2013 Boys Cross Country
Letter Policy & Points
 MS Letter

2013 Letter Points
The following are the amount of points earned in each of the meets this year.

 Ch
 Spr
 ND
 EP
 Me
 Con
 Reg
 Sec
 St
Kyle Appelquist
 12
 15
 38
 18
 21
 5
 0
 0
 0
 109
Chris Carlton
 4
 14
 32
 16
 15
 5
 0
 0
 0
 86
Nathaniel Cebulski
 4
 9
 12
 11
 9
 3
 0
 0
 0
 48
Jeff Coburn
 2
 0
 0
 1
 5
 3
 0
 0
 0
 11
Collin Hasken
 2
 0
 4
 7
 4
 3
 0
 0
 0
 20
Curt Kupferschmid
 5
 15
 15
 16
 15
 5
 0
 0
 0
 71
Daniel Middendorf
 5
 15
 22
 16
 15
 5
 0
 0
 0
 78
Ethan Russell
 12
 21
 57
 21
 23
 7
 9
 16
 15
 181
Forrest Smoes
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Dhairav Vakil
 0
 0
 19
 0
 9
 4
 0
 0
 0
 32
James Williams
 12
 21
 59
 21
 23
 7
 9
 17
 21
 190
Trevor Hanlon
 0
 21
 0
 0
 21
 6
 9
 0
 0
 57
Ryan Huff
 1
 5
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 6
Kenny Pauley 0
 0
 1
 4
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 5
Jackson Powell 12
 21
 66
 21
 23
 7
 9
 17
 7
 183
Christopher Williams 1
 0
 1
 1
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 5
William Wolf
 12
 21
 65
 21
 23
 7
 9
 17
 17
 192
Niko Householder 0
 0
 2
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 3
Jack Hyde 0
 16
 44
 21
 20
 6
 9
 0
 0
 116
Cody Jesswein
 1
 1
 1
 1
 2
 2
 0
 0
 0
 10
Alex Keeble 12
 21
 67
 21
 23
 7
 9
 17
 0
 177
Jake Keller 11
 17
 37
 18
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 83
Joey Magyar 4
 0
 12
 7
 7
 0
 0
 0
 0
 30
Mason McAnally 6
 15
 28
 18
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 52
Brian Butcher
 11
 17
 34
 19
 16
 6
 0
 0
 0
 103
Ben Craw
 5
 10
 35
 19
 18
 6
 0
 0
 0
 93
Gabe Pommier
 12
 21
 58
 21
 22
 7
 0
 17
 17
 175
Zack Przytulski
 4
 9
 9
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 22
Tristan Ray
 1
 1
 1
 1
 2
 2
 0
 0
 0
 8
Aaron Tandy
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 2
 0
 0
 0
 7
Andrew Walmer
 12
 17
 44
 21
 22
 7
 0
 17
 26
 166

In the past years our team has had a policy that we only letter the top 7 runners.  This policy was put in place using the logic that a varsity team consists of 7 runners.  A team can only enter 7 runners in regional and only 7 runners can represent the team in most meets where they have a separate varsity race.  When we had 8 to 12 runners on the team this policy was very appropriate.  As our team improves, it becomes increasingly harder to be in the top 7 runners.  A runner on a good team may not actually be in the top 7 of our team when in past years they could have been.  Along those same limes, if our team is especially strong, our runners who are not in the top 7 would actually be in the top 7 of another school's team and have been a varsity letter winner at that school.  To account for these factors, we have tried to use a letter system that seems to be the most fair system I have seen.  We borrowed this concept from St. Joseph-Ogden's cross country team that has one of the longest winning streaks in IHSA history.  SJO found that some years they lettered around 7 runners.  In their more competive years, they tended to letter more runners.

Our runner will earn a letter if they earn a total of 20 or more varsity points in one season.
A runner earns 1 point for each number 5 runner they beat from another teams.  They can only earn a maximum of 1 point  for each opposing team.
If the competitor's team has fewer than 5 runners, our runner earns 1 point if they beat their slowest runner.
If we run our runners in a fresh/soph race, we will compare their time to the varsity race on that same day.
The logic behind this system is that our runners would be not only varsity for another school on that day, but also would be in their top 5 runners and also be a point earner for their team. 

