News of the week: October 11 - 16

Practice Week of Oct. 11-16
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. 11th - Bus to DuSable Park- St. Charles
Tues. 12th - Drive to Apple Tree
Wed. 13th - Bus to Koch Park
Thurs 14th - Drive to Creve Coeur Upper
Friday 15th - Varsity only practice at PHS, finished by 4:15
Saturday 16th- Suburban North Conference Meet (Details Below)

Suburban North Conference Meet - Oct. 16th
Meet at the stadium at 7:20am, Bus leaves at 7:30
Location: Koch Park
Race Schedule
9:15 Varsity Girls (15 medals)
10:00 Varsity Boys (15 medals)
10:35 JV Boys and Girls (common start, boys and girls will be sorted at finish line)

Directions to Koch Park:
- take 27o east/north
- exit at McDonnell and turn left off exit ramp
- McDonnell becomes Howdershell - stay straight
Koch Park is located at the corner of Charbonier and Howdershell - Turn left onto Charbonier and then another left into the park.

Important dates for the remainder of the 2010 XC season
Wednesday, Oct. 20 - Finn Dawg Inv. - Kirkwood park Only JV/Freshman Girls (no Varsity members) will race and this will be the final race of the season for those groups. (See Note below)
Saturday, Oct. 23- District meet - McNair Park

Wednesday, Oct. 28 Boys - 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

Other Announcements:
- Pictures from the Hazelwood West meet and Ron Jorgenson Inv. are posted on the PHS pics site. Just click the button in the side bar.
- Bring sweats and extra clothes to practice everyday.- I know the weather has been nice lately, but it won't take much to change so be prepared for cool temps or rain everyday.

Quote of the Week:
'A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.'
Frank Shorter