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6.0 years ago @ 4:06PM

Senior night & Bus for meet

Senior Night has been changed to tomorrow November 1st at 7:45 p.m. during Halftime at the Football Game.

If a senior is worried about making it to this event on time the senior athlete may leave after their race to make it in time. Please email Mr. Qualls permission. 

The bus also leaves at 12:45 p.m. from Door 20. 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 2:12PM

Senior Night

On Friday, November 2nd, we will have our Senior Night Ceremony prior to the varsity football game. Each senior will be introduced and escorted by his/her parent/guardian.  Please be at the stadium no later than 6:15 pm and meet on the track (scoreboard side).  I know that Patriot High School and your son/daughter will appreciate the support.   Please return the bottom portion of  sheet (in Team Files) to the head coach no later than Wednesday 10/31 to confirm you and your student will be attending this event. We hope to see you there!!!!

 

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 2:07PM

Regional Championship

Where:                       Burke Lake Park

When:                        Thursday, Nov. 1st

Times:                Boys 3:00 pm- Speeney, R. Hamacher, Sriver, J. Hamacher, Schwab, L. Polhamus, Gulati

                            Alternates: 1. M. Polhamus, 2. Massey, 3.Weisberg

                           Girls 3:30 pm- Yentz, Graves, Burrell, Valcich, Pippin, Hochard, Seay.

                           Alternates: 1. Grant, 2. Manning, 3. Miller

Awards:             Trophy and 15 patches for the winning team (boys and girls) / Runner- up Trophy (boys and girls).  Medals awarded for top 3 finishers (boys and girls).

Championship:         The winner of the Region 6D Cross-Country Meet is declared the Northern Region Champion (Boys & Girls)

State Qualifying:     The top 3 teams and top 5 individuals (not on the top three teams) from each race advance to the VHSL State Championship race on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Great Meadows.

Course:                      2.98 miles with a variety of surfaces including dirt trails, grass and pavement

Awards:                      Presentation of awards will take place at the end of the girls’ race and as soon as the official meet results are available. 

Locker&Restrooms:There will be no locker facilities available. Restrooms are located at the marina, one-half mile from the starting line. Teams are responsible for clean-up of their own warm-up areas in the park. Everyone must stay off of the fence and outside of the golf course area.

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 5:17PM

Bus for District Championship

Reminder: Coach Asia needs an email from those who want to ride the bus to and from the District Championship. Please email ASAP. 

If she recieves no email that student will not get an early dismissal and cannot ride the bus. Coach Connor will turn the student away if we have no documentation.  She is emailing Mr. Qualls the list by 7pm.

Thank you.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 8:12PM

Bus for District Championship

We have gotten approval from Mr. Qualls that non-post season athletes can ride the bus as well to the District Championship.

Anyone who didn't have a ride to the meet can now ride the bus to and from to. Please come and cheer on your teammates to a District Championship!

Anyone who is choosing to ride the bus will be dismissed early with the rest of the team at 2:00 pm. The bus will leave the school from Door 20. Please email Coach Asia tonight  if you are going to ride the bus so we can account for you. She needs to send Mr. Qualls the list by Tuesday afternoon for those who are riding the bus.

The meet is over around 6:30 pm. So arrival back to the school would be between 7-7:30 pm depending on the traffic.

We hope to see you all the meet in your new team shirt cheering on your teammates!

The shirt will be given out by Coach Asia tomorrow at 3pm at Grace Life.

* This is the only time non-post season athletes can ride the bus to championship meets. You wont be allowed for Regionals or States.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 7:15PM

Cedar Run District Championship

Our District Championship is this Wednesday October 24th, 2018 at Bull Run Regional Park Special Events Center. (Same place we had our conference meets.)

Bus Leaves School from Door 20 at 2:00 p.m.

Race times are as follows:

Alternates Race at 4:00 p.m.- Boys & Girls together- Weisberg, Massey, M. Polhmaus, Manning, Grant, Miller

Boys 4:45 p.m.- R. Hamacher, Sriver, Speeney, J. Hamacher, L. Polhamus, Schwab, Gulati

Girls - 5:30 p.m.- Yentz, Graves, Valcich, Hochard, Burrell, Pippin, Seay

Awards at finish line - 6:00 p.m. 

Let's Go Win a Team Championship! Go Pat- riot! ;)

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 10:02PM

Post Season Selection

Team,

We are so proud of all of you! Many of you hit Course PRs, Season PRs, and put a check mark next to your goals. This is all us coaches ever wanted for you. To hit your goals and we are so happy to have been a part of the process. As we start into post season we will miss seeing your smiling faces at all the practices and meets. Please take a week off of running or longer if your suffering from an injury. If you are coming out for indoor track Coach Hawkins will be handing out the distance training plan from Coach Connor at the interest meeting or you can email Coach Connor at ian.connor@therunningstoreteam.com for a copy. Tryout dates are November 7,8,9 at PTHS Stadium at 2:45pm. Distance must try out for 2 events.

Below is the Top 10 athletes per gender selected for Post Season. Only these Top 10 are allowed to come to practices. Top 7 (highlighted in red) race in meets.

After todays meet we received word we can only take 10 athletes post season. If there is an alternates race at the District Championship only 3 (highlighted in blue) can race in it. We apologize for getting anyone's hopes up. Congrats to the top 10!

Boys District #2
Ryan Hamacher workout-17:34
Justin Sriver workout-17:23
Michael Speeney workout-17:19
Jacob Hamacher workout- 17:35
Liam Polhamus workout-17:39
Joseph Schwab workout-17:37
Sahil Gulati 17:19
Trey Massey 17:46
Alexander Weisberg 17:43
Miles Polhamus 17:49
Colin Doran 18:34
Ben Goldring 18:05
Bradley Freedman 18:02
Vaughn Morris 18:40
Alex Balcom 18:46
Zach Salter 19:11
Thedore Skelton 19:16
Brandon Cumberledge 20:19
Christain Arboleda 20:06
David Sanstrum 20:38
Dustin Shriner 21:45
Joshua Hwang 21:00
Issac Weid 22:22
Max Shipp 22:09
Kyle Hamacher 22:24
Thomas Wilcoski 22:41
   
Girls District #2
Hailey Yentz workout-19:19
Emily Graves workout-19:32
Michelle Valcich workout-21:19
Dorienne Hochard workout-21:22
Elizabeth Burrell workout-21:23
Grace Pippin workout-21:21
Taylor Seay 21:00
Aleia Manning 21:11
Ariana Grant 21:06
Samamantha Miller 21:23
Landey Green 21:48
Corynne Dunaway 22:48
Caroline Stoaks NT
Kate Sullivan 23:00
Madeliene Burneskis 23:10
Colleen O'Brien 25;05
Maia Rankin 24;36
Natalie Buford 25;25
Boys Final Averages 
Ryan Hamacher 16:27
Justin Sriver 16:36
Michael Speeney 16:57
Jacob Hamacher 16:58
Liam Polhamus 17:03
Joseph Schwab 17:11
Sahil Gulati 17:27
Alexander Weisberg 17:46
Trey Massey 17:48
Miles Polhamus 17:57
Colin Doran 18:09
Ben Goldring 18:13
Bradley Freedman 18:15
Vaughn Morris 18:33
Alex Balcom 18:45
Zach Salter 19:09
Thedore Skelton 19:21
Christain Arboleda 20:14
Brandon Cumberledge 20:19
David Sanstrum 20:40
Joshua Hwang 21:01
Dustin Shriner 21:09
Max Shipp 22:10
Issac Weid 22:13
Kyle Hamacher 22:16
Thomas Wilcoski 23:42
   
Girls Final Averages 
Hailey Yentz 19:27
Emily Graves 19:28
Michelle Valcich 20:19
Dorienne Hochard 20:43
Elizabeth Burrell 20:48
Grace Pippin 20:50
Taylor Seay 21:20
Aleia Manning 21:27
Ariana Grant 21:28
Samamantha Miller 21:37
Landey Green 21:44
Caroline Stoaks 22:15
Corynne Dunaway 22:21
Kate Sullivan 22:54
Madeliene Burneskis 23:37
Maia Rankin 24;28
Colleen O'Brien 24;32
Natalie Buford 26;01

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 8:25PM

District Meet #2

Cedar Run District Meet #2

When: Tomorrow, Wednesday 10/17/18

Boys Race: 4:15 pm

Girls Race: 4:45 pm

Athletes participating will get an early dismissal at 2:00 pm. Please tell your teacher you have to leave early as there is not always an announcement. A list of those athletes has been sent to Mr. Qualls.

The bus will depart from Door 20. 

Where: Bull Run Regional Park- 7700 Bull Run Dr, Centreville, VA 20121 (Special Events Center

From Bull Run Drive once you cross over 66 turn left and go all the way back until you see the buses and parking. 

We are aware a few of you have choir rehearsal the same day as this Wednesday. Please speak with your choir teacher/director regarding what time is your rehearsal. If you can make it to the meet great, if you can't make it to the meet no worries. There is a new rule this year that district meets are not mandatory to be able to compete in District Championship. If you believe you can make it to the meet please have your parents email Mr. Qualls, QuallsBJ@pwcs.edu, ASAP.

Also if you are going home with your parents after the meet please have them email Mr. Qualls ASAP. Your parents also have to check out with Coach Asia before you leave the meet. We have to make sure everyone is accounted for.

Please let Coach Connor, ian.connor@therunningstoreteam.com, know if you have any questions.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 8:20PM

Team Standings

 We are taking the top 10 per gender based off averages from Glory Days thru tomorrow's District Meet. So 4 races total.

The Top 6 per gender is doing a workout in tomorrows race and not competing. They are continuing onto post season as part of our top 10. 

In this order... Boys: R Hamacher, Sriver, Speeney,J Hamacher, L Polhamus, Schwab

In this order... Girls: Yentz, Graves, Valcich, Hochard, Burrell, Pippin

Everyone else is competing to try to make post season. We are taking 10 athletes per gender. If you are a freshman and end up being tied for 10thor end up 11thplace we will take you into post season for the experience. Only 7 race in post season. The rest of the athletes are alternates. If there is an alternates race for District Championship our alternates will be racing for a spot to try to make the top 7 for Regionals.

Please see below for Averages.

Boys  Averages after these meets
Ryan Hamacher 16:27
Justin Sriver 16:36
Michael Speeney 16:57
Jacob Hamacher 16:58
Liam Polhamus 17:03
Joseph Schwab 17:11
Sahil Gulati 17:30
Trey Massey 17:48
Alexander Weisberg 17:48
Miles Polhamus 18:00
Colin Doran 18:00
Ben Goldring 18:16
Bradley Freedman 18:19
Vaughn Morris 18:31
Alex Balcom 18:44
Zach Salter 19:08
Thedore Skelton 19:14
Brandon Cumberledge 20:19
Christain Arboleda 20:16
David Sanstrum 20:40
Dustin Shriner 20:58
Joshua Hwang 21:01
Issac Weid 22:11
Max Shipp 22:11
Kyle Hamacher 22:16
Thomas Wilcoski 24;13
Sebastain Hersey NT
Girls  Averages after these meets
Hailey Yentz 19:27
Emily Graves 19:28
Michelle Valcich 20:19
Dorienne Hochard 20:43
Elizabeth Burrell 20:48
Grace Pippin 20:50
Taylor Seay 21:31
Aleia Manning 21:33
Ariana Grant 21:35
Samamantha Miller 21:42
Landey Green 21:43
Corynne Dunaway 22:13
Caroline Stoaks 22:15
Kate Sullivan 22:53
Madeliene Burneskis 23:51
Colleen O'Brien 24;21
Maia Rankin 24;24
Natalie Buford 26;16

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 6:29PM

Practice Tuesday

Hey Team,  Just a reminder our last practice before post season is Tuesday. Since this is our last day together each of you can dress up in your ??Halloween costume??! Also be in store for a fun activity at the end of practice!

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 6:13PM

Third Battle Meet Info.

Third Battle Invitational 

When: 10/13/2018

The bus will depart from Door 20 at 6:45am. There is a return bus that you must be on unless you have notified Mr. Qualls. Remember you can't drive to the meet and your parents can only take you home. Parents please check out with Coach Asia before leaving.

Where: Third Battle of Winchester Battlefield

Directions: 66 West to 81 North. Take exit 315 for VA-7E toward Berryville. Turn left onto VA-7 E. Use left 2 lanes to turn left onto Millbrook Dr., turn right, then turn left. Destination will be on the left.

 Parking : Parking is at Millbrook High School, 251 First Woods Dr., Winchester, VA 22603. Parking is approximately 1000m(.62 miles) from the starting line. You will have to walk this far to the meet. 

 Spectator Fee/Donation: We do not charge spectators, but kindly ask for a donation for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation(SVBF). Suggested donation is $5 per car/family.  Last year was just over $6,300.  Let's beat that this year! 

Absolutely NO PARKING IN THE REGENCY LAKES NEIGHBORHOOD. They will tow cars.

T-Shirts & Sweatshirts: Will be made on site by American Screen Printing. Pricing TBD. 

Concession: We will have a greater variety of concessions this year:

Morning concessions will offer coffee, hot chocolate and Bojangles sausage biscuits for breakfast.

Lunch and afternoon concessions will include Subway Veggie 6" subs, Pulled Pork BBQ, Chick-fil-A sandwiches, and assorted healthy and sweet snacks.

Schedule 

8:00-9:00 AM Registration for Open Race Located at Finish

Packet/Chip Pick-Up

(The Open Race will remain open until approximately 8:45AMon race day.  We welcome all home school, private schools, family, coaches, and local runners to participate in the Open Race. See below for registration details.)

Open Race:

$10 per individual in the Open Race and for accepted individuals in the varsity races, payable on the day of the race. Sign-up for the open race is located at the finish line in the middle field as well as through runsignup.comRunsignup for 3rd Battle Open Race.   

8:45 AM Coaches Meeting @ Finish Area
9:00 AM Open Race- Coach Bibb
9:45 AM Girls' JV Underclassmen- Grant, Green, Dunaway, Sullivan, Rankin, Buford
10:25 AM Boys' JV Underclassmen- Weisberg, Doran, Balcom, Salter, Hwang, Arboleda, Sandstrum, Shipp, K Hamacher, Wied, Wilcoski 

11:05 AM Girls' JV Upperclassmen-  Miller, Stoaks, O’Brien, Seay
11:45 PM Boys' JV Upperclassmen- M Polhamus, Massey, Goldring, Freedman, Morris, Skelton, Shriner, Cumberledge
12:25 PM Girls' Varsity- Yentz, Graves, Valcich, Hochard, Burrell, Pippin, Manning
1:05 PM Boys' Varsity- R Hamacher, Sriver, Speeney, L Polhamus, J Hamacher, Schwab, Gulati

 2:00 Awards (Individual & Team) 

Starting Line Box 38.

Starting commands: 5 whistles= 5 minutes, 3 whistles=3 minutes, 1 whistle=1 min, Raised Flag= On your mark, Cannon Start!

 

Awards
-Top 20 Varsity runners only receive custom medals. 
-Top 3 teams receive engraved wooden plaques cut from trees in the battlefield. Take a piece of the battlefield home with you if your team is top three. First place girl and boy will also receive wooded plaques in addition to their medals. 

This will be our final invitational of the season before post season starts! We have one more district meet that everyone will participate in before post season.

Parents if you haven’t done so please sign up for the pasta party & meet donation via these links. Thank you.

 

Pasta Party

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080D4EA9AE28A57-101218

 

Meet Donation

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080D4EA9AE28A57-1013

 

Meet Result Sheet has been updated and in Team Files.  Pay close attention to “Team Standings Tab.”  For Third Battle Varsity Top 7 was chosen based off race time averages from Glory Days and this past District meet. This is how we are choosing Post season. It will be based off the race time averages from Glory Days through the last District meet next week. 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 10:26PM

PSAT tomorrow

With tomorrow's PSAT schedule students not taking it have to be at school at 11:30 am for class to be able to participate in tomorrow meet. If you come at 10:30 am, testing will still be taking place.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 9:44PM

Meet Result Sheet & Team Standings

Please look under Team Files for "2018 Meet Result Sheet." It has been updated with meet results and current team standings. Look under the "Team Standing (updated)" Tab at the bottom for the list. Its from the Glory Days meet. There is also your 5k conversion since the Glory Days meet was short (2.9 miles). You will also see your average pace with that time. We are still figuring out who we will be taking post season. Top 7 run in post season meets and we are either deciding 1-3 athletes for alternates so up to 10 total. 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 10:47AM

Cedar District Meet #1-Take 1,2,3,4,5 ;)

Cedar Run District Meet #1

 

When: Tomorrow, Wednesday 10/10/18

Boys Race: 4:15 pm

Girls Race: 4:45 pm

 

 

Athletes participating will get an early dismissal at 2:00 pm. A list of those athletes has been sent to Mr. Qualls. * All athletes are competing except those with injury or those who have previously notified Coach Asia. 

 

The bus will depart from Door 20. 

 

Where: Bull Run Regional Park- 7700 Bull Run Dr, Centreville, VA 20121 (Special Events Center)

 

From Bull Run Drive once you cross over 66 turn left and go all the way back until you see the buses and parking. 

 

We are aware a few of you have choir rehearsal the same day as this Wednesday and next Wednesday. Please speak with your choir teacher/director regarding what time is your rehearsal. If you can make it to the meet great, if you can't make it to the meet no worries. There is a new rule this year that district meets are not mandatory to be able to compete in District Championship. If you believe you can make it to the meet please have your parents email Mr. Qualls, QuallsBJ@pwcs.eduASAP.

 

Also if you are going home with your parents after the meet please have them email Mr. Qualls ASAP. Your parents also have to check out with Coach Asia before you leave the meet. We have to make sure everyone is accounted for.

 

Please let Coach Connor, ian.connor@therunningstoreteam.comknow if you have any questions.

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 6:52PM

Glory Days Meet Info.

 Glory Days Grill Invitational

When: Saturday 10/6/2018

Bus departs from Door 20 at 10 AM- there is a return bus that you must be on unless you have emailed Mr. Qualls permission to ride home with your parents. Please email him ASAP.

We received permission from Mr. Qualls the Athletes ONLY in the Varsity B and Seeded Varsity may get a ride from their parents to and from the meet since their races are much later in the day. Please email Mr. Qualls ASAP.  And remember no athlete is allowed to drive themselves to the meet. If we find out their will be consequences and we may not get privileges like this again.

Athletes who are in the JV races have to ride the bus to the meet. 

Where: Bull Run Regional Park-Special Events Center-This is where we run our District Meets

Admission: $5 cash per car. Please have cash ready.

Parking: Only one-way into park. PLEASE FOLLOW SIGNS AND ATTENDANTS

 $15 T-Shirts and Concessions will be sold

Facilities: No changing area. No running water, Not much shade. 24 port-a-johns. Athletic Trainers will be on site.

Awards:  Medal to top 15 individuals in all races given in the finish area. Top 15 athletes will be held to the side and given their medals.1st, 2nd, 3rdplace wood carved plaques will be awarded in freshman, Varsity B, and Seeded races.  Teams will be given their awards at the finish line area. Varsity race team awards will be given after girls seeded race.

Schedule:

8:30 AM -- Open Race -- you may enter on www.prraces.com -- this gives anyone running the opportunity to run and then watch/coach their athletes afterward. This race is intended for coaches, parents, youngsters, or anyone who wants to run on the same course as the high school athletes!!!!!!

9:00 am--Course opens for reviews. Packet pick-up.

9:30 am--Coaches meeting/Final packet pick-up

10:30 am--Freshman BOYS Race (unlimited entries)

11:10 am--Freshman GIRLS Race (unlimited entries)

11:50 am -- JV BOYS (Division 1) (unlimited entries)

---RANDOM SPLIT--

12:30 pm -- JV BOYS (Division 2) (unlimited entries)- Hersey, Skelton, Shriner, Cumberledge, Hwang, Arboleda, Sandstrum, Wied, K Hamacher, Shipp, Wilcoski, Weisberg

1:10 pm -- JV GIRLS (unlimited entries)- O
Brien, Buford, Manning

2:00 pm -- Varsity B BOYS (7 only)- Massey, Gulati, Goldring, Freedman, Morris, Doran, Balcom

2:30 pm -- Varsity B GIRLS (7 only)-Seay, Green, Dunaway, Miller, Sullivan, Stoaks, Burneskis

3:00 pm -- Seeded Varsity BOYS (7 only)- R Hamacher, Sriver, L Polhamus, J Hamacher, Speeney, Schwab, M Polhamus

3:30 pm – Seeded Varsity GIRLS (7 only)- Graves, Yentz, Burrell, Pippin, Hochard, Grant, Valcich,  

Practice at 3pm at the school Friday. Pasta party to follow practice.

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 3:21PM

FYI. Glory Days Invite is still on

I know many athletes and parents keep wondering why the District Meets have been canceled. Here are the following reasons.

After the past 4 months of heavy rainfall the lower part of the course has been soaked with the water with no where to drain.  There is too much damage in the lower are as a result of all the water and ruts from trucks/ tractors that have gone through there over the last 3-4 months.The cut through is too dangerous according to other coaches and AD's. This area of the course is at a point of being a hazard especially when athletes would have to traverse through this area 3 times during a race. The park is going to address this during the winter and look for some alternatives for the future years, whether to build up the path or cut through a more slightly elevated area.

We received notice from the meet director for Glory Days the course is being redesigned so the lower area will only be traversed once during the race. This way the course is preserved and so it won't be confusing for athletes and allowing them the opportunity to race. With the redesign the course will be short and will only be around 3 miles not 3.1 miles. The park is putting down some wood chips and straw to firm up some of the problematic areas still present. The good news is as of now the Glory Days meet is still on.

*See photo above of lower area of course. The path is covered with water and athletes would be sinking into the mud.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 11:13AM

District Meet Canceled

District meet is canceled due to very poor running course conditions that could cause injury and poor racing performance.

Therefore, we will have practice and it will be held at Bristoe Station today at 3pm. 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 11:17AM

Cedar Run District Meet #1

Cedar Run District Meet #1
 
When: Tomorrow, Wednesday 10/3/18
Boys Race: 4:15 pm
Girls Race: 4:45 pm
 
 
Athletes participating will get an early dismissal at 2:00 pm. A list of those athletes has been sent to Mr. Qualls. * All athletes are competing except those with injury or those who have previously notified Coach Asia. 
 
The bus will depart from the bus loop.
 
Where: Bull Run Regional Park- 7700 Bull Run Dr, Centreville, VA 20121 (Special Events Center)
 
From Bull Run Drive once you cross over 66 turn left and go all the way back until you see the buses and parking. 
 
Email Mr. Qualls, QuallsBJ@pwcs.eduASAP if you are not riding the bus back to school. An athlete cannot drive themselves to a meet or ride with another athlete. An athlete must have prior approval to ride home with parent from Mr. Qualls.
 
Please let Coach Connor, ian.connor@therunningstoreteam.comknow if you have any questions.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 10:26AM

Volunteer for concessions at tonight’s football game

Our team was selected to put in some volunteer hours for Concessions today September 28,2018 at the Patriot High School Varsity Football Game. We need Parents and Athletes to volunteer from 6-10pm. We would love the entire team to volunteer as their are many spots to fill. By volunteering you are supporting Fall Sports and the Boosters who give so generously to our sport. Please Please Please sign up. Here is the link.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ba5ae2aa6f85-20181

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 11:21AM

RVA Relays Info. Sheet

RVA Relays-Pole Green, Mechanicsville, VA

*Mrs. Hamacher will send out email sign-up link for pasta party in commons 2 this Friday at 4pm and also Meet donation list for this Meet.

When: Saturday, September 22 at 4:30pm (1st race)

Bus departs from Door 20 at 1:30pm

Where: Pole Green- Mechanicsville, VA- Pole Green Park address for GPS directions: 
8996 Pole Green Park Ln Mechanicsville, VA 23116

Directions: From I-95 North:
Follow I-95 South to I-295 South (Exit 84A) on the left toward Rocky Mount, NC. Follow I-295 south for 5.5 miles until you reach Exit 38A (continue with directions listed 
above “from I-295”)

Parking: There is NO fee for parking at Pole Green Park! There will be two nearby lots (one smaller gravel lot closest to the course, which will fill up early, and another nearby adjacent large grassy field for majority parking. Both parking areas are close walking distance to course and there will be parking volunteers directing you where to park and where for buses to unload and pick up.

Keep dogs at home: Dogs have no place at THIS cross-country meet. One year someone let loose their greyhound that ended up jumping into one of the races and could have taken out and injured some runners. Keep the hounds at home.

Concession: A concession stand run by the Lee-Davis program will be selling drinks (Gatorade, water, soda) and food (healthy food for runners and regular concession food for spectators) throughout the meet.

T-Shirts: Short and long sleeve T-shirts will be for sale during the meet. 
$20 - Long Sleeve
$15 - Short Sleeve

Course Description: The course is mostly flat terrain that is 90% grass. Every mile is clearly marked as well as every 1000 meters. This is on the upper course and not in the woods. It is very well marked and lit for both great racing but also safety. The loop will be 2500 meters (1.5 miles)

3:50pm– Coaches Meeting

4:30pm– Men's Relay Race “B&C”

Men's “B” Relay Race- Racing in this order- M Polhamus, Massey, Freedman, Gulati, Speeney

Men's “C” Relay Race- Racing in this order- Morris, Salter, Allums, Doran, Goldring

5:30pm- Women’s Relay Race “B&C”

Women’s “B” Relay Race- Racing in this order- Dunaway, Seay, Grant, Green, Hochard

Women’s “C” Relay Race- Racing in this order- Miller, O’Brien, Burneskis, Stoaks, Sullivan

6:40pm- Men’s Extras 2500M- Team A-J

6:50pm- Men’s Extras 2500M Section 2- Teams K-Z- Arboleda, Balcom, Cumberledge, K Hamacher, Hersey, Hwang, Sandstrum, Shipp, Shriner, Skelton, Wied, Wilcoski

Lights Come on!!

7:00pm- Women’s Extras 2500M- Buford, Rankin

7:10pm- Middle and Elementary 2500MRace

7:30pm- "Glow Run" where all the coaches, parents, fans, and anyone else can compete- you can sign up at the meet- $10 per individual. Registration for the “Glow Run” will start at 4pm and cash or checks are accepted. You can sign up for this event at the finish line tent. Registration will close 30 minutes prior to the start time (6:30pm).

7:50pm- Men's Championship Race- Racing in this order- Sriver, L Polhamus, Schwab, J Hamacher, R Hamacher

8:50pm- Women's Championship Race- Racing in this order- Graves, Valcich, Burrell, Pippin, Yentz

Awards immediately after final event 

Awards: The first place team (for each gender), decided by overall placing in all three relays, will receive a team trophy. The winning "A" relay teams will receive custom RVA Relays Backpacks. The fastest splits of the meet will also receive custom RVA Relays Backpacks.Winners of the open races as well as the "B" & "C" relay races will receive medals.

Notes: This is a long meet and the bus is expected to be back around 12midnight- 1:00AM. If you are taking your child home from the meet you need to email Mr. Qualls ASAP. His email is QuallsBJ@pwcs.edu. Please be sure to have plenty of food, water and warm clothes for the evening.

Coach Asia also needs Patriot Card money from Allums, Arboleda, Hwang, Morris, Rankin, Sriver by this Friday the 21st

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 7:27PM

2 more chances :)

Team, Coach Connor has extended the opportunity for you all to try and make one of the relay teams for RVA relays. There are 3 teams. Relay A, Relay B, and Relay C. Five athletes per relay with Relay A being the fastest.

You have tomorrow’s Saturday Long Run and Mondays workout to prove to yourself and to Coach Connor  you have what it takes to be on one of the relays.

And don’t worry, if you are unable to make a relay team you will still be guaranteed a spot to run in the “Extras” race! Everyone gets to go!

But aim high and don’t settle. We coaches believe in you! See you tomorrow at 7:30am at Manassas Battlefield Henry Hill Visitors Center parking lot!

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 11:54AM

Pasta party canceled this Friday

Forgot to put on last post that the pasta party is canceled this Friday. Our next pasta party will be next Friday the 21st at 4pm.

And our long run is at 7:30am this weekend.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 10:58AM

Oatlands Canceled. Practice schedule for rest of week

Oatlands is canceled due to excessive rain fall, poor course conditions and potential damage to the property.

The practice schedule for the rest of the week is as follows:

Today Wednesday- 3pm Bristoe Station

Thursday- OFF

Friday- 3pm Bristoe Station

Saturday- non-mandatory- Long Run- Manassas Battlefield- 7:30am

Sunday- OFF

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 6:03PM

District meet postponed & but now we have practice

District meet #2 canceled due to poor course conditions. Make up day is TBA.

We will now have practice at 3pm at Bristoe Station. 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 4:05PM

Monroe Parker Meet Results & Info. regarding meet selection

Monroe Parker Meet Results

Varsity Boys & Girls Team placed 4th Overall.

Medalist: Ryan Hamacher- 8th Place- Varsity Boys, Emily Graves- 11th Place- Varsity Girls, Joey Schwab- 2nd Place- JV Boys, Bradley Freedman- 4th Place- JV Boys, Sebastain Hersey- 7th Place- JV Boys, Kate Sullivan- 5th Place- JV Girls, Madeliene Burneskis- 11th Place- JV Girls, Landey Green- 13th Place- Freshman, Ariana Grant-15th Place- Freshman

Course PR: Ryan Hamacher, Trey Massey, Vaughn Morris, Sebastatin Hersey, Hailey Yentz, Taylor Seay, Madeliene Burneskis

Hit Varsity Standard: (Since this course is 3 miles you have to add roughly 45 seconds for boys and 1 min for girls to get a 3.1 mile time) Grace Pippin, Lizzie Burrell, Corynne Dunaway, Dori Hochard, Colin Doran, Zach Salter, Vaughn Morris, Daniel Skibinski, 

AND congrats to Theo Skelton for racing the entire JV Boys race with NO SHOES! What a tough athlete!

Congrats to everyone this weekend! You all proved hard work is paying off. Remember to work as a team out there on the racecourse. Top 5 score and it could be you that's one of our top 5! The boys and girls Varsity definitely have a chance to make it to States as a Team!

 

Now is speaking of meets us coaches wanted to give all athletes and parents a brief explanation on how we decide meet selection.

1.We choose fastest to slowest regardless of grade or past years racing experience. We decide on wants current. We filter athletes into races we see fit.

2. Not every meet is created equal. Race directors create which races they want not the coaches. There are not always the same races offered each meet. For example: One meet might have a JV Boys but not a JV Girls. Any athlete and parent can reference milestat.com calendar for proof of what races are offered.

3. Entry number into races is not created equal. Again it is up to race directors to create the number of athletes per race not the coaches. We may not always be able to take everyone. For example: One meet may allow 7 athletes to race Varsity and another meet may allow 10 athletes to race Varsity.

4. We have been creating and giving opportunities to everyone on the team even though everyone has not met our Varsity Standard. Every athlete and parent has signed our rules and expectations and it states the following: 

 

You must hit the qualifying standardto make the Varsity team.

    1. Boys: 20:00 5k (3.1 miles) (6:27 average mile)
    2. Girls: 22:00 5k (3.1 miles) (7:05 average mile)
      1. Athletes who hit the above qualifying standard are approved to compete in both district meets and invitationals.
    3. Emerging Elite will only be competing at district meets until the above Varsity qualifying standard time is met. 
    4. Opportunities to compete in invitationals will be approved once the above Varsity qualifying standard is met.

We do not have to take everyone. We believe everything should be earned in some way shape or form. That’s why Head Coach Connor has been emailing all athletes and parents the Magical Monday questions so everyone can earn a spot to run in invitationals. We have been graciously giving many opportunities and remember last year we did not do this. The developmental team now called Emerging Elite, last year only raced district meets until they hit our standard.

 

We have posted all meet results in Team Files so all athletes and parents can see what the current standings are. When you click on the tabs you will see the overall rankings for the team from fastest to slowest.  So for Oatlands this weekend we will be looking at the overall results from Monroe Parker. The standings are always changing. Depending on the race we will take top 7-10 athletes for Varsity and then filter the rest of the athletes in the proper races. After every race we will update the new team standings.

 

If you have any questions regarding meet selections please email Head Coach Connor.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 5:27AM

Monroe Parker Invite still on

Monroe Parker meet is still on at this time. No word that it has been canceled. See you all at 7am at the school for bus pick up.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 8:53PM

Monroe Parker meet is delayed..

Just receive word from the meet director informing us the meet is delayed due to thunderstorms and lightning.

The new start time is 9am for the first race. 

The bus will be delayed by an 1 hour. The new departure time is 7am from door 20 at the school. 

The meet director will also let us know if the meet is canceled. We should know around 5am.  We will send out an announcement around this time letting you all know if the meet is still on or canceled. The reason they would cancel would be due to flooding and dangerous racing conditions.  Stay tuned.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 1:36PM

Monroe Parker Invite Meet Info.

Monroe Parker Invitational, Burke Lake, VA 

 

Pasta Party Friday September 7th @ 4:00 pm in Commons 2. Sign-up list was emailed to parents from Mrs. Hamacher.

Meet Donation List was also emailed to parents from Mrs. Hamacher.

 

When: Saturday, September 8, 2018

 

The bus will depart from door 20 at 6:00 am.

 

Where: Burke Lake, VA 

 

Parking: Only those with parking passes may park at Burke Lake. With multiple police on site those parked illegally will be ticketed and towed within the park facility.All others are required to take the shuttle bus from the church. Please try to carpool, as parking is limited.

 

The address for parking:

Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy
6401 Missionary Lane

Fairfax Station, Virginia 22039

 

See Parking Map in Team Files

 

Uniform rule in effect.

 

No Spectators on the railroad tracks.

 

No Tents by the Black Fence

 

Warmup Area is off limits to transit

 

Coaches meeting at 7:30 am

 

There are 12 Boxes on the Start line. There will be 3 teams to a box. Patriot is in BOX 10. Sharing a box with West Potomac & Westfield for Varsity Race only. 
 

8:00 freshman boys- Max is 15- Doran, K Hamacher, Shipp

8:30 freshman girls- Max is 15- Grant, Rankin, Buford, Green

9:15 Varsity Boys Race- Max is 10- Box 10-  Sriver, R Hamacher, L Polhamus, J Hamacher, Gulati, M Polhamus, Goldring, Weisberg, Massey, Speeney

 

9:45 Varsity Girls Race- Max is 10- Graves, Yentz, Valcich, Pippin, Burrell, Dunaway, Hochard, Manning, Stoaks, Seay

 

10:15 JV Girls Race 1- JV Races are broken down into 2 sections. Per Meet director Patriot HS is not in this race.

10:45 JV Girls Race Section 2- Max is 15-Miller, Sullivan, Burneskis, Obrien, OConnell

 

11:15 JV Boys Race 1- JV Races are broken down into 2 sections. Per Meet director Patriot HS is not in this race. 

11:45 JV Boys Race Section 2- Max is 15- Schwab, Freedman, Balcom, Salter, Allums, Skibinski, Skelton, Cumberledge, Hwang, Arboleda, Hersey, SandstrumWied, Morris, Shriner

 

See Course Map, Spectator Map, Box Assignments, Race Schedule in Team Files.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 9:51AM

Practice on your own today!

Practice will be 5 miles recovery pace on your own today. Remember to be honest and own your pace. If you still don't know what pace to run please see " Find your Happy Pace" in Team Files.

 

Also these athletes still need to turn in Patriot Cards. Please turn in ASAP to Coach Asia.

Allums, Arboleda, Burrell, Grant, Gulati, Hersey, Hwang, Miller, Morris, O'Connell, Rankin, Sriver, Wilcoski, Doran 

These parents still owe for the XC Parent Shirt ($10)- Skelton, Wied

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 12:25PM

Practice delayed. Meet Canceled tomorrow

Due to the Heat Index and per Mr. Qualls todays practice is delayed until 8pm tonight. Practice will be held at the track and everyone will be doing the workout. There will be no long run.

Also tomorrow's district meet has been canceled due to the Heat Index. No announcement as been made at this time if we will be making this meet up.

Tomorrow's practice is TBA.

If you have any questions please email Coach Asia.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 11:21AM

Practice today!

Practice today, August 31st will be at 3pm at the school. Following practice will be our pasta party at 4:15pm in Commons 2. 

Today is the deadline for patriot cards, please bring your money!

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 12:34PM

Chancellor HS Invite Meet Info.

Pasta Party Friday August 31 @ 4:15pm in Commons 2. Sign-up sheet was emailed to parents by Mrs. Hamacher.

Meet Donation Sign- up sheet was also emailed to parents by Mrs. Hamacher.

Chancellor HS Invitational, Loriella Park, Fredericksburg, VA

When: Saturday, September 1st, 2018

The bus will depart from door 20 at 6:00am.

Where: Loriella Park, Fredericksburg, VA

Directions: Take I-95 South toward Fredericksburg. At exit 130B, take ramp right onto Route 3 West/Plank Road towards Culpeper. After 1.5 miles, make a left onto Salem Church Road (a Chic-fi-la should be on the corner). After a mile, Salem Road will change to Leavells Road (CVS on left far corner).Go through the intersection of Leavells and Harrison Road and make a right into Loriella Park on the right. Buses proceed to the end of the drive near the Playground.