Past Letter Points
2010
 2011
 2012
 2013







2002
 2003
 2004
 2005
 2006
 2007
 2008
 2009

Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors

Seniors
Gabe Pommier (13)
 175
Forrest Smoes (11)
 211
Jonathan Schaap (11)
 220
Lucas Prather (11)
 223
Andrew Walmer (13)
 166
Alex Keeble (13)
 177
Jacob Mahaffey (07)
 194
John Butcher (11)
 220
Lucas Prather (08) 164
Ethan Russell (11)
 176
William Wolf (13)
 192
Jacob Mahaffey (08)
 204
Matthew Schaap (08) 160
Lucas Prather (09)
 173
Jackson Powell (13)
 183
Cale McCormick (11) 200
John Prillaman (07) 157
John Prillaman (08)
 171
Justin Sebens (05) 181
Justin Sebens (06)
 192
Alex Keeble (12) 145
Jonathan Schaap (10)
 143
Austin Beck (09) 179
James Williams (13)
 190
John Butcher (08) 142
Chris Carlton (11)
 139
Troy Pittman (05)
 175
Ethan Russell (13)
 181
Jacob Mahaffey (05)
 133
Jacob Mahaffey (06)
 138
Forrest Smoes (12)
 174
Elijah Johnson (11) 175
Forrest Smoes (10)
 132
Jackson Powell (12)
 131
Lucas Prather (10) 170
Jonathan Schaap (12) 174
Jonathan Schaap (09)
 127
John Butcher (09)
 129
Ethan Russell (10)
 170
Troy Pittman (06)
 155
Ethan Russell (10)
 125
Elijah Johnson (09)
 122
John Butcher (10) 151
Devin Lyons (06) 143
Elijah Johnson (08)
 112
Jack Hyde (13)
 116
John Prillaman (09) 150
Henry Wolf (09) 140
Brian Butcher (13)
 103
James Williams (11) 106
James Williams (12) 145
Dustin Kinkelaar (07)
 129
Jack Hyde (120
 95
Steve Roberts (05) 105
Elijah Johnson (10) 144
Andrew Kumler (07)
 129
Jake Keller (12)
95
Kyle Appelquist (11) 103
Henry Wolf (08)
 134
Steve Roberts (07)
 128
Ben Craw (13)
 93
William Wolf (12) 102
Andrew Kumler (06)
 125
John Prillaman (10)
 123
Chris Carlton (10)
 79
Jake Keller (13)
 83
Devin Lyons (05)
 123
Matthew Chupp (12)
 119
Kyle Appelquist (10)
 72
Zach Rausch (07)
 79
Curt Bucker (07)
 120
Jared Willard (05)
 115
Alex Charter (06)
 62
Alex Charter (07)
 77
Dustin Kinkelaar (06)
 119
Kyle Appelquist (13)
 109
Curt Kupferschmid (10)
 62
Curt Kupferschmid (11)
 77
Steve Roberts (06)
 118
Caleb Johnson (09)
 100
Austin Beck (05)
 53
Trevor Hanlon (12)
 72
Gabe Walder (05)
 116
Austin Beck (08)
 94
Jacob Jarret (06)
 51
Dustin Kinkelaar (05)
 64
Chris Carlton (12)
 104
Evan Forbes (10)
 92
Mason McAnally (12)
 51
Austin Beck (06)
 61
Zach Rausch (08)
 100
Curt Bucker (08)
 89
James Williams (10)
 48
Caleb Johnson (07)
 60
Caleb Johnson (08)
 87
Chris Carlton (13)
 86
Joey Magyar (12)
 47
Dhairav Vakil (11)
 56
Curt Kupferschmid (12)
 81
Zach Rausch (09) 83

# of races
2013 - 9 races
2012 - 9 races
2011 - 10 races
2010 - 10 races
2009 - 11 races
2008 - 13 races
2007 - 13 races
2006 - 12 races
2005 - 13 races