WELCOME TO THE 2017 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON!

July 28, 2017

Hello Athletes and Parents!

Welcome to the 2017 Cross Country Season! I am excited for the potential we have this season. We will begin MANDATORY practices on Tuesday August 8th at 4:00p. All practices will take place at Clemson Road Extension Park. We meet at the White House on Children’s Garden Rd. I will also be at the park to run with all eligible girls at 8a beginning Aug 31st.

To be eligible an athlete must have turned in the following forms to COACH LINDMAN - DO NOT TURN IN ANY FORM TO THE FRONT OFFICE

Completed Required forms:

-Forms Checklist

-Physical form, two pages, signed by a DO, MD, or PA

-Health Form 1 & Health 2

-Student Emergency Information Form

-First time SVHS athletes must turn in a copy of birth certificate.

-If applicable there are middle school eligibility forms and a home school eligibility form

NO ATHLETE MAY PRACTICE WITH THE TEAM UNTIL ALL FORMS ARE COMPLETED & TURNED IN!

Each of these forms are attached in this email. Please bear with the redundancy of these forms, they ensure quick and effective treatments and emergency care for your child in the unfortunate and rare event that there is an incident. The additional Travel Permission Form must be notarized and will be required prior to athletes riding the bus with us.

Fall practices will take place at 4:15p at Clemson Road Extension Park. Practices will conclude no later than 6p. Additional recommended weight room time will be offered (hopefully from 6:45-8a) two or three days a week. More information on this will be provided soon.

Meets take place on Wednesday afternoons, typically starting at 5:30p and on Saturdays about 9a. School bus travel will be used for all away meets. The bus will pick athletes up outside Bates Hall at Spring Valley High School and will return them to the same location after the completion of the meet. It is imperative that athletes be pick up from bus trips in a timely manner. Our coaching staff cannot go home to their families until all athletes have been picked up. Please be considerate of our coaches. Bus transportation will not be used when a meet is run at Sandhills Extension Park. Bus departure times will be announced two days prior to the meets. On occasion, Saturday meets allow for limited entry and teams must indicate a varsity team prior to the start of the race. On these occasions athletes will be notified two days prior to the meet that they will be competing. Non competing athletes will not be allowed to use bus transportation to attend the meet. All athletes and their families should mark their calendars with EVERY meet, including the State Qualifiers and Finals. You will find a copy of our schedule attached. In order for our team to be successful it is important that we have access to every runner for every meet. Please plan family vacations, SAT testing and appointments around the dates on our schedule. We will need parent assistance at all meets being hosted at Sandhills.

If you know anyone who might be interested in running cross country during the 2017 season please share this information with them. I will allow 1st time runners as well as 7th, 8th and 9th graders to join until August 26. It may be comforting for potential athletes to know that training programs are based upon athlete experience level, and injury history. Not all athletes will be expected to complete a 5 mile run on day one! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

We have a lot of hard work ahead of us - I look forward to it!

Coach Rachel Lindman

734-846-8120