Section Week

 Lots to Unpack this Week

We had a great meet!

I know it was super stressful for the VB group, but you guys are champs and did what it took.  We may run without Sandro at sections, but you guys can win even without him.  It will just be a lot closer.  Varsity girls.  I'm done talking about how good Placer is or how good 2016 was.  This team is BAD ASS!  Let's go get a banner!

Lower levels, this will be your last race.  Some of you may want to continue training with the state qualifiers.  Let me know if you would like to do this.  I will likely take a few lower level athletes along with us to the state meet to preview the course for future years.  

Qualifiers for Next Sections.  All others will begin their off season.  Still Dress for PE.

VB

Sandro (if able)

Mason

Juan

Rick

Sam

Carlos

Manny

Shane (if no Sandro)

VG

Sophie

Noeli

Grace

Maggie

Bailey

Jaelyn

Melanie (if able)

JVB

Shane (if Sandro runs varsity)

Eddy

Diego

Noah

Wyatt

Jason

Roberto

FB

Jeremiah

Tyler

Kameron

Jace

Jude

Owen

Esai

FSG

Maritza

Amaya

Emily

Dalila

Alina

Adrianne

Sofia

Workouts for the Week.

Please note the rearrangement of training groups.

SJS Sub Section Itinerary

 Hey Team!  The Post Season is Here

Tomorrow, we will be traveling to the Calevaras County Fairgrounds in Angels Camp for the Sac Joaquin Sub Section Meet.  Here is a brief itinerary and some other info.  

• 6:00 AM- Arrive HHS Staff Parking Lot
• 6:15 AM - Deapart
• 8:00 AM - Arrive Calevaras County Fairgrounds.  Team camp near Mark Twain Statue
• 9:00 AM - First race (Freshmen Boys)  See attached document for full schedule
• 1:00 PM - Depart Fairgrounds
• 1:30 PM - Lunch in Sonora
• 2:00 PM - Depart Sonora
• 3:00 PM - Arrive at Front Parking Lot. 

If you read through the attached document, you will see that each school is assigned a specific job.  We are supposed to provide workers for the finish line chute.  If you are going, it would be greatly appriciated if  you could take a shift at the chute during a time when your kid is not racing.  We can rotate hourly so nobody has to get stuck down there.

I will bring some healthy snacks, but kids would be well served to bring some HEALTHY snacks of their own.  

Top 10 Varsity teams qualify for the Section Championship in Folsom next week

Top 6 JV and FS teams Qualify for the Section Championship in Folsom next week.  

Clovis Invitational Trip

 Hello CC Parents.

Tomorrow, we're getting ready to leave for the Clovis Invitiational.  This meet is considered the unofficial State Meet Preview.  Anybody who has plans to race well at the state meet, will be at Clovis this weekend.  We will be racing in the Division 6 (Small Schools) races on Friday.  Following is a brief itinerary.  

Thursday - 10/9

• Before School, drop off luggage at Coach B's Room
• Lunch time.  Eat and then change into workout clothes.  Coach will open the locker rooms.
• Depart HHS at around 1:15.
• Arrive Woodward Park. 2:45
• Jog course, stretch drills.
• Depart for Hotel
• Check into hotel 4:30 PM.
• Shower, relax
• Leave for team dinner 6:00 PM.
• 6:30 Dinner at pre-race pasta feed.  
• 7:30 return to hotel.
• 9:30 Bed time.

Friday - 10/10

•  Wake up, 5:00 AM
• Girls can eat breakfast at the hotel.  Boys eat a very light meal, provided by coach.  
• Depart for Woodward Park, 6:00 AM
• Arrive and set up: 6:20
• Boys Race 7:40
• Girls Race 10:00 AM
• Long cool downs
• Depart Fresno @ 11:30
• Lunch in Chowchilla 12:15
• Arrive HHS 2:30

Race Schedule

Meet Website

Meet Page on Athletic.net

Packing List

• PUSH Shirt (to wear out to the team dinner)
• Racing shoes, unifiorms
• Workout gear for Thursday's course preview.
• If you have an air mattress, you may want to bring it.  We'll be 3 to a room, but each room has 2 queen beds.  If you don't want to share a bed, bring an air mattress.  
• Cash for meals, snacks, and souveniers.
• If you have not paid coach B 15 dollars for the team dinner, please bring that cash tomorrow. 

