Cross Country Newsletter                                                                                                     

 Oct 28^th – Nov 1^st

It was another good week of training and racing as we prepare ourselves for our upcoming league meets and CIF.    The boys course at Jaguar is slightly longer than 3 miles, while the girls course is only 2.7 miles. This makes it challenging to compare with other meets/times.  Mt. Sac course is extremely hilly, and times there are usually significantly different than other racing locations.

For the Jaguar Invitational,  Girls Varsity took 1^st, Girls JV 2^nd , (they don’t have a F/S on the girls side).  Boys F/S  3^rd , Boys JV 10th,  Boys Varsity 14^th,  (the top JV boys ran in the Varisty race as the top 7 were running at Mt. Sac).

At Mt. Sac, our Varsity boys ran 82:21 combined team time.  Jackson was the 77^th fastest time of the meet (297 schools competing), and the 40^th fastest senior.  Caleb Myers was the 11^th, and Ryuya was the 14^th fastest Freshman!

Athletes of the Meet:

Ryuya Souther ran an excellent time of 16:37 on Mt. Sac course!  Meagan Oefelein ran an excellent time of 18:04 on the 2.7 mile course at Jaguar, placing well to help the team get that 1^st place finish!

Weekly Schedule:

1         Second League Meet is Thursday at Mason Park.  Bus leaves at 1:00 and you will be excused from your 5^th period class.  Please make sure you contact your 5^th period teacher to get assignments for the day ahead of time.

2         Schedule of races is:

a.        JV boys 3:00

b.        JV girls 3:30

c.        Frosh/Soph boys 4:00

d.        Frosh/Soph girls 4:30

e.      Varsity Boys 5:00

f.       Varsity Girls 5:30

3.              Saturday we have mandatory practice.  We will meet at 8am, and we will be having a speed workout to prepare for our league finals.

4               League Finals are Friday November 8^th  at Irvine Regional Park. 

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Oct 21^st – 26^th

The OC Championships went well on Saturday.  Our teams scored well, and continued to build and prepare for the league finals coming up.  I would like to thank all the parents who came and cooked the BBQ for all the athletes on Saturday, as well as all the parents who brought food and made sure it was a great experience for the athletes.  What an excellent way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

We had some stellar performances at the meet that I would like mention.  We had 3 freshman boys rank in the top 7 in the county,  Caleb 1^st, Ryuya 2^nd, and Drew 5^th.  We also had Jess Lesser rank 4^th in the senior girls. Great job!

Varsity Boys ranked 12^th (81:10) in the county (all schools/divisions), compared to 81:18 last year, and 78:51 in 11’ (fastest ever), 80:22 in ’09, 79:26 in ’08, 80:37 in ’06, 82:24 in ’05, 82:23 in ’04, 85:57 in ’03, and 83:54 in ’02.

 Varsity girls ranked 9^th (94:00) in the county (2^nd in the league to Northwood).  Compared to 93:00 last year,  90:44 in ’11 (fastest ever), 92:06 in ’10, 97:51 in ’09 , 97:29 in ’08, 91:27 in ’06, 93:08 in ’05, 95:14 in ’04, 96:12 in ’03, 94:55 ’02, 93:53 ’01, 95:16 ’00 and 92:49 ’99.

Freshman boys took 3^rd in their race, Sophmore boys took 2^nd, JV Boys took 7^th, F/S Girls took 4^th,and  JV Girls took 4^th.

Athlete of the Meet:

Caleb Myers ran 16:03 to be the fastest freshman at the meet, and 68^th out of all athletes.

Megan Oefelein ran 4^th for the team (19:29) and an excellent race as a varsity athlete, improving her PR by 10 seconds from last week.

Next Week:

Jaguar Invitational at Kit Carson  in Escondido on Friday, (WHS à405 South à 5 S à Vista Way Exit (# 51B) and merge onto 78 E à 15 S àVia Rancho Parkway exit.  Turn right on W. Via Rancho Pkwy.  This street becomes Bear Valley Pkwy South.  (You should see the Park on the left)

We will have a bus for this meet.  Bus will leave at 10:30 a.m.  Come dressed for the meet from home and hurry out to the bus.  Bring your lunch and drink to have on the bus.  (the bus driver may not allow you to eat on the bus, so I’d recommend you try to eat before you get on the bus, and perhaps have a snack once you get there.  Be sure to go to your 4^th and 5^thperiod class tutorial on Thursday to get what you will miss on Friday.

Schedule:

1:45        JV Girls B race

2:10        JV Boys

2:35        JV Girls (max 14)

3:00        F/S Boys

3:25        Varsity Girls

3:50        Varsity Boys