I have officially decided I really dislike mother nature. As I write this all that it seems to do is rain. The Suburban South Conference meet was held at St. Vincents Park, which was a very beautiful looking park...unfortunately it was cold and super soggy from the storm front that had been present most of the week. With all of the slipperey hills and sharp turns the course was not built for speed but the Parkway West girls still stepped up to the plate. The week before the race we began our week of rest (taper). The girls worked on their running form, keeping their cardio up, while resting their legs. Hopefully they felt good at the end of the week. The varsity girls finished 3rd overall and the JV finished 2nd place. It is a definite step in the right direction for our program. Continued success is where we want to be. I am very proud of how everyone did this whole season. I hope you enjoyed the season and our proud of yourselves for the hard work you put into becoming better runners.
Varsity Results
JV Results
Varsity Results with splits
JV Results with splits
Coach Cutelli
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Conference Meet
Big day tomorrow. This is the culmination of weeks and weeks and weeks of training. We are well rested from this week and I have heard the course is relatively flat and all grass. It might be a bit soggy but that should not affect our ability to run. Last year we had tons of girls PR and I am expecting the same outcome for tomorrows races.
Course Map Meet is at St. Vincent Park which is off St. Charles Rock Road. Check the course info sheet for the exact address. I would take 40 East to 170 North to St. Charles Rock Road.
Course Info Sheet
We are headed to the course today for practice to check things out. Parents, family, etc. we look forward to seeing you at the races tomorrow.
Course Map Meet is at St. Vincent Park which is off St. Charles Rock Road. Check the course info sheet for the exact address. I would take 40 East to 170 North to St. Charles Rock Road.
Course Info Sheet
We are headed to the course today for practice to check things out. Parents, family, etc. we look forward to seeing you at the races tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
West Invitational Results With Splits
Varsity Results with splits
Junior Varsity Results with splits
Freshmen/Sophomore Results with splits
Great racing. A lot of negative splits if you look at your second mile. Thanks to Cully, Rowan, Taylor B and Taylor Maurer for getting the splits this week.
Get ready for conference!!
Coach
Junior Varsity Results with splits
Freshmen/Sophomore Results with splits
Great racing. A lot of negative splits if you look at your second mile. Thanks to Cully, Rowan, Taylor B and Taylor Maurer for getting the splits this week.
Get ready for conference!!
Coach
Sunday, October 4, 2009
West Invitational Results
The West Invitational was at its best on Saturday. With 17 girls teams, 2o boys teams, and over 900 runners it was the biggest event in the history of the meet. After discussing with veteran coach Dale Shepherd and former Girls Coach Jeff Dee it was decided the meet was begun in 1981. It is definitely a proud part of Parkway West's history.
To all of those that helped out THANK YOU. We had many parents course marshalling, selling food and t-shirts, and supporting the team. Thanks!!
If you do get the oppurtunity please take the time to thank Coach Shepherd (Head Boys Coach) for putting together the meet. He spent a lot of time and energy making sure things went smoothly. Another special thanks goes out to Coach Jeff Dee (former Girls Head Coach) for assisting.
I have some new photos that I will update tomorrow!!
I would have to say after arriving in shorts I realized that was a mistake. The sun never came through and it was probably around 60, cloudy and windy for the majority of the meet. It was perfect racing weather.
The team LOOKED SHARP in the new warmups. I must admit you were by far the best dressed team at the meet. Please keep track of all the gear you have recieved as you will need to turn it in at the end of the season.
I was impressed with many of the runs at the meet. We seem to get faster and faster. It was a tougher course then Arnold Park the week before but we still had people PR. We are battling injuries and sickness but we now have a solid two weeks to get ready for Conference.
At the Varsity level great run by Laura Michel (20:06), Molly Parato (21:18). Also good job by Laura Ritthamel, she stayed smooth throughout.
At the JV level Megan "Buggy" Arnell was on FIRE. She PRed by 40 seconds or so. Awesome run.
In the freshmen/sophomore race Kali "California" Taylor moved away from the rest of the pack after the mile marker and never looked back. She PRed also.
Results are here
Varsity
Junior Varsity
Freshmen Sophomore (boys results are listed first scroll to the bottom to get the girls)
To all of those that helped out THANK YOU. We had many parents course marshalling, selling food and t-shirts, and supporting the team. Thanks!!
If you do get the oppurtunity please take the time to thank Coach Shepherd (Head Boys Coach) for putting together the meet. He spent a lot of time and energy making sure things went smoothly. Another special thanks goes out to Coach Jeff Dee (former Girls Head Coach) for assisting.
I have some new photos that I will update tomorrow!!
I would have to say after arriving in shorts I realized that was a mistake. The sun never came through and it was probably around 60, cloudy and windy for the majority of the meet. It was perfect racing weather.
The team LOOKED SHARP in the new warmups. I must admit you were by far the best dressed team at the meet. Please keep track of all the gear you have recieved as you will need to turn it in at the end of the season.
I was impressed with many of the runs at the meet. We seem to get faster and faster. It was a tougher course then Arnold Park the week before but we still had people PR. We are battling injuries and sickness but we now have a solid two weeks to get ready for Conference.
At the Varsity level great run by Laura Michel (20:06), Molly Parato (21:18). Also good job by Laura Ritthamel, she stayed smooth throughout.
At the JV level Megan "Buggy" Arnell was on FIRE. She PRed by 40 seconds or so. Awesome run.
In the freshmen/sophomore race Kali "California" Taylor moved away from the rest of the pack after the mile marker and never looked back. She PRed also.
Results are here
Varsity
Junior Varsity
Freshmen Sophomore (boys results are listed first scroll to the bottom to get the girls)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Odds and Ends
The season is slowly winding down. We discussed much of this in practice but just to reiterate.
-Saturday is the Parkway West Inivitational. I think it was started 18 years ago by my predecessor Coach Jeff Dee. I was told there will be over 18 girls teams at the meet this year which is awesome. It is a chance to run fast and represent the Longhorns well.
-After the West Invite we have a weekend off and then the big conference meet on October 16th. We need to focus on getting and staying healthy for the remainder of the season. You have all been training hard for the past 8 weeks. If you are sore or hurt ice, ice, ice and rest, rest, rest.
-Please make sure you pay your tshirt and hoodies to the bookstore, as well as 5 dollars to me for food at the meets.
-Friday (no school) but practice will be from 3-430 so you have thirty minutes to get ready for the parade.
-Make sure to check your splits for the race this weekend. Even pace wins the race!!
Coach
-Saturday is the Parkway West Inivitational. I think it was started 18 years ago by my predecessor Coach Jeff Dee. I was told there will be over 18 girls teams at the meet this year which is awesome. It is a chance to run fast and represent the Longhorns well.
-After the West Invite we have a weekend off and then the big conference meet on October 16th. We need to focus on getting and staying healthy for the remainder of the season. You have all been training hard for the past 8 weeks. If you are sore or hurt ice, ice, ice and rest, rest, rest.
-Please make sure you pay your tshirt and hoodies to the bookstore, as well as 5 dollars to me for food at the meets.
-Friday (no school) but practice will be from 3-430 so you have thirty minutes to get ready for the parade.
-Make sure to check your splits for the race this weekend. Even pace wins the race!!
Coach
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
It has been too long. I will get the results of Arnold Park up this evening. I apologize for the tardiness. I would like to say what a meet it was. At the Varsity level Laura Michel continued her dominance...placing 7th and breaking 21 minutes again. Wow runs of the meet for Varsity go to Maggie Parato, Amy Ritter, and Aimee Epps all of whom (Laura is that proper english) PRed by breaking 22 minutes. Maggie "Magic Beans" Parato shattered her previous PR by almost a minute. Congrads to Grace for bringing her previous time down by about 40 seconds. Our quote for that week was even pace wins the race. I think you will find that almost everyone from Varsity to Freshmen ran very even splits!!
At the Junior Varsity level Kaliegh was the first across the finish line posting a PR of 22:56. The Taylors once again ran well. Megan Arnell runs a 8:15, 8:15, 8:30 and PRS. AMAZING SPLITS. I am very impressed with the overall ability of the team. From top to bottom we are running faster than I can remember!!
