Braggin' Page

This page displays a listing of the significant accomplishments for the AMS Cross Country team. This is a work in progress, so check back frequently as I add new stuff as well as go back to previous meets.

NOTE-Each years results are posted from most recent to earlier throughout the season.

2021

8th grade boys--League Champs!

8th grade girls--3rd place at League!

7th grade boys--League Champs!

7th grade girls--5th place at League!

2020

8th Grade Girls League Champs!

8th Grade Boys League Runner-up!

7th Grade Boys Third !

7th Grade Girls League Runner-up!

2019

7th Grade Boys League Champs!

8th Grade Girls

8th Grade Boys

7th Grade Girls

2018

Manhattan Invitational:

Here are the official meet team and individual results.

Saturday we had our first meet of the season at the Manhattan Invitational! The kids did a nice job, we were down several runners, but the teams ran extremely well!

The team results are as follows:

• 7th grade girls-3rd

• 7th grade boys-2nd

• 8th grade girls-2nd

• 8th grade boys-1st

Individuals earning medals:

• 7th grade girls-

• 7th grade boys-

• 8th grade girls-

• 8th grade boys-

League meet:

The AMS Cross Country team finished up last season with a bang!The 7th grade girls and 8th grade boys earned 1st place, the 7th grade boys came in 4th, the 8th grade girls earned 3rd. In individual results, Amelia Knopp won the 8th grade girls division with a time of 12:21, her time was over 20 seconds faster than the second place finisher.

We are so proud of how hard all the kids worked last season, and they have the results to prove that hard work pays off!

2017

Centennial League meet at Milford Lake:

Overall official meet results.

A beautiful day that started in mid-70's with light breezes, that got warmer as the day progressed. The top 10 places earned medals.

Team results are shown:

• 7th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-2nd

• 8th grade girls-1st

• 8th grade boys-1st

Individuals earning medals:

• 7th grade girls-Amelia Knopp (3rd), Lauren Wesley (7th), Crinnia Turner (8th)

• 7th grade boys-Gavin Dodds (7th), Ian Luce (9th)

• 8th grade girls-Halle Gaul (2nd), Morgan Turner (3rd)

• 8th grade boys-Ben Mosier (1st), Max Bowyer (2nd), Sam Ungerer (6th), Noah Williams (10th)

Rock Creek Invitational:

Overall official meet results are available here. There were no team scores kept at this meet.

The day was cloudy and cool, almost chilly, with light breezes. Perfect running weather! The top 15 places earned medals.

• 7th grade girls JV-Carly Pearsall (1st), Amelia Ruhle (2nd), Kennedy Prestonback (3rd), Sadie Bruce (4th), Lily Brooks-Kanost (7th), Paislie Hepler (9th)

• 7th grade girls V-Amelia Knopp (5th), Lauren Wesley (10th)

• 7th grade boys JV-Eli Conley (1st), Reece Carson (2nd), Tanner Curtis (3rd), Silas Mills (5th), Isaac Thompson (7th), Vinny Sun (15th)

• 7th grade boys V-Ian Luce (12th), Julius Neumann (14th), Gavin Dodds (15th)

• 8th grade girls JV-Lydia Brox (2nd), Amber Hutzler (3rd), Kyla Barnett (9th), Julianna Poe (10th), Nicole Brumbaugh (13th)

• 8th grade girls V-Halle Gaul (4th), Morgan Turner (5th), Anika Nyp (14th)

• 8th grade boys JV-Gabe Katzenmier (1st), Marco Zambrano (2nd), Marcus Ellner (4th), Alex Boyle (5th), Parker Dawdy (8th), PJ Vallenga (9th)

• 8th grade boys V-Ben Mosier (1st), Max Bowyer (2nd), Noah Williams (8th)

AMS/EMS Invitational:

Over all meet results are on the VIF page in a folder entitled, "2017 Meet Results".

A clear and hot day with temperatures in the 90's. There is a 1 & 2 mile course, AMS did well competing once again, with results as shown:

• 7th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-2nd

• 8th grade girls-1st

• 8th grade boys-1st

Individuals earning medals:

• 7th grade girls-Amelia Knopp (3rd), Lauren Wesley (6th)

• 7th grade boys-Gavin Dodds (4th), Thom Loub (9th)

• 8th grade girls-Halle Gaul (1st), Morgan Turner (3rd)

• 8th grade boys-Ben Mosier (1st), Max Bowyer (2nd), Noah Williams (8th)

Clay Center Invitational:

Over all meet results are on the VIF page in a folder entitled, "2017 Meet Results".

Another nice day for an XC meet with temperatures in the 80's and light breezes. This race features a 1-mile course for all runners.

