Calvary Distance Runners

New beginnings! We love you...

2011-05-12T06:46:00.000-07:00

As hard as it to put in to words how much this program and the kids have meant to me over the last five years I feel like I should try. With God's help we have done mighty things (psalms 60:12). We reap what we sow (Galatians 6:9).The Lord taught me more over this period of time than I ever could have imagined. He taught me unconditional love, patience, and the real purpose of athletics. The point to it all is building life long relationships with one another AND more importantly glorifying HIS precious name. Sure it is great to break records, win championships, earn scholarships, and become all-state but thats just the little stuff. Theres nothing wrong with working hard to reach a goal BUT GOD has something so much better in store for us. Praise the Lord for revealing that to me. It makes my love for the sport that much deeper! The thought that He can use the passion we have for our sport to advance His kingdom is awesome and we are so blessed to have athletics as a platform. Before my time here I just didn't get it. God took these years to shape and mold me. I admit I didn't always get it right. I can recall times where I failed a child and my LORD by my actions of selfishness and pride. He always showed me the error of my ways and gently pushed me back on track. In turn the kids and our family grew closer in love and respect. I know that God will continue to bless the program by bringing the kids that are destined to be apart of it to practice. He always provides. I look forward to what all He plans now that the Hebert era is over and a new chapter is beginning. I hope you all will give Coach Ditt an opportunity to coach you with his amazing back ground and mutal love of the Lord. He has our support and we will help him in any way we can. I pray that the Lord help Jeremy and I to raise our own kids up loving and serving the Lord much like the ones we have coached through the years. I pray also that He bring us back to coaching when the season of life is right... Until then we will treasure the memories of each one of you like our own children..

All of our love- Linzie, Jeremy, Hallie, and baby Owen :)

In no particular order...
Caleb-The warrior
Corey- The HUGE heart
Chase- The natural
Zac- The musician
Hunter- The epic comedian
Dylan- The wild heart
Hope- The nurturer
Lindsey- The Child like spirit
Nicole- The competitive encourager
Kaila-The veteran
Kelsey-The closing kicker
Shelby T-The wonderer
Jordan- The beautiful voice
Kaitlyn- The giver
Avery- The lover of the WORD
Ashlen-The suprising power house
Austin- The sweet heart
John-The silent gift
Josh-The hard worker and the next in line
James-The missionary
Lupo- The 800 beast!
Mark- The fun random one
Faith- The awesome stride
Tim-The constant improver
Jason- The huckaberry fin country lovin big heart
Jacob B- The baby of the bunch
Jake- The wrestler
Jared- The Big red
Hailey- The fastest I have ever seen...
Dakota-The Byrd fan!
Landon-The excellent pacer
Chris N.-The persistent one
Hannah D-The best texter:)
Holly- The little engine that could
Shelby D.-The future endurance queen
Hannah N- The happy soul
Chandler-The easiest not to get mad at
Eric- The sarcastic one
Abby- The quiet one
Kristen-The late season blessing

State meet 2010

2010-11-17T17:59:00.000-08:00

Boys move on over the girls are moving in! The All State Wall of Fame will make room for two more after todays Cross Country State Championship in Natchitoches, La. Not one but two young ladies earned the honor in the girls 2A race on the chilly afternoon in November. 8th Grader Hailey Hesterman finished 3rd in the field running a 19:24 over the 3 mile course. Her finish makes her the highest placing cavalier in history to finish at the State Cross country meet. Finishing in front of Hailey were two seniors planning to carry on their running career on the collegiate level. This is very exciting for Hailey and our program. She ran like a little champion out there today. I think if she would have had another 400meters she may have taken the whole thing!
Little did we know that The excitment for the race was not over! Cavalier long shot Ashlen Grantham squeezed her way into the All State team finishing in the final spot, 10th today with an impressive time of 20:19. We knew going into the race that Ashlen could be a dark horse for top honors if she ran well. Ashlen is one that rises to competition and runs well under pressure. When she gave me a thumbs up with 1200meters to go I knew she had it in the bag! It was almost overwhelming to see these two young ladies on the podium. These girls set new sites for our program and our school. There are so many talented young females athletes at Calvary just waiting to break out. We hope Ashlen and Hailey are the first among many female All Staters across the board at Calvary. Over 300 distance runners start the season in cross country while only about half of that make it to the title meet. Out of those only the top ten are crowned first team All State. Congrats to our new All Staters! What a record breaking honor!

Ashlen and family you will be missed greatly! Thank you for your loyalty and love during your time here. Things will not be the same with out you guys and we pray that God continues to bless you all as you move toTexas! I will ensure Ashlen gets her pretty picture on that wall!!!!

On the team side the girls finished 6th overall out of 14 while the guys finished 8th out of 23 full teams. Some of the placements below are not exact. Official results should be posted soon. Overall we were pretty pleased today. The boys ran really well on this course last time they were here and either bested or ran very close to those times from just a few weeks ago despite the muddy conditions. Considering most of our team members on the guys side and several from the girls side are first year runners who have been at it less than six months ii would say they did as well as we could hope. We are looking forward to seeing Tim Kunkel get a few more years under his belt with Jason and Josh and we will miss our seniors (John, Jared, James, Mark, and Kaila) greatly! It was frustrating seeing John get knocked out of All State honors his senior year despite running faster than he did in 09 when he earned the honor but looking at the incredible depth of competiton on the guys side (6 of the top 10 COMPOSITE Ranked runners in the 2A race alone! Plus another stellar group ranked in the top 15 compositely.. It could have been anyone's day. ) he cannot be disappointed in this. On the girls side we had some outstanding preformances and some heart breakers. Having Nicole injured these last few weeks really set us back. These are things out of our control and I am proud of several of first year runners (shelby, faith, holly) for stepping up today despite their inexperience on the State stage. I am grateful Nicole gave it a try today and I was glad to see Kelsey recover from the last time she ran the course. The state meet course never claiimed to be fast or fun but you all made it through. Congrats on a great season!

John Broughton: 17:11-12th/ NSU invite: 17:08/2009: 17:16-8th
Josh Hudson:18:06-34th/Nsu invite:18:06/2009:18:43-35th
Jason Sibert:18:31-43rd/NSU invite:18:36/2009:19:11-47th
Jared Lupo:19:01-56th/Nsu invite: No time/2009: No time/4th runner:Eric Austin:18:54-39th
Tim Kunkel:19:11-58th/Nsu invite:19:00/2009: No time/5th runner:Dakota Rothell: 19:00-42nd
James Kunkel:19:46-73rd/Nsu invite:19:57/2009: No time/6th runner: Jason Sibert:19:11=47th
Mark Blume:22:07-114/Nsu invite: No time

Hailey Hesterman: 19:29-3rd/Nsu invite:20:20
Ashlen Grantham: 20:19-10th/Nsu invite:21:19/2009: 21:14-13th
Kelsey Wildes: 22:28-41st/Nsu invite:23:22/2009:22:08-21st
Shelby Dodson: 22:30-45th/Nsu invite:25:02/2009: No time/4th runner last year:Lindsey Kosin:22:54-37th
Faith Kunkel: 24:00-60th/Nsu invite:24:32/2009: No time/5th runner last year:Avery Watson:23:12-44
Nicole Kosin: 24:07-62nd/Nsu invite:22:25/2009:22:14-22nd/6th runner last year:Kaila Wildes:24:36-74th
Holly Dempsey:25:17-75th/Nsu invite:24:48/2009: No time: 7th runner:Chandler Falcon: 25:08

District/Parish Invitational

2010-11-06T12:38:00.000-07:00

Coach Jeremy handing off the District Runner-up trophy to senior Jared Lupo

Congrats to everyone for a day of phenomenol personal records! The weather turned out perfect with temperatures in the low 40's which is excellent for distance running. Most everyone took advantage of the beautiful day to either best their previous time on the course or break a new personal record. For Hailey Hesterman and John Broughton the school 3 mile records were shattered today as well. The boys record has stood for four years and was held by Chase Rolland with a 16:28 respectively. John broke the record today by 18 seconds running a 16:10. Hailey broke her own previous school record by 28 seconds over the three miles. Ashlen Grantham proved she is ready to be considered within 2A's best as she broke her previous personal record by over a minute today running an incredible 19:57!!!! Kelsey Wildes also making noise breaking into the 21 range for the first time this season. Nicole Kosin and Shelby Dodson made a great tandum out there today looking strong in the low 22 range. Nicole is a great leader and has been very helpful in brining the younger girls along this season. Shelby has been an unbelievable asset to our team this year breaking barriers she didn't know she could even come close to! Faith Kunkel and late season bloomer Holly Dempsey both ran excellent times today rounding out our top seven that will proceed on to the State Championships on the 15th of this month. Hannah Ditt had a break through preformance today finishing the season on a high note with a great new PR of 25:20!!!! Kristen Ryder ran only the second three mile of her life and finished with a 24:57 almost eight minutes faster than what she ran just two weeks ago at her first varisty race. Kaila Wildes, Senior captain led the team well with encouragement and love and though today wasn't ideal for her. She is well loved and very appreciated for her leadership. Thank you for the memories. Congrats to the girls team for earning the District 1-2A title for the second year in a row!
Folllowing John in the boys race Josh Hudson continued his excellent streak of races by finishing with a 17:33. Jason Sibert, aka Seabiscuit, busted into the 17:00 range running an amazing 17:52 today! Tim Kunkel and Jared Lupo gutted it out running 18:14 and 18:32. Both are excellent competitors that know what it means to hurt and better yet welcome the pain! James Kunkel proved to himself and to the team today that he is BACK matching his previous best from the first of the year! I am so proud of his effort and his willingness to NOT give up! Mark Blume met his goal of running in the 21:00's today which makes his total drop time of 10:50 for the year!!! The guys finished up the day 2nd in District behind State power, Lakeside. Run like you did today at state and you will make a lot of noise!
I challenge you to give us your complete focus and dedication in the last 10 days of your training. No distractions and no regrets! Pray for our team as we move forward. Pray for healing and health. Pray for confidence and peace! Congrats on the progress you have made thus far. Don't stop here!!!

Thanks to the parents for your help today!!! The meet turned out great! Thanks to alumni members Hope Nichols: 2007 Captain, Lindsey Kosin: 2009 Captain, Caleb Brown: 2007 Captain, and Chase Rolland: 2009 Captain for coming out to the encourage the team. We were all thrilled to see you guys!!

Our Love and Praise,
Coaches Hebert

PS attached is a full list of results:

Individual Time Comparisons from CBA TT/CBA Invitational/CBA District Championships. Same Course. No changes

Broughton: 17:54/16:58/16:10=Improved by 1:44-All District Runner Up
Hudson: 19:13/18:24/17:33= Improved by 1:40-All District Honorable Mention
Sibert: 19:34/19:21/17:52=Improved by 1:42-All District Honorable Mention
Kunkel, T: 20:06/19:35/18:14=Improved by: 1:54
Lupo: 22:35/20:11/18:32=Improved by 2:03
Kunkel, J: 19:58/18:47/18:47=EVEN
Blume:32:46/23:57/21:56= Improved by 10:50

Hesterman: 21:25/19:47/19:08=Improved by 1:43-District Champion
Grantham: 22:21/21:58/19:57= Improved by 2:24-All District
Wildes, Kel: 22:38/22:15/21:33= Improved by 1:05-All-District
Kosin:22:57/23:03/22:02=Improved by 55 secs-All District Honorable Mention
Dodson: 27:21/27:56/22:10= Improved by: 5:11
Kunkel, F: 25:06/25:49/23:27=Improved by 1:39
Dempsey: 27:32/29:34/23:49= Improved by 3:42
Ditt:27:33/27:24/25:20= Improved by 2:14
Wildes, Ka: 26:33/26:12/27:02=+50
Ryder: 24:57

COUNT DOWN TO STATE!

2010-10-30T13:13:00.000-07:00

Seniors 2010

Jared Lupo, James Kunkel, Mark Blume, John Broughton, and Kaila Wildes

Parents don't forget to send your $10.00 this week to cover part of the District prize!

Sunday, October 31st-OFF

Sunday, November 7th: OFF

Monday, November 8th-5:30-6:30pm @ CBA

Tuesday, November 9th-3 PM @CBA Recovery Run

Wednesday, November 10th-5:45am: SHORT run @ 30secs-1 minute per mile slower than Race pace

3PM: GIRLS LAST DAY FOR RUNNING CLUB

Thursday, November 11th- 5:30pm-OFF

Friday, November 12th-3:15 pm Caravan to Natchitoches State meet course

4:20am Arrive for Practice on course

Finish @ 5:45pm. Go eat at Niki's Mexican restaurant

Arrive back to CBA @ 8:15pm.

Saturday, November 13th-12:00pm @ The Hebert's-Easy Bike followed by Pasta lunch Pre Race party!

Sunday, November 14th- Church as a team at CBA @ 10:45-12:20pm. Pre Race on XC field to follow.

Monday, November 15th-NO SCHOOL! EVERYONE TRAVELS TO NATCHITOCHES!!!

LHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Natchitoches, La

LEAVE FROM CBA @ 11:30AM
REGISTRATION:12:45PM
2A GIRLS RACE: 1:45 PM/2A BOYS RACE: 3:15PM

NSU PRE STATE

2010-10-24T11:55:00.001-07:00

The teams got their first go at the State Meet Course in Natchitoches, La today in low 80 degree temperatures, unseasonally warm for late cross season. Despite the heat some good things got done today. On the guys side, five ran, five finished! Our boys placed sixth out of 16 teams. We suffered a little without team support and constant top five runner, Jared Lupo out today along with Mark Blume taking the ACT. The boys still had some great individual showings on the course. John Broughton rolled into another top ten finish this week finishing 9th out of 189 male runners. His time of 17:08 was his fastest ever on the NSU course. John has not finished outside of the top ten all year. A great feat considering the courses and competition we have encountered this year. Keep up the streak! Josh Hudson hauled in another fast time of 18:06 besting his previous time on the course by 37 seconds!!! Josh has been running smart the last few weeks and seeing some major results! Josh's time was enough to finish 29th overall and fifth in our district! Jason Sibert came to prove last weeks big drop was not just a fluke as he busted out another great 18:36 beating his previous time on the same course by 34 seconds enough for 43rd. Tim Kunkel looked strong again today finishing with a 19:00 and 53rd overall. James Kunkel rounded out our day with a 19:57 and 83rd
Girls placed third out of sixteen total teams trailing 4A State Runner-up, lead by National runner Kaitlyn Flattman, and their 4A foe Parkway high school who finished second.
The highlight of the day was Holly Dempsey's 76th finish out of 156 runners! Her placement came along side an 82 second drop from her PR just one week prior. The drop was enough for a nice 24:48 over three miles. Holly was the lone runner to set a personal record today. With her tiny body frame and running style Holly has great potential to continue being a BIG producer for our team. Leading the Lady Cavs in scoring today was eight grader, Haley Hesterman who finished fifth overall with a time of 20:26. Ashlen Grantham out ran several district rivals as well as local strengths to finish one spot out of the top ten and only seconds away from her personal record set last week. Nicole Kosin finished on par with a 22:23, enough for 30th while Kelsey Wildes finished 41st. Faith Kunkel rounded out our top five in the 24 range today finishing 67th While Shelby Dodson finished 84th. Kristen Ryder completed her first career 3 mile race today in 32:00. Hannah Ditt and Kaila Wildes were out today taking the ACT.
With State only three weeks away we enter in to the final phase of our training, the SPEED phase. If you have not gotten them already you will need to purchase spikes and bring them to our hard practices over the next three weeks. Spikes are very beneficial for the State meet and District courses.
This weekend is a training weekend and MANDATORY! We need this time to prepare. We will meet for practice that morning and then go on to watch the movie Secretariat as a team. Please make plans for this.
Special, loving note: We love the football team and offer them ALL of our support! HOWEVER: please do NOT let their games interfere with your rest and your body's preparation for YOUR sport and YOUR team! Something tells me your legs may have been a little heavier today than they should have been considering the activities the night before! :)

Next up: District Championships, November 6th 2010~CBA home course

For full results go to:
http://www.nsudemons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=93076&SPID=11375&ATCLID=205017346&DB_OEM_ID=20000

Keep pressing on! Sprint to the end! We are almost there!!!
Coaches Hebert

MENARD 2010

2010-10-16T19:07:00.000-07:00

Blessed is the man whose confidence is in the LORD, who trusts in Him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots to the stream. It does not fear when the HEAT comes; its leaves are always green. It has NO WORRIES in a time of drought and NEVER fails to bear fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8

CBA girls cash out on another team victory this week finishing 1st in the 22nd annual Menard Invitational small school division. The guys pulled off a 4th place finish out of 16 full teams!

Today was by far the best our two teams have preformed as a unit all year. We had some major break throughs today mentally and physically which left us as coaches saying "WOW!" God has truly blessed our teams with ability. You are gaining strenth, confidence, and maturity in your racing with each week. We are right on track for the season.

In the girls race, 8th grader Hailey Hesterman easily outdistanced her competitors with an incredible new PR of 19:37 on the Hilly Fort Buhlow course in Alexandria, La. Ashlen Grantham returned to the scene today back to her old form breaking her previous PR set at the state meet last year by eight seconds! As a 7th grader, Ashlen is mature beyond her years in racing. She is calm, patient, and extremely competitive. I see her future only getting brighter! Kelsey and Nicole used their devastating closing kicks to suck up the competition again this week. I look for them to be breaking into the 21 range very soon. Their time is COMING! Shelby Dodson is a beast! She used this week to knock another minute off of her previous PR set just one week ago. (Keep doing that and you will be in the 22 range before you know it!)She safely led teammate Faith Kunkel to an all time best of 81 seconds! Faith had the highest drop of everyone this week! It is nice to see some of that hard work in practice transfer over to racing. Congrats on a big break through for Faithy! Kaila Wildes demonstrated consistency by finishing in the 25:00 range for the second week in a row. Holly dropped another five seconds off of her time this week. I look for her to be in the 25 range very soon! Hannah Ditt dealt with some frustrations today in not feeling well BUT we have plans to work past that and have her back full force by next week.
On the boys side, lead runner John Broughton got to handle adversity face to face when he was accidently directed off course. He and the four other lead runners added about 30 seconds to their time today as they had to be redirected on to course leaving them at the back of the pack. John fought his way through the crowd and ultimately managed to finish in the top 7! Though the time was not ideal this experience reminded us all of what we already know about John... He is a fighter and he is sound minded enough to make lemonade out of LEMONS! God has a plan and it is good. We believe as the bible says, you reap what you so at the proper time if you do not get tired of doing good. John, keep sowing. The time is coming to reap your harvest! Josh Hudson had an unbelievable career best breaking 18:00 minutes for the first time today. He has dropped over 3.5 minutes since he first started in 2008! Today must have been a day for break throughs as Jason Sibert outran his previous personal record today by 51 seconds!!!! I have NEVER seen him run with so much confidence and passion. We discussed earlier in the week that his time was coming soon and today it was nice to see his hard work pay off. Now that the barrier has been broken you are FREE to just run!!!! Go Seabiscuit! Tim Kunkel, Jason's usual training partner followed suit dropping another 30 seconds off of his PR last week and finishing 32nd. This finish was enought to earn a top 50 t-shirt! This comes as the first cross country shirt win of his career. Not to be out done, Jared Lupo snagged a top 50 shirt running well again this week . His nice response to passing 3 runners in black with 1200 to go helped secure our teams high placement. James Kunkel was back closer to his form this week dropping almost a minute off of the time he ran last week. Look for him to be in the 18:00's by season end. Mark Blume continues to creep downward as he ran another PR this week! Mark has had a new personal best in every race he has run this year!

Congrats to our teams. Let's keep building on this strong foundation, trusting in the Lord for our confidence and strength. Trust HIM and Trust the PLAN! HERE WE GO!

Ps. Jacob Brossette finished 17th today at the Jr. High State Championships.This placement was enough for Honorable mention All state.

*Last year the course was different due to flooding. But I do have times from the boys the year before which was the same course. Girls ran awful that day so times were not documented on our site:) Wish I would have posted so you could see your improvement too!

Boys Team finished 4th out of 16 scoring teams. 141 runners finished the race.
Results from 2010 Results from 2008* Zac was injured.
Broughton:17:20 (ran off course)-7th Chase Rolland-17:30-9th-
Josh Hudson:17:49 (PR:16 seconds)-16th Landon Roach-18:04-24th
Jason Sibert:18:24 (PR:51 seconds)-27th Dakota Rothell-18:53-40th
Tim Kunkel: 18:40 (PR: 30 seconds)-32nd Chris Norton-19:15-51st
Jared Lupo:19:01 (PR: 14 seconds)-45th Hunter Gauntlett-19:36-60th
James Kunkel:19:32-57th Jason Sibert-19:48-67th
Mark Blume: 22:34 (PR:14 seconds)-115th Josh Hudson-21:12-81st

The girls finished 1st out of 7 scoring teams and 84 runners

Hailey Hesterman: 19:36 (PR: 11 seconds)-1st
Ashlen Grantham: 21:06 (PR: 8 seconds)-13th
Kelsey Wildes:22:17-17th
Nicole Kosin:22:34-22nd
Shelby Dodson:23:17 (PR:58 seconds)-30th
Faith Kunkel:23:21 (PR:81 seconds)-32nd
Kaila Wildes:25:33-54th
Holly Dempsey:26:10 (PR:5 seconds)-58th
Hannah Ditt:-28:07-74th

For a list of full results go to : http://la.milesplit.com/meets/75284

Cedar Creek Invite

2010-10-09T13:25:00.001-07:00

Congrats to the Calvary Cross Country girls for claiming the Cedar Creek Invitational Team title Saturday, October 9th. Hailey Hesterman finished second with a tme of 20:11. Shelby Dodson rounded out the scoring card with a new personal record of over a minute running a 24:15 and finishing 33rd overall. Shelby's big step up this week put us in the running for the team title.Ashlen Grantham, Kelsey Wildes, and Nicole Kosin all ran persoanl season records finishing 11th-21:48, 13th-22:08, and 14th-22:09. Kelsey and Nicole's big sprint finish each passing two girls sealed the deal for the team victory. Faith Kunkel finished 6th for the team with a 25:03 and a 45th placement. Kaila Wildes, Holly Dempsey, and Hannah Ditt ran personal records for the season running 25:20-48th, 26:19- 52nd, 26:28 and 55th over the 3 mile course respectively. We are very proud of these efforts considering the hillly course. We are not satisfied with finishing first at invitational meets and we will continue to strive to reach our full potential for the season. Our goal is state. Remember it is not how you start but how you finish that counts! Expect coach to challenge you as an individual in the coming weeks to see your full potential shine by the state meet.

