable.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">More solid and close placement for scoring came from Polloway, who ended scoring in 34th place at 13:52. Jack was quickly followed by Ramos at 14:04 (37th), and then Blickem just four seconds later (14:08, 42nd). Lentz was chasing diamonds all day, and closed to just :06 back of Blickem, earning the 46th place medal (14:14). Ben Broz didn’t want to go home empty handed, so he emptied the tank and finished strong at 14:25 for 54th. Neville was on Ben’s heels at the finish and also crossed to earn a medl at 56th (14:29). This pairing and packing up in racing is so powerful in results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Jude Mullins rocked 7:07 mile pace on the 2.15 mile course of hills, rocks, and occasional pavement to end his day in 81st place, overall. Ryan Moreno had the absolute finish of the day, coming from behind to outlast a Rolling Meadows finisher at 127th, and 17:08. Lucas Fiedler kept up his pace and dropped his mile pace to 9:04, and finished 144th at 19:31. Lucas continues to work hard like his teammates, showing grit and guts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">If we are intentional about pack running, we will become “unbreakable.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-21931956088605574022021-09-06T08:27:00.000-07:002021-09-06T08:27:11.855-07:00Varsity Takes 5th, and Frosh Soph Knights Win Sycamore Invite<p><span style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10pt;">It was the best weather and team performance of the season thus far, with loads of PRs to celebrate. The Knights took to the field against quite a few pre-season ranked squads, and took home a Top 5 finish in both races.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Christian Phillips stepped on the accelerator at the start and never moved his foot until cruising past the finish mats in a career best 15:59, good for 7th at the varsity level. Nolan Allen hopped off the late bus and with little warmup time was still able to manage a very solid 16:33, to earn the 25th place medal. Shortly thereafter, Cunz crossed, running sub 17 at 16:47 which landed him 27th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Pairing up was an important strategy for success with Neal and Babka. They also were two places apart, with Trevor our #4 at 17:04 (36th) and Babka done in 17:05 (38). Bruhl powered through the new, flat course to set a new :09 career best time of 17:47 as our first pusher at 67th. Lechocki also managed a PR effort, best of his career by :26 and good for 74th. The change in weather and course helped Hosking to a new PR, smashing last Saturday’s time by :48 and running 18:32 (90th). Fiedler also took more than 2:00 off his Saturday effort to race in 18:39,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at 93rd overall. Smith chased Dom’s diamonds and ended the run 9 seconds later with a season’s best 18:48 (97th).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Farmer net a career best :50 on the day, running 103rd at 19:03. Scherden capped our varsity day not feeling great, but grinding out a 20:48 effort with loads of heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">The frosh soph team DID get a full warmup and prep before their run, and made it count with 5 individual medals and a title. Evan Nosek took the individual title, running a young career best time of 16:11. David Valkanov used a fierce kick to earn the 5th place medal at 17:04, in his first Knight race. Brennan passed competitors all day long and took 11th in 17:27, good for a :51 PR. Reutimann also managed a 19th place medal, running a :38 best (17:50). Zachary Murdock dropped a full minute from County to end our championship scoring with his 24th place effort (18:00). Ramos and Polloway paired up as pushers to run a second apart at the finish. Ramos (37th, 18:47) got a :17 PR, Jack ran 1:21 faster than Saturday with 18:48, in 38th place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Victor Valkanov showed he has some terrific potential, and a load of guts, kicking off his first race in 19:39 (52nd). Shortly thereafter, Lentz crossed in 19:42, a :34 best of season. Neville had a terrific race, passing more than ten runners since the mile mark to grab 63rd. The trio of Blickem, Broz, and Mullins pushed their pack to the finish, with Louis (21:04, 2:02 PR), Ben (21:05, 76th), and Jude (21:10, 2:48 PR). Westfall sizzled in the cool temps at 24:07, season’s best mile pace. Moreno got his first career race in at 3 miles with a strong 24:49 effort. Lucas Fiedler took a huge chunk out of his mile pace from Saturday to run 28:04 for the victorious frosh soph team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">There is a lot to be excited about with this whole team. We need to take care of our bodies, and start getting those morning runs in. They lower places and times! Great job.