Team 101: June 16th-22nd

Once again, check for weekly updates as it will most likely answer all your questions!

Weekly Training/Racing Schedule (All Dates, Locations and Times Subject to Change):

Note: Bad weather may not cancel practice, it may be moved to another area.

June 16th-22nd (Summer evening training schedule in effect: 5:00 PM for sprinters, field athletes and young runners, 5:50 for girls and junior high boys, 6:15 for high school boys)

Monday- Jefferson Playground  
Tuesday- John Curtis 
Wednesday- NOTC 2 Miler (City Park) Meet for 6 PM
Thursday- Jefferson Playground
Friday- Jefferson Playground 
Saturday- Time Trial 9:00 AM
Sunday- On Your Own

Meet Information:

For the time trial we will meet at Jefferson at 9:00 AM and different runners will do different distances.  Runners will be assigned a distance on Thursday or Friday.

Weekly Notes:

Please note that we will be adding one more NOTC 2 miler at the end of the summer on July 23rd with the addition of a speedball game beforehand.  Because of this, we will be moving the SA relay race back to that Saturday.

Signup for the AAU Club Championships in Orlando will happen shortly.  Please let coach Chaz know as soon as possible of your intentions to go or not to go to the meet that week.  We will have practice as normal with Coach Preston, Howie, and Fernando on those day.  Also, reminder that travel and hotel plans are the responsibility of the athlete and his parents.  There is no team bus or team hotel.

There is still some shirts and singlets available for purchase.  Mostly size smalls are available.  Just speak to coach Chaz about it at practice.

Recent Events:

This weekend we participated in the AAU Region 11 National Qualifier which allows athletes to qualify for the JR Olympics.  We had some great performances I will post a link to the official results when they are posted online.

The team also participated in the New Balance Outdoor National Championship in Greensboro, NC.  This is an event we are trying to aim for our 7th grade distance runners and above, as well as high school age athletes in the other event, to qualify for each year. The meet showcases many of the top track and field athletes in the country.  This year Devyn Keith finished as a medallist in the 2 mile in the Emerging Elite section to go along with an 8th place finish in the Emerging Elite mile.  In the Junior High mile race, Zachery Barthel and Denton Young both represented the squad well with two personal records and a near medalling for Barthel.

Weather Outlook:

Harahan 10-Day Forecast.  If it is raining around workout time, I will be updating changes in practice schedule on twitter which will automatically load onto the right side of this page.  You can check for updates there.  Please do not call or text several hours before practice even begins.  The weather around here changes swiftly and there is no way to tell what it will look like around practice time.  Between 30-40 minutes before practice I will tweet if practice is changing locations, but I will not tweet if it remains the same.  If practice location changes, 99% of the time it will change to John Curtis High School which is located on Jefferson Highway in River Ridge.

Upcoming Events (Subject to Change):

June 21st: Distance Time Trial

June 27th: NOTC Track Meet

July 4th-7th: Summer Break #2

July 6th-13th:  AAU Club Championship (Disneyworld Wide World of Sports)

July 19th:  Rollette Invitational (Covington HS)

July 21st-27th:  USATF Junior Olympics (Houston, Texas)
July 23rd: NOTC 2 Mile Race

July 25th- August 3rd:  AAU Junior Olympics (Des Moines, Iowa)
July 26th:  Southern Athletics Distance Relay Race

July 31st- August 3rd:  Summer Break #3

August 9th:  End of Summer BBQ
September 3rd: John Curtis XC Season Opener (City Park)