Cross country Announcements for week of 10-2-2011

YUCAIPA SUMMARY: Once again, Yucaipa turned out to be hot, hilly, fun, successful and a good tune-up meet for us as we head into the league meet. Even though the weather was hotter this year than last and the course was challenging, our athletes registered pretty good marks, our teams picked up a lot of awards and most of our returning athletes improved from last year’s times even though it was hotter this year.

RESULTS:

Team results: F/S Girls (First); F/S boys (1st); GV (1st); VB (1st); JV G (3rd), JV B (1st).

Our boys Varsity ran 82:45 (we finished 2nd over all in the 64-team meet) compared to 81:42 (our fastest time ever at Yucaipa) in ’10, 82:01 in ’09 and 82:02 in ’08, 83:12 in ’07, 84:18 in ’06, and 84:59 in ’05.

Our girls’ varsity ran 94:57 (we finished 1st overall in the 64-team meet) compared to 96:35 in ’10 and 98:24 in ’09, 100:37 in ’08, 95:34 in ’07, 102:02 in ‘06 and 97:11 in ’05.

We try to have our athletes compete in various invitationals throughout the year and at different parts of the So Calif area so that we get a pretty idea of how we stack up against other programs. A meet like this demonstrates that when we are compared to the majority of the programs, we are petty dominating team. It is important to keep this in mind and give our selves credit and props for working hard to enjoy this status. However, the competition on Saturday was not as strong as what we faced at the Woodbridge Invitational or are going to face in league and at OC in the next couple of weeks. Even though we are proud of what we accomplished, we need to keep in mind the level of competition that lies ahead in league, CIF and State. This means no disrespect to the team we competed against and it does not mean that there were not CIF and State ranked teams and individuals there. It is just that there were not that many of them.

Our lower level athletes continue to demonstrate that they are learning how to handle the demands of a cross country race and their results keep on getting better and better. I saw many smiles on the faces of our athletes on Saturday. It is rewarding to see that many recognize what special opportunities and memories are available in cross country and that, even though the activity is tough and demanding, the rewards and results makes it all worth to be part of cross country.


ATHELTES OF THE WEEK: Chris Taniguchi had a great improvement from last year with his 17:00 time and covered the # 4 spot on our varsity boys team. Olivia Rodriquez ran about 3 minutes faster than last year at this meet and also covered the # 4 spot on our varsity team. Jake Suiste and Lauren Chen were vastly improved. Elise Ulwelling and Edward Swanson gave the “Rookie of the Meet” performances.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

1. FIRST LEAGUE MEET on THURSDAY AT IRIVNE PARK (To get to Irvine Park: WHS  Alton è Jamboree and right turn. Jamboree dead ends at the Irvine Park. Try to find a parking spot by the zoo. It will cost to park

a. The bus leaves at 1:15 and you will be dismissed from your 5th period class. Please dress at lunchtime so that you can get to the bus on time. Tell your 5th period teacher that you will be leaving for the meet before then. Get your assignment for the day ahead of time.

b. The schedule of races is : JV boys (3:00), JV girls (3:30), Varsity Boys (4:00) , Var Girls (4:30), frosh/soph boys (5:00) and frosh/soph girls (5:30).


c. For the boys: Beckman, CDM and Uni will be our toughest opponents. Our boys are capable of running our best race of the year at this meet and put ourselves in position to earn the league title. We are a very good team and with focus and confidence, we are capable of performing at our highest level of the season.

d. For the girls: Northwood and CDM will be very strong. We are so proud of the improvement we are experiencing thus far this year and are excited about the possibility that each girl on the varsity team will run their best race of the year. This will assure us of highest finish in the meet.

2. Saturday’s workout time will be at 8:00 am. The strength and endurance we have gained from the long intervals and hills need to be turned into speed. It takes a good 3-4 weeks for the speed to gain hold. No one should miss this workout. Arrange your schedule to make this time. This is mandatory workout for all.

3. Bring sweats to all of our practices at this time of the season (the sun goes down earlier and the temperature drops quickly at the end of our practices), keep following the nutrition suggestions we have made, do not share your water/drink bottles (sick-season is upon us), keep hydrating, do homework at lunch and tutorial so that you do not go to bed later than 10 or 10:30, keep up with your 50 push ups a day and 150 sit ups a day.

4. We still have about 20 invitational shirts that we need to sell at $7.00. If you do not have one yet and can purchase one, bring the money to room E – 202

5. Thanks to all that have donated for our buses thus far. We are still a little short for what we need in order to have buses for our invitationals.

Check the face book account for this year's cross country team to view pictures from each meet as provided by Richard Crellin.

**** Cross Country: No Bench. No Time Outs. No Substitutions. No Cheerleaders! The True Sport!


***** Enjoy another week of improvement!