News of the Week: Oct. 3rd-8th

Practice Week of Oct.3rd- 8th
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. 3rd - PHS campus
Tues. 4th - Drive to Creve Coeur Upper level
Wed. 5th - PHS Campus.... finished by 4:15 activity bus (parent/ teacher conferences)
Thurs 6th - PHS Campus...finished by 4:15 activity bus (parent/teacher conferences)
Friday 7th - No School - (optional special practice) "Apple Run" - meet at PHS at 7:30am -Coaches will drive all to Pere Marquette State Park for some trail running and hills of epic proportion. Distance will be adjusted based on ability level. After our run we will drive to nearby Eckert's Orchard (or possibly a different orchard) in Grafton and enjoy some post run apple picking and munching. Some apples will be purchased for all, but bring money if you wish to have your own bag of apples or buy anything else at Eckerts. We will return to the high school around 1:00.
Bring an extra t-shirt/dry clothes to change into after our run (there is a lodge at the park to change)

Saturday Oct. 8th - 8-10:30 am Morning Practice (Varsity required) - all team members looking to be the best they can be should participate. We will meet in teh PHS commons and carpool out to McNair Park for practice.

Important dates for the remainder of the 2011 XC season

Saturday, Oct. 15 - Surburban North Conference Meet - Koch Park

Wednesday, Oct. 19 - Finn Dawg Inv.(Girls only) - Kirkwood park Only JV/Freshman Girls (no Varsity members) will race and this will be the final race of the season for those groups This meet also marks the last day of required practice for all girls team members other than Varsity runners. However, all team members are expected to attend the District Cross Country meet.

Saturday, Oct. 22- District meet - McNair Park- (only Varsity race)

Wednesday, Oct. 26 Boys - Findley Memorial Invitational (Boys only)- Forest Park Only JV/Freshman Boys (no Varsity members) will race and this will be the final race of the season for those groups

Saturday, Oct. 30 - Sectional meet - McNair Park (only for qualifying teams or individuals)

Saturday, November 6th - Missouri State Championships Meet - Oak Hills Golf Course, Jefferson City (only for qualifying teams or individuals)

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

Quote of the week:"My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy."
--John Bryant