Coon Rapids Cardinals: CHAMPIONS! The Cardinals Varsity team won the White Division at the Blaine Invitational. Led by Grant Ellingson, Brandon Heebink, Matt Sullivan, John Kennedy, and Jake Heidkamp, the Cardinals won the race by 2 points over St. Francis and 16 over White Bear Lake. The first sub-18:00 of 2001 was recorded on a very windy day. The wind was cool, gusting at about 20 to 25 mph.
The Junior Varsity team also did quite well. Justin Taube finished 13th overall in a personal best 19:05, followed by Nathan Randall in 21st, second on the team. In total, 10 personal bests were recorded by the Cardinals runners.
RUNNER PLACE TIME
1 Grant Ellingson, 12 8 17:58
2 Brandon Heebink, 11 10 18:09
*3 Matt Sullivan, 9 11 18:14*
*4 John Kennedy, 8 12 18:17*
5 Jake Heidkamp, 11 17 18:44
*6 Jeff Erickson, 12 24 19:09*
7 Drew Ditlefsen, 10 27 19:17
8 Isaac Huss, 11 29 19:23
9 Matt Holton, 12 31 19:27
10 Quinn Sullivan, 12 41 19:52
RUNNER PLACE TIME
*1 Justin Taube, 11 13 19:05*
*2 Nathan Randall, 9 21 19:34*
3 Drew Reiter, 12 55 20:15
*4 Troy Dey, 9 57 20:18*
*5 Joe Trapp, 9 58 20:18*
6 Shane Fors, 10 92 21:37
*7 Andy Thews, 9 93 21:37*
*8 Zane Sullivan, 10 104 21:57*
9 Mike Mullerleile, 8 113 22:08
10 Jon Grivna, 10 114 22:09
*11 Ray Swanson, 9 128 22:47*
*12 Jake Kreye, 11 134 22:54*
*13 Mark Kelley, 9 154 23:51*
14 Dominic Reed, 10 165 26:20
RUNNER PLACE TIME
1 Phil Johnson, 8 11 7:17
* indicate a P.R. (personal record).