 

Parking Instructions for parents: There is limited parking in Loriella Park, be prepared to park at the Battlefield schools, in the lot across the street behind the produce stand and along adjacent neighborhoods.

 

Please plan for 100% Humidity and possible rain. Always prepare for the worse and hope for the better. In case of Thunder or Lightning – Buses will be brought to the Park and lined from the entrance, around the turnaround and back out to the entrance. Team will board their respective buses or other transportation. Any runner not attended will proceed to the nearest restroom. They will wait 30 minutes to proceed.

The Invitational will be held on a NEW COURSE containing mostly beautiful grass and trails. For those of you who have attended in the past, the course no longer runs through the parking lot to the front of the Park around the soccer field. The New Course Map is attached in Team Files and can be downloaded off the Milestat website. For the safety of the runners, some of the trails have been covered with very fine stone dust provided by Luckstone. There will be mile markers every mile. “Cemetery Hill” remains a natural ground cover with tree roots. There are low-lying areas that may retain some moisture (soggy). Protruding tree roots are marked with bright red/orange paint. There are Course Marshals with radios throughout the course to respond to emergencies. The course line is marked with field paint. 

There will be 3 Athletic Trainers, 1 Nurse and 2 Massage Therapist to care for our runners. Massages will be available for free to runners in uniform. 

Uniform rule is in effect. Hats or bandanas may not be worn.

All Park restrooms are open and maintained. One is located near the ball fields, one next to the tennis courts and one near the playground. There are porta-johns available for use near the “Tent City” closest to the Park Administration Buildings and two “Women Only” are located adjacent to the playground restroom. 

Concessions:There will be a Chancellor XC Booster concession stand selling hamburgers, hotdogs, snacks and beverages including Starbucks coffee. Rita's Ice will be available for purchase.

 

Saucony will have their footwear table and they will also have a free- Photo booth set up to take pictures and share them on social media at the Chancellor Invite! Check by the Saucony tents to take pictures with your teammates during the Invite. #Sauconyracing. 

 

Chancellor Invitational T-Shirts will be for sale fromCre8tee, LLC. 

Mr. Harry Phillips, Eagle-I Photography, will be available to take individual and team photos. He will also be taking event photos that will be available on his website - contact the Concessions Stand for information.

 

Course Record: 

Girls: Hannah Lowery- 19:17 ST (2012)

Boys: Colin Crilly- 16:32 GC (2012)

7:45am-Coaches Meeting and Packet pick up

8:45am- Varsity A Boys race - Fast Race- Sriver, R Hamacher, J Hamacher, L Polhamus, Speeney, Gulati, M Polhamus (Race Lane 22)

9:15am- Varsity Girls Race – Graves, Yentz, Valcich, Dunaway, Burrell, Pippin, Stoaks, Sullivan, Grant, Hochard (Race Lane 22)

9:50am- Varsity B Boys race – Weisberg, Massey, Morris, Goldring, Freedman, Balcom, Schwab, Allums, Salter, Skibinski,  (Race Lane 22)

10:25am- Boys Developmental Race- Doran, Hwang, Skelton, Hersey, Sandstrum, Wied, Cumberledge, Shipp, K Hamacher, Arboleda, Wilcoski (Race Lane 26)

11:00am- Girls Developmental Race –Manning, Seay, OConnell, Burneskis, Miller, OBrien, Burford, Rankin (Race Lane 26)

11:40am- Awards Ceremony- At Saucony Tent

The Running Store will be sponsoring the awards.

 

Medal awards will be handed out in the chute.

 

Medals to the top 10 Varsity A Boys

 

Medals to the top 10 Varsity B Boys

Medals to the top 10 Varsity Girls

Medals to the top 10 Developmental Boys

Medals to the top 10 Developmental Girls

Plaques to the top Varsity “A” Boy and Varsity Girl Finishers 

Trophies to the top 2 Varsity “A” Boy’s and Varsity Girls’ Teams 

Trophy to the top Varsity B Boys Team 

Trophy to the top Boys and top Girls Developmental Race Teams 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 3:00PM

Schedule for the week of August 27th- September 1st

Due to the Heat Index this week...* We are not allowed to have practice no earlier than 8pm this week.

Here is the tentative schedule for this week August 27th thru September 1st.

Monday- 8-9pm- Patriot HS Track- non-mandatory

Tuesday- On Your Own- 5-6 miles easy

Wednesday- 8-9pm- Patriot HS Track- mandatory

Thursday- OFF. *Concussion Baseline Testing at 3pm for those listed in earlier announcement

Friday- TBA

Saturday- Chancellor Invitational

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 2:27PM

Delayed Practice Today

So sorry for the late notice but practice will be at 8-9 pm today at Patriot High School Track. Per our AD we have to delay practice because of the heat index. We are not allowed to have practice no earlier than 8pm.

We understand this is a late practice time therefore practice will not be mandatory but highly encouraged especially for those who will be racing this weekend. 

Please email Mr. Qualls, Coach Asia, & Coach Connor if you have any questions.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 9:36PM

Another announcement - Concussion Baseline Testing

Sorry forgot to put this in the announcement earlier. 

This Thursday August 30, 2018 the athletic trainer will be doing Concussion Baseline Testing with the following students. It is MANDATORY. It will be held in Room 2032 at 3:00 pm. It should take about an hour or so.

Arboleda, Buford, Burrell, Cumberledge, Doran, Dunaway, Freedman, Goldring, Grant, Green, Hersey, Hamacher J, Hamacher K, Polhamus M, Miller, O’Brien, Rankin, Shipp, Shriner, Skelton, Skibinski 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 4:44PM

Announcements for the Week

Our team was selected to put in some volunteer hours for Concessions on September 28,2018 at the Patriot High School Varsity Football Game. We need Parents and Athletes to volunteer from 6-10pm. We would love the entire team to volunteer as their are many spots to fill. By volunteering you are supporting Fall Sports and the Boosters who give so generously to our sport. Please Please Please sign up. Here is the link.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ba5ae2aa6f85-20181

 

Also if any parent is interested in buying a "CC Mom" or "CC Dad" shirt to show school/ sport spirit please email Coach Asia with your size. We heard at the meet this weekend some of you parents were interested ;) The Shirt is a Gildan 50/50 Blend. Mom's will be sporting the color Red and Dad's will be sporting the color Navy. The t-shirt will cost $10 and you can give cash to Coach Asia. Please let her know ASAP or by Wednesday August 29th so she can order the shirts and you can receive in time for this weekends meet. 

Patriot Cards are due to Coach Asia this Friday August 31. Please bring your money to her ASAP. We are still plenty short of our goal to sell at least 300 cards. We would love to sell them all. If anyone could step up and try to sell more it would be greatly appreciated. Coach Asia as the rest of the cards. Money more means more things for cross-country :D

If we could also have some parent volunteers to donate water, Ice, various food items , small table, tarps, trash bags, bandages, toilet paper;) for each meet this would be tremendously beneficial to the team and greatly appreciated from our athletes. A lot of what is done for our sport comes from our parent volunteers. We couldn't do it without all you parents. Please email Coach Asia if you would be happy to help with the meet this weekend and future meets.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 3:14PM

Pasta Party!

Just received word from Mr. Qualls our pasta party will be in Commons 1 NOT 2. Parents please set up here.

Sorry for the last minute change.

See you all between 4:15-4:30!

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 11:51AM

Great Meadow Invitational- Info. Sheet

Great Meadow Invitational @ Great Meadow, The Plains, VA

When: Saturday, August 25th

The bus will depart from Door 20 at 6:30AM

Where: Great Meadows, The Plains, VA

Directions– From East or West Take I66 to Exit 31 (Route 245 2 miles)

GATE 2 FOR ALL PARKING (Gate will be clearly marked)- $5.00 DONATION FOR PARKING

Tentative Schedule

9:00am Varsity A Girls (Yentz, Graves, Valcich, Pippin, Burrell, Green, Stoaks, Grant, Sullivan, Dunaway)

9:30am Varsity A Boys (R Hamacher, Sriver, J Hamacher, M Polhamus, Speeney, Gulati, L Polhamus, Goldring, Massey, Weisberg)

10:35am JV FR & SO Boys (Balcom, Skibinski, Salter, Sandstrum, Hwang, Wied, Arboleda, K Hamacher, Shipp)

11:10am JV JR & SR Girls (Seay, Burneskis, Hochard, OBrien)

11:45am JV JR & SR Boys (Freedman, Allums, Morris, Shriner)

If you don’t want to stand in line. Here is the online site for invitational apparel orders and shipping is free!

http://store.finedesigns.com/w/dn/2018-great-meadow-invitational.html

Athletes and Parents please sign up for our Pasta Party this Friday August 24that 4:30pm in Commons II 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d4ea9ae28a57-82418


Notes: Please get 8 hours of sleep the night before your race!

Please make sure to eat Breakfast (Cereal with Milk, Chocolate Milk, Avocado Toast, Cottage Cheese, Chia Pudding, Yogurt with Fruit, String Cheese, Oatmeal, English Muffin with jam, Apple, Banana) Consume a 200- to 300-calorie meal one to two hours before the race. The majority of the calories should come from whole, unprocessed carbs. Keep the meal low in fiber and fat; both take a long time to digest. Aim for less than 10 grams of fiber per serving (or less if you have a sensitive stomach); limit fat to five to 10 grams. It’s also a good idea to stay away from the spicy stuff, which could upset your stomach.

Start hydrating 24 hours before your race. Aim to consume 17 to 20 ounces of fluids two to three hours before the race, and another seven to 10 ounces 20 minutes before the race begins.

Please make sure you bring plenty of Water/ Skratch/ UCAN and food/snacks (Banana, Dried Apricots, Dried Plums, Oranges, Applesauce, Carrots, Granola Bars, Energy Bars, Pretzels, Popcorn, Rice Cakes with Peanut Butter, Gummy Bears, Hummus with Wheat Crackers, Beef Jerky, Poptarts, Tuna, Edamame) for before and after the race.

But most importantly Don't Do Anything New. Whatever you consume, make it something that’s worked for you during your regular training runs. It should be something that makes you feel energized but doesn’t leave you with an upset stomach.

5K Clothes Prep-Lay out your clothes the night before, and everything you’ll need for race day (Uniform, Socks, Sportsbra, Shoes/Spikes, Watch, Hair ties, Extra set of clothes, underwear,& dry shoes, trash bag for dirty clothes) Dress appropriately for the weather (rain jacket, poncho, layers if its cold). It helps to put everything you plan to wear to the race on the night before as a dress rehearsal, and then lay it out in a visible place for the morning.

"Race Day isn't the Challenging part, It's the Reward for the months of Hard Work while you were training."

 

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 12:23PM

Update to August Training

Team, we updated the August Training Schedule. Please see Team Files.

Also, now would be a good time to check the mileage on your shoes. You all have been putting a lot of miles in as of recently and injuries are starting to pop up.

Please let the coaches know if you think you have an injury.

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 2:24PM

Weekly reminders 8/13 thru 8/18

Team pictures are Thursday August 16th at Patriot HS Stadium at 9:15 am. Be ready in uniform by 9:25 am. Picture time is 9:30 am. In case of rain pictures will be in gymnasium. Practice will be right after pictures.

Coach Asia has new uniform singlets for the girls but not the new boy athletes(Freshman & 1st time running upperclassman.) We had leftover new singlets for girls from last season but not boys . We are still awaiting to hear from printer for boys singlets. However, Coach Asia does have new bottoms for the boys. We have contacted a few Alumni and they will let the new boys borrow their singlet until the new uniform singlet is printed.

The cost of the uniform for girls is $61 total for top ($38) and bottoms ($38)

The cost of the uniform for boys is $56 total for the top ($38) and bottoms ($32)

If an athlete just need the top or bottom it is-Male/Female Singlet- $31, Male bottom-$26, Female bottom- $31

The Running Store is giving 20% off the uniform. Please pay with cash and bring to Coach Asia tomorrow 8/15.

 

Also the following Athletes need to sign up for XC via this link.-L. Burrell, A. Manning, G. Pippin, T. Seay

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1q5TE4IIqfAtol3O2onaZBYSidoaTnOJLMNRhYuvhj3c/viewform?ts=5b019081&edit_requested=trueWe need your email and your parents email so Coach Connor can start sending out the monthly training schedules. We will not be posting them to patriotpioneers because we don't want other teams seeing our training plans.

 

And the follow athletes need to give Coach Asia their blue emergency forms- B. Cumberledge, D. Coulson, J. Hwang

 

If you need anymore patriot cards let Coach Asia know and she will give them to you. The goal for each student athlete is to sell 10 cards. Our goal is to sell 480 cards by the end of the month. So far Coach Asia has record of 30 cards being sold (These are the athletes who turned in money.) Please also remember to give Coach Asia your money every Friday at practice. The following student still need to pick up cards to sell- N. Buford, L. Polhamus, M. Polhamus, 

 

Also please let Coach Asia know if you will not be running Great Meadow due to taking the SAT. We need to know beforehand for athlete placement into races. We don't want athletes taking spots away if they can't make it due to another commitment. We could give the spot to another athlete.

And remember if you don't have 20 practices you can't race. You also cannot run double practices or Sundays if you are trying to make up a day. If you are unable to run Great Meadow Coach Connor is allowing athletes to race Chancellor as their 1st freebie invitational if they haven't hit the Varsity standard.

We are planning a Team Bonding Event for Monday August 20th. We are going to Kings Dominion! The plan is to go there after practice on Monday. Bring your swimsuit for Soak City. We are to meet inside the front gate at 12:30pm. If you want a discounted ticket use this link. Look for Half off tickets. https://www.kingsdominion.com/tickets-passes/daily-tickets?keyword=flashsale

 

Lastly, Please email Coach Connor your Top 3 XC goals for the season.

"Setting Goals is the first step in turning the invisible to the visible."- Tony Robbins

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 11:33AM

Reminder

Spirit wear orders close today August 8th, 2018.  It is mandatory every athlete purchase a T-shirt as it has our team quote on it.

https://stores.athletesmark.com/patriot_XC

These are the athletes who still need to order spiritwear.

Balcom, Cassella, Cumberledge, Dunaway,Green, Graves, Hersey, Morris, O'Connell, Pippin,Polhamus, Rankin, Seay, Skelton, Sriver,Stoaks,Wilcoski

Also Coach Asia will make one more uniform order . Please let her know if you need a uniform or part of the uniform by today August 8, 2018. I already ordered a uniform for all Freshman and first time athletes running cross-country, but if you are an upperclassman who needs something let Coach Asia know today.

Team Pictures are August 16, 2018. Be ready in uniform by 9:15 am at Patriot HS Stadium. Our picture time is 9:30 am. We will have practice right after pictures instead of 8am at Bristow Station. Practice will be at the school.

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 12:20AM

Spiritwear, Team Pictures, Parent Meeting, Pioneer Cards

Here is the link for Spiritwear. 

https://stores.athletesmark.com/patriot_XC

Every athlete is required to purchase a team t-shirt. You can choose between a 50/50 blend or performance t-shirt.

The deadline for Spirtwear is August 8th, 2018. The link will close on this day. All orders will be delivered at practice 14 days after deadline.

