We are officially moving towards Striders and ORXC training now! After last week’s rest time, we’ll start easing back slowly with some recovery runs just to get their legs moving again. Another big thing we always do these last few days of school is have the runners start on their Rankone forms. On Tuesday at practice, we’ll have everyone bring their chromebooks to start that process. Runners can’t participate in ORXC without completing their Rankone forms and uploading a current physical (taken after April 30th.) The coaches will walk them through the process. If they need some information, you might be getting a text. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. This is a pain every year but if we can get it done now, we don’t have to worry about it when XC starts.
For the last week of school, we’ll have a short practice on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We’ll still be done by 2:45. Semester Testing starts on Thursday with 1-3-5th hours. We will NOT have practice that day. Runners can leave to go home as soon as school ends. On Friday we have 2-4-6th hours. We’ll have runners coming to the Fieldhouse at 12:40. We will go for an easy run that day but we’ll be all done with practice by 1:30. Runners can’t leave early unless they are checked out by a parent. If runners are exempt from semester tests and want to drive up on their own to run at the Fieldhouse that will be up to you and them.
Striders Camp is now open! We will start practice on June 10th. All information including schedules, sign-ups, and the parent/athlete handbook for our summer program can be found at www.owassostriders.com. Summer training is essential for our cross-country athletes. It serves as injury prevention, heat acclimatization, and team building for the fall. We spend time teaching runners all about how to be successful athletes and teammates. They run together, learn together, and have fun together. That’s what leads to a great XC season! I attached a QR code for our Striders SportsYou page so you can stay up to date on any new information.
Thank you all again for an AWESOME Track season and I can’t wait to get started this summer on XC!
Thank you for everything you do and as always…GO RAMS! – Coach Collins
Weekly Schedule
Monday, May 20th
HS Practice – 2:00 – 2:45 pm – Easy Recovery Run
Tuesday, May 21st
HS Practice – 2:00 – 2:45 pm – No Running/Bring Chromebooks – RANKONE Day
Wednesday, May 22nd
HS Practice – 2:00 – 2:45 pm – Easy Recovery Run
Thursday, May 23rd
No practice – Semester Test Day – Even hours
Friday, May 24th
HS Practice – 12:40 – 2:45 pm – Easy Recovery Run – Runners can go home if checked out early by a parent.
Saturday, May 25th
HS Practice – No Practice