The boys finished 5th today out of 14 scoring teams. John Broughton held on to the number 4 spot after fighting off a host of hungry parkway panthers. John's fourth place finish of 17:06 was 33 seconds faster this year than on last years course. Josh Hudson finished second for the team today running an 18:24-25th. Diamond buff, Jared Lupo finished as the Cavilier #3 man running a 19:14 and finishing 35th. This time was a 25 second personal best for Lupo. Tim Kunkel, 19:15-36th and Jason Sibert, 19:20-37th rounded out the team scoring with the later of the two earning a seasonal best by 30 seconds. James Kunkel was the 6th finisher for the cavaliers. Mark Blume continues to close the gap on his teammates as he covered the course in 22:48 beating his previous best by a full minute. 6th grader Jacob Brossette made his 3 mile cross country debut today completing the varsity course in a time of 24:10 and beating over 20 runners. Jacob will compete next week at the elementary state championships. As a team the boys continue to make indivdual improvements. We need to focus on using our work outs to prepare us for race day instead of thinking of it as a form of punishment. Get ready to amp up the game in the next few weeks! Alot of you have some talent that hasn't been seen. Prepare to be unleashed. Ready or not here we come!

Bistineau race- Hosted by Haughton

2010-09-22T13:13:00.000-07:00

CONGRATS TO THE CALVARY GIRLS AND BOYS FOR THEIR TEAM CHAMPION AND TEAM RUNNER-UP TITLES THIS WEEKEND.

YOU PUT TEAM FIRST BEFORE YOURSELF AND SAW MAJOR RESULTS! WE NOW CAN MOVE FORWARD.

"A PERSON STANDING ALONE CAN BE ATTACKED AND DEFEATED, BUT TWO CAN STAND BACK TO BACK AND CONQUER. THREE ARE EVEN BETTER, FOR A TRIPLE BRAIDED CORD IS NOT EASILY BROKEN."ECCLESIASTES 4:12

Calvary Cross Country Invite 2010

2010-09-18T17:16:00.000-07:00

After being deemed eligible the day prior, Hailey Hesterman made her statement in style. The tiny eigth grader set a new course record running a 19:47 and winning the Varsity girls three mile race by over a minute. Hailey has been very patient over the last few weeks waiting to run for the Varsity team. She was chomping at the bit to get her chance to run and she got it today. No one deserved to win more than she did and we are so proud of her. This little girl is the real deal and she will do great things at Calvary and years beyond if she sticks with it. Teammates Ashlen Grantham and Kelsey Wildes also finished with top ten honors placing eigth and ninth respectively in the 70 person race.
Reigning State 4A XC champ, Mitch Landry (Haughton)and 2A State Track Champ Enrique Soto(Lakeside) battled for the individual title in the boys race with Landry coming out on top in the 107 man race. The top five finishers in the race were all current All Staters throughout thier respective divisions. Calvary's own All Stater, John Broughton rounded out the top five with a new personal record of 16:58 over three miles. John has really come a long way in such a short career of running. He is starting only his second year of cross country and has already developed a resume that takes years for most kids to develop. Coach Jeremy and I love this kid and believe he has what it takes to go on to the next level. Teammates Josh Hudson:18:24, James Kunkel: 18:47, and Mark Blume also shared personal bests for thier career today. The talent in the boys race was unbelievable! It is nice to see North Louisiana runners with the ability to not only do something individually state wide but also to battle for some team honors.
5 A power, CE Byrd won the girls varsity division with Cedar Creek and Calvary closely trailing while Parkway and Choudrant finished first and second on the boys side.

Meet Notes-Choudrant Aggie Invite

2010-09-05T15:15:00.000-07:00

Jake Foster celebrates his top 7 team shirt with a victory Cartwheel!

Details: First Meet: Rolling Hills with woods. Low to mid 70's.
Schools particpating: Cedar Creek, Choudrant, West Quachita, Byrd, Haughton, Lakeside, Eldorado, Sarepta, loyola, CBA.

A list of full results: http://results.active.com/pages/resultsCalendar.jsp?&orgID=216359

Varisty Girls top 3 team results:
Cedar creek: Champions: 42
Byrd: 48
Calvary: 49

Year to Year comparison:
Girls runners from 2007 to 2010
1.(07)27:42-Hope to (08)24:37-Avery (09)Kelsey:22:40 (2010)-Ashlen Grantham:22:13-5th
2.(07)28:14-Kalia to (08)25:26- Kalia to (09)Ashlen: 22:46 to Nicole Kosin:22:55-10th
3.(07)29:02- Shelby to 08)26:13-Kaitlynnto(09)Avery:23:50 to (2010)Kelsey Wildes: 23:03-11th
4.(07)33:36-Kaitlynn to (08)26:39-Shelby to(09)Nicole: 24:23 to(2010)Faith Kunkel:24:42-19th
5. (09)Kaila: 24:41 to (2010) Shelby Dodson: 25:31-26th
6. (09)Lindsey: 25:42 to (2010) Kaila Wildes: 26:17
7. (2010) Holly Dempsey: 27:46
8. (2010) Hannah Ditt: 31:40

Varsity Boys top 3 results plus a few extra just because i had them on hand:

Varsity Boys
Choudrant - 57
Byrd - 71
Calvary - 73
Haughton - 99
CC - 122
Lakeside - 126
Loyola - 158
West Ouachita - 173

Boys comparison in order from 2007-2010
1.(07)18:46-Chase to (08)17:48 to Chase to (09)John:17:46 to(2010)John Broughton: 17:35-3rd
2.(07)19:49-Zac to (08) 19:13-Zac to (09)Landon:18:07 to (2010) Josh Hudson: 18:55-13th
3.(07)20:49-Caleb to (08)19:17-Landon to (09)Eric: 19:02 to (2010) James Kunkel: 19:34-18th
4.(07)21:46Dylan to (08)21:27-Hunter to (09)Jason: 19:17 to (2010) Jason Sibert:19:36-19th
5.(07)22:04-Corey to (08)21:31-Chris to (09)Josh: 19:25 to (2010) Tim Kunkel: 19:38-20th
6.(07)22:25-Hunter to (08)21:46-Jason to (09)Dakota:20:35 to (2010) Jared Lupo: 19:38-21st
7. 09)Austin: 23:11 to (2010) JakeFoster: 22:39
8. 2010) Mark Blume: 24:28

5th and 6th 1 mile finishers:
Jacob Brossette: 4th: 6:41

Congrats also to Middle school 2 mile finishers:
Hailey Hesterman:14:03-1st place by almost 2 mintues!!!-Look forward to her running with Varisty at the Home meet

Jared Foster: 17:48

CBA XC WEEKEND SCHEDULE

2010-08-11T17:42:00.000-07:00

Calvalier Cross Country team 2010

Back Row:Coach Jeremy Hebert, Holly Dempsey, Hannah Ditt, Ashlen Grantham, Kaila Wildes, Shelby Dodson, Nicole Kosin, Faith Kunkel, Kelsey Wildes, Hailey Hesterman, Coach Linzie Hebert, and Coach Mary Kunkel.

Front Row: Jacob Brossette, Jason Sibert, Jared Lupo, James Kunkel, Mark Blume, John Broughton, Tim Kunkel, Josh Hudson, Jake Foster, and Jared Foster

CALVARY CROSS COUNTRY RACING/TRAINING WEEKEND CALENDAR

* Red indicates away meets
* Green indicates CBA hosted home meet
* Yellow indicates training weekend

Saturday, August 14th- Calvary Splash n Dash 5k-
We will use this as our training run. You can sign up at sportspectrumusa.com All funds go to support Cavlary FLC

Monday, August 16th- 5:45pm-Team Picture and practice night @ Stoner. You will get uniforms when you arrive for the picture and give them back before we start practice. Boys will need to bring white compression shorts to wear under the uniform

Saturday, August 21st-22nd OFF No training or practice on this weekend!!!!!

Saturday: August 28th-CBA XC field (South lawn) 3 mile team time trial and training run
Meet at 7:30 am. Will start the time trial at 8:00am and be finished with practice by 9am
Uniforms will be given out this day to all that complete the course without walking!

SATURDAY:Sept. 4th-Choudrant Aggie Invitational-Ruston
Caravan will DEPART from Calvary Family Life Center: Depart @ 6:00am

Registration @ 7:30am
8:30 am Varsity Girls 3 miles
9:00 am Varsity Boys 3 miles
9:30 am Varsity Awards
9:30 am K-2nd Grade Girls 1 mile
10:00 am K-2nd Grade Boys 1 mile
10:15 am 3rd-4th Grade Girls 1 mile
10:30 am 3rd-4th Grade Boys 1 mile
10:45 am 5th-6th Grade Girls 1 mile
11:00 am 5th-6th Grade Boys 1 mile
11:15 am Junior High Girls 2 miles
11:30 am Junior High Boys 2 miles
11:45 am Elementary & Jr High Awards
**Please note that once the meet starts we will operate on a rolling schedule**

Sat: September 11th: Training weekend. Plan for practice on this Saturday am

Sat: Sept 18th-CALVARY CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL:@ CALVARY BAPTIST ACADEMY: SOUTH LAWN
Junior High (6th-8th)and JV Girls 1.5 mile race: 8:30 a.m
Junior High (6th-8th) and JV Boys 1.5 mile race: 9:00am
High School Girls 3 mile race: 9:30am
High School Boys 3 mile race : 10:10 am
Elementary Grades K-2nd Girls/boys 1 mile race: 10:40
Elementary Grades 3rd-5th Girls/boys 1 mile race: 11:00a.m.
Awards Ceremony: 11:15 a.m.
1-4pm: Lunch and Pool Party at the Broughton's house

Sat: Sept 25th-HAUGHTON, Lake Bistenau State Park (btw Haughton and Minden)
Leave from school @ 8:00am
9:45am Junior Open Race (2 miles)- Jacob/Jared
10:15 am Varsity Girls Race (3 miles)
11:30 Awards Ceremony

October 2nd: Training weekend. Plan for practice this Saturday am.

