Week #4 highlights, including Ed Sias results! ...What's coming up for week #5?!

...OK, we got through all those hot days with some decent training and had a great team effort at the Ed Sias Invite Saturday.     -Apologies to any of the drivers we had to cancel on Thursday; we had to modify practice due to the hot weather!

9/12/15 ED SIAS RACE HIGHLIGHTS:

LINK to Press Democrat summary results
LINK to all the detailed results race-by race
LINK to our team Facebook page and lots of Joe Civello's flickr photos!

Ed Sias '15 Varsity Boys serious crouch start

Ed Sias '15 Frosh-Soph Girls Start (nice puma hat Brian!)

Ed Sias '15 Girls JV Start; way to get out girls!

Ed Sias '15 Girls Varsity Start 5 Seniors/2 Juniors

MCHS Team Highlights (summary of individual PRs to be posted tomorrow); first of all, here's Ed Sias combined team scoring (all athletes combined in one race, then scored):

MCHS Boys: #4 out of 38 teams competing on this day!   ...Here are the top 10 teams with underlined time = spread of time between #1 - #5 scoring runners; this is very, very tight!!):
 1   Monte Vista              70    6 - 9 - 11 - 12 - 32  [52-70]                0:52:56.0  10:35.2  00:37.6
 2   Campolindo               134   13 - 16 - 18 - 38 - 49  [54-90]              0:54:15.5  10:51.1  00:29.1
 3   Dublin                   180   7 - 26 - 27 - 51 - 69  [74-80]               0:54:39.7  10:55.9  00:50.8
 4   Maria Carrillo           181   25 - 33 - 37 - 39 - 47  [79-82]              0:54:57.3  10:59.4  00:13.3
 5   Vista Del Lago (Folsom)  219   8 - 10 - 48 - 60 - 93  [94-96]               0:54:43.2  10:56.6  00:58.8
 6   Santa Rosa               233   4 - 5 - 63 - 77 - 84  [87-107]               0:54:31.1  10:54.2  01:06.1
 7   Granada                  249   20 - 40 - 41 - 53 - 95  [120-128]            0:55:31.7  11:06.3  00:40.2
 8   Lick Wilmerding          255   19 - 23 - 42 - 71 - 100  [125-147]           0:55:33.1  11:06.6  00:45.3
 9   Clayton Valley           277   34 - 35 - 44 - 72 - 92  [104-106]            0:55:45.5  11:09.1  00:29.2
 10  Bella Vista              282   30 - 59 - 62 - 64 - 67  [75-78]              0:55:51.9  11:10.3  00:21.8

MCHS Girls: #6 out of 35 teams competing on this day!    ...Here are the top 10 teams with underlined time = spread of time between #1 - #5 scoring runners; nice grouping!):
 1   Bella Vista              66    3 - 10 - 15 - 17 - 21  [48-85]               1:02:36.3  12:31.2  00:49.5
 2   Granada                  108   1 - 13 - 26 - 33 - 35  [44-79]               1:03:08.7  12:37.7  01:38.1
 3   Vacaville                159   7 - 14 - 20 - 51 - 67  [70-86]               1:04:43.6  12:56.7  01:11.6
 4   Monte Vista              161   9 - 19 - 30 - 50 - 53  [63-72]               1:04:51.0  12:58.2  00:53.7
 5   Archbishop Mitty         169   23 - 29 - 31 - 41 - 45  [106-107]            1:05:13.7  13:02.7  00:25.3
 6   Maria Carrillo           220   27 - 40 - 43 - 46 - 64  [88-90]              1:06:08.8  13:13.7  00:34.8
 7   Campolindo               231   8 - 11 - 28 - 87 - 97  [101-102]             1:05:53.2  13:10.6  01:42.3
 8   Santa Rosa               267   4 - 42 - 61 - 76 - 84  [91-99]               1:06:15.7  13:15.1  01:43.0
 9   Vista Del Lago (Folsom)  274   5 - 24 - 55 - 94 - 96  [100-135]             1:06:40.8  13:20.1  01:45.0
 10  St Francis               281   6 - 32 - 60 - 69 - 114  [117-128]            1:06:46.9  13:21.3  01:59.7
  
HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL 9 ED SIAS TEAM RACES FOR MCHS:
-Boys Frosh/Soph: 1st/27 teams (55:47 team time was faster than Varsity 56:28 team time!)
-Boys Frosh: 2nd/17 teams
-Girls Frosh/Soph: 2nd/22 teams
-Boys JV: 2nd/24 teams
-Boys Frosh Soph/JV: 2nd/15 teams
-Boys Varsity (Large Schools): 7th/21 teams
-Girls Frosh Soph/JV: 4th/15 teams
-Girls Varsity (Large Schools): 8th/22 teams
-Girls JV: 13th/24 teams

Allie with a great kick!

Oh yeah, Assata knows how to bring it in!

Jacob, Marco and Morgan on Finale Hill

...Go Meghan, you can out kick her! ;) 

One of the best efforts of the day, Sydnie and Aimee!

Taylor en route to his 9th place finish out of 205 runners!

...In my next post, I'll highlight what's coming up for this next week in detail for our split squad competitions:

WOODBRIDGE INVITE: Group of 28 leaving for L.A. on Friday, 9/18 from MCHS at 8:30AM

VIKING OPENER on SATURDAY, 9/19: Everyone not going to Woodbridge is expected to go to this meet at Spring Lake!   ...Details to be posted later this week with races 9AM-Noon.

-Greg
Cell: (707) 291-2967
greg.fogg@comcast.net

GO PUMAS!!!

Tuesday Practice 7:30 PM!

Woah!   ...It's been HOT, so we're moving MCHS XC practice tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept 9th) to 7:30 PM.

To every MCHS XC athlete:   Please get there at 7:30, ready for your warm-up in your training group for a tempo workout on the track!    -The work out should only last 50 minutes total: 

-10 minutes warming-up
-30 minutes working out (Tempo: some will do 2 miles > break > 1 mile, others will do 2 miles > break  > 2 miles) 
-10 minutes cooling-down/stretch

-Get there on-time, we can start on-time and practice should be done by 8:20...  

-Anybody that has not yet made the time trial standard and wants to race in Ed Sias Ivitational this Saturday, please show up at 7:30 ready to go!   ...YOU can use this workout as your time trial!  

If you can't make it to this 7:30 practice, then text Greg at (707) 291-2967 or e-mail greg.fogg@comcast.net and he will let you know what you need to do to make up this workout. 

Reminder to let Greg know if YOU are on a roster for the Ed Sias Invitational and for some reason you cannot make it!    -We've already made travel arrangements based on the preliminary roster LINK registered to race! 

...Last Reminder to turn-in your donation sheet LINK to Greg prior to Ed Sias if you want to race!!!

Also update to our schedule: MCHS will NOT be participating in the NBL Scrimmage Meet scheduled for Wednesday at Spring Lake! 

-Coach Greg
Cell: (707) 291-2967
greg.fogg@comcast.net

GO PUMAS!!!

Week #3 done! -Week #4 highlight and rosters for Ed Sias Invite Saturday, 9/12!

WEEK #3 HIGHLIGHTS: 

-WORKOUTS!  ...What a great week of workouts; Dam repeats on Monday, awesome great group tempos on Wednesday, Redwood HS "friendly" racing and Fountaingrove Hill repeats on Friday!

-OUR ROSTER is at 97 active athletes right now; 6 more made the 3200 time trial standard this past week; now a total of 86 athletes have passed this fitness standard (Boys 14:00 / Girls 16:30)

-NBL (North Bay League) Board approves CHANGE FOR NBL DUAL/TRI MEET SCHEDULE; this means we'll cancel our NBL meets originally scheduled for Oct 14th and 28th and will only have two NBL meets with all 8 schools competing at once!   New NBL schedule:

• NBL #1 - October 7, 2015 @ Spring Lake
• NBL #2 - October 21, 2015 @ Spring Lake
• NBL Championships November 6, 2015 @ Spring Lake (no change from original schedule)

