2016 Boys Cross Country
Letter Policy & Points
 MS Letter

2016 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
Brian Butcher
  12
  19
  71
  20
 25
  6
 8
  
 24
 185
Ben Craw
  12
  19
  71
  20
 25
  6
  
 17
 24
 194
Patrik Elkins
 10
 17
 43
 18
 23
 5


116
Gabe Pommier
  12
  19
  71
  20
 25
  6
 8
  
 24
 185
Andrew Walmer
  12
  19
  74
  20
 25
  6
  
 17
 24
 197
Evan Burge
  11
  19
  65
  20
 25
  5
 8
 17
170
Joe Churm
  12
  19
  55
  19
 24
  5


134
Riley Fortune
  12
  19
  72
  20
 25
  6
 8 
  
 24
 186
Ryan Hodge
  12
  19
  71
  20
 25
  6
17
24
 194
Kyle Sheehy
  10
  10
  24
 8 
 13
  5


70
Nate Strigotte
  1
  6
  9
 5
 11
  4


36
Garret Williams
  11
  17
  53
 19
  23
  5
 6

133
Kaelan Davis
  11
  19
  46
 18
 23
  5
 6
 10
138
Nate Douglas
 10
 17
 43
 17
 0
 0


87
Bryson Keeble
  12
  19
  65
  19
  25
  5
 8 
  17
170
Mathias Powell
  12
  19
  71
  19
  25
 6 
  
  17
 24
 193
David Wilcoski
 6
 10
 17
 10
 17
 5


65
Gaven Williams
 4
 0
 0
 5
 5
 1


15

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
 2016




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)
 193
Alex Keeble (14)
 204
John Butcher (11)
 220
Bryson Keeble (15)
 167
Brian Butcher (14) 192
Jack Hyde (14)
 203
Jacob Mahaffey (08)
 204
Andrew Walmer (13) 166
Ryan Hodge (15) 180
Jacob Mahaffey (07) 194
William Wolf (14)
 203
Lucas Prather (08) 164
Alex Keeble (13) 177
Ryan Hodge (16)
 193
Alex Keeble (15)
 201
Matthew Schaap (08) 160
Ben Craw (14) 176
William Wolf (13) 192
Cale McCormick (11) 200
John Prillaman (07) 157
Ethan Russell (11) 176
Brian Butcher (15) 190
Andrew Walmer (16)
 197
Alex Keeble (12) 145
Lucas Prather (09) 173
Gabe Pommier (15) 189
Ben Craw (16) 194
Mathias Powell (15) 145
John Prillaman (08) 171
Riley Fortune (16) 186
Justin Sebens (06) 192
John Butcher (08) 142
Bryson Keeble (16) 170
Jackson Powell (13) 183
James Williams (13) 190
Jacob Mahaffey (05) 133
Andrew Walmer (14) 170
Andrew Walmer (15) 183
Brian Butcher (16)
 185
Forrest Smoes (10) 132
Riley Fortune (15) 157
Justin Sebens (05) 181
Gabe Pommier (16)
 185
Jonathan Schaap (09) 127
Jonathan Schaap (10) 143
Austin Beck (09) 179
Jack Hyde (15) 181
Ethan Russell (10) 125
Chris Carlton (11) 139
Ben Craw (15) 177
Ethan Russell (13) 181
Kaelan Davis (15) 120
Kaelan Davis (16)
 138
Troy Pittman (05) 175
Elijah Johnson (11) 175
Elijah Johnson (08) 112
Jacob Mahaffey (06) 138
Forrest Smoes (12) 174
Jonathan Schaap (12) 174
Brian Butcher (13) 103
Jackson Powell (12) 131
Evan Burge (16) 170
Troy Pittman (06) 155
Lucas Chittick (15) 103
John Butcher (09) 129
Lucas Prather (10) 170
Trevor Hanlon (14) 144
Jack Hyde (12) 95
Elijah Johnson (09) 122
John Butcher (10) 151
Devin Lyons (06) 143
Jake Keller (12)
 95
Joe Churm (15) 121
John Prillaman (09) 150
Jackson Powell (14) 141
Ben Craw (13) 93
Jack Hyde (13) 116
James Williams (12) 145
Henry Wolf (09) 140
Ryan Hodge (14) 81
Gabe Pommier (14) 116
Elijah Johnson (10) 144
Dustin Kinkelaar (07) 129
Chris Carlton (10) 79
Evan Burge (15) 115
Henry Wolf (08) 134
Andrew Kumler (07) 129
Kyle Appelquist (10)
 72
Garret Williams (15) 115
Garret Williams (16) 133
Steve Roberts (07) 128
Callan Whitehouse (14)
 72
James Williams (11) 106
Joe Churm (16) 129
John Prillaman (10) 123
Evan Burge (14) 65
Steve Roberts (05) 105
Andrew Kumler (06) 125
Matthew Chupp (12) 119
David Wilcoski (16)
 65
Kyle Appelquist (11) 103
Devin Lyons (05) 122
Jared Willard (05) 115
Alex Charter (06) 62
William Wolf (12) 102
Curt Bucker (07) 120
Patrik Elkins (16)
 111
Curt Kupferschmid (10) 62
Kyle Sheehy (15) 100
Dustin Kinkelaar (06) 119
Kyle Appelquist (13) 109
Joe Churm (14) 55
Nate Douglas (16)
 87
Steve Roberts (06) 118
Caleb Johnson (09) 100
Austin Beck (05) 53
Jake Keller (13) 83

Gabe Walder (05) 116
Joey Magyar (15) 95
Jacob Jarrett (06) 51
Zach Rausch (07) 79
Joey Magyar (14) 110
Austin Beck (08) 94
Mason McAnally (12) 51
Alex Charter (07) 77
Chris Carlton (12) 104
Evan Forbes (10) 92
Adam Von Holten (15) 51
Curt Kupferschmid (11) 77
Zach Rausch (08) 100
Curt Bucker (08) 89
James Williams (10) 48
Trevor Hanlon (12) 72
Caleb Johnson (08) 87
Chris Carlton (13) 86
Joey Magyar (12) 47
Dustin Kinkelaar (05) 64
Curt Kupferschmid (12) 81
Zach Rausch (09) 83
Sheehy 14 & Vakil (11)
 43
Austin Beck (06) 61
Trevor Hanlon (12)
 57
Daniel Middendorf (13) 78
maximum # of 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