Sat: October 9th: Cedar Creek Cougar Invitational-Ruston, La
Meet @ CBA FLC parking lot @ 6:15 am. Depart for Ruston @ 6:15 am on Bus #15 and Parent caravan

Sat: Oct 16th- Holy Savior Menard Invitational- Alexandria, La /Jr. High/Elementary State Championships (Jared/Jacob)
Depart with caravan and school bus and parent caravan @ 6:00 am from CBA family life center
Small School Varsity Girls 3 mile race:9:00am
Small School Varsity Boys 3 mile race:9:40 am
JV Boys and Girls 2 mile race:10:10 am
Small school Awards:10:20am

Saturday, Oct 23rd: NSU XC INVITATIONAL (on State meet course)-Details to come/Kingdom Fitness XC invite also on this day. We will send Varsity to NSU

Saturday, Oct 30th: Training weekend.

Saturday: Nov 6th- CALVARY BAPTIST ACADEMY, Shreveport, La:
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS- SHREVEPORT, LA

Varsity Girls Race: 9:30am

Varsity Boys Race: 10:00 am

Friday, November 13th: Natchitoches, La: Training day on State meet course. Leave by caravan from FLC @ 3:00pm
Saturday, November 14th: Team Pasta Pre race party-6pm @ The Heberts
Sunday, November 15th: Pre Race @ 2pm at CBA

Monday: Nov 15th- LHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Natchitoches, La
2A GIRLS
REGISTRATION:12:45PM
2A GIRLS: 1:45 PM/BOYS3:15PM

SCHEDULE AUGUST 10th-22nd

2010-08-09T14:56:00.000-07:00

Congrats to John, Ashlen, and Josh for earning the summer most participation awards! John and Josh had 100% participation.We appreciate your hard work and commitment to excellence even when practice was not considered mandatory. May the Lord BLESS your efforts!

School is starting this week! Please pay close attention to our schedule so you know what is going on.

Tuesday, August 10th-6:00pm- Stoner Boat launch; run only

Wednesday, August 11th- First Day of school (NO PRACTICE)

Thursday, August 12th-6:00pm- Pecan Farm; Bike only

Friday, August , 13th- 3:00-4:15pm-CBA XC field (aka South lawn) Game Day

Satuday, August, 14th-Southern Hills Park-Splash n dash 5k. We will make a long training run out of this day.

Sunday, August 15th-TEAM FISH FRY 10-1PM!!! EVERYONE MEET AT CBA @ 8:30AM TO SELL EXTRA TICKETS. YOUR ATHLETIC FEES ARE DUE THIS DAY. THE MORE YOU SELL THE LESS YOU HAVE TO PAY!!!!

FIRECRACKER 5K

2010-07-05T06:30:00.000-07:00

JOHN BROUGHTON LED CALVARY TEAM MEMBERS AND FAMILY PARTICIPANTS IN THE 3.1 MILE (5K) RACE SATURDAY JULY, 3RD WITH A FINISH TIME OF 18:32 OVER THE EXTREMELY HILLY SOUTH HIGHLANDS COURSE. OUT OF ROUGHLY 4,000 PARTICIPANTSJOHN FINISHED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS TOP 101 OF ALL MALE ATHLETES WITH A 35TH PLACEMENT. JOSH HUDSON FINISHED 96TH (20:31) OUT OF THE MALE COMPETITORS WHILE HIS FATHER BILLY MADE THE CUT OFF FINISHING 100TH WITH A NEW PR OF 20:36. JASON SIBERT RAN TO MILE THREE WITH COACH LINZIE BEFORE DUCKING OUT BECAUSE HE DID NOT OFFICIALLY SIGN UP FOR THE RACE. HIS FINISH TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND COACH LINZIE'S WHICH WAS A 21:48. THIS TIME WAS ENOUGH TO PLACE COACH LINZIE 12TH OUT OF THE OVERALL WOMEN. NICOLE KOSIN AND COACH JEREMY BATTLED IT OUT TOGETHER BREAKING 24:00!!! A NEW PERSONAL BEST FOR BOTH ON THE COURSE. THE TIME OF 23:58 WAS ENOUGH TO PLACE NICOLE 38TH IN THE MUG HONORING TOP 60 FOR THE WOMEN'S DIVISION. SHELBY DODSON AND HANNAH DITT FINISHED THIER FIRST 5K TOGETHER FINISHING AROUND 35:00 MINUTES. HEIDI AND JACOB BROSSETTE ALSO FINISHED AROUND THIS TIME ROUNDING THE CALVARY FINISHERS. CONGRATS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO BRAVED THE COURSE AND FINISHED THE RACE. REMEMBER.... YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE FOR THE SEASON. THE CONDITIONING, STRENGTH, AND SPEED WILL ONLY IMPROVE FROM THIS POINT ON. GREAT JOB EVERYONE!

KSLA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK-JOSH HUDSON

2010-06-29T07:14:00.001-07:00

INCOMING 9TH GRADER, JOSH HUDSON (PICTURED LEFT), WAS CHOSEN AS THE KSLA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, ON THE XC COURSE, ON THE ROAD OF CYCLING, AND IN THE CHALLENGENING SPORT OF TRIATHLON.

Click the link below to see the story: Be sure to see the scroll bar to the left. Click on Josh Hudson.

http://www.ksla.com/global/Category.asp?C=139314

Cross Country Season 2010

2010-05-10T14:54:00.000-07:00

The summer running program is fun and physically rewarding. It is designed to transform you into a well conditioned distance runner by using unique cross training techniques proven to enhance your overall athletic ability.

RETREAT IS COMING!!!! AUGUST 7th-9th. Get your waivers and fee turned in!

Monday, August 2nd 12:15-1:00pm: OFF

Tuesday, August 3rd: 6:00pm-7:15pm: Run only at stoner

Wednesday, August 4th: 12:15-1:15: Southside swimming pool

Thursday, August 5th: 6:00pm-7:15pm Caspiana loop pecan farm. Bike ONLY! Make sure you bring a bike or have someone bring one for you!

Friday, August 6th: OFF

Saturday, August 7th-9th: 6am Meet at CBA to leave for retreat! Will pull out at 6:15am!!!!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

AUGUST 1st: RIVER CITIES TRIATHLON: IF YOUR NOT COMPETING COME CHEER US ON OR HAND OUT WATER!!!!

TEAM XC SUMMER RETREAT DATES:AUGUST 7TH-9TH (LAKE CLAIBORNE)

AUGUST 14TH @ 8AM: CALVARY SPLASH AND DASH @ SOUTHERN HILLS PARKS AND REC.

XC Banquet/Final team rankings from LA coaches association

2009-11-29T13:22:00.000-08:00

All-District Team 2009

MOST IMPROVED: AUSTIN GRANTHAM/CHANDLER FALCON

HARDEST WORK: JOSH HUDSON/NICOLE KOSIN

MOST VALUABLE RUNNER: JOHN BROUGHTON/ASHLEN GRANTHAM

SENIOR AWARD: LINDSEY KOSIN

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 The Advocate eEdition
PREP SPORTS
CROSS COUNTRY
Rankings

ALL SPORTS
Prep Extras

High School Cross Country Rankings -- Nov. 26
The final statewide high school cross country polls from the Louisiana Track & Field Coaches Association.
GIRLS:
Classes 2A and below
1. Episcopal-BR (7) 97
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 87
3. Hanson Memorial (3) 83
4. Menard 65
5. Louise McGehee 58
6. Cedar Creek 52
7. Choudrant 28
8 Calvary Baptist 25
9. Newman 20
10. Country Day 15
Others receiving votes: St. Martin’s, Sacred Heart-GC, University, Pitkin, Ascension Catholic, Georgetown and Grace Christian.

Boys
Classes 2A and below
1. Episcopal-BR (10) 100
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 88
3. Menard 75
4. M.P. Country Day 61
5. Newman 53
6. University 38
7. Hanson 35
8. Choudrant 32
9. Calvary Baptist 19
10. Hanson Memorial 12
Others receiving votes: Delcambre, First Baptist Christian, Episcopal School of Acadiana, St. Martin’s, Ascension Catholic, Runnels, Midland, Anacoco, Lakeside.

Broughton sets new heights!

2009-11-17T17:51:00.001-08:00

John Broughton set new heights for the Calvary Cross Country program at the La State XC high school championships held November 17th on the campus of NSU. Not only did John finish as an All-Stater in the 2A classification (8th place) but officials from the LHSAA just informed us that the junior earned a spot on the All-State COMPOSITE top 25 list! John's performance today put him in the 25th spot by .5 seconds making him the first ever from Calvary to make the list and the only 2A boy from mid to North La to qualify. The composite list tallies the best performances from ALL of the classifications (Class B to 5A) over the State Meet course. Over 800 boys participated in the State meet. (Note:On average the race times were about 45 seconds off for every race this year due to the course conditions. )

The boys team finished out the 2A competition 6th out of the 22 full teams that qualified for the State meet. Landon Roach finished 28th (18:39) honorably competing despite being recently diagnosed with mono. Though he was quite disappointed with his time and placement. I am quite impressed with the young man after all he has been through over the last few weeks. (Running only one and a half times in two weeks before the State competition due to the illness.) Landon was obviously not 100% today but gave all he could out there which says a lot about his character. He even explained before the race that he was going to hang on for as long as he could to help John reach his goals. That is selflessness!!! 8th grader Josh Hudson was 33rd (18:43), Sophomore ERic Austin 37th (18:54), 8th grader Dakota Rothell 40th (19:00), Sophomore Jason Sibert 45th (19:10), and 8th grader Austin Grantham rounded out the team finishing 64th (19:55) out of 150 competitors in the 2 A race.
We were hoping for the top five today but we were unaware that a total of 6 more schools had been thrown into the 2 A competition this year as compared with last. That along with loosing 4 of our top six boys from last year (Chase, Zac, Chris,and Hunter), and Landon's unexpected illnesss.... i would say our boys did quite well considering:) We are not disappointed at all. The great news is that no one will be graduating!!!
On the girls side, 6th grader Ashlen Grantham was the highest Calvary finisher of the day with a 14th place! Needless to say Ashlen was the youngest finisher in the top 20. Her time of 21:10 set a brand new school record on the cold, windy, and super muddy course. Freshman Kelsey Wildes and Sophomore Nicole Kosin finished 21st (22:08) and 22nd (22:14) while Senior Lindsey Kosin (22:54) and Junior Avery Watson (23:12) placed 37th and 44th rounding out our scoring card. Junior Kaila Wildes was 74th(24:36) while Sophomore Chandler Falcon was 84th (25:08) in a field of 131 runners.
The girls made a huge jump this year earning 5th place in the STATE!!! They edged out 6th place Newman by only 2 points. This has been thier goal all year so I am extremely proud of them. It was just one year ago that they finished 11th with the highest team finisher earning the 40th spot. 21 full teams were represented on the girls side at the Championships this year.

