Cross Country Newsletter (9/10/2012 )
Review: On Saturday, we got to enjoy our first competition races. While it was warm, that did not deter us from having an exciting series of races! Overall our boys came in 17th out of the 48 schools competing, with a team time of 83:16 compared to a 80:21 ’11 (fastest time ever for woodbridge), 82:20 in ’10, 83:24 in ’09. Our girls came in 8th place overall , out of the 46 schools competing on the girls side. Their team time was 97:18 compared to 94:21 last year, 96:27 in ‘10, 101:37 in ’09. Overall a decent performance as we continue to train hard and get ready for our invitational.
Thank you parents for coming out and cheering everyone on! The races would not be the same without you. The excitement generated for the athletes when you hear everyone cheering makes these races so special.
Athletes of the Meet: Alexis Abad, running 19:04 in the heat of the day to lead the team. It was an impressive finish, sprinting up that last hill. She ran almost 1 minute faster than last year. On the boys side, Jake Suiste ran an excellent race in the heat, coming in 5th for all 11th graders.
Most improved of the week: On the boys side, Christian Choi and Brandon Ferencik, both improved over 4 minutes from this race last year. (There are many more who have made great improvements from last year, Ralphie Lara, Neal Mandelkern to name a few). For the girls, it was Bianca Moreno, who improved 1:30 seconds from last year!
Rookies of the week: For the girls, it is Mikaela Davenport, who improved by over 1:30 from time trials, For the boys, it is Austin Bradford, who improved over 2 minutes from his time trials.
Weekly Schedule/Announcements
This week will be a very hectic and exciting week with our invitational this Friday and Saturday. We will need your help, as well as your family’s help. This invitational raises the money we need to meet our financial needs for the team, and supports everything we do as a team. Putting on an invitational is not easy, it requires many hours of volunteers to make this meet a success. It can not be done without your help, and your parents help. I ask that each and every athlete follows through, and does their assignments at the meet
On Friday all athletes will be helping host the 32rd Cross Country Classic invitational. There will be atwo busses to take you to Estancia High School
Overview of assignments:
I. Woodbridge Invitational assignments for Friday:
a. 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
1. Boys will set up the course with signs and tape.
2. Girls will decorate with signs, balloons, etc. etc
b. 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
1. Finish chute for the girls (report to Coach Wu)
2. Course monitors for the boys (report to Mrs. Klopfer)
II. Woodbridge Invitational assignments for Saturday
a. Course supervision - 3:45 – 6:00 : varsity girls and varsity boys (report to Mrs. Klopfer)
b. Finish Chute - 6:00 – 8:00: Novice boys and girls (report to coach Wu)
c. Finish Chute - 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 pm : Frosh, and soph boys (report to coach Wu)
d. Medals and finish water – Junior and senior girls (4:00 – 6:00) (report to Mrs. Klopfer)
e. Medals and finish water – Frosh and soph girls (6:00 – 10:00) (report to Mrs. Klopfer)
f. Course set up and supervision – 3:30 – 6:30 on Saturday – Junior boys and senior boys (report to Mrs. Klopfer). 3:30 – 6:00
g. Clean up: All athletes (10:00 PM – 11:00 PM, or when all is done )
III. Thursday
a. All athletes on Thursday will spend 45 minutes after practice putting name tags on the bib numbers in room E – 104 (Pacheco) Please schedule to go home about 1 hr later than normal to do this.
Team Motto: PAIN IS TEMPORARY, PRIDE IS FOREVER
Coach Pacheco
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