2008 Cross Country Season Results

• The South Sioux City Boys Cross Country Awards for the 2008 Season

  Most Valuable Runner:  Zach Mahon
  Most Consistent Runner:  David Pacheco
  Most Improved Runner:  Luis DeAnda
  Best in the Weight Room:  Ryan Hernandez
  Co-Hardest Working:  Moses Pacheco David Pacheco.
  Academic All Conference:  Moses Pacheco David Pacheco Zach Mahon Dillon Jensen

  The Cross Country awards are voted on by the team members.  MVP Zach Mahon was the lone State Meet Qualifier.  Zach’s  State Meet time of 17:43 ranks 10^th on the all time South Sioux City list.  David Pacheco was the Most Consistent Finisher for the Cardinals, having the highest finish average, not selected MVP.  Luis De Anda was the Most Improved.  Luis improvement averaged nearly a minute on every course he raced this fall.  As a returning state wrestling meet medalist we think Luis is prepared to compete for the championship again this year. Ryan Hernandez was selected Best in the Weight room. Ryan placed 6^th in last years State Track Meet in the 100 meters and decided to run cross country to improve his overall fitness. Like many busy student-athletes Ryan needed to find time to lift and did so nearly every morning during the season.  Moses Pacheco and David Pacheco were selected Hardest Working because their teammates couldn’t physically tell them apart!  We certainly couldn’t see a difference in their work habits in the classroom or at practice. The “Twins” have been outstanding role models in the classroom and in their various school and athletic events. 

  We were very please to have four of our six varsity runners selected as Academic All Conference.  The requirements are a minimum Grade Point Average of 3.5, Varsity Starter, Good Citizen.  We are only allowed to nominate our varsity runners.

  We would like to say “Thank You” to our Seniors Ricardo Franco, Sergio Guerrero, Luis, Ryan, David, Moses for staying with our Cross Country program; some since the 6^th or 7^th grade.  All of these young men meet the SSC School Board goals of being multiple sport athletes, good students and citizens; from a coach’s view they have been a joy to coach.
   

• NE State Class B Cross-Country Meet - Boys Results:
  Zach Mahon placed 42nd with a personal best time of 17:49 over the 5,000 meters - Congratulations!
  The race was run on the challenging Kearney Country Club course. Zach ran a personal best of 17.49. Twelve teams qualify for the meet from four districts and the top fifteen place finishers. There were 89 runners in Zach’s race.
   

• NE State Class B Cross-Country Meet - Girls Results:
  Karyn Kelly placed 64th with a time of 17:20.8 - Congratulations!
  Congratulations to Karyn Kelly for competing in her third and final state cross country meet on Friday at the Kearney Country Club.  Although she didn’t receive a medal, she ran well and capped a great season.  Congratulations to all of the girls for your hard work and effort!
   

• NE District Cross-Country Meet - Girls Results:
  Karyn Kelly qualifies for NE State Meet - 3-time Qualifier - Congratulations!
  The girls competed in the B-1 District at Omaha Skutt.  Karyn Kelly led the way, becoming a three-time state qualifier by finishing in 13^th place (17:30).  Kodi Fischer was 35^th in 20:10, Marva Navarette was 39^th in 20:51, Tavia Cleveland 41^st in 21:57, McKayla Knudson 42^nd in 22:14, and Sarah Carothers was 43^rd in 22:23.  The girls had a great season that saw them improve from the beginning to the end.
   

• NE District Cross-Country Meet - Boys Results:
  Zach Mahon qualifies for NE State Meet - Congratulations!
  This was a tough District meet. We were disappointed to not run all that well as a team. Zach had a great race and showed some nice improvement from the week before. Our other runners were close or better than the week before. We expected better performances since it was the district meet and we had run well last week.  It was a nice day and the other teams wanted to run fast as well. I have really enjoyed coaching this group of seniors. It would have been fun to make it to the State Meet with them.