Thanks to Mr. Guerrero, Pastor Rick, and Ryan Edmonds for making the trip! This meant the world to the kids and to us as coaches to see and feel your support!!!
Thanks to all of the parents for all of your hard work this year. We are very proud of our kids and couldn't ask for a better group of families to be our extended family:)
The Awards banquet for the year will be at the Heberts December 6th at 6:00-8:00pm. More details to come.
We are still awaiting the votes from the final Small School Composite list ! A list of full results can be found at http://www.deltatiming.com/results.aspx

Love, Coach Linzie and Coach Jeremy

State count down!

2009-11-14T06:46:00.000-08:00

Zac Overstreet All State XC 2007 and Chase Rolland All State XC 2007 and 2008

MONDAY: PRE RACE AT THE HEBERT'S HOUSE: 5:30-6:30PM

Parents/athletes not running at State come to make signs and paint car windows!!!
STATE DAY: PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PAINT YOUR CAR WINDOWS! BRING FLAGS AND POSTERS ETC. THIS IS A VERY FUN TIME.
THE KIDS WILL GO TO FIRST HOUR AND CHECK OUT AFTER THAT @ 9AM
WE WILL LEAVE AT 10 AM FROM CBA FLC TO HEAD TO NATCHITOCHES.
WE WILL STOP AND EAT LUNCH AT SUBWAY IN NATCHITOCHES AROUND 11:15-12

BRING $10.00
AT 12 WE WILL GO TO THE NSU CAMPUS. PLEASE BRING YOUR YARD SIGNS OR HOMEADE SIGNS TO ME MONDAY NIGHT SO WE CAN TAKE THEM WITH US TO SET UP AROUND THE TENT.
AT 1 PM THE BOYS WILL GO TO THE TOP OF THE HILL BEFORE THE TRACK TO CHEER ON THE CEDAR CREEK GIRLS
THE CALVARY GIRLS WILL BEGIN WARMING UP AT THIS TIME.
THE GIRLS WILL HAVE TO REPORT TO THE STARTING LINE AT 1:35. THE RESTROOM LINES ARE LONG SO HELP ME ENCOURAGE THE GIRLS TO GO BEFORE IT IS TIME TO WARM UP. THERE WILL BE A PORTA POTTIE NEAR THE START SO THEY CAN TAKE A LAST MINUTE BREAK ONCE WE MAKE IT TO THE LINE IF THEY HAVE TO.
THE GUYS CAN STAY ON THE HILL (SITTING OFF OF THE COURSE) DURING OUR GIRLS RACE. AFTER THAT. THEY WILL BEGIN WARMING UP AT 2:30. WE WILL REPORT TO THE STARTING LINE WITH THE BOYS AT 3:05.
THE GIRLS WILL GO AFTER THEIR RACE TO THE HILL BEFORE THE FINISH TO CHEER FOR THE CEDAR CREEK GUYS RACING AT 2:30 AND THEN HEAD TO THE START TO CHEER FOR OUR BOYS.
WHEN OUR BOYS ARE DONE WE WILL GET THE TEAM SCORING AND INDV PLACEMENTS PRIOR TO LEAVING . THE SCORING WILL BE POSTED ON THE BACK OF THE CONCESSION AREA INSIDE THE TRACK STADIUM. PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME HAVE TO LOOK FOR YOU TO WARM UP, HEAD TO THE START, OR BEFORE WE LEAVE . WE WILL ALL NEED TO BE IN ONE PLACE. ASK YOUR ATHLETE TO AVOID "RUNNING OFF"

WHAT DO I NEED FROM YOU AS PARENTS AND NON PARTICIPATING ATHLETES:
JEFF: PICTURES/TENT
SCOTT AND BILLY (800/1.5): NEED YOU CALLING OUT EACH CALVARY KIDS NUMBER. AVOID CALLING OUT SPLITS (THIS ISN'T LEGAL UNLESS YOU DO IT FOR EVERY KID OR IF IT IS AT A MILE MARKER) BUT YOU CAN TELL THEM THEY ARE ON PACE OR THEY NEED TO PICK IT UP 5 SEC ETC. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THEY KNOW THIER POSITION AND THAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGED AT THESE POINTS DURING THE RACE.
JOE AND JOHN GRANTHAM: NEED YOU AT THE ONE/TWO MILE MARKERS (SAME PLACE) NEAR THE STARTING LINE. DO YOUR BEST TO CALL OUT THE POSITION THEY ARE IN AS WELL BUT I WILL NEED ONE OF YOU WRITING DOWN THE TIMES OF OUR KIDS AS THEY COME THROUGH THESE MARKERS. YOU ARE FREE TO HEAD TO THE FINISH AFTER THAT . TAKE THE SHORT CUT ACROSS THE BRIDGE
KAITLYNN/HANNAH: BOTTOM OF THE HILL SCREAMING
HANNAH/ABBEY/FAITH: TOP OF THE HILL SCREAMING AND GIVING POSITIONS (PLACEMENTS THEY ARE IN AS THEY HEAD IN FOR THE FINAL STRETCH)
EVERY OTHER PARENT AND NONE PARTICPATING ATHLETE: PLEASE CHEER FOR THE KIDS DURING THE FIRST MILE AND A HALF AND THEN MAKE IT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD WHERE THE LAST 800M STARTS AND BEFORE THE ENTRY ON THE TRACK. THIS IS THE PLACE THE KIDS WILL NEED TO HERE YOU THE MOST.

LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT STATE MEET

Calvary Sweeps District!!!!

2009-11-08T14:09:00.000-08:00

SIAMESE SISTERS
KELSEY WILDES AND ASHLEN GRANTHAM TIED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE HELD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH ON THE CAMPUS OF CALVARY BAPTIST ACADEMY. THE TWO CROSSED THE LINE ARM AND ARM WITH A TIME OF 21:21 OVER A 3 MILE COURSE. THE LADY CAVS TEAM STARTED A NEW TRADITION NOT ONLY WINNING THE TEAM TITLE BUT FINISHING THE DAY WITH A PERFECT SCORE OF 15 MEANING THE LADY CAVALIERS PLACED 1-5 IN THE RACE.
LINDSEY KOSIN FINISHED 3RD; 21:33, AVERY WATSON 4TH;21:37, AND NICOLE KOSIN 5TH; 21:40 ALL EARNING ALL-DISTRICT AWARDS.
ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE TEAM VICTORY WERE:
KAILA WILDES 10TH WITH A TIME OF 23:41, CHANDLER FALCON 11TH 24:04, KAITLYNN WARE 13TH 25:56, AND HANNAH NYMAN 16TH WITH A 36:15 RESPECTIVELY.
ON THE BOYS SIDE JOHN BROUGHTON RAN THE COURSE IN 17:07 AND HAD THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL FINISH ON THE BOYS SIDE. HE EARNED THE DISTRICT RUNNER UP TROPHY TO LAKESIDE TALENT ENRIQUE SOTO;16:45. WITH OUT CAV NUMBER TWO RUNNER LANDON ROACH (OUT WITH A VIRUS THIS WEEK) IT WAS UP TO THE REST OF THE BOYS TO STEP UP. AND STEP UP THEY DID... 8TH GRADERS DAKOTA ROTHELL PLACED 3RD AND JOSH HUDSON EARNED 4TH IN A PHOTO FINISHING TIME OF 18:12 WHICH IS A NEW PERSONAL RECORD FOR EACH ATHLETE. ERIC AUSTIN BARELY MISSED ALL-DISTRICT FINISHING 6TH;18:28 WHILE AUSTIN GRANTHAM ROUNDED OUT THE TOP FIVE SCORERS PLACING 9TH WITH A 19:15. JASON SIBERT WAS 10TH WITH A TIME OF 19:17. THE BOYS WON THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AS FORMER RUNNERS COREY SMITH CLASS OF 2008 AND ZAC OVERSTREET CLASS OF 2009 WERE THERE TO CHEER THEM ON.
THANKS TO ALL OF THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS INCLUDING PASTOR RICK AND MR. DANNY WILLIAMS!!!!

Super Saturday XC festival

2009-10-24T13:33:00.000-07:00

Cavs win and Lady Cavs finish second! Slow and hilly course (according to the runners) but Nice and cool weather!!! Coach Jimmy did a great job running the meet!!!
John Broughton-3rd-17:29
Landon Roach:7th-18:28
Josh Hudson-12th-18:42
Eric Austin-13th-19:03
Dakota Rothell-15th-19:30
Jason Sibert-20th-19:38
Austin Grantham-26th-20:30
Ashlen Grantham-3rd-21:20
Kelsey Wildes-4th-21:26
Nicole Kosin-7th-22:22
Avery Watson-12th-23:33
Kaila Wildes-18th-25:00
Chandler Falcon-25:41

JV runners improve on their times:
Jared Foster: 7:02-6th
Faith Kunkle:15:27-3rd
Hannah Ditt-17:17-5th
Abbey Watkins-17:17-6th
Hannah Nyman-11th

Menard Invite Notes

2009-10-18T08:20:00.001-07:00

Link ceremony and Bonfire October 2009

We had some great individual performances today despite missing a few key runners. Step up day was taken quite seriously by the following kids who set brand new personal records!
Girls and Boys finish 3rd overall out of 15 teams. Girls race had 99 runners finish. Guys had 123 runners finish.
Austin Grantham: 20:04-59th (51 second PR) AWESOME!!!!!
Kaitlynn Ware: 24:22-43rd (50 second PR) AWESOME!!!!
John Broughton:17:06-3rd (24 second PR) Whew hoo seven seconds to All State time!!!
Lindsey Kosin: 22:49: 25th (17 second PR) Go big sister!!!!
Chandler Falcon: 25:21- 63rd (11 second PR) Yea!
Josh Hudson: 18:24-23rd (7 second PR) State Champ!!!
Nicole Kosin: 21:48: 12th (1 second PR) Every second counts!

Ashlen and Kelsey finish 7 and 9 with 21:22 and 21:37. Kelsey had a nice closing kick!
Eric Austin finished 25th with a 18:29 while Dakota returned this week back on 3 mile pace with a 18:57 good enough for a 34 finish! Jason Sibert rounded out our top five earning a t-shirt finishing 47th with a 19:27.

JV kids had a great day with some new PR's as well. Official times were not posted
Faith had a HUGE week finishing 3rd on the girls side in a competitive race!!!!
Jared Foster held his own against the high school boys finishing in the top half!
Hannah Ditt set a new PR for 2 miles with a 17:30 earning a t-shirt for the top ten!
Hannah Nyman, Abbey Watkins, and Madison Wallace also ran VERY WELL today.

