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Good efforts by all after five days of practice. It gave the coaches the opportunity to see some of the new members of the team perform. We will evaluate what we saw and help you plan for the coming season.

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Comments: We had beautiful weather to compete hard. We have lots of new faces on the team this year and they are learning fast. The Short Sprint Medley (100, 100, 200, 400) team of Molly Strong (12), Bridget Walsh (11), Megan Linder (9), and Julia Knippel (12) won their event in a time of 1:54.6 and entered the CDH Honor Roll as the third best performance ever by a CDH team. Then later in the meet the Sprint Medley (200, 200, 400, 800) team of Molly Strong (12), Megan Linder (9), Molly Johnston (9), and Julia Knippel (12) placed second in their event in a time of 4:29.3 and also entered the CDH Honor Roll as the third best performance ever by a CDH team. Megan Linder (9) also long jumped 16' 4.25" entering the all time CDH Freshman and Sophomore Honor Roll at the 4th position and just 3.75"  away from the number 5 all time best long jump of any girl at CDH. Pole Vaulter Delaney Dobbs tied the school record of 7' 6" with her performance. Every girl on the team was able to compete, many for the first time in a high school varsity setting. They all performed well. We saw some good performances from which we will be able to build.

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Comments: A cool Spring evening at Stillwater High School did not stop the Raider boys from giving it their all. The events on the track finished well before the throws and the pole vault, a rare occurrence. Ethan Owusu (11) lead the Raider discus event when he rallied to throw 123' 11" which is a personal best for him by 17'. Max Gardner (11) and Kendrick Brewster (11) did well in the short sprint events going 1 and 2 respectively for the Raiders in the 100 and tied for first Raider in the 200. New to the Pole Vault, Jack McMahon (10) cleared 9' and made three close attempts at 10', to lead the Raiders with Bryan Linehan (12). On the distance side all the 1600m Raiders dropped time from last season's best time, career best time, or this season's best time. James Zastrow (12) tried his hand at the 800m while team mate Connor Nolan (12) tried the 3200m. Both showed good promise in their debut efforts as these distances. Sophomore Kevin Docherty rounded out the distance corps with a person best 3200m in 10:01.4. Like the Raider girls the Raider boys have many new faces which are starting to show some promise.

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Comments: Given a chance good things will happen... The weather was against us, most every other event was cancelled, but we made it through 19 events. As you know finishing the meet is not the big story, but what happened along the way to the finish. (Like most things today was about the journey and not the destination.) Along the way freshman Megan Linder ran for the sprinting trifecta winning the 100m, 200m (third best CDH Soph/Frosh all time best) , and 400m (breaking the 30 year school record which was 59.30). Molly Strong (12) ran against the best in the state in the 100m Hurdles and placed a close second. Anne Schletty (12) made her outdoor season jumping debut finishing third in the triple jump. This also marked the first joint, boys and girls meet of the season for the Raiders. On the boys' side Max Gardner (11) won the long and triple jumps, to sweep the horizontal jumps for the Raiders. He and Kendrick Brewster (11) placed well in the 100m and 200m dashes as well. Maconel James(11) stepped up in the shot put clearing the 41' mark and placing third over all for the Raiders. Kevin Docherty(10) continues to lead the Raider distance corps placing second in the 1600m to the class A 2010 Cross Country Champion. In the 3200m event all three of the Raiders made great strides and negative split their race. All three runners came in below their previous best times by an average of 30 seconds. Both the boys' and the girls' teams saw some good things in the field and on the track over the course of the meet. This was just one of many stops along the journey to June.

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Comments: What started out as a beautiful sunny Spring day in Minnesota ended up as a cool cloudy day with a nice head wind down the back stretch. But that did not stop us from putting out our best efforts. Competing in the shadows behind the visiting team bleachers Brian Linehan (12) and Jack McMahn (10) set new personal records in the pole vault. Each athlete cleared 10' and made good attempts at 10' 6". McMahon's vault landed him in the top five all time Raider sophomore vaulters at number five.  McMahon also cleared 5' 8" in the high jump (tied for 5th all time best Sophomore jump) for the first time which placed him third in that event. Max Gardner (11) set a career best long jump of 21' 1". Following Gardner's example freshman Alex Kunzer jumped 19' 9" earning him the number 5 all time best freshman and sophomore Raider long jump. In the Girls' Long Jump Anne Schletty approached her life time best with her 15' 5" effort last night earning her third in that event for the Raiders. She also placed fourth in the Triple Jump and sixth in the High Jump. Continuing her winning ways Megan Linder took home first place in the 100m, 200m, and 400m. Senior Cameron Perra finished second in the 300m hurdles as he returns to form running a time of 43.12. For the distance Kevin Docherty (10) finished first in the 1600m and second in the 800m turning in the top time for a Raider boy at that distance so far this season. In the 3200m the top Raider boy and girl ran much of their races in between packs. But both were driven to do their best. Laura Modl not having run that distance yet this season finished in a time of 13:20.55 putting her six seconds faster than her best time of 2010. Dan Zastrow came on in the second half of his race after leaving one pack and trying to bridge the gap to the next pack and finished 29 seconds ahead of his last finish at this distance in a time of 11:16.29

