What a week! We made it through the start of school, our first early morning run and full week of our regular practice schedule, got our Youngsters started off, had an awesome day at the Desert Relays, and hopefully survived the Run-a-Thon!
Our fourth annual Desert Relays with DH at the Bloomington Hills North Park was the most exciting one yet. The girls race was tight throughout, but our depth was able to pull us through to our fourth straight relay victory by a score of 26-30. Records were broken in all three legs, and Alli Baker was able to take home the plate and set the record for the 3rd leg of the relay. A great thing about the relays is that to get the team victory we need solid runs from everyone on the team, and every girl contributed to the win.
The guys repeated as champs with a 27-29 win. It was an intense race, and like the girls, the guys needed strong running from everyone - especially after injuries left us a couple key people down - to be able to overcome a very good DH team. Congrats to Carson Horspool for setting a new Leg 2 record and Alex Hill for setting a new Leg 3 record (both of which were our first bowling pins taken home ever for the Panthers!).
This week we will be headed to Bicentennial Park in Cedar for the SUU Invite on Saturday. We will need to know on Monday who is coming to this meet, so come prepared to the Monday meeting with this information. (This meet cost $ per entry; consequently, if you say you are coming and do not, you will be required to pay the team back; also, we will not be able to make late entries... be prepared Monday.) The buses will leave at 6:30a on Saturday. The JV girls will race at 8:00, followed by the JV boys around 8:30, Varsity girls at 9:15, and Varsity boys at 10:00, and then the awards. Each athlete will need to ride the bus up to the meet and then can travel home with a parent after all the races and awards and checking out with Coach Decker. The bus will return back to PVHS around noon.
To be eligible to race, all athletes will be REQUIRED to have completed the following:
Week 11 Minutes: Enter your Week 11 Minutes here. This must be complete by Tuesday night.
Register My Athlete: Complete all parts of your registration and be marked as cleared to participate. This is indicated by having a cleared date next to your name on the Registration spreadsheet. This will be updated early in the week. Those that have paid their fee with a sponsor, need to check with Coach and make sure you are on the list to have sponsor money transferred over (this will be turned in on Wednesday morning). We are now passed the date to have registermyathlete complete to be participating with the team. No one will be allowed to participate on the team without having first completed this process.
Fee: The $85 participation fee is recorded on registermyathlete. This fee must be paid for (or transferred from sponsorship money) by Wednesday morning. After this week, you will not be able to participate with the team without having first paid your fee.
Practice Attendance: Any missed required practices will run the risk of not being invited to race.
We are excited to introduce Bethanie Price and Katie Widdison as our club coaches this year! Coaches Price and Widdison will be working with out middle school club, the Youngsters, twice a week - on Monday's and Thursday's. We are in the process now of putting together our full Youngsters race schedule. Please invite anyone out who might like to participate with our club.
Week 12 Schedule:
Monday - 5:30a long run for Levels 2 and 3 (You must wear a bright camp shirt or white.) In the afternoon, meet out at the tree and do warm-ups at 3:00p, then come into the lecture hall for team meeting at 3:15 followed by a short run. Youngsters practice at 3:05p
Tuesday - 6:15a weights and run (Levels 2 and 3, optional for 1). 3:00p afternoon practice.
Wednesday - 6:15a run (Level 3, optional for 2 - no Freshman). 3:00p afternoon practice - we will meet at the HS and travel to the Dirt Mile for the workout. Wed. afternoon practice often last until just after 5:00.
Thursday - 6:15a weights and run (Levels 2 and 3, optional for 1). 3:00p afternoon practice. Youngsters practice at 3:05p.
Friday - 6:15a run (Level 3, optional for 2 - no Freshman). 3:00p afternoon practice.
Saturday - RACE... SUU INVITE!
We've had a great start to the season, but there are so many things we can continue to work on... the journey is long and full of opportunity. Remember our 2017 theme as you think of this quote by Andrew Carnegie - "Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results."
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