Hello! We have an exciting week coming up for Cross Country. We are heading to the Twin Cities Thursday for the Roy Griak Invitational. Last year the Women placed 4th with some of our top runners not running which showed the depth of our team, and the Men won the title. With many of our Norwegian and Swedish runners being held out to rest this year, we will be counting on many of our talented freshman to step up as we look for solid finishes in both the men and women races. We will also get the chance to race against many conference school, so it should be a good showdown this year.
Looking ahead, the cross teams will compete in Kenosha Wisconsin on the 8th of October which will be the last meet before the Conference Championships. After the the conference meet, the team will get to do quite a bit of traveling with the regional being in Denver and baring qualifying. nationals will be in Spokane Washington. Look for more exciting news from our cross country program this year!
On the track side of things we are entering our second week of practice! The coaches are seeing just how much work our athletes put in over the summer, and how talented our freshman class is. To prevent injury we are easing into training this year spending three weeks on general fitness, running form, bounding, and sprint drills. After these first three weeks we will be doing different types of fitness testing. This testing will help us gauge the effectiveness of our training and the improvements our athletes make during the year!
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