Saturday, August 25, 2012

Grass Relays Results & UCI Info

Golden Eagles --

Full race results from the grass relays can be found here when they are finished sometime Saturday night: https://sites.google.com/site/timomostert/americanforkgrassrelays look under the 2012 link.This was a fun meet and congrats to those who were able to accomplish your goals. For those who did not, then regroup and learn from this race and apply it to getting your goals next week. Great job on cheering each other on today. The next chance we get to work on our goals is on Saturday September 1st at the UCI XC meet. The details of which can be found below.

Utah County Cross Country Inv.
Lakeside Sports Park
400 South 1850 West, Orem, Ut
 


Saturday, September 1, 2012Time Schedule:
8:00 Packet Pick up
9:00 Freshman / Sophomore Girls
9:30 Freshman / Sophomore Boys
10:00 Junior / Senior Girls
10:20 Junior / Senior Boys (Race 1)

10:40 Junior / Senior Boys (Race 2 if Necessary)

Course: The course is a true 5k (measured and re-measured), 90% grass with some concrete. It is very spectator friendly.



Thanks and happy running!
--The Coaches

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Pre-Region Results, Practice Info, & Grass Relay Info

Golden Eagles --

Great job at Pre-region Thursday night. Our teams finished 3rd & 3rd. This is a good starting point for us and for a lot of us a great chance to see the region course and get that first race under our belt. There were many great performances and also lessons learned to improve ourselves with. The full meet results can be found here: http://ut.milesplit.com/meets/122591/results/205890 


With the start of school this week practices will now be held at 3:00pm at MMHS. 

Our next meet is this Saturday the 25th. The grass relays is the one that many on our team comment on being the funnest race of the year. You really don't want to miss out on this meet. The buses will leave MMHS at 6:50am. The details are below: 

2012 AMERICAN FORK GRASS RELAYS
DATE: Saturday, August 25th ,2012
WHERE: American Fork High School, 510 N. 600 E. American Fork, Utah. Bus Parking South of the School.
WHEN:
7:00-8:00 A.M.: Registration 8:00 A.M.: Girls J.V. 2 Mile Race-Frosh/Soph
8:25 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Frosh/Soph
8:40 A.M.: Girls J.V. 2 Mile Race-Jr./Sr.
9:00 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Jr./Sr.
9:15 A.M.: Girls Varsity Relay ( Top 5 Girls, 2 Miles Each Leg)
10:35 A.M.: Boys Varsity Relay (Top 5 Boys, 2 Miles Each Leg)
AWARDS:
J.V.: Awards to top 10 finishers in each J.V.race. Please do not enter your varsity runners in the JV race Varsity: Trophies to top 5 teams, boys and girls. Individual awards to 15 fastest relay legs in each race.
COURSE: 1 mile grass loop (spikes recommended) , lots of hay bales. Records: Boys:9:41 - Luke Puskedra, Judge Memorial, 2007. Girls: 11:41 - Heidi McGill, Mountain View, 2002.


Keep working hard and Happy Running!
--The Coaches

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Pre-Region Info & last week of summer practice info

Golden Eagles --
Thanks for a great camp and some awesome memories and all of the hard work in your running. Lets keep it up & focus on our goals and you will be amazed at the "impact" you can have our your own lives & your team. Thank you to all the amazing parents for their support and help with camp we couldn't do it without your help. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.  

Now its hard to believe that the summer is coming very fast to an end. With it coming to an end, our last week of summer practice will follow this schedule for August 13-- August 17. 8:00am practice at MMHS M-F. 

Wednesday the 15th is one of our fundraiser opportunity's at Arby's in Spanish Fork from 4:00pm -- 9:00pm. We get a % of all the items sold during that time frame. Please tell your friends to come and buy food that day & time to help support MMHS XC. 

Starting on Monday the 20th practices will than be at 3:00pm at MMHS M-F until the state meet. 

All Paperwork including physicals need to be turned into the coaches by Thursday the 16th.

Pre-Region (our first race) is this Thursday the 16th at Kiwanis Park (820N 1100E Provo) The girls race will start at 6:30pm the boys will follow at 7:00pm. The bus will leave MMHS at 5:30pm for this race. 

Schedule Update: The UCI will be held on Saturday September 1st NOT the 31st of August. 

Good luck & happy running,

--The Coaches.