Updated top 10 all time list

Erin Loeffler moves into 7th spot

Name 5k Meet Year
1 Lela Ball 18:08.0 KCAC Champs 1982
2 Sally Geisert 19:26.0 1985
3 Deb Hayes 19:32.0 1983
4 Tiffany Poet 19:59.0 Region IV/Omaha 2007
5 Wendy Hartman 20:00.0 Baker 1988
6 Kelsi Beam 20:09.2 Oklahoma State 2010
7 Erin Loeffler 20:11.0 NAIA Mid-States/SWC 2010
8 Payton Hartman 20:23.2 Oklahoma State 2010
9 Teresa Goodfellow 20:39.0 1979
10 Dayna Laney 20:59.0 KCAC Champs 2001


Javier Ceja moves up a few spots to 4th all time.

Men 8k Meet Year
1 Dewayne Jackson 24:21.0 McPherson Invite 1975
2 Fred Wilson 24:48.0 All Kansas/Lindsborg 1976
3 Dave Burgess 24:57.0 All Kansas/Lindsborg 1976
4 Javier Ceja 25:04.1 Southwestern 2010
5 Jim Lovercamp 25:28.0 All Kansas/Lindsborg 1976
6 Wayne Tshudy 25:41.0 Southwestern 1969
7 Ivan Torres 25:45.0 KCAC/McPherson 1970
8 Roy Grosbach 25:55.0 Mid American Nazarene 1985
9 Gary Arthaud 25:56.0 KCAC/McPherson 1970
10 Jim Kitson 26:00.0 1979

Hope to see more movement after conference cross country meet on Nov 6th in Salina's Bill Burke Park.

Ceja KCAC runner of the week

KCAC Men’s X-C Runner-of-the-Week: Javier Ceja, McPHERSON COLLEGE, Junior from Pico Rivera, CA. In the Southwestern College NAIA Mid-State Classic he placed 4th among 205 runners in the 8K race with a time of 25:04.  NOTES: He was the first finisher of all KCAC Conference runners. He set his season-best time; his previous PR was 25:55.30. The finish marks the third race this season that Ceja has finished among the top five.

Southwestern meet

Mike Baxter finishing

This past weekend the Bulldog Harriers competed at Southwestern's NAIA Mid-State Classic. This meet is known for its fast course and great competition. We had a lot of Personal Record's and Seasons Bests but we still have a lot to give.

In the ladies race, Erin Loeffler had a big performance and ran a PR of 20:17 which puts her 7th all time on the McPherson list. On the day the ladies had 4 out of 6 season best. We are looking forward to the end of the year and running on a fast course in Salina.

5k
-- Sabrina Lee 19:56.4 SB
1 Erin Loeffler 20:11.0 PR
2 Payton Hartman 20:26.2
3 Ashley Huizar 21:19.9 SB
-- Lizette Guzman 22:42.0 SB
4 Ashley Martinez 22:59.9 SB
5 Sonia Fuentes 23:01.0
6 Torey Fry 24:49.0 SB

On the mens side Javier Ceja ran a great race working his way up throughout the race and placing 4th in a National caliber field. Ceja's time of 25:04 was a life time best and puts him 4th on the all time amongst very good company of Dewayne Jackson (24:21), 400 and 800 school record holder Fred Wilson (24:48) and 10k school record holder Dave Burgess (24:57). Mike Baxter showed some nice improvement coming in as the second Bulldog on the day with a season best. All in all the Bulldogs had 3 life time PRs and a season best.

8k
1 Javier Ceja 25:04.1 PR
-- Daniel Sorenson 26:04.0 SB
2 Mike Baxter 27:59.0 SB
-- Kyle Bogda 28:49.0 PR
3 Kyle Smith 28:55.8
4 David Parry 29:25.6
5 Josh Nilles 29:34.0
6 Juan Jimenez 29:44.3
7 Matt Brown 31:30.1
8 Derek Kruger 32:36.7 PR
9 Jason Pfoutz 36:50.4



Race Video

Post race meeting notes
Individual meeting
- come with ideas, feed back, you know yourselves better than I do
- Helps me adjust what we are doing
- great feedback from Ashley's after the race, we are going to change some things
- We are going to hit hit hard this week, 4x1600 and another fast one on friday
- Ladies take your easy days easy.
- want everyone to run with somone from the team tomorrow and txt me when you are done
- this is an important long run for conference.

