Blue Valley High School

2009 Blue Valley Cross Country

Banquet

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 1 Athletes qualified for State and is All State (20th) 2 All EKL Athletes Boys Varsity placed 1st at Paola Girls and Boys JV won at Wyandotte Girls & Boys Varsity placed 2nd at Wyandotte Sophomore girls won Metro 10th grade division 2 boys on top 25 5K all time list 8 girls currently on top 25 4K all time list 7 girls on top 25 5K all time list Medals in every Varsity Race 1 Varsity Girl race winner 1 JV boy Race winner

Blue Valley High School Cross Country 2009

Coaches

Head Coach Diana Huber Assistant Coach Anna Toneva Assistant Coach Manal Siam

Team Captains

The 2009 BVCC captains were chosen based on their dedication to Blue Valley Cross Country and their ability to lead and inspire. Both of these captains represent true dedication. They both have been varsity members of the team since they were Freshmen. These captains were an important element in forming the strong bond and unique spirit that our team exhibited this year.

Alyssa Luker Tyler Smiley

Team Managers The 2009 BVCC managers did an exemplary job of performing the often thankless tasks such as taking splits at races, getting water and assisting the coaches with a variety of other duties. Our managers exhibited a true spirit of dedication and performed their jobs not only willingly, but with enthusiasm. Their support is much appreciated.

Anna Jones Ashli Allen Alicia McCauley Sophi Cummings

Cross Country 2009 Parent helpers

The 2009 BVCC season could not have been a success without the behind the scenes support of these Cross Country parents. They gave willingly of their time, talents, and energy in a variety of ways in an effort to support both the coaches and the athletes and to make life a little easier for all of us. We are truly thankful for their generous service to our team! Organized Tigerfest Tena Loats

CC Banquet Brenda Gaede, Meg Lewis & Melanie Smiley

Pictures on Web site Randy & Maggie Mardis

Locker Decorations Dee Hartman

Slide show for banquet Sarah Ekis & Briana LaFuria

Making CC Paws Jeanne & Larry Schantell

Picture Badges for parents Randy & Maggie Mardis

Hosted team dinners The families of: Sara Naatz, Bailey Swimmer, Brian Witt, Aaron Torres, Gabby & Grant DeFonso

Helped with team dinners, The athletes families: Extravaganza breakfast & Luker, Smiley, Swimmer, Team treats Gaede, McDonnell, Best, Willis, Doughty, Torres, DeFonso, Naatz, Ekis, Kennedy, Spragle, Loats,Wiederholt,Nienstedt, Hartman, Strickland, Mussatto, Kohn, Trieu, Sickle, Hayworth

Thanks to all the parents who brought food to the meets. The runners and coaches appreciated everything you did. All the help from the parents helped make the season fun for the kids and easier for the coaches. We can’t thank you enough. Thank you for your Tigerfest contributions too!!!

The coaches hope that we did not miss a single thank you, but if we did, we truly apologize. We appreciate everything that the parents and students did to make this a successful season.

Awards for the 2009 seaSon

The following two awards were nominated by the team

Most Inspirational & Most Team Spirited Girl Boy

The following awards were decided by the coach’s analysis of the season

Rookie of the Year Girl Boy

Most Improved Boys & Girls at all levels

Most Improved Newbie Girl Boy

Special Award

Letters V=Varsity. This is earned by running in 4 Varsity races or running under 16:30 G & 17:45 B JV=Junior Varsity or breaking 20:00 or at least 4 JV races C=C-Team. This is earned by running in 4 C-team races and not above criteria CMT=Commitment. This is earned by running in less than 4 races. From Years Before This chart states the runner’s Personal Record (PR) From each year BOYS 5K (3.1 MILES) Letter 2009 2008 2007 2006 So Nate Borsdorf C 29:07 Jr Kevin Chung C 22:18 23:24 Jr Alex Dean JV 20:39 22:04 22:03 So Grant DeFonso C 22:18 21:04 Jr Ben Gaede V 17:07 17:10 17:51 Sr Tanner Hartman V 18:19 18:41 So Edward Jiang C 21:03 20:43 So Jake Kennedy JV 19:30 20:42 Fr Collin Mardis JV 20:02 So David Maricle JV 18:48 Sr Mike Metcalfe JV 20:48 20:41 20:29 20:12 So Imran Mohabbat C 25:27 Jr Garion Morgan C 22:52 Fr Chris Oliver JV 19:47 Jr Anthony Orwick JV 19:56 19:34 20:26 Fr Grant Poje V 17:46 Sr Matt Roselli JV 20:15 18:45 18:34 20:39 Sr Tarryn Schantell C 21:02 22:16 23:11 Sr Tyler Smiley V 18:49 17:09 17:49 20:07 Fr Christian Spragle C 29:32 So Ben Strickland V 18:05 18:36 So Nolan Tenholder C 23:24 Jr Aaron Torres JV 19:16 Sr Skyler Trieu V 17:54 18:39 19:52 Jr Kenneth Tysick JV 18:57 From Years Before continued This chart states the runner’s Personal Record (PR) From each year BOYS 3.1 (5K) MILES Letter 2009 2008 2007 2006 Fr John Wiederholt JV 19:16 So Logan Wiehn V 17:57 Jr Danny Willis V 17:34 18:49 So Brian Witt V 18:18 19:33 Sr Jason Wood JV 20:45 20:52

