The last event of the season marked a significant change with a new name and a reconfigured course while maintaining its traditional location at Carleton Airport. The weather proved to be quite erratic, featuring intermittent rain, cool winds, and sporadic sunshine before and after the middle school races. Fortunately, the actual race times saw more stable and favorable weather conditions. The initial race featured the girls, led by Zoey Cheney (13:53PR), who secured 14th place out of a total of 83 runners, earning a medal for her top-20 finish. Following Zoey were Renton's Isa Vargo (15:57) in 42nd place, Stella Mac (15:57) in 43rd place, Ryan Cheney (16:13PR) in 49th place, Layna Shirey (17:08) in 62nd place, and Isabel Kridner (20:43) in 81st place. Subsequently, the Renton boys took to the course, with Wyatt Sesnie (13:44) leading the pack and securing 38th place among 107 racers. He was closely followed by Max Banas (13:59) in 41st place, Alex Stolkey (14:08) in 48th place, Henry Broughton (14:45) in 57th place, Liam Holdwick (14:59) in 61st place, Oliver Sherz (15:04) in 62nd place, Mason Kidd (15:15PR), Jackson Dodson (15:21) in 66th place, Cael Dodson (16:20) in 72nd place, Brady Allen (16:33PR) in 74th place, John Lapointe (16:39) in 76th place, Ryan Stolkey (17:04PR) in 81st place, Ryan Clelland (17:32) in 87th place, Griffin Bozich (17:46), and Carter Crane (18:25) in 97th place. In conclusion, it has been an exceptional season, and we extend our gratitude to everyone who contributed to its success.

The weather during the race was absolutely perfect! It was the best weather we've had all season long, and the dry and fast course reflected that with some incredible times being run by the Renton CC teams. The Renton girls started the race off with a bang, with five girls setting new personal records (PR) on the course. Zoey Cheney led the team, finishing in 8th place out of 46 runners and earning recognition for her impressive top-14 finish. She was followed by Jennalynn Bronstein (15:00) in 17th place, Isa Vargo (15:44) in 24th, Stella Mac (15:57) in 25th, Riley Szawara (16:12) in 28th, Ryan Cheney (16:24PR) in 31st, Layna Shirey (16:52PR) in 33rd, Aubrey Turk (17:23PR) in 38th, and Isabel Kridner (18:22PR) in 42nd place. As a team, the girls placed 5th out of 5 full teams, which is still a great accomplishment.   The boys from Renton didn't disappoint either as they had ten team members break their personal records (PR). The boys' team finished 3rd out of 5 full teams and were led by Max Banas (13:22PR) in 12th place and Alex Stolkey (13:30PR) in 14th place, both of whom placed in the top 14 and earned recognition for their great performance. Wyatt Sensie (13:39) followed closely behind in 17th place, with Ethan Brophy (14:16) in 23rd, Oliver Sherz (14:22PR) in 26th, Henry Broughton (14:39) in 31st, Liam Holdwick (14:49PR) in 33rd, Jackson Dodson (15:09) in 36th, Mason Kidd (15:23) in 39th, Cael Dodson (15:41PR) in 40th, John Lapointe (15:45) in 41st, Brady Allen (16:39PR) in 46th, Ryan Clelland (16:59PR) in 50th, Griffin Bozich (17:04) in 51st, Ryan Stolkey (17:04PR) in 53rd, and Carter Crane (17:45PR) completing the team's impressive performance.Top of Form

Dave Bork Invite- October 14, 2023 The Dave Bork Invite on October 14, 2023, will be a memorable event for the Renton Jr High School cross-country teams. The weather was cold and rainy, making it a challenging day for all the runners. Despite the tough conditions, the Renton girls’ team performed well. The team did not receive a score, but the top three finishers – Zoey Cheney (14:31) 18th, Jennalynn Bronstein (15:32) 42nd, and Riley Szawara (16:08PR) 56th- all received medals. Other Renton finishers also did a great job, with Isa Vargo (16:20) 60th, Stella Mac (16:34) 65th, Ryan Cheney (17:05) 74th, Layna Shirey (17:56) 79th, Aubrey Turk (17:56) 87th, and Isabel Kridner (20:56) 112th all finishing the race. The Renton boys’ team also faced the rainy conditions but managed to run a great race. The course was muddy and slippery, but the team pushed through and gave their best effort. There was no team score given at the race, but the Renton boy runners were led by Alex Stolkey (14:30) 59th, Ethan Brophy (14:52) 67th, Liam Holdwick (15:08) 74th, Henry Broughton (15:27) 80th, Oliver Sherz (15:34) 87th, John Lapointe (15:57) 96th, Mason Kidd (16:16) 100th, Ryan Stolkey (17:46) 124th, Griffin Bozich (17:58) 125th, Cael Dodson (18:00) 126th, Brady Allen (18:13) 129th, Ryan Clelland (18:51) 133rd, and Carter Crane (19:03) 136th. All of them did an excellent job of running in the rain.  

