Cross Country
2006
Yesterday afternoon at St.Olaf, the 2006 Cross Country Championships were held. In the boys class AA field, Willmar put up one of the most historic runs ever by a boys team. They took first with a team score of 41 and amassing a team average time of 15:49.4 which shatters the old previous team average time of 15:59. The Willmar boys were led by Kaafi Adeys who took 5th overall in a time of 15:30.5 and Abdi Awale in 7th in a time of 15:36.4. Mahad Hassan finished 14th, Mohammed Bedel finished 16th and Mustafa Yusuf finished 23rd overall. Andrew Nicklawsky finished 59th and Scott Boros finished 98th overall. Willmar also today received an invitation to NTN in Portland on December 2nd!
The section 2AA pictures are up, along with my state preview and predictions. The girls go off at 1 pm on Saturday and the boys go off at 2 pm. Meet is at St.Olaf in Northfield. STATE PREVIEW
The final season rankings and my rankings are up. Willmar is #1 and Abdi Awale is #11 overall and Kaafi Adeys receives considerationMy state preview coming out on Wednesday.
Yesterday at Crown College the Willmar boys and girls teams competed in the Section 2AA regional meet. The boys were as perfect as you can get without being perfect by scoring 16 points going, 1,2,3,4,6. Led by Abdi Awale in a course record time of 15:49, the next 4 cards came in within 5 seconds of each other. On the girls side, a season of youth and injuries came to an end as the girls placed 11th led by Jackie Johnson.
The section preview is out today for 2AA. SECTION PREVIEW
The new state rankings and my rankings are up right now. Moving into 9th place after winning the CLC race is Abdi and right behind him in 10th is Kaafi. Receiving consideration was Mustafa. The team is still and has been rated #1 in the state. Pictures from the CLC race in Sauk Rapids are up. The next meet for the Willmar team is the 26th at Crown College. The top 2 teams and top 10 individuals advance to the state meet.
The new Heartland rankings are out. The Willmar boys dropped to #2 in the Heartland region behind Potosi, Missouri who won a huge meet in Texas over some of the top teams in the nation. New rankings up on link above.
The Willmar Cardinals participated at the Central Lakes Conference meet in Sauk Rapids yesterday. What a showing put on by the Cardinals as well! The Willmar boys completed the first ever sweep in CLC history and the girls took second! The boys were led by two-time conference champion Abdi Awale in a time of 16:06 and Kaafi Adeys in 16:09. The girls were led by Jackie Johnson in 8th place in a time of 16:09 and Jayne Cole in 16:16. This was Jayne's first varsity race of the year. Next up: Sections on 10/26 at Crown College. Look for a preview up next Tuesday for the section meet.
New State Rankings and My State Rankings are up on the website. Willmar is still #1 in the state. Kaafi Adeys is #9 and Abdi Awale is #11. Mohammed Bedel slipped out of the top 12 but still received some votes. Willmar is up next at CLC's on Tuesday in Sauk Rapids.