I promised to get
the Mileage for
Week 5 up on Sunday and it took until Wednesday. Our volume was
down a bit as we consolidated our gains after four weeks of hard running.
It will be fun to see where we are over these two weekends of racing and
then get back to some hard work in preparation for outdoor season.
A Word About Wisdom
My freshmen Gifted class has been
ruminating on the difference between knowledge and wisdom this week, and
we have come to some really inspiring conclusions about the type of
learning we want to pursue. We have been discussing how we can find
more "soul" in our learning, an emotional connection that inspires us and
drives us forward. We have also addressed the idea that school seems
more about going through the motions than seeking a higher purpose through
our learning. We want to know: what larger, more human wisdom could
and should guide what we do within our school walls?
Of course, I thought about our team a great
deal during these discussions. At its best our team is a group of
inspired, connected, and truthful individuals. At its worst we go
through the motions and become self-involved. I think that many of
you might find this
video from Barry Schwartz interesting. It is a fascinating look
at how our culture could be so much more if we honed our moral skills and
moral wills and looked to glorify our moral exemplars. It is an
inspiring talk about not accepting mediocrity or what is "acceptable," but
instead searching for the "practical wisdom" in our lives. I hope
you enjoy it. It crystallized so many thoughts I currently have
about the roadblocks of modern life. For you parents out there in
bureaucratic corporate cultures, it is a fascinating call to "swim
upstream" against the current of rules and regulations to find the moral
truth in what you are doing on a daily basis. Enjoy.
PalatineCC.net Interview - Eric Rodriguez
The biggest news I received all week was
that Eric Rodriguez received a full-tuition scholarship plus cash stipend
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was one of
only 12 freshmen selected for this new engineering program and will have
all of his expenses paid for all four years of his undergraduate study.
All of this goes to show that hard work, commitment to excellence, and
character pay off. E-Rod has improved tremendously as a runner from
freshmen year to now, and I could not be more proud of how he represents
our program within the school. He is also a respectful and dignified
young man who treats others well. He is an example for all of you
younger guys to follow. Check him out as he talks about his goals
and his scholarship:
Alumni Updates - Two big stories this
past weekend. Steve Finley finally had his breakout college race,
lowering his mile PR down to 4:06.45 at the Notre Dame last chance meet.
This only placed him 17th overall, but I know Steve has to be pumped about
this big step forward. Steve - I made you promise to get me a
picture next to that clock when you finally broke four minutes.
Don't forget about Quick! I'm going to need a picture for my wall of
fame. Good news part two is that Terrence Thigpen ran in the mid-49s
to help his Lacrosse 4 x 400 team run 3:18 and secure a spot in the DIII
national meet. Both Terrence and John Lancaster will be competing
for All-American honors this weekend. Good luck you guys!
March 8, 2009 - York Invite Results
We did not run nearly as well as a team as
our amazing performance from last year where our guys broke four field
house records, but our performances today showed a ton of hope and
improvement. We placed 6th of 11 teams with 47 points. MSL
rivals Hoffman Estates (74), Conant (61), and Prospect (55) were the teams
right in front of us. York and Naperville North placed first and
second.
We have an important week of racing ahead
of us as many of our JV guys get their only chance to compete on a 200
meter track on Friday while the F/S have the MSL Indoor championship on
Saturday. Let's keep building on these early season bests and head
toward the outdoor season with some momentum.
Performance List Updates - I added
all of
our performances from the meet into the lists. I am also
tracking 4 x 400 splits for the first time so check those out.
Mileage Update - I'll have Week 5
miles up sometime today.
York
Invite - Bollman, Wiggen Impress in First Runs
4 x 800 meter relay - York allows
teams to enter both an A and B relay at this meet so we used the
opportunity to run our best F/S team in the B relay. Despite a fall
from Lucas Roehrborn at the second exchange, we ran 8:58 and looked really
good in placing a close third. Ryan McGough led off in 2:13.0, and
Roehrborn ran a great leg to get us right into contention for second.
