Team 101: October 27th- November 2nd

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

Note: Bad weather does not cancel practice, it will be moved to another area. This training schedule is for the boys; girls practice may differ.

Monday- Jefferson (Boys A.M. weight room)
Tuesday- John Curtis
Wednesday- District Championship (Audubon Park)
Thursday- City Park- Varsity Only (Boys A.M. weight room)
Friday- John Curtis 
Saturday- STA Invite (Hammond) or Middle School Championship (City Park)
Sunday- On Your Own

Meet Information:

Wednesdays meet will take place at Audubon Park.  We will be leaving school early.  Girls race at 4:00 and boys at 4:40.

Saturday the middle school/junior high runners will compete at City Park in the same location we have the other meets this season.  A schedule will be discussed later this week.  We will meet at the park.

The varsity members of the team will race at STA in Hammond.  Girls race at 9:30 and boys at 10:00.  We will meet at school at 7:00 A.M.

Weekly Notes:

All athletes have at least 2 more weeks of the season following this week.  The Saturday before the state championship we will have 1 mile time trials for the whole team.  Therefore, junior high and middle school runners still have at least 2 more opportunities to compete.  Varsity/Varsity B runners have 4-6 more opportunities to compete.

We will be split between older runners going to STA this saturday and younger runners going to City Park.  Please listen for more info at practice.

Reminder that in order to run at Nike in November you must be under 17 minutes for boys and 20 minutes for girls. Your best opportunities are coming up in the next few weeks!

Recent Events:

This past week both teams took big steps forward with many members of the team setting personal records at either the STA Invite on Wednesday or the Brother Martin Invite on Saturday (some runners doing it at both places!).  Our girls program is improving at the right time, making it possible to recreate last years runner up position at the state meet.  The boys, despite losing on a tiebreaker to St. Paul's, still saw great improvement in their personal bests to help cement them as the top small school in the state.

Also, the improvement of the newer runners should be noted.  Our MS/JH/JV programs look stocked for the future and the coaching staff is very excited about the next crop of runners coming up in the program.

Weather Outlook:

Harahan 10-Day Forecast

Upcoming Events (Subject to Change!):

October 29th: District Championship (Audubon Park)
November 1st: STA Invite (STA) or Middle School Metro Championship (City Park)
November 8th: New Orleans Metro Championship (City Park)
November 11th: Northshore Metro Championship (Hammond)
November 15th: End of the Season Time Trial (Jefferson Playground)
November 17th-18th: State Cross Country Meet (NSU)
November 22nd: Nike South Regional (Bear Branch Park, Woodlands) Sub 17 Boys and Sub 20 Girls
November 26th-30th: Thanksgiving Break
December 1st: First Day of Track Conditioning
December 6th: Nike XC Nationals (Portland, OR)

December 13th: ACT Date/Practice After

December 19th-January 4th: Christmas Break (Mandatory Varsity Practice)
January 10th: LSU HS Indoor Season Opener (LSU)
January 17th: McNeese State Indoor #1 (McNeese State)
January 24th: LSU Qualifier (LSU)
January 31st: McNeese State Indoor #2 (McNeese State)
February 7th: LSU Last Chance Qualifier (LSU)

February 7th: ACT Date/Practice After
February 14th: State Meet Preparation Practice (TBD)
February 16th-20th: Mardi Gras Break (NOTICE: STATE MEET HAPPENS DURING BREAK. VARSITY MEMBERS HAVE MANDATORY PRACTICE)
February 21st: State Indoor Track Meet (LSU)
March 4th: NOLA MS/JH Qualifier #1 (TBD)
March 7th: Mandeville Skipper Relays (Mandeville)
March 11th: NOLA MS/JH Qualifier #2 (TBD)
March 13th-15th: New Balance Indoor Nationals (New York, NY)
March 21st: Tentative Date- Relay Invitational hosted by John Curtis
March 25th: NOLA MS/JH Championship (TBD)
March 27th-28th: Sugar Bowl Classic (Tad Gormley)
April 3rd-12th: Easter Break (Mandatory Varsity Practice)
April 4th: Mobile Meet of Champions (Mobile, AL)
April 10th-11th: Arcadia Invitational (Arcadia, CA)
April 18th: ACT Date
May 7th-9th: State Outdoor Track Meet (LSU)
June 13th: ACT Date
June 19th-21st: New Balance Outdoor Nationals (Greensboro, NC)
July 29th-August 8th: AAU Junior Olympics (Hampton Roads, VA)