2017 Boys Cross Country
Letter Policy & Points
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2017 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
Evan Burge 12
 15
 45
 22
 28
 6
 8
 17
 23
 176
Joe Churm
 10
 		14
 		24
 		16
 		22
 		4


90
Riley Fortune
 12
 		18
 		72
 		0
 		28
 		6
 		9
 		17
 		24
 		186
Ryan Hodge
 12
 		18
 		73
 		22
 		28
 		6
 		9
 		17
 		24
 		209
Kyle Sheehy
 10
 		0
 		24
 		11
 		19
 		5
 		4

73
Garret Williams
 0
 		0
 		8
 		0
 		6
 		3


17
Kaelan Davis
 12
 		17
 		51
 		22
 		28
 		6
 		8
 		16
 		16
 		176
Nate Douglas
 9
 		9
 		20
 		12
 		22
 		5
 		4
 		13
94
Bryson Keeble
 12
 		17
 		69
 		22
 		22
 		6
17
 		24
 		189
Kiel Ledin
 8
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


8
Caleb Mason
 2
 5
 7
 5
 5
 0


24
Jack McHale
 0
 0
 10
 17
 22
 3


52
Mathias Powell
 12
 		18
 		73
 		22
 		28
 		6
 		9
 		17
 		24
 		209
David Wilcoski
 10
 		11
 		24
 		6
 		13
 		3


67
Gaven Williams
 0
 		4
 		5
 		5
 		6
 		1


21
Caleb Dowers
 6
 8
 0
 5
 0
 0


19
Joe Taylor
 6
 8
 8
 5
 13
 0


40

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 competitive 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
 2016
 2017



2002
 2003
 2004
 2005
 2006
 2007
 2008
 2009












Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors

Seniors
Riley Fortune (14)
Gabe Pommier (13)
Bryson Keeble (15)
Andrew Walmer (13)
Lucas Prather (08)
Matthew Schaap (08)
John Prillaman (07)
Alex Keeble (12)
Mathias Powell (15)
John Butcher (08)		 187
175
167
166
164
160
157
145
145
142
Forrest Smoes (11)
Mathias Powell (16)
Brian Butcher (14)
Ryan Hodge (15)
Alex Keeble (13)
Ben Craw (14)
Ethan Russell (11)
Lucas Prather (09)
John Prillaman (08)
Bryson Keeble (16)		 211
193
192
180
177
176
176
173
171
170
Jonathan Schaap (11)
Mathias Powell (17)
 Alex Keeble (14)
Jack Hyde (14)
Jacob Mahaffey (07)
Ryan Hodge (16)
William Wolf (13)
Brian Butcher (15)
Bryson Keeble (17)
Gabe Pommier (15)
 220
209
204
203
194
193
192
190
189
189
Lucas Prather (11)
John Butcher (11)
Ryan Hodge (17)
Jacob Mahaffey (08)
William Wolf (14)
Alex Keeble (15)
Cale McCormick (11)
Andrew Walmer (16)
Ben Craw (16)
Justin Sebens (06)
 223
220
209
204
203
201
200
197
194
192
Jacob Mahaffey (05)
Forrest Smoes (10)
Jonathan Schaap (09)
Ethan Russell (10)
Kaelan Davis (15)
Elijah Johnson (08)
Brian Butcher (13)
Lucas Chittick (15)
Jack Hyde (12)
Jake Keller (12)
 133
132
127
125
120
112
103
103
95
95
Andrew Walmer (14)
Riley Fortune (15)
Jonathan Schaap (10)
Chris Carlton (11)
Kaelan Davis (16)
Jacob Mahaffey (06)
Jackson Powell (12)
John Butcher (09)
Elijah Johnson (09)
Joe Churm (15)		 170
157
143
139
138
138
131
129
122
121
Riley Fortune (16)
Jackson Powell (13)
Andrew Walmer (15)
Justin Sebens (05)
Austin Beck (09)
Ben Craw (15)
Kaelan Davis (17)
Troy Pittman (05)
Forrest Smoes (12)
Evan Burge (16)
 186
183
183
181
179
177
176
175
174
170
James Williams (13)
Riley Fortune (17)
Brian Butcher (16)
 Gabe Pommier (16)
Jack Hyde (15)
Ethan Russell (13)
Evan Burge (17)
Elijah Johnson (11)
Jonathan Schaap (12)
Troy Pittman (06)
 190
186
185
185
181
181
176
175
174
155
Ben Craw (13)
Ryan Hodge (14)
Chris Carlton (10)
Kyle Appelquist (10)
Callan Whitehouse (14)
Evan Burge (14)
David Wilcoski (16)
Alex Charter (06)
Curt Kupferschmid (10)
Joe Churm (14)		 93
81
79
72
72
65
65
62
62
55
Jack Hyde (13)
Gabe Pommier (14)
Evan Burge (15)
Garret Williams (15)
James Williams (11)
Steve Roberts (05)
Kyle Appelquist (11)
William Wolf (12)
Kyle Sheehy (15)
Nate Douglas (16)		 116
116
115
115
106
105
103
102
100
87
Lucas Prather (10)
John Butcher (10)
John Prillaman (09)
James Williams (12)
Elijah Johnson (10)
Henry Wolf (08)
Garret Williams (16)
Joe Churm (16)
Andrew Kumler (06)
Devin Lyons (05)
 170
151
150
145
144
134
133
129
125
122
Trevor Hanlon (14)
Devin Lyons (06)
Jackson Powell (14)
Henry Wolf (09)
Dustin Kinkelaar (07)
Andrew Kumler (07)
 Steve Roberts (07)
John Prillaman (10)
Matthew Chupp (12)
Jared Willard (05)
 144
143
141
140
129
129
128
123
119
115
Austin Beck (05)
Jacob Jarrett (06)
Mason McAnally (12)
Adam Von Holten (15)
James Williams (10)
Joey Magyar (12)
Kyle Sheehy (14)
Dhairav Vakil (11)
Ryan Huff (11)
Joe Taylor (17)
Johnson 06 & Wolf 11
 53
51
51
51
48
47
43
43
40

35
Jake Keller (13)
Zach Rausch (07)
Alex Charter (07)
Curt Kupferschmid (11)
Trevor Hanlon (12)
David Wilcoski (17)
Dustin Kinkelaar (05)
Austin Beck (06)
Dhairav Vakil (11)
David Wilcoski (17)
Evan Forbes (08)
 83
79
77
77
72
67
64
61
56
51
47
Curt Bucker (07)
Dustin Kinkelaar (06)
Steve Roberts (06)
Gabe Walder (05)
Joey Magyar (14)
Chris Carlton (12)
Zach Rausch (08)
Nate Douglas (17)
Caleb Johnson (08)
Curt Kupferschmid (12)
Trevor Hanlon (12)		 120
119
118
116
110
104
100
94
87
81
57
Patrik Elikins (16)
Kyle Appelquist (13)
Caleb Johnson (09)
Joey Magyar (15)
Austin Beck (08)
Evan Forbes (10)
Joe Churm (17)
Curt Bucker (08)
Chris Carlton (13)
Zach Rausch (09)
Daniel Middendorf (13)
 111
109
100
95
94
92
90
89
86
83
78
maximum # of races
2017 - 9 races
2016 - 9 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