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Comments: Decent weather helped to allow the Raider JV runners, throwers, and jumper to achieve new heights. Jalen Hallman(9) had a bid night for the Raider squad winning the 100m in a time of 11.4* and tying for first in the Long Jump with team mate Jeff McGurran (10) with a jump of 18' 5.5". In the pole vault Greg Conlin (10) placed third for the Raiders with a vault of 9'. Team mate Evan Lecy (10) had a season high of 8' in the vault as well placing him fifth in the event. Ethan Owusu (11) bested the field and himself with a throw of 125' 9". Maconel James (11) also had a personal best performance breaking the century mark for the first time in the disc with a toss of 100' 1". Freshman Alex Kunzer placed second in the 200m with a time of 24.48. Steven Hartman (10) placed third in the 800m. Jayven Myles placed fourth in the 300m hurdles in a time of 49.8. For the girls, Abby Steger (11) and Katie Hull (9) improved on their season best times in the 1600m. Steger finishing under 7 minutes in a time of 6:55.83. The throws also had a good outing improving on their shot put and discus marks. Check out the results above for more Raider performances.

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Comments: Finally the weather cooperated with us. What a gorgeous evening for a track and field meet. Day two of the Catholic High School Invitational saw the varsity teams take to the field and the track. The press was there early on to see the boys' high jump and Benilde-St. Margret's jumper Tevor Yodoni who cleared 7' and made attempts as the state record, 7' 1 1/4". For the Raiders there were many good things happening. All of which added up to a second place team finish for the boys. Molly Strong (12) started the Raiders off with a first place finish in the 100m hurdles. Megan Linder (9) continued her 400m winning streak edging out a runner from Providence Academy and breaking her school record in a time of 58.72 seconds. Heather Sawchuck (9) high jumped 4' 4" for the Raiders for a new personal best and fourth place. Delaney Dobbs (11) vaulted 8' 6" tying her school record. Julia Knippel (12) gave the 1600m another go to run a 5:25.85 and bring home 5th for Raiders. Laura Modl (11) continues to drop time in the 3200m this time breaking the 13 minute barrier and finishing in a time of 12:57.61. For the boys Max Gardner (11) lead the sprinters by winning the 100m in 11.55 seconds. Gardner also won the long jump with a personal best tying jump of 21' 1" and place third in the triple jump. James Zastrow (12) dropped time in the 400m to take third place in a time of 54.82. In the 1600m Kevin Docherty (10) took second in a charge to the finish dropping his time to 4:38.19, a 5 second personal best. Following Dochery and Modl's strong races the Raider boys' 3200m racers did not want to disappoint, and they didn't. All three of them dropped time off their personal bests. Leading the way was Dan Zastrow (10) in a time of 11:05.32, which earned him seventh place. Team mates Jake McDermott (9) and Jake Krukowski (10) finished in 11:12.16 and 11:13.60 respectively. Each dropped over 30 seconds. But the 4 x 400m was the true star of the show for the Raiders. For the girls Linder anchored the team of Strong, Molly Johnston (9), Kiah Selmer (11), and Linder, upon receiving the baton Linder bolted a head of two runner and charged to the shoulder of a third fighting down the home stretch. For the boys, again it was the anchor runner Kevin Jenkin (12) who stole the show. This was Jenkin's debut at the 400m distance and he did not disappoint. Like Linder, Jenkins pushed from the beginning and never let up chasing down as many of the other teams as he could using all his strength and guts to get to the finish. There were many other good performances by Raiders in this meet. Check out the results above to see how we did.

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Comments: It was a steamy evening at Mounds View High School's Bob Stewart Field when teams gathered for the True Team Section Meet. There were improvements made by the Raider team. Notably in the girls' 400m dash, Megan Linder (9) continues to drop her school record and win the event. Linder won the event in 57.60 seconds. She also won the 200m in 26.21 seconds, placed second in the 100m (13.05), and took fourth in the long Jump (15' 10"). Julia Knippel (12) placed third in the 800m after making a "bold move", according to the announcer, on the back stretch with 250m to go. Knippel ran a time of 2:26.98. For the boys' team Kevin Docherty(10) broke the 10 minute mark in the 3200m earning him first in the event and improving on his CDH top 5 all time Freshmen/Sophomore Honor Roll listing. Docherty also lead off the 4 x 800m relay for the Raiders in a time of 2:05. The team of Docherty, James Zastrow (12), Connor Nolan(12), and Tom Jancik(12) finished third. Cameron Perra (12) ran the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles in times of 16.41 and 42.21 (his fastest of the season). Many more improvements can be seen above, in the results.