All kids that finished received a medal. There were no team scores recorded at this meet, the top three AMS runners in each division are listed:

• 7th grade girls-Amelia Knopp (3rd), Lauren Wesley (14th), Carly Pearsall (18th)

• 7th grade boys-Gavin Dodds (11th), Thom Loub (12th), Ian Luce (16th)

• 8th grade girls-Halle Gaul (9th), Morgan Turner (15th), Lydia Brox (18th)

• 8th grade boys-Ben Mosier (2nd), Max Bowyer (4th), Sam Ungerer (7th)

Fort Riley Invitational:

Overall meet results

A beautiful day that turned out a little warm. This was the first year for this meet at Milford State Park, the same location as the Centennial League meet at the end of the season. There was a 1-mile and a 2-mile course for 7th graders (we chose the 1-mile, as that is what our league meet features). AMS again had a nice meet with team results shown:

• 7th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-2nd

• 8th grade girls-1st

• 8th grade boys-1st

Individuals earning medals:

• 7th grade girls-Amelia Knopp (4th), Lauren Wesley (5th), Crinnia Turner (8th), Maddy Martinez (9th)

• 7th grade boys-Gavin Dodds (5th), Thom Loub (6th), Julius Neumann (7th), Eli Conley (9th)

• 8th grade girls-Halle Gaul (3rd), Morgan Turner (4th), Anika Nyp (5th), Bella Lane (7th)

• 8th grade boys-Ben Mosier (1st), Max Bowyer (2nd), Sam Ungerer (6th), Noah Williams (9th)

Wamego Invitational:

Overall meet results

Cool breezes and mild temperatures were in store for the Wamego meet. For the first time, there was a 2-mile course for all the 8th graders. Our kids ran well in a meet that featured over 320 runners from many schools. The league schools represented in addition to AMS were WR and Seaman. Are kids ran well with the team results as follows:

• 7th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-2nd

• 8th grade girls-1st

• 8th grade boys-1st

Individuals earning medals:

• 7th grade girls-Amelia Knopp (5th), Lauren Wesley (9th)

• 7th grade boys-Cade Cameron (10th), Ian Luce (12th)

• 8th grade girls-Halle Gaul (6th), Morgan Turner (10th), Bella Lane (14th)

• 8th grade boys-Ben Mosier (3rd), Max Bowyer (4th), Sam Ungerer (9th), Noah Williams (14th)

Manhattan Invitational:

Over all meet results are on the VIF page in a folder entitled, "2017 Meet Results".

The AMS XC team did a great job at the Manhattan Invitational meet on Saturday! The team results were outstanding, and were the result of a great job by all the team members. In addition, there were a lot of individual medalists. A rundown of the team results are as follows:

• 7th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-1st

• 8th grade girls-1st

• 8th grade boys-1st

Individuals earning medals:

• 7th grade girls-Amelia Knopp (3rd), Lauren Wesley (6th), Crinnia Turner (10th)

• 7th grade boys-Ian Luce (2nd), Eli Conley (6th), Julius Neumann (8th), Gavin Dodds (9th)

• 8th grade girls-Halle Gaul (4th), Anika Nyp (8th), Morgan Turner (9th)

• 8th grade boys-Ben Mosier (1st), Max Bowyer (2nd), Sam Ungerer (8th), Noah Williams (9th)

The AMS XC Pasta Potluck was very well attended, with lots of good food & conversation! Thank you parents!

Sept. 23, Saturday 5:15 am-1:30 pm Varsity, JV, Developmental Salt Mine Run in Hutchinson! This is an every other year event.

August 14, Monday 12:01 am Midnight Run First Practice

2016

Complete team results for all meets are posted in folder entitled, "2016 Meet Results" located on the VIF page.

2016 results are displayed from most recent to the earliest.

Results of League at Milford

The Centennial League Championship meet is in the books for another season, and the team did a super job on a glorious day in a beautiful setting! A short version of the results are as follows:

• 8th grade boys-1st

• 8th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-3rd

• 7th grade girls-3rd

For more in-depth info on the team standings, as well as individual results on our team spreadsheet and the official meet results, click here.

Rock Creek Invitational!

It was a gorgeous day for a meet! This was a meet for individual scores only, no team scores were taken. Many of our kids earned medals for the first time due to the V/JV divisions.

Official meet results as well as the updated spreadsheet of times are available here!

AMS-EMS meet results!

The kids did a great job, nearly all ran their PR's (personal record)! The spreadsheet of times can be found here.

• 8th grade boys-1st

• 8th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-2nd

• 7th grade girls-2nd

The official meet times and information is located at ksmilesplit.com. There is a small discrepancy between the team placing for the 7th grade girls (there may be others), but in the printouts the coaches received the results are as shown above.

Clay Center meet results!

The official results can be found here!

The updated spreadsheet of their times throughout the season can also be found at the same link as above.

