Just a look at some past 600's run in the past few years.....
Men
Women
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Men and Women 2nd Place at Griak Invitational
The Augustana College Cross Country programs had a great weekend at the Roy Griak Invitational. Last year the women pulled in a 5th place, while the men came out of the meet as champions. There was a lot of excitement headed into this weekend and both teams came out with 2nd place finishes. The weather was beautiful at the University of Minnesota golf course as the women took the course.
On the shoulders of Kyle Blakeslee and Leah Hansen the women ran strong and finished second to the University of Mary by 2 points. With key runners like Runa Falch, Kristin Brondbo, and Ingeborg Lind not present, this second place finish really displayed the depth of the women's team! Check out the results below to see times and places.
With Travis Beniak running unattached, and Tom Karbo resting this week, the men were missing some key runners, but still ran strong. Paul Yak and Ryan Evans ran well as usual while new frehsman TJ Gleason and Adam Braun stepped up and got the job done to help the mens team finished behind only Central Missouri.
Its hard to see the true potential of the Augustana teams on both sides with Coach Hellman still resting some of our best runners, but there is a lot of excitement around how we have ran so far moving forward! Stay tuned for more exciting cross country news!
Women's Results
Men's Results
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Griak Weekend! Track and Field Started!
Hello! We have an exciting week coming up for Cross Country. We are heading to the Twin Cities Thursday for the Roy Griak Invitational. Last year the Women placed 4th with some of our top runners not running which showed the depth of our team, and the Men won the title. With many of our Norwegian and Swedish runners being held out to rest this year, we will be counting on many of our talented freshman to step up as we look for solid finishes in both the men and women races. We will also get the chance to race against many conference school, so it should be a good showdown this year.
Looking ahead, the cross teams will compete in Kenosha Wisconsin on the 8th of October which will be the last meet before the Conference Championships. After the the conference meet, the team will get to do quite a bit of traveling with the regional being in Denver and baring qualifying. nationals will be in Spokane Washington. Look for more exciting news from our cross country program this year!
On the track side of things we are entering our second week of practice! The coaches are seeing just how much work our athletes put in over the summer, and how talented our freshman class is. To prevent injury we are easing into training this year spending three weeks on general fitness, running form, bounding, and sprint drills. After these first three weeks we will be doing different types of fitness testing. This testing will help us gauge the effectiveness of our training and the improvements our athletes make during the year!
Looking ahead, the cross teams will compete in Kenosha Wisconsin on the 8th of October which will be the last meet before the Conference Championships. After the the conference meet, the team will get to do quite a bit of traveling with the regional being in Denver and baring qualifying. nationals will be in Spokane Washington. Look for more exciting news from our cross country program this year!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Busy Weekend for Augie Track and Cross Country
Augustana had probably its busiest weekend of the cross country season and we didn't even compete! We hosted the "Meet of Champions" for high school teams around the area, and worked a water stop for the Sioux Falls Marathon.
Saturday's "Meet of Champions" was again a success and we were able to have almost all of the Augie track and CC athletes there. Temperatures were a little on the hot side, but it didn't stop the runners and fans from creating a wonderful cross country atmosphere. With our athletes working jobs like parking, course control, water, and take down we were able to run a fantastic meet for the visiting high schools. This course is one of the hardest the high school runners will see all year, and the slogan on the back of the meet shirts capture it perfectly..."I survived the hills"
The Sioux falls Marathon is always a fun event for Augie runners as we usually have the most energetic water stop. We have won the award for the best water stop the past 5 years and look to win it again this year with our Hawaiian theme. Decked out in grass skirts, swimsuits, and crazy hats the Augie runners went crazy for two hours as runners came through and grabbed water and Powerade on the way. Its always good that we can put smiles on peoples faces as they run such a tough race.
Cross country is still rolling this week as they look forward to the upcoming Roy Griak Invitational at the U of M, while the track and field teams will be starting practice today, and preparing for the long season ahead. Stay tuned for more pictures and news!
Saturday's "Meet of Champions" was again a success and we were able to have almost all of the Augie track and CC athletes there. Temperatures were a little on the hot side, but it didn't stop the runners and fans from creating a wonderful cross country atmosphere. With our athletes working jobs like parking, course control, water, and take down we were able to run a fantastic meet for the visiting high schools. This course is one of the hardest the high school runners will see all year, and the slogan on the back of the meet shirts capture it perfectly..."I survived the hills"
The Sioux falls Marathon is always a fun event for Augie runners as we usually have the most energetic water stop. We have won the award for the best water stop the past 5 years and look to win it again this year with our Hawaiian theme. Decked out in grass skirts, swimsuits, and crazy hats the Augie runners went crazy for two hours as runners came through and grabbed water and Powerade on the way. Its always good that we can put smiles on peoples faces as they run such a tough race.