Donations for Supercross Snack Bar Wanted

 Hey Team: 

Supercross is coming up in a few weeks.  This is our main fundraiser for the year.  The meet keeps your kids from having to lug around order forms for candles, pies, cookie dough, and a hundred other fundraiser items that kids are constantly selling.  

This meet pays for the majority of the things we do as a team.  We of course want you to help out at the meet on October 18th.  However, we realize that some of you may not be able to make it on that day.  So, if you can't make it that day, but still want to help out your kids' team, then please sign up to make a donation to our snack bar for the meet.

Linda Benham is running the snack bar at the meet this year and she has asked me to post ask you for donations for meet day.  I'm attaching this SIGN UP GENIUS.  Donating to the snack bar make a big financial impact for us with very little out of your pocket books.  A case of 40 waters from Costco is only a few dollars, but we can sell the waters in that case for a dollar each.  This means your donation of a few dollars, ends up bringing in $40.00 for our team! Please consider making a donation. 

Supercross is Coming! - So is Snackbar for Homecoming!

Hey Team!

The financial engine that makes our team run is getting revved up.  On October 18th, we will be hosting the 19th Annual Hughson Supercross Invitational.  This meet has grown from 7 teams in 2007 to 70 teams this year! When all is said and done, we expect to NET $3000-$4000 for our program.  As you can imagine, putting this meet on requires a lot of work and requires the help of a fair number of volunteers.  I want to get our volunteers in place long before the meet is set to happen, so that we will all be ready to go on race day.

Please see this Supercross Sign Up Genius to sign up to help. 

As it worked out this year, Cross Country / Track and Field are scheduled to work in the snack bar at the homecoming game.  During the homecoming game, our athletes will have the opportunity to sell raffle tickets.  This is a great fundraiser for us as well.  Our kids usually bring in betwen 600 and 800 dollars on the raffle.  

The game is October 17th.....the night before Supercross. As you can imagine, this will make for an incredibly busy weekend.  If you cannot volunteer for both events, I understand, but please volunteer for one!  I will have a small group of athletes help me finish setting up the stadium immediately after the game ends on Friday night.  If we work quickly, this should only take an hour or so.  

Athletes: Sign up Here to help sell tickets and set up the stadium for supercross.  

I will use Aeries Communications to send out a sign up genius for help in the snack bar.  It will go out track parents as well and that way we can better fill our slots.  

Kim Duyst Invitational

 Hey Team!  It's Going Down Tommorrow!

I often tell our athletes that if they want to get to the top of the mountain, you first have to see the top of the mountain.  Our Varsity Boys will be running against 2 of the top 15 teams in the NATION tomorrow.  We will face off against National Pre-Season #3 Jesuit of Sacramento and #14 Matilda Torres of Madera.

The Kim Duyst is a GREAT opportunity for all of our athletes to run against high level competition on a FAST course.  To make it even more interesting, this is one of the few NIGHT meets to be held anywhere.  

Our first races of the day will begin at 5:15.  Athletes, you need to be at River Oaks Golf Course by no later than 4:00 PM.  Note that there is usually a LOOOOONG line to get into the parking lot, so you should plan to arrive by closer to 3:45. 

Please check this link for a complete schedule of races.  

Unfortunately, there will be a huge gap in our schedule.  Our varsity teams are running in the Invitational Division, which is after the 4 varsity races and after the college races.  I will not require that all of our athletes stay for the entire meet, however, I encourage it.  It's really good for our younger athletes to see what the best teams in the country look like and that we can get in and proudly compete with them, even if we don't win.  Personally, I will probably leave to get some dinner after our FS and JV athletes finish their races and then I'll come back later for the college races and Invitational high school races.  

Week 15 Workouts.

 I'm Putting This Out On The Blog Because....

I need groups 1-3 to double up in the morning on Tuesday.  Since we're not meeting Monday, this is the best way to get you the info.

Week 15 Workouts Sessions