News of the Week: Oct. 18 - 23

Practice Week of Oct. 18-23
Daily Practice time is 2:30-5:25 mon-thurs and 2:30 -4:50 on *fridays (unless noted otherwise)- Always meet at the stadium * The activity bus only runs at 5:00pm on friday
Mon. 18th - Bus to Faust Park
Tues. 19th - PHS campus (finished by 4:15 bus)
Wed. 20th - Finn Dawg Inv.- bus to Kirkwood park (details below) JV girls race, everyone else practice and support- estimating return to PHS 6:15-6:30pm
Thurs 21th - Bus to McNair Park
Friday 22th - No practice - rest up for District
Saturday 23th- District 4 Meet (Details Below)

MEET INFO. for the week:

Finn Dawg Invitational: Only JV girls will race: All Boys and the Varsity Girls team will practice at the park and support our runners in the race.
Date: Wednesday Oct. 20
Location: Kirkwood Park
Time: 4:30 JV girls race
Awards: 25 medals (medals awarded in the chute)
Return to PHS: approximately 6:15- 6:30pm
Directions to Kirkwood park:
270 South to Dougherty Ferry
Go Left (east) on Dougherty Ferry
Right on Geyer
The park will be on the right, off Geyer.

District 4 Meet - (only Varsity teams will race)
The top 30 individuals and top 4 teams qualify for the Sectional meet.
Date: Saturday October 23
Location: McNair Park
Time Schedule:
Bus leaves PHS stadium at 8:30 am (be there by 8:20am)
Varsity Girls 10:00
Varsity Boys 10:45
Awards Ceremony 11:45 (30 medals in each race, team plaque for 1st place)
Return to PHS about 1:00 pm

Driving Directions to McNair Park:
I-70 west
Take the First Capital exit and turn right off the exit ramp
Left on West Clay
Right on Droste
Follow Droste until you see the park entrance on the right.


Important dates for the remainder of the 2010 XC season
Wednesday, Oct. 27 - Findley Memorial Invitational - Forest Park ,Only JV/Freshman Boys (no Varsity members) will race and this will be the final race of the season for those groups
Note: All Boys and Girls team members not racing in the meets on Oct. 20th and 28th are expected to attend the meets and support the team as well as come to daily practice to enjoy some relaxed running. Wednesday Oct. 28th will be the last day of practice for all team members other than Sectional Qualifiers.
Saturday, Oct. 30 - Sectional meet - McNair Park
Saturday, November 6th - Missouri State Cross Country Meet - Oak Hills Golf Course, Jefferson City
Monday, November 22nd - PHS Cross Country Awards Night 6-8pm

Announcements:
- Uniforms and sweats should be clean and turned in to Coach Fader in Room G114 by November 9th. They must be handed directly to Coach Fader by you or delivered to room G114 in a bag with a tag clearly identifying your name. DO NOT give to Coach Lamb or leave unlabeled bags of sweats/uniforms in my room when I'm not around.

- Team Members and Parents - Soon it will be time to assemble a slide show for the Awards night. I will gladly provide a disc if anyone has photos from the season they would like to share by burning a copy. I could also use some music suggestions ( unless ya like that "old guy" stuff I listen too)

- Team members- don't forget to put together a "special award" for the teammate you selected. Coaches may be able to help if you need ideas. Also, If you can not attend the awards banquet please notify Coach Fader so we can arrange to have your person still receive a special award.

- Conference Pics are posted. Click the link in the sidebar. Thanks Ms. W!

Quote of the week: " Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.".. Kate Seredy