Thank you for visiting our Cross-Country Web Site! This is where you'll find out what's happening with our program. Meanwhile, we really want to thank our Sponsors for their support!300 people registered last year setting a new record! Previous high registration record was 284. We had 78 people register the morning of the event!!!! Beginning last year, we began referring to this event as the Raider Classic. We learned that people assumed since the title said "Running" that there wasn't anything for walkers even though we clearly indicated otherwise. Participants are encouraged to forward any feedback, good or bad, to raiderclassic@hotmail.com. We want to hear from you! Thank you so much for all of your support!A 5K run/walk & 10K combination road race/cross country race that begins and ends at Quincy Notre Dame High School. The races will take you through one or two of Quincy's most beautiful and historic river bluff parks. Participants will enjoy the challenges presented by either course. There are several beautiful views of the Mississippi River Valley along this route. The 5K course has rolling hills and is suitable for all. The long hills throughout the 10K course will challenge you! We have also added a 1 mile run for youth under the age of 13 who aren't quite ready for the 5 or 10K events. The Overall top two 5K male/female finishers in each of the 11 age group categories will be awarded prizes. The Overall top three 10K male/female finishers in each of 6 age group categories will be awarded prizes. The Overall top four 5K male/female finishers will be awarded prizes. All of the youth entrants in the mile run will receive an award.Ample parking is available in the High School parking lots as well as along several of the side streets near the High School. Electronic timing services are provided by Elvish Consulting. Race results will be posted near the awards table immediately after the races. Post race results will also be available at www.timingiseverything.comPre-registrants and up to first 350 registrants are guaranteed a T-shirt (YM and adult sizes only) and a goodie bag with items from our sponsors. Complimentary food and drink available to all race participants. Door prizes will also be drawn for contestants. 
The season has concluded, the records have been updated and uniforms and equipment stored. For many, the coaches included, the memories of this season are still as fresh in the mind as the day they occurred. As with the previous eight years of the program the season began with expectations that this would be another great season for the QND Cross Country squads. 26 runners, 13 on the boys squad and 13 on the girls squad, competed. Overall, team quality and depth continued a eight year trend of continuous improvement. Prior to the start of the season, the team and coaches spent three days and two nights in Southern Illinois training, team-building, canoeing, swimming and caving. With temperatures during the day in the upper 90’s the water and caves were great! Highlights for the boys squad included a win at the Macomb Invitational, runner-up at the Liberty Invitational and a third place finish at the QHS Tom Oakley Invitational. In the Jacksonville Regional the team nosed out Springfield Lanphier by one point to earn 5th place and the team’s first trip to the Sectional Meet since moving up to Class 2A. The Top Ten Records were re-written again this season as were many of the top 5 and top 7 time averages. Mitch Dietrich set new school records on 2 courses this season. The team also established a new school record for the Top 5 Split with a sparkling :35 gap between the First five runners. This was one of the finest seasons for the Raiders yet as they met tough competition head-on and with confidence!Season highlights for the Lady Raiders included winning the Liberty Invitational, placing second at Troy, Macomb and Carlinville and third at the Monmouth Invitational. The Ladies also placed second to state powerhouse Peoria Notre Dame in the Mid-State 6 Conference Meet. Amanda Darnell and Ashley Strieker earned All Conference honors to lead the team. In the post season, the Ladies placed 4th in the rugged Jacksonville Regional and 12th in the Centralia Sectional. Amanda Darnell earned All Sectional honors with a second place finish. For the first time in program history, two Lady Raiders (Amanda Darnell and Ashley Strieker) qualified for the State Meet. At the State Meet, Amanda placed 32nd and Ashley 78th in the 167 runner field to end the Lady Raiders finest season. Many Top Ten records were recorded as were several of the top 5 and top 7 time averages. Amanda Darnell set new school records on 5 courses this season and Ashley Strieker set 1 new school record. Hard work and fight to the very end was a hallmark of this year’s team and was very representative of what makes Lady Raider Cross Country special. Every member of the team should be proud of their efforts and successes!The teams lose seniors Darnell, Gallaher, Coleman, Stroot, Poore, Musholt and Tierney. The student athletes provided excellent leadership over the years they have been with the program. Good luck as each of you move on to the next stage in your lives. The future of QND Cross Country looks very bright with a strong nucleus of returning runners and the prospects of several new faces joining the squads next season. Head Coach Andy Edgar is set to return for his tenth year with the program and Assistant Coach Mary Terwelp will enter her eighth season with the team.If you are a new or returning student to QND, Coaches Edgar and Terwelp encourage you to contact one of us to learn more about the sport of Cross Country. Cross Country is an excellent sport for athletes of all abilities. There is no bench and there are no cuts. Everyone competes in every meet and both squads practice and race Thank you to all of our coaches, parents, sponsors, administrators and fans who made this season special. We’re already looking forward to the upcoming season in 2009! The Boys' and Girls' Cross Country programs are among long list of successful sports programs at QND. Since its inception in 2000, the Girls' program has qualified either teams or individuals for Sectionals each year and has produced All-Sectional and All-State runners in eight out of nine seasons. Since its inception in 2001, the Boys' program has qualified individuals or teams for the Sectional meet each year. QND Cross Country success begins with commitment to a guiding principle: Gentleman or Lady first; Scholar second; Athlete third. Anything less is unacceptable. Academics play an important role in a student's life. Our Cross Country athletes take this role to heart. The boys team achieved a 3.42 total cumulative team grade point average during the 2008-09 season, earning them the IHSA Team Academic Achievement Award! Likewise, the girls team achieved a 3.70 total cumulative team grade point average during the 2008-09 season, earning them the IHSA Team Academic Achievement Award! This marks the third straight year both teams have earned this honor! Seniors Kris Poore and Amanda Darnell were also nominated for the IHSA Academic All-State Team. Coaches Terwelp, Meyer and I are very proud of each student-athlete who believed in and exemplified our team's guiding principles.Unlike most sports, both teams practice together and attend the same meets. Cross Country races are typically three miles in length and are contested in parks, on golf courses and occasionally pass through farm pastures and creeks. While team success is important, individual runners benchmark their success against personal-best times or finishes. These personal successes help build/enhance self-confidence, self-esteem and self-discipline that carry throughout the individual's life. These improvements automatically enhance team success and the value of teamwork. All runners compete in all meets during the regular season as members of either the JV or Varsity squads. Captain’s Practices begin in early June and official team practices start in mid-August. For the 2009 season, two pre-season team-building experiences are also planned. Shortly after the 2008-2009 school year concludes, the team will participate in a one day low-ropes/high-ropes teams challenge course. Towards the end of July the team will head to the Eleven Points River in southern Missouri for a four day, three night canoeing trip. The regular season begins the last week of August and concludes the second week in November.