A short version of the results is as follows:

• 8th grade boys-1st

• 8th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-1st

• 7th grade girls-6th

Once again, a nice performance turned in on a very cool and blustery meet!

Wamego meet results!

The Wamego meet results are in, and the teams did a nice job.

Team results are as follows:

• 8th grade boys-1st

• 8th grade girls-4th

• 7th grade boys-2nd

• 7th grade girls-4th

Manhattan Invitational meet results!

We started our season off with a bang!

Team results are as follows:

• 8th grade boys-1st

• 8th grade girls- 2nd

• 7th grade boys- 2nd

• 7th grade girls- 4th

2015

Complete team results for all meets are posted in folder entitled, "2015 Meet Results" located on the VIF page.

The team results for the Manhattan Invitational meet for AMS

The team did a nice job on our first meet of the season! We were very short-handed due to family trips and soccer, but the teams performed well.

• 7th grade girls-5th place

• 8th grade girls-2nd place

• 7th grade boys-2nd place

• 8th grade boys-2nd place

Team results from Wamego

This year we left our Varsity squad at home, so our top 28 kids did not compete as we have two Varsity-only meets later in the season. Our JV and Developmental squads participated and did a nice job.

• 7th grade boys-2nd place

Team results from Emporia

Team results from Clay Center

We had an extremely windy and fairly warm meet at Clay Center on Tuesday. The kids fought through it, but all the times were affected a bit. Overall a good meet for us, although no team scores were kept.

Team results from Bonner Springs

The team competed in the Bonnor Springs Invitational on Saturday. There were a lot of schools present, and many that we had never competed against before. All the kids did a nice job, however the 8th grade boys and girls ran extremely well, they both earned a 1st place in the team score! Another excellent individual performance was turned in by Matt Pickering, his time of 10:57 was nearly a full minute faster than the 2nd place finisher!

Team results from the Little Apple Invitational

We had our best meet as a team Friday at our AMS-EMS Little Apple meet! Our kids ran really well in the wet and muddy conditions. They were really nervous about running in the weather, but once they got started, they realized that it was very cool (literally and figuratively) to run in such conditions, and they had fun. I can't wait until I can get the pictures uploaded, I will do that in the next few days.

The 8th grade boys and girls both earned a 1st place in the team scores, which is the first time that has happened this season! The 7th boys earned a 4th place finish and the 7th girls finished 5th. Official results can be downloaded or viewed on the VIF page.

Results from the Rock Creek meet

We had a great time at the Rock Creek meet! The kids ran very well, with many kids winning medals. This is one of my favorite meets, as there are a couple of extra JV divisions which allows kids a better chance to earn a medal. Results can be viewed or downloaded on this page.

2014

The team results for the Manhattan Invitational meet for AMS

• 7th grade girls-2nd place

• 8th grade girls-3rd place

• 7th grade boys-2nd place

• 8th grade boys-2nd place

The team results from the Wamego Invitational meet for AMS:

The kids did a nice job, but unfortunately due to many mess ups on the part of the people running the meet, we don't have 7th grade times beyond the first 15 finishers in that race.

The team results from the Clay Center Invitational meet for AMS:

Although there were no team scores kept, Preston Reid (8th grade girls) and Matt Pickering (7th grade boys) ran to a first place finish in their division. This was a meet with varsity and junior varsity divisions so many more kids had the chance to run against even competition. Click on the Very Important Files link on the right side of the page for latest spreadsheet of times. Later I will also be posting a sheet of the meet results showing all of the competitor's times as well.

The team results from the AMS-EMS meet:

The kids ran very well with most of them setting PR's (personal records).

The 7th grade boys earned a first place team score, the 7th grade girls earned 3rd, the 8th grade girls earned 3rd, and the 8th grade boys earned 4th place.

The Rock Creek Varsity-Junior Varsity meet (no team scores kept):

This was an individual meet only, there were no team scores recorded. There were four JV divisions in addition to the Varsity races, and as a result, many more of our kids earned medals or finished higher than normal.

The team results from the 2014 Centennial League meet for AMS:

The Centennial League results are in!

Our AMS runners did a fantastic job and we are very proud of their efforts!

Team Results:

• 7th grade boys-1st place

• 7th grade girls-3rd

• 8th grade boys-3rd

• 8th grade girls-5th

Individual Results Highlights:

• 7th grade boys: Matt Pickering-1st, Will Bannister-3rd, Allen Zhang-8th

• 7th grade girls: Jordan Stegeman-9th

• 8th grade boys: Parker Holborn-10th

• 8th grade girls-Preston Reid-2nd

2013

The AMS Cross Country Pasta Potluck Team/Family Dinner was a HUGE success! Many thanks to all the parents who organized and/or brought food. There were 240 people that attended! That is a phenomenal showing of support for our kids. I say this ALL the time, AMS has the BEST parents!

