G-E-T Cross Country

Adrianna Rotering on to State!

A Blustery Day for the Red Hawks at Sectionals - 14 Course PR's, Girls 3rd, Boys 7th out of Fifteen Teams.

Congratulations to Adrianna Rotering as she advances with her second trip to the WIAA State Meet. Qualifying in 2022 in 11th place (5th individual runner), she upped the ante in 2023 with a strong 7th place finish overall and a third place individual qualifying time amongst some of the States best. The Red Hawk teams placed well with the girls fighting to third place, edging out Viroqua who they had fallen to by two points at last weeks Conference Meet. The boys team finish in Seventh place overall (202 pts), narrowly bested by Platteville (199 pts).

On the Boys side, Xander Burmeister lead the Red Hawks in finishing in 31st place with a new PR time of 18:10, following close behind was teammate Adrian Bautista in 34th with his record of 18:11. Running the best time of his 2023 season, Sawyer Smock (39) at 18:23, moved into the third position for the Red Hawks. Carter Giemza (PR) finished in 47th place (18:41) and the final top five runner AJ Earney finished 51st with a PR run of 18:55. Finishing off for the boys, Liam Caya (PR) in 60th position (19:16) and Grant Ruiter (PR) in 72nd (20:05).

It was a PR race for the Girls, and a day to beat the odds in the standings. Predicted 5th behind Viroqua and Richland Center, a strong end-of-season surge vaulted them into a solid third. Adrianna Rotering, now 2x State Qualifier, ran to her best place ever at Sectionals with a seventh place finish. AJ Parker finished her career with a PR of 21:29 and a solid 17th place finish - 8th place individually - followed by Anya Wolfe (PR) in 34th at 22:34, Reyna Garcia who pushed the pace in the closing mile to finish in 35th with a 22:47 and, Bella Tibbitts, 40th (22:56). Jazzy Tarjeson (PR) saw her best race of the season with a 23:37 and 53rd place, on her heels was senior Ellie Gold (PR) with her place of 54th and a time of 23:40. The girls third place finish is the highest (5k) finishing place for the Red Hawks girls team in history and the second highest to only the 1994 State qualifying (4k) team. .

Full Results HERE

We offer our thanks and gratitude to the leaders, and seniors on our team. Xander Burmeister, Adrianna Rotering, AJ Parker, Ellie Gold and Ava Roessler. You are all remarkable, and you will be missed!!

A Hard battle fought at the Coulee Conference Meet puts the Boys 3rd and Girls 4th Overall. Seven All-Conference Awards!

GREAT RACING ON SATURDAY BY THE RED HAWKS!! They ran strong on a wet and hilly course and beat the odds turning in a 3rd place finish for the boys, four runners with All-Conference Honors, and 5 Personal Records. For the girls, they grabbed a very close 4th falling to Viroqua, three All-Conference Honors, 3 Personal Records and 2 season bests.

Red Hawks crushed the odds in scoring, placing, and All-Conference Awards. When it came down to it they raced and chased as a team. We knew on the boy's side West Salem and Arcadia were strong - they were our moon shots. Westby was attainable with a 17 point spread. Only two Red Hawk runners were predicted to be in the top 21 scoring positions. In the end, the boys caught and beat the Westby harriers by 8 points securing third place and brought two more runners on to the All-Conference podium. Celebrating Second Team All Conference Awards were Adrian Bautista(12th) and Xander Burmeister(14th). They were joined by runners Carter Giemza (18th) and Sawyer Smock (19th) who were awarded All-Conference Honorable mention. Rounding off the top seven was AJ Earney (28th), Liam Caya (29th), and Cavin Spitzmacher (37th).
On the Girls side, - West Salem and Westby were strong contenders for first and second place, Viroqua was an immense barrier sitting at 33 points ahead of the Red Hawks girls in the standings. Key performances and grit by the Red Hawks put them within two points of 3rd place and brought three runners into the top 21 spots. Predicted to have only one racer awarded All-Conference, Adrianna Rotering scoring 5th overall, was joined by Senior AJ Parker and Junior Anya Wolfe who both destroyed expectations and personal times to place 10th and 18th. Following the top three was Bella Tibbitts placing 23rd and Reyna Garcia (25th), finishing out the top seven was Ellie Gold (32nd) and Jazzy Tarjeson (33rd).

Congratulations to the following athletes for achieving All-Conference Honors:

Adrianna Rotering - 5th - First Team
AJ Parker - 10th - Second Team
Anya Wolfe - 18th - All-Conference Honorable Mention

Adrian Bautista - 12th - Second Team
Xander Burmeister - 14th Second Team
Carter Giemza - 18th - All Conference Honorable Mention
Sawyer Smock - 19th - All Conference Honorable Mention

Congratulations to runners achieving their goals and season bests at the Conference course:
Season Bests: AJ Parker (23s), Melanie Robinson (6s).
Personal Records: Anya Wolfe (27s), Raylin Cooksey(38s), Lorissa Thompson (23s), Liam Caya(8s), Carson Mayer(10s), Ayden Aschenbrener (3s), Isaac Gerke (57s), Cavin Spitzmacher (3s)

JV take center stage at the Holte Invite. Great Arcadia Course Preview.

The Red Hawks didn't go far for a challenge heading over the ridge to Arcadia's Holte Invitational. Held at the Arcadia High School, this year's meet was an excellent preview to what is to be the Coulee Conference Meet course next week.

While most of the varsity squad took this day as a preview, a few were looking to add another race experience and toed the line with the Holte racers. The Red Hawk Boys took off first lead by Junior Liam Caya who has been having a personal record setting season. This race was no exception with Caya finishing first for the Red Hawks just 5 seconds off of his PR. Cavin Spitzmacher was second for the team followed by Ayden Aschenbrener and, snagging his fifth PR of the season, Carson Mayer. Quinn O'Neill, Nathanael Sorenson and Isaac Gerke helped to raced the Red Hawks to a 7th place finish overall.
BTN: 7th place finish overall, one personal record set.

The girls took off next with Juniors Anya Wolfe (PR) and Jazzy Tarjeson leading the pack. Senior Ava Roessler capped off her season with a third position finish for the Red Hawks. She was followed by a strong pack of three lead by Lorissa Thompson and a close team finish of 5th & 6th from Aubrynn Rotering and Nora Higgins. Melanie Robinson was next in for the Hawks and with her third PR in a row, Raylin Cooksey brought it home.
BTN: Seventh place finish overall, two personal records set.

Girls celebrate the night with 11 PR's, Adrianna fourth place overall. Girls & Boys 7th overall.

The Red Hawks traveled to Lake Mills for the annual Nightfall Classic. held in the dark, filled with excitement and great competition. 2023 was no exception.

The Red Hawk Boys took off first Leading the pack was senior Xander Burmeister, followed by Carter Giemza (PR), Adrian Bautista, Sawyer Smock, and AJ Earney. Liam Caya (PR) and Cavin Spitzmacher rounded out the top 7. Freshman runner Isaac Gerke also saw a personal record fall in the dark.
BTN: 7th place finish overall, three personal records set.

