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Hey team,
MT SAC was a huge
success for the team. A
lot of victories and
overall a pretty good
time. That was a tough
course but I think you
guys showed those hills
who is boss. I'm sure
you all were having
nightmares last night
about the infamous
poop-out hill! Anyway,
I was very proud of what
each of you accomplished
and thanks again to all
the supportive parents
and coaches!
I want to touch on a
couple points this week:
the light situation with
training and end of the
season fatigue. First,
the sun is going down a
lot earlier every week
so I want to make sure
we get started right
away and I'm going to
try to maximize the
light on the trails as
much as possible. I'll
try to mix up the
practices but inevitably
we'll be doing a lot
more laps around the
parks for the final
weeks of practice.
Safety is the number one
concern so parents
joining us and athletes
as well, please be aware
of all the runners.
Runners especially try
to stick in groups of
2-3 at least. Also
runners, when we are at
the park for practice DO
NOT LEAVE THE GROUP
UNTIL A COACH CONFIRMS
WHERE YOU ARE GOING.
Don't play on the
playground, do that
before practice starts
or after WITH YOUR
PARENTS PERMISSION
ONLY!! Make sense,
good. We don't want to
lose any of you guys so
please, please, please
stay with the group.
Second, it is the end of
the season with only 2
meets left. This is a
critical time to keep
focused. There is still
time to improve so keep
working hard. There are
3 things I desire for
all of you through the
end of the season: stay
healthy, don't get
injured, and improve on
your overall place in
the races. So take your
vitamins and get some
good sleep, don't mess
around skateboarding and
doing things that would
be easy to twist an
ankle or injure you some
other way, and work hard
in practice to improve
in the races. Both
remaining courses are
hilly and fun and I look
forward to seeing you
guys improve some more.
Finally, thanks to Kirk
Nelson for coming out to
help you guys with your
running form. Please
take a minute to shoot
him an email, I'd love
for him to tell me
tomorrow that he got
over 50 emails from you
guys.
kirk@trikirk.com
Thanks again for a great
year so far, you all
make it fun and worth
it!!!
Coach Jeremy
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Scholastic
Achievement Award
In an effort to
emphasize the
importance of
maintaining
scholastic ability
in conjunction with
athletic ability,
The Santa Clarita
Track Club, Inc, in
cooperation with
local school
districts, awards a
scholastic
achievement medal to
all active athletes
that maintain a 'B+'
(3.5) grade point
average or better
during the season.
The medal is
engraved with the
student's name, year
and symbol of the
sport in which
he/she is
participating. A
special President's
award medal is
presented to players
that maintain
straight A's
You must submit the
following
Scholastic form
before the deadline
in order to get the
medal.
The Deadline for
turning in your
forms to be eligible
for the award is
this week on
Thursday, October
22nd at the end of
practice.
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Conference
Championship T-Shirts
Orders
This
week is the SCYTFC Cross
Country Championship
Meet and the conference
is taking orders for
T-shirts as post season
fundraiser. If you are
interested in getting a
T-Shirt please order one
from me this week at
practice. The shirts
are $12 each and I will
be submitting a team
order at the meet this
Saturday, then they will
deliver the shirt to us
at the final meet at
Pierce College on
November 7th.
David Summer
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Practice Schedule October 19
- October 25
Monday:
October 19th at 6:00pm -
Heritage Park
Tuesday:
October 20th
at 6:00pm -
Central
Park
Thursday: October
22th at 6:00 pm
-
Bridgeport Park
Sunday:
October 24th
- O'Melveny Park
Directions
to O'Melveny
Park from
SCV
Interstate 5
South
Interstate 5
South
to Balboa
Exit
(note that
the 14
South
Balboa exit
is closed,
there is
however an
exit from
the
southbound
truck route,
it's on the
right side,
amost a
straight
shot, turn
left and
follow
around to
Balboa Rd, I
think this
is called
The Old
Road, it
goes from
Calgrove
thru San
Fernando)
Turn right
on San
Fernando Rd
Turn right
onto Balboa
Rd
Turn right
onto Balboa
Blvd
Turn right
onto Sesnon
Blvd
O'Melveny
Park is on
the right
hand side
about 6
tenths of a
mile down
the road.
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O'Melveny Park Meet
Volunteers Needed to
Help
Our team is responsible
for timing this week
conference championship
meet and I need your
help to accomplish
this. I will train you
to use the stopwatches
and will be around to
make sure all is running
smoothly. Please see me
at practice this week.
David Summer
This weekend's meet is
on Saturday October
24th, at O'Melveny park,
due to the construction
at the 14/5 interchange,
the south bound 14
Balboa exit is closed,
however there is an exit
to the old Road off the
south 14 Truck route,
this exit is before you
go under any of the
bridges from the 5/14
interchange, and goes
down to the old road.
you can then turn left
and follow this road
around to the Balboa
Road and Bee Canyon area
where O'Melveny park is.
The directions are above
in the weekly schedule
section of the
newsletter.
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TextMarks Alert
Notification
I know we had some
confusion as to where
practice was last
Thursday night when we
changed from Bridgeport
Park to Heritage Park.
To avoid this I came
across a text option
where we can text to
your phone last minute
Alerts if you register
at:
http://www.textmarks.com/STORMXC
or
Just Text from your
mobile phone
To:41411 Send Message:
STORMXC
This will register you
for the Storm Cross
Country Alert Message
which is currently this
weeks practice schedule
and locations. At any
time you can opt out of
the text messages by
replying "LEAVE STORMXC".
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Photographers needed
I need your digital
pictures for the
following meets,
Corriganville, Arroyo
Verde, Mt SAC meets, I
was not at some of these
and we need the pictures
for our memory DVD,
please be sure to take a
lot of pictures of the
kids at the meets and
practice, and turn them
in to Alan. I have thumb
drives or blank CD's if
you need.
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Sincerely,
Alan Bingham
Santa Clarita Track Club
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