Maas Honor Roll - Wayzata Boys & Girls National/State/Sections Rankings

My good friend, Steve Aesoph, went out for a trail run this past Sunday. Steve lives in my hometown of Jamestown, ND. He must be getting old, or something. As his run time seemed pretty slow. If you were to just look at his time on the surface, you'd not even bat an eye. However, if you also knew that A) Steve's course is rated as the toughest XTERRA tri and run course in the NATION, B) If you saw the elevation map of this run you'd probably wet your pants, and C) His run time bettered my BIKE time the lone time I biked this course....then what would you say? The challenging Pipestem Creek Single track In 2010, I was on my way to the Bismarck Triathlon and stopped off to visit with Steve on his XTERRA Pipestsem Creek course. We hopped on our mountain bikes and rode the short loop course. I must have fell off six or seven times. I should have known the course would be brutal, since my old high school cross country coach, Russ Schmeichel, helped design the thing. The next day, Steve and I raced the Bismarck triathlon . I got third overall, Steve fourth. And we were both bored to tears with the flat bike and flat run courses. Steve's like me. We'd rather watch paint dry than go out and race an unchallenging course. And that's the point of this blog entry. When I review top high school cross country times from around the nation, I see lots and lots of incredibly fast times. Because none of the times talk about the topography of the course, or the actual distance verification....."Yeah, I think it's about a 5K, give or take 600 yards".....it's all subjective. And often means diddly-squat. And Steve knows this. And I know it. And each of us doesn't care about doing time comparisons as we're in it for different reasons. It's the way I'm been raising the Boy. Flat course? Who cares. Hills. Mud. Water. Now you are talking turkey. Myself & the very young Boy riding the trails Mud. Guts. Glory. Only, here in The Tundra, none of us care about the glory either. We'd rather keep that to ourselves. Which is how you'll find the Wayzata cross country team. Accolades are nice, but these kids would rather just find a tough-as-nails course and run it until their feet bleed. Which is why I'm stepping in to give them some love. We'll let the California kids run their flat-as-pancake courses with hard surfaces and even (GASP!) blacktop. Heck, that's just road racing. The Wayzata kids will take the mud..... .....and the guts.... ...and leave the glory to the California kids. Drumroll, please. I now give you the first Maas Honor Roll for the boys & girls of the Wayzata cross country team to give some love to the kids who are ranked tops in the nation, state, and section. All information derived from Mile Split results, week ending 9/21. In the Top 200 in the Nation (Overall): Girls 4K 24 - Annika Lerdall (National Elite Gold Level) 36 - Anna French (National Elite Gold Level) 102 - Jaycie Thomsen (National Elite Silver Level) 163 - Samantha Lettenberger (National Elite Silver Level) In the Top 200 in the Nation (Senior Class Only): Girls 4K 15 - Anna French In the Top 200 in the Nation (Juniors Class Only): Girls 4K 123 - Michaela Keller-Miller 128 - Melissa Drenkhahn In the Top 200 in the Nation (Sophomores Class Only): Girls 4K 7 - Annika Lerdall 29 - Jaycie Thomsen 44 - Samantha Lettenberger 181 - Libby Johnson In the Top 200 in the Nation (Freshmen Class Only): Girls 4K 64 - Ellie Emerick 80 - Brooke Young 127 - Gina Kalker In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA (Overall): Girls 4K 9 - Annika Lerdall 14 - Anna French 36 - Jaycie Thomsen 53 - Samantha Lettenberger In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA ( Senior Class Only ): Girls 4K 5 - Anna French 58 - Maeve Andrews 75 - Claudia Schmitt In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA ( Junior Class Only ): Girls 4K 31 - Michaela Keller-Miller 34 - Melissa Drenkhahn 96 - Mandy Behling 97 - Ava Jean Gondack In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA ( Sophomore Class Only ): Girls 4K 2 - Annika Lerdall 11- Jaycie Thomsen 15 - Samantha Lettenberger 51 - Libby Johnson 100 - Anna Bumgardner In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA ( Freshmen Class Only ): Girls 