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
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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
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