| Monday, September 22 – Saturday, September 27 |
Important Items for the Week
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.
Atheltes 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 Eagle Invite we wanted to recognize the following 5 athletes
- Celeste Martin: She had a great big PR, but also ran the 8th fastest time (20:05) in RHS History! Way to go Celeste!
- Saif Khalid: He ran a two mile time trial at 8:59 per mile average! On Saturday, he ran 7:55 average! A minute per mile improvement! He was also faster at the Eagle Invite in comparison to Top of the Hill (a faster course)!
- Ben Shiferaw: He ran a 48s personals best time! He ran about 13s faster per mile at Eagle than he did for the 2 mile Time Trial. He was integral in the OPEN Boys 2nd place team finish!
- Adeniyi Adegbuyi: First XC Race and breaks 19 minutes for 3 miles! Way to go Adeniyi! He was out top boys OPEN race finisher and helped the boys finish 2nd overall in the Open division. 18:59 has earned him on spot in the Varsity 7!
- Colin Poon: He ran a that eclipses all of his previous personal best times! Currently his 3 mile PR of 17:33 has his 24th on the ALL TIME XC List for 3 miles.
Carlisle Invite (Sept 27):
This is a great Invitational at Carlisle HS. This event will be an all day affair. Athletes will just need to bring Money for Lunch. We will stop to get lunch at a LOCAL Mall so kids can access the FOOD COURT and Socialize for a bit. I will provide an itinerary early next week but here is a General Plan:
o 6:00am Departure
o 9:15am: Races Start
o 12:30pm -2:00pm – Depart Course (Depends on Awards)
o Arrive HOME NLT 6:00pm.
o A Full Itinerary will be sent out NLT Tuesday.
Weekly Schedule (Monday – Saturday)
Monday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Threshold Workout on XC Course
Tuesday
NO SCHOOL
NO Practice – Post Easy Run to Strava
Wednesday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 5:00pm
V02 Max Effort on Track
Thursday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 4:45pm
Easy Run
Friday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 4:45pm
Easy Run
Saturday
Carlisle Invite
Itinerary is coming out Tuesday
Upcoming Events/Looking Ahead
Senior Banners:
Dear Senior Athlete and Family –
Congratulations on your Senior Year. Thank you or Allowing me to capture one of your senior moments For you. Here are all of the details for your Senior Banner photo shoot.
Please be prompt to your session. If you are late to your session, there is a chance I may not be able to shoot everyone as I often have sessions back to back.
As a team, decide on which uniform you are wearing. **Note: If you are choosing to do the senior team at the bottom of the banner, you may choose to wear one uniform in the team shot and one for your main banner pose. Please make sure your entire team is in agreement BEFORE arriving and that you have all of your uniform pieces with you.
You will have at least one full body shot so please make sure you have the appropriate shoes and socks as well.
Bring props with you that are part of your sport. For INSTANCE, soccer should bring a soccer ball and the goalie should bring gloves and goalie shirt, baseball should bring gloves, a baseball, a bat, etc…. You only need to bring one of each items as you are all photographed individually, but you may bring your own item if that is what you want to be in your banner shot.
Come prepared with ideas for your main pose.
Banner Options:
***Entire team must pick ONE banner option***
· 3’x4’ Individual Athlete Only - $72
· 3’x4’ Individual Athlete and Senior Team (at Bottom) - $79
***Note: I will have an additional template available this year. As a team, they can decide which template they want.
Add - Ons:
· Fat head - $35
· Mini Banner - 18”x24” - $40
· Digital images will be available for purchase within 3 weeks of the session.
Banner price includes tax and shipping. Zelle, cash or check are my preferred forms of payment. (I do accept Venmo. But please make sure your are not set on goods and services as Venmo deducts fees when using this method.) Payment is due BEFORE the session. If paying by cash or check, payment on arrival is absolutely fine. But please note, I will no longer release banners until ALL payments have been received.
· Zelle - 410-533-9133
· Venmo - Jenise-Dunn-2
· **PLEASE put your PLAYER’S Name, Jersey Number, School and Sport on the Payment!*** This is essential.
My address is 3038 Fawnwood Drive, Ellicott City, MD 21042. Please enter through the basement studio entrance located on the left side of the house and down the stairs.
Great American Invite (Oct 3 - 4):
Its going to be a great trip! 42 of the 48 athletes are in attendance! Love it when most of the team can make these events! That is what it is all about! THE TEAM!
- Start thinking about your roommates. 3 – 4 per room.
- Cost: $150. Here is what is included:
- Team Shirt
- Friday’s Lunch from Subway – you will get to order what you want. A google form will be sent out prior.
- Friday’s Dinner from Olive Garden.
- Hotel and Saturday Breakfast
- Entries into the meet
- Charter Bus
- Lunch/Dinner at my parents house in Raleigh, NC before departing for home.
o You can pay for the trip in CASH, CHECK (Payable to RHS) or you can pay online.
o I will be sending out a North Carolina specific email this week.
Fantasy Cross Country
Our next event will be Carlisle.
I will send out a reminder later this week to set your line up for Carlisle.
·Fantasy Link: https://xctf.rhsgators.com/cross-country/rezzixc-fantasy-cross-country/