League Jamboree #2 – October 3, 2023 Sometimes in running, it's not just about achieving personal records (PR). Rather, it's about the way you run the race. This was one of those days on the course. The Renton girls' team did exceptionally well, finishing 3rd out of 6 teams, which is an improvement from their last Jamboree where they placed 5th. The girls all finished very close to each other, which helped increase their team's overall standing. Zoey Cheney (14:43) was the first runner for Renton and placed 8th overall out of 49 runners. Alice Williams (16:05) closely followed in 16th place, Jennalyn Bronstein (16:25) in 17th, Isa Vargo (16:43) in 19th, Stella Mac (17:04) in 22nd, Layna Shirey (17:41) in 25th, Riley Szawara (18:14) in 31st, Ryan Cheney (18:28) in 33rd, Aubrey Turk (20:16) in 44th, Isabel Kridner (21:19) in 45th, and Lenah Hysko (1mi-17:57). Congratulations, ladies, on a great race!   The Renton boys' team also did well, considering they were down a few runners. They placed 3rd out of 6 teams. Wyatt Sesnie (13:52) was the first runner for the boys' team and placed 10th overall out of 76 runners. Following him were Alex Stolkey (14:38) in 18th place, Max Banas (15:02) in 22nd, Henry Broughton (15:20) in 28th, Liam Holdwick (15:26) in 30th, Oliver Sherz (15:50) in 33rd, Mason Kidd (16:01) in 38th, Jackson Dodson (16:19) in 39th, John Lapointe (17:09) in 43rd, Cael Dodson (17:19) in 44th, Griffin Bozich (18:08) in 50th, Brady Allen (18:14) in 51st, Ryan Clelland (18:49) in 55th, Ryan Stolkey (19:00) in 58th, Carter Crane (19:10) in 61st, and Liam Hysko (1mi-13:38). Great job, boys!

Marauder Invite- September 30, 2023 It was a superb day for a race. So, the Renton girls’ team had to race superbly. The girls race results took a little while to get posted. When the results were posted with a mix of large schools to smaller schools, Renton girls team placed a respectable 11th out 17 teams. When I said they raced superbly Renton girls’ top finisher was Zoey Cheney (13:54PR) placing 29th out 216 racers, receiving a medal and we had so many Personal Records (PR), Renton’s other finishers Alice William (15:12PR) 61st, Jennalynn Bronstein (15:21PR) 68th, Isa Vargo (15:22) 69th, Layna Shirey (16:58PR) 123rd, Ryan Cheney (17:04) 126th, Aubrey Turk (17:50PR) 141st, Elizabeth Hebert-Foe (18:09PR) 146th, Isabel Kridner (20:19PR), and Lenah Hysko (1mi-15:58PR) Great racing ladies! Not to be out done the Renton boys team also raced great. The middle school boy’s race had a couple more teams in it, Renton placed 11th as a team, out of 19 varying size schools. Renton individual racers also had a bunch of PR’s, led by Wyatt Sesnie (12:49PR) 42nd out of 231 people, followed by Alex Stolkey (13:45PR) 76th, Max Banas (13:52PR) 85th, Ethan Brophy (14:05PR) 100th, Henry Broughton (14:38) 116th, Oliver Sherz (15:04PR) 126th, Liam Holdwick (15:28) 141st, John Lapointe (15:40PR) 148th, Jackson Dodson (16:34) 173rd, Cael Dodson (16:45) 176th, Griffin Bozich (16:58PR) 183rd, Ryan Stolkey (17:07PR) 189th,  Brady Allen (17:40PR) 195th, Carter Crane (18:11PR) 201st, Ryan Clelland (19:00) 206th, Liam/Lex Hysko (23:21) 229th, Jack/John Broughton (1 mi-17:48) and Aidan Hebert-Foe (1 mi-6:33). Nice job fellas!  

Jefferson Invite- Friday, September 22, 2023 Jefferson’s CC course has some great scenery, but with the wind and the sun proves to be tough one to run on. The Renton girls team placed well despite the elements being a factor. As a team the Renton girls took 5th place. Isa Vargo (15:33) received a medal for her top 20 finish placing 16th overall. Other finishers for the Renton include Jennalynn Bronstein (16:05) 23rd, Alice Williams (16:41) 27th, Stella Mac (17:18) 32nd, Ryan Cheney (17:47) 37th, Riley Szawara (18:13) 42nd, Layna Shirey (18:30) 45th, Aubrey Turk (19:52) 54th, Elizabeth Hebert-Foe (20:04) 56th, Isabel Krinder (22:32) 68th and Lenah Hysko (16:53PR). There was a little bit of chaos with the results of the boy’s race. The timing system went down along with the backup system during the race.  We had to wait a considerable amount of time to get the results, which are still not 100 percent correct yet. At the end of the results mayhem Renton boys team placed 3rd out of 7 full teams. Led by Wyatt Sesnie (13:44) 14th and Aiden Hebert-Foe (13:47) 15th, both medaled for their top 20 finish. Renton boy finishers, Max Banas (14:32) 25th, Alex Stolkey (14:36PR) 26th, Liam Holdwick (14:42PR) 29th, Henry Broughton (14:43PR) 30th, Ethan Brophy (14:58) 34th, John Lapointe (15:55PR) 43rd, Oliver Sherz (16:01) 45th, Cael Dodson (16:08) 47th, Mason Kidd (17:17) 58th, Brady Allen (18:17PR) 68th, Carter Crane (18:18PR), 69th, Ryan Stolkey (18:19) 70th, Griffin Bozich (20:17) 81st, Ryan Clelland (20:20) 82nd, Lex Hysko() 99th, and John Broughton (41:15) 100th.

