Uniform Turn In

Uniform turn in is going to be on Monday, June 3rd right after school.  Please make sure all uniforms are clean before you turn them in.
Thanks,
Denny

Mandatory Athlete Meeting

For all returning athletes, there will be a mandatory, all sports meeting on Thursday, June 6 after school in the Field House.  This meeting will start at 10:15 and be done at about 10:45. If you are planning on being in a sport next year, you need to be there.

Thanks,

Denny

Section Meet

Below is the schedule's for this weeks Section 5AA Meet at Hamline University.  It is very similar to the schedule from last weeks NWSC Meet, but please note the 3200m and that one heat will be run in the middle of the meet, and one at the end, 3 hours later on Wednesday.   Also, please be aware that parking at Hamline is not easy, nor is there a lot of spots available.  If you are able to car pool, this will help a bit, but also please give yourself plenty of time for arrival before your athletes events.  There will also be admission fee, (cannot find the amount in the information given, but will find out), and T-shirt sales.  One thing of note, please, do not go inside of the track area.  Most areas will be roped off, so please stay out of those areas of competition.
Finally, it is not confirmed, but we are planning to have uniform turn in for all athletes that do not make it to State, on Monday, June 3rd after school.  If this changes, I will let everyone know.
Thanks
Denny

Day 1 May 29

1^st place in each heat plus the next fastest times to fill all lanes will advance in all running       events 400m or less and the hurdle events.

Boys 800m run and Girls 800m run 3 heats for each gender. 

Top 3 in each heat plus the next fastest 3 times for a total of 12 runners to the finals

The 1600m and the 3200m will be run in 2 sections.  The fast section will be run last.

National Anthem at 1:50    Annalee Blake  Mounds View

2:00 p.m. field events start

2:30 p.m. girls 100m high hurdles semis 6 sections

2:45 p.m. boys 110m high hurdles semis 6 sections

3:00 p.m. girls 100m dash semis 6 sections

3:20 p.m. boys 100m dash semis 6  sections

3:40 p.m. girls 3200m run section 1

4:00 p.m. boys 3200m run section 1

4:20 p.m. girls 400m dash semis   6 sections

4:40 p.m. boys 400m dash semis   6  sections

5:00 p.m. girls 300m hurdles semis 6 sections

5:20 p.m. boys 300 m hurdles semis 6  sections

5:40 p.m. girls 800m run semis 3 sections

6:00 p.m. boys 800m run semis 3 sections

6:20 p.m. girls 200m dash semis  5 sections

6:35 p.m. boys 200m dash semis 6 sections

6:55 p.m. girls 3200m run section 2

7:15 p.m. boys 3200m run section 2

Day 1 awards will be given out at 11:30 a.m. Friday following national anthem.

 

Day 1 Field Events

Triple Jump Boys   Long Jump Girls   Boys PV   Girls  HJ   Boys Shot Put  Girls Discus

Day 2 Field Events  

Long Jump Boys Triple Jump Girls   Girls  PV   Boys  HJ   Girls Shot Put   Boys Discus   

DAY 2

National Anthem   11:20 a.m.       Annalee Blake  Mounds View

First Day Awards   11:30 a.m.  

11:30 a.m. Field Events Start                                                                                                

12:00 p.m. girls 3200m relay 1 section

12:20 p.m. boys 3200m relay 1 section

12:35 p.m. girls 100m high hurdle finals

12:45 p.m. boys 110m high hurdle finals

12:55 p.m. girls 100m dash finals

1:00   p.m. boys 100m dash finals

1:10   p.m. girls 4 x 200m relay finals ( 2 sections)

1:20   p.m. boys 4 x 200m relay finals ( 2 sections)

1:30   p.m. girls 1600m run (2 sections)

1:50   p.m. boys 1600m run ( 2 sections)

2:15   p.m. girls 4 x 100m relay finals (2 sections)

2:25   p.m. boys 4 x 100m relay finals (2 sections)

2:35   p.m. girls 400m dash finals

2:45   p.m. boys 400m dash finals

2:55   p.m. girls 300m  hurdles finals

3:05   p.m. boys 300m hurdles finals

3:15   p.m. girls 800m run finals

3:25   p.m. boys 800m run finals

3:40   p.m. girls 200m dash finals

3:45   p.m. boys 200m dash finals

4:00   p.m. girls 4 x 400m relay ( 2 sections)

4:15   p.m. boys 4 x 400m relay finals ( 2 sections)

