Friday Night Dinners Volunteer Schedule

Thank you to all the parents that have volunteered for the Friday carb-loading dinners. Below is the final volunteer list. As a reminder, please plan on picking up your child around 5:00/5:15pm at the front entrance of Learwood after each of the Friday night dinners.

* Friday, September 3rd: Herman, Ahren, Moore(Susan), Francy, Cold(Assaf) and Menzer

* Friday, September 10th: Spensley, Litzler, Dotson, Rice and Ward

* Friday, September 17th: Winkel, Jantz, Killius, Lambert and Quinn

* Friday, October 1st: Woyansky, Lucas, Wadsworth, Warthman, Klingshirn and Oechsle

* Friday, October 8th: Spitz, Becker, Riley, Maurer, Popiel and Hebert

Thank you!

Linda Glasser

Directions to LCCC

Saturday's Race

Cross Country Parents:

Here is the information regarding this Saturday’s SWC Preview Meet at Lorain County Community College:

· Athletes need to be at Learwood at 5:50 a.m. Buses will be departing at 6 a.m.

· All boys run at 8:30 a.m.

· All girls run at 9 a.m.

· We should return at approximately 11 a.m. We will encourage athletes to call home to make sure parents do not have to wait for the buses to arrive at Learwood

Some things to remember about the first meet:

· Bring uniform, any extra apparel you may want to wear, two pairs of socks, your practice running shoes (if you have spikes you still should bring your practice shoes to warm-up/cool-down in), your spikes (if you have them), sandals (to wear after the meet on the way home…your feet will be wet), something healthy to drink, a snack to eat both before and after the race, sweats to wear before and after the race, and a cell phone to contact home on the way home

· Parents, if you are taking your child home from the meet please make sure to sign out with Coach Walters at the finish line. Only parents can sign out athletes from the meet!

· After the race, results will be posted online at www.baumspage.com. On that webpage, click on Cross Country. Then scroll down to Southwestern Conference Preview (8/28/10). Click there to find out results. Please note: results may not be updated until later in the day that Saturday or perhaps even into the day on Sunday.

· We will email a course map either tomorrow or Friday. We will do our best to mark it for parents so they know where to cheer on the athletes. We will also pass out course maps to athletes at Friday’s team meeting.

· The goal of the first meet is really simple: every runner must finish the race without walking!

· As for the uniforms, we will do our best to accommodate every runner before race day, but we currently do not have enough as our numbers have increased substantially over the past two weeks. We ordered more uniforms two weeks ago but they are very busy outfitting teams this time of year. I met with the distributor today and we may have our uniforms by Friday but that is not a guarantee. We may have to ask some runners to run in their gym uniforms for this first meet. I have spoken to the meet manager and it doesn’t sound like it will be a problem for runners for this first meet.

Some other areas of note:

· We had a team meeting today to discuss positive team behavior and the importance of supporting one another during practice and at meets. Parents, please reinforce this concept with the athletes as we have a very large team this year and only two coaches. Team captains and experienced runners have been taught to support the new runners and to include everyone in team workouts and upcoming meets. This is the most important aspect of our season and we will not tolerate any inappropriate behavior at practice or at meets. We have had a tradition of excellent behavior from our athletes and we will continue to model such behavior this season.

· Please encourage your athletes to exercise good judgment when road running. We talked about this at our parent meeting, but runners should exercise caution when crossing intersections, should only run on the sidewalk, and should NEVER run on the road.

· At this point in the season there should be no walking during our road running. We have witnessed multiple athletes walking during workouts. This is our 4^th week of running and if a runner continues walking during a workout we will have to set up a meeting with the Avon Lake High School athletic trainer so athletes can be evaluated by a professional. If athletes are not diagnosed as injured by the trainer, then they are expected to run if they attend practice.

Thanks for all your support! We appreciate all the help with the Friday Night Dinners and we look forward to seeing everyone this Saturday!

Coach Rocco

Coach Walters

Avon Lake Cross Country

Friday Night Carb-Loading Dinners

The first Learwood Cross Country Team Dinner will take place this Friday, August 27th following Friday's practice in the Learwood cafeteria. Thank you to Vanessa Furrer, Samantha Fowkes, CeCe Carlson, Traci Wansack, Rebecca Thieken for assisting with the first dinner. Please plan on picking your child up from the dinner around 5:00/5:15pm at the front entrance of Learwood.

I am looking for volunteers to prepare the carb-loading dinners on the following dates (typically five to six people are needed for each dinner):

* Friday, September 3rd
* Friday, September 10th
* Friday, September 17th
* Friday, October 1st
* Friday, October 8th

We are omitting Friday, September 24th as the school calendar is showing an Activity Night at the school that day and Friday, October 15th is NEOEA Day (no school) so we will determine at a later date what we will be doing since this is the day before the SWC Championship.

The typical carb-loading dinner consists of:

2 pans of buttered egg noodles
2 pans of pasta with sauce
garlic bread
dessert (brownies/cookies)
water bottles
plates/napkins/forks

These items are easily split amongst the five - six volunteers. We have already secured the cafeteria for each of the remaining five dates. Typically the volunteers for the dinner will arrive around 4:15pm to set up the food in the cafeteria. Once the runners are done with practice, they grab their things and head to the cafeteria to eat. The volunteers clean up after the kids are done eating and wait to ensure all the kids have been picked up. It's pretty simple and the kids truly enjoy the dinners!!

Please e-mail me at lglasser4321@oh.rr.com if you can be a volunteer for one of the dates or if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Linda Glasser

Week of August 16-20

Hello Parents and Athletes!

We are entering our 3rd week of Cross Country, which is our LAST week of summer vacation! This week, Monday-Thursday, we are meeting at Avon Lake High from 9-10:45. On Friday practice will be held at Learwood, same time; we will also be handing out uniforms that day.

Don't forget we also have the Cross Country Parent Meeting on Tuesday, August 17^th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Learwood Middle School Auditorium. We are looking forward to seeing everyone there!!

Coach Rocco

Coach Walters

Friday Game Day--Capture the Flag

Just one of the many reasons Learwood Middle School Cross Country is a BLAST! Oh, and just for the record... Team Walters did end up capturing the flag first!

Sunday, August 15th Race

Here is an upcoming race that some might be interested in running...click on the link below for the information!

Santarelli 5K

Coach Rocco will talk more about it at practices!

Coach Walters

Necessary Paperwork--Important

Medical Forms/Warning Forms/Insurance Forms are due BEFORE practice on Monday, August 9^th. Coaches will be at the High School at 8:30 with forms should you need to fill them out. These forms are to be turned in to the coaching staff.

· Physical Forms are also due BEFORE practice on Monday, August 9^th. These forms are to be turned in to the office at Learwood.

· Pay-to-Participate Forms are due on Friday, August 20^th. These forms are to be turned in to the office at Learwood.

· Physical Forms and Pay-to-Participate forms can be picked up at the office at Learwood. Medical/Warning/Insurance forms can be picked up either at Learwood or from the coaching staff.

· All forms can also be accessed via the Avon Lake City Schools’ website:http://www.avonlakecityschools.org/learwood/athletics/forms

· Athletes cannot participate in practice until these forms are filled out and turned in. If athletes cannot participate with the team, the coaching staff will give athletes the workouts to run on their own until all forms are turned in.

Cross Country Parent Meeting

We are having our Cross Country Parent Meeting on Tuesday, August 17^th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Learwood Middle School Auditorium. The auditorium is right by the front doors of Learwood. Please plan on attending, especially if you are new to cross country. We will have team packets, schedules, maps to meets, and general information regarding our upcoming season. Hope to see you all there!

Summer Practice Schedule

Summer practices will be held at the following locations:

Monday, August 9^th – Friday, August 13^th & Monday, August 16^th – Thursday, August 19^th

Avon Lake High School Track

9 – 10:45 a.m.

We meet at the caboose in front of the track

Please bring water on a daily basis as it will be hot next week!

Friday, August 20^th

Learwood Middle School Track

9 – 10:45 a.m.

We meet at the front of Learwood

We will be passing out uniforms at this practice!

Monday, August 23^rd

Learwood Middle School Track

3 – 4:45 p.m.

We meet at the front of Learwood