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We made it to JH tryouts!  Tryouts will start tomorrow with our 6th/7th grade runners and continue on Tuesday with our 8th graders.  Anyone who can’t make Monday or Tuesday needs to come work out on Wednesday as a makeup day.  Runners must have their Rankone Forms complete and a current Physical uploaded to Rankone.  Athletes must also be in good academic standing in order to participate.  The list of athletes making the team will be posted at school sites later this week and practice will start on Wednesday of next week.  Don’t forget we have our Track Parent meeting on Tuesday of next week as well.

We’ll be taking a few of our HS distance kids to compete in Topeka on Saturday at Washburn University.  We’re planning on leaving at 6:00 on Saturday morning and will return late Saturday night.  I will post the itinerary for the meet tomorrow or Tuesday.  

We are working to transition away from the Remind App due to the issues we had in Cross Country.  I will continue to post on Remind until the upcoming Track parent meeting but please sign-up for the SportsYou app for updates for Track this season and XC next season.  I attached a separate document with the SportsYou information.  

Enjoy the Super Bowl tonight!  Doesn’t matter who’s playing…GO PACKERS!  2025 will be the year of the CHEESE HEAD!  Bet. 

Thank you for everything you do and as always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule 

Monday, February 12th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm

JH 6th/7th Grade Tryouts – 3:15

Tuesday, February 13th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:40 – 7:30 Required Weight Room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout

JH 8th Grade Tryouts – 3:15

Wednesday, February 14th (Happy Valentines Day (Bring your favorite Coach Collins gummy bears))

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:45 – 7:30 am Required Weight room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout

JH Tryout Makeup Day – 3:15

Thursday, February 15th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:50 am Optional Recovery Run, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

Friday, February 16th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm 

JH Practice – No Practice

Saturday, February 17th

HS Practice – No Practice (Washburn Indoor Meet day)

JH Practice – No Practice

Another chill week for our distance kids.  Not much new is happening.  Especially with this nicer than usual weather, February is a great time to get really consistent with training and sleep before we start racing in March and after the ups and downs of December and January.  We have been talking with our runners about finding a balance between working hard to improve their fitness but not so hard that they burn themselves out mentally and physically before race season starts.  Last week was good but I think this week will be even better as they get more efficient with the schedule and the “rhythm” of the week.  Please continue to encourage your runners to get plenty of rest, good food, and hydration so they can get the most out of practice.

We had planned on taking some kids to OU this week for an indoor meet but we had so many drop out we are now looking at taking those who want to race to Washburn in Kansas on Feb. 17th.  I will send that information out as soon as it’s confirmed.  We will have a TEAM Long Run on Saturday morning since we aren’t going to OU.

This will be the last week for our off-season JH workouts.  JH tryouts are scheduled for February 12th and 13th.  We will have a pre-season Parent meeting for Track for HS and JH kids making the team on February 20th.  I attached a separate document with the tryout information. 

We are working to transition away from the Remind App due to the issues we had in Cross Country.  I will continue to post on Remind until the upcoming Track parent meeting but please sign-up for the SportsYou app for updates for Track this season and XC next season.  I attached a separate document with the SportsYou information.  

Coach Parker posted information regarding gear packs and gear payment for Track on SportsYou.  Make sure you check that out and please let one of us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you for everything you do and as always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule 

Monday, February 5th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, February 6th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:40 – 7:30 Required Weight Room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Wednesday, February 7th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:45 – 7:30 am Required Weight room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout

JH Practice – No Practice

Thursday, February 8th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:50 am Optional Recovery Run, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Friday, February 9th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm 

JH Practice – No Practice

Saturday, January 10th

HS Practice – 8:00 – 10:30 am Long Run

JH Practice – No Practice

THE SUN! I SEE THE SUN!  It’s been a month of Christmas breaks, MLK Day breaks, wind, snow, and ice.  We haven’t had a normal week of practice in a long time but I feel good about this one!  The weather looks great and we’re going to take advantage of it. 

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned we spoke with a rep from Garmin about ordering watches for our team.  We’ve spoken with the kids several times but the promo ends on Wednesday so I want to make sure parents have the information as well.  This is NOT mandatory but if any of our runners are looking for a new watch it’s a good option.  

The primary reason to use Garmin is they offer an app called CLIPBOARD that allows coaches to monitor athletes’ paces and distances.  It also lets coaches send out workouts and routes specifically individualized to each runner with a Garmin watch.  This eliminates runners from having to fill out a training log (which is like pulling teeth) because the information comes directly to the coach.  It’s intriguing to think we could think about our whole TEAM being synced to the same app with less work for the coaches and athletes.  Runners don’t have to own a Garmin to use CLIPBOARD.  They can enter their runs manually but in order for it to sync automatically they will need a Garmin watch.

If we get 10 athletes who want to order a watch we can get a discount.  Here’s the info…

I’m glad to hear you were able to chat with my colleague, Brett, about Garmin and Clipboard at the Boulder Clinic. We can offer our coaches who use Clipboard 30% off of our fitness products when placing an order as a team. We are also offering a New Year’s deal in addition to the normal, 30% off pricing. Below, I have a short list of our recommended/popular devices and what your current price would be.

Entry Level:

Forerunner 55 *popular

• List Price $199.99                                                             
• Your Price $139.99
• PROMO: $129.99 (expires 1/31/2024)

Advanced Level with Training Features:  

Forerunner 255 (music optional) *popular

• List Price $349.99 ($399.99 with music)
• Your Price $244.99 ($279.99 with music)
• PROMO: $227.49 / $259.99 with music (expires 1/31/2024)

Elite Level with Training Features & Maps:

 Forerunner 965 *NEW

• List Price $599.99
• Your Price $419.99

Please let me know if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to answer them or find out the answer.  

Don’t forget JH tryouts are scheduled for February 12th and 13th.  We will have a pre-season Parent meeting for Track for HS and JH kids making the team on February 20th.  I attached a separate document with the tryout information. 

We are working to transition away from the Remind App due to the issues we had in Cross Country.  I will continue to post on Remind until the upcoming Track parent meeting but please sign-up for the SportsYou app for updates for Track this season and XC next season.  I attached a separate document with the SportsYou information.  

We are taking a few distance runners to OU a week from Saturday, on February 10th.  I will send out an itinerary for that meet next Sunday afternoon.

Thank you for everything you do and as always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule 

Monday, January 29th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, January 30th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:40 – 7:30 Required Weight Room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Wednesday, January 31st

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:45 – 7:30 am Required Weight room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout

JH Practice – No Practice

Thursday, February 1st

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:50 am Optional Recovery Run, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Friday, February 2nd

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm 

JH Practice – No Practice

Saturday, January 3rd

HS Practice – No Practice

JH Practice – No Practice

Another weird schedule last week with extra days off, snow, distance learning, and freezing temps…looks like one more day of potential weirdness then hopefully we can get some consistency back.  We’ll plan on HS and JH practice at normal times tomorrow afternoon.  If it’s really bad and we need to cancel JH practice I will let you know via Remind and SportsYou plus send a message to the 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Centers.  Unfortunately, there is nowhere for the JH kids to practice in bad weather as baseball will be in the Indoor at 3:15.  

Don’t forget JH tryouts are scheduled for February 12th and 13th.  We will have a pre-season Parent meeting for Track for HS and JH kids making the team on February 20th.  I attached a separate document with the tryout information. 

We are working to transition away from the Remind App due to the issues we had in Cross Country.  I will continue to post on Remind for a few more weeks but please sign-up for the SportsYou app for updates for Track this season and XC next season.  I attached a separate document with the SportsYou information as well.  

Lastly, we will not be taking any HS distance runners to OU on the 27th.  Spots for the meet were very limited so we are going to look at February 10th as a possibility for runners who want to get a race in.  We spoke to those runners Friday and need to get them entered this week if they want to race.

Thank you for everything you do and as always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule 

Monday, January 22nd

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, January 23rd

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:40 – 7:30 Required Weight Room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Wednesday, January 24th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:45 – 7:30 am Required Weight room, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Workout

JH Practice – No Practice

Thursday, January 25th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:50 am Optional Recovery Run, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Friday, January 26th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm 

JH Practice – No Practice

Saturday, January 27th

HS Practice – No Practice

JH Practice – No Practice

When: February 12th, 13th and 14th (See below)

Where: Owasso 8th gd Gym. We will walk up to the HS Track

Time: 2:45-5:00

Pick-up is at the 8th-grade center at 5pm. 

Must have shoes that tie (example: Tennis shoes)

6th & 7th Graders: Your tryout date is Monday, Feb 12th.

