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West Suburban Silver
Conference Championships Recap
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Photos
Results
Varsity
JV
Sophomore
Frosh
At the Varsity level, our primary focus each year is
on the State Meet. Our second most important goal is the
Conference Championships. At the F/S and JV levels, the
Conference Meet is our primary goal and the last meet of
the season for most of those athletes. The West Suburban
Silver is one of the Top 3 conferences for Girls Cross
Country in the state every year and this year is no
exception. In our Conference, the Conference
Championship is determined by a combination of the dual
meet results and the Conference Meet. Last year we were
outright Conference Champions on all 3 levels, the first
time that had ever been done in our Conference. Our goal
this year was to continue to be the best we could be at
all 3 levels. The meet this year was at LT, with the
first race beginning at noon due to SAT testing.
Temperatures were ideal, in the low to mid 50’s, with
sunny and windy conditions. Winds were very steady and
quite gusty all day from the west/northwest. The 2.98
mile course was flat, fast and in good condition.
The Varsity race was another close one this year. We
defeated York on the 6th runner tie-breaker for the 2nd
consecutive year, with the final score at 44-44. Since
we defeated York earlier in the dual meet, we won the
outright Conference Championship. We have now won the
Conference title 5 years in a row. All of the girls ran
well, with Lauren Zumbach leading the way in 4th place
in 17:39. (adding 10 seconds for a 3 mile equivalent,
this would equal a 17:49 for 3 miles). Elaine Kuckertz
and Roey Hines followed closely in 17:45 and 17:54 in
6th and 8th places. Gina Kapusta and Emily Cleary
finished 12th and 14th in 18:03 and 18:09, with Gina
passing another runner heading into the chute to pick up
a valuable point. Heather Stevens had her best race yet,
finishing 16th in 18:34, ahead not only of York’s 6th
runner but their 5th as well. The Top 16 finishers in
each race are named All-Conference, so our Top 5 runners
all achieved that recognition. Gina took home the
Championship plaque as the Athlete of the Meet. As we
talked about after the race, “good teams find a way to
win”.
At the F/S level, we finished 3rd in the meet but,
because we were undefeated in our Conference duals,
ended up tying with Downers North as the Conference
Champions.
This was our 2nd title in a row. Katie Kummerer led the
way for the Lady Devils, placing 4th overall in 19:22.
Also earning All-Conference honors were Catherine Bruns
in 12th place and Hailey Krzyston in 14th, both running
outstanding final races when it counted the most.
Colleen Leahy and Victoria Glatz both finished strongly
as well as our 4th and 5th scorers in 20th and 21st
places. Holly Larsen and Monique Bronowicki also
finished in the Top 30 to round out our Top 7.
The JV race lived up to our expectation as a battle
between 4 teams for the Conference Championship. When
the dust cleared, York came out on top, followed by LT,
HC and DGN. Emily Kane was our top finisher in 3rd place
in a time of 19:15. Also earning All-Conference honors
were Jenny Laser in 8th place and Allie Emery in 14th.
Margaret Cavenagh and Grace Pedersen in 18th and 20th
rounded out our Top 5. Maddie Metcalf finished 25th and
she was followed by Lisa Kapusta as our 7th runner.
One of the cornerstones of our program is that every
athlete counts and everyone matters. As long as each of
us is giving our best effort and attitude, that is what
matters. When 61 girls are contributing in that way,
good things happen. Positive attitudes and enthusiastic
energy are contagious. This year’s Conference Meet was
another good first step as we head into the State Series
over the course of the next 3 weeks.
This week we host the Regional Meet again at KLM. The
Girls race goes off at 10:15 and the Boys at 11:00. As
usual, our Regional is the toughest in the State, which
gives us an extra edge in our preparations for the
Sectional and State Meets. The other top Girls teams
figure to be Naperville North and Benet, with Downers
South, Neuqua Valley and Naperville Central also
battling for the last two Sectional berths. All of the
fan support we have had all season has been tremendous.
Come out and support the Lady Devils at Regionals on
Saturday!
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