Week 19 (REGION!) and Snow Canyon Recap

We had another awesome week.  Some solid workouts for the Varsity and great racing by the JV.  At Snow Canyon, our Youngsters again got us started off well.  The have been an very impressive group this year, and we want to give a huge thanks to all those who have helped coach and work with them - especially Coach Baker and Coach Bushar.  In the high school girls' race, we saw strong races and efforts from everyone.  The only girls beating us were some of the varsity runners from other teams.  In the boys' race, we saw the same thing.  It has been very impressive to see everyone's improvement throughout the year.  This is, without a doubt, due to the hard work put in by each and everyone of you everyday.  You have been a very fun group to coach and spend time with.  From June and through the long, hot summer; to the craziness of high-altitude camp; the excitement of our first races; and the push of tough workouts and lots of miles all the way to championship season; all of you have earned the right to have your very best races in the next few weeks!  Let's have a great Region meet this week and give it our all.
Here are the announcements for the week:

• Enter Minutes for Week 18 here
• Practice schedule will be up some day (!), but for now, just remember this... LEVEL 2 and 3's YOUR MONDAY AM PRACTICE WILL BE AT 6:00am - be there on time in your bright shirts ready for around a 60 min run.  
• RACE: Region on Tuesday at Bloomington Hills North Park.  JV Girls will race at 4:00p, JV Boys will follow at app. 4:40p, then Varsity Girls at about 5:10p, and finally Varsity Boys at 5:40p.  Please note, those start times are approximate.  We will NOT have a bus to the meet - as this is our home course and the coaches will already be at the course helping set up.  Both HS and MS will be excused at 2:15p on Tuesday.  Each athlete is expected to arrange his/her ride to the meet.  Monday at practice we will be finalizing all those rides.
• YOUNGSTERS - we are hoping to get a race for you on Tuesday as well.  As of right now, SC (who is hosting Region) isn't planning on it.  So we are trying to get our club and the Thunder XC Club to host a race.  Hopefully it will take place right after the Varsity Boys race at around 6:00p.  That way you can all come out and watch the high school teams and then have a great race to end your season.  We will update this post and get an email out to you through Coach Baker with updates!
• We will have practice on Wednesday after Region (after school) and we will also have practice over the Fall Break.  If you are planning on traveling with the team to State (and are in town) you need to be at those practices.  They will be at 12:30 and the time and place will be announced.
• Speaking of State... We are planning on filling the bus to go to State and cheer on the team!  We want everyone that can/wants to, to come with us.  The cost for the non-participants is $25 (this covers the hotel room).  This needs to be paid to the finance office at the HS ASAP!  We will take the first 34 who sign up.  Some of you have already covered the cost with your run-a-thon fundraiser.  We will be getting a count Monday afternoon at practice.  For this trip, we will be leaving on Tuesday (18th) around 10:00 and staying the night up in Salt Lake, going to the race on Wednesday and returning later that evening (a whole itinerary will be sent home to those who will traveling).
• Team Pics - we will be having our team pictures on Monday the 17th before afternoon practice.