Tempo run at "the Dr office"

It is amazing how far we have come this season. Yesterday we did another Tempo run and we are finaly starting to look smooth and under control during these efforts. Our paces seem to be evening out quite a bit as well. It will be nice as the program grows and we have people who have been here for 2, 3, 4 years who can teach the new athletes how the workouts are supposed to go.


start of tempo run on Maxwell

Yesterday we divided the group into two. First group was 20 min tempo group two was 35 min Marathon pace. Both groups looked good. I am excited to see what we can do this weekend at Southwestern.

Assistant coaching job

http://www.ustfccca.org/jobs/assistant-coach

mixed reps

across the lake on a perfect day at Lakeside Park

We did a mixed rep workout today and the group nailed it. I was very pleased with how we looked. We executed on all of the points I brought up during the meeting about what we need to work on during the race. This was probably the most confusing workout I have ever written in that the distances and paces jumped all over the place throughout the workout. The kids handled it very well. We only had one slight goof on one of the rest periods which was not a big deal. We need to keep on this path things are looking very good for the next two meets. our next workout will be in Salina on the KCAC Championship course.

10-12-10 meeting notes

Nice job in the weight room this morning.

15 warm up with 30 sec surges

Mixed reps
- Gets the body used to going out fast, settling in, surging, finishing hard
- 200s to top it all off
- Getting you race ready

Cool down
- 15 min jog
- Dynamics
- Rope stretch
- Foam roll
- Static stretch
- Ice bath

6 am practice tomorrow
- Recovery run

4:35
- dynamics
- Hurdles
- Core reps of 12
- Run if needed
- Balance, barefoot x 2

Head to the park

additions to top ten xc list

We have had a few additions to our top 10 all time cross country list that I thought we should post them on here.

Name 5k Meet Year
1 Lela Ball 18:08.0 KCAC Champs 1982
2 Sally Geisert 19:26.0 1985
3 Deb Hayes 19:32.0 1983
4 Tiffany Poet 19:59.0 Region IV/Omaha 2007
5 Wendy Hartman 20:00.0 Baker 1988
6 Kelsi Beam 20:09.2 Oklahoma State 2010
7 Payton Hartman 20:23.2 Oklahoma State 2010
8 Teresa Goodfellow 20:39.0 1979
9 Dayna Laney 20:59.0 KCAC Champs 2001
10 Erin Loeffler 21:01.2 Oklahoma State 2010

Men 8k Meet Year
1 Dewayne Jackson 24:21.0 McPherson Invite 1975
2 Fred Wilson 24:48.0 All Kansas/Lindsborg 1976
3 Dave Burgess 24:57.0 All Kansas/Lindsborg 1976
4 Jim Lovercamp 25:28.0 All Kansas/Lindsborg 1976
5 Wayne Tshudy 25:41.0 Southwestern 1969
6 Ivan Torres 25:45.0 KCAC/McPherson 1970
7 Roy Grosbach 25:55.0 Mid American Nazarene 1985
8 Javier Ceja 25:55.3 Lakeside Shootout 2010
9 Gary Arthaud 25:56.0 KCAC/McPherson 1970
10 Jim Kitson 26:00.0 1979

I hope that this list changes a few more times before the season is done.

polka dots

We have started a new tradition for the track program. Anyone that qualifies for a National Championship meet will get a white jersey with red dots, if you are an All-American you receive a red jersey with white dots, and finally if you are a National Champion you get a black jersey with red and white dots. Everyone will wear red bottoms with white dots.

We recived all of our polka dot gear last week. The kids were very excited and they are looking forward to competing in them.


