News of the Week: Oct. 17-22

Practice Week of Oct. 17th- 22nd
Daily Practice time is 2:30-5:25 Mon-Thurs and 2:30 -4:50 on *Fridays (unless otherwise noted)- Meet in your coach's classroom (Boys - Coach Simmons) (Girls - Coach Zoll)
* The activity bus only runs at 5:00pm on friday
Mon. 17th - PHS campus
Tues. 18th - PHS campus (finished by 4:15 bus)
Wed. 19th - Boy's team practice on PHS campus
- Girl's Team Finn Dawg Inv.- bus to Kirkwood park (details below) JV girls race, Varsity practice and support
Thurs 20th - PHS campus (JV girls are not required to attend)
Friday 21st - Boy's team -short practice/Girls team -No practice
Saturday 22th- District 4 Meet (Details Below)**All athletes are expected to attend and will be provided bus transportation.

MEET INFO. for the week:

Finn Dawg Invitational: Only JV girls will race, the Varsity Girls team will practice at the park and support our runners in the race.
Date: Wednesday Oct. 19
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
- Left (east) on Dougherty Ferry
- Right on N. Ballas
- Veer left on West Adams
- 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 22
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 12:45 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.


UPCOMING EVENTS/MEETS

Wednesday, Oct. 26 Findley Memorial Invitational (Boys only)- Forest Park Sectional Qualifiers can not race, but will attend.

Saturday, Oct. 29 - Sectional meet - McNair Park (only for qualifying teams or individuals)

Saturday, November 5th - Missouri State Championships Meet - Oak Hills Golf Course, Jefferson City (only for qualifying teams or individuals)

Monday, November 21st - PHS Cross Country Awards Night 6-8pm


Other Announcements:

- Bring sweats and extra clothes to practice everyday

- Uniforms and sweats should be clean and turned in directly to your Coach by November 11th. They must be in a bag with a tag clearly identifying your name. DO NOT leave them in one of our rooms laying around if we are not there.

- Team Members and Parents - Soon it will be time to assemble a slide show for the Awards night. We will gladly provide a disc or flash drive if anyone has photos from the season they would like to share . We could also use some music suggestions (unless ya like Coach Fader's "old timey" stuff, and I think Coach Simmons likes Disco)

- 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 your Coach so we can arrange to have your person still receive a special award.

Quote of the Week: It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. (Teddy Roosevelt) (Girls team - feel free to substitute the words "woman" and "hers" where needed)