Thank you for such a great final meet! The weather cooperated, everyone ran well, we had a large crew of Jackson parent/sibling cheerleaders, the bus ride was ideal and everyone seemed very happy. Congratulations for a great season!
Monday: Columbus Day (You have no school, but feel free to visit me during my meetings at Jackson Elementary...)
Tuesday: Potluck Banquet
JHMS Commons
6:00 pm
Bring:
1. You, your parents, other members of your cheering squad
2. Table service (forks, plates, etc. for your crew)
3. Something to share
A-K Salad or main dish item
L-Z Dessert
4. Your uniform if you haven't already returned it
I look forward to seeing you there!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
An Early Saturday Morning
Here's the morning schedule for our Pocatello race:
4:45 AM Arrive to load bus (yikes, that's early!)
5:00 AM Bus leaves JHMS parking lot
I'm not a morning person either....
HOWEVER, this is our last race and it will be awesome. Plus, our high school friends will be racing there as well.
Perk up!
4:45 AM Arrive to load bus (yikes, that's early!)
5:00 AM Bus leaves JHMS parking lot
I'm not a morning person either....
HOWEVER, this is our last race and it will be awesome. Plus, our high school friends will be racing there as well.
Perk up!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Wyoming Indian Meet Cancelled
Tuesday, October 6th's meet in Ethete, WY has been cancelled due to weather. I am bummed in a huge way. We will meet at JHMS for practice as usual.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Pocatello Meet
This is what I've copy/pasted from what I found while google searching our Pocatello Meet:
The Conley Invitational Cross Country meet is an inexpensive quality meet hosted by Highland High School in Pocatello, Idaho. Highland High school is 1 mile from interstate exit 71 on the I15 and I86 Junction. This makes the Highland High School cross country course the most easily accessible XC competition site in Idaho.
The Course:
The Highland cross-country course is the most spectator friendly courses in the State of Idaho. Spectators can see the entire race from the upper campus. The course starts and finishes inside District 25 Stadium, is 10 to 6 feet wide and composed of several different surfaces including, grass, dirt, gravel, and track.
The course follows a European design. It consists of two major loops. Each loop has two long strait-a-way’s and two major hills.
Driving Directions to Highland High School:
Take I86 or I15 towards Pocatello, Idaho. Once in Pocatello take Exit 71 and turn east on Pocatello Creek Rd. Next, go north on Olympus Dr. Continue north on Olympus Dr. until you come to North Fairway. At North Fairway turn east until you come to Bench Rd. At Bench Rd. turn south and follow the road to the Highland High School general parking lot.
Parking:
Highland High School has three parking lots available on campus. The three parking lots on campus have 600 FREE parking spaces. Additional parking is available at the Bannock County Fairgrounds, located across the street from Highland High School on Church Hill Downs Rd.
Awards:
Girls Middle School Top 5 Medal
Boys Middle School Top 5 Medal
Girls J.V. Top 10 Medal
Boys J.V. Top 10 Medal
Girls Varsity Top 15 Medal
Boys Varsity Top 15 Medal
Members of the Girl’s & Boy’s Varsity Team Champions will receive Championship Medals and
The Girl’s & Boy’s Varsity Team Champions will also receive Championship Plaques.
Course Description: next to Highland golf course, east of the freeway Weather it snowed 1 and half inches last yearRace Divisions
Mens Races
2,500 Meters middle school 9:30 AM
5,000 Meters Junior Varsity 10:40 AM
5,000 Meters Varsity 12:00 PM
Womens Races
2,500 Meters middle school 9:00 AM
5,000 Meters Junior Varsity 10:00 AM
5,000 Meters Varsity 11:20 AM
The Conley Invitational Cross Country meet is an inexpensive quality meet hosted by Highland High School in Pocatello, Idaho. Highland High school is 1 mile from interstate exit 71 on the I15 and I86 Junction. This makes the Highland High School cross country course the most easily accessible XC competition site in Idaho.
The Course:
The Highland cross-country course is the most spectator friendly courses in the State of Idaho. Spectators can see the entire race from the upper campus. The course starts and finishes inside District 25 Stadium, is 10 to 6 feet wide and composed of several different surfaces including, grass, dirt, gravel, and track.
The course follows a European design. It consists of two major loops. Each loop has two long strait-a-way’s and two major hills.
Driving Directions to Highland High School:
Take I86 or I15 towards Pocatello, Idaho. Once in Pocatello take Exit 71 and turn east on Pocatello Creek Rd. Next, go north on Olympus Dr. Continue north on Olympus Dr. until you come to North Fairway. At North Fairway turn east until you come to Bench Rd. At Bench Rd. turn south and follow the road to the Highland High School general parking lot.
Parking:
Highland High School has three parking lots available on campus. The three parking lots on campus have 600 FREE parking spaces. Additional parking is available at the Bannock County Fairgrounds, located across the street from Highland High School on Church Hill Downs Rd.
Awards:
Girls Middle School Top 5 Medal
Boys Middle School Top 5 Medal
Girls J.V. Top 10 Medal
Boys J.V. Top 10 Medal
Girls Varsity Top 15 Medal
Boys Varsity Top 15 Medal
Members of the Girl’s & Boy’s Varsity Team Champions will receive Championship Medals and
The Girl’s & Boy’s Varsity Team Champions will also receive Championship Plaques.
Course Description: next to Highland golf course, east of the freeway Weather it snowed 1 and half inches last yearRace Divisions
Mens Races
2,500 Meters middle school 9:30 AM
5,000 Meters Junior Varsity 10:40 AM
5,000 Meters Varsity 12:00 PM
Womens Races
2,500 Meters middle school 9:00 AM
5,000 Meters Junior Varsity 10:00 AM
5,000 Meters Varsity 11:20 AM
Schedule 10/5/09-10/10/09
Wow, how is it possible that this is our last week!?! Too soon!
Monday: Easy pre-race run + accelerations
Tuesday: Meet in Ethete, WY -- Wyoming Indian Invitational
Dismissal from class: 10:00 am
Departure: 10:15 am
Wednesday: Scavenger Hunt
Thursday: Wells Fargo
Friday: Easy pre-race run + accelerations
Saturday: Meet in Pocatello
Depart: 5:00am
Race start: 9:00 am
(As far as I know!)
Also, we are tentatively planning to have an end-0f-season potluck at JHMS on the evening of October 13th. I'll keep you posted when more of the details are confirmed.
Monday: Easy pre-race run + accelerations
Tuesday: Meet in Ethete, WY -- Wyoming Indian Invitational
Dismissal from class: 10:00 am
Departure: 10:15 am
Wednesday: Scavenger Hunt
Thursday: Wells Fargo
Friday: Easy pre-race run + accelerations
Saturday: Meet in Pocatello
Depart: 5:00am
Race start: 9:00 am
(As far as I know!)
Also, we are tentatively planning to have an end-0f-season potluck at JHMS on the evening of October 13th. I'll keep you posted when more of the details are confirmed.
Runner of the Meet - Lyman
Miss BH is our runner of the meet. During BH's race, a girl in front of her repeatedly fell leading BH to believe that the girl had broken her ankle. Witnessing the girl's pain, BH ran off the race course to alert a race official that the girl was injured. I applaud BH for seeing the "big picture." Instead of caring more about her two mile race, she cared about the well being of a girl from another team. Wow. Additionally, BH consistently encourages her teammates, takes responsibility for her paperwork and pushes herself in practice and workouts.
We're so happy to have you on our team!
We're so happy to have you on our team!
Lyman/Fort Bridger Meet
I'd have to say that our most recent meet was my favorite to date. The weather made it fun, the historical significance of the race site make the course meaningful and we performed well! To quote some of our sixth grade girls,"Our team is dynamite...tick...tick...tick...BOOM!" The girls finished first with many individuals medaling. The boys finished second and also had many individuals medal. Very exciting!
I calculated that I spent 13 hours with the team that day. The first 12 hours were awesome. I would give those hours an A+ letter grade. However, the bus ride from Alpine back to Jackson was disappointing. As KL, one of the bus cleaners, described the condition of the bus,"It looked like the candy gods threw up candy all over the bus." Sad, but true.
Since a significant number of the runners spent the last hour of the bus ride leaving the bus in poor shape, I decided that we should spend an hour making the school grounds a better place. Consequently, we had a trash picking up contest for practice on Friday. I really enjoyed watching runners get really excited about his/her particularly nasty finding. The clean-up went very well and the seating chart will only influence the ride to the meet on Tuesday.
The seating chart may sound a bit harsh, but I feel it's necessary to make sure that the bus is a safe and respectful place.
I calculated that I spent 13 hours with the team that day. The first 12 hours were awesome. I would give those hours an A+ letter grade. However, the bus ride from Alpine back to Jackson was disappointing. As KL, one of the bus cleaners, described the condition of the bus,"It looked like the candy gods threw up candy all over the bus." Sad, but true.
Since a significant number of the runners spent the last hour of the bus ride leaving the bus in poor shape, I decided that we should spend an hour making the school grounds a better place. Consequently, we had a trash picking up contest for practice on Friday. I really enjoyed watching runners get really excited about his/her particularly nasty finding. The clean-up went very well and the seating chart will only influence the ride to the meet on Tuesday.
The seating chart may sound a bit harsh, but I feel it's necessary to make sure that the bus is a safe and respectful place.
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