Saturday Start Time Change

Because of previous scheduling conflicts at St John's, the meet on Saturday will be starting at 10:30.  If there are any changes due to the weather, we will let you know,
Thanks
Denny

Centennial Results

The results from today's time trial at Centennial are now posted on the right side of the blog.  Once again, there were no team results kept, so cannot say where we would have placed in the meet.

But, it was good, and fun, to get out and to get a few races in for the girls and to get them seeing where they are at with their goals and what they need to work on, as well as what we need to work on as coaches.  There were some very solid performances and we got to see what the girls were made of with the below average meet weather.  It gives us as coaches a lot of positives to see the girls put so much in when the weather is not perfect, and that is something that we can build off of.

Thanks to all of the parents and other fans that came out into the cold as well to support the girls!

Denny

Centennial Tuesday Meet

So, we are going to have a "sort of" meet on Tuesday at Centennial.  There will be no Field events due to the current conditions, so those athletes that only do a field event will stay behind at school for practice.  Also, due to the predicted temps, they have taken out a couple of events to help make the meet go a little quicker.  The schedule that they will be using is listed below, but the three events that they took out are the 4x100m relay, the 300IM Hurdles, and the 3200m, one from each of the different categories of running events (Sprints, Hurdles, Distance). 
Lastly, because a lot of events will be missing, there will not be any official meet results.  We will get times for all of our athletes, but there will be no overall winners.
Any questions, please let me know, and dress warm if you are coming to watch tomorrow!
Denny

Start of the races is at 3:45
4x800m
100/110 High Hurdles
100m
4x200m
1600m
400m
800m
200m
4x400m

Centennial: 4707 North Road, Circle Pines, 55014.  Go East on Hwy 10, then merge onto Interstate 35W North.  Go north on 35W to the Lexington Ave exit and take a right.  Take a left on North Road (101^st Ave NE).  School will be on left about a mile after Lexington.

Week Ahead

Here is some information about the week ahead. If and when there are any other changes, I will let you know.
Monday: Uniform handout after school
Tuesday: Centennial Tri (still scheduled)
Saturday: Sartell Indoor (was originally an outdoor meet on Friday but was moved to Indoor at St John's University due to the snow on the ground)

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

Sartell Invite Change

With the weather we have had this past week or so, we are going to be running through some schedule changes for our meets.  As of right now, Centennial is holding onto hope that they will be able to host a meet on Tuesday next week, 4/10.  They shoveled off their track the past couple of days, so they are hoping to not get much snow this weekend.  As soon as there is any notification of a change, I will let you know.

There is, however, been a change for next Friday's meet at Sartell, 4/13.  They have over a foot of snow on their track still, so they have changed the meet to Saturday, 4/14, and have moved it to St John's University where we will be using their indoor track.  The meet time is from 10:00 - 2:00, with the buses leaving at 8:00am from the high school.  We know that Prom is on Saturday, and have been notifying the girls of this fact.  I will have a team list at practice today to check on who will be at Prom and cannot go, or would not be able to go for other reasons, thus making sure we are able to fill the spots we will have for the meet.  I will be sending out more information once we are notified and a schedule of events once they are finalized. 

Thanks,
Denny

Week Ahead

Here are just a couple of things for this week.  We are still a little over a week until our first outdoor meet, so we will be still working on getting the girls ready. 
Monday is the last day for team apparel.  We sent these forms out to the girls, but here is a link if you did not see it.  Everything is ordered online: Team Apparel  None of this is mandatory, just some items offered if you or your athlete would like to purchase.  The team jackets will hopefully be in before or first meet.
Tuesday is ACT test day for some of the students at the High School, with the rest of the High School having the day off.  Even though the test will be done before noon, we are still having practice at 3:00 since we as coaches still have to work and the Middle School girls are still in school all day.
We are hoping to have either good weather or a good location to practice on Friday, for we are wanting to do our first Team Relay day, which is to be a fun practice for the girls focusing on team bonding.
Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

Friday Practice

With there being no school on Friday, we have moved our practice time to 9:00am.  We know that there are going to be other obligations with it being Good Friday and a longer weekend, so if an athlete is not able to make it, then that is not a problem. 
Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny