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ACC CLOSES OUT A GREAT SEASON WITH CLASS!

The Charger CC Teams closed out their 09 season at the Belvidere Sectional which is considered the toughest 2A Sectional in the state. When you have 13 ranked Boys teams and 12 ranked Girls teams in the top 25 you have the recipe for 2 great races! Belvidere served as a mini-state meet for ACC!  Manuel Saucedo and Jimmy Spencer closed out their season's in style by both running races that would have qualified them out of the other 3 sectionals in the state! Saucedo narrowly missed state q by 8 seconds and Spencer defeated 11 runners who were in front of him at the ACC Regional the week before. The Lady Chargers placed 11th as a team but only missed qualifying by a combined 22 places against great competition. Anna Sestak stepped up again and posted a top 30 place out of 160 runners. Sestak was followed by steady Bailey Shemenski, Natalie Perry, Jenna Koerner, and Amanda Contreras. Their 1-5 split was 1:18, and at the Regional it was 30 seconds. The Lady Chargers gained very valuable experience for next season and are returning 7 with top 7 varsity experience; including Corinn Groom, Nicole Bohr, Allison Alosio, and Emily Schwender so the future looks very bright! The Charger men return 5 with top 7 experience in  Spencer, Matt Meyers, Alex Duncan, Jeremiah McCue, Ray Elizondo, Nolan McCue, Mike Sestak, Adam Miller, Arnulfo Olivia, and Oscar Gomez and the rest of a great frosh class! Coaches Kerber and Villa would like to extend a special thanks to our entire senior class for their contributions to the CC program over the last 4 years" The class of 2010 will always be remembered for their class, character, and the competive attitudes they contributed to the traditon of ACC Cross Country!" We still have a great Track season to look forward to!" Special thanks to Natalie Perry, Bianca Guzaldo, Melissa Lindsay, Robyn Lee,Katie Petry, Co-MVP Manuel Saucedo, Alan Maddock, Dan Kottkamp,Charger award winners John Jochum, and Ben Garcia, John Cisneros, Matt Hearne, David Saltijeral, Brian Rudoph, Nick Feltes, and Ryan Sobucki.

10/22/2009 -

2009 Track Season sent to archives

SCC Meet update

CHARGERS HOLD THEIR GROUND AT FIRST EVER SUBURBAN CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY MEET

10/22/2009 -

This past Saturday, the Charger boys and girls teams both placed third at the inaugural Suburban Christian Conference Cross Country Championships! Since the Suburban Catholic Conference disbanded at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 school year, the new SCC, featured some unfamiliar foes. New additions to the conference include Guerin Prep, Chicago Christian, Aurora Christian, and Wheaton Academy. All of the original teams of the Suburban Catholic Conference are in the Suburban Christian Conference, with the exception of Drisoll which shut its doors due to financial troubles this spring.

After running great at Amboy only 5 days prior, the Charger teams came out strong, covering Oakhurst's familiar 3-mile course, and running some impressive times as the teams geared up for the imminent state series. Zack Young of Marmion was the race winner in 15:18, but Manny Saucedo was not far behind, leading the Chargers with a 4th place finish in 15:38. Accounting for a total of 78 team points, Saucedo was followed by Jimmy Spencer (14th in 16:03), Dan Kottkamp (17th in 16:14), and Matt Meyers (19th in 16:25). These studs have established themselves as all-time ACC cross country greats! Manny is currently 7th on the Boys' Honor Roll. Spencer is 26th, Kottkamp 31st, and Meyers 36th (12th on the Frosh/Soph Honor Roll). John Cisneros ran a great race as well, his 16:51 a mere 3 seconds shy of his PR performance at the Charger Classic earlier this year. Sophomore Alex Duncan (16:58) and senior Allen Maddock (17:18) rounded out the top 7. Allen matched his time run at the Charger Classic a few short weeks ago and Duncan's performance at that same race put him at 51st on ACC's All-time list. The team narrowly missed second place St. Francis (70 points) led by Sean Montague.

The girls also finished third with a team score of 80, a mere 5 points behind second place Montini. The Lady Chargers were led by Jenna Koerner who traversed the course in 19:03! She ranks behind only Valerie Cintron, Jamie Nagel, and Stacy Aloisio! All three of these ladies were multi-time state qualifiers during their time at ACC! She was followed by Bailey Shemenski (12th in 19:21), and Anna Sestak (14th in 19:31). Sestak ran a 19:05 earlier this season which ties her with Jenny Lindsay for 5th on the all-time list! Bailey is the 7th fastest Lady Charger to race 3 miles! Natalie Perry's 19:38 puts her at 10th on the all time list! Who knows what kind of times All-American Leah "Rocket" Rygh, Donna Cintron, and Anissa Mercado could have run if they were not racing 2.25 miles?! Regardless, these ladies have cemented themselves into ACC history with their excellent performances this year! Amanda Contreras, Corinn Groom, and Robyn Lee rounded out the top 7 for the Chargers. The 1-7 split was 67 seconds! 1-5 was 52 seconds. This pack is ready to do some damage in the State Series, begging with Regionals this weekend!