Jamboree #1- Tuesday, September 19, 2023 It was a great night for a race. The first League Jamboree of the season was a great one and something to build on. The Renton girls team started the night out placing 5th as a team.  Led by Zoey Cheney (14:45) 9th place out of 43 runners, next finishers are Isa Vargo (15:51) 15th, Jennalynn Bronstein (16:31) 21st, Riley Szawara (16:45) 22nd, Ryan Cheney (16:52) 23rd, Stella Mac (17:02) 24th, Layna Shirey (17:36) 27th, Aubrey Turk (18:47) 33rd, Elizabeth Hebert-Foe (20:22) 37th and Isabel Kridner (20:24) 38th.  Nice job ladies!   The Middle school boys’ race was in the prime racing slot in between the 2 high school races, and the Renton boys’ team had a great showing, taking second as a team. Wyatt Sesnie (13:23PR) took 9th out of 69 to lead the Chiefs, followed by Aiden Hebert-Foe (13:48) in 14th.  Other Chief Finishers, Max Banas (13:55PR) 16th, Alex Stolkey (14:40PR) 22nd, Ethan Brophy (15:27) 33rd, Henry Broughton (15:36) 34th, Oliver Sherz (15:55) 35th, Cael Dodson (16:06) 37th, Liam Holdwick (16:22) 38th, John Lapointe (16:24PR) 39th, Ryan Stolkey (18:32) 50th, Ryan Clelland (18:49) 52nd, Griffin Bozich (19:15PR) 54th and Carter Crane (19:47) 57th. Great job boys!

The 54th Annual Huron Invitational was a beautiful day for some PRs for Renton Cross Country. The girls team finished 12th place in the varsity race. Zoey Cheney led the team finishing 43rd out of 208 with a PR of (14:27.6), followed by Isa Vargo in 67th (15:04.8), Jennalynn Bronstein in 86th (15:36.8 PR), Alice Williams in 94th (15:50.9 PR), Riley Szawara in 112th (16:27.3), Ryan Cheney in 113th (16:27.7 PR), Stella Mac in 119th (16:36.9), Layna Shirey in 143rd (17:36.3), and Aubrey Turk in 152nd (18:29.9 PR). \ The boys team finished in 19th place with Aiden Hebert-Foe coming in 68th out of 234 with a PR of (13:19.0), followed by Max Banas in 116th (14:26.3), Ethan Brophy 130th (14:43.1 PR), Henry Broughton in 134th (14:49.6 PR), Alex Stolkey in 145th (15:11.8), Oliver Sherz in 159th (15:46.5 PR), Cael Dodson in 160th (15:47.1 PR), Liam Holdwick in 172nd (16:24.8), John LaPoint I 178th (16:31.8 PR), and Ryan Stolkey in 201st (18:15.1). In the JV race, Ryan Clelland finished 108th out of 227 (18:48.3), Griffin Bozich in 114th (19:22.9), Brady Allen in 119th (19:40.4), Carter Crane in 123rd (19:45.9), Isabel Kridner in 133rd (20:22.6), Lex Hysko in 159th (23:13.3), John Broughton in 181st (34:15.0), and Lena Hysko with a 1 mile time of (17:29).

It was perfect weather for Renton Cross Country to run their first two-person relay race at the Jet Jam Relay. Each pair alternated running a 1k course three times. The girls’ team ran a great relay with two pairs getting medals. Renton’s top two relay teams were Zoey Cheney & Isa Vargo in 11th place with a time of (27:11) along with Ryan Cheney & Alice Williams clinching 20th place with a time of (29:40). They were followed by Jennalyn Bronstein and Layna Shirley in 22nd (29:43), Stell Mac and Riley Szawara in 29th (31:05), Aubrey Turk and Elizabeth Hebert-Foe in 38th (34:05), and Lena Hysko and Isabel Kridner ran their best 1k times with a combined time of (39:12). (Adrian 19, Woodhaven 21, Wagar 25, Milers 43, Dundee 49, Renton 53, Seitz 70) The boys team ran a great race as well with Wyatt Sesnie and Alex Stolkey earning medals for 17th place with a time of (24:54). They were followed by Max Banas and Aiden Hebert-Foe in 26th (26:09), Oliver Sherz and Henry Broughton in 29th (27:02), Mason Kidd and Ethan Brophy in 33rd (27:40), Cael Dodson and John LaPointe in 41st (29:46), Ryan Stolkey and Ryan Clelland 41st (31:24), Jackson Dodson and Carter Crane 50th (31:55), Brady Allen and Griffin Bozich in 55th (35:02), and John Broughton and Lex Hysko with a combined time of (41:19). (Adrian 19, Wagar 23, Milers 27, Woodhaven 31, Dundee 57, Renton 72, Seitz 81)