1600 Meter Time Trial
On the Track
August 13, 2008
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2.1 Mile Time Trial
O'Brien Park
August 30, 2008
Congratulations on a fine effort. Forty-five runners started this time
trial, and all 45 finished! Although they looked a bit like our cross-town
rivals in their purple shirts, the Juniors won the team competition, the third
year in a row that this group has come out on top. Led by Grace and Casey,
they finished with 25 points. In a close race for second, the freshmen and
seniors scored 65 points, with the tie being broken by the #6 runner and the
advantage going to the freshmen. Led by Jacquelyn, the freshmen showed that they
will be a strong group of runners this year. In third place, led by Nicole, the seniors held their own and proved that a small team can do the job.
Finishing with 81 points, the sophomores also ran well, with a nice pack led by
Kathleen.
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Yorkville Invitational
September 3, 2008
The DGS Girls Cross Country
team opened the 2008 campaign with a dominating victory at the Yorkville
Invitational on Wednesday.
The varsity squad took 1st place scoring 19 points. The host team, Yorkville
was 2nd with 62 points followed by 3. West Aurora-81, 4. Aurora Christian-133,
5. Morris-138, 6. Rosary 156, 7. Plainfield South-160, 8. Oswego East-183 and 9.
Lisle-286. Grace Magliola (Jr) led the Mustangs by taking individual honors
with a 19:26 first place time on the muddy, hilly 3 mile course. Other varsity
medalists were 3. Casey Harms (Jr) 19:37, 4. Nicole Thate (Sr) 19:48, 5.
Jacquelyn Thate (Fr) 19:56, 6. Jordan Narret (Jr) 20:00 and 10. Abby Lechner (Jr)
20:23.
The JV team also took 1st place with a perfect score of 15 points. Rosary placed 2nd in the 9-team field with 71 points. Sophomore, Kendall Coupland paced the Mustangs with a first place finish in her first ever high school cross country meet (21:34 for 3 miles). Other JV medalists included 2. Rebecca Stearns (Fr) 22:05, 3. Cara Wicklein (Fr) 22:23, 4. Monica Resh (Fr) 22:32, 5. Liz Hernandez (Sr) 22:33, 6. Sam Mugnolo (So) 22:39, 8. Audrey Yurek (Sr) 23:06 and 10. Grace Kikkebusch (So) 23:28.
The big story from
Wednesday's meet was our ability to close the gap between our top 3 runners and
our 4th and 5th runners in the varsity race. There was a 34 second 1-5 split,
which is pretty good. This was the downfall of last year's team which averaged
a 1 minute 20 second split most of the season. If we can maintain this small
split with our top runners still challenging the lead packs, it will bode very
well for what we can accomplish this season.
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Fenton Invite
September 6, 2008
Led by Grace Magliola's 6th place finish, the Varsity squad finished in 3rd
place out of 18 teams at the Fenton Invite, scoring 86 points, just 5 points from second place
Prospect's 81, and behind winner Lake Park's 72. Varsity medalists
were Magliola (6th), Casey Harms (12th), Nicole Thate (18th), and Jacquelyn
Thate (22nd). The JV team also finished in 3rd place out of 15 teams, led
by individual award winners Molly Kelly (3rd), Cara Drennan (4th), and Maggie
Rusk (20th). In the Open race, the Mustangs dominated the field, scoring
just 37 points. Rebecca Stearns led the race from the start and finished
as the Open champion out of a total of 267 runners! She was followed by
individual award winners Cara Wicklein (3rd), Monica Resh (4th), Rachel Kelly
(12th), Sam Mugnolo (17th), and Audrey Yurek (20th).
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Peoria Woodruff Invite
September 13, 2008
Running in very muddy conditions, against a huge field, the Mustangs held their
own at the Peoria Woodruff Invite. On the Varsity level, Geneva ran away
with the race, scoring just 33 points to second place Hinsdale Central's 102.
Led by Grace Magliola's 20th place finish, the Mustangs claimed 8th place out of
36 teams with 313 points. In the Open division, 625 runners finished the
race, with 54 teams competing. The Mustangs took home a very respectable
5th place, led by three runners in the top 50 -- Abby Lechner (16th), Rebecca
Stearns (32nd), and Cara Wicklein (39th).
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Peoria Notre Dame Invite
September 20, 2008
The Varsity squad again traveled to Peoria to take on some of the best teams
in the state. Team champion Palatine scored just 95 points, with York in
second with 148. The Mustangs scored 293 to finish in 9th place out of 48
teams. This finish does not fully reflect the team's positive improvement
from last week. Despite finishing one place lower than at Woodruff, season
best times were recorded by Nicole, Grace, Jacquelyn, Cara, and Molly, and Casey
was back in the lineup, just recently returning from injury and not fully 100%
yet. This is an encouraging result and suggests that we will be very tough
to beat in our upcoming competitions.