• 6th Grade: You will ride bus #42 from the 6th gd to HS, and Walk over to the 8th gd Gym. 
• 7th Grade: You will ride Bus #2 to the 8th gd.Gym.
•  8th Graders: Your tryout date is Tuesday, Feb. 13th. Come to the 8th gd Gym. 

Makeup date is Wednesday, Feb. 14th. You will need to come to the 8th gd Gym. This will be the ONLY makeup date for anyone who wasn’t able to make it on your try-out day. 

Before any athlete can participate in Tryouts, they must complete the following, be passing all classes, and Upload their physical to Rank One. Before Feb. 12th. *Only Students w/Owasso School email will be able to fill out the Google Form. 

Complete all Rank One forms:                                          Complete Google Form:                                                                                                                                   

*If you have participated in the Fall or Winter Sport at Owasso, your Rank One & physical are done. You will not need to do a Physical or Rank One again. If you have any questions please email Coach Graham vickie.graham@owassops.org  or Coach Calip brad.calip@owassops.org 

We had several issues in Cross Country with the Remind App limiting the number of messages we could send each week.  As a result, we are moving away from Remind and going to a new app called Sports You.  This is the app Coach Parker will be sending out information this track season on Sports You.  I will continue to send out Reminds for a few weeks but will eventually post everything on the new app as well.  Here is the information to get signed up…

The distance coaches were fortunate to attend the Boulder Running Camps this weekend in Colorado.  They scheduled a run yesterday morning for the attending coaches and I knew I had to do it.  I mean, it’s Boulder!  It’s the mountains!  It’s a must, right?   It snowed three inches Friday night and the temperature Saturday morning was -10 with a windchill of -20 so I wasn’t sure how many would show up.  By the start of the run at 7:00 there were 50 coaches bundled up and ready to go!  They said, in all the years of the clinic It was the most they ever had!  I think there is something about going out and running when everyone else thinks you’re crazy that makes the run that much more enjoyable.  Don’t get me wrong, it was FREEZING but we all had a blast!  The weather this week here in Owasso looks less than inviting but we’ll continue to work regardless.  The runners will need to bundle up but these can be some of the best workouts of the year…at least the ones they remember the most.

This is the last week of our kind of weird back-to-school schedule.  There will be no HS or JH practice tomorrow and no JH practice on Tuesday because of the home basketball games.  I think by next week we are truly back to a normal schedule.  

The JH tryouts are scheduled for February 12th and 13th.  We will have a pre-season Parent meeting for Track for HS and JH kids making the team on February 20th.  I attached a separate document with the tryout information. 

We are working to transition away from the Remind App due to the issues we had in Cross Country.  I will continue to post on Remind for a few more weeks but please sign-up for the SportsYou app for updates for Track this season and XC next season.  I attached a separate document with the SportsYou information as well.  

In Boulder, we had the opportunity to speak with a Garmin rep about what they offer for HS programs.  We have several athletes with Garmin watches already but we are fortunate to offer a steep discount for the next few weeks for runners who are looking to get a watch.  I’ll send out more information for this program as well, but it’s a way for all of our runners to sync up with workouts and for coaches to better monitor their effort, mileage, and sleep schedule.  Looks like it could be a fantastic training tool for our program!

Lastly, we will not be taking any distance runners to OU on the 27th.  Spots for the meet were very limited so we are going to look at February 10th as a possibility for kids who want to get a race in.

I think that’s it!  Thank you for everything you do and as always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule 

Monday, January 15th

HS Practice –  No Practice 

JH Practice – No Practice

Tuesday, January 16th

HS Practice –  3:00 – 5:00 pm Workout – Teacher Professional Development Day

JH Practice – No Practice – Working home basketball games

Wednesday, January 17th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:45 – 7:30 am Weightroom, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – No Practice

Thursday, January 18th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:50 am Optional Recovery Run, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Friday, January 19th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm 

JH Practice – No Practice

Saturday, January 20th

HS Practice – 8:00 – 10:00 am Long Run

JH Practice – No Practice

Finally back to a normal week!  Sort of.  The weather looks kinda terrible but the schedule is normal.  We’ll start back with our JH kids tomorrow.  Tryouts for Spring Track will be mid-February so we’ll keep up with off-season workouts until then.  Outdoor Track meets will start in March.  Our HS kids will start back with required Saturday practices when we get a little closer but for now, those workouts will be here and there depending on the workout cycle.