Varsity Results from Arnold Park
Junior Varsity Results from Arnold Park
Coach
At the Junior Varsity level Kaliegh was the first across the finish line posting a PR of 22:56. The Taylors once again ran well. Megan Arnell runs a 8:15, 8:15, 8:30 and PRS. AMAZING SPLITS. I am very impressed with the overall ability of the team. From top to bottom we are running faster than I can remember!!
Varsity Results from Arnold Park
Junior Varsity Results from Arnold Park
Coach
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Freshmen-
Great start to a big meet. This was a shorter course than at the Parkway Quad and so it was necessary to go out a bit quicker. That does not mean we want to start by sprinting. There were some very FAST runners from other teams and they took off right away. As I say, let them run ahead as you will have an oppurtunity to catch them later in the race when they get tired. Megan, Sophie, and Taylor M. had their first meet of the year. They all ran well. Congrats goes out to Taylor Bradley. She was not leading the West girls in the beginning but by the end of the race she was the first West Freshmen across the finish line. You ended up 8th out of 10 teams. Great job!! What can we do to improve?? Continue to train hard and work on running an even pace. Next week is a full 3.1 miles.
Junior Varsity-
It is great to have a competitive Junior Varsity and so many of our newcomers have helped in that area. The first mile splits for everyone were very fast. It was overall a fast JV race but similar to the freshmen, don't feel like you have to run out with the front pack right away. Congrads to Claire T. on her first race. She was the first West athlete across the finish line. Karin Dye had a huge breakout run. She looked smooth and was one of the top West JV runners. If Karin can stay healthy she could do some damage at the end of the season. JV get ready to step it up a notch in practice. We have about a month left in the season. We finished 10th out of 17 teams.
Varsity-
Well maybe top 5 was hopeful.....? But....the meet I felt was overall faster from last year. Regardless of where we ended up we had some awesome runs. Laura "Cyborg" Michel was up to her usual form breaking 21 minutes. She earns her silver shoes for the year!!! Molly Parato PRed by ALOT with 21:38. Imagine how fast she will be by the end of the season. I hope to give her some silver shoes soon. Maggie "Zoot Zoot" Parato PRed with a 22:03 and Amy Ritter PRed with a 22:04. Aimee Epps PRed with a 22:24. Kaleigh Jurgs PRed with a 23:14. So, as a coach I am very happy with how we ran. Laura Ritthamel struggled with some breathing but was still FREAKING fast at 22:24. I smell a break out run in the near future. Grace T. battled to the finish and was neck and neck with Kaleigh at the line. Once we get her healthy I know she can break that 21 minutes that she was close to doing last year!! Megan "Buggy" Arnell ran a great first varsity race and PRed for her race. 6 PRs for the meet is not too shabby. We will be trying some different race strategies in the weeks ahead. We can discuss later. Look back over your times from last year to this year. If you are running your second mile 45 seconds to 1 minute over your first mile than you are going out to fast. Coach Shepherd feels 15 seconds is a good difference and I would be happy with 30 seconds. Next week is Sioux Passage (Ritters favorite course). If anyone PRs on that course, Coach will get you a special prize. Hope the weekend treated you well. Get excited for training this week!!
Coach Cutelli
Great start to a big meet. This was a shorter course than at the Parkway Quad and so it was necessary to go out a bit quicker. That does not mean we want to start by sprinting. There were some very FAST runners from other teams and they took off right away. As I say, let them run ahead as you will have an oppurtunity to catch them later in the race when they get tired. Megan, Sophie, and Taylor M. had their first meet of the year. They all ran well. Congrats goes out to Taylor Bradley. She was not leading the West girls in the beginning but by the end of the race she was the first West Freshmen across the finish line. You ended up 8th out of 10 teams. Great job!! What can we do to improve?? Continue to train hard and work on running an even pace. Next week is a full 3.1 miles.
Junior Varsity-
It is great to have a competitive Junior Varsity and so many of our newcomers have helped in that area. The first mile splits for everyone were very fast. It was overall a fast JV race but similar to the freshmen, don't feel like you have to run out with the front pack right away. Congrads to Claire T. on her first race. She was the first West athlete across the finish line. Karin Dye had a huge breakout run. She looked smooth and was one of the top West JV runners. If Karin can stay healthy she could do some damage at the end of the season. JV get ready to step it up a notch in practice. We have about a month left in the season. We finished 10th out of 17 teams.
Varsity-
Well maybe top 5 was hopeful.....? But....the meet I felt was overall faster from last year. Regardless of where we ended up we had some awesome runs. Laura "Cyborg" Michel was up to her usual form breaking 21 minutes. She earns her silver shoes for the year!!! Molly Parato PRed by ALOT with 21:38. Imagine how fast she will be by the end of the season. I hope to give her some silver shoes soon. Maggie "Zoot Zoot" Parato PRed with a 22:03 and Amy Ritter PRed with a 22:04. Aimee Epps PRed with a 22:24. Kaleigh Jurgs PRed with a 23:14. So, as a coach I am very happy with how we ran. Laura Ritthamel struggled with some breathing but was still FREAKING fast at 22:24. I smell a break out run in the near future. Grace T. battled to the finish and was neck and neck with Kaleigh at the line. Once we get her healthy I know she can break that 21 minutes that she was close to doing last year!! Megan "Buggy" Arnell ran a great first varsity race and PRed for her race. 6 PRs for the meet is not too shabby. We will be trying some different race strategies in the weeks ahead. We can discuss later. Look back over your times from last year to this year. If you are running your second mile 45 seconds to 1 minute over your first mile than you are going out to fast. Coach Shepherd feels 15 seconds is a good difference and I would be happy with 30 seconds. Next week is Sioux Passage (Ritters favorite course). If anyone PRs on that course, Coach will get you a special prize. Hope the weekend treated you well. Get excited for training this week!!
Coach Cutelli
RESULTS FOR FOREST PARK
Here are the results for the Varsity, JV, and Freshmen. I placed them in a PDF file. For the varsity I have figured your splits for the 1 mile, 2 mile, and finish. Remember the finish is 1.1 miles. JV I figured your splits for the 1 mile and 2 mile. Freshmen you only have a split for the one mile.
I am also putting a link in here from Big River that have the results. They were kind enough to put your pace time next to your results. This was the average mile time that you ran. Something you might want to think about for your next race. I will post my thoughts on the race in a minute.
I am also putting a link in here from Big River that have the results. They were kind enough to put your pace time next to your results. This was the average mile time that you ran. Something you might want to think about for your next race. I will post my thoughts on the race in a minute.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Parkway Quad Results
Check out the results. Learn your times and your splits. Get involved in your running.
Varsity
Junior Varsity
Freshmen
Get ready for Forest Park
Varsity
Junior Varsity
Freshmen
Get ready for Forest Park
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Parkway Quad is tomorrow. Get excited. Here is the info sheet and the map of the course. JV and Freshmen will be running a 4k and Varsity will be running a 5k.
Coach
Coach
Friday, August 28, 2009
Practice Repeats Results
400 and 800 Repeats on the track. Look at your times. What is your average?? What can you do to improve??
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
We're Back
We are just finishing up week two. Big team this year with about 33-34 girls. The team from top to bottom is more athletic then I have seen in my tenure. With the loss of our top senior we have some big shoes to fill but I think some of our older runners are up to the challenge. Laura Ritthamel ran over 300 miles this summer, and this past week Amy Ritter and Molly Parato cracked 300. Laura and Grace are our Senior Captains and I am very impressed with their leadership thus far. The first week of practice we discussed being mentally tough and giving 110%. The coaching staff stressed we want athletes that are willing to work hard. As we were quoted "We don't care how fast you run, we just want you to give us your all!" We covered staying healthy.....drinking plenty of water, eating a healthy lunch and after school snack, stretching properly before and after practice, and icing down if something hurts. For the most part everyone seems to be on cruise control. I am planning on setting up a twitter account where you can get updates about practice, meets, etc. Look forward to the upcoming season.
Coach Cutelli
Coach Cutelli
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