A Winning Weekend

The Blue Devils Raced at the Cardinal Invitational on Saturday and came away with lots of WINS!!
Winning the boys High School race was Kyle Polman, while his brother Tyler won the Middle School boys race.  On the girls side, Jenn Wisniewski won the High School race.  Both the High School and Middle School teams won team titles.  Way to go!

Week of September 24th

This week is a busy week as the MS and HS teams will split and go to different meets.

Tuesday:  Speedwork for MS boys/girls and HS boys
Wednesday:  Speedwork for HS girls

Friday:  MS practice on your own.....HS teams are at Gilmour Invitational
Bus:  1:30-1:45? 
Races:  Indpendence is in the BLUE race.
4:00  HS Boys
5:00  HS Girls (if we have a full team)

Directions:  Gilmour Academy,  2045 Som Center Road,  Gates Mills, OH 44040

Turn right to merge onto I-77 N toward Cleveland            

Take exit 156 to merge onto I-480 E toward Youngstown            

Take exit 26 on the left for U.S. 422 N toward Warren            

Follow signs for US-422 W/I-271 N/Harvard/Chagrin

Merge onto I-271 N/US-422 W

Continue to follow I-271 N

Take exit 34 to merge onto US-322 E/Mayfield Rd            

Turn right onto Som Center Rd            

At the traffic circle, continue straight to stay on Som Center Rd

Estimated time from Independence:  25 min.

Map of directions here.

Saturday:  MS teams are at Woodridge/CVNP Invitational @ Pine Hollow/Kendall Hills
Bus:  8:00
Races:
10:30  MS Girls Open
11:00  MS Boys team race (if we don't have a full team we run open at 10:00)

Directions:  Kendall Park/Pine Hollow (CVNP), Peninsula

Head south on Brecksville

Turn left onto OH-82 E/Chippewa Rd

Continue to follow OH-82 E

Turn right onto Olde 8 Rd            

Turn left onto Highland Rd            

Take the 1st right onto OH-8 S            

Take exit 12 for Ohio 303 toward Peninsula/Hudson            

Merge onto Akron Cleveland Rd/State Rd            

Turn right onto Keenan Rd            

Estimated time from Independence:  30 min.

Map of directions here.

Cardinal Meet Information

All cross country teams (boys/girls both middle/high school) will be racing this Saturday, Sept 22nd at the Cardinal Invitational at Cardinal High School.

Bus departs: 7:45

RACES:
10:15 High School Boys
10:55 High School Girls
11:30 Middle School Boys
12:00 Middle School Girls

Directions:
Cardinal High School
14785 North Thompson Avenue, Middlefield, OH

Take I-77 N to I-480 E toward Youngstown

Take exit 26 on the left to merge onto US-422 E toward Warren

Turn left onto OH-700 N/Claridon Troy Rd

Turn right onto OH-168 S/Tavern Rd

Take the 1st left onto Co Rd 34/Gingerich Rd

Turn right onto OH-87 E/Kinsman Rd

Turn left onto Old State Rd/N State Ave

Take the 1st right onto Pierce St

Continue onto Pierce Ln .1 mile

Click here for a map. Estimated time from Independence is 55 minutes.

Middle School Boys Win Open Door

Congrats to the Blue Devils Middle School Boys Cross Country team as they captured the team title.  Leading the way and breaking the course record was Tyler Polman who finished in 11:11.  Also finishing in the top were Kevin Clymer finishing 2nd and Luke Swauger in 5th place.  On the girls side, Maria Sagi took third place.

Next up....Cardinal Invitational on Saturday!

Open Door Meet Info

The MIDDLE SCHOOL will be competing at the Open Door Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 18th.

Bus departs: 2:00 (Early Dismissal Day)

Middle School Race: 4:15 Boys and Girls together

Approximate return to Independence: 6:00

Directions:
Open Door Christian Academy
8287 West Ridge Road Elyria, OH 44035

Take exit 156 to merge onto I-480 W toward Toledo

Take the I-80 W/Ohlo Turnpike exit toward I-480 W/Toledo

Merge onto I-80 W

Take exit 145 for OH-57 N toward Elyria

Merge onto OH-57 S/Lorain Blvd

Turn right onto OH-113 W/John F Kennedy Memorial Pkwy

Continue to follow OH-113 W

Turn left onto Lowell St/Telegraph Rd

Take the 1st right onto Telegraph Rd

School will be on the right

Click here for a map of directions.