4K 22 - Ellie Emerick 27 - Brooke Young 40 - Gina Kalker 78- Courtney Kern 82 - Naomi Long In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Overall): Girls 4K 1 - Annika Lerdall 3- Anna French 8 - Jaycie Thomsen 14 - Samantha Lettenberg 29 - Ellie Emerick 35 - Brooke Young 36 - Michaela Keller-Miller 40 - Melissa Drenkhahn 45- Gina Kalker 47 - Libby Johnson In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Senior Class Only): Girls 4K 1- Anna French 11 - Maeve Andrews 16 - Claudia Schmitt 19 - Meghan Jette 22 - Thalia Alarcon 30 - Katie Farquhar 46 - Abby Silbaugh In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Junior Class Only): Girls 4K 4 - Michaela Keller-Miller 7 - Melissa Drenkhahn 17 - Mandy Behling 18 - Ava Jean Gondack 21 - Evelyn Frenz 22 - Kristine Keller-Miller 23 - Emily Short 36 - Izzy Lockheimer-Toso 43 - Kaitlin Schwarz 45 - Kaylin Bach 48 - Lauren Dahl 50 - Lizzy Berg In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Sophmore Class Only): Girls 4K 1 - Annika Lerdall 3- Jaycie Thomsen 6 - Samantha Lettenberger 18 - Libby Johnson 26 - Anna Bumgardner 42- Laura Allen 47 - Grace Albright 48 - Emma Bernard In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Freshmen Class Only): Girls 4K 7 - Ellie Emerick 8 - Brooke Young 9 - Gina Kalker 17- Courtney Kern 18 - Naomi Long 27 - Chloe Wagener 31 - Ellen King 32 - Anna Healy 34 - Taylore Henkel 35 - Miranda Mead 38 - Carmen Rottinghaus 46 - Kayla Dohm 50 - Carisa Chen In the Top 200 in the Nation (Overall): Boys 5K 33 - Connor Olson (National Elite Gold Level) In the Top 200 in the Nation (Senior Class Only): Boys 5K 22 - Connor Olson In the Top 200 in the Nation (Juniors Class Only): Boys 5K 76 - Jaret Carpenter (National Elite Silver Level) In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA (Overall): Boys 5K 1- Connor Olson 7 - Jaret Carpenter 10 - Ian Eklin (National Elite Silver Level) 38 - Nick Shaleen (National Elite Silver Level) 74 - Jack Prazich 83 - Andrew Millan 84 - Andrew Quirk 90 - Paul Epland In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA ( Senior Class Only ): Boys 5K 1 - Connor Olson 8 - Ian Eklin 34 - Jack Prazich 38 - Andrew Quirk 42 - Paul Epland In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA ( Junior Class Only ): Boys 5K 2 - Jaret Carpenter 12 - Nick Shaleen 36 - Andrew Millan 42 - Kyle Brandt 50 - Wes Heal 99 - Jacob Smith In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA ( Sophomore Class Only ): Boys 5K 15 - Paul Weiler 17 - Josh Halverson 28 - Nick Kerbeshian 42 - Gemechu Meskele 46 - Jeremy Gilbertson 79 - Tyler Carlstrom 86 - Daniel Urke 100 - Jack Olson In the Top 100 in the State, MN AA ( Freshmen Class Only ): Boys 5K 31 - Anders Sonnesyn 41 - Graham Maas 47 - Khalid Hussein 59 - Blake Buysse In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Overall): Boys 5K 1 - Connor Olson 3 - Jaret Carpenter 4 - Ian Eklin 14 - Nick Shaleen 21 - Jack Prazich 22 - Andrew Millan 23 - Andrew Quirk 24 - Paul Epland 29 - Kyle Brandt 33 - Wes Heal 34 - Paul Weiler 37 - Josh Halverson 47 - Nick Kerbeshian In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Senior Class Only): Boys 5K 1- Connor Olson 3 - Ian Eklin 5 - Jack Prazich 6 - Andrew Quirk 7 - Paul Epland 26 - Martin Johnson 27 - Thomas Lerdall 32 - Carter Blankenship 45 - Andrew Carter 46 - Bobby Anderson In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Junior Class Only): Boys 5K 1 - Jaret Carpenter 8 - Nick Shaleen 14 - Andrew Millan 18 - Kyle Brandt 19 - Wes Heal 24 - Jacob Smith 35 - Calvin Cahill 48 - Zachary Garvis In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Sophmore Class Only): Boys 5K 5 - Paul Weiler 6 - Josh Halverson 9 - Nick Kerbeshian 12 - Gemechu Meskele 13 - Jeremy Gilbertson 20 - Tyler Carlstrom 22 - Daniel Urke 24 - Jack Olson 26 - Jesse Kulberg 33 - Andrew Stanek 34 - Liban Jama 46 - Alexander White 49 - Gunner O'Reilly In the Top 50 in the Section, MN 6AA (Freshmen Class Only): Boys 5K 3 - Anders Sonnesyn 4 - Graham Maas 6 - Khalid Hussein 9 - Blake Buysse 19 - Jacob Rohrer 20 - Grant Matthews 25 - Ben Bastin 27 - Frank Fetrow 28 - Luc Golin 31 - Andy McKenzie 36 - Sam Smith 37 - Markus Braun 48 - Alex Pierce Next Maas Honor Roll, sometime late October.

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