BOYS ALL TIME TOP 25 (Since 1985)

Ben Gaede 22nd 17:07-2009 Tyler Smiley 23rd/17:09-2008

From Years Before This chart states the runner’s Personal Record (PR) From each year GIRLS/4K (2.5 Miles)

Letter 2009 2008 2007 2006

Fr Savannah Bequeaith CMT 17:41 Fr Sophie Best JV 17:00 Fr Krista Blackwood JV 19:41 So Gabby Burriss JV 18:19 19:23 So Evelyn Davis V 16:50 17:29 Sr Gabby DeFonso JV 19:40 18:14 17:46 18:02 Jr Erica Doughty C 21:57 Sr Hannah Ebling C 21:19 22:57 22:47 So Beth Ekis JV 17:52 18:37 Sr Sarah Ekis JV 19:32 19:23 19:16 19:11 Sr Stephanie Gibson JV 19:31 18:35 18:29 18:33 So Mackenzie Gorthy V 16:57 17:06 Jr Nicole Hayworth CMT 23:20 From Years Before continued This chart states the runner’s Personal Record (PR) from each year 4K & 5K varsity

Letter 2009 2008 2007 2006 Jr Caitlin Holland JV 19:05 17:32 17:27 Fr Meg Huwe JV 19:59 Sr Melissa Illies V 17:09 17:23 15:42 18:12 Sr Allison Kohn C 21:01 20:50 19:04 19:19 Sr Briana LaFuria JV 18:32 Fr Sarah Lewis JV 18:31 So Miranda Loats V 16:51 16:38 Sr Alyssa Luker V 16:03 15:51 15:55 15:56 Fr Alyssa Lyerla C 22:18 So Becca McDonald V 16:33 16:23 Fr Megan McDonnell JV 17:34 Sr Jessica Mussatto JV 18:49 17:54 18:20 19:34 So Sara Naatz JV 18:21 18:13 So Kacy Nienstedt JV 18:54 18:34 Sr Paige Owens JV 18:19 17:33 16:17 16:39 Jr Julia Sickle C 20:15 21:50 22:36 Sr Traci Sipple JV 19:26 So Bailey Swimmer V 17:14 16:23 GIRLS ALL TIME TOP 25 4K &5K (4K since 1999 and 5K since 1991)

Alyssa Luker 4th / 15:51-2008 5TH /20:04-2009 Melissa Illies 2nd /15:42-2007 8TH /20:43-2007 Becca McDonald 7th /16:23 -2008 11th /20:44-2009 Bailey Swimmer 7th/16:23-2008 14th/ 21:01-2008 Miranda Loats 10th /16:38-2008 23rd /21:27-2008 Evelyn Davis 12th /16:50-2009 20TH/21:24-2009 Mackenzie Gorthy 14th /16:57/2009 22nd /21:26/2009 Sophie Best 16th/17:00-2009

“Make it hap’n Cap’n” -Tyler Smiley “Almost is not enough” -Alyssa Luker “Guys it’s time to take a trip down the rabbit hole” -Hannah Ebling

"I only did Cross Country for the abs I never got." - Tanner Hartman

It’s so DANG hot. Milk was a bad choice” - Gabby DeFonso “If you don’t use it you lose it” – Mike Metcalfe

“While running it’s rude to count the number of people you are passing out loud” –Traci Sipple

“ The last mile is always better than the first” - Stephanie Gibson “Palt and Spepper live on forever” –Paige Owens

“If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you have tried” -Matt Roselli "That would actually be a pretty good opportunity to try human flesh” -Jason Wood

“Always be there for your teammates, especially if they want to take off all their clothes” -Sarah Ekis “I love Cross Country. On a track I feel like a hamster” -Melissa Illies “You are the light at the end of my tunnel” –Briana LaFuria “Biagam ot policiata ”(I am running from the police in Bulgarian) –Jessica Mussatto “Working hard or hardly working?” - Allison Kohn