Cross Country Newsletter                                                                                            Sept 8 -12^th

REVIEW:  This weekend we officially kicked off our season with our time trials.  While the weather was hot over the weekend, it was still nice for our morning races.  I personally was very excited to see how all the athletes did, as we start out the season.   Congratulations to all on your first race of the year!

Girls ran a team time of  97:03  compared to 97:10 in ‘13, 94:26 in ’12, 97:25 in ’10,  100:12  in ’09 and  101:24 in ’08,  101:00 in ’07, 102:10 in ’06, 97:04 in ‘05, 102:12 in ‘04, 99:20 in ’03, 98:36 in ’02 and 99:13 in ’01.

The Boys ran a team time of 80:35  compared to 80:31 in ’13, 83:09 in ’12, 81:11 in ’11,  80:01 in  ’10,  81:21 in ’09 , the  80:56 in ’08,  the 84:54 in ’07, 84:14 in ’06, 86:04 in ‘05, 90:00 in ‘04, 88:20 in ‘03, 85:01 in ’02 and 87:15 in ’01

We have been working hard over the summer to build a strong base, and develop our athletes.  Now it is time for us to begin building on this start and taking advantage of our work to continue through the season.  I was pleased to see so many beginning athletes having huge PR’s compared to the 4^th of July race.  Hard work and commitment pays off!

Parents, thank you for coming out and supporting our athletes!

Athletes of the meet:  For the boys, Evan Duran, who won the boys race with a time of 15:51, a new PR (prior best time last year was 16:39)  WAY TO GO EVAN!

For the girls, Elizabeth Dahl won her race with a time of 18:58, to start out the season.

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

1)      Laguna Hills Invitational:  Saturday at Laguna Hills High School.  (WHS to 405 South to 5 South to Alicia exit.  Go right on Alicia for about 1 mile and then make a RIGHT turn on Paseo de Valencia.  The first LEFT turn will get you into the high school and you should try to park in the left parking lot if possible).  The bus  will  leave as a team at 6:00 am from the front of the school by the flag pole.   Schecule of races is:  Frosh boys (8:00), Frosh girls (8:25), Soph Boys (9:00), Soph girls (9:25), Jr Boys (10:00), Jr girls (10:25) Senior boys (11:00) and senior girls (11:25)

2)      Hydration and proper eating habits:  The heat is upon us!  It is critical that you keep well hydrated and are eating healthy.  It WILL affect your race!

3)      UNIFORMS:  New Uniforms are in.  We will probably be receiving them later in the week.  Will keep you up to date when I have exact times.