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Mustang Run Invitational
September 20, 2008
While the Varsity squad was in Peoria, the rest of the
team stayed behind to compete at our home invitational. The new Varsity
team ran a respectable race, finishing in 6th place out of 10 teams, behind
champion Wheaton North. Varsity was led by freshmen Rebecca Stearns and
Cara Wicklein, who both finished in the top 25. JV was somewhat depleted
with the absence of several runners lost to the Varsity squad, and while their
overall team place was not as high as we had hoped, there were many excellent
times recorded and several PRs earned on this hot, humid day. Katie
Jalette led the JV team with her PR and a 26th place finish. In the Frosh/Soph
race, also left without a few top runners who were moved up to Varsity, the team
finished in 3rd place behind champion Maine South and runner up Wheaton North.
Frosh/Soph was led by individual medalist Maddie Cahill (3rd) and by a
breakthrough race run by Brandi Bradley, who finished in 11th, just one place
out of the medals.
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At Addison Trail with Morton
September 22, 2008
In our first conference meet of the season, the Varsity squad defeated both
Morton and Addison Trail behind Molly Kelly's 2nd place individual finish.
Frosh/Soph also came away with a win behind individual champion Rachel Kelly.
JV was defeated by Morton and looks for revenge at the conference championship
meet!
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At Willowbrook with Hinsdale South
September 29, 2008
The Mustangs found success at all levels, with the Varsity, JV and Frosh/Soph
teams defeating both Hinsdale South and Willowbrook. Congratulations on an
important Conference win!
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At Wheaton North Invite
October 4, 2008
More than 30 individuals recorded season PRs at the
Wheaton North Invite! The Varsity team finished a respectable 9th out of
29, with many of the best in the state competing at this meet.
Jacquelyn Thate was an individual champion, finishing first in flight 4.
Other medalists were, on the Varsity level, Nicole Thate (11th in flight 1),
Grace Magliola (5th in flight 2), Casey Harms (6th in flight 3), and Abby
Lechner (10th in flight 6). In the Junior/Senior race, Maggie Rusk led the
team with her 43rd place finish. In the freshman race, award winners were
Maddie Cahill (6th), Cara Wicklein (9th), Monica Resh (35th), and Sophia
Robinson (49th). Sophomore award winners were Rachel Kelly (18th), Kendall
Coupland (22nd), Kathleen Riordan (29th), and Brandi Bradley (38th).
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Home vs. Leyden
October 6, 2008
Once again, the Mustangs swept a conference opponent, with the Varsity, JV,
and Frosh/Soph teams beating Leyden convincingly. In addition, the
Mustangs won every individual race. On the Varsity level, Jacquelyn Thate
led the way with her 1st place finish. Kate Even recorded a win for JV,
and Rebecca Stearns was the Frosh/Soph champ.
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West Aurora Invite
October 11, 2008
A lot of good news comes out of this late-season invitational! On the
Varsity level, the team finished in 7th place, led by Nicole Thate's 16th place
finish. Even without Casey running at this meet, we beat many good teams.
In addition, we have a new sub-19:00 performer on the team, as Cara Drennan ran
an 18:50 today! The JV team saw several girls run PRs, including Jess
Vosicky, Michelle Tan, and Johanna Schnitzler. Finally, the Frosh-Soph
team had an impressive showing with a 3rd place finish. They were led by
two top-10 finishes -- Rebecca Stearns in 2nd and Cara Wicklein in 8th.
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WSC Gold Conference Championships
at Willowbrook
October 18, 2008
Ten in a row! Congratulations on a fine team performance. It
was nice to see everyone do the DGS cheer after the meet was over and hold up
the number one. Not only did Sophomores, JV, and Varsity capture team
titles, but the JV group went 1,2,3,4,5 for a perfect score. JV was led by
Abby Lechner's individual win, Sophomores were led by Maddie's championship run,
and Varsity was led by Jacquelyn Thate's second place finish.
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JV Invite
at Glenbard North
October 21, 2008
The Sophomore team dominated the competition to take home a win. Led by
Cara Wicklein's 1st-place finish, the team scored just 28 points and had seven
medalists including Maddie Cahill (5th), Allison Tusek (6th), Kathleen Riordan
(7th), Brandi Bradley (9th), Kendall Coupland (12th), and Rachel Kelly (14th).
The Junior/Senior team finished in 5th place and were led by Jessica Pacholski
who took home an individual 5th-place medal.
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IHSA Regionals
at Katherine Legge Park, Hinsdale
October 25, 2008
The Mustangs are moving on! The team
got the job done at Regionals by finishing in fourth place. Times were
slow for all teams on this cold, slippery day, but our placement was enough to
give us a shot next week to qualify for State!
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IHSA Sectionals
at Reavis
November 1, 2008
The team headed into Sectionals with high hopes of qualifying for State.
They represented their team well by giving it all they had against very stiff
competition. Although we didn't move on, and are
disappointed to see our season come to an end, it has been a fun, exciting,
successful season, and we will all miss the camaraderie of the 2008 team.
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