He would have split 2:11-2:12, but he collided with someone while in the
zone, fell, and sent the baton flying into the infield. Tim Meincke
rushed to pick it up and did a great job getting us back into third place.
Lucas ran 2:14 anyway with the fall and that included the time it took
Meincke to pick up the stick and cross the line. Erik ran 2:12 and
change to take a good shot at second place, but he went out in 62 and
really felt it in the last 200 meters. Still, this was a great run.
Our varsity relay should be renamed the
Coach Quick JV Honorary Sacrificial Lamb Relay. Ever year I run our
varsity in the their best individual events at this meet and reward some
of our hard workers with spots on the varsity relay. This team ran
well to finish in 9:09 with Baran running an indoor PR of 2:16 and Shaler
looking solid in the lead-off leg. Gregorio dropped his 800 best
down to 2:20 while E-Rod had to have set an indoor best with his 2:16 leg.
I was proud of how hard all these guys competed in a tough situation.
3200 meter run - I had lowered my
expectations for this one a bit since both Chano and Colin had been sick
during the week. If the race was anything like our Wednesday
workout, it was going to be a long 3200 meters. It was. The
race went out blazing as Steve Sulkin went after the York indoor record of
9:10. He hooked up with Tyler Jermann of Naperville North to drive
the pace through at 65 and 2:15. Chano got out in 67-2:18-4:45 and
just completely ran out of gas. It was one of those races where
every lap is slower than the one before. I know we were both
disappointed, but this race was the high point of his season last year
instead of the first building block that it will be now. Chano
missed most of the winter recovering from injury following CC and it
showed in his inability to handle the early pace. As for Colin, he
was in a tough spot. He far overmatched the abilities of the guys in
the first heat, but was overmatched in this one. He went out with
the early pace and never recovered, hitting the mile in 5:00 (the hard way
- out in 67) and finishing in a tired 10:29. In a more evenly paced
race he can run near 10:00 right now, but we will have to wait for a
better opportunity.
800 meter
run - I really had no idea what to expect from Wiggen in his first 800
of the season. All of his training has been great thus far, but he
has never been a great indoor runner due to his large frame. His
2:02.6 to finish 5th place was a pleasant surprise. We entered him
at 2:04.5, and he exceeded that expectation by running intelligently in
the first 400 meters. He was 59.6-1:30.8-2:02.6 on his splits and
competed well deep into the race. As his speed catches up to the
aerobic training he did in the fall and winter, he will be a dangerous man
in this event. Luke Kierys has also been steadily improving this
indoor season and was lucky to be the last man into the fast heat.
He had run 2:13 in his only previous half this season, but fought nicely
to run 60.2-1:33.1-2:06.2. The 600 split of 1:33.1 was faster than
his race at that distance a week ago. Both of these guys are coming
along nicely and form key parts of a solid 4 x 800 relay.
600 meter run - It is starting to
sound like a broken record, but Justin Olson keeps making me label him as
the athlete of the meet. I thought his 600 at St. Charles may have
been a team best performance, but his 1:29.8 run here (27.9-58.1-1:29.8)
to finish in 6th place was even better. Justin is just running so
controlled right now, staying up tall and relaxed and letting his speed
flow. On top of that he is competing hard and running with great
passion and pride. This run predicts a nice 800 meter run in the
near future. In the first heat Jacob Starcevich picked up a solid
win in 1:36.8 (28.8-60.9-1:36.8). This may have been his first race
victory, ever? If so, congratulations.
