Intrasquad - Warhawks Win! - Next Step...Keep Improving

Saturday was the first in many steps towards a successful 2018 cross country season. The JMM CC Boys got their first taste of 5,000 meters for the season. Many improvements were made for returning athletes and the new kids got a great learning experience. The team has been working hard and we were racing on tired legs. This time of year is more about what we do Sunday through Friday then our results on Saturday. The work that is being done on mileage days and workouts now in August/September will determine if we have success during the championship season at City, Conference, and Sectionals. Early season races are meant as a learning experience so that we can keep on improving. If you weren't happy with your place/time on Saturday....get back to work and keep improving. If you were happy with your place/time on Saturday...good job...get back to work and keep improving. No one will remember at the end of the year what happened at Intrasquad but many stories will be told in the future years about our performances at the Championship Meets.

The team competition this year came down to 3 points! The CORE held an early lead as they won the 5 person competition scoring 19 points compared to the Warhawks 43 and Alumni's 82. BUT as at many cross country races, EVERY runner makes a difference and passing 1 more runner can always be important. The Warhawks led by captain Imaad scored 673 points to The CORE's 676 points. It was fun to see guys competing for every point and spot on Saturday. This will become even more important at the Verona Invite as we see runners from other teams.

Our varsity has some work to do to move our pack forward. Our gap of :27 seconds between our 1 - 5 runners is really exciting to see but we can't be competitive with other teams if we have no runners under 18:30. Unfortunately during the race Imaad took a wrong turn (dropping him from 1st to 18th) having him back out front will help a ton and we will look for some more help from some runners who will run their first race of the season at Verona. Today's race turned into a tight competition between senior Peter V and junior Brett N as they went 18:36 & 18:38 respectively. The goal for these guys is to lead this next pack closer to Imaad and our top runners. Senior Peter S led our guys competing for a top 7 varsity spot which saw 4 runners come in within 15 seconds of each other. Junior Joey C earned a varsity spot along with Junior Peter B and Sophomore Sam S. First year CC runner Jacob Weller will lead a strong group of JV runners at Verona who are hungry to compete for a varsity spot. Our JV1 looks really strong and needs to keep working hard to push our varsity and JV to improve. 


We head back to work for one more week of practice before school begins. It will end with our team seeing some great competition at the Verona Invite. It is important we stay healthy as we continue to work hard to improve. Get SLEEP, hydrate, eat well, stretch, and ice! Start thinking about your season goal and what you need to do to reach it. I see big things for this years team and am excited to get everyone training and racing with the start of school just around the corner.

RESULTS
2018 Intrasquad Results & Intrasquad Statistics (click on the tabs)

UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday 8/26 - Spartan Card Blitz @ Olson Elementary 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Monday 9/3 - Captains Practice @ UW Arboretum - more info to come

NEWS & NOTES
Clothing Order - click link - LAST CHANCE...online store closes this weekend
Spartan Card Awards - If you sold 15+ cards...attend awards ceremony Monday 8/27
Lost & Found - I already have some items, please check for your stuff at practice (and then also remember to gather items after practices better :)

WEEK 3 PRACTICE SCHEDULE
Note switch to afternoon for mandatory practices!
August 27th (Mon)                8:00 am – JMM (optional)         4:00pm – 6:15pm JMM

August 28th (Tues)               8:00 am – JMM (optional)          4:00pm – 6:15pm JMM

August 29th (Wed)                8:00 am – JMM (optional)         4:00pm – 6:15pm JMM - varsity uniforms

August 30th (Thurs)              8:00 am – JMM (optional)         4:00pm – 6:15pm JMM - Sr/Jr uniforms
August 31st (Fri)                   8:00 am – JMM (optional)         4:00pm – 6:15pm JMM - So/Fr uniforms

NEXT MEET

Saturday September 1st 

Verona Invitational - Verona HS

NO BUS - Arrive at 7:30am (remember to try to arrive early!)

9:00am - First Race

9:00am - Boys Varsity (2017 Results)

10:20am - Boys JV (2017 Results)

11:40pm - Open Race (parents & siblings can run for fun)

12:40pm - Awards Ceremony - Varsity = top 2 teams & 40 individuals, JV = top 30 individuals
***Reminder, no bus but athletes MUST stay until the completion of ALL races AND the team cool down before leaving the meet (probably around 11:40am) ***