Falcons,

                We had a great meet Saturday in Humble. The freshmen results can be found here and the junior varsity results can be found here. Our bus brakes stopped working when we tried to leave the meet but luckily the Seven Lakes boys were still close and turned around to give us a ride home. I have asked for a better bus to get us to Dayton this week. The boys and girls will travel together again this Saturday.

                This week I will order team t-shirts and I have attached the order form. PLEASE RETURN THESE BY WEDNESDAY. Wednesday I will send the order in to the t-shirt company and we should be able to get these in relatively quickly. We are offering t-shirts, long sleeves, hooded sweat shirts and crew neck sweat shirts. The prices are very reasonable.

The meet this week will by 3 miles for junior varsity and no freshmen division, so everyone will run in the JV 3 mile race. The 3 mile course is about 200 meters shorter than 5k so expect those times to be faster.  Here is this week’s itinerary:

Dayton is about 70 miles away so we are planning on a 90 minute drive.

5:15am                 Arrive at OTHS

5:30am                 Bus leaves for Dayton High School

Meet Schedule:

7:00                        Check In and walk the course    

7:35                        PK-under (FREE)                               100m

7:40                        K-3^rd grade Kids’ run                       800m approx.

7:50                        4^th -6^th grade Kids’ run                    1600m approx.

8:05                        Varsity Boys Purple                         4800m  

8:35                        Varsity Girls Purple                          4800m  

9:05                        Varisty Boys White                          4800m

9:30                        Varsity Girls White                           3200m  

10:00                     JV Boys                                                 4800m (all boys will run in this division)

10:25                     JV Girls                                                 3200m  

10:55                     JH Boys                                                 3200m

11:20                     JH Girls                                                 3200m

All starting times are approximate.  After the first race we will follow a rolling schedule.

NOTE: Purple divisions are for more established/larger programs. The Girls Purple division will run 4800m!!!

Awards:               Team trophies for 1^st and 2^nd place in Varsity and 1^st in JV and JH divisions

                                Medals for the top 20 individuals in each division                                                

Individual medals will be given as participants leave the finish chute. Team awards will be given as soon as the races are scored.

As far as last Friday morning is concerned, the boys were completely safe the entire time. We were not even outside when the incident occurred. We left the locker room to begin our run and the police, ambulance and fire department were already there. We immediately turned around and went back into the locker room. The boys stayed inside and did not get a practice in. As you can imagine it was a very emotional day for many. We are moving forward. The boys handled everything very well.