Monday, September 8 – Saturday, September 13

Important Items for the Week

Mattress Fundraiser

·        Spread the word!  Use your social media accounts.  Send an email to your neighborhood via Nextdoor or Facebook.  Ask your friends to say Reservoir Cross Country at check out.

·        Here is a copy of the little form the kids should have gotten on Friday night.

Misc Appointments

·        Please try to minimize outside activities and appointments that pull athletes from practice.  While we are very accommodating, we do not want the students to miss out on opportunities.

·        SPECIAL NOTE: Saturday, Sept 20.  This is a key workout day and it is expected that all athletes will be present.

Athletes of the Meet

• Each of the major meets we like to recognize 4 – 5 athletes for being AWESOME! That could be running a really fast time, Personal best effort, or other amazing feats!
• For the Top of the Hill Invite we wanted to recognize the following 5 athletes
  • Kate Felsen: She ran a really nice PR and she is realizing that trusting the process and hard work will get you far in this sport!  Great JOB Kate!  It was truly a great moment to see Kate so happy on Saturday!
  • Corrina Fritz: She ran 23:40 for 5k.  That is a pretty amazing race for her first 5k!  She is ranked 27^th out of all freshmen ever to come through Reservoir.  95% of the times in the list are times from the end of the season.  So I expect her to move up the list quite a bit.  Also, at the 2 mile time trial, she ran an average of 8:20 per mile.  At Top of the Hill (5k – 3.1 miles) she ran an average pace of 7:38!  More than 40s faster per mile!  She was also nominated for Athlete of the Week at Reservoir HS.
  • Jackson Pascarello: He had an outstanding race!  Ran a huge PR by more than 80s and placed inside the top 25!  He was also nominated for Athlete of the Week at Reservoir HS.
  • Griffin Ellinghaus: He has been working really hard and grinding all Summer.  He ran a great PR of 17:37 which is more than a 40s improvement.
  • Cater Jackson: Another freshman making his mark!  Carter ran 8:45 per mile during the 2 mile time trial and at Top of the Hill, he ran 7:50 average!  Almost a full minute faster per mile!  Great Job!

Fantasy Results after week 1

• Results are posted for Week 1.
• Overall winner of Week 1 was Dominic Ye and Daniel Lucinski. They both tied with the lowest combined time.
• Here are the rest of the Results: https://xctf.rhsgators.com/cross-country/rezzixc-fantasy-cross-country/

 

Weekly Schedule (Monday – Saturday)

Monday

Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Long Run

Tuesday

Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 4:45pm
Easy Run

Wednesday

Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Hills

Thursday

Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Easy Run

Friday

Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Easy Run w/ Strides

Pasta Party at Griffin Ellinghaus’s 5pm - 7:30pm
(SIGN UP GENIUS… Drinks, Snacks and Desserts are needed)
Address:  8552 Pineway Ct.  Laurel, MD 20723

Saturday

Meet at Centennial HS
*** No bus will be provided.
A full itinerary will come out tomorrow (Wednesday)
All Athletes are required to attend.

POOL PARTY at Luke’s at 5pm.  Details below.

Upcoming Events/Looking Ahead

Wednesday, Sept 17:

·        This is our Home League Meet.

·        This is a half day of school

o   The races will start at 1:45pm (Boys) and 2:30pm (Girls).

o   Most of our kids will be doing some sort of a workout during the race and afterwards.  Similar to our meet at Hammond.

·        Typically, this is a day that we honor the seniors.  However, this year, we will wait to honor our Seniors at the banquet.  Because this is a half day, and we are NOT racing, I do not want to encourage parents leaving work early.

·        SPECIAL NOTE:  If Seniors want to get SENIOR BANNERS, we will need to organize quickly and get this rolling ASAP.

POOL PARTY:  Saturday, Sept 13:

·        Pool Party at Luke’s House from 5:00pm – 8:00pm.

·        GOOD NEWS… the pool will be heated!  Weather looks good though!

·        Pizza and Salad will be served

·        Bring Bathing Suits and Towels.

·        We do want to supply drinks, snacks and desserts.  Here is the sign up genius to help with these items.

·        Address:  8060 Hunterbrooke Ln, Fulton, MD 20759

Fantasy Cross Country

·        Don’t forget to set your Fantasy Line up for this week.

·        If you have not joined the FUN, you can still join.  Click the link and you can add your name and team names at the bottom of the GOOGLE FORM.  Join us!

·        Fantasy Link:  https://xctf.rhsgators.com/cross-country/rezzixc-fantasy-cross-country/