2015 Boys Cross Country
Letter Policy & Points
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2015 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
Jack Hyde 12
 20
 64
 21
 25
 7
 9
23
 181
Cody Jesswein
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0


1
Alex Keeble 12
 20
 67
 21
 25
 7
 9
 17
 24
 201
Joey Magyar 10
 18
 44
 20
 0
 3


95
Mason McAnally 0
 0
 0
 20
 15
 5


40
Jack Turner
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


0
Stret Beal
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


1
Brian Butcher
 12
 20
 65
 21
 25
 7
17
 23
 190
Ben Craw
 12
 20
 60
 21
 25
 7
 9
23
 177
Gabe Pommier
 12
 20
 64
 21
 25
 7
17
 23
 189
Tristan Ray
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0


1
Andrew Walmer
 12
 20
 65
 21
 25
 7
 9
24
 183
Evan Burge
 8
 18
 47
 20
 16
 6


115
Joe Churm
 11
 18
 45
 21
 20
 6


121
Riley Fortune
 11
 18
 52
 21
 25
 6
 7
 17
157
Charlie Grant
 1
 7
 8
 0
 2
 0


18
Ryan Hodge
 12
 20
 62
 21
 25
 0
17
 23
 180
Kyle Sheehy
 10
 18
 37
 16
 18
 1


100
Nate Strigotte
 0
 8
 4
 3
 4
 1


20
Garret Williams
 11
 19
 36
 21
 21
 7


115
Lucas Chittick
 11
 18
 47
 21
 0
 6


103
Kaelan Davis
 9
 18
 46
 21
 20
 6


120
Bryson Keeble
 12
 20
 57
 21
 25
 7
 8
 17
167
Kiel Ledin
 8
 12
 13
 0
 0
 0


33
Mathias Powell
 0
 18
 48
 21
 25
 7
 9
 17
145
Adam Von Holten
 4
 12
 16
 9
 8
 2


51

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
 2015





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
Bryson Keeble (15)
 167
Ryan Hodge (15) 180
Jack Hyde (14)
 203
Jacob Mahaffey (08)
 204
Andrew Walmer (13) 166
Alex Keeble (13) 177
Jacob Mahaffey (07) 194
William Wolf (14)
 203
Lucas Prather (08) 164
Ben Craw (14) 176
William Wolf (13) 192
Alex Keeble (15)
 201
Matthew Schaap (08) 160
Ethan Russell (11) 176
Brian Butcher (15)
 190
Cale McCormick (11) 200
John Prillaman (07) 157
Lucas Prather (09) 173
Gabe Pommier (15) 189
Justin Sebens (06) 192
Alex Keeble (12) 145
John Prillaman (08) 171
Jackson Powell (13) 183
James Williams (13) 190
Mathias Powell (15) 145
Andrew Walmer (14) 170
Andrew Walmer (15)
 183
Jack Hyde (15)
 181
John Butcher (08) 142
Riley Fortune (15) 157
Justin Sebens (05) 181
Ethan Russell (13) 181
Jacob Mahaffey (05) 133
Jonathan Schaap (10) 143
Austin Beck (09) 179
Elijah Johnson (11) 175
Forrest Smoes (10) 132
Chris Carlton (11) 139
Ben Craw (15)
 177
Jonathan Schaap (12) 174
Jonathan Schaap (09) 127
Jacob Mahaffey (06) 138
Troy Pittman (05) 175
Troy Pittman (06) 155
Ethan Russell (10) 125
Jackson Powell (12) 131
Forrest Smoes (12) 174
Trevor Hanlon (14) 144
Kaelan Davis (15) 120
John Butcher (09) 129
Lucas Prather (10) 170
Devin Lyons (06) 143
Elijah Johnson (08) 112
Elijah Johnson (09) 122
Ethan Russell (10) 170
Jackson Powell (14) 141
Brian Butcher (13) 103
Joe Churm (15)
 121
John Butcher (10) 151
Henry Wolf (09) 140
Lucas Chittick (15) 103
Jack Hyde (13) 116
John Prillaman (09) 150
Dustin Kinkelaar (07) 129
Jack Hyde (12) 95
Gabe Pommier (14) 116
James Williams (12) 145
Andrew Kumler (07) 129
Jake Keller (12)
 95
Evan Burge (15)
 115
Elijah Johnson (10) 144
Steve Roberts (07) 128
Ben Craw (13) 93
Garret Williams (15)
 115
Henry Wolf (08) 134
John Prillaman (10) 123
Ryan Hodge (14) 81
James Williams (11) 106
Andrew Kumler (06) 125
Matthew Chupp (12) 119
Chris Carlton (10) 79
Steve Roberts (05) 105
Devin Lyons (05) 123
Jared Willard (05) 115
Kyle Appelquist (10)
 72
Kyle Appelquist (11) 103
Curt Bucker (07) 120
Kyle Appelquist (13) 109
Callan Whitehouse (14)
 72
William Wolf (12) 102
Dustin Kinkelaar (06) 119
Caleb Johnson (09) 100
Evan Burge (14) 65
Kyle Sheehy (15)
 100
Steve Roberts (06) 118
Joey Magyar (15) 95
Alex Charter (06) 62
Jake Keller (13) 83
Gabe Walder (05) 116
Austin Beck (08) 94
Curt Kupferschmid (10) 62
Zach Rausch (07) 79
Joey Magyar (14) 110
Evan Forbes (10) 92
Joe Churm (14) 55
Alex Charter (07) 77
Chris Carlton (12) 104
Curt Bucker (08) 89
Austin Beck (05) 53
Curt Kupferschmid (11) 77
Zach Rausch (08) 100
Chris Carlton (13) 86
Jacob Jarrett (06) 51
Trevor Hanlon (12) 72
Caleb Johnson (08) 87
Zach Rausch (09) 83
Mason McAnally (12) 51
Dustin Kinkelaar (05) 64
Curt Kupferschmid (12) 81
Daniel Middendorf (13) 78
Adam Von Holten (15)
 51
Austin Beck (06) 61
Mason McAnally (14) 79


maximum # of races
2015 - 9 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