HUDSON/GRANTHAM STATE JR HIGH/ELEM XC CHAMPIONS

2009-10-10T12:05:00.000-07:00

ASHLEN GRANTHAM AND JOSH HUDSON WERE ABLE TO SHOW THIER STUFF AGAINST KIDS THIER OWN AGE TODAY AS THEY TOOK HOME INDIVDUAL XC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES @ THE LOUISIANA STATE JR. HIGH/ELEMENTARY CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD ON THE CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA MONROE.
ASHLEN WON THE GIRLS 5-6TH DIVISION WITH A WINNING ONE MILE TIME OF 6:54 (ON A VERY SOGGY WET COURSE) WHILE JOSH EARNED HIS TITLE WITH A TIME OF 8:22 ON THE 1.5MILE COURSE IN THE BOYS 7TH-8TH AGE GROUP.
DAKOTA ROTHELL EARNED A PODIUM SPOT FINISHING THIRD BEHIND HUDSON WITH A TIME OF 8:40. AUSTIN GRANTHAM ALSO MEDALED EARNING ALL STATE HONORS FINISHING 14TH IN THE SAME DIVISION.
FAITH KUNKLE EARNED HONORABLE MENTION ALL STATE HONORS WITH HER 18TH PLACE FINISH IN THE 7TH-8TH GIRLS RACE WHILE ABBY WATKINS MISSED THE HONOR BY ONE SPOT FINISHING 26TH.
YOUNG GUNS JACOB BROSSETTE (5TH GRADE) AND JARED FOSTER (6TH GRADE) FINISHED 7TH AND 15TH RESPECTIVELY EARNING ALL STATE HONORS IN THE 5TH-6TH GRADE BOYS DIVISION.
CALVARY'S XC FUTURE SURE LOOKS BRIGHT!!!
*TOP 15 ALL STATE
* TOP 16-25 HONORABLE MENTION

Cedar Creek Meet notes

2009-10-03T09:45:00.000-07:00

GIRLS GO BEAST MODE AND EARN A SECOND PLACE FINISH AT CEDAR CREEK!!! ASHLEN GRANTHAM BREAKS SCHOOL 3 MILE RECORD WITH A 21:18 !
Congrats to the girls this week who ran like Champions today. I am soo proud of how far you have come in just two weeks. One of your main Goals for the season was accomplished today:) Please see the scoring below. Maybe I should tie you together every week and make you sprint hills.

RUSTON:25 MENARD:162 WEST QUACHITA:264
CBA:109 PHS:179 LAKESIDE:266
CEDAR CREEK:117 BYRD:280 BOLTON:459
CHOUDRANT:149 PINEVILLE:219

YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON ON IDENTICAL COURSE FROM LAST YEAR:
2008 Kalia: 23:29 to 2009 Ashlen:21:18
2008 Kelsey: 23:46 to 2009 Kelsey:21:26
2008 Kaitlynn 25:16 to 2009 Nicole:21:49
2008 Avery: 25:16 to 2009 Avery: 22:53
2008Shelby: 25:33 to 2009 Lindsey:23:03
2008 No one to 2009 Kaila:23:38
2008 No one to 2009 Kaitlynn: 25:13
2008 No one to 2009 Chandler: 25:21
Gap time: Less than 2 minutes!!!

THE GUYS FINISHED THIRD WITH SOME PRETTY GOOD INDIVIDUAL SHOWINGS THIS WEEK. We hope to be back with full canons as a team again by next race. Do what it takes to get your bodies healthy and ready to go. Check out the improvement in one years time.

RHS:36 WEST QUACHITA:206
MENARD:110 HAUGHTON:211
CBA:127 LAKESIDE:218
PINEVILLE:131 CHOUDRANT:301
CEDAR CREEK:136 WESTON:370
BYRD:162
PARKWAY:200

2008 Chase:17:55 to 2009 John:17:39
2008 Zac: 18:16 to 2009 Landon:17:47
2008 Landon: 18:22 to 2009 Eric:18:27
2008 Dakota: 19:46 to 2009 Josh:18:30
2008 Hunter: 20:16 to 2009 Jason:19:10
2008 Jason: 20:30 to 2009 Dakota:20:00
2008 Josh: 21:30 to 2009 Austin:21:07
Gap time:1:29!!!

CE BYRD MEET NOTES

2009-09-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

CALVARY GIRLS AND BOYS SWEEP THE CE BYRD XC INVITATIONAL!
STONER BOAT LAUNCH
3 MILES: 82F/HOT/HUMID

GIRLS RESULTS:
CBA:33
BYRD:51
PARKWAY:86
LAKESIDE:92

KELSEY WILDES:3RD22:46
ASHLEN GRANTHAM:6TH:23:10
NICOLE KOSIN:7TH:23:28
AVERY WATSON:8TH:23:50
LINDSEY KOSIN:9TH:23:55
KAILA WILDES:14TH: 25:55
KAITLYNN WARE: 16TH:26:13

BOYS RESULTS:
CBA:40
BENTON:57
BYRD:65
LAKESIDE: 122
LOYOLA:156
AIRLINE:157
PARKWAY:205

JOHN BROUGHTON:2ND:17:30
LANDON ROACH:6TH:18:09
DAKOTA ROTHELL:9TH:18:45
ERIC AUSTIN:11TH:19:03
JOSH HUDSON:12TH:19:14
JASON SIBERT:18TH:19:49
AUSTIN GRANTHAM:30TH:21:03

JV TOP FIVE HONORS FOR 2 MILE COURSE
FAITH KUNKLE:4TH:16:12
other finishers: Jared Foster: 10th/ Abby Watkins: 7th: 17:15/Hannah Ditt:11th: 17:59/Madison Wallace:22:15/Hannah Nyman: 26:15
Jacob Brossette wins the elementary division for the 2nd week in a row!

Calvary Home Meet Info

2009-09-17T19:19:00.000-07:00

A list of full results can be found @ www.rodscalvarywebsite.com

Scroll to the end of the story of Calvary XC Invite

Calvary's boys come away with a Team runner-up title @ the Calvary Cross Country Invite, Saturday, September 19th. Girls finished fourth. Ruston took both the girls and boys team champion honors.

Top Ten Honors:

John Broughton (3)

Landon Roach (10)

Kelsey Wildes (6)

Ashlen Grantham (7)

Other Notable performances/effort from:

Dakota Rothell: 18th Boys Side

Avery Watson: 20th Girls side

JV Top Ten Honors:

Faith (4)

Abby (7)

Hannah (10)

Elementary Champion:

Jacob Brossette

Choudrant XC invite 2009 meet notes

2009-09-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

Choudrant Aggie XC Invite 2009
Boys: Team Champions
Girls: Team Champion Runner-up

Congrats to everybody on a race well run this weekend! In the 3 year history of Calvary Cross Country we have never had faster teams (both boys and girls). It is so exciting to see a summer of hard work pay off right out of the gate. Glory to God. His word does promise "You reap what you sow. So you must not get tired of doing good."
Race Recap:
Ten schools particpating: Cedar Creek, Choudrant, West Quachita, Byrd, Haughton, Lakeside, Parkway, Sarepta, CBA, and one I am missing. I will get full results later. Just a note that last year as a team the boys finished 4th behind Choudrant, Byrd, and Parkway. The girls didn't even make a whole team. Wow! I know I am hard on you guys but I know what you are capable of and I want to help bring it out of you. Keep working hard and take my tough as nails routine as a sign of LOVE;)
Varsity Girls results:
Cedar creek: Champions: 48
CBA: Team Runner up-66
Year to Year comparison: Look at the Improvement in both teams!
Girls runners from 2007 to 2009
1.(07)27:42-Hope to (08)24:37-Avery to (09)Kelsey:22:40 (7th)
2.(07)28:14-Kalia to (08)25:26- Kalia to (09)Ashlen: 22:46 (8th)
3.(07)29:02- Shelby to (08)26:13-Kaitlynn to (09)Avery: 23:50 (12th)
4.(07)33:36-Kaitlynn to (08)26:39-Shelby to (09)Nicole: 24:23 (17th)
5. (09)Kaila: 24:41 (22th)
6. (09)Lindsey: 25:42 (26th)
Boys comparison in order from 2007-2009
1.(07)18:46-Chase to (08)17:48 to Chase to (09)John:17:46 (6th)
2.(07)19:49-Zac to (08) 19:13-Zac to (09)Landon:18:07 (7th)
3.(07)20:49-Caleb to (08)19:17-Landon to (09)Eric: 19:02 (16th)
4.(07)21:46Dylan to (08)21:27-Hunter to (09)Jason: 19:17 (21st)
5.(07)22:04-Corey to (08)21:31-Chris to (09)Josh: 19:25 (24th)
6.(07)22:25-Hunter to (08)21:46-Jason to (09)Dakota:20:35 (38th)
7. (09)Austin: 23:11 (59th)

5th and 6th 1 mile finishers:
Jacob Brossette: 4th: 6:41
Madison Wallace: Time unavailable

Congrats also to Middle school 1.5 mile finishers:
Lauren: 7th: 10:50
Faith: 20th: 11:32
Abby: 32nd: 13:00

JV finishers 2 mile finishers:
Chandler Falcon: 16:28:Top ten
Kaitlynn Ware: 17:15: Top ten
Hannah Ditt: 18:02: Top ten
Hannah Nymen: 26:10: (FIRST RACE! GREAT JOB)

2009 Cross Country Season Weekly Schedule

2009-06-01T12:39:00.000-07:00

Crusader Cross Country Camp: Ruston, La

WEEKLY SCHOOL PRACTICE SCHEDULE:

VERSE OF THE WEEK: 1 Corinthians:12:12

The body is one unit, though it is made up of many parts, they all form one body...

v21-22:The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet "I don't need you!"On the contrary, those parts of the body that may seem to be weaker are INDISPENSIBLE!

VERSE OF THE YEAR:

Galatians 6:7&9

"Do not be decieved: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he also will reap...So we must not get tired of working hard, for we will reap at the proper time if we do not give up."

Monday:5:30-6:45pm CBA

Tuesday, October 13th 5:40-7:00pm Bike and run! Hill work. Bring your bikes, helmets, and tennis shoes. Parents bring bikes to help me on the course if you can.

