Good Afternoon!  Well it's August 1st and that means the official start of our FHS XC 2022 season is just around the corner.  Here is some very important information and dates for everyone as we get geared up for the season.

Athletes are expected to have a physical on file before they can practice officially.   This means on or before August 8th at 3:30PM.  SportsZone offers physicals for $25.00.

In addition to a physical all athletes and parents must have their accounts in planeths.com up to date.  All usernames and passwords should be the same as last year.  

Official Practice Begins - August 8th.  Our schedule for that week looks like this:

Monday 3:30-5:00pm @ HS

Tuesday 3:30-5:15pm @ HS

Wednesday 8:00-10:30am @ Coach's House - Breakfast Run

Thursday & Friday - Team is at camp.

Parent Meeting - Monday, August 8th @5:30PM.  We will meet in the football bleachers.  If we need to make changes due to weather I will update that here on this page.

Monday, August 15th - Intersquad 1500 Under the lights.  Come and meet our 2022 squads as they compete in a fun intersquad 1500.

Wednesday, August 17th - Team pictures with Hicks Studio @ 4:30.  Practice will follow pictures this day, so it will be a later practice.  Tentatively 5:00-6:30.

Friday, August 19th - St. Johns Under the Lights Invite.  More information to come soon as the date approaches.

I think that covers it for now!

A complete meet schedule is available on athletic.net.  And I will have some fun schedules you can use as phone backgrounds coming soon!

Coach Drown

Both the boys and girls cross-country teams traveled to Shepherd High School last night to participate in the John Bruder Invitational.  Both teams ran very well despite the warm temperatures.  The boys varsity team got things started by finishing first out of 38 teams competing.  The girls varsity team finished in 6th place out of 38 teams competing.

Individual highlights for the boys team from last night include: TJ Hansen and Braydon Honsinger finishing 1st and 2nd overall in a field of 227 runners.  TJ’s time of 15:41 is a new Freeland High School Record.  Braydon’s 16:02 is a season best time.  Both boys were medalists.  Also, joining TJ and Braydon, as medalists were Braden Klein, Camden McLeod, Sam Neemeth, Joseph Klopf, Jack Seemann, and Anderson Oberle.  Others running season best times were; Braden Klein, Sam Neemeth, Joseph Klopf, Jack Seemann, Anderson Oberle, and Nash Davidson.  Chase Somers turned in a personal record time.  

Individual highlights for the girls team from last night include: Our medalists, Karie Keefer, Jada Prescott, and Paige Kloha.  Running season best times on the night were; Paige Kloha, Haven Vasold, Ainsley Miller, and Hayden Swartz.  Running personal record times on the night were;  Karie Keefer, Jada Prescott, Cessaly Fichtner, EllaMae Klopf, and Emma Field.  

Both teams are back in action next Tuesday, September 13 at their home course for the first of three conference jamborees.  Wish them luck!

Last night both boys and girls cross-country teams hosted the first of three conference jamborees.  Both teams ran well.  The boys were led by Braydon Honsinger and TJ Hansen who executed a great race plan to finish first and second overall.  Also finishing in the top 14, (top 14 athletes make up 1st and 2nd team all-conference honors), were Braydon Klein, (6th), and Camden McLeod, (10th).  Jacob Alexander turned in the performance of the night, running a 55 second season best time.  Congratulations to Anderson Oberle on his 18 second season best time.  Overall the boys team finished in 1st place scoring 37 points to Frankenmuth’s 50 and Alma’s 67.  

Our girls team raced well moving up throughout the race and finished with 4 girls inside the all-conference top 14 standings.  The girls were led by Karie Keefer and Jada Prescott finishing in 5th and 7th place respectively. Paige Kloha and Cessaly Fichtner finished in 11th and 13th. Cessaly had the performance of the night, running a 23 second personal record time and finishing inside that top 14.  Congratulations to Addie Avram, Ella Mae, and Janae Klein for their personal record performances.  The girt’s team finished in 3rd place with a score of 56 behind Alma, (29), and Frankenmuth, (42).  

Great work Falcons!  Both teams are back in action this Friday.  They will travel to Michigan State University to compete in the MSU invite.  Wish them good luck!

Our cross country teams traveled to the Frankenmuth jamboree on 10-11-22 for the final divisional jamboree of the season.  The Falcons had a great day.  The boy's team captured the TVC 8 boys championship.  The boys were again led by the 1-2 punch of Hansen and Honsinger.  TJ Hansen captured the the individual divisional championship, while Braydon Honsinger earned the individual runner up honors.  Camden McLeod had a good day finishing in 5th place in the jamboree while also capturing 1st team divisional honors.  Braden Klein finished in 6th place on the day, while also capturing a 1st team award.  Rounding out the team scoring for the boys was Sam Nemeth who finished in 10th place on the day and earning honorable mention for the year.

Our girls team finished is third place for the season in the TVC 8.  The girls ran a strong race on Tuesday led by Karie Keefer with a 4th place finish.  With that finish, Karie earned 1st team honors.  Jada Prescott also had a strong day finishing in 5th place.  Jada also earned 1st team honors for the season.  The girls placed two individuals on the TVC 8 second team for the year as both Cessaly Fichtner and Paige Kloha earned those honors.

The teams will host the Freeland Jamboree this Saturday at their home course located at 4656 N. River Road in Freeland.  Come out and support our runners.

What a day to be a Falcon!  The boys are back to back regional champions. A complete team effort led by your back to back regional champion TJ Hansen!  Joining TJ with all region honors were Braydon Honsinger 2nd overall and Braden Klein in 12th.  Camden McLeod and Chase Somers turned in PR performances. Braden Klein with a season best run.  Jacob Alexander turned in a strong PR performance. Sam Nemeth and Evan Brown also had strong finishes.  This is also the 3rd consecutive time the boys have qualified.

Our girls team kept their qualification streak alive!  Finishing in 3rd place and running the streak to 5 years in a row!  The girls ran very impressively.  Katie Keefer and Jada Prescott led the way finishing in 5th and 6th overall.  Their times both 19:18 PR’s are record board material.  Moving them into 7th and 8th overall on our top 10 record board.  Paige Kloha also broke a huge milestone with her first sub 20 run in 19:59!  Karie, Jada, and Paige all earned all-region honors.  Congrats to Cessaly Fichtner on her PR top 20 finish.  Ainsley Miller turned in a season best time.  Haven Vasold, Jenna Kowalski both had strong finishes!  Both teams are Brooklyn Bound next week.  Next stop MIS!