2010 outdoor national qualifiers

NAIA Conference Polls

The new conference rankings came out today men remain in 2nd behind a strong Southwestern team, and women remain in 4th behind Kansas Wesleyan, Friends, and Southwestern. I think both polls are very accurate for this time. We are now into the big meets of the year and will have a great test in two weeks at Southwestern Mid-State Classic. I am excited for some great competition and some fast times.

Men's
1. Southwestern College (Kan.)
2. McPherson College (Kan.)
3. Friends University (Kan.)
4. Tabor College (Kan.)
5. Ottawa University (Kan.)
6. Bethel College (Kan.)
7. Sterling College (Kan.)

Women's
1. Kansas Wesleyan University
2. Friends University (Kan.)
3. Southwestern College (Kan.)
4. McPherson College (Kan.)
5. Bethel College (Kan.)
6. Sterling College (Kan.)
7. Tabor College (Kan.)
8. Bethany College (Kan.)
9. Ottawa University (Kan.)

All conference rankings can be found here
Men's- http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/101110aad.html
Women's- http://naia.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/spec-rel/101110aaa.html

10-11 meeting notes

Good job this weekend. We competed very well.
- Need to continue to work on finishing speed
o This is why we do 200’s
o Remember how you feel
o Quick feet, stand tall, good form

Practice for the week
- Mileage
o Down week
o Getting ready for conference
- Mixed reps Tuesday at Lakeside
- Friday cruise miles in Salina
o Preview conference course
o Dinner after

Fall Break
- 8:30 practice Monday Tuesday
o Looked sluggish last year, need to be ready for Southwestern

High School Conference meet in town on Saturday

Practice
- Warmup
- Hurdle mobility
- Core- reps of 12
- Balance
- Barefoot

Lakeside shootout

We hosted the first annual Lakeside Shootout this past weekend and it was a successful event.

We had a great crowd out to cheer the athletes on. The feed back on the course was very positive. spectators like how easy it was to view everything.


Payton and Kelsi in chase pack.

The womens race was first with Karissa Cominator of Friends going stright to the lead which she kept the whole race. Freshman Kelsi Beam (McPherson, Kan.) was McPherson’s top finisher with a time of 20:15 to finish sixth overall, while fellow freshman Payton Hartman (Smithville, Mo.) completed the race in eighth position with a time of 20:23. Hartman’s time matches her season-best from Oklahoma State. The Bulldog women finished in third place behind KCAC rival Friends University and Fort Hays State University. McPherson had four runner finish in the top 25, including Erin Loeffler (North Newton, Kan.) (21:01) in 14th and Ashley Huizar (La Puente, Calif.) (21:59) 23rd place. Sophomore Torey Fry (Wichita, Kan.) finished just outside of the top 40 with a time of 25:04. Overall the women competed very well and took a good step forward toward the conference meet. We still have some things that we need to work on, but we have time.

Bulldog junior Javier Ceja (Pico Rivera, Calif.) won his first individual title in a McPherson jersey with a time 25:55.30. Ceja previously won the individual crown as an unattached athlete at the J.K. Gold Classic hosted by Wichita State University. Ceja shaved approximately nine seconds of his previous season-best of 26:04. Overall for the men, Ceja led McPherson to a team score of 31 points, eight points better than second place Fort Hays State University. McPherson’s four other runners finished in the top 20, with freshman Morgan Peterson (McPherson, Kan.) (28:06 PR) finishing 10th, David Parry (Morganville, Kan.) (28:24 PR) coming in 11th, Mike Baxter (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) (28:51) placing 17th and Kyle Smith (Junction City, Kan.) (29:12) finished 20th. Like the ladies the guys competed much better and were battling with people from other schools. The guys made a nice statement and have lots of positives to take from the meet. It is always good to get a win as a team and as an individual.

The major glitch of the whole meet was the course ended up being long. When I initially measured the course it was short by about 30 meters, we then remeasured and it was right on 2000 meters. So we started to paint and put posts up over the next few days. Somewhere in the mist of all of that the course became about 20 meters per lap long. This is something that can be easily fixed. We hope to grow this meet into a quality event, and potentially bring in some more ranked teams. We have some work to do between now and then.

All in all I was pleased with how things went and we will plan on hosting the KCAC Championships there next year.