OPPONENT(S) LEVEL LOCATION TIMETeam Camp JV-V Eleven Points River, MOTue$ Jacksonville, QHS JV-V Jacksonville 4:30pmSat Canton Invitational JV-V Canton, IL 9:30amSat Springfield Invitational JV-V Springfield 9:00amTue QND Running Raider Invitational JV-V South Park 4:30pmSat Fulton Invitational JV-V Fulton, MO 10:00amTue$ PND,Woodruff – MS-6 Triangular JV-V Peoria 4:30pmSat Monmouth Invitational JV-V Monmouth10:00amTue$ Macomb Invitational JV-V Macomb 4:30pmSat QHS Tom Oakley Invitational JV-V Flinn Stadium 9:45amTue$ Jacksonville, Taylorville JV-V Jacksonville 4:30pmThu Hannibal Invitational JV-V Hannibal, MO 4:00pmSat Liberty Invitational JV-V Liberty 10:00amTue$ Carlinville Invitational JV-VCarlinville, IL 4:30pmSat#$MS-6 Conference Meet JV-V Peoria 9:30amTue$ Mexico (MO) Invitational JV-V Mexico, MO 4:00pmSat Regional Meet V TBD 10:00amWed$Lanphier South Central Invite JV Springfield 4:00pmSat#$Sectional Meet V TBD10:00amSat#$State Meet V Peoria TBASun Team Awards Banquet All TBASat 9th Annual Raider Classic 5K/10K QND8:00amOvernight TripsBus/Van Transport 
Coach Edgar (far right) with Morton HS Class of 1977 fellow cross country team members and the "Official Pace Car" for the Morton Pumpkin Festival 10K Run. 
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Welcome to our newly created Alumni News section. We welcome our alumni runners to send us information as to what is happening in their lives that they would like to share. Are you serving in the armed forces? Tell us about your experiences, where you are posted, what you are doing. Have you taken a new job or gotten married? One of our former runners just had a 5th generation baby! I hope to post the picture soon. Where are you going to school, what are you majoring in and are you involved in any campus activities. This is your section of our website. We hope to hear from you! 
Be sure to check out pictures taken at this year’s Raider Classic! Just click below & enjoy. CLICK HERE and check out the pictures; very cool!To Raider Classic visitors, including the QND Classes of 1979 and 1984, welcome to our site and thank you for your interest in our 5K/10K event. Our 8th year of this event has come and gone. We hope that your experience was positive and that you will share the Tri-State’s best kept secret (the Raider Classic) with your friends. If you weren’t able to join us this year, you will find the Classic to be very well run, have plenty of food, and results posted within minutes of the final 10K finisher. The parks you will run through are mature, river bluff/basin parks and most of the courses are under a tree canopy. We even throw in a little off-road cross country into each course! To encourage on-line registrations, we absorb the fee charged for this service. Due to many positive comments from our pre-registered participants, we will continue to distribute goody bags and accept registrations the evening before the event from 4-6pm in the main foyer of QND High School. We look forward to welcoming you to Quincy and know that you will enjoy your morning with us!Our next Raider Classic will be held on June 26, 2010! Each year our Raider Classic draws more and more interest. We cannot thank all those who help us enough to make each year such a Success - What a Team effort! 300 people registered this year setting a new record! Previous high registration record was 284. We had 78 people register the morning of the event!!!! Beginning this year, we are referring to this event as the Raider Classic. We learned that people assumed since the title said "Running" that there wasn't anything for walkers even though we clearly indicated otherwise. Participants are encouraged to forward any feedback, good or bad, to raiderclassic@hotmail.com. We want to hear from you! Thank you so such for all of your support and look forward to see everyone again in 2010!
