Events coming up:
Parents and Runners meeting:
Saint Matthew's Gym
Time: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Last year shirts will be sold at this meeting for $12 each
2012 Cross Country Schedule
Uniforms and apparel:
Team uniforms can be purchased at body and sole or
online at: http://www.bodynsolesports.com/team_sales
Options include:
uniform, warms ups, shorts, shirts, shoes, etc.
Saint Matthew
XC slogan shirts for runners and fans
$15 each
The shirts will
be white with the teams chosen phrase
You can submit
your phrase online at the blog site
Sizes: youth S –to
youth XL or Men’s S to Men’s 2XL
Please make checks
made out to Gregg Rose.
Please e-mail
your shirt sizes to Coach Rose or fill out the form online.
Last day to
order is Aug 5th, 2012
All proceeds
from the shirts will go toward the end of year banquet at ZA’s.
Summer running, practices, and fun xc events:
Runners
are encouraged to bring water bottles and sport watches to practice on a daily
biases. Please label your water bottle with your last name in large print. A
five gallon water cooler will be available at all practices. By re-using water
bottles we will keep litter to a minimum.Practices began on July 30th, and are located at south side of Centennial Park (near the sled hill). Practices are held Monday's through Friday's and it is CRUCIAL for all runners to be on time.
During practices we will have announcements, stretch, do our work out, and cool down. Any street running will be done by varsity runners who will be with accompanied by a parent or college student.
Summer
6:30 pm -7:45 pm
Tuesdays at Orchard Downs see blog for directions and site map
As of July 30th
Mornings 6:15 am
to 7:30 am at Centennial park hill
Once school
starts
5pm -6:30 at
Orchard Downs
Each month
our runners have goals:
August - Conditioning
training
September -
speed training
October – racing
Fun
activities include:
Jello wars, water
bottle battles, a custard run, a culver run, Pizza parties at camp rose and,
ZA’s before sectionals /for the banquet before State.
For our first
time runner our goals is to get them to be confident in continuously running 2
miles and have the desire to run.
For our
returning runners we will focus on achieving a faster personal record for them
an also work on their desire to run.
Races:
The XC race
schedule as well as directions to all races can be found online at the blog
site.
Meet
requirements:
1) Course walk 1
hour before race time
2) Race
3) Team mile cool
down and stretch
4) Awards
If you cannot
meet the requirements do not compete in the race.
State: Top ten
runners of each gender go to state and of those runners the top 7 will run at the
state race.
Volunteers:
We are always in
need of volunteers. Please e-mail if you are able to volunteer for any events.
Saber corn race
August 18, 2012
Please meet at the finish line at 7:30am
Finish line
dividers (3)
Timers (4)
Medals and water
(6)
1 mile (2)
Shirt sales (2)
Course directors
(8)
Packet pick up/Subs
(4)
Forms:
All runners need
to fill out a Student/Parent
Responsibility Form and a 2012 XC Permission Form which can be found
at the blog site or in the school office.
Runners also need a dismissal form that
will be given to the runners the first week of practice.
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