3 days down and 1 hard workout

 On Wednesday we had our first hard workout of the year, a three mile tempo. It was warm, breezy and the course isn't the fastest however it gave me a good indication of who had been training this summer in earnest and who was fit. I decided to compare the tempo time to athletes best times of the year last year. I found that + 2:00 difference was high average and noted that anyone who did better than that were good to exceptional depending on the closeness to an even time. Here were the outstanding performances from yesterday compared to their personal best from last year:

Kristen T. + 1:54
Matthew K. + 1:47
Peter S. + 1:22
Patrick H. + 1:22
Allison C. + 1:20
Nick U. + 1:09
Sam H. + 1:00
Annie D. + :18
Michaela B. + :06
Timothy D. - :03
Paul M.  - :13

So in the list above, the further down the list you go the better the comparative performance. Also there were some outstanding brand new runners who ran great, on the guys side Tate J. and Dustin M. and on the girls side Melissa B., and Alison K.

Keep working and doing a great job everybody, we have a long way to go but yesterday was the first day towards meeting our goals.

The Cross Season is upon us.....

The first day of cross country season is Monday August 22nd. We will be meeting in front of the athletic office and all practices this week will be at AMHS @ 3:00 PM. Next week we will probably get off campus for a few practices, check the website later for more details.

Some reminders:

• All paperwork must be turned in to the athletic office, please make sure you do this before our first practice.
• Practices are required and mandatory even though school has not started, once athletes are eligible they will be expected to be there daily between 3-5 PM. Please do not schedule anything after 3:00 PM or before 5 PM.
• Athletes who have been entering their mileages and practices through the website must get those completed by August 26th to be eligible for varsity letters and points.

I am really looking forward to getting going this year. Recruit your friends and lets get lots of athletes out for XC this year. Let's set a record!

Go Wildcats!!!!