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Perpetua; font-size: 10.5pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-89475849223490247342021-09-06T08:23:00.001-07:002021-09-06T08:23:51.546-07:00Knights Net Pair of Top 5 Finishes at County<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrTqlm-bAjVrTYvAlEZYpVpw0cEsYpiM1aBfEndmg0bg4ycdVd21JYpqTdZj178ylU_3S-pib11I_ZYwqNWjN-CMh7IzKMEK2my6ukpLatw_JVIwxBp0XDYI_ZgDAvXaLQpHEaObQjxE/s899/county+leaders.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="899" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrTqlm-bAjVrTYvAlEZYpVpw0cEsYpiM1aBfEndmg0bg4ycdVd21JYpqTdZj178ylU_3S-pib11I_ZYwqNWjN-CMh7IzKMEK2my6ukpLatw_JVIwxBp0XDYI_ZgDAvXaLQpHEaObQjxE/s320/county+leaders.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Always finding new ways to make history, it was a special day for all of Kane County when the Knights toed the line on a $3M cross country course that has been a dozen years in the making. Our first runners to reach the finish came in the 2.4 mile Open race.<p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Farmer took home a top ten finish when he ended his run in 8th overall, at 16:23. Broz was next to grab a medal, finishing 14th on the hilly course in 17:33. In :08, it was Scherden who crossed the blue mats for a 17:41 and 16th overall. Ten seconds later, it was Blickem earning his first medal of the year, with an 18th place effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Mullins and Neville were the next Knights to the stripe, with Jude getting 25th at 18:38 and Johnny earning 26th, in 18:48. Both runners finished in the top half of all competitors. Westfall had his first run in a Knights jersey end at 23:24, using a very strong kick! Lucas Fiedler had a season’s best mile pace, finishing his run in 51st at 24:42. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Our varsity and frosh soph teams competed in the same race, with the results split by level. Phillips led the charge, earning a top 10 medal, finishing at 16:44. Cunz was next to the chute, two places and :15 later for a 16:59. While competing in the FS division, Evan Nosek was the next Knight to clock in, running 17:09. Nosek scored two points for the FS team. Allen was another medalist, earning 19th overall at 17:25 as our third man in varsity. Trevor Neal used a strong surge through the middle of the race to lock down 27th in varsity at 17:48. Babka completed our scoring for fifth overall as a team, sprinting to the finish at 18:05 (34th).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Bruhl was our sixth runner on varsity, ending his day with an 18:54 at 46th. Over the next :30 we saw six Knights come to the line. Murdock set a 3 mile HS PR at 19:00, and earned a 17th place medal. Brennan was hot on Zach’s heels and just :04 later, he earned an 18th place medal. Immediately after, Reutimann made it to the ending with a 19:06 (19th place) performance. Nolan Hosking, in his second season with the team finally got to run his first race. Nolan ran to 19:20 in the varsity race, which was good for 54th. Three places and six seconds later, Lechocki crossed in 19:26. Kowalczyk, was the lone three miler who bettered his career best from 2020 when he ran :75 faster for a 19:32 effort, the fifth man for FS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Smith ran a solid 6:41 mile pace, equivalent of his scrimmage, but on a much longer and hillier course. Adam was 19:51 at the end, with Behrends next to finish up his day at 20:03, good for 30th. Polloway set a career best time, running 20:09. Lentz was in shortly after, also with a career best 3 miles at 20:16 to net 36th. Eric Ramos ended the frosh soph day in the top half as well, at 20:36 and 45th place. On the varsity side, Dom Fiedler<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was next in the chute for 72nd overall at the varsity level, and 20:53 to run sub 21.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">We did quite well against the heat, and the field. We have a lot of great things to look forward to with this team!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-8350580497567870452021-08-11T16:36:00.003-07:002021-08-11T16:36:48.354-07:00TEAM STORE NOW OPEN! Deadline: 8/17 at 11:59pm<p> The BSN Team Store is now open for our program. You can order any of the items on the team store, including this jacket. Personalization should be available on the jacket. This jacket is an optional purchase, as are all items on the store. We will use this jacket for two seasons, or more, so it would be an investment long term.