1600 meter run - Both Bollman and
Bethke made the fast heat here, and I have to say that I expected a ton
from Alec. We have worked his speed all indoor season to get him
ready to bump up to the mile. I hoped for a victory for him at this
meet (until I remembered that Conant was there). Jeff Thode is in a
league of his own right now, adding a 4:16.6 clocking to his 1:55.0 from
earlier in the day. The race behind him was a close one. Alec
tagged along at the back of a five person group that included Naperville
North's Bob Guthrie and Mike Herbert, York's Jordan Hebert and Jack Driggs,
and Hoffman's Matt Perez. I wanted him to be less complacent and
challenge the front of this group, but he instead sat and waited to kick
in the last 400. By 100 out he was on the shoulder of Herbert for
third, but Driggs lit up a fiery kick and drove away with it. Alec
ended up a close fifth: Driggs (4:26.33), Perez (4:26.94), Herbert
(4:27.41), Bollman (4:27.46). His splits: 67.3-2:15.8 (68.4)-3:23.7
(68.0)-4:27.3 (63.6). This was a 3-4 second lifetime best, but there
is a lot of ground for improvement. Adam had a tough task in this
field, but ran much better than he had two weeks ago at St. Charles.
His time of 4:47.9 was solid and included splits of 67.9-2:20.3
(72.4)-3:34.5 (74.2)-4:47.9 (73.5). It is clear that Adam and the
other two-milers are a bit slow right now due to lack of speed work, but
that will take care of itself as the season progresses.
Other Team Performances
Many of our best runs and jumps (and most of
our points) came from the other areas of the team. I liked some of
the distance times, but in the end we contributed only 12 points to the
team and 6 of those were from the B relay. Other great efforts:
Chris Norman had a great day. He
made the final in the 55 and placed 5th, ran a close second in the 200
in 23.31, and led off the 4 x 200 to a great positioning. Our
relay there bettered our time from a year ago and placed second.
Ed Anderson is coming on. He
jumped 20' 6 1/2" to finish 4th in the long jump. His 5' 10" in
the high jump wasn't particularly high but it tied for 4th.
LaJuane Bailey also continued his massive improvement to PR again at 5'
10".
Our junior sprinters are improved and
starting to make a varsity impact. Steve Schalla made the 55 final
and placed 7th. Kyle Marrison and Dan Schwiekert both ran nice
legs on the 4 x 200 and are proving to be key pieces on the 4 x 400 as
well. Their 4 x 400 splits were 55.1 and 55.2 respectively as we
placed 6th in that relay. It will be interesting to see what we
run when we put all of our best legs together next Friday night.
It will be some combo of Norman, Wiggen, Bollman, Marrison, and
Schwiekert.
Bolingbrook Dual - Tyler Jones and Ed
Anderson Lead the Way
I didn't
get around to a full write-up of this meet last week. Here are the
highlights:
Tyler Jones threw 49' 2" to set a
new personal best in the shot put. Coach Bobbit has him spinning
this year in the shot to enhance his discus technique, and T. Jones
can be a huge force when he puts it all together.
Ed Anderson jumped 6' 0" and had a
nice miss at 6' 2" with good hip height over the bar.
The feature distance race was a
showdown between Bollman and Wiggen in the 600. Bollman won the
race in 1:28.9 as Wiggen tied up pretty badly off of a 27.8 opening
lap.
Our 3200 meter guys all deserve some
credit. Bethke and Baran looked solid to go 1-2 in the varsity
in 10:29 and 10:37 while Tim Meincke (11:00) and Jake Alberti (11:55)
set lifetime bests. Jake's race was especially tough. He
didn't have a ton of comp but really pushed himself in the middle laps
to run a 4 second PR.
A.J. Laskowske thrilled all of his
coaches and teammates with a 4:51 mile in his only race of the year
before heading off to baseball. It was a really bright flash of
potential, and I hope A.J. can make all of that happen for real next
CC season. Our JV milers also looked good: Kuershner, Sund, and
Smith all ran between 5:10 and 5:16. Bogs also blew away his
indoor best by opening his season in 5:38. Last year he
struggled to break 6:00 indoors so maybe that 5:00 mile is in his
future.
March 1, 2009 - Bolingbrook Dual
Results, Alumni and Video Updates
I will put together a write up of the meet
in the next day or so, but I did do a ton of updates. We lost 72-67
to Bolingbrook after they won the 4 x 400 meter relay, but our team had a
number of great performances. Tyler Jones threw 49' 2" in the shot
put, Ed Anderson cleared 6' 0" in the high jump, and Chris Norman won the
200 meters in 24.2 on the 160 meter track.
Distance-wise we performed well in a
situation where most of the races were of the intra-squad variety.
The race of the day had to go to A.J. Laskowske who demolished his 1600
meter PR by six seconds, running 4:51.3 and pushing Chano all the way to
the line. Alec Bollman had a nice 600 meter time of 1:28.9 and our
depth shone much better than it did at St. Charles last week. More
on the meet later...
Performance List Updates - The lists for all of
the distance performances have been updated to include races run yesterday
at Bolingbrook. We are up to four people under 5:00 and are looking
for 26 more. This is our year to do it!
Mileage Updates
- I finally got around to compiling the miles for Week 1, Week 2, Week 3,
and Week 4 as well as the season Mileage Progression. The mileage
shows that we are putting in a ton of aerobic work, and this work should
bring great benefit when the real racing season starts in April and May.
Let's keep piling up the miles and keeping our outdoor goals in mind.
Consistency is magic!
Video Updates - Vlad Novikov was
my video correspondent yesterday, and he took videos of the 600 meter run,
the 1600 meter run, and the distance 4 x 400 meter relay. He also
interviewed freshman Tim "Wrong Way" Meincke after his great run in the
3200 meter run.
Check out our
YouTube channel for all four videos.
February, 24, 2009 - St. Charles
Results, Video Updates
We
opened up our season with a solid win in our opening dual meet at St.
Charles East. We tried people in a number of different events,
treating the meet as a laid-back opener, but the meet gained some real
steam at the end with a spirited 4 x 400 meter relay. Kyle Marrison
hung on in the anchor leg to give us a narrow win in the race and in the
meet. I think the final score was 72-67. Had we lost the final
relay, the Saints would have been victorious in the team standings as
well.
Performance Lists - I
finally put together the
performance lists for each event and updated them with our St. Charles
results. Starting this year, I also think that I am going to keep
track of 4 x 400 splits and results. I should have been including
the distance splits in this event for years, but I was a bit lazy. I
also created another page for "other" events such as the 600, the 1000,
and the DMR to catalog those performances
Video Updates - I am going to start
putting up videos on our YouTube channel. One of my weekly goals is
to do an interview each week with one of our distance guys. The
first one was
a
short, trial interview with Drew Shaler. This week's interview
is with senior leader Matt Wiggen. Don't tell him to "shut up" - he
has plenty of big goals and good things to say about the team.
Alumni Updates - I saw that Smoody
won his first collegiate race over the weekend and that Terrence Thigpen
was part of a national-qualifying 4 x 400 relay, but the cool news was the
interesting finish in the 3000 meters at the Eastern Illinois Friday Night
Special. In some freakish convergence of the stars, J Mac finished
14th in 8:54, Jacobi finished 15th in 8:56, Dettloff was 16th in 8:59, and
Soto placed 17th in 9:00. What are the odds of four Palatine-trained
guys finishing together in a college race. You have got to give it
up for J Mac - the dude isn't even on a college team! He just busts
out an 8:54 because running is his hobby. Too bad he never got the
chance to truly develop at the collegiate level. Check out this
week's Alumni Update.
St. Charles Results - Pirates Own
Distance Races Despite Injury, Suspensions
We have had some injury setbacks and some
missed practices so we only ended up fielding about half of our distance
guys for the first meet. Hopefully the team will get on the same
page now that the races are starting and everyone will make practice a
priority. It is a lot more fun to have everyone running together.
With that said, our results at St. Charles
were impressive for the most part. As a track team we won the 200,
400, 600, 800, 1000, and 1600 so that bodes well for our future and our
depth. On to the distance results...
4 x 800 meter relay - I joked with
Coach Carney from St. Charles that we always get smoked by his team in
this one, and we continued our trend of losing in all eight years that I
have coached. They usually load it up while we don't, but this
year's crew had a couple of solid results. Adam Bethke (2:11), Colin
Morlock (2:10), and Jacob Starcevich (2:16) all ran well as did our F/S
crew. Morlock equalled his 400 meter career PR by going out in 60.7
while Stars set a career best.
1000 meter run - Alec Bollman was our only entry in this one, and we
were looking for him to run somewhere between 2:40 and 2:45. A
2:42.5 would be optimal since that is 4:20 mile pace through the 1000
meters. While he didn't clock in that low, he ran a nice-looking
2:45.0 to win the race. I was impressed by his early aggression (out
in 61.0), and it is positive to note that this time betters the 2:45.9 put
up by Smoody in this same race from his junior year. Alec has been
looking great all winter, and I know he is hoping to build toward
greatness as this season goes along.
800 meter run - Luke Kierys went out
aggressively in this one and then paid in the second quarter. Still,
he ran 2:13 and won the race so that was a positive. His splits of
60.5 and 72.5 were a bit out of kilter for an 800, but we wanted
aggression and he gave it up. Reuben Frey also posted a solid
2:22.0, and I am really proud of how well he has been practicing. He
and I are both hoping for big things this track season.
600 meter run - Until the 1600 later
in the night, I thought that Justin Olson's win here would be the race of
the night. He ran tall and in control and blasted a huge lifetime
best of 1:32.8 on the 160 meter track. Justin has had a long period
of consistent and uninterrupted training, and I would love nothing more
than seeing him become a 2:00 half-miler and a big player in his final
track season. Freshman Tim Meincke also had a spirited run to nearly
nip Erik Bethke at the tape (1:39 to 1:40), and Jake Stars again posted an
impressive race, finishing in 1:37 and scoring vital team points.
400 meter dash - Wiggen and Norman
went at each other in this race that pitted both of our returning All-Staters
against one another. Chris came out on top and won the race in a
solid 55.4. Matt finished third in 56.4, which is the best time he
has registered at St. Charles in his career.
1600 meter run - Colin Morlock ran
like an animal in this race, executing our race plan to perfection.
We saw that the Johnson, the St. Charles guy, had really solid speed when
he shredded our guys in the 4 x 800. Our plan then became to push
really hard from the 600 to the 1200 and try to drain him of his kick.
Morlock did exactly that and ran away with the race in a lifetime best of
4:43.7. That is the third fastest I have had a guy run out there in
eight years of coaching. Kudos to Colin for believing in himself and
starting off what we hope will be a great season.
In the F/S race, Anthony Gregorio appeared
to have the race clearly in hand, but Lucas Roehrborn thundered up from
behind to nail him at the tape, 5:08.9 to 5:09.0. Both were solid
times and efforts for so early in the season. Anthony tried to grab
Luke as he flashed by at the tape, but he will need to learn to finish
harder through the line next time.
February 17, 2009 - Alumni Updates,
First Meet on Friday at St. Charles
Not much to report as we haven't run a meet
yet. Come out and see both the boys and girls teams in action on
Friday afternoon/night at St. Charles East.
Alumni Updates - Our boys alums ran
some solid races over the weekend as the indoor season comes to conference
meet time, but the race of the weekend had to belong to Amy Laskowske.
She ran 16:23 to provisionally qualify to the NCAA Division I Indoor
Championship, and her time was a University of Minnesota school record by
seven seconds.
To top off a great weekend for the
Laskowske family, Tommy qualified to the IHSA Class 4A wrestling state
meet by placing 2nd at the Barrington sectional. I must have jinxed
him by going out to see his championship match because he suffered only
his fourth loss of the year. Check out
his
bracket and have him in your thoughts as he guns for an individual
state title this weekend in Champaign. We are all so proud!
February 8, 2009 - Week Two
Practice Schedule, Alumni Updates
I just finished reading David Maraniss's
biography of Vince Lombardi today. The book is entitled When
Pride Still Mattered, and is a great chronicle of what made the great
coach tick and how he led the Packers to five word titles in nine years.
A great quote comes from this section where Lombardi talks about his
belief in love and how it made the difference between his team and
others.
Maraniss writes, "You might
have a guy playing next to you who maybe isn't perfect, but you've got to
love him, and maybe that love would enable you to help him. And
maybe you will do something more to overcome a difficult situation in
football because of that love. He didn't want us to be picking on
each other, but thinking, What can I do to make it easier for my
teammate."
This passage reminds me
of how we all have flaws, coaches included, but accepting that we are all
flawed in common often enables us to help others more freely. You
never know when a teammate will help you through a difficult situation in
a race, a practice, or your life. The passage also reminded me of
Justin Smith's extraordinary apology and statement of belief in the team
on Saturday. That was a tough moment for him, but it was also a
powerful statement of what our team can mean to an individual. What
can each of us do each day to make things easier for a teammate? A
team that cares becomes something higher - a family. That type of
caring is how the many can generate the few who can do the extraordinary
on the course or the track. Not all of us can be champions with our
running speed, but we all can care about the team and each other like
champions.
Practice Schedule
We had a solid first week of practice, but
have some nagging injuries and attendance issues to fix. Polar Bear
is over. We need to get into the rhythm of regular practice.
Everyone needs to be at practice every day. This week's schedule:
Sun
Feb 8
Mon
Feb 9
Tues
Feb 10
Wed
Feb 11
Thurs
Feb 12
Fri
Feb 13
Sat
Feb 14
Run on
own
3:45 pm
All
3:45 pm
All
3:45 pm
All
6:00 am
Var, JV, 800 meter group
3:45 pm
All
6:00 am
All
8:00 am
All
Alumni Updates - I found
a couple of races from Friday and Saturday and added these performances to
the Alumni page. I know that I am missing
races from this season so e-mail me and let me know if you find other
results. I know that Kwak ran a 16:21 PR, Smoody opened his college
career in a solid 1:53, and John Lancaster provisionally qualified for the
DIII indoor 5K with a huge career PR. Maybe John will earn his way
into the meet and grab his first All-American honor.
February 4, 2009 - Practice Has
Started
I've been having
problems with the site so I haven't put up the practice schedule for this
week. I will be sure to get it up in all subsequent weeks.
Also, remember that we are still taking athletes for the track team and
especially looking for guys to run distance. Let's see who we can
pull into the fold as we get started.
Alumni Update - Doug Finley sent
along
a sweet video from FloTrack of Steve winning his heat of the 1000
meters at last weekend's Penn State Invite. Hopefully Steve can stay
healthy and run the great mile that I know is in him.
January 31, 2009 - Alumni, Coaches
Updates
Remember that the 2009 track
season begins on Monday. Meet by the board after school and be sure
to turn in all necessary paperwork to the nurse.
Alumni Updates - I added pics and recent
performances for our alumni who are in college. Check out all the
race results on the new Alumni page.
Coaches Update - I finally got around to adding Matt
Sheehan's coaching biography to the Coaches page.
January 26, 2009 - New Look and Feel
for PalatineCC.net
I first
started this site in 2002, and I have never updated the look and feel, the
main menu, or anything about it. As times change, I wanted to
provide us with more ways to interact and share experiences about the program
that we have made and love. Thanks go out to all of the people who
visit regularly, and I hope that the new site will offer more ways for you
to contribute to my reporting.
The Changes:
Video - I recently bought an easy to
use Flip video camera so I thought I would create a PalatineCC YouTube
channel. Now, we can have both a photographer and a videographer
at each meet. We will be able to publish races, team moments,
interviews, and much more.
