2005 Boys Cross Country
Title Belt Winners
  
  The originator and creator of the title belt was former Captain Kevin Koenig.  Kevin is seen her pictured with the title belt which is a plastic WWF belt held together by duck tape.
                                     Week 1      None
                                    Week 2       None
                                     Week 3      None
                                     Week 4
Race #1  During the 7 mile point of an 8 mile run the day before a race, Gabe Walder, Steve Roberts, and the young superstar Jacob Mahaffey made a title belt challenge to race from the 1.75 mark on the course to the 2 mile mark on the course.  They started off slow, making it into a fight for position and kickers race.  Mahaffey made a strong move and the other two responded.  Soon after the three broke out into a all out sprint.  Gabe started to pull away about half way through the distance.  Mahaffey made one final attempt at the 1.90 mark.  As Gabe approached the 2.0 mile mark finish line he saw Steve Roberts stretching at the finish.  Steve had taken a short cut for the win.  Winner-Steve Roberts

Race #2  During the 7.65 mile point of an 8 mile run the day before a race, Steve Roberts versus super competitor Jacob Mahaffey had a second title belt race.  Steve rose to the challenge to defend his belt.  With the heckling from Gabe Walder, Mahaffey took off to build a large lead.  Steve played possum and acted like he wasn't racing.  As Jacob backed off, Steve made his sprint move.  Mahaffey responded and they sprinted the final 200 meters of their 8 mile run.  In the end, area sophomore leader Steve Roberts won the challenge to a strong opponent Mahaffey.

                                     Week 5
Race #1  During a practice where it lighteninged the practice was moved to the indoor track.  The title belt challenge was a 50 yard sprint running backwards.  Steve Roberts won, beating Troy Pittman, Justin Sebens and other teammates.

Race #2  A second 50 yard sprint was held where Steve lost his title belt to Justin Sebens.

                                    Week 6       None
                                     Week 7
Race #1  During a practice that had to be moved inside due to lightening a few of our boys decided to race to the stop sign and back.  The lightening had stopped at this point, but the rain was so hard that it was hard to see more than 50 meters out.  The boys lined up and Brandon Keeney edged out Devin Lyons for the title belt.

                                                        Week 8      None
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                                     Week 11
Race#1 During a 1 mile time trial on the bike trail, Dustin Kinkelaar challenged Brandon Keeney for the title belt.   Both ran well, but Kinkelaar came out on top.
                    
The title belt is an award to encourage runners to be competitive.  The title belt is an old plastic WWF belt that is duct taped.  The rules of the title belt are fairly simple.  The current title belt holder has the title belt until they are challenged by another teammate.  Any teammate can challenge the current title belt holder to any reasonable race.  The challenge can be a short or long race, an obstacle course, or any unique challenge that requires a competition to arise.

 
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