Thank you for visiting our new 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!A FYI - At last years' 2006 Raider Classic, 238 People Registered --- Setting A New Record for Participants! To check out our 2006 Results from our Running Raider Classic - Click an Event Below.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 2007 season has concluded, the records have been written and uniforms and equipment stored. The memories though are still fresh in the mind as the day they occurred. As with the previous seven years of the program the season began with expectations that this would be another great season for the QND Cross Country squads. 28 runners, 14 on the boys squad and 14 on the girls squad, competed. Overall team quality and depth continued a seven year trend of continuous improvement.2007 season highlights for the boys squad included the program’s first-ever invitational wins at the Liberty Invitational and at the Macomb Invitational and third place finishes at the QND Invitational and the Mexico Invitational. Mitch Dietrich capped the season with his 65th place finish at the Centralia Sectional. 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 8 courses this season. As a testament to team depth, 5 of the previous course school records broken by Mitch were also broken by two or three additional teammates! The team also enjoyed its’ first season competing in the Mid-state 6 Conference Meet. The team placed 4th and Mitch earned “All Conference” honors with his 10th place finish. This was the finest season for the Raiders yet as they met tough competition head-on and and with confidence!2007 season highlights for the Lady Raiders included winning a triangular meet in Jacksonville and third place finishes at the Monmouth Invitational, The Tom Oakley Invitational, the Liberty Invitational and the Mid-State 6 Conference Meet. Samantha Johnson capped the season with her 83rd place finish at the Centralia Sectional. Many Top Ten records were recorded as were several of the top 5 and top 7 time averages. The team also set the top 6 closest 1-5 split times. Amanda Darnell set new school records on 4 courses this season. The true test for the team was how it responded to the loss of its top three runners by mid-season due to illness and injury. Rather than allow the team to just coast through the remainder of the season, senior team captains Katie Holm and Samantha Johnson and fellow senior Amanda Gallaher stepped up to the challenge and pushed the team to within 10 points of advancing to the Sectional Meet. While the ending of the season on paper may not appear to be to up to Lady Raider standards, the hard work and fight to the very end were very representative of what makes Lady Raider Cross Country special and every member of the team should be proud of their efforts and successes!The teams lose seniors Johnson, Holm, Gallaher, Wiemelt, Keck, Baker, Eager and Brecht. 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 ninth year with the program. Assistant Coach Mary Terwelp will enter her sixth season with the team and Coach Christina Meyer will enter her second season with the team. If you are a new or returning student to QND, Coaches Edgar, Terwelp and Meyer 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 at the same locations. The sport is pure in that each person’s efforts are rewarded in terms of a personal best time, the defeat of an individual you’ve never beaten before (regardless of whether or not you are the fastest person on the team), and personal self-esteem and confidence are greatly enhanced. Too often these elements are ignored or de-emphasized in sports. With Quincy Notre Dame Cross Country these elements are focal.Thank you to all of our coaches, parents, sponsors, administrators and fans who made this season special. We’re already looking forward to this upcoming season in 2008! 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 seven out of eight 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 3.44 total cumulative team grade point average during the 2007-08 season, earning them the IHSA Team Academic Achievement Award! Likewise, the girls team achieved a 3.66 total cumulative team grade point average during the 2007-08 season, earning them the IHSA Team Academic Achievement Award! This marks the second straight year both teams have earned this honor! 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. Senior’s Practices begin in early June and official team practices start in mid-August. The season concludes the first week in November.The 2007 season has flown by. Our team building experience at WIU's Horn Field Campus Low Ropes and High Ropes Challenge Courses, were well attended and very beneficial to all that attended. We went into the day as a group of individuals and ended the day as a team! For more information on this annual activity, Click Here. Congratulations to Samantha Johnson and Mitch Dietrich as they concluded a very successful 2007 season by competing in the Centralia Sectional meet. Samantha toured the 3.0 mile course in Centralia in a time of 22:13 to earn 83rd place in a 154 runner field. Mitch placed 65th in a 159 field with his time of 17:33.Regarding the 2007 season, we had a full and very competitive schedule designed to provide competitive opportunities for each member of our teams. In addition, we were officially welcomed into the MS-6 conference and competed in the MS-6 conference meet against Peoria Notre Dame, Richwoods, Central, Manual and Woodruff for the conference titles. We are looking forward to competing in the conference again next season and improving upon our performances. The 7th Annual Running Raider Classic 5K/10K will be held on June 28, 2008 at 8:00am starting and finishing in front of Quincy Notre Dame High School. Details regarding this excellent event are located on this site.
OPPONENT(S) LEVEL LOCATION TIMETue $ Jacksonville, QHS JV-V Jacksonville 4:30pmSatCanton Invitational JV-V Canton, IL 9:30amSatSpringfield Invitational JV-V Springfield 9:00amTue QND Raider Invitational JV-V South Park 4:30pmSatFulton Invitational JV-V Fulton, MO 10:00amTue $ Troy (MO) Invitational JV-V Troy, MO 4:30pmSatMonmouth Invitational JV-V Monmouth 10:00amTue $ Macomb Invitational JV-V Macomb 4:30pmSatQHS Tom Oakley Invitational JV-V Flinn Stadium 9:00amThuHannibal (MO) Invitational JV-V Hannibal, MO 4:00pmSatLiberty Invitational JV-V Liberty 10:45amTue $ Carlinville Invitational JV-V Carlinville, IL 4:30pmSat # $ MS-6 JV-V Peoria 9:30amTue $ Mexico (MO) Invitational JV-V Mexico, MO 4:00pmSatRegional Meet V TBD10:00amWed $Lanphier South Central InviteJV Springfield 4:30pmSat # $Sectional Meet V TBD 10:00amSat # $State Meet V Peoria TBA am
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. 