Fun fact: the top ten overall finishers in the boys D2 race averaged faster times than the D1 racers sharing the course with them.

The girls raced off at 9pm, disappearing in the darkness and emerging with outstanding performances and eleven personal records broken. The top 7 were lead by Senior Adrianna Rotering, with a PR and 4th place medal finish, followed by AJ Parker, Bella Tibbitts (PR), Reyna Garcia (PR), Anya Wolfe (PR), Ellie Gold (PR) and Jazzy Tarjeson (PR). More PR achievements came from Aubrynn Rotering, Lorissa Thompson, Ava Roessler, and Nora Higgins. For the second week in a row, Raylin Cooksey has found her groove, this time smashing her PR by over a minute forty-five.
BTN: Seventh place finish overall, eleven personal records set, and one season best.

Grey skies, rain and a few puddles for the Dick Mitchell Invitational

The teams returned to Maple Grove under a cloudy and threatening sky, for the Dick Mitchell invitational.

Light rain began to fall and dark clouds loomed as the boys took to the course for the first high school race of the day.
JV runners Grant Ruiter, Carson Mayer and Ayden Aschenbrener started things off. Learning every meet how to race faster and smarter, Freshman runners Ayden Aschenbrener and Carson Mayer saw their PR’s broken for the fourth race in a row. An ankle injury took Grant from the race with a mile to go.
Adrian Bautista found his stride in the Varsity race and came in first for the Red Hawk boys and 35th overall in a PR time of 18:19, and running a season best, Sawyer Smock was next placing 44th overall. Xander Burmeister and Carter Giemza, both hampered by illness, finished 46th and 59th in the standings, AJ Earney raced as the 4th varsity finisher with his place of 55th. Liam Caya and Quinn O’Neill came in as the 6th and 7th runners for the Varsity red Hawks.
BTN: Team finish 9th place out of 15 teams, three personal records and one personal best.

The girls JV race saw
The varsity race started with a bang 10 minutes earlier than anticipated in efforts to complete the competition before the heavy rains came. While they saw nothing more than a sprinkle that did not keep them from collectively racing a faster pace than earlier in the season. Adrianna Rotering was again at the helm finishing 24th overall and first for the varsity team. AJ Parker (54th), Bella Tibbitts (PR & 30th), Reyna Garcia (77), Ellie Gold (78) and Ava Roessler (PR & 83) completed the seven roster varsity squad.
BTN: Team finish 11 out of 13 teams, four personal records and one season best.

Another PR Day (9) for the Boys, Adrianna Rotering placing second overall for the Girls in Dover!

Beautiful day for a race as the Red Hawk XC team headed across the border to the Dover – Eyota Invite in MN. The Ladies were up first with top runners Adrianna Rotering, 2nd place, and Bella Tibbitts, 26th place (PR) coming in first and second for the Red Hawk Team. Third runner in, Ellie Gold, saw her first PR of the season followed by teammates Jazzy Tarjeson (SB) and Reyna Garcia. Illness kept a few varsity runners out but newcomers Ava Roessler and Lorissa Thompson (PR) picked up the pace to help the team to a 5th place finish overall. Rotering, with a season best, faced tight competition for second. A late race move, and strong finish solidified second place and an awards t-shirt.
BTN: Fifth place finish overall, three personal records set, and five season bests.

It was a PR kind of day for the Red Hawk boys’ team again, finishing out the race with nine personal records broken. Xander Burmeister, 14th place (PR) and Adrian Bautista, 20th (PR) were the first runners in for the Red Hawk team followed closely by Carter Giemza (PR), Sawyer Smock (SB), and AJ Earney (PR). Grant Ruiter (PR) and newcomer Cavin Spitzmacher (PR) rounded out the team top seven. Freshman Carson Mayer, Ayden Aschenbrener, and Isaac Gerke hung on for some fast finishes and all saw their personal records set in Dover.
BTN: Fourth Place finish overall, nine personal records set, and one season best.

Great racing and PR times the 46th annual Red Hawk Invitational in Ettrick.

It was a great day for a race Thursday as the Red Hawks toed the line at their home course in Ettrick. The ground was rock hard and fast as the runners were let loose. The girls’ team led off finishing with two in the top 15. Adrianna Rotering, 7th overall and first for the team followed by AJ Parker, running a season best time and finishing in 10th. Also scoring season bests, Anya Wolfe (24th), Reyna Garcia (30th) slipping in with a PR in 31st place was Bella Tibbitts and a personal best by Ellie Gold (33rd). Lorissa Thompson (41st) finished with a PR performance and was 7th for the team in the standings. The JV girls took the win with Jazzy Tarjeson, Aubrynn Rotering, Nora Higgins, Melanie Robinson, and Raylin Cooksey taking the top 5 spots as the only complete team. Kudos to the strength-in-numbers of the G-E-T team!
BTN: Girls Varsity 4th out of 7 teams, JV first. Two personal records, five season bests.

The boys’ team flew the course with ten personal records and two season bests. Xander Burmeister was back in form with a PR finishing time and a medal winning 8th place finish. PRing and placing third and fourth for the Red Hawk boys, Carter Giemza (12th) and Adrian Bautista (14th) also entered the medal category. Rounding out the top seven for the boys varsity squad: AJ Earney (PR & 27th), Quinn O’Neill (PR & 34th), and Grant Ruiter (PR & 39th). Earning a medal finish for the JV boys, Liam Caya in 2nd place and Cavin Spitzmacher taking 3rd, both with PR times. Ayden Aschenbrener (PR), Carson Mayer (PR), Nathanael Sorenson (SB) and Isaac Gerke rounded out the scoring for the JV Squad earning them a first place finish out of the four teams.
BTN: Boys Varsity 4th out of 7 teams, JV first out of four. Ten personal records set, and two season best times.

Girls finish 4th, Boys 2nd at the 25th Annual Jesse Brone Memorial Invitational

A hot and dusty day was on the docket for the Jesse Brone Memorial Invite. 80 degrees greeted the athletes at the start line, but this didn’t stop the Red Hawks from crushing course times from 2022. Xander Burmeister led the boys completing the course nearly a minute faster than last year with a 5th place medal finish overall. He was followed by Freshman Adrian Bautista, medaling with an 8th place finish. Freshman AJ Earney (PR) had a great race finishing 14th for the Red Hawk varsity squad, Sawyer Smock finished 15th, Carter Giemza, with a four-minute course pr from his freshman year, came in 16th for the boys followed by Quinn O’Neill (26th) and Liam Caya(32nd), who saw a a six-minute course pr. Three freshman started the second race of the season with PR’s Cavin Spitzmacher, Ayden Aschenbrener and Carson Mayer.
By the Numbers: Second Place finish, four personal records set, .