We had a solid meet yesterday at Pitt State.  Several of our runners were able to get in some good races with several placing high in the standings and running near PR times.  Congratulations to Isaac Krueger, Evan Carter, and Bella Nelson for winning their heats.  Krueger in the Mile, Carter in the 800, and Bella in the Mile and 800. Bella also set a meet record in her Mile win running a 5:00!  We’ll have another meet later this month at OU in Norman for some of the runners who didn’t go yesterday.  The information for that meet will come out in another week or so.  

We have our December Booster Club meeting Thursday night at 5:45 in the Fieldhouse for anyone who would like to attend.

Thank you for everything you do.  As always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule 

Monday, January 8th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, January 9th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:45 – 7:30 am Weightroom, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – No JH Practice – Working Home Basketball Games

Wednesday, January 10th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:45 – 7:30 am Weightroom, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

Thursday, January 11th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:50 am Optional Recovery Run, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Booster Club Meeting – 5:45 – 7:00 pm Track/XC Fieldhouse

Friday, January 12th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm 

Saturday, January 13th

No practice

We will have several days over the Christmas Break for athletes to come to the track and workout.  If runners are in town we strongly encourage them to come to practice.  If runners are traveling they will be given workouts to follow as much as possible.  If they miss a day here or there it isn’t a big deal but if they take two full weeks off that will set them back.  JH runners are welcome to come run with the HS team for their practices.  We will have modified workouts for them.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule 

Monday, December 18th

HS Practice –  No Practice for Finals

JH Practice – No Practice for Finals

Tuesday, December 19th

HS Practice –  12:15 – 2:45 pm Workout

JH Practice – No JH Practice 

Wednesday, December 20th

JH/HS Practice –  8:00 – 10:00 am Workout

Thursday, December 21st

JH/HS Practice –  8:00 – 10:00 am Workout

Friday, December 22nd

No JH/HS Practice 

Saturday, December 23rd

No JH/HS Practice 

Sunday, December 24th

No JH/HS Practice 

Monday, December 25th

No JH/HS Practice  – Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 26th

JH/HS Practice –  8:00 – 10:00 am Workout

Wednesday, December 27th

No JH/HS Practice 

Thursday, December 28th

JH/HS Practice –  8:00 – 10:00 am Workout

Friday, December 29th

JH/HS Practice –  8:00 – 10:00 am Workout

Saturday, December 30th

JH/HS Practice –  8:00 – 10:00 am Workout

Sunday, December 31st

No JH/HS Practice 

Monday, January 1st

No JH/HS Practice  – Happy New Year!

Tuesday, January 2nd

JH/HS Practice –  8:00 – 10:00 am Workout

Wednesday, January 3rd

JH/HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 am Workout (Teacher In-Service Day)

Another normal ol’ off-season this week for our distance kids.  Fortunately, we still have nice weather so we’ll get some good workouts in and have fun between racing seasons.  We will NOT have JH practice again on Tuesday because of home basketball games.  Those JH runners will also be off on Monday and Tuesday next week due to block scheduling at the HS but they are more than welcome to come to practice with the older runners over Christmas Break.  I will send that schedule out this week.  Our HS meet schedule is also nearly complete.  We are deciding between a couple of early meets then we’ll send that out as well.  

We have our December Booster Club meeting tomorrow night at 5:45 in the Fieldhouse for anyone who would like to attend.

This time of year there isn’t much happening but as crazy as things get in the season we are thankful for these ‘normal’ days.  We’re still dealing with teenagers so maybe ‘normal’ isn’t the proper term but you know what I mean.

Thank you for everything you do.  As always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule 

Monday, December 11th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:50 am Optional Recovery Run, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Booster Club Meeting – 5:45 – 7:00 pm Track/XC Fieldhouse

Tuesday, December 12th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:40 am Optional Recovery Run, 6:45 – 7:30 am Weightroom, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – No JH Practice – Working at Home Basketball Games

Wednesday, December 13th

HS Practice –  6:45 – 7:30 am Weightroom, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

Thursday, December 14th

HS Practice –  6:00 – 6:50 am Optional Recovery Run, 2:00 – 4:30 pm Workout

JH Practice – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Friday, December 15th

HS Practice –  2:00 – 4:00 pm 

Saturday, December 16th

No practice