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_frZZsUs5abf3s6ZlIu7eR5DjHzZFu81UBs0qhOj0UsBpKT0wWzYmH0nQBrdYE4zIsEr83rS2-jPH5vU4AVCNkDytb4EjFynhfp40qnSSJ-UdkSCKV3wyr5xav2u135pJT-5caSR_zbU/s468/Team+Jacket+21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_frZZsUs5abf3s6ZlIu7eR5DjHzZFu81UBs0qhOj0UsBpKT0wWzYmH0nQBrdYE4zIsEr83rS2-jPH5vU4AVCNkDytb4EjFynhfp40qnSSJ-UdkSCKV3wyr5xav2u135pJT-5caSR_zbU/s320/Team+Jacket+21.JPG" width="217" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>All orders MUST be placed by Tuesday, August 17, at 11:59pm. There will not be any changes to that window as the delay also delays the receipt of the merchandise. <b>Athletes and parents are not allowed to ask about their order until after Thursday, September 16.</b> We give BSN four full weeks to process the items. If you have any questions about the order process, please let Coach Clarey know. Use the <a href="https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30837889/www.bsnteamsports.com?p=eyJzIjoiVjRNTFlmdU16WWxqdUZaVWVRM0lVbTN6TWg0IiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDgzNzg4OSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3d3dy5ic250ZWFtc3BvcnRzLmNvbVxcXC9zaG9wXFxcL3k3TWRCN3FaYldcIixcImlkXCI6XCJjYjhmODZhYjMzMzg0MzQ5YjRjZWJhODNjOWNhZmYxOVwiLFwidXJsX2lkc1wiOltcImY0NDIxZGE3MjVmYzk3OGYzNjZkZWI1YzU4Nzk3Y2E5ZTNkMDc1ZjZcIl19In0" target="_blank">LINK HERE</a> to access the team store.</p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-19585306975209368542021-07-25T15:02:00.000-07:002021-07-25T15:02:01.391-07:00"Hawaiian Knight with the Cougars" - An All KXC Family Event - Aug. 6<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3gjn1w7yRiMdWvzWk0hlQO51ya2W34Ll0aytsWfNplvNoNtjgFUhA4hgefrtcI278YRNJN6aEk3VVzpoZB1L-VXRbxU8dyMy4iPyNVRobv3BbVoUNbBxayQPbVpsYzR8WAX9ld2jBn0/s654/cougars+and+kxc.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="654" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3gjn1w7yRiMdWvzWk0hlQO51ya2W34Ll0aytsWfNplvNoNtjgFUhA4hgefrtcI278YRNJN6aEk3VVzpoZB1L-VXRbxU8dyMy4iPyNVRobv3BbVoUNbBxayQPbVpsYzR8WAX9ld2jBn0/s320/cougars+and+kxc.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> KXC Families and Alumni, let's make history! Our first ever Cougars game with our own KXC section and special pricing! Please use the details below to help navigate your purchase of tickets and parking passes for the game on <b>Friday, August 6th</b>. This is a fireworks night with the Cougars, and someone you may know could be throwing out the first pitch (he didn't sign up for it).<p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Tickets are $5, and parking is $6, We are Section 114. </b>There is a transaction fee to purchase online. As mentioned in the headline above, it is <b>Hawaiian Night with fireworks</b>, and apparently one of our own is throwing out the first pitch so you could get there early... but no rush. Just get there!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- <b>For the tickets</b>, you can go here and choose the seats you'd like for your family: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/signin.asp?UserID%3DKanelandXC%26Password%3DKaneland%26submit%3DContinue%26Cookies%3Dyes%26HoldID%3D18833&source=gmail&ust=1627335947913000&usg=AFQjCNEn3nUEXUjf_DRRA6puEMA_-mj16A" href="https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/signin.asp?UserID=KanelandXC&Password=Kaneland&submit=Continue&Cookies=yes&HoldID=18833" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.ticketreturn.com/p<wbr></wbr>rod2/signin.asp?UserID=Kanelan<wbr></wbr>dXC&Password=Kaneland&submit=<wbr></wbr>Continue&Cookies=yes&HoldID=<wbr></wbr>18833</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- <b>And for the parking</b>, they can go to our website, select "Purchase Parking Passes" under the "Tickets" tab, and <b>use promo code "KHSXC"</b> to apply the discount. The parking can be found here:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/BuyNew.asp?EventID%3D315530%23.YPslWY5KiUk&source=gmail&ust=1627335947913000&usg=AFQjCNFbR3NfExjk_EXdyptuKY3wArts4A" href="https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/BuyNew.asp?EventID=315530#.YPslWY5KiUk" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.ticketreturn.com/p<wbr></wbr>rod2/BuyNew.asp?EventID=315530<wbr></wbr>#.YPslWY5KiUk</a></span></p><p>If you have any questions, please contact Coach Clarey or Brian and Cindy Babka. Special thanks to the Babka Family for helping us get this opportunity to celebrate our KXC Families and Alumni getting together in such a fun way.</p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-12755390050881810392021-07-05T17:38:00.002-07:002021-07-05T17:38:29.682-07:00KXC Boys Logging Summer Training <p> Our team will use a similar method to recording our summer training this season. On the link to the right, please find the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13HtKxe4fd8dsvI7OIMpxek9KOTQeW-gj8_EeGJ1ylNE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>2021 Summer Training Log</b></a> to enter your data. You will see names at the bottom on tabs, and you can click on the arrows in the bottom right to find your name. Athletes registered for camp appear on this training log. Please take the time to record your work, and consider this an opportunity to shine in the effort you're putting into your training. </p><p>Open up your Chromebook from school, keep this bookmarked, and log all the running, swimming and biking that you are putting in each week. Remember that your "hard miles" include all the running you do in camp and on your own. The "soft miles" consist of 15 minutes of sustained swimming and biking which equals one "mile." Athletes who bike for 50 miles should not record the 50, but every 15 minutes that they are actively working on the bike.