On the girl’s side, Adrianna Rotering, also finishing nearly a minute faster than '22, crossed the line in a medal wining 6th place overall followed by AJ Parker in 15th place, and Junior Anya Wolfe, 28th. Racing for the first time, Freshman Bella Tibbitts came in 33rd for the Red Hawk girls and established her first XC time for the season. Renya, out all last season with injury, finished 37th overall. Finishing 40th was senior Ellie Gold with her course record of over 2 minutes. Ava Roessler finished in 54th and rounded out the top seven.
By the Numbers: Fourth Place finish, three season best times.

Great weather & great times at the Gale Johnson kick-off at the West Salem Maple Grove Venue:

The G-E-T seniors led the way with Xander Burmeister, Adrianna Rotering, AJ Parker, Ellie Gold, and newcomer Ava Roessler all finishing in the Red Hawk top seven varsity spots.

The boys headed by Xander Burmeister, finished 9th in the tough 12 team field. Xander, tying his PR from the 2022 season, placed 20th overall, followed by second year Carter Giemza, and Jr Sawyer Smock. Rounding out the top seven were up and coming freshman Adrian Bautista, and AJ Earney, 6th runner Jr Quinn O’Neill, and seventh runner Grant Ruiter, finishing with a minute plus PR to start his season.
On the girls side, Adrianna Rotering bested her time on this course from last year and finished in a medal winning 7th place. AJ Parker, Anya Wolfe, Ava Rossler, Reyna Garcia, Ellie Gold followed, and coming off injury in 2022, Jazzy Tarjeson stepped into the 7th spot for the Varsity squad. Overall the ladies finished in 9th place.

Newcomers Lorissa Thompson, Carson Mayer, Ayden Aschenbrener, Isaac Gerke, and Cavin Spitzmacher all saw their first race of the season and will be a group to watch. (Freshman Bella Tibbitts was off). Veteran runners Nathanael Sorenson and Liam Caya (PR), Aubrynn Rotering, Nora Higgins, Raylin Cooksey, and Melanie Robinson round out the 2023 Red Hawk squad.

Adrianna Rotering On To State!

G-E-T 4th and 6th at WIAA Sectional Meet at BRF.

Adrianna Rotering nailed down a strong closing last 1000 meters to secure her first state meet appearance. Placing 11th overall she had to be in the top 5 individuals, and Adrianna placed 4th making the first G-E-T girl to qualify since Dana Feyen in 2016.

Rotering led a strong set of races by the lady Red Hawks, including Delilah Boberg 25th, Audrey Parker 26th, Senior Finn Walker 43rd and Anya Wolfe 45 to round out the scoring.

G-E-T boys were led by Sam Ruiter 26th place finish. Senior Charlie Caya had perhaps his best career race placing 30th. Rounding out the scoring for the Red Hawks were: Xander Burmeister 35th, Oliver Marley 36th and Sawyer Smock 42nd.

Seniors Finn Walker, Sam Ruiter, Charlie Caya, and Ethan Gagnon concluded 4 years of running Cross Country at G-E-T.

Adrianna Rotering On To State!

G-E-T 4th and 6th at WIAA Sectional Meet at BRF.

Rotering led a strong set of races by the lady Red Hawks, including Delilah Boberg 25th, Audrey Parker 26th, Senior Finn Walker 43rd and Anya Wolfe 45 to round out the scoring.

Seniors Finn Walker, Sam Ruiter, Charlie Caya, and Ethan Gagnon concluded 4 years of running Cross Country at G-E-T.

Guys 2nd, Ladies 3rd at Coulee Conference

For the 6th straight year the Red Hawk boys team placed 2nd at the Coulee Conference Meet. Senior Sam Ruiter finished 5th place over all in his fastest Coulee race ever clocking 17:29 capping off an amazing career in this meet, he was 17th as a frosh, 5th as a soph, 7th as a junior and bow 5th as a senior. He earned 1st team all Coulee. Xander Burmeister had his best Coulee race as well placing 10th, earning a 2nd team spot. Senior Charlie Caya not only had easily his best Coulee meet (80th, 39th, 26th, 12th) ever he had his best race ever by over 30 seconds. 15th place and best Coulee finish for soph Oliver Marley, like Charlie, Sawyer Smock had his best Coulee and best race ever to round out the scoring. Best races for the year for Carter Giemza 24th, Jack Beedle 41st, Quinn O'Neil 53rd, and Gran Ruiter 69th.

Adrianna Rotering continued an excellent streak with Coulee racing placing 2nd overall and earning 1st team all coulee honors, she placed 3rd as a frosh and soph. AJ Parker had her fastest time ever and placed 14th earning 2nd team all coulee honors. For Anya Wolfe 28th, Lexi Walker 29th, Jasmine Tarjeson 30th, Aubrynn Rotering 38st, Nora Higgins 40th, Melanie Robinson 45th, and Raylin Cooksey 48th Saturday's meet was their fastest 5k time ever!

FAST TIMES AND HIGH PLACES AT NIGHTFALL!

The cool night air of Lake Mills led for some fast "flying" by Red Hawk Harriers Friday at the Nightfall Invitational. Racing D1 and D2 teams made for some terrific competition as the boys placed 4th and girls 5th in the 10 team D2 competition (20 teams total in race-10 D1 and 10 D2).

The top finisher for the G-E-T girls was Adrianna Rotering (5th) in her best race this season, Senior Sam Ruiter was terrific with an excellent 13th place to led the boys. A number of personal records were set in the race for G-E-T including Xander Burmeister (boys) and AJ Parker (girls side) 16th, Delilah Boberg was 18th, Sawyer Smock another PR was 34th,. Lexi Walker was 46th, and Jazzy Tarjeson 49th in her 1st race in over a year as she is back from serious injury rounded out the girls team scoring.

Senior Charlie Caya 39th and Frosh Carter Giemza 56th rounded out the scoring on the boys side.

Nine Red Hawks set personal best times at the 5k race.

Teams place 6th and 7th at Smiley.

Saturday G-E-T competed at the prestigious Smiley Invitational in Wausau Wisconsin. Oliver Marley lead the boys (6th team) with a 25th place finish-there were 94 runners in the race. Xander Burmeister 34th, Sam Ruiter 38th, Charlie Cay 42nd, and Sawyer Smock 44th rounded out the scoring. There were 14 teams in both divisions.

Red Hawk girls were lead by Adrianna Rotering 21st, Delilah Boberg 25th, AJ Parker 27th, Anya Wolfe 47th, and Alexis Walker 61st rounded out the scoring. There were 82 D2 girls in the race. The team was 7th.

Some comments -To me Oliver, Charlie had solid races on varsity side with a couple guys battling illness. Adrianna, Delilah, AJ, Anya and Alexis all were solid. A couple girls raced their 1st race of the season -nice to see!

G-E-T Boys 3rd of 14 at Ettrick.

