A parent letter was emailed home today. The body of the letter is included below as well. If you aren’t receiving emails from Coach Schmidt, or if you’d like to add an email address to the distribution list, please email myself or Lauren at egillespie@geneseoschools.org, or lschmidt@geneseoschools.org.
We’re able to include pictures again in our posts! The first pic is from our rainy practice last week, the other picture is the students who wore their shirt from the time trial to practice today.
August 20th, 2018
TO: Cross Country Parents
FROM: Coach Gillespie, Coach Schmidt, Coach Puent
RE: Grass Relays, Volunteers Needed, Uniforms, Practice, and Forever Young 5k
Grass Relays
Our season is well underway and we are ready for a good warm-up meet at Sterling on Thursday (8/23). The Grass Relays will be set up for running pairs of athletes. The course will be four miles and each athlete will run two separate mile legs of the relay tagging off to their partner for the other two legs. This is a good early season format for us stressing conditioning. The Grass Relays will be held in Hoover Park behind Woodlawn Grade School on the east end of Sterling. To get there exit north off Interstate 88 on Route 40 and proceed into Sterling. Turn right on Route 2 and follow to east side of Sterling. Turn right on Woodlawn Road (close to McDonald’s) and follow to Woodlawn Grade School.
The course begins behind the school. Starting time for the Girls race is 4:15 pm followed by the Boy’s race. All athletes will ride the bus home unless they turn in a note from parents to the office on the day of the meet to ride home with a parent (no exceptions please!).
The students should be back home around 7:00 – 7:30.
Volunteers Needed
We have two home meets this year. Our first meet is a triangular with the Pioneer Pacers and Rock Island schools on Tuesday, August 28th. We will need help with the finish line.
We also host our big Invitational meet on Wednesday, September 5th. We are hosting the Geneseo Invitational that day with 10 -12 teams, and we need lots of parent volunteers to make it a successful event. Please block that day out on your calendar and plan to help out if you are able. No special skills are needed. We will require help directing race traffic and working at the finish line between 4:15 pm – 6:00 pm. We also need help setting up the course. Boosters will be hosting a concession stand this year and we could use help there also. Contact our athletic director Darin Pardoe at dpardoe@geneseoschools.org to volunteer.
Uniforms and Warm Up Coats
Cross-country uniforms were distributed today. Uniform and Jacket care includes the following:
1) Wash in cool or cold water only
2) Do not bleach
3) Hang dry (do not use dryer)
4) Do not iron (gummed labels will smear).
We are excited to be able to provide uniforms and warm ups, please take proper care!
This Week’s Practices
Remember there is no practice tomorrow, Tuesday, August 21st due to Backpack Night. Wednesday’s practice will be from 2:30 – 3:30 at GMS. The Sterling Grass Relays are on Thursday, and there is no practice Friday.
Jordan Rahn 5K Memorial Run
The 5th Annual Jordan Rahn “Forever Young” Run will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2018. This race will be held in memory of Jordan Rahn who passed away, unexpectedly, at the age of 19 while playing football with friends. Jordan had a heart condition known as Cardiomyopathy. He was a fun-loving, competitive-natured young man with a wonderful sense of humor which drew people to him, and he was passionate about life.
Consider running this 5K. The race begins in Memorial park in Atkinson at 8:00 am on Saturday, August 25th, and there are Heritage Days activities after the race. You can sign up using the following link:
https://runsignup.com/Race/IL/Atkinson/JordanRahnForeverYoungRun