Wiki - A wiki is an interactive web
site that is built by its users. For years I have been the only
one creating content for this site so it is limited by the amount of
time I have to put stuff up. Now, the current team, alumni,
coaches, and parents can all contribute to a team built web page.
It's still under construction, but site areas will surely include The
Planet Online, Remember When, Team Memories pages, Alibis, and much
more. Vlad Novikov and I are designing it and it will be out
shortly for all of you to join.
Main Menu - Some of the links on the
menu have been dead for years. I bit off more than I could chew so
areas such as Links and Roster have been deleted. I never updated
the Links page and Roster was just too much time. It was much
easier to have a page for each guy when there were 25 guys on the team
and I had no kids. I kept Alumni with plans to revamp and use it.
Graphic - It took me hours to redo the
top graphic because I am a graphic design neophyte. Adobe
Photoshop almost conquered me as a I remade a graphic pixel by pixel,
but I improved it in the end, merging the main menu with the top graphic
and getting the jersey picture incorporated. It could be cleaned
up, but will suffice for now.
Width - I recently purchased a 22 inch
monitor and was surprised how small the site seemed. I programmed
it for 800 pixels wide years ago when monitors of that size display were
the baseline. They aren't anymore. The site is now 100
pixels wide so pics in the margins and in the main area can now be
bigger.
Alumni - I want to create a page for
each alum currently running in college, but this may be better off left
for the Wiki. I may post random info here and then have alum info
be posted by the users on the Wiki. Delegation of content.
Palatine CC Partners - I want our guys
to always stay healthy, yet I always seem to be lacking numbers for our
most crucial and consistent partners in health. These partners
will stay embedded at the top of the main page so that parents can find
and contact them easily.
- Running Unlimited is where the majority of our athletes get their
shoes. RU is the best choice because they offer quality service
and ensure that our kids are in the best shoes for their feet.
They also employ our student athletes consistently, we partner with them
for a number of summer road races.
- Bodywork by Dave is the massage therapy service offered by Palatine
grad Dave Davis. He has been the masseuse of champions for almost
20 years now, and you won't find a more ardent supporter of our programs
or a bigger fan of the sport. Dave's office is a running museum in
itself, full of pictures of his running exploits and of all the All-Staters
he has helped keep in action. Most of our best guys see him weekly
to stay injury-free in the championship season.
- Davenport Chiropractic Wellness is our number one referral for
persistent running injuries. Although Michael Davenport is listed
as a chiropractor, he provides so many more services. Don't think
of him as a "back-cracker" (I go regularly and have never even been
adjusted). Think of him as an expert in endurance training and
injuries. Doctor Davenport has completed numerous Ironman
Triathlons, marathons, and ultra-marathons. The man is tough and
emphasizes pro-active treatment and body maintenance. With
insurance, his services are incredibly affordable.
Coaches - After years of hard
volunteer work, Matt Sheehan is finally getting paid like he deserves.
As Fred retires in the next year, Matt will step in as a paid cross
country and track assistant. He and I have so many goals and
dreams for this program, and it will be fun to see where the program
goes as we start to work as a tandem. I hope that our combined
success can meet or exceed what Fred and I have enjoyed together.
It is far beyond time that Matt gets a mention on the Coaches page.
Track Season Begins Monday, February 2
Everyone in the distance group needs to
get his papers in by the end of this week in order to start practice
next Monday. Many of you have been training on your own through
Polar Bear, but it is a requirement to have papers for actual
practice. Everyone needs:
Parent Permission Form
Current Physical
Green Emergency Card
Turn all of this information in to the
nurse sometime this week.
Track
Recruiting Day - Thursday, January 29th
We are going to do an onslaught of
recruiting of freshmen and sophomores during all four of the lunch hours.
We are going to enlist our seniors to stay in that day for their lunch
hour, but any track guys that can help would be beneficial. We are
going to talk with guys and girls about coming out for either team.
More info to follow.
