South Lakes Seahawks Cross Country: My Site News

South Lakes High School XC Team and their parents!

The end-of-the-season team party will be held on:

Monday, November 3, 2008

from 6:00 - 8:00 pm

at The Scoggin house - Located at 2200 Spinnaker Court, Reston, VA, 20191

The party will be catered by the Tortilla Factory...and we are asking that anyone attending contribute $5.00 per person into "the bucket" to support the food costs.

We will also be asking families to bring the following (by last name of athlete) to defray some of the additional costs:

A-G:  Please bring a dessert

H-P: Please bring salads

Q-Z: Please bring drinks

We really need students and parents to RSVP to Sam and Kathy by Saturday, November 1st at 7:00 pm in order to make arrangements with the Tortilla Factory.

You can call Sam and Kathy at 703-620-1688 or email them at scogginhometeam@comcast.net . 

Food will be served starting at 6:00 pm and Coach Donovan will be speaking to the team at approximately 7:30 pm.

Directions to Sam and Kathy Scoggin's house from SLHS:

Go out of the high school and turn left onto South Lakes Drive.

Turn right onto Twin Branches.

Turn right onto Glade Drive.

Turn right onto Timberhead Drive.

Turn right onto Spinnaker Court.

2200 Spinnaker Court is in the cul-de-sac.  Park on Spinnaker and walk down the stone walkway to the right of the basketball hoop.  At the bottom of the walkway, go to the right to the double glass front doors...you're there!  Call 703-620-1688 if you have any troubles.

We look forward to seeing everyone and celebrating a great season!

The Girls Cross Country team concluded their season yesterday at Liberty District Championships led by Senior Devin Erickson and her 20th place finish.  The team finished 7th, the best finish for South Lakes in the last 5 years.

The Boys team advanced to Regionals for the first time since the 2000 season with a 3rd place finish.  Sophomore Will Sickenberger led the Seahawks with his All-District performance, followed closely by Nick Guarnaccia.

The Boys team will be competing in the Northern Region Championships at Burke Lake on Oct 30.

Complete results can be found here:

http://va.milesplit.us/meets/42506

Saturday we stayed on this side of the river to see how we shaped up against the best in Virginia at the Glory Days Invitational.  Our Boys team again rose to the level of competition by winning two team awards: 2nd place in the Varsity B race and 3rd place in the Freshman race.  Will Sickenberger led the Varsity boys with his 10th place finish and Fred Kyle led the Freshman with a 5th place finish.

Valerie Moyer once again led the Girls Varsity team to a 19th place finish in the Varsity B race while Sierra Scoggin paced the Freshman girls squad.

Complete results can be found here:

http://va.milesplit.us/meets/38936

Our team results can be found below:

Congrats to the Boys team as they became the first South Lakes Boys team to win an Invitational since 1998.  Will Sickenberger, Nick Guarnaccia, Steven Zaboji, Fred Kyle & Kevin Muir all placed in the Top 15 individually as the team defeated all 23 teams present.

Andy Reinhold led a dominating JV squad as he led for most of the race, finishing 2nd.  Close behind were Philip Duffy (4th) and Nick Tucker (5th).

 The girls were led by Val Moyer and her 5th place finish as the girls finished 11th.  Freshman, Olivia Hill drew a lot attention with her 7th place finish in the JV race.

Overall 33 people set Personal Bests for 3 miles and 1 athlete set a Season Best time.

Results can be found below:
http://www.hagerstownruns.com/raceresults.php

Our quad meet on Wednesday, October 1 was a huge success.  We saw 13 athletes establish Personal Records, 8 improve their PRs and 2 runners set Season Best times.

To cap off an already outstanding day, our JV Boys won the last race of the day with a perfect score of 15 points (a shutout).  The first 6 boys to cross the line in the JV Boys race were Seahawks led by race winner, Matt Allen (10th grade).

A great effort from everyone!!

Complete results can be found here:
http://va.milesplit.us/meets/43146

September 24 was a kind day to the Seahawks as 22 atlethes posted Personal Bests on Madison's home course.

 Our team's results are below:

Will Sickenberger led the Boys to a 7th place finish yesterday at the Monroe Parker Invitational.  The Girls team was led over the 3 mile course by Val Moyer.

 The complete results can be found here:

http://va.milesplit.us/meets/38661

Our Boys Team placed 4th (missing a team award by one spot), but it was the best finish by a South Lakes Boys Team since the 2000 season.  Good job guys!

 The girls placed 11th against a strong field.

 Nick Guarnaccia, Will Sickenberger & Val Moyer all placed and earned individual honors.

Complete results and a recap can be found here: 

http://va.milesplit.us/meets/41540

Yesterday, the Seahawks faced live competition for the first time at Lewinsville Park in McLean.  We saw some great efforts over the 2.5 mile course including Margo Moyer leading the girls with a time of 20:34 and Austin Leggett leading the boys in 15:49.

 Complete results are below:

Check the link below to make sure you know which shift you should be working.

The 11 AM shift should meet at the school.  The 1 PM shift should meet at:

Shurgard Storage

466 Herndon Pkwy

take Sunset Hills past Target

Turn left on Herndon Parkway; Shurgard is ¼ mile on right

There is a map to parking for the Monroe Parker meet a Burke Lake below.

 Our bus will be back to the school about 2 PM.

Once again a strong effort from Will Sickenberger brings him across the line first, but Nick Guarnaccia and Freshman Fred Kyle were not far behind.

Val Moyer again led the girls over the 3 mile course, followed by Tess DeAtley.

 Complete results are below:

The pictures of the spirit wear and the spirit wear order form can be seen below:

Will Sickenberger again led the boys, this time for 2 miles.  Nick Guarnaccia finished a strong second.

The top 4 girls finishers (Devin Erickson, Val Moyer, Meghan Look and Tess DeAtley) all broke the existing course record.  Devin demolished the old record by 1:18.

 Complete results are below:

Sophmore Will Sickenberger again led the men through a 1 Mile Time Trial - this time at Lake Fairfax Park.  For the ladies, Junior Valerie Moyer held off Freshamn Sierra Scoggin for first place.

Results are below:

Valerie Moyer & Will Sickenberger led the way for our time trial this morning by each establishing new course records.

Complete results are below.

South Lakes Cross Country Top 10 Burke Lake Times (3.0 Miles)

Mens

Womens

Practice begins on August 5th at 8 AM on the track at South Lakes.  ALL of your forms must have already been recieved and processed by the Activites office before you can be cleared for practice.

The forms can be found here: http://www.fcps.edu/SouthLakesHS/student_life/forms_links.htm

 The school's eligibility rules are listed below: