Hoka One One 2 mile Postal Meet

A long time ago, in a universe far, far away......

There was no internet, there were no national rankings or national meets.  The only way to determine if your team in California was better than someone else's team in Illinois was to run a 2 mile time trial on the track and then MAIL the results to a the manager of the "Postal National Championships".  That manager would then compile the results from around the country and at the end of the cross country season, announce who the best team in the USA was.

So much has changed, but so much has stayed the same.  

These days, we can instantaneously get results from all over the country.  We might even get video of the race to give us an idea of how fast, or slow, the cross country course was where the races were run.....But without fully equal conditions, you still never know.  Is a 5k at Legion Park the same as a 5k at Woodward Park? No, it's not.  

2 years ago, Hoka One One revived the idea of the Postal meet so that every team (not just the ones who qualify for Nike Team Nationals) could have a chance to see where they stack up vis a vis the rest of the country.  With Covid wiping out competitive fall seasons in many states, this competition is the only one that some teams are doing.  

Entries for Hoka One One Postal meet:

OK, guys, here's the plan.  We will run 3 races on Friday night.  We'll start off with a JV race (boys and girls mixed) at 6:30 PM.  We'll follow that up with our Varsity Girls race at 6:55 PM and finish with our Varsity Boys at 7:00 PM.  Entries are posted on Athletic.net

Varsity and JV Entries

For those not running in the 2 mile time trial.  I want to run a 6 minute test at 6:00 PM.  If you run the test.  You are encouraged to stick around and cheer on your teammates who are running the time trial later in the evening.  

Athletes Running 6 Minute Test

Parents Welcome

For this event, now that our county numbers are down into the "Red" category, we can have parents attend our event.  We are asking parents to sit on the visitors side and maintain a responsible 6 feet physical distance from members of other families.  

Athletes, Please arrive at 5:30.  Varsity Boys top 7 meet under the Scoreboard.  Varsity Girls Top 7 Meet on the north side of the drainage basin by the gate to the track.  JV boys and girls meet on the south side of the drainage basin by Mr. Parker's room.  6 Minute Test runners.  Meet at the picnic tables by the snack bar.  

This will be our last meeting for 3 weeks.  Let's RUN FAST AND HAVE A GREAT TIME