</p><p>The coaches are working on an alternative application, using Strava and your wearable technology (GPS watch or iWatch), to track data automatically. We will let you know when we're ready to put this to use. For now, this digital system is the best version of what we have for collectively celebrating your hard work in and out of camp. Use it!!</p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-77624237538165209742021-05-24T17:15:00.006-07:002021-06-18T09:17:11.439-07:00Summer Running Begins June 21 - Camp Starts July 6<p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">In an effort to implement our season's worth of training, those who are ready may begin with the calendar on our blog. We will use consecutive weeks of training, beginning with four weeks of base mileage work that allows for us to safely transition to our workouts in Week 5. When you begin, plan on starting with Week 1 on the link provided. If you should miss a week due to vacation or other reasons, plan on only advancing to the next consecutive week's work. If you should have any questions, please contact Coach Clarey.</span></p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-78625813818043986472021-05-24T16:44:00.004-07:002021-06-18T09:23:21.401-07:00Welcome to KXC! Our Summer Camp Begins on July 6<p> Great to see our newest faces of KXC this evening. Please use this link to connect to the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H-6UkCYsrR4EsWycQdaCPB5wNjDFjfT1RmHjxRQZ1oE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">KXC Summer Roster</a> so that we can get acquainted and connected. For those of you who are interested, you can easily join our <b>KXC Remind group by texting @kanela to 81010</b>. This connects you to important messages about camp and other upcoming events that you can take part in. You are also able to reply back to Remind texts, so a coach can help answer questions.</p><p>Our Summer Running begins on July 6, and we will be meeting regularly at the following locations:</p><p>MONDAYS: Elburn Lions Park (6am to 7:30) - come to the large parking lot just north of the buildings. We have some summer lifting work for those interested, back at Kaneland. Please join us if you are able.</p><p>TUESDAYS: Nelson Lake Forest Preserve (6am to 7:30) - this is also known as the Dick Young Forest Preserve (we park in the lot on Nelson Lake Road)</p><p>THURSDAYS: Kaneland High School Track (6am to 7:30) - we meet here, but use the full facility for our work. For those who are able, again, we will do some weight work after 7:30 and would be done around 8:15 or so</p><p>FRIDAYS: Off Campus Locations (6:30 to 8:00) - we will go to Big Rock Forest Preserve on 7/9, Leroy Oakes FP in St Charles on 7/16, Afton FP in Dekalb on 7/23 and Silver Springs which is just west of Yorkville on 7/30.</p><p>If you should have any questions, chances are they'll be answered on our first day of camp. We will have some digital things to log our training, and other calendars and such in paper form for the athletes and families.</p><p>Looking forward to a TREMENDOUS summer, and many new runners and families to join our programs.</p>Coach Clarey and Coach Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374603036202423202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345478865129264983.post-25365397642307846862020-11-16T13:57:00.000-08:002020-11-16T13:57:17.946-08:00Awards Night Link<p> KXC Families,</p><p>Below is the link to our Awards Night, set for Wednesday at 6:30pm. Please come ready to make history as the first ever KXC Awards Show goes online. Come in your pajamas if you like. Wear a costume if you need to. You can even tune in to us while you're having your family dinner. </p><p>We only ask that you're present as we roll through the classes, starting with freshmen and ending with the seniors. Step in and out of the meeting as you see fit. This will be our boys team only on Wednesday, in order to keep the Zoom minutes to a minimum.</p><p>See you on Wednesday at 6:30pm, at this link....</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://kaneland.zoom.us/j/81069906981?pwd=d2FwMHJaYWRLeHh5M1RRYlgveUJaZz09" target="_blank">KXC AWARDS NIGHT ZOOM LINK</a></span></p>Mr. Clareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401282988621659584noreply@blogger.com0