-Congratulations to the MCHS XC RUNNERS OF THE WEEK! (based on Rancho Invite results):

• Jeffrey Chen: winning JV Boys Race!
• Taylor Ingram: 12% PR from '14!
• Aimee Armstrong: winning JV Girls Race!
• Miranda Hunsinger: 10.6% PR from '14!
• Ben Lawson: 12% PR from '14! (after taking hard fall at starting line with Jeffrey Marin!)
• Carolina Avelar: 6.3% PR and leading Varsity Girls team to great team effort!
• Sydnie Rivas: 10.3 PR from '14!

-DONATION FORMS: Reminder to all Parents!   I sent ~50 athletes home with team Donation Forms to fill-out; if you have not yet had the opportunity to donate OR not turned this form in, please do so ASAP!    ...This form is needed to collect donations AND to collect/confirm contact information to ensure parents e-mails are subscribed to this blog AND e-mails added to our www.signupgenius.com account AND we have all the information for parents/athletes to include in our www.xcstats.com activity.    LINK to MCHS XC Donation Form.

-WOODBRIDGE INVITE ROSTERS ANNOUNCED FOR WEEK #5!   ...We will be taking 28 athletes to L.A. this year to the Woodbridge Invitational in L.A.in two weeks!    ...More details to come, but if you're on this roster, we will be leaving MCHS on Friday, Sept 18th, 8:30AM (after you check into school), racing Saturday evening, then returning late afternoon/early evening on Sunday.   MCHS is paying for transportation, Hotels, and all meals except lunch on the way down and back.    -To help with expenses, we are asking everyone on the roster to donate $40 to help contribute for gas and food.
4:54 PM: 5 Soph Boys: Scott, Jacob, Ben, Peter, Zach
5:18 PM: 5 Junior Boys: Blake, Jeffrey C., Louis, Cooper, Niccolo
6:30 PM: 5 Frosh Girls:  Aimee, Meghan, Ellie, Taylor, Talia
7:18 or 7:42 PM: 6 Varsity Girls (no Avelars this weekend): Allie, Sydnie, Lily, Tessa, Emma, Clara
8:06 or 8:30 PM: 7 Varsity Boys: Jordan, Carson, Gabe, Antoine, Jeffrey M, Jackson, Brian

FYI: We'll be staying in the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Irvine, 2120 Main Street, Irvine, CA 92614

www.irvineOC.embassysuites.com

...WHAT'S COMING UP FOR WEEK #4? 

THURSDAY, 9/10:  6-8 PM OHANA night at the Nicklas Home!

SATURDAY, 9/12: ED SIAS INVITATIONAL!!!      

LINK to Ed Sias Invite Roster (note this roster is subject to additions; will firm-up this Wednesday after another pass of 3200m time trials!)

VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERY ATHLETE TO CONFIRM IF THEY CAN ATTEND THIS MEET!    ...CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 83 ATHLETES REGISTERED TO COMPETE!

LINK to Ed Sias Event Website

Ed Sias Logistics:
-Bus leaves MCHS parking lot Saturday 7AM, don't miss it! (we'll have a full bus + 2-3 SUVs); driving to Hidden Valley Park, Center Avenue, Martinez, CA 954553
-Parents that want to come watch, or driving athletes back; please contact Greg to coordinate plans!
-MCHS teams are entered in 9 of 11 races starting at 9AM, ending 1:10PM
-Don't miss the DANCE PARTY ~1:30 before awards ceremony/after all the races are done!  ...What, a dance party?!   LINK to '14 dance party video
-Bus returns to MCHS ~5PM

Links to a few Ed Sias misc. videos, including some throw-back interviews with former MCHS athletes you may recognize!

LINK to 2011 numerous videos, including races (recommend all newbies check these out, so you'll know what to expect!)
LINK to Grace Fredianni's interview from '14
LINK Girls Frosh-Soph winning team from '12
LINK Girls JV team from '12 (including current Senior Emma Wright)
LINK Boys Varsity team (including Alumni Alex Morrison)
LINK Boys winning Frosh-Soph team from '11
LINK Daniel Hauptman from Ed Sias '09 (he was a Junior)

...Other reminders for all Ed Sias athletes:
-Bring $ for your own lunch, they will have a full concession stand/BBQ at the meet!  
-Pay attention to when YOU race and manage your when/how much to eat and drink, so you'll race well; you may be waiting around for a while, so good to bring your homework, too!  ;)

...Enjoy the Labor Day Holiday!    ...Be ready for a hard workout on Tuesday, then Tempo on Wednesday, then we'll rest up for fast times at Ed Sias!

...Details still TBD for those not going to Woodbridge, may be racing in Viking Opener at Spring Lake on Saturday, Sept 19th...

GO PUMAS!!!

-Coach Greg
Cell: (707) 291-2967
greg.fogg@comcast.net

Aug 28, 2015 Rancho Invite Highlights

Way to go PUMAS!   ...Super kick-off for the season for the MCHS XC program, yesterday at the Rancho Invite!

LINK Partial results (top 25 Varsity/top 20 JV races) are on the Press Democrat Running Blog

LINK to MCHS XC 2015!!! Facebook page for pictures posted by Joe Civello (Thanks, Joe!)

JV Boys

JV Girls Start

MCHS XC Team and Individual Highlights:

• 24/43 (56%) of MCHS returning runners achieve personal bests!
• All four MCHS teams posted fastest team times (this is a non-scoring meet) 
• JV Boys finish 1-4 with 10 individuals in top 14
• JV Girls finish 1, 2, 4 with 9 individuals in top 14
• Varsity Boys finished 8 individuals in top 18
• Varsity Girls finished with 4 individuals in top 6 and team time only 3 seconds off last year's squad with 3 of our top runners graduated!    -Way to rebuild the team girls!

Varsity Girls getting pumped before the race!

Varsity Boys Start

• Individual Highlights: 
• Jeffrey Chen wins JV Boys race in 17:48
• Aimee Armstrong wins JV Girls in new course record of 20:31 (old course record Halverson/MCHS 20:52, 2010); would have placed 16th in Varsity race!   -Note that Meghan Field's time of 20:38 was also faster than the previous course record!
• HUGE PRs OF GREATER THAN 10%: Taylor Ingram (12%), Carson Kimball (12.0%), Miranda Hunsinger (10.6%) and Sydnie Rivas (10.3%) 
• VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE PRs OF 5-8%: Zach Lindemann (8.2%), Brian Padilla (7.9%), Ben Lawson (7.9%), Luis Mendoza (6.5%), Carolina Avelar (6.3%)
• OUTSTANDING PRs OF 3-5%: Gabe Schoenbach (4.9%), Scott Kruetzfeldt (4.3%), Jeffrey Marin (4.1%), Blake Stratton (4.0%), Clara Daly (3.8%)

2015 vs. 2014 Rancho Invite PR % Highlights (PRs limited in JV races since it was significantly hotter for those earlier races): 

MCHS XC 215 Roster Full Name (August 28, 2015)	8/28/15  Rancho Invite Race	2015  Rancho Invite Time	2014  Rancho Invite Time	2015  Rancho PR  Delta (Time)	2015  Rancho PR Delta (%)
Ingram, Taylor	BJV	18:30	21:02	2:32	12.0%
Kimball, Carson	BV	16:16	18:29	2:13	12.0%
Hunsinger, Miranda	GJV	23:34	26:21:00	2:47	10.6%
Rivas, Sydnie	GV	19:06	21:18	2:12	10.3%
Lindemann, Zach	BJV	18:11	19:49	1:38	8.2%
Padilla, Brian	BV	17:18	18:47	1:29	7.9%
Lawson, Ben	BV	16:35	18:00	1:25	7.9%
Mendoza, Luis	BJV	17:53	19:08	1:15	6.5%
Avelar, Carolina	GV	18:52	20:08	1:16	6.3%
Schoenbach, Gabe	BV	16:26	17:17	0:51	4.9%
Kruetzfeldt, Scott	BV	16:19	17:03	0:44	4.3%
Marin, Jeffrey	BV	16:36	17:19	0:43	4.1%
Stratton, Blake	BJV	19:35	20:24	0:49	4.0%
Daly, Clara	GJV	21:45	22:36	0:51	3.8%
Keefer, Marco	BJV	20:45	21:19	0:34	2.7%
Nicklas, Tessa	GV	21:24	21:58	0:34	2.6%
Wright, Jacob	BV	16:30	16:56	0:26	2.6%
Ahern, Allie	GV	18:56	19:21	0:25	2.2%
Scobey, Jordan	BV	15:37	15:53	0:16	1.7%
Avelar, Cecilia	GV	19:14	19:32	0:18	1.5%
Nguyen, Trenton	BJV	21:00	21:17	0:17	1.3%
Longhetto, Niccolo	BJV	18:07	18:18	0:11	1.0%
Civello, Blake	BV	17:00	17:06	0:06	0.6%
Thibault, Antoine	BV	16:34	16:36	0:02	0.2%

...Here's a deeper List of times for all 74 MCHS Runners competing on this day! 

 

MCHS XC 215 Roster Full Name (August 28, 2015)	8/28/15  Rancho Invite Race	2015  Rancho Invite Time
Scobey, Jordan	BV	15:37
Kimball, Carson	BV	16:16
Kruetzfeldt, Scott	BV	16:19
Schoenbach, Gabe	BV	16:26
Wright, Jacob	BV	16:30
Thibault, Antoine	BV	16:34
Lawson, Ben	BV	16:35
Marin, Jeffrey	BV	16:36
Civello, Blake	BV	17:00
Yates, Jackson	BV	17:13
Padilla, Brian	BV	17:18
Chen, Jeffrey	BJV	17:48
Mendoza, Luis	BJV	17:53
Moore, Cooper	BJV	17:58
Brede, Peter	BJV	18:02
Longhetto, Niccolo	BJV	18:07
Lindemann, Zach	BJV	18:11
Ingram, Taylor	BJV	18:30
Schneider, Rowan	BJV	18:50
Altenberg, Matthew	BJV	18:50
Cortina, Lukas	BJV	18:50
Avelar, Carolina	GV	18:52
Ahern, Allie	GV	18:56
Rivas, Sydnie	GV	19:06
Frankl, Harrison	BJV	19:08
Avelar, Cecilia	GV	19:14
Stratton, Blake	BJV	19:35
Gullixson, Christopher	BJV	20:00
Raymond, Lily	GV	20:14
Armstrong, Aimee	GJV	20:31
Herbstman, Jacob	BJV	20:33
Hauptman, Jack	BJV	20:34
Field, Meghan	GJV	20:38
Keefer, Marco	BJV	20:45
DesJardins, Eric	BJV	20:51
Rhoten, Mackenna	BJV	20:59
Nguyen, Trenton	BJV	21:00
Cabrera, Josue	BJV	21:05
Nicklas, Tessa	GV	21:24
Randles, Keegan	BJV	21:30
Civello, Ellie	GJV	21:38
Kasper, Andrew	BJV	21:40
Wright, Emma	GV	21:41
Daly, Clara	GJV	21:45
Flores, Jovany	BJV	22:05
Yarbrorgh, Travis	BJV	22:06
Dhiman, Shrey	BJV	22:10
Buck, Aiden	BJV	22:31
Omiple, Bernard	BJV	22:31
Begert-Hellings, Matt	BJV	22:32
Gunderson, Kaylie	GJV	22:33
Scobey, Taylor	GJV	22:43
Talkington, Brooke	GJV	22:50
Everest, Jacob	BJV	22:51
Hakel, Jenna	GJV	22:52
Fernandez, Cameron	BJV	22:56
Brady, Ethan	BJV	22:58
Cunningham, Spencer	BJV	23:02
Leano, Talia	GJV	23:08
Collier, Jane	GJV	23:31
Hunsinger, Miranda	GJV	23:34
Moore, Megan	GJV	23:34
Buenrostro, Karen	GJV	23:34
Hakel, Nicole	GJV	23:41
Rogers, Austin	GJV	23:46
Hordyk, Lindsay	GJV	23:48
Page, Allison	GJV	23:50
Facto, Kelly	GJV	23:55
Dhiman, Jai	BJV	24:17:00
Segraves, Lucy	GJV	24:19:00
Nelson, Vanessa	GJV	25:07:00
Caballero, Danielle	GJV	25:21:00
Kuehn, Ally	GJV	25:32:00
Storie, Ciara	GJV	25:53:00