Full results for the Varsity race can be found by clicking: Here!

ACC BOYS AND GIRLS BOTH PLACE 5TH IN THE STATE AT AMBOY PRE-STATE MEET! 

9/13/2009 -

What is Blue and Gold and runs like a blur past the majority of their competition on a variety of forest, lake loop, and school courses throughout the state of Illinois? This would be the vaunted Charger Men and Lady Charger Cross Country teams. This year's edition of the Chargers added to the tradition by having BOTH TEAMS place 5th in the state at the prestigious Amboy Columbus Day Meet against 60 of the top small schools in the state (enrollments under 700). There were a total of 260 runners in each race.

The 2A state-ranked Lady Chargers raced first and rolled behind the pack of Anna Sestak (28th in 18:55), followed by frosh-phenom Jenna Koerner (31st in 19:03), Natalie Perry (45th 19:17), Bailey Shemenski (49th 19:24), the ever-improving Robyn Lee (57th 19:36), Amanda Contreras (58th 19:37), and Corinn Groom (64th in 19:43). All seven Lady Chargers raced at or very near personal best level for the greatest team performance in ACC Lady Charger history at this meet!

The Charger men followed suit by also claiming 5th in a strong field behind the performances of Manuel Saucedo who ripped a 15:17 for 12th, Jimmy Spencer (36th 15:51), and freshman standout Matt Meyers (16:14 52nd). Meyers is currently ranked as the 6th best freshman in Illinois! Steady sophomore Alex Duncan took 66th in 16:27. Up-and-coming senior Alan Maddock was 82nd in 16:38, John Cisneros (92nd in 16:40), and Dan Kottkamp (104th in 16:51). Saucedo's time ranks as the 4th best all-time race by a Charger in ACC's 18 year history in this Invite!

The Varsity Girls Open division team took home the title by placing 6 in the top 21 led by the 2-3 finish of Katie Petry and Nicole Bohr in 14:16 and 14:17 on the 2.1.mile course! Also, contributing huge were Melissa Lindsay, Allison Aloisio, Emily Schwender, and Bianca Guzaldo. The Varsity Open men placed a strong 2nd and were led by the devastating kicks of Ben Garcia and Nolan McCue posting 11:59 and 12:02. They were followed by a long blue line that placed 7 in the top 19! Also, turning in great races were David Saltijeral, Mike Sestak, Ray Elizondo, Adam Miller, and John Jochum.

The Frosh-Soph Bpys placed an outstanding 3rd and were led by a top race by freshman Jeremiah McCue who took 4th, clocking a 13:43! Also following were Arnulfo Olivia, Oscar Gomez, Derek Harris, Daniel Aguillera, Benito Vega, and Steven Mattas. According to Coach Kerber, "Our coaching staff wasn't surprised by these performances. All levels of our program have been showing signs of coming on strong at the right time of the season! This will be a great springboard for us going into the SCC Finals and the IHSA 2A State series, where we go to round two. The toughest sectional in the history of our program awaits at Belvidere against the larger schools (enrollments of 790-1,720 students) We are looking forward to the challenge!"

Prior to Amboy, ACC teams ran well at the 12-team Wheaton Academy Invite with the Charger men headlining with a team title led by Saucedo, Spencer and company. The Lady Charger took 2nd behind SCC and State rival Montini. The Varsity Open Men and Women swept team titles led by the men posting an astounding feat by taking the top 10 places behind race winner Oscar Gomez! The Lady Chargers placed 5 in the top 8 led by race winner Nicole Bohr!  As the fall season progresses, so will the Chargers! Stay tuned!

Boys Varsity Overall Team

ACC BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS MAKE THE STATE RANKINGS!

9/29/2009 -

The Charger Cross Country teams will be ranked on a weekly basis for the remainder of the season using the following criterias:

 1. The evalution of their total team performances against teams in 1A and 2A. This will take into consideration the IHSA multiplier for non boundaried schools including ACC. Based on true enrollment, ACC is a 1A school. Based on the multiplier ACC is 2A. Evaluating performance level two ways will be beneficial from the standpoint that it truly attests and measures our current level of talent per size of our school versus schools ACC's size or even slightly larger in 1A.