The team results from the Manhattan Invitational meet for AMS:

• 7th grade girls-1st place

• 8th grade girls-1st place

• 7th grade boys-2nd place

• 8th grade boys-3rd place

The team results from the Wamego Invitational meet for AMS:

• 7th grade girls-1st place

• 8th grade girls-1st

• 7th grade boys-1st

• 8th grade boys-1st

The team results from the Clay Center Invitational meet for AMS:

• 7th & 8th grade JV girls-1st place

• 7th & 8th grade JV boys-2nd

• 7th grade girls-2nd

• 7th grade boys-1st

• 8th grade girls-2nd

• 8th grade girls-2nd

The team results from the AMS-EMS meet:

• Little Apple Champions over Eisenhower

• 7th grade girls-3rd

• 7th grade boys-3rd

• 8th grade girls-2nd

• 8th grade boys- 3rd

Note: only the top 3 finishers were counted in the team score at this meet, which hurt us as we have a large team with lots of solid runners in the middle of the group. When I figured team scores using the normal top five runners standard method of scoring, all our divisions earned 2nd place.

The Rock Creek Varsity-Junior Varsity meet (no team scores kept):

On Tuesday we travelled to Rock Creek and ran in their Varsity/Junior Varsity meet. The top 15 finishers in each division earned medals and AMS cleaned up! GREAT JOB AMS!!!

• 7th grade girls JV

  • 5th place Kathrine Washburn

  • 8th place Alissa Heidlage

  • 10th place Olivia Kubista

  • 11th place McKenna Claussen

  • 12th place Ashlyn Ward

  • 14th place Billie Long

  • 15th place Kara Kennedy

• 7th grade boys JV

  • 1st place Parker Holborn

  • 9th place Dylan Haar

• 7th grade girls Varsity

  • 1st place Preston Reid

  • 5th place Vicky Antoine

• 7th grade boys Varsity

  • 1st place Suman Wang

  • 3rd place Chris Lowry

  • 4th place Reece Bourisaw

  • 5th place Lawson Monaco

  • 7th place Max Lansdowne

  • 14th place Michael Turnley

• 8th grade girls JV

  • 1st place Maddi Shaneyfelt

  • 5th place Jenna Park

  • 6th place Kendra Geisbrecht

  • 8th place Fiona Pearson

  • 9th place Lizzy Mummert

  • 10 place Emese Kulcsar

  • 12th place Rylie Kannady

  • 13th place Hagan Benne

• 8th grade boys JV

  • 1st place Dylan Higgins

  • 4th place Michael Kovar

• 8th grade girls Varsity

  • 2nd place Cristina Marinez

  • 5th place Katie Ochoa

  • 6th place Susana Vick

  • 8th place Rachel Irvin

  • 10th place Lorenza Sanchez

• 8th grade boys Varsity

  • 2nd place Cooper Schroeder

  • 4th place Jackson Boyle

  • 5th place Logan Logback

  • 11th place Ethan Koopman

There were no team scores kept at this meet.

The team results from the 2013 Centennial League meet for AMS:

8th grade girls varsity earned 1st place- this is despite not having a finisher in the top 3 runners, this was truly a TEAM victory!

2012

2The team results from the 2012 Centennial League meet for AMS:

• 8th grade girls varsity-1st place

• 8th grade boys varsity-1st place

• 7th grade girls varsity-3rd place

• 7th grade boys varsity-3rd place

• 8th grade girls JV-1st place

• 8th grade boys JV-1st place

• 7th grade girls JV-1st place

• 7th grade boys JV-2nd place

Medal winners:

• 8th Girls

  • 2nd place Chelsey Henry

  • 3rd place Amber Hayen

  • 11th place Leah Selman

  • 14th place Jami Hankins

• 8th Boys

  • 1st place Jackson Schoeder

  • 5th place Nolan Blankenau

  • 6th place Luke Saville

  • 9th place Jared Leblow

  • 11th place Nick Mignano

  • 20th place AJ Garvalena

• 7th Girls

  • 10th place Katie Ochoa

  • 11th place Susana Vick

  • 14th place Rachel Irvin

  • 16th place Kendall Smith

• 7th Boys

  • 2nd place Cooper Schoeder

  • 15th place Jackson Boyle

  • 16th place Nate Awbrey

  • 17th place Logan Logback

The Rock Creek meet:

• Izzy Dritz broke the girls meet record for the 8th grade girls 2 mile, with a time of 13:02.

• Jackson Schroeder broke the meet record in the 2 mile race with a time of 10:55.

The Little Apple Championship meet:

Little Apple Champions for the 2012 season.

• This year's contest was the closest that it has ever been, with EMS slightly edging out our 7th graders, but especially strong performances turned in by the 8th grade boys and girls teams brought home the victory for AMS. The final score was AMS 48, EMS 36.