State Meet

What a day on Saturday. Both teams ran their hearts out and we continue onto our final week of practice! I am looking forward to a strong week of practice. We will be practicing after school as normal this week.

Schedule for the weekend:

Monday - HS

Tuesday - 1X200M, 1X300M, 400M, 1X300M, 1X200M 1K COOL FULL REC - track

Wednesday - Pool

Thursday - 4m on course

Friday - morning practice

Friday

6:00am - Morning Practice

7:35am-2:35pm - Normal day of school

3:00pm - Leave from middle school to Marshall

3:30 – Dinner at Olive Garden in Alpine

6:15pm - Check in:

Comfort Inn Marshall
204 Winston Dr. Marshall, MI 49068
1-269-789-7890

7:30pm – Movie?

9:30pm – Team Meeting

10:00pm - Light's out!

Saturday

8:00am - Wake Up

8:15am - Wake Up Easy Run

8:45am - Breakfast at Hotel

9:30am - Leave for MIS (65 minute drive)

11:00am - Arrive at MIS

1:30pm - D2 Boys RACE!

2:30pm - D2 Girls RACE!

3:45pm - Awards Ceremony

8:30pm-9:30pm - Arrive in Spring Lake

Transportation

We are taking 2 school vans and will be able to fit the 8 girls running and 1 boy running in those buses. We will have spots for 2 boys and 2 girls not running on Saturday.  We have several girls who want to be with the team. At this point we would have to leave some girls behind, as a team I would love to have all these girls to come down. So we are asking any parents who plan on coming down if they could possibly carpool our runners. Do any of our parents plan on staying down on Friday night? If so, is there room to bring four girls down?

Hotel

The boosters are providing hotel rooms for the 9 runners. There is no charge for these rooms. We have an additional 1 room for the girls who plan on coming down. The room is $133 and will have to be paid for by the runners themselves. The final price per girl will depend on the number or girls that can come down.

Costs

$8 admission charge for all spectators: May purchase at tickleap.com

Girls Running on Saturday: $20-$30 lunch/snacks and any additional spending money.

Girls Not Running: Somewhere between $20-$30 for hotel costs. The admission for the race is $7 for everyone not running the race. Plan on $20-$30 for dinner and any additional spending money.

There are shirts for sale at the event.

Team Dinner

Could we have a dinner on Thursday? 

Food for Tent

Last year our parents brought an amazing selection of food and after a long day the kids are really hungry after the race. Can we have a sign up of food for Saturday? Many teams have sandwiches, fruit, snacks, water, etc....it is great for our runners and provides a "Spring Lake" location. What do you think?

On Saturday we would love to have a big group of spectators cheering on our Lakers, so please bring all that you can!

As I have stated so many times before, our cross country parents are absolutely the best. It has been a few years since we have had a team make it team state and I truly believe our girls have a shot of doing really well on Saturday....all the support would be awesome!

Please let me know if you can help drive and/or provide food for Saturday.

Go Lakers!

Aaron

coacha_sl@yahoo.com

Portage Invitational

SLXC Parents-

 What a great day yesterday for our boys and girls. The weather was perfect and the hills weren’t so intimidating for our runners. This Saturday we will be running the Portage Invitational at Portage West Middle School.

Meet Info: This is the largest meet of the season and parking can be a little tricky. Please look over the information here:

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=89391#36132

Bus Schedule: Both groups leave from the middle school at 8:55am, Saturday. We will be arriving home somewhere around 7pm at the middle school.

Race Times

1:00pm - Boys Varsity
2:00pm - Girls Varsity
3:00pm - Boys JV
4:00pm - Girls JV 

Snacks for PORTAGE: This will be a long day for all the runners so please make sure they have properly packed clothes, water, and something to eat (peanut free). I was hoping we might have a setup like we did at MSU? Parents willing to bring bottled water/Gatorade and snacks for the kids (bananas, animal crackers, cheese/crackers are always a great).. We will leave at 9:00 and not return until early evening. Any ideas or suggestions??

Homecoming: We know the dance will be later that night and a lot of the kids will want to be home as early as possible. The busses will be still taking any runner home as a normal meet but if you are taking home your runner from the event, we are asking parents to take home their own runner if possible. We will need permission slips from any other situation outlining who and what vehicle runners will be in. ALL runners must ride home with a PARENT.  

Post/Race and Clean-Up: All runners are required to stay until all races and cool downs are complete and coaches have given the final permission. This includes clean up and the take down of our tent area.

Thanks for all you do!

Aaron