Heart Island road. Caspiana Loop Meet @ Pecan Farm

Wednesday, October 14th :3:00 XC field pace setters. 35 minute recovery run/6x50m strides

Thursday 15th, October 1st: 5:45 am @ CBA

Friday, October 16th: 3:15 Pre Race

Saturday, October 17th: Menard meet meet @ cba flc @ 6am

Boys race:9:00am

Girls race: 9:30am

Jv race follows

Small School awards

CROSS COUNTRY RACING SCHEDULE 2009

2009-05-31T15:02:00.000-07:00

SATURDAY:Sept. 5th-Choudrant Aggie Invitational-Ruston Caravan will DEPART from Calvary Family Life Center: Depart @ 7:15 am

Registration @ 7:30am
8:30-K-2nd Girls/boys-1mile- Recommend this group leave prior to the caravan
8:45- 3-4th Girls/boys-1 mile- Recommend this group leave prior to the caravan
9:00-5-6th Girls-1 mile (Madison)
9:15- 5-6th boys-1mile
9:40:Varsity Girls-3 mile (Nicole, Kelsey, Kalia, Avery,Lindsey,Ashlen)
10:15:Varsity Boys-3 mile (John, Landon, Josh, Jason, Eric, Austin, Dakota)
10:45: Junior High Girls-1.5miles (Lillian/Faith/Abby)
11:10 Junior High boys-1.5miles

11:30 JV boys and girls-2 miles (Chandler, Kaitlynn, Hannah Ditt, and Hannah Nyman)
Awards:12:00p.m

SATURDAY: Sept 12th-Loyola Snoopy Invite- Ellerbe YMCA Shreveport, La:CANCELLED
Race times:
Varsity Boys 3 mile: 9:00am
Varsity Girls 3 mile:9:30 am

No Jr. High or JV race this week

Sat: Sept 19th-CALVARY CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL:

@ CALVARY BAPTIST ACADEMY: SOUTH LAWN

Junior High (6th-8th)and JV Girls 1.5 mile race: 8:30 a.m.: Abby,Faith, Hannah's, Lili, Madison

Junior High (6th-8th) and JV Boys 1.5 mile race: 9:00am
High School Girls 3 mile race: 9:30am : Ashlen, Avery, Kelsey, Kaila, Lindsey, Nicole, Kaitlynn, and Chandler
High School Boys 3 mile race : 10:00 am : Austin, Dakota, Eric, Jason, John, Josh, and Landon
Elementary Grades K-2nd Girls/boys 1 mile race: 10:30
Elementary Grades 3rd-5th Girls/boys 1 mile race: 10:45a.m.
Awards Ceremony: 11:15 a.m.

Sat: Sept 26th-CE BYRD XC MEET: Stoner Boat Launch

GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL/JV: 2 MILE: 8:30AM

BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL.JV: 2 MILE: 9:00AM

GIRLS VARSITY : 3MILE: 9:30AM

BOYS VARSITY: 3MILE: 10:00AM

Sat: Oct 3rd- Cedar Creek Cougar Invitational-Ruston, La
Meet @ CBA FLC parking lot @ 6:15 am. Depart for Ruston @ 6:15 am on Bus #33

Varsity Girls 3 mile run:8:30 am

Varsity Boys 3 mile run:9:00am

Varsity Awards @ 9:45am

Sat: October 10th:

Elementary/Junior High State Championships:ULM campus: Monroe, La

Registration starts @ 8:30am up until 5 minutes prior to each race starts

Caravan will leave from CBA @ 7:00am

Boys: 7th-8th:1.5mile run @ 10:00am

Girls: 7-8th: 1.5 mile run @ 10:20am: Lili/Faith/Abby

Boys: 5th -6th : 1 mile @ 10:40am: Jared/Jacob

Girls: 5th-6th : 1 mile @ 11:00am:Madison

NSU XC MEET , Natchitoches, La:

Times:

Leave at 8:15am from CBA

10:30 Girls Race

11:15 Boys Race

Sat: Oct 17th- Holy Savior Menard Invitational- Alexandria, La :

Depart with caravan and school bus @ 6:00 am from CBA family life center

Small School Varsity Boys 3 mile race:9:00am

Varsity Girls 3 mile race:9:30 am

JV Boys and Girls 2 mile race:10:10 am

Saturday, Oct 24th: Kingdom Fitness Cross Country Festival-Ruston, La
Depart @ 7:15am
K-2nd:8:30am
3-4th:8:45
5-6th:9:00
7-8th: 9:15
Varsity Boys: 9:45
Varsity Girls:10:15

Saturday October 31st-
Travel to NSU for practice meet on the state course.

Wear Calvary Gold team t-shirts and shorts.

Leave @ 7:00 am from CBA

Girls run @ 9am

Boys run @9:30

Saturday: Nov 7th- CALVARY BAPTIST ACADEMY:DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS- SHREVEPORT, LA

Girls Race: 9:30am

Boys Race: 10:00 am

Tues: Nov 17th- LHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Natchitoches, La

2A GIRLS
REGISTRATION:12:45PM

2A GIRLS: 1:45 PM/BOYS3:15PM

The entire team will travel to cheer on the Varsity runners chosen.

XC BANQUET

2008-11-17T18:01:00.000-08:00

Newcomer Award:

Landon Roach

Kelsey Wildes

Hardest Worker Award:

Chris Norton

Avery Watson

Coaches Award:

Chase Rolland

Tradition Award:

Kalia Wildes

DISTRICT VICTORIES

2008-11-08T13:38:00.000-08:00

CONGRATS TO THE BOYS FOR WINNING THIER FIRST DISTRICT 2A XC CHAMPIONSHIPS!
CONGRATS TO THE GIRLS FOR FINISHING DISTRICT RUNNER-UP AND PLACING THREE GIRLS IN THE TOP SEVEN!!!

I AM SOOO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU! CHECK THE PRACTICE SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK'S CHANGES.

See the below address for full story:

http://www.rodscalvarywebsite.com/

NSU RESULTS

2008-11-02T06:16:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody! Great job at the meet Saturday. You can see the results on the below site.
http://www.nsudemons.com/ViewArticle.dbmlDB_OEM_ID=20000&KEY=&ATCLID=1400034&SPID=11375&SPSID=103608

Kelsey Wildes must win the standout athlete of the week blowing away the current school record for 3 miles with a 21:42 and finishing 53rd out of 255 athletes.Great job to Abby Watkins (a sixth grader) for finishing her first 3 mile in an awesome time! I can't wait to see what she can do in the years to come. We sure are glad to have Kaitlynn back after an ankle injury!

This year to Last year comparison:

Kelsey Wildes: 21:42- Nicole: 24:34
Kalia Wildes: 22:57-Kalia: 25:02
Avery Watson: 23:32-Lindsey: 25:18
Shelby Taylor: 24:08-Jordan: 25:27
Kaitlynn Ware: 26:00-Hope: 25:33
Abby Watkins: 26:32

Chase is only three seconds off of his All-State time from last year. That means he is about two weeks ahead of schedule. I look for a 15-20 second drop come State meet time. BUT we have to have our two and three step up for the Championships they are about a minute off of schedule. Extra credit for Chris Norton who has been very consistent and hard working the entire year. Glad to have Zac back competing since his injury two weeks ago.

This year to last year comparison (times taken from the State meet which is where all of our boys had PR's last year). Check out our STRONG back half! All of our guys are better than our last guy last year.
Chase Rolland: 16:59-Chase:16:56
Zac Overstreet: 17:10-Zac: 17:59
Landon Roach: 18:09-Corey:18:53
Dakota Rothell: 18:54-Caleb:19:19
Chris Norton: 19:17-Hunter: 19:58
Hunter Gauntlett:19:22-Dylan:21:19
Jason Sibert:19:24
Josh Hudson:20:55

We will have all kids meet at the Norton's at 5:30 pm for pizza and a team meeting this Friday night 11/07/08. Please take special note at the practice time changes for this week. You can find those on the blogsite http://www.calvarycrosscountry.blogspot.com/ all information is correct for this week:)

District Details:
All athletes report @ Forbing YMCA at 8:30 am
The boys will race at 9:30 am
The girls will race at 10:00 am
*The Norton's and Austin's will be in charge of snacks

Menard Invite

2008-10-18T14:42:00.000-07:00

Great Job to everyone @ Menard!

Girls: If you have a question about race day you need to call your coach instead of assuming anything! I expect to see ALL of my girls healthy and competing by NSU! Our goal at State is to get as many people under 50th place as possible and to place as a team higher than 10th. Last year the 50th time was 24:42 and our best girl finished 53rd. The Pre State meet will be a good test as far as where we stand. We had decent performances from the girls who did race today all of you placing in the top 50 and earning t-shirts which is an honor. I still believe we could have raced better had everyone been mentally prepared.
*Your official times were not posted when we left. I will post those as soon as I recieve them.
Abby: Great job on the 2mile:Your new official PR for 2mile is 17:36

Boys: I am extremely proud of you all. You took the challenge I gave you today to heart and it showed in your performances. Thank you for stepping up and giving all you had in the race. That is what I want to see every time whether we are missing a teammate or not. I noticed great improvement in Hunter and Jason this week. Last year, we did not have five guys under twenty minutes until the State meet and this year we have the top seven under 20 already! Woah Nelly:)Once again do not become complacent but continue to strive for improvement giving God the glory and honor.
Russell great job on the two mile: 15:38

Chase:9th:17:30
Landon: 24th: 18:04
Dakota: 40st: 18:53
Chris: 51st:19:15
Hunter: 60th: 19:36
Jason: 67th: 19:48
Josh: 81st:21:12

Team Finish: 7th out of 16 scoring teams and 20 teams present. 132 runners competed.

EVERYONE:
Do what you have to do to get your body healthy and ready to race. We only have three meets left so we have no more room for injuries, excuses, or slacking! We you come to practice come with your game face on!!!! It is time to come together to reach our goals.

Cedar Creek Meet Notes

2008-10-05T11:10:00.000-07:00

We got a first hand look at the lovely terrain of Lincoln Parish this weekend! Training and racing on BIG Hills make a runners legs strong and will help build endurance which in turn will reduce overall fatigue on a "REGULAR" course. I am glad we got this race in! I was pleased with times this weekend considering the course. Competition was tough to say the least and I was proud of how you all handled yourselves against real deal competiton.

Tips and comments for each athlete:

GIRLS:I would like to see a closer gap time again with you at Menard. This week we had way too much space between our 2-3 runners! Our girls are all about the same level esp in practice and should race as such!
Kalia, you looked very strong and confident out there. REmember to relax your face when fatigue sets in.. when your face tightens your shoulders follow and so on.
Kelsey had a strong race as did Kaitlynn. Kelsey, you need to be to the right or left of Kalia if at all possible. You can do it!
Kaitlynn, i have been extremely proud of your efforts over the last few weeks. You are like a brand new runner and I commend you for continuing to work hard!
Avery you have been doing great. We discussed working again on your stride length and turn over in order to eliminate the choppy short stride you acquire during exhaustion. You are not racing yet to your capability probably due to not feeling well recently. We might need to discuss backing you down on "extra" workouts during the week in PE in order to get your racing where it needs to be.
Shelby, had a great finish this week and continued to move up throughout the race. I still think you are capable of a lot more and I am glad you are back on board!!!

*Remember the white on rice and/or the WOLF PACK mentality. We have to move through the race together or very near one another. We will get another chance to do that at the Menard meet but this time it will be against other schools that are considered to be in the "small school division" It is important we prepare ourselves mentally and physically for this race as it will give us a good gage as to where we stand state wide.