Mauston boys team place 3 in the top 7 runners Thursday to win the Red Hawk Invite at Ettrick Golf Course. West Salem placed a close 2nd, and G-E-T 3rd behind 11th, 12th and 13th place finished by Sam Ruiter, Xander Burmeister and Oliver Marley. On the girls side West Salem placed all 5 runners in the top 16 to edge out CFC 41-45 points. G-E-T girls were lead by Junior AJ Parker 13th overall.

Some comments -Mauston's Eli Boppart ran one of the fastest times I have seen on the course for the Red Hawk Meet. Beating BRF's Reid Jacoby's 16:32 mark. BUT Luther's David Vannucchi ran 15:50 here at the Conference meet in 2017 with Doug Feyen placing 2nd at 16:35. Doug holds the Red Hawk record for5k. Xander and Oliver continue their awesome early seasons each setting Personal Records on the course. Olivers by over a minute. I wonder if the heat and "not liking our course"?? played mental games with a couple of our racers? On both sides I hope we get as many racers recovered from injury and illness and ready for Saturdays meet in Wausau!!!

Red Hawk Boys WIN Brone Invitational! Girls' 4th!

G-E-T boys raced to a 3rd consecutive win at the 5k event in Fountain City. The event was not held in 2020. Senior Sam Ruiter led a small pack of 3 Red Hawks placing 5th, 6th and 7th (Xander Burmeister and Oliver Marley.) Rounding out the scoring were Sophomores Sawyer Smock 21st and Junior Charlie Caya 28th.

Adrianna Rotering ran an impressive 2nd half moving up to 7th, on a warm 87 degree afternoon. Junior AJ Parker was 13th, Finn Walker raced well and was 28th Nora Higgins place 30th in her 1st race and Elly Gold was 32nd to round out the scoring.

Rotering and Marley Lead the Way at Maple Grove.

Junior Adrianna Rotering placed 3rd and Soph Oliver Marley place 6th overall to led the Redhawks to a 6th place and 5th place team places at the Gale Johnson Invite Saturday in Maple Grove. Due to weather concerns the races were combined. Onalaska won both team events. This was Oliver's highest place ever in an invitational. Xander Burmeister took over a minute off his previous best time on the soggy 5k rave course placing 10th. Sawyer Smock had his best varsity finish and placing 21st. Ethan Gagnon rounded out the scoring placing 45th.

AJ Parker had a very impressive race finishing 8th and Soph Delilah Boberg placed a solid 13th. Anya Wolfe and Finn Walker rounded out the scoring placing 41st and 45th.

ON TO STATE!!!!!

BIG DAY FOR G-E-T BOYS CROSS COUNTRY. 7 guys place well enough to lead the Red Hawk to their 2nd state meet birth in 4 years. Seniors Ethan Burmeister 14th, and Carter Gold 19th both were determined to get back; with another Senior Lance Jumbeck playing a key part on making sure it happened by moving up to be the number 4 spot on the team, placing 23rd. Junior Sam Ruiter (11th) is back to his 2nd straight State meet after qualifying as an individual in 2020. Sophomore Xander Burmeister 27th has had 2 outstanding races in a row Conference and Sectionals. Having solid races were Collin Handke 31st, and Oliver Marley 38th.

West Salem scored 61 points to capture team title, G-E-T 2nd with 94 pints, and Altoona was 3rd with 117.

G-E-T Girls 6th at WIAA Sectionals in Colby

On a cool October day the Lady Hawks were lead by Adrianna Rotering, who completed the 5000 meter course in 20 minutes and 47 seconds good for 12th place. Delilah Boberg had the best race of her frosh year with a personal record time and 22nd place finish. Senior Quinn Wenthe ended her amazing 4 year CC career with her best race ever placing 27th. Senior Bre Harris had her best Sectional race ever, and maybe only her 21:24 6th place race in Conference in 2019 was better (course was likely short there). AJ Parker had a terrific Sectional meet in 2019 but yesterdays was within 2 seconds of that time and PR of 22:19, she ran 22:21 for 41st place. Senior Avali Bratberg saved her best races for last with an outstanding Conference race and perhaps equaling that at Sectionals breaking 23 minutes fr the 1st time at sectionals racing 22:44.

2+2 =AWESOME PERFORMANCES @ COULEE CONFERENCE

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau guys and ladies team both place 2nd at Westby Saturday. The Red Hawks we lead by a couple of 1st Team All Coulee performances with Adrianna Rotering placing 3rd and Sam Ruiter placing 7th. West Salem won both races beating G-E-T 29-56 in the 7 team meet on the boys side and 32-44 on the girls.

Comments: this was easily our best meet this season, everyone gave everything they had. We knew how tough West Salem is but there was no backing down and the team meet the challenge. 18 of 34 runners had personal best times. 7 girls we all conference, and 6 guys! Delilah and Tauna had outstanding races for the lady Red Hawks and Collin, Lance, Xander and Oliver all had career best races!

Anya, Halene, Reyna, Sawyer, and Liam all had big PR's as well,

SUCCESS IN ARCADIA, BOTH TEAMS WIN!

Team depth was on display at the Holte Invite Saturday at Arcadia. G-E-T girls put all 7 varsity runners in the top 20 scoring 41 points in the 12 team meet. Adrianna Rotering led the Red Hawk ladies with a 3rd place finish, Delilah Boberg 8th, Quinn Wenthe 11th, Tauna Janssen 12th, Breann Harris 15th, AJ Parker 16th and Avali Bratberg 20th.

G-E-T Boys placed 5 varsity scorers in the top 20. Seniors Ethan Burmeister (9th) and Carter Gold (10th) led the way for the Red Hawks. Junior Collin Handke had his best race of the season placing 14th. Lance Jumbeck 17th and Xander Burmeister 19th rounded out the scoring.

Coaches comments: It was impressive seeing some runners really step up, and the girls side Tauna and Bre raced really well! Boys side great efforts from our usual 4,5,6,7 guys. Collin was outstanding. Xander, Lance and Oliver passing key Aquinas guys made a difference in the team win. Super PRS by Oliver, Liam and Halene!!! Girls scoring a low 41 score was really something. Is this the 1st time we had both programs win a meet a multiple team mean (more than 10) ? Could be. Both team won sub sectionals.

Boys 24th. Girls 35th at Griak Invite.

A total team effort fueled G-E-T Red Hawk boys to 24th in a huge talented field and on a rugged course. Junior Sam Ruiter placed 55th of 446 finishers. The team was 24th of 50 from teams all over Midwest, and many were large school squads. Carter Gold was 99th, Ethan Burmeister 133rd, Charlie Caya 157th in his best race ever in Cross Country, Colin Handke 157, and Ethan Burmeister 164 to round out scoring.

Frosh Delilah Boberg led the way G-E-T girls placing 122nd. Senior Quinn Wenthe was 149th, Adrianna Rotering 162, AJ Parker 200, and Tauna Janssen 251 to round out scoring. There were only 400 finishers in the race. Up next for the Red Hawks is Holte Invite in Arcadia.

