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.