News

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)

Congratulations to our ORXC JH runners for an excellent meet last Friday at Choctaw!  Our boys’ 7th and 8th-grade teams both finished 2nd and our girls’ 7th and 8th-grade teams both won the meet!  Fantastic running from all those athletes!

Our JH runners will race at the Bishop Kelley Invitational on Tuesday.  Coach Graham will send out the information for that meet.  Our HS runners have our first big meet of the season this Friday and Saturday in Lawrence, KS at the Rim Rock Classic.  Runners not attending Rim Rock will race at the BTW Invitational on Thursday back at O’Brien Park.  The schedule for BTW is listed below.  The schedule for Rim Rock was sent out last week and will be sent again today in a separate text.  

We are looking forward to hosting our annual Owasso Invitational on Thursday, September 28th at O’Brien Park.  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

BTW has also asked us to bring out our concession stand to the meet this week.  We need a few parents to help out here too.  This is an easy fundraiser.  We’ll only be selling chips and drinks.  Kelly Mangelson again, she’s a superstar, has set up a volunteer list for this volunteer opportunity…

BTW XC Invitational sign-up

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-snacks2

Finally, another Booster Club superstar, Jeff Miles, has been hard at work creating a website for ORXC and Owasso Track.  The site can be found at www.owassotfxc.com.  We want to start utilizing the website more and more as a central hub for information regarding the program.  From here on out we’ll be posting results, pics, and weekly schedules on the website.  Please go check it out.

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 18th

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 19th

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  Meet – Bishop Kelley Invitational

Bishop Kelley High School

3905 S Hudson Ave

Tulsa, OK 74135

5:35 – JH Girls

6:15 – JH Boys

Wednesday, September 20th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:30 pm

JH Practice – 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Thursday, September 21st

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:50 am (Monsters & Hawgs/Blue Birds Optional)

Booker T. Washington Invitational (JV)

O’Brien Park

6149 N Lewis Ave

Tulsa, OK 74130

3:00 – Bus leaves Fieldhouse

4:30 – JV Girls Race

5:00 – JV Boys Race

6:00 – Bus leaves O’Brien

6:20 – Bus back at Fieldhouse

JH Practice – 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Friday, September 22nd

HS Practice – 2:00 – 3:00 pm (JV)

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Rim Rock Classic (Varsity)

Saturday, September 23rd

Rim Rock Classic (Varsity)

No HS Practice 

No JH Practice

We will be taking the top JV and Varsity runners to Lawrence Kansas on September 22nd and 23rd to compete in the Rim Rock High School Classic.  Rim Rock is one of the premier XC races in the country and an awesome opportunity for our runners to compete against some of the best runners in the region.  

We will take the top ranked 20 girls and the top ranked 16 boys on the trip.  We will be competing in the Gold Division.  Any runners not going to Rim Rock will race at the Booker T. Washington meet on Thursday, September 21st.

Hotel – Hilton Inn, Topeka

1515 S.W. Arrowhead Rd

Topeka KS 66604

(785) 228-0111

Rim Rock Farm Cross Course

2276 Burnett Ln

Lawrence, KS 66044

Preliminary Itinerary

September 22nd

7:30 am – Bus leaves Fieldhouse

12:00 pm – Stop for lunch and stretch in Lawrence (Chick Fil A provided by Booster Club)

1:30 pm – Bus arrives at Rim Rock/Set up camp/Walk course/Buy souvenirs (bring money if you want souvenirs)

5:00 pm – Girls Gold JV Race  

5:30 pm – Boys Gold JV Race

6:00 pm – Girls Open Race

7:15 pm – Leave Rim Rock for Hotel

8:15 pm – Check in at hotel/Eat Dinner (Dinner provided by Booster Club)

9:15 pm – Team meeting

9:30 pm – Lights out

September 23rd 

5:30 am – Wake Up

6:00 am – Breakfast

6:30 am – Check out of hotel

7:45 am – Arrive at Rim Rock

8:30 am – JV goes for Recovery Run

9:25 am – Girls Gold Varsity Race

10:05 am – Boys Gold Varsity Race

11:30 am – Leave Rim Rock

12:30 pm – Lunch on the way home

5:00 – 5:30 pm – Bus arrives back at Fieldhouse (approximate)

Race Information

Girls JV Gold Race – 5:00 pm on Friday

1. Audrey Toews
2. Taylor Snyder
3. Rilee Shea
4. Aspen Reimer
5. Yaretzy Aguilar-Cordona
6. Hannah McBee
7. Gwyneth Collins
8. Jade Mangelson

Boys JV Gold Race – 5:30 pm on Friday

1. Ben Campbell
2. Brendon Payne
3. Wilder Collins
4. Nos Graham
5. Jack Hill
6. Weston Morris
7. Caleb Miles
8. Quinn Lamb
9. Charlie Doppenberg

Girls Open Race – 6:00 pm on Friday

1. Bijoux Milien
2. Stella Jones
3. Ashlyn Stephenson
4. Madison Friday
5. Arianna Reeves
6. Pippy Newell
7. Kasha Graham
8. Chloe Matheny

Girls Varsity Gold Race – 9:25 on Saturday

1. Bella Nelson
2. Julia Trost
3. Quinn Thomason
4. Reagan Freeman
5. Kate Stocksen
6. Kinslee Freeman
7. Lilith Johnson

Boys Varsity Gold Race – 10:05 on Saturday

1. Dane Janowski
2. Isaac Krueger
3. Evan Carter
4. Gabe Baughman
5. Sam Hays
6. Collin Yost
7. Eric Harding

Click here to see the slides presented during the Fall 2023 Cross Country Parents meeting.