...It's only our first meet, but the outlook for MCHS XC 2015 season is looking pretty dang good; already looking forward to our next race!

-Coach Greg

Cell: (707) 291-2967

greg.fogg@comcast.net

GO PUMAS!

2015 Firsts! Ohana night celebration this Thursday, Rancho Invite this Friday!

THURSDAY, August 27th is our first OHANA night of the season!!

Hey, what the heck does Ohana mean anyway?    ...Ohana as defined from Wikipedia: Part of Hawaiian culture, ʻohana means family (in an extended sense of the term, including blood-related, adoptive or intentional). The concept emphasizes that families are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another.

Hosted by the Segrave's' and Thibault's at 517 Debra Ct, Santa Rosa 95404, 6pm-8pm

Athletes, please bring:
Freshmen-drinks
Sophomores-bread
Juniors-salad
Seniors-dessert

Alumni welcome!  :)

FRIDAY, August 28th is our first competition of the season!!!

WHAT: Rancho Invite LINK to Press Democrat coverage (results will be posted here after the meet) and LINK to last year's results

...81 MCHS Runners have made our 3200 time trial minimum fitness standard  (14:00 for Boys and 16:30 for girls and have "earned" their race jerseys!

2014 Rancho Invite JV Girls Start 

LOGISTICS: MCHS XC Athletes are dismissed from school 2:00, bus leaves 2:15
-Note: Bus is only one-way, expecting parents will give all athletes rides home; coaches have a few seats, let us know if they need rides back to MCHS (expected back by 6:30ish)

RACE SCHEDULE: At Rancho Cotate High School (5450 Snyder Ln, Rohnert Park, CA 94928):

4:00 JV Boys > JV Girls > Varsity Boys > Varsity Girls

Rancho Invite 2.97 XC Course Map
(TBD, may be a slight change due to a new fence blocking old course path near SSU Dorms)

Rancho Invite 2014 JV Boys Start

SATURDAY, August 29th, Mandatory for Varsity!   ...Varsity hopeful, welcome!   10AM long run from Howarth Park.

-Coach Greg
Cell: (707) 291-2967
greg.fogg@comcast.net

GO PUMAS!!!

Week #1, DONE! Great practice, growing roster, awesome fundraising

MCHS XC WEEK #1 HIGHLIGHTS:

-66 Runners make 3200m Time Trial on first attempt!  

-Thank-you Parent Drivers!   ...Our first drive to the park was successful!  IMPORTANT: This week, we still need additional drivers to sign-up on the sign-up genius website for Tue and Wed, leaving MCHS 3:45  Please help! LINK to sign-up.    -If you cannot access our home page, just send an e-mail to raylene@leavittwealth.com

-Very solid attendance for our Team Parent Meeting; if you have any follow-up questions, please contact Greg!

-Nice work everyone yesterday at the MCHS XC Run-A-Thon and Rummage Sale! Final totals for fundraising thusfar: $1,020 from our Rummage Sale, plus $1511 from Safeway/Oliver's donations for a total of $2,531.  ...HEY, IF YOU MISSED DONATING, WE'RE STILL TAKING DONATIONS THROUGH-OUT THIS NEXT WEEK!  These funds will help to support our 2015 team expenses such as meet entry fees, travel, PR socks, along with a portion of our uniform and equipment expenses.  Special thanks to Melanie Bartlett for leading the Rummage Sale and all the parents that helped her out!  I was very impressed with all the XC kids in doing such a great job collecting donations in front of Safeway and Oliver's, Thanks to Coach Daniel and Coach Erik for helping out during the day and especially for allowing me to spend some time celebrating "loving the Lisa's" at the Hauptman's Saturday night (awesome dinner!) and all the parents/kids/alumni who brought snacks and food, including Dana Rivas for bring pizza!

