Team's Weekly Activity

Monday, September 16, 2024

Woodbridge - Depart Thursday

 Hey Team.  Quick Update and Ideas to Pack

We're going to run from school before loading the vans on Thursday.  I'll have breakfast type foods for you guys to eat before we get in the van.  If you need to shower, I can make the locker rooms available.  We'll meet at 7:00 AM, run, eat, pack, and GO.  You'll want some sort of healthy snack to eat on the way down.  

2018 Team on the way to Woodbridge



We WON'T be stopping for lunch at a restaurant on the way down.  We've got a ton of bread and sandwich meat left over from Friday in my freezer at home.  We'll pull off at a rest stop and make our own lunch and save some cash.  

Items that you should bring.
  • Racing uniform - Duh
  • Running shoes, racing shoes, socks.
  • Hughson gear - t shirts and what not.  Gotta show off who we are, ya know.  
  • A couple pairs of running shorts and shirts.  We'll be doing a couple of training runs while we're down there. 
  • Cash for a big breakfast on race morning and for a meal stop on the way home (we'll feed you the rest of the time.
  • Toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, etc....
  • Bring a towel to be safe.  There might not be enough at the houses.  
The houses I rented have almost enough beds for everyone.  One or two of you may need to bring a sleeping bag (Freshmen and sophomores)

If you have any other questions, double check the inventory I sent out to your school emails last week.  

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Homecoming Parade and Game

 Hey Team.  We need to be on Whitmore at 2:00 for the Homecoming Parade.  I will have bags of candy for us to hand out to the kids along the route.  

If you are working the snack bar or selling raffle tickets, I will leave your names at the gate so that you can get in.  Here's who I have so far.  

Snack Bar, Early Shift - 4:30 to 7:00

Pat Kennedy
Lupe Prez
Linda Benham
Jeff Benham
Brad Bilson
Andrea Bilson
Paul Stites
Alice Conners
Brooke Wetenkamp
Jared Wetenkamp

Snack Bar, Late Shift - 7:00 to 9:30

Lilia Franco
Lupe Prez
Jenny Olsen
Kristen Combs
Lori Crim
Paul Stites
Jungmee Kim
Tony Aguiar
Paula Aguiar

Raffle Ticket Sales - Early 5:00 - 7:00

Sandro
Bobby
Rick
Adrian
Mason
Ryan
Jason

Raffle Ticket Sales - Late 7:00 - Halftime of varsity game

Mason
Bailey
Tucker
Maci
Sophie

TVL Opener - 9/4/2024

 What a Great Meet!

The Huskies went into the two varsity races at the TVL opener knowing that it was going to be a tough test of our fitness.  On the girls side, we knew we'd be pushed by Hilmar and on the boys side we knew Ripon was going to be very good.  When all was said and done, we'd come out with two hard earned victories.

On the varsity girls side, Sophie Benham ran only her 3rd cross country race in the last 2 years and won over a very tough Sidney Logsdon of Hilmar, leading the all of the Lady Husky runners to finish in the top 50% of the field.  After one meet, the TVL standings for Varsity girls are as follows.

1st place - Hughson
2nd place - Hilmar
3rd place - Ripon
4th place - Ripon Christian
5th place - Escalon
6th place - Sonora
7th place - Orestimba
Benham and Logsdon battle on a 105 degree day

On the varsity boys side, senior Bobby Nieto led a fast improving pack of underclassmen to outdistance Ripon by a score of 51-60.  As the season progresses and our young team gains experience we expect to only get better.  For the boys team, bringing our 5th scorer closer to our top runner will be of paramount importance.  We had a gap of 1:28 yesterday from our first to our 5th, but for teams like ours, a gap of under 60 seconds will probably be required by the end of the season.  #teamgoals


After the first meet, the TVL standings for varsity boys are as follows.

1st Place - Hughson
2nd Place - Ripon
3rd Place - Sonora
4th Place - Ripon Christian
5th Place - Orestimba
6th Place - Hilmar
7th Place - Escalon
Bobby moves up through the pack after falling early



Both JV teams placed 2nd on the day.  The girls were led by Allison Landeverde.  Allison, running in her first ever cross country race, placed 3rd out of 39 runners.  The boys were led by sophomore, Ty Swain, who also placed 3rd overall in his race

Allison running strong
After one meet, the TVL JV Girls Standings are as follow

1st place - Ripon
2nd place - Hughson
3rd place - Hilmar
4th place - Escalon
5th place - Orestimba
6th place - Ripon Christian
7th place - Sonora

Ty leads the JV race early on



After one meet, the TVL JV Boys standings are as follow
1st place - Ripon
2nd place - Hughson
3rd place - Escalon
4th place - Ripon Christian
5th place - Orestimba
6th place - Sonora
7th place - Hilmar

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Week 15 Workouts

 Cut Back Week!

The first 4 days of the week will be pretty low volume.  Once we get to our day off from school on Friday, we start our building cycle for the next few races.  


Summary:

  • Monday, if you can't make practice, do a short to medium distance progression run.  Finish pretty fast, but still comfortable on the last mile.  Otherwise come to practice at 8:00 AM
  • Tue: Super short plus weights (can't neglect these bad boys)
  • Wed: Meet
  • Thu: No run (or morning shake out) PM, weights. 
  • Fri: No school, medium long run
  • Sat: Long run with tempo in second half.  Go hard, but don't over cook it.  
  • Sun: off or very easy.