BOYS:Chase: Great finish this week. You looked much stronger this week as compared to last week and a top ten finish at this race was a great accomplishment. Please praise yourself.
Zac:Nice effort this week from Zac! It was nice to see you running up front with Chase again... To the right or left of Chase is where you belong!
Landon... way to hang in there. My dream is see you all cross the line together in a top ten fashion:) We still have a lot of work to do if that is going to come to pass this year but we are well on the way. You have had a great first season so far. Keep working hard.
Dakota is right where he needs to be for a team 5th runner and is doing an amazing job. Can you believe he is only in the 8th grade???? Talk about an individual that can rise to competition. The problem is he is running #4 for our team with older guys who can and should be moving up! I know that Chris is capable of running with him and we def missed him this week but it sure would be nice to have one of you guys in between Landon and Dakota for a more dominate team standing!
Hunter and Jason looked much better this week than in the past few weeks and I was proud of thier efforts.
Congrats to Josh on completing his first 3 mile Varsity race. Not a bad time for a first timer:) Again, like with the girls the key is going to be running together and up front. WHITE ON RICE!

Again, great job this weekend. I am unsure of official results but will post those team standings asap:Individuals:Kalia: 23:29Kelsey: 23:46Kaitlynn/Avery: 25:16Shelby: 25:33
GT:2:04Last week GT: 1:16

Chase:CONGRATS for a top ten finish!!! Well earned: 17:55Zac: 18:16Landon: 18:22Dakota: 19:46Hunter: 20:16Jason: 20:30Josh: 21:301-5 GT: 2:21Last week GT: 2:07

Abby and Russell: Excellent job running your mile this week. You both finished in the around the top twenty in very competitive races. You should be proud of yourselves

Loyola Meet Notes

2008-09-27T08:52:00.000-07:00

Calvary Boys take home the second place trophy in the Loyola Invitational. Lady Cavs place third.

Winning t-shirts for top ten honors:
Chase Rolland-4th: 16:30
Zac Overstreet-6th: 16:51
Landon Roach-8th:17:14

Dakota Rothell moved up from JV to Varsity this week and finished as the number 4 man in 20th place. He had an awesome time of 18:28! Other Cav finishers out of the 50 man field of competition were Chris Norton 21st-18:37,Hunter Gauntlett 22nd-18:40, Jason Sibert 27th-19:22

Kalia Wildes took her 3 mile Cross Country school record back this week to finish 17th with a time of 22:17! Kelsey Wildes also finished in the top 20 placing 19th with a time of 22:32. Other great preformances this week from the girls were Shelby Taylor 22nd: 23:32, Kaitlynn Ware 23rd: 23:48, and Avery Watson: 24th: 23:48

In the JV two mile race: Josh Hudson placed in the top five with a time of 12:59, Russell McNabb finished 21st with a 15:32 and Abby Watkins improved her time over a minute to finish 15th at 17:13

Coaches Notes:
This week was a good preview of the District course ! I was especially proud of our girls this week who ALL made some great showings! Times aside .. you all competed very well. We still have some work to do for a top five spot at District but we are well on the way. On the boys side we had some okay preformances and some FABULOUS preformances. Extra props this week to our new comer to Varsity Dakota Rothell. Dakota really came up big for the boys team placing in the top 20 and stepping up as a number 4 man for the team. I was pleased on EVERYONE's finish this week on both sides and want you to continue to "change gears" when it's time to finish. Remember to RUN through the line.. Not just to the line. Team championships are won and lost this way!

-Remember to take your coaches ques during the race! If we say "Go now"at the finish or "focus on Blue" we say it for a reason. Do your best to respond to what we are telling you for a better race outcome.

Great job for everyone this week!

C.E. Byrd Meet Notes

2008-09-19T08:17:00.000-07:00

It was a good day for the Calvary Cross Country teams thursday
Chase Rolland and Kelsey Wildes set new school records for 3 miles!

Middle Schooler Kelsey Wildes placed 18th out of a field of 71 Varsity girls at the Byrd Cross Country Invitational held this past Thursday afternoon in Shreveport. Her time of 23:02 broke the existing girls 3 mile school record by 58 seconds! Chase Rolland placed fourth out of 76 Varsity boys breaking his previous school record for three miles set last year at the State Championships by 14 seconds!

Calvary was one of only two teams to have three athletes finish in the top ten in the Varsity Boys field.The other school was 5A host C.E. Byrd. Following Rolland in the top ten were Zac Overstreet (17:50)and Landon Roach (18:05)placing 9th and 10th to round out the division top honors. Other Cavalier finishers were 26th Chris Norton (19:28), Jason Sibert 34th(19:50), Hunter Gauntlett 36th (20:00). The excellent showing from the boys team allowed them to finish third overall out of nine teams. JV runners Dakota Rothell and Josh Hudson earned medals finishing 5th and 6th in the their divsion while Harrison Hooper finished 15th.

Top Five Boys Varsity Team Scoring:Byrd,Parkway,Calvary,Loyola,Cedar Creek

Other schools competing: Caddo Magnet, Lakeside, Airline, and Haughton

The girls team finished out the day with several personal best times and strong finishes. Following Kelsey Wildes were Avery Watson placing 23rd (23:42), Kalia Wildes (23:53)26th, Kaitlynn Ware 34th(24:56), Shelby Taylor 45th (26:53). JV runner Abby Watkins placed 13th in the girls open division.

Coach's Comments:
Wow! I am so proud of you all. What an awesome meet. Alot of new PR's were set and I believe we raised ourselves to another level as a team (both girls and boys) yesterday. I LOVED the NO fear attitude going against bigger and stronger xc schools. You all got right in there and competed for God's glory! I see a confidence when you all race now that I have never seen in you before. I like that ! Continue to press on toward our Goal in Jesus NAME!!!! Congrats to everyone again on an awesome race.

Choudrant Aggie Meet Notes

2008-06-17T13:22:00.000-07:00

*Thanks to Paul Norton for pic

Choudrant Aggie Invitational Meet Notes/Results:
Calvary Cross Country teams opened their season today with a bang. Three athletes won individual honors in thier respective divisions while the boys claimed a fourth place finish among some of the areas best xc teams in all classifications. Chase Rolland led the team with a top ten finish followed by Zac Overstreet 15th, Landon Roach 17th, Hunter Gauntlett, Chris Norton, and Jason Sibert all finishing under 22:00 and in the top 36 out of 78 competitors in the Varsity boys division. The girls team was led by new comer Avery Watson followed by Kalia Wildes, Kaitlynn Ware, and Shelby Taylor.The girls will compete as a full team in a few weeks after the return of Kelsey wildes from a foot injury and the promotion of Lauren Norton to the Varsity squad.

Year to Year comparison: Look at the Improvement in both teams!

Girls 1-4 runners 2007 to 2008

1.27:42-Hope to 24:37-Avery

2.28:14-Kalia to 25:26- Kalia

3.29:02- Shelby to 26:13-Kaitlynn

4.33:36-Kaitlynn to 26:39-Shelby

Boys 1-6 comparison 2007-2008

1.18:46-Chase to 17:48 -Chase

2.19:49-Zac to 19:13-Zac

3.20:49-Caleb to 19:17-Landon

4.21:46Dylan to 21:27-Hunter

5.22:04-Corey to 21:31-Chris

6.22:25-Hunter to 21:46-Jason

Top Five boys team finishes:
Choudrant: Class B Power House
Byrd
Parkway
Calvary
Loyola

Individual Honors:Chase Rolland: Top Ten honors placing 6th in the Varsity division with a time of 17:46 for three miles
Lauren Norton: Top ten honors placing 2nd in the Junior High girls division
Dakota Rothell: Top ten honors placing 5th in the Junior High boys division

* Special congrats to those competing in thier first ever XC meet today! Excellent job and keep up the hard work:) Abby, Russell, Dakota, Harrison, Lauren-JV Landon, Chris, Jason, Avery-Varsity

REMEMBER:

THE LITTLE THINGS COUNT: TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY THROUGH WARMING UP AND COOLING DOWN/STRETCHING/CHOOSING THE PROPER SHOES FOR YOUR FEET/AND EATING RIGHT

WE WILL TRAIN AND RACE AS ONE UNIT. "THE EAR CANNOT SAY TO THE LIPS... I DO NOT NEED YOU!"

GIVING ALL OF YOURSELF HUMBLY FOR YOUR TEAMMATES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE LORD IS WHERE TRUE VICTORY/JOY IS FOUND

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FIRE OR THE WILDNERESS BEFORE YOU REACH THE PROMISED LAND!

zxx cvc

2008-02-12T07:15:00.001-08:00

The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost

The Lion Fight

2008-01-28T15:23:00.001-08:00

"Every race is like a lion fight. So chin up, put your shoulders back, walk proud, and strut a little. Don't lick your wounds. Celebrate them. The scars you bear are the sign of a competitior. Your are in a lion fight and just because you didn't win doesn't mean you don't know how to roar"

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It
knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

The moral:
It doesn't matter if you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.

School Distance Records and Awards

2007-06-11T16:36:00.001-07:00

800m

2008
Chase Rolland: 2:03.15-2009
Dylan Brossette: 2:05.12-2011

Hailey Hesterman:2:32.84

2010

Kelsey Wildes: 2:35.38-

2008

Jessica Davenport:2:36.8-

1600m
Chase Rolland: 4:44-2008
Zac Overstreet: 4:49-2008

Hailey Hesterman:5:35.98-2011
Kelsey Wildes: 5:52-2010

Nicole Kosin:5:54-2010

3200M

John Broughton:10:41-2010

Chase Rolland: 10:51-2008
Ashlen Grantham: 12:56-2010

Nicole Kosin: 13:07-2010

3-mile Cross Country Current All time Records:

John Broughton 16:10-11/10 District home course @ CBA
Chase Rolland 16:32-09/27/08

Hailey Hesterman 19:09-11/6/10

Ashlen Grantham: 20:19.6 11/15/2010

All State 2-A XC Team

Chase Rolland-7th-2007/10th 2008

Zac Overstreet-10th-2007

John Broughton-8th-2009

Hailey Hesterman-3rd-2010

Ashlen Grantham-10th-2010

Boys State records:

7th grade-Dakota Rothell-51st-18:46-2008

8th grade-Josh Hudson-35th-18:43.8-2009

Freshman-Josh Hudson-34th- 18:06-2010

Sophomore-Landon Roach-33rd-18:06-2008

Junior-Chase Rolland-7th-16:56-2007

Senior-Chase Rolland-10th-16:59-2008

Girls state records:

6th-Ashlen Grantham-14th-21:10.6-2009

7th-Ashlen Grantham-10th-20:19-2010

8th-Hailey Hesterman-3rd-19:28-2010

Freshman-Kelsey Wildes -21st-22:08-2009

Sophomore-Nicole Kosin-22nd-22:14-2009

Junior-Avery Watson-44th-23:12.4-2009

Senior-Lindsey Kosin-37th-22:54-2009