Conference and Beyond

I was hoping that there would be a web site that would have results from the NWSC Meet this week, but nothing is being posted.  If I can find a way to attach them to this blog, I will get them up.
But, I am very proud of the girls this week.  Most people would have looked at the fact that we only had one girl running in a final yesterday as a down year, but we had 5 races in which we had someone almost make the finals, which is big in the fact that most were not even supposed to be close! Plus, yesterday, all four of our relay's showed dramatic improvements and either ran best times for the year and/or moved up from where it was ranked coming into the meet, with the biggest jump being the 4x100m team that was ranked 8th and finished 3rd and getting All-Conference honors!!  The girls definitely had their best day of the year, and would have been fun to see what this group could have done with a normal spring, and if we wouldn't have had as many injuries/illnesses to top athletes.  But, the girls have not quit and continue to push despite the number of negatives they have had to deal with.

The JV Meet for next Thursday at Andover has been cancelled.  The Andover team is not getting much interest from their athletes so they have decided to no move forward with the meet.  So, our JV runners are officially done, but we would love for them to continue to practice, especially those that are going to be back next week.

Couple of dates to look for in the next couple of weeks:
Today, team voting is after school
Monday, May 27, 6:00pm practice at the track to accomodate those that are planning on being out of town for the weekend.
Wednesday, May 29, Day 1 of the Section 5AA Meet at Hamline University.  Meet starts at 2:00 (Meet schedule will be posted next week)
Friday, May 31, Day 2 of the Section 5AA Meet at Hamline University.  Meet starts at 11:30
Monday, June 3, Uniform Turn In for anyone who did not qualify for the State Meet right after school.
Friday, June 7 and Saturday June 8, State Meet at Hamline University
Monday, June 10, Team Banquet at CRHS Cafeteria at 6:00pm

If there are any questions about any of this, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

Today

Day 1 of the Conference Meet is upon us and it looks like the weather will have a say in how things will happen, what a shock.  Everything is a go and will happen even if it is raining, though.  One change though is that the Girls High Jump and the Boys Pole Vault will be inside the high school, in the Field House.
As for the weather, it appears that it will be raining at some point in the meet, if not the whole time.  Things will go on as planned unless there is lightning or heavy rain, in which things will be delayed at first.  They are hoping that the weather will not be too severe to have to delay until tomorrow, and finish all of it today, even if it takes longer.
I will be out at the track or working in the Field House all day today getting things ready, so if you have any questions, please contact the AD Secretary.  If a major weather delay occurs before the meet starts, I will try to get a message out to everyone.
But, the meet is starting at 3:00 and you will probably have to park on the High School side of Northdale, so give yourself plenty of time and remember that there is an admission cost of $6 for adults and $4 for students.
Thanks
Denny

Up Coming Shedule/Results

Below is a link to the results for yesterday's St Francis Invite.  Considering we had only about 1/3 of our Varsity there, I thought it was a very positive day in which the girls finished 5th out of 10 teams.

http://wayzatatiming.com/track/2013/StFrancis/Results.htm

This is Conference Week, so we are getting closer to the end of the season. The schedule for the meets is at the bottom of this blog.  Please note when the 3200m Run is, as well as which day each field event is and that the Relay's and 1600m Run are on Thursday only.  For all other events, Tuesday will be prelims, where the top athletes will qualify for the finals on Thursday.
There will be an admission price to get in: ADMISSION OF $6.00 FOR ADULTS AND $4.00 FOR STUDENTS ON BOTH TUESDAY, MAY 21st FOR THE PRELIMS and THURSDAY, MAY 23rd FOR THE FINALS

We have decided to add one more meet for the JV athletes.  This will be an informal meet at Andover, with just the two schools.  This meet will be held on Thursday, May 30th and will probably start at about 3:30 and they are hoping to be done before 6:00.  This will be for anyone that does not compete at the Section Meet that week, so this will be a great opportunity for the JV athletes to get two more weeks of practice in so they can continue to develop and give a better understanding of what we will have going into next year since we have missed out on so many opportunities to develop this season with the weather.

If there are any questions about anything, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

Proposed Running Events Schedule

TUESDAY

       3200 meter run – girls slow heat                     3:00pm

3200 meter run – girls fast heat                      3:15pm

100 meter high hurdles – girls                        3:30pm

110 meter high hurdles – boys                        3:50pm

       100 meter dash – girls                                     4:10pm

100 meter dash – boys                                    4:20pm

400 meter dash – girls                                     4:35pm

400 meter dash – boys                                     4:45pm

300 meter low hurdles – girls                          4:55pm

300 meter intermediate hurdle – boys             5:05pm

800 meter run – girls                                       5:20pm

800 meter run – boys                                      5:35pm

200 meter dash – girls                                     5:45pm

200 meter dash – boys                                     5:55pm

3200 meter run – boys slow heat                    6:05pm

3200 meter run – boys  fast heat                     6:20pm

·         Presentation of winners and awards determined on Tuesday, will be made Thursday at 3:30pm.

