Phoenix,
I wanted to say thank you to all of those who came to support yesterday at the races! Thank you for your commitment to your team and teammates. It made the experience much more enjoyable for everyone. Because you were school excused, make sure to communicate with your teachers about things that were missed yesterday.
If you go onto runnercard to view the results, there is an option to view the individual placement and team placement graphs. As you can guess, our girls team moved up from 14th through the first mile to 9th at the end. That's a big jump, and it shows promise for next year with 6 of the 7 returning. The other big positive from the races is that both the boys and girls were much faster at state than at divisionals, on similar courses of the same length. Skye was over a minute faster! Most were between 30-40s faster, which is awesome to see.
I told the varsity runners before the race, that no matter what happened on the course, that I am extremely proud of the work they have put in over the season. That same sentiment goes to all of you. I'm very proud to have been able to coach you all this season, and for you underclassmen, I look forward to the years ahead!
Phoenix 5k
Registration is now live for the Phoenix 5k.
The Phoenix 5k will be Saturday, 11/5 at 9 AM. Registration for the event will be done here.
Current athletes on the team are allowed to race without paying for the event, as the primary purpose of this race is a NXR tune-up. Therefore, current athletes do not need to register at the above link.
Parents, I could also use a few volunteers to help direct runners or help and the start/finish. If you'd be willing to help, please fill out this signup genius.
I encourage you to share this information with friends and family, as it will be a good fundraiser for us, and will be a lot of fun for the community!
JV State
Here are the names of those I have registered for JV state. If your name isn't here but you want to go, the deadline is Thursday after practice.
| Austin, Trey | |
| Christensen, Cannon | |
| DeMordaunt, Evan | |
| Findlay, Henry | |
| Grover, Shane | |
| Halverson, Joshua | |
| Lund, Ethan | |
| Miller, Joseph | |
| Scoresby, Brayden | |
| Scott, Jacob | |
| Ward, Casey |
Practices before NXR
I'm still trying to finalize our practice schedule, but I think it is likely going to be a week by week decision. I'll send out the schedule for the week the week before. The XC class will always be held, and you are expected to be present. This week we will practice on Thursday during class. Friday is tbd, so check remind or the group chat for an update there.
NXR update
Please view this page if you are attending NXR for an update on cost, etc.