-Run-A-Thon final count of laps over 16 hours = 632, or 158 miles, just shy of 10 miles/hour! Hope everyone had fun, made some new friends and oh yeah, got some good running in!   Check out some pics from the Run-A-Thon on our MCHS XC Facebook page or Joe Civello's flickr page LINK

Also, I would like to acknowledge and thank the MCHS PAB association for supporting MCHS Athletics by supplementing our uniform and equipment expenses; we couldn't get to 1/2 of our competitions without them (and of course, the support of our parents)! -Please support this organization at www.mchspac.com  if you are not a member already, sign up for only $25 individual annual membership!

MCHS XC WEEK #2, WHAT'S COMING UP? 

MON: Workout at Montecito Park adjacent to MCHS
TUE: Leaving MCHS 3:45 for EZ Park run   -NEED DRIVERS!
WED: Leaving MCHS 3:45 for Park Tempo run   -NEED DRIVERS!
THU: EZ run from MCHS / Rehearsal warm-up for Rancho Invite
FRI: Rancho Invite; Races start 3:45 or 4:00 order of races JVB > JVG > VB > VG
SAT: Manditory 10AM run from Howarth Park for Varsity/Varsity hopefuls

...If you missed contributing to the MCHS XC program and still want to support our team, it's not too late!     Just contact anyone on our team and ask to fill out a donation form, or contact Greg directly.

...Looking forward to an super exciting, awesome 2015 XC season, YEAH!

-Coach Greg
Cell: (707) 291-2967
greg.fogg@comcast.net

GO PUMAS!!!

Wrapping up Week #1; Friday and Saturday Reminders!

FRIDAY, 8/21:  5:30-6:45 Mandatory Parent Team Meeting
-MCHS Track (west bleachers), please show up on time and I promise to keep it to 1 hour!
-Meet the coaches, we'll have more information, ask questions, we'll share highlights of our program
-Sign-up for Ohana nights (a.k.a. Hosting Pasta Dinners)
-Sign-up for helping the team for our 1 host meet/other critical roles
-Bring your check-book for making donations to the team!


SATURDAY, 8/22: 8AM-2PM Rummage Sale Fundraiser at the MCHS Parking Lot
...HEY PARENTS, YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED! We still need 10-12 volunteers needed for Saturday morning between 7AM (set-up) - 2PM and we need lots of STUFF to sell!  Expecting this activity to generate ~$1K for the team, so it's critical everyone please clean out your closets and garages and plan to have things at the school by 7AM on that day.  If you can help (EVEN IF YOU CAN SPARE ONLY 2 HOURS WE NEED YOUR HELP!) please contact Melanie Bartlett RMBartlett5@aol.com or text (707) 799-7306 ASAP.   -We only have one day left and response to help Melanie has been very limited!    ...Please don't make us cancel this important fundraiser!  

SATURDAY, 8/22: 8AM-Midnight 2015 Run-A-Thon Fundraiser

Detailed Run-A-Thon schedule (athletes, you all need to show up for your shift!) also expecting everyone to solicit donations on your own; we'll have prizes for the top fundraisers on the team!

8AM-10AM: Running shift = Seniors
10AM-Noon: Running shift = Juniors / Safeway = 4-6 Seniors
Noon-2PM: Running shift = Sophomores / Safeway = 4-6 Seniors/Juniors + Freshmen
2PM-4PM: Running shift = Freshmen / Oliver's = 4-6 Juniors/Seniors + Sophomores  
4PM-6PM: Running shift = Juniors
6PM-8PM: Running shift = Freshmen
8PM-10PM: Running shift = Sophomores
10PM-Midnight: Running shift = Seniors

-Coach Greg
Cell: (707) 291-2967
greg.fogg@comcast.net

GO PUMAS!