  District Meet Results Blair 31 Skutt 42 Elkhorn 49 Mount Michael 65 Roncalli 89 SSC 93 Omaha Gross 93

  South Sioux Places 10th  Zach Mahon  18.14 Qualifies for State 24th David Pacheco 19.06 29th Luis DeAnda 19.44 30th Dillon Jensen 19.46 32nd Moses Pacheco 19.48 42nd Sergio Guerrero 21.59

   

• River Cities Conference Meet - Boys Results:
  As usual it was a very competitive meet. The team championship was decided by the 5^th place finisher. Beatrice was a little better in the 5^th man. Our kids ran well. We were much faster than a year ago but not good enough. Our District new week will look a lot like the Conference meet. We add Elkhorn, Blair, Elkhorn Mount Michael so it doesn’t get any easier. We certainly can qualify individuals and possibly as a team if the points break right. We need to run a little bit better to give us a chance.

• River Cities Conference Meet - Girls Results:
  The SSC girls competed at Omaha Skutt in the River Cities Conference Meet.  Leading the way for the girls was senior Karyn Kelly, finishing in 12th place with a time of 17:36.  Following her for the Cardinals was senior Kodi Fischer, finishing 31st in 19:57.  McKayla Knudson ran her best race of the year, finishing 37th in a time of 21:11.  Also competing for the girls was Marva Navarette in 38th (21:54), Sarah Carothers in 39th (22:37), and Tavia Cleveland in 40th (22:57).  Nice job girls!
   

• 2008 Marsha Koebernick Memorial / SSC X-C Invitational

• Boys Cross-Country Results from the Crofton Invitational Meet:
  Crofton Invitational Pictures (Link outside of SSC School District)
  Anyone who has ever run at Crofton knows the course is quite a challenge. It was hot windy and we had raced on Tuesday in the City Meet. We hoping to use this race to help prepare for later in the season. We had really mixed results looking at our performances. We have homecoming activities and our meet this week so we’ve got plenty to do. Looking at last year’s time we continue to get better but starting to run out of time.

  Cross Country Crofton Invitational Team Scoring: Norfolk Catholic 18 Wayne 26 Crofton 57 SSC 78 Laurel-Concord 95 Bloomfield 99 Lutheran High Northeast 109 Creighton 142 Hartington Public-Plainview not team score

  Varsity Ind. Results: 13th Zach Mahon 19.43 20th Luis DeAnda 20.23 21st David Pacheco 20.44 24th Dillon Jensen 21.02 27th Moses Pacheco 21.39

  JV Team Results: Wayne 10 Norfolk Catholic 33 SSC 62 Lutheran High Northeast 68 Laurel-Niobrara Crofton no team score

  JV Ind. Results: 11th Isaiah Guerrero 22.43 23rd Mark Sayre 24.49 25th Mitchell Bertrand 25.37 28th Ricardo Franco 25.42

   

• Girls Cross-Country Results from the Crofton Invitational Meet:
  Girls placed 5th as a team with 85 points.  Karyn Kelly placed 8th with a time of 19:19;  Kodi Fischer placed 22nd in 22:55; Alejandra Rocha placed 27th in 24:19; Marva Navarette 28th in 24:40; McKayla Knudson 29th in 25:31; and Sarah Carothers 30th in 25:34
   

• Girls Cross-Country Results from City Meet:
  The girls ran at SYA park last night in the City Meet and came away with many personal best times.  Leading the way for the Cardinals was Karyn Kelly, finishing in 9^th place with a time of 16:40.  Kodi Fischer ran her best race of the year, knocking more than 2 minutes off her best time- she finished 22^nd in a time of 18:27.  Alejandra Rocha (19:23), Nikki Hanish (19:54), Marva Navarette (20:20), McKayla Knudson (20:31), and Sarah Carothers (20:33) all posted season best times as well.  Tavia Cleveland finished 17^th in the Junior Varsity race, running a season best time of 20:25.  Nice job girls.
   