Also Team Pictures are scheduled for August 16th, 2018 at Patriot High School Stadium

All athletes must be ready in their uniform by 9:25am. Our designated photo time is 9:30-9:40am

Our uniform is the same as last years cross-country and track season.  If you ran last year in cross-country or track you do not need a new uniform. Any Freshman or First Time Athlete running cross-country this year your uniform order was submitted today. We ordered the size you entered when you signed up for cross-country. We don't know when we will receive the uniform from the printers. Usually the turn around time is 2 weeks. If we don't get the uniform before pictures or our first meet we are currently working on finding cross- country/track alumni to lend theirs to a new athlete. 

Also our Parent Meeting is scheduled for August 7th 2018 at 7pm in the Patriot High School Auditorium. We recommend all parents come to this meeting. We will be sharing very important information such as Rules & Expectations, Racing Criteria, Lettering Criteria,Practices, Attendance, and answer any questions you have for the coaches.

Our fundraiser for this season is the Patriot Pioneer Cards. Coach Asia will be handing out information to the athletes at practice on August 3rd. This year the card is going digital. There will be an app with all the vendor discounts.  Students will be handing out activation cards with passwords so the purchaser can use the app. The due date for the cards is the end of the month August 30th. Each athlete's goal is to sell 5-10 cards each. Please turn in your money each Friday to Coach Asia.Our goal is to raise $3,000 dollars or more to go into the cross-country account. We are hoping to purchase a tent or two for the team because as of right now we have no tent. Another one of our goals is to be the Fall Sport with the biggest Sales! Go Patriot Cross- Country!

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 6:20PM

Note from the Coaches

Athletes and Parents we as coaches are sincerely sorry for all the schedule and attendance changes. 

 

The changes were due to various reasons such as trying to accommodate athletes who were going on family trips, vacations, or had school activates all while trying to stay within the rules of VHSL and recommendations from our Athletic Director. 

 

Since the recent news regarding mandatory practice we will be excusing any athlete until the first day of school August 27th, 2018. But this doesn’t mean we are going to be extremely lenient. We will only be excusing family vacations, family trips, or school related activities, as we understand these have been planned in advance. We will not excuse for tardiness or missing practice other than the reasons stated above. You need to notify Coach Asia by Monday August 6th, 2018 if you are going to miss practice for the reasons excused above.

 

We are still upholding the 20-day practice rule before the first meet. No matter what an athlete has to have 20 days of practice, which is 1 practice per day minus Sunday. If an athlete does not have this they will not be competing until they have reached the 20 practices.

 

With all that being said, we want to assist any way possible to help these young athletes get in their 20 practices.  Please reach out to Coach Connor at Ian.Connor@TheRunningStoreTeam.comif you are in a tight position to get them in before the first meet on August 25th.

 

Any athlete who gets their 20-day practice will get to race at Great Meadow Invitational. We will be giving this one time opportunity to anyone who made the team in Varsity, Emerging Elite, Freshman Team. We will be taking the top 10 times from tryouts for each race. There will be a Boys and Girls- Varsity A, Varsity B, Upperclassman, and Lowerclassman Race. At this invitational athletes can have another opportunity to hit the Varsity standard and get the chance to race in future invitationals. This is the only invitational we are allowing everyone to run in without hitting the standard. To qualify for future invitationals a standard for Varsity will have to be met.

 

Starting Monday August 6thand every Monday throughout the season, those Emerging Elite athletes will have a chance to hit the Varsity standard. This will be called “ Magical Mondays!” Athletes interested in qualifying must email Coach Asia that they are interested in attempting to make a magical moment!  This will be held at the end of practice so teammates can cheer on the attempts. Boys will need to run a 2-mile time trial in 12:14. Girls will need to run a 2-mile time trial in 13:28. This will be the last 2 miles of the 5k course you just completed at tryouts. Athletes attempting will not have to do the Monday workout, as they will be focusing on their qualifying attempt.

 

It’s going to be a great season and we are here to have fun and make everyone into Superstars! Go Patriot!

 

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 6:18PM

Team Roster!

A round of applause for all the athlete’s who tried out.

 

Congrats to the athlete’s who made it.

 

If you want to know your time it is posted in Team Files- XC Tryouts results- Day 2

 

Here is your 2018 Patriot Cross- Country Team.

 

Boys Varsity

R. Hamacher

J. Sriver

J. Hamacher

M. Polhamus

M. Speeney

S. Gulati

L. Polhamus

B. Goldring

T. Massey

A. Weisberg

A. Balcom

B. Freedman

 

Girls Varsity                                                                      

H. Yentz

E. Graves

M. Valcich

 

Boys Emerging Elite

B. Allums

D. Skibinski

Z. Salter

G. Cassella

T. Skelton

D. Sandstrum

V. Morris

S. Hersey

J. Hwang

D. Shriner

I. Wied

B. Cumberledge

C. Arboleda

 

Girls Emerging Elite

G. Pippin

L. Burrell

L. Green

C. Stoaks

A. Grant

K. Sullivan

A. Manning

C. Dunaway

S. O’Connell

E. Weaver

S. Miller

T. Seay

M. Burneskis

D. Hochard

C. O’Brien

 

Freshman Team

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 9:07PM

August Schedule & Mandatory Practices

See Team Files for August XC Training. There are 2 files, Level 1 & Level 2.

In one of our past announcements it was stated mandatory practices start August 27th but after clarification with our athletic director we were incorrect.

So mandatory practices actually started the 1st day of tryouts, July 30th. Since July 30th attendance as been taken. Please see Team Rules & Expectations for our attendance policy. 

If you did not inform Coach Asia of a future absence before tryouts then the absences will be counted against you starting tomorrow August 1st. If you did speak with Coach Asia before tryouts you will be excused and not be penalized because of our miscommunication.

And a reminder per VHSL rule the 20 days of practice before the first meet went into affect on July 30th. This rule does not count double practices or 2 practices in one day. It only counts for 1 practice per day. Again each student athlete must have 20 days of practice before the first meet.

Also a reminder to all parents if your child is going to try out for cross-country in the future NEVER schedule anything in August. Tryouts always start the last couple days of July/first day of August. Practices count as mandatory first day of tryouts.

If you have any questions please email Coach Asia.

*** There is still a workout at Marstellar Middle School tomorrow August 1st, 2018 at 7pm. Coach Connor forgot to add to training calendar

Team News

6.0 years ago @ 2:05PM

Tryout Results Day 1

See Results in Team Files.

Key: 

Blue= Boys Varsity- Can compete in invitationals and district meets #1, #2, #3, #4

Red= Girls Varsity- Can compete in invitationals and district meets #1, #2, #3, #4

Green= Boys Emerging Elite, Cut off time was 24:10.00- can ONLY compete in district meets #1, #2, #3, #4 until Varsity time of 20:00 5k is met. See Team Rules on patriotpioneers.org for more details.

Orange= Girls Emerging Elite, Cut off time was 26:10.00- can ONLY compete in district meets #1, #2, #3, #4 until Varsity time of 22:00 5k is met. See Team Rules on patriotpioneers.org for more details.

Purple= Freshman= can ONLY compete in district meets #1, #2, #3, #4 until Varsity time of 20:00 (Boys)/ 22:00 (Girls) is met

Brown- Coaches Helper nominated by Head Coach Connor.

Black= Time standard not met. Can try again on Wednesday August 1st.

 

Any athlete who is not satisfied with their time can try again on Wednesday to either make the Varsity Standard or Emerging Elite Standard.  We encourage every athlete to try again to get their best time.

 

Congrats to those athletes who made it and best of luck on Wednesday to those who try again!

 


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