Cross Country Newsletter (10-23-11)
REVIEW: We competed in the Jaguar Invitational in the SD County against some of the best programs in the San Diego section ( Mt Carmel, University City , Clairemont, etc.), and we came away with some pretty good results. This is another indication of the strength of our program when you compare us against the whole State. We must keep in mind though that we do not just want to be better than the majority of the other programs, we want to be the very best. We attend this meet to prepare for the hills that is traditional at the league finals and especially at the CIF championship meets. We were not disappointed. The hills were challenging. The boys’ course was longer than the standard Cross Country course (3.1 miles), and the girls’ course was shorter than a regular cross country course (2.6 miles).
The boys varsity, lead by Dragan Simic, finished 2nd in their race (Mt Carmel beat us this year again but we defeated Mater Dei again). The boys JV team (led by Ben Crellin) took second in the race, the boys’ Frosh/Soph team (led by Rafael Lara) took first in the race, the Varsity girls team (led by Molly Babcock) finished 1st in their race (2nd year in-a-row at this meet) and the girls’ frosh/soph JV combo led by Hannah O’Connor) finished 1st in the race .
The boys ran 85:02 compared to 84:09 (cool weather though) in ’10 and 87:21 in ’09, 86:16 in ’08, 87:51 in ’07 and 89:24 in ’06. Dragan Simic placed first in the race and had the best time of all the boys in the meet.
The girls ran 80:26 compare to 81:23 (again cool weather) in ’10 and 87:21 in ’09, 85:44 in ’08, 85:27 in ’07 and 83:19 in ’06. Molly Babcock placed first in the race and posted the fastest time of any girl in the meet.
Our lower level athletes performed well also. It is very exciting to project what these athletes will be running in future years. We have so many talented frosh and soph runners that deciding the varsity team will be extremely difficult down the line. It is tough now but it will get tougher in future years. Keep up the great improvement.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Ben Crellin turned some heads as he turned in the 6th best time for the obys team. We hope that Ben is regaining his drive and varsity form from last year to help strengthen the important back end of our boys’ team. Hannah O’Connor had a strong finish to lead our girls f/s to another first place finish. She can play a huge role on our varsity team if she can continue to stay strong at the end of her races. Lauren Chen and Darius Chriss turned in the most improved performances and Rafael Lara and Katie Peterson turned in excellent “rookies of the meet” performances.
Week’s Schedule
I. SECOND LEAGUE MEET on THURSDAY AT MASON PARK (WHS è Culver and left turn è University Drive and right turn. Make the first left turn into the park.
a. The bus leaves at 1:30 and you will be dismissed from your 5th period class. Please dress at lunch time 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: Uni will be running on their own course and will have their team at full strength for the first time in 3 weeks. Beckman and CDM, will be pushing to get in the CIF qualifying position. Our boys are capable of coming up with strong performances from our 4-7 runners to secure the league title for the 2011 season. They have not all run outstanding races in the same meet. We simply need to do that. All of these boys have unbelievable talent. We just need to run mentally tough and not bail out in the middle of the race.
d. For the girls: CDM and Northwood will be very strong again. Both of these teams ran well at Mt Sac. We are a better team than both of these squads. However, we need to keep improving each time we get on the course. We are a better team now than we were at the last league meet. If the other teams improved more than we did, then it will be even closer this time around. We simply need to keep getting stronger and stronger in our races and we need the 3-7 runners to close the gap between them selves. Potentially, we can have our scoring 5 athletes in the top 9 in the race. This will assure us of highest finish in the meet and secure the league title for 2011.
e. Practice on Saturday will be at 9:00 a.m. An unexcused miss of this practice will result in not participating in the league finals.
II. 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 early, keep up with your 50 push ups a day and 150 sit ups a day.
a. League Finals are on Friday, November 4, 2011 starting at 1:00 p.m.
Enjoy these last weeks of the regular season!
