End of Season Notes & OHSAA 7th & 8th Grade Invitational

END-OF-SEASON NOTES:

• Congrats at SWCs! That was awesome, you really executed well! Thanks for your hard work this season, we appreciate it!
• Parents, thanks for all your help this season! Thanks for all the dinners, pictures, and flexibility this summer/fall! It's been a lot of fun.
• We will be updating some end-of-season items:
• We'll finalize times and post them for you to see
• Updated TEAM records and INDIVIDUAL records will be done soon (probably next week)
• Once completed, we're going to post the records at Learwood
• Please turn in uniforms to Coach Rocco's classroom. Please wash your uniform and turn it into Coach Rocco. Please place everything in a bag and label it with your name. Don't forget to label it with your name!

OFF-SEASON TRAINING:

• Now that the season is over, our attention will transition to Track & Field season. If you're not running track this spring you can still train with us this winter. If you are running track this spring you absolutely should train with us this winter.
• We will take three weeks off starting next week! We will start pre-season training the week of November 16th. This will be 3-4 days per week, but it will be much lighter than what we've done these last 3+ months. We will meet after school and will be done by 4 p.m. We'll text out a bi-weekly schedule throughout those winter months...if you can't make a session we'll post manageable running times.
• We will be taking interested athletes to indoor meets this winter. We'll send out information regarding this, but initially we're thinking of going to a couple Oberlin indoor races and a SPIRE race in January & February.
• We will be starting conditioning for Track & Field the first week of February. Once the calendar switches to February, we'll be back for track season. We'll be meeting 5 days a week.

OHSAA 7th & 8th Grade Invitational:

• Bus leaves Troy at 5:50 a.m. Be there at 5:45 a.m. We're taking one bus, please use the restroom before we leave.
• We should return around 4:30 p.m. This is an estimate, we'll text our arrival home to everyone.
• Pack a lunch! We'll let everyone know when to eat, but you'll need to eat breakfast and a light snack before your race. Of course, bring water as well.
• Bring money for food afterward! We're planning on stopping somewhere for a later lunch on the way home.
• The meet will be held at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park
• We're tracking the weather! Right now it looks like rain, we'll go over what to bring to be prepared.
• Information for this meet can be found here: MEET INFO
• Parents, if you're attending get there early! This meet is different than the other locations in that the runners finish inside the stadium. You might want to get there early to get a spot in the stadium, and be aware of the crowds! 

• GIRLS TEAM runs at 10 a.m.
• Claire B.
• Helena
• Annie
• Olivia B.
• Lanie
• Olivia D.
• Emmy
• BOYS TEAM runs at 10:35 a.m.
• Everett
• Jack W.
• Caden
• Joe
• Wyatt
• Christian O.
• Jack A.
• GIRLS OPEN runs at 11:10 a.m.
• Alaina
• Alyssa
• Ava
• Payton
• Elliot
• Claire K.
• Scarlett
• BOYS OPEN runs at 11:45 a.m.
• Christian M.
• Colin
• Owen
• Teddy
• Tejas
• Jacob
• Bryce

SWC WEEK

SWC WEEK:

• Please check Coach Rocco’s room for any missing items! At the end of our season we’re going to place all missing items in Learwood’s Lost & Found. Anything not claimed at year’s end will be donated to charity.
• Parents, while this final race is centrally located, make sure to remind kids to stick together!
• Time to get some rest! Eat healthy, 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! 
• Parents: we've been very accommodating with the athletes' sports schedules this season...we are going to ask that those other sports be accommodating with us this week. We are tapering this week, and we need the kids to REST! We've been pushing them these last few weeks, and I know a lot of them are participating in multiple sports. We want them to peak at the right time, and that means they've got to rest this whole week. If you could adjust their sports' schedules this week, we would really appreciate it! 
• Our End-of-Season Team Recognition will be held on Friday, October 16th. This will coincide with our team dinner, where we'll watch our end-of-season video, review our season, and hold our final team dinner.

Southwestern Conference Championship

• Bus leaves Troy at 7:35 a.m. 
• The meet is held at Lorain County Community College (LCCC). This is the same course as our Avon Lake Early Bird earlier this season.
• We would like ALL athletes to ride the bus TO and FROM this meet! We would like the entire team to be present for the awards ceremony at SWCs! GO AVON LAKE!
• SWC Awards Ceremony is typically held to recognize the top 8 runners (All-SWC), then Top 9-16 runners (2^nd Team All-SWC), then the SWC teams will be recognized.
• We should be back in Avon Lake around 11:15 a.m.

RACE SCHEDULE:

• 9:00 a.m. ALL BOYS
• 9:30 a.m. ALL GIRLS
• 10:15 a.m. SWC AWARDS CEREMONY

Huron Meet MAP

 

HURON INVITATIONAL

Here's our weekly update:

• Continue to eat healthy, drink plenty of water, and stock up on rest! Our hard workouts will end within a week. It’s time to rest, we are beginning to taper. For this last week, avoid all soda, eat very healthy foods, drink plenty of water, get a LOT of sleep (middle schoolers need to average 9 hours 15 minutes of sleep a night), and STRETCH after practice, on Sunday, and before you go to bed each night. It’s not what you do the day before a race, it matters what you do the WEEK before a race!
• If you are dealing with an ailing issue (Achilles, quads, hips, IT-band) let us know. We can help facilitate proper stretching to help you get healthy!

Huron Information:

• All athletes & parents must sign a waiver in order to participate:
• We will provide hard copies of this at practice on Tuesday
• Please return as soon as possible
• Be at Troy at 9:15 a.m. We should return to Avon Lake around 2:15-2:30 p.m.
• Trophies will be awarded to 1st & 2nd place teams
• Medals will be awarded to 1 - 10 places
• Ribbons will be awarded to 11 - 20 places
• Results will be posted on ATHLETIC.NET
• This race will be held at BGSU Firelands  (1 University Drive, Huron, OH 44839).
• Meet information can be found here: HURON INVITATIONAL
• Here's the schedule:
• 11:45 a.m.      ALL BOYS
• 12:15 p.m.      ALL GIRLS

Huron Invitational WAIVER

Here's a link for the Huron Invitational WAIVER:

WAIVER

HURON WEEK Practice Schedule

Here's the practice schedule for this week. We may end practice a little earlier than the posted times, but the times listed should be fairly accurate:

Day	Date	Location	Time
Monday	10/5	Learwood	3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Tuesday	10/6	Learwood	3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday	10/7	Learwood	3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Thursday	10/8	Learwood	3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Friday	10/9	Learwood	8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
* NOTE: we are trying to get busses to take us to LCCC Friday morning * If we can't get buses on Friday we'll practice at an alternate location

CVNP INVITATIONAL

Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Woodridge) Invitational

Parents:

• The race will be held at Virginia Hills at the Pine Hollow entrance: 5465 Quick Road, Peninsula, OH 44264
• Meet information can be found here: MEET INFORMATION
• There is NO parking alongside the road of this race.
• Woodridge will run several shuttle buses from their high school to the meet, so you might want to get there early so you are not rushed.
• This race will have chip timing, so we will help runners with their chips at camp. Runners will return their chips to the coaches back at camp.
• There are concessions and apparel at this meet

Athletes:

• The buses will leave TROY at 8:30 a.m. (be at Troy at 8:20 a.m.)
• GIRLS run at 11:05 a.m.
• BOYS run at 12:05 p.m.
• We should return by 2 p.m.

Race Information:

• This race will run as ONE GIRLS' RACE
• There will also be ONE BOYS' RACE
• If you look at the race schedule on the website, Avon Lake will run in the WHITE DIVISION (the larger division)