All Smiles at Smiley Invite in Wausau!

G-E-T Guys Place 4th of 27, Ladies 6th

Depth was shown as Red Hawk boys raced well in Wausau Saturday at the prestigious Smiley invitation. Led by Seniors Ethan Burmeister (23rd) , Carter Gold (27th) AND an especially strong showing by number 4, 5, and 6 runners (usually) Colin Handke (35th), Lance Jumbeck (40th) and Xander Burmeister (42nd) the team placed strongly in the D2/D3 field. Sam Ruiter would likely say he had an off day finishing 47th.

Always fast Adrianna Rotering led the way for the Red Hawk women placing 4th, Delilah (24th) moved up to 6th all time for racing a 5k clocking 21:50. Senior Quinn Wenthe raced well placing 29th. AJ Parker tied for 8th all time with her personal record placing 30th. Breann Harris rounded out the scoring placing 42nd.

Next up Griak in St. Paul!

A Win and a Tie in Ettrick!

A deep Red Hawk ladies team score 30 points placing all 8 varsity runners in the top 12 in a 9 team meet, running away with the team title. Sensational sophomore Adrianna Rotering placed 2nd, Quinn, AJ and Delilah all broke 23 minutes in placing 5th, 6th, and 8th. Senior Tauna Janssen had her best race of the season and placed, 9th. Steady Seniors Breeann Harris, Hannah Siegler, and Avali Bratberg placed 10th, 11th and 12th.

Boys team lost a 6th man tie breaker to Mauston each scoring 51 points. G-E-T was once again led by the big 3, Sam Ruiter 4th, Carter Gold 6th, and Ethan Burmeister 9th. Brother Xander Burmeister had a nice bounce back race placing 14th, and Senior Lance Jumbeck rounded out the top 5 scoring by finishing 17th. G-E-T is off to Wausau this week for the Smiley Invitational this Saturday.

One goal I have is that runners improve each year. 7 of 9 boys improved over the same course in 2020. Charlie -1.21 and Ethan G -59, improved most by time. 7 of 9 girls improved as well, with biggest improvement time wise by Amelia -1.15, and Adrianna -47.

What was impressive, Adrianna running down CFC girl, Xander bouncing back into #4 spot (can he keep it), Oliver's and Amelia's terrific wins in JV. Quinns, AJ, and Tauna's impressive races. The best I have seen Tauna look in some time. Caleb's leap, Hammes impressive debut. Both Ethans solid races (and how Bermie helped Carter/Sam). Watch out Quinn is moving up in JV!

Red Hawk Boys 1st Girls 2nd @ Jesse Brone Invite!!

Strong performances by Sophomore Adrianna Rotering and Senior Sam Ruiter helped push G-E-T Cross Country to a 2nd and 1st place performance at the Jesse Brone Invite in CFC. Carter Gold (9th), Ethan Burmeister (10th) , Lance Jumbeck (13th) and Charlie Caya 17th rounded out the scoring. Sam, Lance, and Charlie each had huge personal records. Ethan Gagnon placed in a varsity spot for the 1st time in his career. Quinn Wenthe 14th, Delilah Boberg 16th, AJ Parker 19th, and Hannah Siegler 21st rounded out the scoring. Arianna rebounded nicely after struggling and not finishing the 1st race in West Salem, also Quinn rebounded nicely after having for her a subpar outing in West Salem. It was a new personal record for Delilah.

Comments-G-E-T had many personal records and outstanding performances Thursday most notable -Senior Caleb Lightfoot (over 4 min), Sawyer Smock, Quinn O'Neil, Ellie Gold (over 5 min), and Amelia Doud . Boys had 11 PRs and Girls 5.

G-E-T Boys 6th Girls 7th at Gale Johnson Meet

Getting strong performances from Junior Sam Ruiter and Senior Carter Gold the Red Hawk season kicked off in 2021 with placing 6 of 10 teams on a wet course in West Salem. Etahn Burmeister 30th, Colin Handke 37th, and Xander Burmeister 42nd rounded out the scoring. G-E-T girls placed 7th of 10. AJ Parker led the way placing 26th, Hannah Siegler was 31st, frosh Delilah Boberg 34th, Breann Harris 39th, and Avali Bratberg 46th to round out the scoring.

Some comments: this field was stacked. We will not run a race with stronger overall fields than this one.-even Griak and Smiley. Literally every team was in top form. Early races really test summer fitness, and while some had a solid summer, we have a ways to go to catch up and we will! Racing early season means running on tired legs, the Bozov/200 run in heat impacted some of you but remember we are just getting going, you will be more rested later in season. For Adrianna to be in top 5 with 200m to go was amazing.

Loved that we had 11 new runners in the race, and 2 made varsity!!! Frosh Delilah Boberg was our number 4 runner placing 34th. Frosh Oliver Marley moved to number 7 with his 57th place finish.

RACE SUMMARIES 2020

FANTASTIC SAM(S)

Junior Sam Ruiter qualified for his 1st state meet by placing 4th in the individual category. Sam was 9th over all and ran a personal record 17:21. He went out with the led pack and hung on for 5k on cold day in Westby WI.

Boys run to 3rd and Girls 4th at WIAA Sectionals

G-E-T boys with a strong showing in Westby placed 3 in the top 12 on the way to a 3rd place showing in Westby. Sam Ruiter led the way with a personal best time and a 9th place finish to qualify for the WIAA State Meet Saturday in Colby. Senior Riley Kirkey completed an outstanding Senior year just missing going to state and placed 11th, Ethan Burmeister was 12th in another solid meet. Junior Carter Gold was 19th, Soph Collin Handke 28h in his best race of his career, with Xander Burmeister breaking 19 minutes for the 1st time (18:58) good for 30th place. Junior lance Jumbeck finished out his season placing 31st!

G-E-T girls were led by Adrianna Rotering 10th place finish. Junior Quinn Wenthe 17th, AJ Parker has her best race of the season placing 20th, Tauna Janssen, Breann Harris, Hannah Siegler, Avali Bratberg, all finished together in 29, 30, 31, and 32nd place to close out a 2020 season where the girls were undefeated as a team, until this last meet!

Super Sub Sectional in Stratford!

G-E-T boys and girls team won the 9 team WIAA Sub-Regional Meet Tuesday, Ot 20th in Stratford WI.

The boys team led by strong performances by Riley Kirkey 4th place 17:13, and Ethan Burmeister 5th 17:15; both were personal record times to help the team score 39 points, Neillsville had 89 for 2nd. Juniors Sam Ruiter was 7th (PR 17:31), and Carter Gold placed 8th in 17:48. The team had 4 runners in top 10. Sophomore Collin Handke 15th (PR 18:44) has his best career race! Lance Jumbeck placed 17th and Frosh Xander Burmeister had his Personal Best time of 19:12 and was 18th.

The girls team was led by another strong performance by Adrianna Rotering. Adrianna ran 20:30 a personal record and placed 3rd. Junior Quinn Wenthe continues her best season ever with a Personal Best time of 21:35. Junior Breann Harris had a Seasonal Best race placing 9th in 21:45. Hannah Siegler had her Seasonal Best race and show vast improvement as she has bounced back well from injury running 22:10. Juniors Avali Bratberg (PR 22:18) and Tauna Janssen (PR 22:19) finished strong in 15th and 16th place. Frosh AJ Parker (18th) also ran a PR on 22:25.

10 of 14 runners had personal records. Coaches were really impressed with the pace set, maintained and how fast almost everyone finished. Great kicks. We saw a lot of great team work as well.

2 Time Conference Champs!!

Girls Coulee Conference Champs 2 years in a row! Battling tough competition and strong winds to place 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th and 12th in the 7 team meet. Boys placed 2nd, despite placing 4 runners in the top 10.

The girls team has won all 5 meets they have competed in.

JV Boys and Girls teams both won.

Sam Ruiter was the 4th different Red Hawk runner to be top guy in races this season, placing 5th on the flat, looping course at the Vernon County Fairgrounds. Sam narrowly beat and out kicked Senior captain Riley Kirkey. Both runners earned 1st team All Coulee with their 5th, and 6th place finishes.

Adriana Rotering placed 3rd; Quinn Wenthe and Breann Harris each had their best races of the season placed 5th and 7th for 1st team all coulee honors.

Juniors Carter Gold and Ethan Burmeister placed 9th, and 10th earning 2 team All Coulee honors. AJ Parker 10th and Tauna Janssen 12th earned 2nd team All Conference honors. It was Tauna's best race in her 3 year high school career.

Juniors Avali Bratberg and Hannah Siegler 17th and 18th earned Honorable Mention All Coulee honors.

Alexis Walker led the JV winning in a personal best time of 24:14 to help the Red Hawks edge West Salem 27-28.

Noah Oines (2nd) and Charlie Caya (3rd) each with personal best races helped G-E-T boys win the JV team competition.

The Coulee does not officially recognize the meet this year due to covid19.

Last year 96 boys competed, this year 81, 63 girls in 2019, and 64 girls.

Coulee 2-G-E-T Girls place 1st, and Guys 2nd in Black River Falls

For the 2nd straight week Adrianna Rotering (5th) was the top runner for the Red Hawk harriers. AJ Parker (6th), Quinn Wenthe (9) and Bree Harris (10) rounded out the top 10. AJ had the best race of her young career, 22 seconds faster than the week before. Bree harris improved 50 seconds over the week before. Autumn Kennedy had a 72 second improvement over the 1st meet. WELL DONE!

On a challenging course with some of the most difficult hills in the area, Carter Gold placed 4th to lead the team to a 2nd straight 2nd place team finish. Senior Riley Kirkey edged out soph teammate Sam Ruiter placing 7th and 8th respectively. Junior Ethan Burmeister place 10 place. 4 varsity guys racer faster than the week before and improving the most we Charlie Caya (-36) and Carter Gold (-33) Improving the most.

4 Boy runner (Charlie, Gags, Xander and Sam had PRs, and I girl AJ.)

Coulee 1- Girls 1st and Boys 2nd in Ettrick!

G-E-T girls led by a 2 frosh in our top 3 runners to aid the Red Hawks in the 1st meet featuring all Coulee teams this season, Westby was 2nd finishing 10 points back. Freshman Adrianna Rotering (3rd) and AJ Parker (10th) , Juniors Quinn Wenthe (10th), Breann Harris (19th) , and Senior Rachel Amoth 15th rounded out the scoring. The girls also has strong showings from Claire Corcoran (21st) , and Avali Bratberg (22nd). Jasmin Srock (7th) led the JV team.

G-E-T boys took 2nd to West Salem. A strong start to the season for Senior Riley Kirkey. Riley impressed with his leaderhip with guiding teammates in the race, he placed 5th with 17:58. Sam Ruiter (6th) had his best career race and ran 18:02. Ethan Burmeister (8th) had an awesome race. Carter Gold (15th) was the #4 runner and Collin Handke (22th) #5 rounded out the scoring.

Boys JV score a perfect 15 points, they were led by winner Xander Burmeister (19:37 ) and Ethan Gagnon (20:50).

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CC Banquet 2019

2x4 =Colby Sectionals

G-E-T LADIES BEST WIAA SECTIONAL TEAM FINISH SINCE 1992!

The G-E-T Women's team fresh off their Conference title moved up 3 places from 2018 and placed 4th Saturday at the WIAA Division 2 Sectional Meet in Colby. G-E-T Men were also 4th, after winning the meet in 2018. 14 teams make up the Sectional. Breann Harris and Carter Gold topped each team placing 22nd, and 25th. Running 2nd for each squad were Hannah Siegler (23rd) and Nick Moen (28th), 3rd (Quinn Wenthe (26th ) and Riley Kirkey (29th), 4th for each team was Rachel Amoth (28th) and Ethan Burmeister (33rd), rounding out top 5 scoring were Sam Ruiter (34th ) and Avali Bratberg (40th). 6th place per squad were Tauna Janssen (41st) and Ethan Burton (44th), 7th Hunter Andersen 46th and Claire Corcoran 86th.

Coaches comments: A big step forward for the ladies, moving up from 7th to 4th. What I have seen is the team come together from part-time racers to all time racers. We had meets (in my view) were as a team not all got out of comfort zones to push limits, what I see in last 2 meets that happening to all. While almost all of ladies had great races, Rachel stood out as an exceptional race and effort in the mud.

Men: We even though it didn't happen, a state birth, you battled and had some fine races. Nick finished an outstanding Senior year as our number 2. Nice to see Riley hold down the 3 spot last two big meets, after being out of the pack early in season. You gained on West Salem from the 2-7 spots. Ethan (Burmie) , Sam , and Hunter, each had solid races, and stood out.

SUCCESS IN SALEM!

Set a goal and go get it! That is what the G-E-T ladies accomplished Saturday in West Salem at the Coulee Conference Meet. Oh was it mentioned yet that is was the FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY the ladies program won the team title? Breann Harris had the race of a career placing 6th, (1st team All Coulee), Hannah Siegler 9th, Quinn Wenthe was 12th, Rachel Amoth 13th, and Avali Bratberg 14th, all 3 taking 2nd team all Coulee honors. Sophomore Tauna Jannsen placed 17th taking Honorable Mention All Coulee honors.

The men placed 2nd for the 3rd year in a row. The 63 points scored Saturday was the lowest since 1998 (61), and the that team won. West Salem captured the team title with 45 points. Sophomore sensation Carter ran arguably his best race ever, placing 4th, earning 1st team All Coulee honors, and a personal record as well. Nick Moen 13th, Riley Kirkey 14th, both had their best conference races, and were 2nd team All Coulee. Ethan Burmeister 15th and Sam Ruiter 17th both has solid races to round out the scoring. BUT WAIT!Seniors Ethan Burton and Hunter Andersen had career races placing 22nd and 27th.

G-E-T Girls History Coulee Conference

2019 Cross Country G-E-T Ladies

1st team in school history to win Coulee Conference Meet
Lowest point total in school history: 54
Most All Coulee awards in school history: 6

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Comments Ladies side: Behind a great team performance there are individuals. Looking at 2 statistics improvement since 1st race on same course in August and improvement over previous PR's you had staggering numbers: Lucy -46, Breann -37, Hannah -34, Quinn -23, Avali -18. Looking at improvement on same course: -2:39 Lucy, -1:30 Breann, -1:09 Hannah, -1:08 Autumn, and -1:02 Claire..everyone else had over -50. Amazing improvement! 8 pr's of 11 racing with 2 others getting seasonal bests. Breann pretty much went out fast and said I am going to put this Conference Champ on my back. I don't ever remember a meet when a #3 moved to #1 and almost won it herself! 6 All Conference OMG. (G stand for Gosh)

Comments for Guys Team: 13 personal records of 17 racing with 2 others seasonal bests.

SENIORS RULE- The competition was tough but all Seniors had big days. SO happy to see Nick going out aggressively with Carter and having his best conference race. .-Blake gave a huddle warning, and Ethan Burton had his biggest day in CC, I know it won't count as a PR but this race was huge for him being #6, -11 Hunter PR and earning a #7 spot. -46 PR for Matt (so close Matt to going under 19, I am sure even you didn't dream that might happen!), Zack didn't get a PR missed by 2 BUT this was HIS best RACE ever in CC, he fought hard!

Best race of year for Riley racing well in the 3 sport. Burmie and Sam close to PR's and solid races.

JV HUGE IMPROVEMENTS

Besting previous PR's -1:00 Collin Handke, -46 Josh, -44 Charlie, -30 Cameron, -29 Ethan G, -19 Carter, -15 Elias. Charlie was -2:11, Collin was almost 2:00 faster than in August!, -1:55 for Cameron, -1:40 Matt, -1:39 Gags, -1:38 Elias, -46 Riley, Josh and Burton, -44 Lance, -21 Zack, -19 Carter, -16 Hunter, -10 Ethan Bur., -6 Sam and Nick.

RED HAWK HARRIERS WARM TO NORDIC CHILL IN ARCADIA!

They changed the course to 3200, the weather changed, even the teams were changed...but G-E-T racers gave a determined strong effort in challenging conditions. The men were led by Senior Hunter Andersen 37th 0f 178 in the race, and the ladies were led by Lucy Jumbeck 60th of 143 racers. The men were 11th of 18 teams.

Nightfall Classic 10-4-19 WI Dells (in the dark!)

24 count that 24 seasonal best races, 15 personal records! Red Hawk harriers crushed it in the dark at at Spring Brook golf course in Wisconsin Dells. Every female racer had a seasonal best as Hannah Siegler led the very balanced girls team to a 4th place D2 finish. There were 16 teams. Just 37 seconds separated the top runner from the number 6. Hannah was 22nd, Quinn Wenthe 24th, Bree Harris 25th, Rachel Amoth 31st, Avali Bratberg 35th, Tauna Jannsen 36th, and frosh Alexis Walker slipped into top 7 and was 64th.

G-E-T boys placed 6th of 16 teams. Steady and consistent sophomore Carter Gold was again the top Red Hawk racer (as he has been every race) completing the 5k course in an outstanding 17:48 placing 21st. Next for the team was Ethan Burmeister in 29th place, Nicholas Moen 30th, Sam Ruiter 31st , Riley Kirkey 42nd, Lance Jumbeck 52nd, and Senior Ethan Burton placed 56th.

As a team the ladies really showed an impressive pack and depth, Hannah has a personal record and strong race, but if you are looking for that one racer on that side who standouts out more than others as clearly having the best race, you can not find one, because almost ALL did!. All girls had season bests and the course was about 20-30 seconds long. Seasonal bests improvement went from 16 seconds to 1:26 for Lucy Jumbeck. Hannah, Avali, Tauna, Alexis, Autumn, and Lucy all had PR's. Girls team jumped from 9th in 2018 to 4th. You ladies at surpassing expectations and flying towards team goals!

On the guy side, Lance Jumbeck stood out, under 19 for 1st time, and he improved 36 seconds from his previous best and moved into the number 6 spot. Cameron Schuh also had a PR and improved 1:25 over his season best time. For 9 of top 10 racers all had seasonal best races and the performances went from outstanding to solid. Matt Siegler broke 20 for the 1st time in his career. Frosh Charlie Caya, and Ethan Gagnon each has over a minute improvement from their previous seasonal best time, with Elias close. Nicholas, Sam, Lance, Lars, Matt, Cameron, Elias, Charlie, and Ethan G, all PR'ed. It was a very good race for the varsity and shows that the team is headed on course to the goals we have set!

Men's team 21th of 62 teams at Roy Griak Invite. Women 49th

63rd Annual Smiley Invitational 9-21-19

G-E-T Girls 6th, Boys 8th at 63rd Annual Smiley Invite in Wausau.

The girls team placed 6th of 18 division II teams. Sophomore Hannah Siegler (27th of 100 runners) lead the team with her best race clocking 22:44 for the 5k challenging course. Followed closely by teammates Bree Harris 29th, Tauna Jannsen 31st (her best race in her career) , Rachel Amoth 36th, and rounding the scoring Avali Bratberg 52nd.

The boys placed 8th of 18 teams and 9th of 34 D2 and D3 teams. Sophomore Carter Gold has been the number 1 runner in each of the meets so far and was again, placing 27th or 120 runners in 18:07. Following Carter was Sam Ruiter 36th, Ethan Burmeister 52nd, Nicolas Moen 57th, and Lance Jumbeck 63rd rounded out the scoring.

Coaching Comments Smiley

Girls raced very well as a team. Close as a pack. The 2500 mark we went from map. So 1st time was about :30 too soon. Overall strong 2500 to final 2500 meters. Close to even. A couple runners went out too fast and paid for it in 2nd ½ of race. Esp strong races for Autumn, Alexis, Hannah (over 10% improvement from last race) and Tauna, Claire and Rachel each 5-6% improvement. Beating a conference school who got us before was awesome.

Boys being 8th I think is under what our expectations were. But only 2 runners of 7 in varsity had run varsity at this meet a year ago. Did you run smart? Two frosh had especially fast 2nd ½ races Sam and Collin. Collin had a big day and made varsity for Griak! Biggest improvement over previous race was Charlie, and Ethan G both over 10%, Collin 9%, Elias 7, Sam 6, followed by Burton and Lance. All solid races. With a morning start we need to look at food choices/lack of and learn from that. Glad you got big meet experience. I suspect you had tired legs. I think the fact that some could not hold pace well the 2nd half showed that.

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Neither winds, nor rain, (nor a trailer 'sprain') would keep this team from cheering their way through a HOCO parade!

Go Red Hawks!

CFC Jesse Brone Invitational 9-05-19

Pre-Meet fun....

It's a great day for a little football!

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Our fearless Quarterback!

Team Meeting!!!

(Er, I believe it's a huddle?!)

Gale Johnson Cross Country Kick-off 8-31-19

FACT: best runners in school history Doug Feyen ran 20:07 in his 1st race as a frosh, Sam Ruiter did 18:12.

Impressive starts to 2019 G-E-T Cross Country in West Salem. With top state teams-Aquinas boys, Onalaska and Wisconsin Dells girls, G-E-T harriers placed 4th and 7th respectively in a 10 team field.

The girl's were lead by soph runners Quinn Wenthe, Hannah Siegler, and Bree Harris. All breaking 23 minutes. Junior Rachel Amoth placed 43rd, Avali Bratburg had an impressive debut racing 23:22 for 48th and Tauna Jansen ran a personal best time placing 50th.

The boys showed they are ready to push for another state berth with a strong first showing. Carter Gold led the team with a personal best time of 17:38 and placed 11th. Nicolas Moen impressed everyone with his best early season race racing 18:04. Freshman sensation Sam Ruiter ran 18:12, Ethan Burmeister 18:14, senior leader Hunter Andersen 38th and Junior Riley Kirkey 39th rounded out the scoring, Besides fore mentioned Carter Gold 4 other runners set personal records Senior Matt Siegler, Tauna Jansen, Autumn Kennedy, and Lucy Jumbeck. 16 of 17 runners beat their 2018 times from same meet.

The 2019 HS XC Team!

Last day of Summer Running! Thanks to all for for coming! We had terrific participation!

Dana Feyen is a Cyclone. iowa state university!

She signed today to attend Iowa State University!

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DANA FEYEN ENDS 4 YEARS AT STATE WITH 2ND PLACE FINISH!

414, 470, 547, over 550 that represents mile totals over her four 3 month seasons, in all kinds of weather. Amazing dedication and unheard of drive. State represents her last CC meet connected to G-E-T, she will compete in Nike regionals in 2 weeks. 2,1,1,2 represents place finishes in state meet competition. People know Dana for her amazing performances they do not see all the things she does to be where she is, strength training, nutrition, foam rollering, stretching, stress management. She has NO lost training time in 4 years to injury or illness which is in itself remarkable. It has been a growth experience for me as a coach to coach such a talent and it has been enjoyable. Dana ran 18:19 (her fastest state time).

CC Banquet 2018

Jumbeck and Gold lead boys 13th place finish at State!

Senior Josh Jumbeck ended his 4 years as a Red Hawk with his BEST performance. In his 3rd consecutive state meet Josh set the tempo by placing 29th, he passed 8 int the last mile. Josh has had he kind of season he has worked hard to achieve! Frosh Carter Gold set a personal record by 45 seconds and was our 3rd best runner Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids. Carter started smart and passed 14 in the 2nd mile and 10 more in mile 3 for 90th place. Although Doug had a faster time as a frosh (17:42) it was on a short course. So Carter had the best time on a tough course of any frosh in history. Doug Feyen placed 86th in 17:46. Blake 120th in 18:17, Riley 140th, Jake 142nd and Ethan Burmeister 146th.

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on to state!!!!!!!!!!

In the most brutal conditions I have seen in my years around Cross Country, 32 degrees, 25mph winds on a wide open, snow covered, muddy course G-E-T won Sectionals in Colby, edging out LaCrosse Logan. G-E-T will compete in the State meet on Saturday! Dana Feyen cruised to victory for her 4th straight Sectional victory and also qualified.

Doug Feyen placed 2nd, Josh Jumbeck 5th, Blake Johnson 18th, Carter Gold 19th, Riley Kirkey 21st, Ethan Burmeister 40th, Jake Jumbeck 55th. This is a team pulling it together after a list of injuries and illnesses.

G-E-T girls place 7th and when considering lower team score it was the best race at Sectionals since the 1992 state team. (2008 team had 7th place but with over 200 points). 1st Dana Feyen , 34st Breeann Harris , 46nd Rachel Amoth, 53rd Hannah Seigler, 60th Amalie Salamonsen, 69th Claire Corcoran, 80th Quinn Wenthe . Bree's place was the highest a G-E-T girl has placed not named Feyen since 2009.

2 weeks after being diagnosed with mono Riley Kirkey was back running. Today he was our number 5 runner, helping us win Sectionals and now we are going to state. It was a remarkable recovery for a very courageous and determined young man. BTW we wouldn't have run him without medical clearance.

G-E-T Runners take 2 seconds at Ettrick in the Coulee Conference Meet!

Red Hawk girls team tied a history best 2nd place Saturday with tough competitive races on a dewy grass, cool, Cross Country at it's best morning. Dana Feyen won by nearly 2 and a half minutes to capture her 4th straight Coulee title. Dana joins LaCrescent's Stacey Johnson as the only 4 time winner of the Coulee, her margin of victory was the largest in history on either side boys or girls, 2 minutes and 35 seconds (although this is only the 5th years girls have been at 5k and they were at 3200 before 1993.) Dana's 18:03 was also the fastest time in history of Coulee. 69 points was our lowest total since 1992! Frosh Quinn Wenthe was the best G-E-T runner at Coulee (not named Dana) since Nicole Walski, who also 10th way back in 2009. Fellow frosh Bree Harris 12th, joined Quinn earning 2nd team All Coulee Honors. Another Freshman Hannah Siegler earned Honorable Mention All Coulee mention placing 16th. Rachel Amoth 30th, and Claire Corcoran had THE best race in her 2 year Cross Country career placed 34th to round out the top 5 scoring. Viroqua won the meet.

Seniors Doug Feyen and Josh Jumbeck had great races (as usual) and placed 1st team all Coulee in 2nd and 4th. These two have been racing at such a high level all season they ended their Coulee careers with their best races! Doug's time (16:35) is one of the best in the history of the Coulee. Frosh Carter Gold broke into the All Coulee Honors placing 20th. Frosh Ethan Burmeister 22nd, and "are you kidding me" Riley Kirkey who was just cleared medically from being diagnosed with mono placed 23rd. Onalaska Luther won the meet.

Boys were 4th of 14 teams at Nightfall Classic in Wisconsin Dells. Doug broke his school record by 29 seconds and placed 1st of 214 runners. Blake Johnson placed 13th, Jake Jumbeck 28th, Ethan Burmeister 30th, and Ethan Burton 40th to round out the scoring. More on Boys Race

The girls placed 9th. Rachel Amoth was 29th, Bree Harris 30th, Hannah Siegler 35th, Amalie Salamonsen 49th and Jaida Harshman 58th.

Dana Feyen competed with the top runners in the nation at the Griak Invitational held Saturday in Minneapolis. Dana placed 8th of over 400 runners in the elite Gold Division.