High School will have practice at 2:00 due to Early Dismissal.

Boardman Meet Info

The Blue Devils will compete in the Spartan Invitational at Boardman High School on Saturday.

Bus departs: 6:20 am...be on time, we need to leave promptly.

RACES:

HS Boys: 9:00

HS Girls: 9:30

MS Boys: 10:00

MS Girls: 10:30

Bring $ for food afterwards.

Approximate return time is 2:00.

Boardman High School:
7777 Glenwood Ave, Boardman, Ohio

Take I-77 S toward Akron

Take exit 146 toward I-80/Toledo/Youngstown

Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Interstate 80/Ohio Turnpike

Keep right at the fork, follow signs for I-80 E and merge onto I-80 Ohio Turnpike

Continue onto Ohio Turnpike

Continue onto I-76 E

Take exit 232 to merge onto OH-7 N/N Main St N/Market St

Turn left onto W Western Reserve Rd

Take the 1st right onto Co Rd 143/Glenwood Ave/Sharrott Rd

Continue to follow Glenwood Ave

Estimated from Independence is 1 hour 20 min.

Click here for a map of the directions.

Weekend of Sept 8th

This weekend the cross country teams will be splitting up and heading to two different meets.
ALL boys will head to the Tiffin Carnival at Hedges-Boyer Park in Tiffin, Ohio. ALL girls will be going to the Bruce Lerch Invitational at Brecksville-Broadview Hts High School.

BOYS TEAM @ TIFFIN:
Bus: 7:00 am
HS JV Boys Race: 11:25
HS Varsity Boys Race: 11:00
MS Boys Race: 12:45
Tiffin meet info can be found here.

GIRLS TEAM @ BRECKSVILLE:
Bus: 8:00 am
MS Girls Race: 10:00
HS Varsity Girls Race: 11:10
Bruce Lerch Info can be found here.

DIRECTIONS:

Hedges Boyer Park, Tiffin Ohio:

Take I-77 to I-480 W toward Toledo

Take the I-80 W/Ohlo Turnpike exit toward I-480 W/Toledo (Toll road)

Merge onto I-80 W and continue on I-80 W

Take exit 110 for OH-4 toward Sandusky/Bellevue

Turn right onto OH-4 S/Columbus-Sandusky Rd/Hayes Ave

Continue to follow OH-4 S

Slight right onto OH-113 W

Continue onto W Main St

Turn left onto OH-18 W/Kilbourne St/State Route 18

Continue to follow OH-18 W/State Route 18

Turn right onto OH-18 W/W Jefferson St/State Route 18

Continue to follow OH-18 W/State Route 18

Turn left onto S Huron St/Township Rd 1092

Turn left onto Greeley St/Holmes St

Continue to follow Holmes St

Turn right onto Greenfield St

Take the 1st left onto Summit St

Turn left to stay on Summit St

You will enter the north side of Hedges-Boyer Park (Tiffin, Ohio)

Estimated: 1 hour 50 min from Independence

A map of the directions is available here.

Note: There are several ways to get there off of the turnpike...this is the fastest way but watch for road signs!

Brecksville High School:
Take Rt. 21 South to Mill Rd.
Turn right on Mill Rd. and the school will be on the left.
NO PARKING at Hilton Elementary (this is where race starts/finishes).
The High School is located less than .5 miles away and there is a connecting driveway from Middle/High School to the area where the race starts/finishes.

TWO CHAMPIONS

The Blue Devil's Cross Country Teams travelled to Lorain County Community College this past weekend to race at the Early Bird Invite. The team came away with some great performances and two wins! Kevin Clymer won the Middle School Boys race in a dead out sprint to the line while Kyle Polman dominated the Boys Gold Race and finished almost a minute ahead of second place.
Kyle was named Plain Dealer Athlete of the Week and Kevin was The Independence Blue Devil Athlete of the week.

Complete results can be found here.