2014 Boys Cross Country
Letter Policy & Points
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2014 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
Trevor Hanlon
 11
 20
 49
 21
 25
 7
11
144
Ryan Huff
 1
 8
 1
 9
 8
 3


30
Kenny Pauley 2
 0
 6
 11
 0
 4


23
Jackson Powell 13
 23
 47
 21
 23
 6
 8

141
Christopher Williams 0
 0
 1
 2
 2
 0


5
William Wolf
 13
 23
 62
 22
 25
 7
 9
 17
 25
 203
Jack Hyde 13
 23
 62
 22
 25
 7
 9
 17
 25
 203
Cody Jesswein
 0
 1
 1
 4
 4
 0


10
Alex Keeble 13
 23
 63
 22
 25
 7
 9
 17
 25
 204
Joey Magyar 13
 18
 22
 21
 23
 6
 7

110
Mason McAnally 11
 18
 24
 21
 0
 5


79
Stret Beal
 1
 6
 0
 0
 0
 0


7
Brian Butcher
 13
 23
 62
 22
 24
 7
17
 24
 192
Ben Craw
 13
 23
 54
 21
 25
 7
 9
24
 176
Gabe Pommier
 13
 21
 41
 21
 15
 5


116
Tristan Ray
 0
 4
 1
 2
 5
 1


13
Andrew Walmer
 13
 23
 62
 0
 23
 7
17
 25
 170
Evan Burge
 6
 15
 39
 15
 0
 0


65
Joe Churm
 5
 11
 1
 12
 13
 5


55
Riley Fortune
 13
 23
 50
 21
 23
 7
 9
 17
 24
 187
Ryan Hodge
 10
 0
 42
 21
 0
 6


81
Kyle Sheehy
 0
 11
 1
 9
 11
 3


43
Nate Strigotte
 1
 11
 0
 8
 8
 3


31
Callan Whitehouse
 4
 11
 7
 15
 18
 5


72

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
 2014






2002
 2003
 2004
 2005
 2006
 2007
 2008
 2009

Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors

Seniors
Riley Fortune (14)
 187
Forrest Smoes (11)
 211
Jonathan Schaap (11)
 220
Lucas Prather (11)
 223
Gabe Pommier (13) 175
Brian Butcher (14)
 192
Alex Keeble (14)
 204
John Butcher (11)
 220
Andrew Walmer (13) 166
Alex Keeble (13) 177
Jack Hyde (14)
 203
Jacob Mahaffey (08)
 204
Lucas Prather (08) 164
Ben Craw (14)
 16
Jacob Mahaffey (07) 194
William Wolf (14)
 203
Matthew Schaap (08) 160
Ethan Russell (11) 176
William Wolf (13) 192
Cale McCormick (11) 200
John Prillaman (07) 157
Lucas Prather (09) 173
Jackson Powell (13) 183
Justin Sebens (06) 192
Alex Keeble (12) 145
John Prillaman (08) 171
Justin Sebens (05) 181
James Williams (13) 190
John Butcher (08) 142
Andrew Walmer (14)
 170
Austin Beck (09) 179
Ethan Russell (13) 181
Jacob Mahaffey (05) 133
Jonathan Schaap (10) 143
Troy Pittman (05) 175
Elijah Johnson (11) 175
Forrest Smoes (10) 132
Chris Carlton (11) 139
Forrest Smoes (12) 174
Jonathan Schaap (12) 174
Jonathan Schaap (09) 127
Jacob Mahaffey (06) 138
Lucas Prather (10) 170
Troy Pittman (06) 155
Ethan Russell (10) 125
Jackson Powell (12) 131
Ethan Russell (10) 170
Trevor Hanlon (14)
 144
Elijah Johnson (08) 112
John Butcher (09) 129
John Butcher (10) 151
Devin Lyons (06) 143
Brian Butcher (13) 103
Elijah Johnson (09) 122
John Prillaman (09) 150
Jackson Powell (14) 141
Jack Hyde (12) 95
Jack Hyde (13) 116
James Williams (12) 145
Henry Wolf (09) 140
Jake Keller (12) 95
Gabe Pommier (14) 116
Elijah Johnson (10) 144
Dustin Kinkelaar (07) 129
Ben Craw (13) 93
James Williams (11) 106
Henry Wolf (08) 134
Andrew Kumler (07) 129
Ryan Hodge (14)
 81
Steve Roberts (05) 105
Andrew Kumler (06) 125
Steve Roberts (07) 128
Chris Carlton (10) 79
Kyle Appelquist (11) 103
Devin Lyons (05) 123
John Prillaman (10) 123
Kyle Appelquist (10)
 72
William Wolf (12) 102
Curt Bucker (07) 120
Matthew Chupp (12) 119
Callan Whitehouse (14)
 72
Jake Keller (13) 83
Dustin Kinkelaar (06) 119
Jared Willard (05) 115
Evan Burge (14) 65
Zach Rausch (07) 79
Steve Roberts (06) 118
Kyle Appelquist (13) 109
Alex Charter (06) 62
Alex Charter (07) 77
Gabe Walder (05) 116
Caleb Johnson (09) 100
Curt Kupferschmid (10)
 62
Curt Kupferschmid (11) 77
Joey Magyar (14)
 110
Austin Beck (08) 94
Joe Churm (14)
 55
Trevor Hanlon (12) 72
Chris Carlton (12) 104
Evan Forbes (10) 92
Austin Beck (05) 53
Dustin Kinkelaar (05) 64
Zach Rausch (08) 100
Curt Bucker (08) 89
Jacob Jarrett (06) 51
Austin Beck (06) 61
Caleb Johnson (08) 87
Chris Carlton (13) 86
Mason McAnally (12) 51
Caleb Johnson (07) 60
Curt Kupferschmid (12) 81
Zach Rausch (09) 83
James Williams (10) 48
Dhairav Vakil (11) 56
Mason McAnally (14)
 79
Daniel Middendorf (13)
 78

# of races
2014 - 9 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