The Spartan XC Games are team building competitions and activities done throughout the season. These teams are divided by the coaches and led by team captains to build team synergy.
Some of the activities are running related, such as scoring the Intra-Squad Time Trial like a Cross Country meet, or Cross Country trivia; while others such as The Stop-Watch Competition and Capture the Flag, are not.
Scores and summaries will be kept on this page throughout the season.
Game #5 - Team Skits. The skits this year were much improved with some creative ideas under the theme - Running in the Time of COVID. Some teams primarily relied on jokes, while others used props and impersonations, with one team using the idea of trying to "run away from COVID" as their idea. The definitive winner at the end of the day and solidifying their team status as champions with one event to go was Team Gabe. Their attempt to impersonate Coach Gerber's beginning of practice meetings and 5 Q's was spot on, followed by pirate and cowboys versions. Team Hank took 2nd with their relay hand-offs of hand sanitizer and medal ceremony. Team Crystal did a fine job of attempting to run away from COVID, but one wonders what happened to Kaiden. Short-handed, Team Brekken to their credit did tell one funny joke, but that was about it.
Scores - 1. Team Gabe 2. Team Hank 3. Team Crystal 4. Team Jacob
Scores after 5 events (1 remaining):
Team Gabe: 8pts
Team Hank: 12pts
Team Crystal: 15pts
Team Brekken: 15pts
Game #4 - XC Trivia. In another dismal year of poor performances with the best team getting less than 50% of the available points, Team Hank pulled off the win with 38 points to Team Brekken's 33.5 points. Team Gabe finished 3rd with 29 points and Team Crystal eeked out 21 points for 4th.
Overall standings after 4 competitions:
Team Gabe: 7pts
Team Hank: 10pts
Team Brekken: 11pts
Team Crystal: 12pts
Game #3 - Plank Competition. This year with cap on time, it did not really matter as Kaiden Schrandt made it to 10 minutes, which was the time cap. In the end, Kaiden made up the difference by over 5 minutes to give Team Crystal the win.
Results -
Team Crystal - 20:43
Team Gabe - 15:23
Team Brekken - 12:55
Team Hank - 11:57
Team Scores after 3 competitions
Team Gabe - 4pts
Team Crystal - 8pts
Team Brekken - 9pts
Team Hank - 9pts
Game #2 - Blindfold Obstacle Relay. In a unique competition with most of the contestants blindfolded with a neck-gaiter, one runner would traverse the cones with a team member serving as a verbal guide. Team members had to trust one another to successfully complete the course, which was done exceptionally well by all participants. Nathan S. exemplified his speed, being the fastest person to finish the course, while the guides used a variety of tactics including verbal directions, cues, and sounds, as well as Jonas F. using the shuffling of his feet to guide his teammates.
1st place - Gabe's Team
2nd place - Brekken's Team
3rd place - Hank's Team
4th place - Crystal's Team
Team scores after 2 events:
Gabe's Team 2pts
Hank's Team 5pts
Brekken's Team 6pts
Crystal's Team 7pts
Game #1 - Team Intrasquad
Simley XC 3200 Meter Intrasquad Race 2020 at Simley. Sat. Aug. 22nd. Cloudy, warm with some sun, wet course, and hills.
1. Gabe A. 12:29 12
2. Kaiden S. 12:44 10
3. Nathan S. 13:01 11
4. Griffin W. 14:05 12
5. Ian A. 14:07 12
6. Sam W. 15:50 8
7. Caleb B. 15:52 12
8. Crystal B.R. 16:22 11
9. Julia M. 17:11 11
10. Jonas F. 18:09 10
11. Heidi O. 18:26 10
12. Anna C. 19:25 11
13. Andres B.R. 19:48 7
14. Eli W. 21:11 8
15. Miles A. 22:26 8
Team Scores:
Gabe’s Team: 12pts 1 4 7 (12) 1pt
Hank’s Team: 19pts 3 6 10 (11) 2pts
Crystal’s Team: 22pts 2 8 12 (14) 3pts
Brekken’s Team: 29pts 5 9 15 4pts
*Scored through 3 runners, 4 & 5 were pushers