·         Presentation of winners and awards determined on Thursday, will be made following the determination of places and times for each event.

THURSDAY

4 x 800 meter relay – girls – 1 heat                 3:00pm

4 x 800 meter relay – boys – 1 heat                3:15pm

100 meter high hurdles – girls                        3:30pm

110 meter high hurdles – boys                        3:40pm

100 meter dash – girls                                     3:50pm

100 meter dash – boys                                     3:55pm

4 x 200 meter relay – girls – 2 heats               4:05pm

4 x 200 meter relay – boys – 2 heats               4:15pm

1600 meter run – 2 heats girls                         4:30pm

1600 meter run – 2 heats boys                        4:45pm

4 x 100 meter relay – girls – 2 heats               5:00pm

4 x 100 meter relay – boys – 2 heats               5:15pm

400 meter dash - girls                                      5:30pm

400 meter dash – boys                                      5:40pm

300 meter hurdles – girls                                 5:50pm

300 meter intermediate hurdles – boys           6:00pm

800 meter run – girls                                       6:10pm

800 meter run – boys                                      6:20pm

200 meter dash – girls                                     6:30pm

200 meter dash – boys                                     6:35pm

4 x 400 meter relay – girls – 2 heats               6:40pm

4 x 400 meter relay – boys – 2 heats               6:55pm

Announce team scores and champions       7:10pm

Field Events Schedule

            Tuesday, May 21, 2013                     Thursday, May 23, 201

            Sign in . . . . . . . 2:45pm                      Sign in . . . . . . . . 2:45pm

            Boys triple jump                                  Girls triple jump

            Girls long jump                                   Boys long jump

            Girls high jump                                   Boys high jump

            Boys shot put                                      Boys discus

            Girls Discus                                        Girls shot put

            Boys pole vault                                   Girls pole vault

2013 Girls Track and Field
End of Season Banquet

When: June 10, 2013, 6:00pm

Where: CRHS Cafeteria

This will be a formal gathering to look back, reflect, and celebrate the 2013 Season.  We are planning a Pot Luck dinner this year.  Below is what each class is to bring.  We have 80 girls on the team, their families, plus 9 coaches and their families, so please plan accordingly.  Plates, silverware, cups, etc. will be provided.

Seniors: Desserts

Juniors: Main Dish

Sophomores: Salads

Freshmen & Under: Beverages

Being this is a formal gathering; the athletes should be dressed in more formal attire.

If there are any questions, please let me know.

Thanks
Denny

Thursday/Saturday

If yesterday is the last JV Meet of the season, then the girls had their best day of the season and ended on a very positive note.  There were no meet results kept, but as we competed and watched how each event played out, we definitely would have finished in a high position as a team!  The other nice thing that occurred is that a few girls will be making pushes to be on the Section Team with how they competed and their times/marks.  With that, we as a coaching staff hope that all of the girls continue to practice for the next two weeks plus and continue to improve and show to us that they do want to be apart of the Section Team.  We had to have names and times/marks in for the NWSC Meet next week, before the start of the JV Conference Meet, so some spots would have changed with how the girls competed.  I will let them all know at practice today, and forewarn the Varsity team that the JV may be taking some of their spots!

Tomorrow's meet is planned to go. It appears that there will be a chance of rain/storms, but the meet will go on as planned unless there is a complete down pour, or if there is lightning, in which case we will need to wait a half an hour from the last strike of lightning.  The Meet Directors will make that decision.

I will be putting the time schedule for next weeks NWSC Meet up on Sunday so no one is confused with tomorrow's schedule.  One thing of note though, the 3200m Run will be on Tuesday, and the 1600m Run and all Relay's will be on Thursday.

Finally, in a couple of hours I will be posting information about the end of season banquet.  The date for this year is Monday, June 10, and it will be held in the CRHS cafeteria at 6:00pm.

If you have any questions about any of this, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

Thursday/Saturday

Morning!
Despite the heat from Tuesday, we made it through with some positive performances and were able to figure out a few more things as we move forward.  There were no results from Tuesday's meet, so could not tell you how we finished.

Today's JV meet at Elk River was planned to start at 4:00, but I just double checked with Elk River and it is now at 3:45.  This will be a normal scheduled meet, and with 5 teams we probably will not get home until after 8:00 tonight.

Saturday's St Francis Invite will be starting at 10:00am.  Our bus will leave at 8:30.  Below is the time schedule.  We are hoping to be home around 5:00, but if your athlete is competing and they need to leave early, please call me or have your athlete bring a note so I know who is leaving and when.

Thank you to the parents that have offered to help at next weeks Conference Meet on Tuesday and Thursday.  I am still looking for one parent to help with the 5:00-7:00 shift on Thursday. If Interested, please let me know.

Thanks
Denny

---  FIELD EVENTS  ---

   10:00            Girls Pole Vault (Northwest of track):  Boy’s start at 9’0”

                           Boy’s High Jump (West end of track):  Girls 30 minutes after boy’s

                           Girl’s Long Jump: (West end outside track):  Boy’s to follow

                           Boy’s Triple Jump (West End outside track): Girl’s to follow

                           Girl’s Discus (East End of track):  Boy’s to follow

                           Boy’s Shot Put (Northeast corner of track): Girl’s to follow

                      ---   RUNNING EVENTS   ---

   10:00               4x800M Relay G

   10:15               4x800M Relay B

   10:30               100M H G

   10:45               110M HH B

   11:00               100M Dash G

   11:10               100M Dash B                                    

   11:20               800M Relay G

   11:35               800m Relay B                                                                       

   11:50               1600M Run G

   12:10               1600M Run B

   12:30               400M Relay G

   12:40               400M Relay B

   12:50               400M Run G

     1:05               400M Run B

     1:20               300M IH G

     1:35               300M IH B

     1:50               800M Run G

     2:05               800M Run B

     2:20               200M Run G

     2:35               200M Run B

     2:50               3200M Run G

     3:20               3200M Run B

     3:50               1600M Relay G

    4:05            1600M Relay B

Conference Meet Concession Stand

Good Morning!
Found out last night that the Girls Track Team will be in charge of one of the concession stands at next weeks Conference Meet at Coon Rapids.  We will need parent help for both days and have it blocked off into two, 2 hour shifts, 3:00-5:00, 5:00-7:00.  We will have to be there a little before and a little after, but we are in need of parents to be there.  If you would like to help out during one of these times, please comment to this post or call me.  I will put the time schedule for the Conference Meet on here in a couple of day.s

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

TT Results

http://www.mshsca.org/track/13ttresults/4aaa%20results%202013.pdf

I was finally able to find the results from last Tuesday's True Team Meet online.  Just click on the link above.

Tomorrow's meet at Robbinsdale Armstrong is on schedule, and will have a normal schedule of events, with the first race starting at 3:45. The temps are supposed to be a little hot tomorrow, so please be prepared (there is not a lot of shade at this track). 

Reminder that we have rescheduled the St Francis Invite to this Saturday, May 18.  We are not sure yet who we are planning on taking, but we will probably do a lot of prep work for next weeks Conference. 

Lastly, this is not a definite yet, but we may be doing a JV Meet on Thursday, May 30 at Andover to make up for the meet we lost last Thursday.  As soon as I can confirm this, I will let you know.

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

Meet Cancelled

Just found out that Anoka has cancelled the JV Meet today due to the weather.  Not sure if this meet will be rescheduled or when.  If so, I will notify you.
Thanks
Denny

New School Record

Sorry this took so long, was waiting to see if there would be a web site for results, but there have not been any yet for yesterday's True Team Section meet.  Once they are posted somewhere I will post here.  But, the girls showed improvement yesterday in Elk River and finished in a solid 4th place.  We know as a group that we can improve and we are getting closer.  With the poor weather, a lot of girls are behind in the race department, so we are trying to advance them without beating them down.

The biggest event with yesterday's meet was the new school record that Courtney Pasiowitz achieved in the Shot Put.  The former record of 43'6" was set in 1997, and was one that Courtney has been aiming for and was finally able to take it down with a throw of 44'1.25"!!  Congrats to Courtney and we are hoping she keeps moving that record further out three!

Tomorrow is a JV meet at Anoka.  Races start at 3:30 and it will be a normal schedule of events.  There is no time schedule, and some years this meet has gone by really fast and others it is dragged.  I believe there will be 5 teams, but it could be as many as 9.

Finally, the team pictures will be on Friday after school at the track.  All athletes will get order forms tomorrow and will need to wear their uniform for the team picture.

If there are any questions, please let me know.
Thanks
Denny

Mega Meet/True Team

Sorry I didn't get this posted sooner, but was waiting for a link to the results so I could put them on here, and they didn't show up until this morning.  Saturday was a tough day with the weather, and it was going to be difficult for PR's, but there were a few that were able to fight through the elements and had their best days of the season.  So here are the results: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4VP82uerTj1NFBxT0xDd2hucWs/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1

As for tomorrow, the True Team Section Meet at Elk River, well first, the weather actually looks like it is going to be nice!!  So, I am hoping the girls will be excited and ready to see what they can do.  It is the normal schedule of events starting at 3:45.  There was no time schedule, so the events may run fast or slow, depending on if there are any issues.  The girls will go first in each event on the track.

There will be a spectator fee: $6.00 adults and $4.00 for students. Spectators should enter between the tennis courts.

The other thing that is different for this meet compared to the others, is the fact that every athlete that finishes there event or is not disqualified, will receive points.  The team that has the most points at the end of the meet will qualify for the True Team State Meet in two weeks.  Here is the scoring system:

Individual Events 27-26-25-24-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Relay Events 36-32-28-24-20-16-12-8-4

This is based on 9 teams, and three athletes per team, per event, and one relay team.  If an athlete is disqualified in their running event or scratches/no heights in their field events, they and their team get 0 points, and every one behind them moves up.  This also applies in the relay's.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks
Denny

Saturday

Below is the time schedule for Saturday's Mega Meet at Sauk Rapids.  The meet is actually at the Middle School,
Sauk Rapids/ Rice Middle School 901 S 1st St

and there will be an admission price as well, $6 Adults $4 Students.  Sounds like the weather may have a little bit of coldness and wetness to it, so please be prepared.  Being that this is a bigger meet, it would have to be some nasty weather for the meet to be cancelled.

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny
 

9:30 AM #27 Girls Pole Vault Finals

9:30 AM #29 Girls Long Jump Finals

9:30 AM #35 Girls Shot Put Prelims

9:30 AM #26 Boys High Jump Finals

9:30 AM #32 Boys Triple Jump Finals

9:30 AM #34 Boys Discus Throw Prelims

11:15 AM #35 Girls Shot Put Finals

11:15 AM #34 Boys Discus Throw Finals

12:00 PM #28 Boys Pole Vault Finals

12:00 PM #25 Girls High Jump Finals

12:00 PM #31 Girls Triple Jump Finals

12:00 PM #33 Girls Discus Throw Prelims

12:00 PM #30 Boys Long Jump Finals

12:00 PM #36 Boys Shot Put Prelims

1:45 PM #33 Girls Discus Throw Finals

1:45 PM #36 Boys Shot Put Finals

Running Events

9:45 AM #1 Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Finals

10:00 AM #2 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Finals

10:15 AM #3 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals

10:40 AM #4 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals

11:00 AM #5 Girls 100 Meter Dash Finals

11:10 AM #6 Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals

11:25 AM #7 Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Finals

11:35 AM #8 Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Finals

11:45 AM #9 Girls 1600 Meter Run Finals

12:00 AM #10 Boys 1600 Meter Run Finals

12:25 AM #11 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Finals

12:35 PM #12 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Finals

12:45 PM #13 Girls 400 Meter Dash Finals

1:05 PM #14 Boys 400 Meter Dash Finals

1:25 PM #15 Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

1:45 PM #16 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

2:05 PM #17 Girls 800 Meter Run Finals

2:15 PM #18 Boys 800 Meter Run Finals

2:25 PM #19 Girls 200 Meter Dash Finals

2:45 PM #20 Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals

3:05 PM #21 Girls 3200 Meter Run Finals

3:20 PM #22 Boys 3200 Meter Run Finals

3:35 PM #23 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Finals

3:50 PM #24 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Finals

Quick Change

Not sure how many of you will see this, but just got an email at 1:15 that today's meet is going to have the running events start close to 3:30 now.  Hope this doesn't cause any issues. 
Thanks
Denny

Blaine Results

http://67.23.19.61/system/files/9123/original/Blaine.pdf?1367369483

Above are the results from last nights Blaine Invite.  When I am able to, I will either put the web address to the results or let you know where they can be found.  This will only be for the bigger meets that use a timing service.

As for how things went last night, it was a positive step from last weeks meets, but we still have a lot of things to work on and we as a group of coaches are working hard to give the girls the best opportunities to reach their goals.  With the goofy weather we have had this year, we will have to make some changes just to get the girls going without having the number of races that we are used to that are used as development.

Tomorrow is still being planned despite the weather predictions.  If something changes I will let you know as soon as I can.  The one difference in start time.  On our schedule it was to start at 3:00, but Andover has changed the time.  So, field events will start at 3:30 and running events at 4:00, with the normal schedule of events.

The girls will also know today or tomorrow if they will be competing in Saturday's Mega Meet at Sauk Rapids.

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny