Thursday Preseason Meeting

We are going to have a meeting on Thursday, May 5th before school starts at 7:10am for our runners.  This will be to discuss the upcoming season including summer training, a possible training trip for some of our runners, running camp for everyone once the season has started, fundraising, and deciding on team warm ups that we will be getting this year.  If you have any questions, please let me know prior to.

Thanks,
Denny

Addition: We will be meeting in the Conference Room across from the main office at the front entrance. Thanks!

Banquet Reminder

A couple of reminders for the Banquet tomorrow evening.  We would like to start as close to 6:00 as possible, so please be there prior to 5:50 so we can have everyone settled and we can get going right away.  You will need to enter the school in the back of the building, Door 16 and then take a left.  

Lastly, for those that still have a part or all of their uniform out, please remember to bring tomorrow.  If any part is not turned in a fine will be assessed.

Thanks and any questions, please let me know,
Denny

Uniforms

We are going to have uniforms and locks turned in tomorrow (Wednesday) around 3:00 (after I get out of work).  Uniforms need to be clean and all parts assigned out need to be returned.  As for locks/lockers, Boys will need to have their lockers cleaned out and locks turned in and Girls need to clean out and return their locks as well unless they are planning to be in Nordic Skiing, in which case they can hold onto their lockers/locks.

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks

Denny

JV Section Results

Our Individual and the Overall Results from tonight's JV Section races are now posted on the right side of the blog.

Colder temps and a little rain didn't slow down our JV runners tonight as they were able to finish off the season for the team on a very positive note!  22 of 23 Boys and 6 of 7 Girls ran either All Time Personal Bests or a Seasonal Best, and a lot of those were not by small amounts! It's a great way to cap off the season and to have a positive moving forward.  The Boys finished in 11th of 13 and the Girls were 7th of  11 teams, but it is hard to put a negative on the amount of improvements everyone got today when you look at the team placings.  The process is working and the steps that we needed to take this year were accomplished, and they will be things that we can and need to build off of if we want to continue to move up. 

Thank you to everyone that was able to come out and support the JV runners, including some of our alumni! There was a great energy tonight and it is a fun way to end the season!! 

One last thing, we will meet tomorrow after the middle school runners get out of school around 3:05, downstairs by the ski room and equipment room to do a survey and team voting.  After that is complete, if any of the runners want to stick around to do some more fun things to bring an end to everything, they are able to.

Thanks,
Denny

Varsity Section Results

Congrats to all of the Varsity runners today on ending their seasons with solid races.  We had our best overall race of the season, and when 5 Boys and 4 Girls run all-time bests of the 14 that ran (plus one season best), it is an easy thing to say that they did the best that they could.  We are young and still working on some things, but the improvements helped the teams move forward.  The Girls team tied for 7th but were able to beat Cambridge-Isanti on a tie breaker (6th runners for both teams), which is a big step considering they were supposed to be 8th by a wide margin.  The Boys team finished in 8th out of 8, but were closer to the teams ahead of them then they had been all season.  We know, looking at the other teams, that we have a lot of work to do to move up, but with the improvements they have had this season and how young and inexperienced we were going into this season, things are looking more positive and if we keep putting our time in we could move up sooner than later.

Check out our individual and the Overall results on the right side of the blog.  I will update Season Bests after the JV run tomorrow evening.  As for the JV, the bus will leave around 3:15 tomorrow.  The Girls will race at 4:45 and the Boys at 5:15.  With all of the PR's today, it should be fun to see how much everyone can improve tomorrow, plus give the JV runners the confidence to know that if the Varsity team can improve that much, so can they!!

Thanks for all of your support and hope to see you all out tomorrow!!
Denny

Sections

Here are a couple of last minute items for the Section Meets on Wednesday for the Varsity and Thursday for JV.  This will be the last meet for most of the team, but also the opportunity to qualify for the State Meet at St. Olaf on Saturday, Nov. 6th.

Those that qualify for the State Meet will be the 1st and 2nd place teams, as well as the 8 fastest runners that are not on those two teams.  The weather is looking like temp wise will be perfect for fast times, hard to say if it will stay dry or not though, looking more wet than anything.

Both the Boys and the Girls will be wearing Black uniforms tomorrow.

Also, please remember that there are no dogs allowed.  We don't want a dog getting lose during the race and interfering with a runner.

Race Times:
Varsity (Wednesday)
Girls - 3:15
Boys - 3:55

JV (Thursday)
Girls - 4:45
Boys - 5:15

Thanks,
Denny

Banquet Information

 

2021 Cross Country Running Banquet 

The season is coming to an end it is time to look back on the accomplishments of the 2021 edition of the Coon Rapids Boys and Girls Cross Country teams.

This year, our banquet will be on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 starting at 6:00 at the CRHS Cafeteria.  This will be a Pot Luck affair with each grade of athletes bringing the following: 

11 Seniors: Salads 

8 Juniors: Beverages

9 Sophomores: Desserts

25 Freshmen & Under:  Entrees

Please note that there are 53 members of the team, plus four coaches, as well as family members of these athletes that will be attending, so please bring accordingly.  All plates, silverware, napkins, and cups will be supplied.

This will be a night in which we will be handing out all team awards and such, so we do appreciate you being a part of this event to celebrate the accomplishments of the athletes and the team. 

We are also wanting this to be a more formal affair for the athletes.
If there are any questions, please let me know.  Thanks, Denny