2. The 2nd ranking for 2A is based on the IHSA ranking among teams that we compete against that are much larger with true enrollments of 1,720 students. So in other words we can have the best of both worlds. Realizing where we are with our peers (1A)  yet shooting to run at a higher level with (2A). 

Here are this weeks rankings based on extensive research and time performance comparison and with a some help from Dyestat: 

ACC BOYS ARE #3 IN 1A AND #20 IN 2A based on teams ranked by Dyestat that we have defeated thus far this season!

The LADY CHARGERS ARE #7 IN 1A AND #16 IN 2A again with the same criteria for rankings!

CHARGER YOUNG GUNS BLAZE AT THE YORK INVITATIONAL!

9/29/2009-

The York Duke Frosh-Soph Invite has often been regarded as the mythical state meet! ACC has competed in this prestigious event since 1994 and has had a great tradition of past performances, including Ray Villa, and Jeff Cintron placing 6th and 7th and leading their team in 1995 to a 7th place finish among the state's elite! In 1994, Chuck Stone, Steve Martin, and Dan Szekely led their team to a 7th place finish.

Some of the teams competing here include: York, Schaumburg, Palatine, Hersey, Conant, Lake Park, Saint Charles East and St. Charles North, Naperville North and Naperville Central! This year's freshmen team set new standards by placing 6th as a team against the state's best!  The young Chargers grew up fast and beat the likes of Neuqua Valley, Schaumburg, Waubonsie Valley, Saint Charles North, Naperville North, and SCC rival Marmion Academy!

Leading the way was Matt Meyers who established a new program standard by placing 5th, covering the deceptive 1.9 m course in 10:20 against extreme 25 mph winds! Oscar Gomez placed 27th. If you race top 30 here you are a stud! Rounding out the promising young guns were Jeremiah McCue, Daniel Aguilera, Derek Harris, Justin Jerwers, and Paul Hinterlong. According to Coaches Kerber and Villa, "If these Frosh continue to train, run Track, and stay in the program they could be another special group in the fine tradition of ACC!"

Alex Duncan and Arnulfo Olivia were the only Sophs in that race, posting very respectable times of 10:50 and 11:37! Steven Mattas, led a pack of ACC runners in the open race including Benito Vega, Ben Leffelman, Simon LaFrombois, Justin Bush, and Eric Lopez!

Watch out for this group in the future! The sky could be the limit!!!!!!!!!!!!! STAY FOCUSED!!!!!!!

ACC BOYS AND GIRLS MAKE HISTORY AT THE CHARGER CLASSIC!

9/29/2009-

Click here for Results!

ACC BOYS AND GIRLS PLACE 2ND AT THE ICOPS INVITATIONAL, FROSH-SOPH BOYS TAKE 3RD!

9/17/2009 -

The Charger Cross Country program had a great day at the 1st annual ICOPS CC Invitational! Both Varsity teams finished strong 2nd places behind (Marmion Academy -Boys) and (Saint Viator-Girls) races. The Lady Chargers were led by Sophomre Anna Sestak with a strong 4th place, followed by other great races by Freshman Jenna Koerner 6th, Bailey Shemenski 8th, Natalie Perry 11th, Nicole Bohr 18th, Corinne Groom 19th, Robyn Lee 24th, and Katie Petry 25th. The Lady Chargers established themselves in the race early and ran well despite some controversy concerning the runners from Saint Viator cutting portions of the course! A protest was filed with race officials, however the final score was upheld with Viator 31 ACC 47.  There was a total of 18 teams competing in the girls race.

On the Frosh-Soph level the Lady Chargers placed 5th out of 13 teams and were led by Emily Schwender 12th place, Adilene Rubio 22nd place, Katie Colyer 25th place, Kennedy Bubolz 32nd place and Jemma Waldrop 36th place!

The Charger men raced to 2nd behind the strong races turned in by Senior Manuel Saucedo 3rd place, Jimmy Spencer 7th place, Dan Kottkamp 11th place, Matt Meyers 20th place, John Cisneros 21st place, and Alex Duncan 24th place. Michael Sestak rounded out the top 7 in 27th place. There were a total of 16 teams competing with 150 runners! ACC gave the coaching staff a glimpse of what they could be; but the coaches feel they could be dangerous if they get more consistent and race well on the same day!

The Frosh-Soph took home a 3rd place trophy with their best team race thus far this season! Leading the way were freshman Oscar Gomez 8th place and sophomre Arnulfo Olivia 13th place. Freshman Daniel Aguilera ran a key 19th place! Jeremiah McCue 27th place, and Steven Mattas 31st place, also ran great!

Overall, it was a great day for the program which gave great expectations for the very near future! Stay tuned for more racing!

ACC COMPETES WELL AT THE AURORA CITY MEET AND AT THE YORKVILLE INVITE!

9/3/2009 -

Both ACC squads have been busy this past week posting solid early season performances! The first was at the Hurst where the Chargers hosted the City Invitational doing battle with the area schools. The Lady Chargers placed 3rd. Strong races by rising-star Anna Sestak (6th place) and Natalie Perry (10th) helped out immensely. Rounding out the top 5 Lady Chargers were Bailey Shemenski, Jenna Koerner, and Corinn Groom. The Lady Chargers placed 4th on the JV level, led by Allison Alosio and Robyn Lee.

The ACC men competed in a very balanced race against larger schools West Aurora, Waubonsie Valley, and Marmion Academy. It was a great team race to watch with ACC placing 4th and led by the ever-emerging Manual Saucedo (7th), Jimmy Spencer (16th), and Alex Duncan, Dan Kottkamp, and Matt Meyer rounding out the top 5!

At Yorkville, the Lady Chargers placed 4th of 12 teams led again by Sestak (12th). She was followed by Koerner, Perry, Shemenski, Groom, and Amanda Contreras. The JV girls took 3rd and were led by Robyn Lee, Katie Petry, Nicole Bohr, Melissa Lindsay, and Emily Schwender.

The ACC men were also 4th and were led again by Saucedo who ran a great race, taking 5th. Matt Meyers took 17th and was followed by Spencer, Duncan, Cisneros, Ben Garcia, and John Jochum.  ACC ran very aggressively against team champion Plainfield South, Aurora West, and SCC-rival Marmion Academy. Coach K says that, "West may have their best team in at least 30 years!" The Frosh-Soph Boys took 5th and were led by Arnulfo Olivia, Oscar Gomez, Jeremiah McCue, Daniel Aguilera, and Derek Harris.

ACC RACES GREAT ON NEW COURSE!

8/31/2009 -

The ACC Boys and Girls cross country teams ran to opening day victories against Plainfield East and Walther Lutheran. The Chargers christened their new Blue course which measures 2.9 miles. The traditional Gold course which measures 3.0 was still underwater in certain sections due to heavy rainfall. According to Coach Kerber, "This course is about 15-20 seconds faster than the Gold course!" The Lady Chargers swept 8 of the top 10 places. Race winner, sophomore Anna Sestak rac 19:32.  Following Sestak were Fab Frosh Jenna Koerner, Corinn Groom, Natalie Perry, Bailey Shemenski, Nicole Bohr, Robyn Lee, and Amanda Contreras.

The men were again led by Manuel Saucedo who placed 2nd in 15:32. The emergence of Saucedo is helping to give ACC a new team look! He was followed by 8 Chargers in the top 10 and 15 in the top 20! Also looking strong were Fab Frosh Matt Meyers, Jimmy Spencer, Dan Kottkamp, John Cisneros, Alex Duncan, Ben Garcia, Oscar Gomez, and John Jochum.

ACC competes next in the Aurora City Meet which is to be held Saturday at the Hurst! Which course will be used is pending until the day of!

Saucedo breaks 2 mile loop record in the Battle for Oakhurst!

8/29/2009 -Senior Manuel Saucedo set a new course record of 9:58 for the 2 mile course at Oakhurst! The previous record was 9:59 set by Nick Alosio in 2003. Saucedo and Junior stand-out Jimmy Spencer led a pack of Chargers that placed 9 in the top 12 and 15 in the top 20 against Aurora Christian. Saucedo and Spencer broke early from the field and then Manny made a break right before the mile split, ensuring victory and a new school record!
Freshman phenom Matt Meyers took 5th with a PR of 10:35! Also running well and breaking the 11 minute barrier were John Cisneros, Dan Kottkamp, and Alex Duncan! The next chase pack went under 11:20. It included freshman Oscar Gomez, junior Mike Sestak, Ben Garcia, John Jochum, Adam Miller, and sophomore Arnulfo Olivia. Overall, Coach K said that this was, "The best team performance ever at this stage of the season!"

The Lady Chargers followed suit by placing 5 in the top 7 and 8 in the top 12. Sabrina Olson of Aurora Christian won in a blazing 11:54. She was followed by ACC's Natalie Perry at 12:44, and stellar sophomore Anna Sestak making her cross country debut in 12:45. Fab Frosh Jenna Koerner ran a 12:54. She was followed by Corinn Groom, Bailey Shemenski, Amanda Contreras, Nicole Bohr, Allison Alosio, and Bianca Guzaldo who all ran sub 13:40!

Perhaps both teams drew inspiration by traveling to Saint Charles to view "The Long Green Line" about York High School's legendary coach Joe Newton. This could be a sign of great things to come in the 2009 season!