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Comments: The 9th & 10th grade Boy’s Suburban East Conference Meet was filled with excitement of what the future might hold for CDH Boy’s track.  Kevin Docherty lead this group with a 1st place finish in the 800m run (2:06.42) and a strong leg of the 4 x 800m.  Freshman Jalen Hallman continues to improve his hurdling ability and finished an impressive 3rd place in the 300m hurdles (43.77) and 8th in the 110m Hurdles (17.55).  More impressive than the placing was that he improved his PR (personal record) in the events by 2 seconds each! Freshman Blake Banham hung with the top 9th & 10th graders in the conference finishing 9th in both the 100 & 200.  Also, the 4 x 200 and 4 x 100 relays scored some nice points for the Raiders. The 4 x 200m group comprised of Alex Steiner, Caesen Selmer, Auggie Thuente, and Ryan Mahoney finished 6th (1:47.78) and the 4x 100m with Blake Banham, Joe Reed, Albert Dudek, and Alex Kunzer finished 4th (46.71).  Overall, it was a great meet for the young Raiders to see how they compare with the other schools of the Suburban East.

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Comments: Another fine night for a track and field meet. Freshman Jalen Hallman took good advantage. Hallman competed in the 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 4 x 400m, and triple jump. He broke the 40' mark in the triple for the first time, set new PR's in the 110m Hurdles, and 300m Hurdles, in which he lead the Raiders. He also Anchored the second place Raider 4 x 400m team. Sophomore Jack McMahon bounced back from a bruised tail bone to vault and jump to new heights clearing 10' 3" in the Pole Vault and 6' 0" in the High Jump. McMahon's 6' jump won the competition. Andre Hunt (12) made his long awaited debut in the 100m winning the event in a time of 11.62. Kendrick Brewster (11) placed second in the Long Jump with a personal best jump of 20' 0.5" which is his first time over the 20' mark. Cameron Perra (12) lead the Raiders and the field in the 110m hurdles winning the event in a time of 16.43. In the throws Andrew Pederson (10) hit his first 35' Put as Derek Blakey (9) nears the 25' mark with a throw of 24' 11", a PR. For the girls' team Delaney Dobbs (11) vaulted to a new school record of 8' 9", placing second in that event. Winning the 100m Hurdles for the Raiders was Molly Strong (12) in a time of 16.43. Megan Linder (9) took first in the 100m, 200m, and 400m to again produce the most points for the Raiders. Freshman Molly Johnston made her debut in the 1600m placing third in a time of 5:46.17. Teammate and fellow distance runner Laura Modl continues to shed seconds as she PR'd at 6:02.79 placing sixth over all. Thrower Joelle Sandburg (10) showed improvement with her PR Put of 17' 2.25". As did jumper/sprinter Alex Bishop (11) with her PR Long Jump of 13' 9.25". Fellow sprinter Tianna Spiedel (12) also improved on her 100m time finishing in 15.47 seconds. Check out the other results and photos of the team in action above.

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Comments: A cool evening at the track but the times, distances, and heights were all going in the right direction. Megan Linder (9) qualified for the finals in the 200m, 400m, and Long Jump. She finished tenth overall in the Long Jump. Molly Strong (12) qualified for finals in the 100m Hurdles. Julia Knippel (12) qualified for the finals in the 800m. Linder's time in the 200m moved her up on the Freshman and Sophomore all time best list and moved to her on to the all time best list at the fourth position. Linder has entries on the list in three different events, with one all time best performance in the 400m. Max Gardner (11) qualified for finals in the Triple Jump, and 100m. He finished ninth overall in the Triple Jump. Finals and relays will be held on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at East Ridge High School. More results above and finals schedule below. Performances to look for in the results: Jack McMahon (10) brakes 40' for the first time in the triple jump with a new PR of 41' 0.5". Season bests in the 800m by Tom Jancik (12), Connor Nolan (12) - also a career best, and Oscar Segar (9) - also a career best. Career Bests in the Triple Jump by Gardner, Jack McMahon (10), and Jalen Hallman (9). Season and career bests by Perra, Hallman, Antonio Erskin (11), and Jayven Myles (9) in the 300m Hurdles. Brewster also ran a PR in the 200m and 400m. Perra also had a double PR day with his performance in the 110m Hurdles. Perra's time in the 300m Hurdles put him at number five on the Raider all time best list for the event. Hallman, who was already on the freshman and sophomore all time best list improved his position on the list to number two. McMahon's triple jump mark landed him third on the all time Raider freshman and sophomore best list. This is McMahon's third entry on the list in three different events, High Jump, Pole Vault, and Triple Jump.

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