Great week last week at BTW and Rim Rock…sort of! BTW went really well with our JV and JH kids all placing in the top 2 for each race. Rim Rock was a little crazy with storms and lightning delays but we still had some excellent performances. Our Varsity Boys finished 12th out of 39 teams and our Varsity Girls claimed 3rd out of 37 teams. Our JV Rim Rock runners also excelled on a muddy, difficult course. It was a long weekend but our kids really stepped up and ran well in spite of the circumstances.
This week is our next home meet, the Owasso Invitational. The meet will start at 4:00 on Thursday at O’Brien Park in Tulsa. We need volunteers to help out with parking, medals, water, and the concession stand. This is the second of three meets ORXC will host this season. We had great help with the Relays! We love for our parents to be involved in the program. Please consider coming out to help the team and support your athletes. Kelly Mangelson from our Booster Club Board has set up a Sign-Up Genius for the meet…
Owasso Invitational sign-up
We’ll be taking our top 8 girls and boys to another huge race on Saturday in Fayetteville, AR for the Chile Pepper XC Festival. Any HS runners who want to come to watch the Varsity compete are more than welcome. We’d love to have a great group of athletes there to show their support and see some of the best teams in the region compete.
We are ALWAYS in need of snacks for our runners! The sooner they get calories after their workout the quicker they can start to recover for the next day’s workout. We purchase whole chocolate milk as a recovery drink with the Booster Club fee but if you’re at Sam’s or Costco and can grab some extra granola bars, fruit snacks, or crackers we could definitely use them. Kelly Mangelson, the previously mentioned superstar, was kind enough to make a snack sign-up if you’d like to help out…
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-44537727-snacks#/
We’re all really excited about these next few weeks! Please help your athletes by reminding them of the importance of sleep, hydration, and nutrition then come out to watch your athletes in action!
Thank you for all you do! As always…GO RAMS! – Coach Collins
Weekly Schedule
Monday, September 25th
HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am – (Monsters & Hawgs/Blue Birds Optional)
6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.
2:00 – 5:00 pm
JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Tuesday, September 26th
HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am – (Monsters & Hawgs/Blue Birds Optional)
6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.
2:00 – 5:00 pm
JH Practice – 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, September 27th
HS Practice – 2:00 – 5:00 pm (We will bus to O’Brien Park for our workout and to set up for the meet)
JH Practice – 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Thursday, September 28th
HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:50 am (Chile Pepper Runners only)
Owasso Invitational
O’Brien Park
6149 N Lewis Ave
Tulsa, OK 74130
2:00 – HS Bus leaves Fieldhouse
4:00 – JH Girls 1.5 Race
4:25 – JH Boys 1.5 Race
4:50 – JV Girls 5k Race
5:30 – Varsity Girls 5k Race
6:00 – JV Boys 5k Race
6:30 – Varsity Boys 5k Race
7:30 – HS Bus leaves O’Brien
7:50 – HS Bus arrives at Fieldhouse (approximately)
Friday, September 29th
HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:00 pm
No JH Practice – Home Football game
Saturday, September 30th
No HS Practice
No JH Practice
Chile Pepper Festival (Varsity)
Fayetteville AR,
1366 W Altheimer Dr,
Fayetteville, AR 72704
5:30 – Bus leaves Fieldhouse
7:30 – Bus arrives at Fayetteville
9:00 – Varsity Girls 5k
10:30 – Varsity Boys 5k
11:30 – Bus leaves Fayetteville
3:30 – Bus arrives at Fieldhouse (approximate)