Cross Country

 

 

Participation Requirements

Updated athletic paperwork and physical  in PRIVIT - please make sure that your physical is dated on or after April 1, 2023 and uses the IHSAA pre-participation physical form.

Please remember, your student athlete MUST have all the above steps complete before any participation. This includes both open gyms and try-outs.  Students who are selected for the teams will need the following:

1. $25 Athletic fee (one time for year)
2. $50 Program support fee 

Summer 2023 

Beginning Monday, June 12th, the cross-country teams from North, South, and the high school will be meeting three times a week to introduce how a cross country program is run and help them stay in good running shape over the summer.

The North team will be meeting at Washington Township Park on Tuesdays and Avon High School on Fridays from 7:00AM-8:30AM to learn/practice/work out along with the high school teams. At least one middle school coach should be there to help out with the younger group. On Wednesdays, we will be holding “community runs” at 6pm rather than formal practices. The location may vary from week to week, but Avon Town Hall park will be a frequent location.

It is essential that your student have a current physical on file in PRIVIT. The physical must have been on or after April 1st to be valid for the summer and next school year. There is no cost associated with these practices or runs. It is only advised that your student come prepared with comfortable running clothes, shoes, and a water bottle to stay hydrated.

It is also important that we get parent contact information for all athletes that are considering this opportunity in case there are all changes that need to be made. Please respond to the Microsoft form:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=9YcqnGcb7063-xKe-q_S5ogGPdA958NItXoH2pLO8D9UN0tITE4zQzlIQThJRTBBUjdEMUpCRkhEWC4u 
 
If you have any questions, please contact me via ParentSquare or email. I look forward to meeting many of you and your athletes this summer and hopefully this fall. 

Coach LaHaye

Cross Country- General Info

Thank you for your interest in Middle School Cross Country! This will be a very rewarding experience for your son/daughter and we hope they will benefit from all aspects of participating in a school sport.

Before any conditioning or season practice can be done, ALL documents must be completed on PRIVIT. Please go to the main sports webpage and follow the prompts. You will need a physical completed by a Doc and then submit that online as well. Any questions, please reach out to me or the school.

Come to practice ready to run. Pay attention to the weather. Dress appropriately!  Bring water in a reusable bottle, NO PLASTIC DISPOSABLE BOTTLES PLEASE! The first few weeks of practice are always tough. The more time the kids spend on their feet, the better off they will be in the season. 10 week season goes by really quickly when they get injured.

Please make sure the kids have a good pair of running shoes to start the season. Injuries happen all too quickly and bad shoes are usually a main culprit. 

Things to think about

• We will need parent volunteers during the season to help with snack stuff!  If that doesn't happen, we will have the kids bring their own snacks for after races.
• Since we race on the campus now, we will only need a few volunteers at the home meets for timing, sticks and name writing.. We coaches prefer to coach the kids and not have to worry about this detail. Thanks in advance!
• The kids will need a pair of plain BLACK shorts to race in. We will loan them a singlet, that will be returned at year end, but the shorts will be theirs.
• Kids will stay after school for all meets.  Bus transportation will be provided for all away meets.
• Carpools are huge with after school sports. Please start working on those immediately. We can help solicit to the group, but practice is mandatory (yes, there are exceptions) and not getting a ride is not a valid excuse for missing.
• Expectations will be reviewed with the kids, but a copy of that will be updated on the website. Please review so there are no surprises.
• There will also be grade checks at the end of the August and September. Being a fall sport, let's keep the grades in check so we don't have to dismiss you from the team. GRADES COME FIRST, THEN SPORTS!

Please let us know if there are any questions! Looking forward to the summer!

Coach Kettie and Coach LaHaye