Cross country is still rolling this week as they look forward to the upcoming Roy Griak Invitational at the U of M, while the track and field teams will be starting practice today, and preparing for the long season ahead. Stay tuned for more pictures and news!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Augustana Twilight Meet!
For years Coach Hellman played around with the idea of having a cross country meet under the lights. A concept relatively unheard of in the cross country world. This year the information finally went out, teams started signing up, and we were ready to roll. The meet was held at Yankton Trails here in Sioux Falls, a venue with open soccer fields and lights covering over half of the mile loop set up for the course. Over 600 glow sticks and brightly colored flags lined the course setting the stage for this one of a kind meet. Teams started showing up around 7:00 p.m. with 8:30 and 9:00 being the start times.
As teams warmed up the sunlight started fading and the woman headed to the start line. At the sound of the gun 100+ women took off on the mile loop. The women's race covered 3 laps (3 miles) and was dominated by Augie. Kyle Blakeslee (16:50.46) took the first ever twilight title in a convincing 7 second win over Ashley Unruh a non-Augie unattached runner. Annie Pfiefle (17:00.04) placed third, while Leah Hanson (17:11.35) was fourth. Kelly Kougl (17:25.39) finished sixth, and Gabi Swoboda (17:26.21, unattached) crossed in seventh-place. The Augustana women rounded out the top 20 with Megan Brown (17:59.87, 16th) and Maddy Jourgenson (18:06.83, 18th). This is an outstanding start to the 2011 campaign. Runa Falch, Kristin Brondbo, and Ingeborg Kristine all sat this race out after just arriving back in America the day of the meet. These three ladies will help fill out the top end of the team and provide great leadership moving forward. Good work ladies!
After a great effort put in by the women's team, the men took to the starting line. With seniors like Matt Braithwaite and Dan Black gone, the Augustana top five will look a little different this year. We are fortunate to have many talented new freshman faces this year, as well as a strong returning crew. Travis Beniak won in convincing fashion with a time of 18:55.63 on the 4 mile course. Paul Yak complimented Beniak's performance with a fourth-place finish at 19:22.04. Ryan Evans (19:36.49) took fifth, while Adam Braun (19:38.39, unattached) finished sixth. Rounding out the top 20 for men were TJ Gleason (19:49.50, 13th) and Shane McCallum (20:17.25, 20th). Many of the runners on the men's team were unattached since the meet was early, and coach Hellman is trying to see where everyone is fitness wise. Tom Karbo also raced but took it easy seeing he had just arrived back in America with Runa, Kristin, and Ingeborg.
We had a great response from both visiting coaches and athletes. Between the lights, glow sticks, DJ, and beautiful weather the first annual Augustana Twilight meet went off without a hitch. This will be a meet we can hopefully continue to put on many years to come! More to come!
As teams warmed up the sunlight started fading and the woman headed to the start line. At the sound of the gun 100+ women took off on the mile loop. The women's race covered 3 laps (3 miles) and was dominated by Augie. Kyle Blakeslee (16:50.46) took the first ever twilight title in a convincing 7 second win over Ashley Unruh a non-Augie unattached runner. Annie Pfiefle (17:00.04) placed third, while Leah Hanson (17:11.35) was fourth. Kelly Kougl (17:25.39) finished sixth, and Gabi Swoboda (17:26.21, unattached) crossed in seventh-place. The Augustana women rounded out the top 20 with Megan Brown (17:59.87, 16th) and Maddy Jourgenson (18:06.83, 18th). This is an outstanding start to the 2011 campaign. Runa Falch, Kristin Brondbo, and Ingeborg Kristine all sat this race out after just arriving back in America the day of the meet. These three ladies will help fill out the top end of the team and provide great leadership moving forward. Good work ladies!
After a great effort put in by the women's team, the men took to the starting line. With seniors like Matt Braithwaite and Dan Black gone, the Augustana top five will look a little different this year. We are fortunate to have many talented new freshman faces this year, as well as a strong returning crew. Travis Beniak won in convincing fashion with a time of 18:55.63 on the 4 mile course. Paul Yak complimented Beniak's performance with a fourth-place finish at 19:22.04. Ryan Evans (19:36.49) took fifth, while Adam Braun (19:38.39, unattached) finished sixth. Rounding out the top 20 for men were TJ Gleason (19:49.50, 13th) and Shane McCallum (20:17.25, 20th). Many of the runners on the men's team were unattached since the meet was early, and coach Hellman is trying to see where everyone is fitness wise. Tom Karbo also raced but took it easy seeing he had just arrived back in America with Runa, Kristin, and Ingeborg.
We had a great response from both visiting coaches and athletes. Between the lights, glow sticks, DJ, and beautiful weather the first annual Augustana Twilight meet went off without a hitch. This will be a meet we can hopefully continue to put on many years to come! More to come!
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