SWC Week

SWC CHAMPIONSHIP

Here we go! This is the final race of the season. Let’s go to work:

·         Please check Coach Walters’ room for any missing items! At the end of our season we’re going to place all missing items in Learwood’s Lost & Found.

·         Parents, while this final race is centrally located, make sure to remind kids to stick together!

·         Time to get some rest! Eat health, drink a lot of water, stock up on sleep (9 hours, 15 minutes a night), and STRETCH before bed! Avoid soda, junk food, and limit sweets to one dessert a day! Remember, it’s not what you do Friday night, it’s what you do this whole week.

·         Parents and athletes: typically athletes like to toilet paper my house after SWCs (Saturday night). Just remember: we love Coach Rocco and we would NOT want to do any damage to his home.

·         Bowling Reminder: after SWCs we meet at Spevock’s Bowling in Avon Lake.  The coaching staff will be collecting uniforms/jackets. If you can wash them BEFORE you return them that would be AWESOME!  However, because of the short time between race and bowling we understand if that is not possible. 

·         Parents: we’ll be updating Avon Lake’s Team Records & Individual Records. We’ll also post this on the blog after SWCs.

·         I’m including Avon Lake’s SWC History here. Take a look at what athletes have done over the last 20 – 25 years!

Southwestern Conference Championship

·         Bus leaves at Troy at 12:10 p.m. (be there at noon).

·         Boys run at 1:30 p.m.

·         Girls run at 2 p.m.

·         SWC Awards Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Top 7 runners (All-SWC) will be recognized, then Top 8-14 runners (2^nd Team All-SWC) will be recognized, then the SWC schools will be recognized.

·         There is an Elementary Race at 12:45 p.m. It’s 800 meters and it’s open to any young athlete in the SWC! Pre-registration is over, but all elementary kids (grades 1 – 6) can still register tomorrow by the tennis courts if you want to race.

·         SWC apparel will be available! We pre-ordered but they may have extra apparel should you want to get something.

·         We’ll leave around 3:15ish.

·         Once we return to Avon Lake, go home, shower, then come bowl with your team (don’t forget your uniforms if you’re not running at the OHSAA Championships). Bowling takes place from 7 – 9 p.m. at Spevock’s in Avon Lake.

·         I’m posting the final Cheat Sheet of the season! We passed this out on Monday, but here it is one more time. Thanks for a great year!

OHSAA Middle School Championship Meet

·         We will go over this early next week—we just got our confirmed race times and we’ll set everything up for those participating at the state-level!