“The race does not go to the swift but to those that persevere”
REVIEW: We competed in the Jaguar Invitational in the SD County against some of the best programs in the San Diego section ( Mt Carmel, University City , Clairemont, etc.), and we came away with some pretty good results. This is another indication of the strength of our program when you compare us against the whole State. We must keep in mind though that we do not just want to be better than the majority of the other programs, we want to be the very best. We attend this meet to prepare for the hills that is traditional at the league finals and especially at the CIF championship meets. We were not disappointed. The hills were challenging. The boys’ course was longer than the standard Cross Country course (3.1 miles), and the girls’ course was shorter than a regular cross country course (2.6 miles).
The boys varsity, lead by Dragan Simic, finished 2nd in their race (Mt Carmel beat us this year again but we defeated Mater Dei again). The boys JV team (led by Ben Crellin) took second in the race, the boys’ Frosh/Soph team (led by Rafael Lara) took first in the race, the Varsity girls team (led by Molly Babcock) finished 1st in their race (2nd year in-a-row at this meet) and the girls’ frosh/soph JV combo led by Hannah O’Connor) finished 1st in the race .
The boys ran 85:02 compared to 84:09 (cool weather though) in ’10 and 87:21 in ’09, 86:16 in ’08, 87:51 in ’07 and 89:24 in ’06. Dragan Simic placed first in the race and had the best time of all the boys in the meet.
The girls ran 80:26 compare to 81:23 (again cool weather) in ’10 and 87:21 in ’09, 85:44 in ’08, 85:27 in ’07 and 83:19 in ’06. Molly Babcock placed first in the race and posted the fastest time of any girl in the meet.
Our lower level athletes performed well also. It is very exciting to project what these athletes will be running in future years. We have so many talented frosh and soph runners that deciding the varsity team will be extremely difficult down the line. It is tough now but it will get tougher in future years. Keep up the great improvement.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Ben Crellin turned some heads as he turned in the 6th best time for the obys team. We hope that Ben is regaining his drive and varsity form from last year to help strengthen the important back end of our boys’ team. Hannah O’Connor had a strong finish to lead our girls f/s to another first place finish. She can play a huge role on our varsity team if she can continue to stay strong at the end of her races. Lauren Chen and Darius Chriss turned in the most improved performances and Rafael Lara and Katie Peterson turned in excellent “rookies of the meet” performances.
Week’s Schedule
I. SECOND LEAGUE MEET on THURSDAY AT MASON PARK (WHS è Culver and left turn è University Drive and right turn. Make the first left turn into the park.
a. The bus leaves at 1:30 and you will be dismissed from your 5th period class. Please dress at lunch time 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: Uni will be running on their own course and will have their team at full strength for the first time in 3 weeks. Beckman and CDM, will be pushing to get in the CIF qualifying position. Our boys are capable of coming up with strong performances from our 4-7 runners to secure the league title for the 2011 season. They have not all run outstanding races in the same meet. We simply need to do that. All of these boys have unbelievable talent. We just need to run mentally tough and not bail out in the middle of the race.
d. For the girls: CDM and Northwood will be very strong again. Both of these teams ran well at Mt Sac. We are a better team than both of these squads. However, we need to keep improving each time we get on the course. We are a better team now than we were at the last league meet. If the other teams improved more than we did, then it will be even closer this time around. We simply need to keep getting stronger and stronger in our races and we need the 3-7 runners to close the gap between them selves. Potentially, we can have our scoring 5 athletes in the top 9 in the race. This will assure us of highest finish in the meet and secure the league title for 2011.
e. Practice on Saturday will be at 9:00 a.m. An unexcused miss of this practice will result in not participating in the league finals.
II. 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 early, keep up with your 50 push ups a day and 150 sit ups a day.
a. League Finals are on Friday, November 4, 2011 starting at 1:00 p.m.
Enjoy these last weeks of the regular season!
“The race does not go to the swift but to those that persevere”
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