That was whack. Two meets in two days. Rain, super hot, and freezing cold all in about four hours for BTW then the opposite for BA the next day. Through it all we had some terrific races from our athletes! We wanted to give them a taste of what State will feel like having to perform well on back-to-back days and they CRUSHED it. Despite the conditions, we had fast times but the best part was the effort they gave. We were all miserable and tired and our runners still stepped up and competed very well. I was very proud of all of them last week!
This week we have Freshman Conference tomorrow and High School Conference on Thursday. FR Conference will be at Sapulpa HS and HS Conference will be held at Bixby this year. Several of our JV runners ran their last race last week and this will be the final meet for a few more athletes. From this point on, we can only take 3 runners per event and have one relay team. Our JV runners will continue to train up to the State meet so they’ll be on the same training schedule as our Varsity kids. We will run the JV Mile the Wednesday before State at their final race. If we JV athletes are in another sport in the fall they will move on this week.
We’ll be sending out information for our summer Striders program very soon. This year we are adding sprints, throws, and pole vault in addition to training athletes for XC next fall. We’ve changed up our schedule a little to better accommodate all of our athletes. As soon as I have everything put together on the website we’ll post it and get the ball rolling. In the meantime, the website is open for our distance athletes to start signing up. Summer training is CRUCIAL to a successful XC season and training together with teammates helps create the kind of culture we seek in the fall. Since we started the Striders program twelve years ago, our XC program has grown in leaps and bounds. It’s not the only reason but Striders certainly plays a huge role in that success. The website is www.owassostriders.com. Check it out and please let me know if you have any questions.
The Gear Store for XC will be opening this week. To guarantee a uniform and warm-up set before the start of the season, runners need to purchase their gear from this store. We’ll have a second store in June which should be enough time to get gear before racing starts in the fall. We’ll have a final store in August that will be the same gear but will come in after we start racing in September. If you have any questions on gear when you see the store please reach out.
We have our annual end-of-the-season banquet coming up in a few weeks. The ever-vigilant Kelly Mangelson has put together an RSVP link and another link for volunteers. Here are those…
Banquet RSVP Link – RSVP no later than Tuesday, May 7
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-49219672-2024
Banquet Volunteer Link
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-49226486-2024
Lastly, we have Physical Night for the 2024-2025 seasons coming up on May 6th. The cost is $25 and will be held on campus. The funds from Physical Night go directly to our athletic training rooms for things like tape, recovery equipment, and Gatorade bottles. The more money raised on Physical Night the more access our runners will have to the best treatment available. Plus, it means you don’t have to worry about uploading a physical to Rankone later this summer. It all stays in-house.
Thank you for everything you do and as always…GO RAMS! – Coach Collins
Weekly Schedule
Monday, April 22th
HS Practice – 6:40 – 7:30 Required Weight Room (No weight room for freshmen running at Conference), 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout
Freshman Conference
Sapulpa Sports Complex
1521 S Wickham Rd,
Sapulpa, OK 74066
2:00 – Bus leaves from Fieldhouse
9:00 – 9:30 – Bus arrives at Fieldhouse (approximate)
Roster:
| Yaretzy | Aguilar-Cardona |
| Madison | Friday |
| Hannah | McBee |
| Bijoux | Milien |
| Colton | Correa |
| Nos | Graham |
| Jack | Hill |
| Brody | Murdock |
| Keith | Nelson |
| Adan | Rossini |
| Chiles | Stover |
Tuesday, April 23rd
HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout
Wednesday, April 24th
HS Practice – 6:45 – 7:30 am Required Weight Room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout
Thursday, April 25th
HS Practice – 2:00 – 3:00 For anyone not going to Conference
Frontier Valley Conference
Bixby High School
601 S Riverview Dr,
Bixby, OK 74008
Roster:
| Erin | Hendrick |
| Stella | Jones |
| Jade | Mangelson |
| Bella | Nelson |
| Taylor | Snyder |
| Sarah | Swofford |
| Audrey | Toews |
| Gabe | Baughman |
| Evan | Carter |
| Eric | Harding |
| Sam | Hays |
| Dane | Janowski |
| Isaac | Krueger |
Friday, April 26th
HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Saturday, April 27th
HS Practice – 8:00 – 9:30 am