Weekly Announcements

Cross Country Newsletter (9-05-2011)

The Cross Country athletes enjoyed another special week of training and competing.  While the majority of the athletes continued with their daily workouts at WHS, a select group traveled to Oahu, Hawaii to compete in the Pearl City Invitational.   The group enjoyed the many special sites of Hawaii as they trained hard in preparing for the meet.

Both  varsity teams won the 11-meet invitational in dominating fashion.  The girls finished 1,2,3,4,5,7 & 8.  Molly Babock, Coco Evans, Madeline Bradford, Alexis Abad  and Alyssa Gutcher were the top 5 finishers.  Dragan Simic, & Brandon Ferguson finsihed 1 & 2 while Jackson Marshall, Daniel Toberty and Jake Suiste finished in the top 8 of the race to round off the scoring for the Warriors.

     

Even though the results were impressive, we still have a lot of work still ahead of us if we are to reach our goals of  CIF/State participants.  Our gaps improved from the time trials but still need to be narrowed.  And since both squads fated during the second half of the race, we will need to focus in the workouts to improve in this area.  The best way is to remember our plan to always finish the last mile or two at race pace during practice..  

  

ATHLETES OF THE MEET:  Justin Park (earned a spot on the varsity team) and Madeline Bradford (improved her time from the time trials even though it was a hilly course)

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS:

(practices at 7:00 am for m-W and at 2:25 for Thur and Fri)

  

1)    LAGUNA HILLS INVITATIONAL:  For information on the meet, please check the web page below http://www.saddlespace.org/fletchers/lagunahillshighschoolcrosscountry/cms_page/view/1141130.     

a.      Our competition this week will be on Saturday at the Laguna Hills Invitational (we are in Division 2) on the campus of Laguna Hills High School (WHS to 405 South to 5 South to Alicia exit.  Go right on Alicia for about 1 mile and then make a RIGHT turn on Paseo de Valencia.  The first LEFT turn will get you into the high school and you should try to park in the left parking lot if possible).  No bus for this meet.  WE meet in order to car pool  at 6:00am at the front of the school by the flag pole.   Parents must be available to provide rides in order to have all of our athletes at the meet.

·       The schedule of races is as follows:
  - Frosh Boys (7:55 am) and Frosh Girls (8:15am);
  - Sophomore Boys (8:40am) and Sophomore Girls (9:00am);
  - Junior Boys (9:25am) and Junior Girls (9:45am);
  - Senior Boys (10:10am) and Senior Girls (10:30am).
    

·       Bib numbers:  Each athlete must wear a bib number before going to the starting line.  Save your safety pins from meet to meet so that we always have them available.
  

·       Warm up:  Coach Evans and Coach Scott with the girls and Coach Pacheco and Coach Schiller for boys.
  

·       Awards will be handed out to the top 40 finishers and the top three teams.
  

·       Warm down is expected by each of the groups racing led by the group leaders.  Ralphie for 9^th boys, Katie for 9^th girls, Madeline for 10th girls, Jackson for 10th boys, BridgettOlivia for 11th girls, John for 11th boys, Annie for 12th girls, Daniel for 12th boys,

2)    Hydration and proper eating habits will be of great assistance to your training and to your racing.  Make the healthy choices.

  

3)    Uniforms will be issued for the athletes that have cleared to compete on Tuesday afater practice.

4)    Lockers will be issued on Tuesday after practice

5)    If anyone needs to order team T-shirt(s), please let me know the sizes and bring the money ($12 now) by Wednesday Coach Varvas.  I fenough people want the shirt, I will order again.

  

Good luck with first week of school and for the rest of this year!