News of the Week: Oct. 25-30, 2010

Practice Week of Oct. 25-30
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. 25th - drive to Creve Coeur (upper level) If short on drivers we may stay on campus.
Tues. 26th - PHS campus (finished by 4:15 bus)
Wed. 27th - Findley Memorial Inv.- bus to Forest park (details below) JV boys race, everyone else practice and support- estimating return to PHS 6:15-6:30pm
Thurs 28th - Practice for Sectional Qualifiers only.
Friday 29th - No practice - rest up for Sectional
Saturday 30th- Sectional 2 Meet (Details Below)-All team members are invited to ride the bus.

MEET INFO. for the week:
Findley Memorial JV and Freshman Invitational: Only boys will race: Sectional qualifiers will practice and everyone else will support our runners in the race.
Date: Wednesday Oct. 27
Location: Forest Park - Central fields (same location as the Forest Park XC Festival)
Time: 4:30 Freshman boys race, 5:10 JV boys race
Awards: Both races: 2 team trophies and 40 medals (top 10 awarded after race)
Return to PHS: approximately 6:45 -7:00 pm
Directions: The race course is located on the Central Ball Fields in Forest Park. From PHS take HWY 70 east to HWY 170 south then go east on Forest Park Parkway. You can take the parkway all the way to Forest park and enter just as you cross over Lindell. Once in the park make a quick left on Grand (over a small bridge) and you will be facing the Central Fields. Veer left onto Jefferson OR right onto Union and find a parking spot.

Sectional 2 Meet - only Sectional qualifiers race (Sean, Hannah and Geri)
The top 30 individuals and top 4 teams advance to the State meet.
Date: Saturday October 30
Location: McNair Park
Time Schedule:
Bus leaves PHS stadium at 8:30 am (be there by 8:20am) All team members are invited to ride the bus.
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 and end of season announcements:

- Saturday, November 6th - Missouri State Cross Country Meet - Oak Hills Golf Course, Jefferson City

- Monday, November 22nd - PHS Cross Country Awards Night 6-8pm
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 night please notify Coach Fader so we can arrange to have your person still receive a special award.

- 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..I can promise some banjo!)

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

- Even though your season may be over -Don't give up on the blog yet...watch next week for one more post about Sectional results and awards night details!

Quote of the week:
"You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective." Denis Waitley