September 3rd Early Bird INFO

Cross Country Parents:

Here's the information regarding the Avon Lake EarlyBird Invitational at Lorain County Community College (LCCC).

* Athletes need to be at Learwood at 6 a.m.

* Bus leaves at 6:15 a.m.

* Boys run at 8 a.m.

* Girls run at 8:30 a.m.

* Our estimated time of arrival back at Learwood is between 10 - 10:30 a.m. We will have athletes call home once we leave LCCC so parents can arrange

transportation home from Learwood.

* Avon Lake is hosting this meet, and our Athletic Department has asked the coaching staff to notify parents that we may need volunteers to help out. If

you are interested in volunteering, please contact our Athletic Director, Tom Barone, at tom.barone@avonlakecityschools.org.

Some reminders about the meet:

* Bring extra apparel (t-shirt, sweatshirt/sweatpants, shorts, extra socks, sandals)

Athletes should only wear sandals when they are back on the bus!

* Bring a healthy snack, something healthy to drink, and a cell phone to call home on our way back to Avon Lake.

* Parents, continue signing out with Coach Walters if you are taking your child home with you. Only parents can sign out athletes. Coach Walters will

either be at the finish line, start line, or at the campsite-but she will most likely be at the finish line.

* After the race, results will be posted online at www.baumspage.com. On that webpage, click on Cross Country. Then scroll down to Avon Lake

Invitational (9/3/11). 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.

* Course maps are the same as last week's, which you should be able to access on the team blog site. We will also provide copies on race day.

About the team:

* Team behavior at the meet was excellent. We will be assigning jobs for athletes on race day so the set-up and break-down of the camp runs as

smoothly as last week . Any parent who could help in supervision of our camp after the races would be appreciated!

* Team support last week was awesome! Let's keep it up this week--it's important to cheer on other runners as they need

encouragement throughout their races.

* Runners must show excellent sportsmanship again this week-we will continue to be respectful of other teams. If there are

any issues with other teams please let me know but so far so good!

* The races this week will determine who runs the team/open races at Brecksville. The top 7 runners will be on team, all other

runners will be open runners, but all runners will have the

opportunity to run.

* We will have an OPTIONAL practice on Labor Day. We were thinking of holding it at the Cleveland MetroParks from 9 – 10:45 a.m. If you are in town,

come join us. If not, we will post workouts on the team blog site this weekend. ATHLETES NEED TO RUN ON MONDAY! If you plan on attending

Monday’s practice, parents will need to drive athletes to the MetroParks. We will meet at the boat launch in Rocky River…we will send directions in the

next couple of days (we’ll also put it on the blog).

Thanks for your help so far this season! The athletes are working very hard this week and we are impressed! Let’s keep it up and we’ll see you Saturday!

Coach Rocco

Coach Walters