• Boys Cross Country - Vermillion, SD Results
  We thought we would run better. We have had some pretty good workouts. Looking back to last year we were faster but not as fast as I thought we would be. The Vermillion course is certified so comparing last years times is pretty accurate. We have a couple of races before our Invitational so expect to see progress.

• Boys Cross Country - Wayne Dual:
  We had a really nice day to run on a good course. We were disappointed that we were not a little more competitive. We knew Wayne had a nice team from seeing them at Wisner. Our times were better than a year ago so that’s encouraging. We have ten days of training before Vermillion so we’ll make some progress. We just need to pay attention to our training. 
  Wayne 15  /  SSC 50
  South Sioux Places
  8^th David Pacheco 19.39
  9^th Luis DeAnda 19.46
  12^th Moses Pacheco
  15^th Dillon Jensen 20.56
  20^th Zach Mahon 21.26
  22^nd Isaiah Guerrero 21.45
  23^rd Mark Sayre 22.54
  25^th Ryan Hernandez 23.22
  26^th Ricardo Franco 23.43
  27^th Jose Martinez 24.20
  28^th Mitchell Bertrand 24.22
  29^th Cody O’Dell 24.35
   

•  Girls Cross-Country at Wayne Dual:
  The girls traveled to Wayne on Tuesday for a dual with the Blue Devils on a cool, cloudy afternoon.  Karyn Kelly led the team once again, winning the contest in a time of 17:38.  Kodi Fischer was the next Cardinal across the line, finishing in a respectable 20:15.  Alejandra Rocha (21:00), Marva Navarette (22:05), McKayla Knudson (22:58), Sarah Carothers (22:59), and Tavia Cleveland (24:07) also competed well for us.  Wayne had a nice team and put a decent pack of runners ahead of our second place finisher, allowing them to claim the dual. 

• Boys Cross Country at Wisner Invite:
  It’s great to get started at such a quality meet. Lots of smaller schools with great cross country teams. We wanted to finish higher but need to improve. We were much faster than last year so that is encouraging. Moses-David and Zach put in the best summer work so it’s no surprise they were our team leaders. It is encouraging that we finished close together. If we can improve as the season goes along we can be competitive.
  For  most of our other guys this was their first meet. I’m sure they think that they have trained hard but now know what the race demands. We liked our effort. We just need to improve our discipline on our long and weekend runs.

  Team Scoring Norfolk Catholic 13 Wayne 23 West Point-Beemer 59 South Sioux City 60 Madison no team score

  SSC Places 12 Moses Pacheco 19.26 14 David Pacheco 19.42 15 Zach Mahon 19.45 19 Luis DeAnda 20.14 21 Dillon Jensen 20.52 25 Sergio Guerrero 23.12

  JV Scoring Wayne 10 West Point- Beemer 49 Norfolk Catholic 52 South Sioux City 98 No Team Score Laurel Concord-Coleridge Lutheran High Northeast Oakland-Craig Wisner Pilger

  SSC Places 21 Mark Sayre 22.45 36 Ricardo Franco 24.17 37 Ryan Hernandez 24.39 42 Jose Martinez 25.08 44 Cody O’Dell 25.25

•  Girls Cross Country at Wisner Invite:
  The girls cross country team traveled to Beemer last night for the Wisner Invitational and competed very well.  Karyn Kelly won the large school division race, coming across in 17:45.  She edged out a Norfolk Catholic runner by one second.  Alejandra Rocha was the next Cardinal to finish, completing the tough course in 21:12.  Kodi Fischer (21:16), Sarah Carothers (22:14), Nikki Hanish (22:22), and McKayla Knudson (22:36) came across in 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22^nd place, respectively. Marva Navarette and Tavia Cleveland competed in the JV division and finished in 23:00 and 24:00. All of the girls did a great job, as it was the first real cross country race for most of them.