Viroqua Meet this Thursday - CANCELLED

MEET CANCELLED - practice after school.

The ladies are excused at 2:15. The bus departs and 2:30. There is only one girls race  - it is at 4:30.
Location: Viroqua Hills Golf Course, 1110, HWY 14, Viroqua¨, WI 54665

Times: 3:30 Course opens for inspection, 4:30 Girls 5K Race, 5:15 Boys 5K Race

Awards: Medals will be awarded to the top fifteen finishers in, trophies to top team in each race 

Results: Results will be posted on www.accuracetiming.com and www.viroquaxc.com .

Spikes and Clubhouse: Spikes are allowed and must conform to WIAA regulations. Absolutely no spikes allowed in the clubhouse! Please respect the facilities at Viroqua Hills. Stay off greens and tee boxes! Also, please advise runners to remove spikes and dirty shoes before entering the clubhouse.

Teams: Brookwood, Hillsboro, Holmen, Kickapoo-LaFarge, LaCrosse Central, Necedah, New Lisbon, N. Crawford, Royal, Sparta, Tomah, Viroqua, Wauzeka-Steuben
Meet Contacts: Scott Benzing (Head Coach): bensco@viroqua.k12.wi.us

Eric Anderson (Activities Director): anderi@viroqua.k12.wi.us

Practices for the week of 8/31, Saturdays, Nutrition

This week will be hot. Please encourage your daughter to hydrate. Occasional electrolytes are helpful.

Monday: Practice at 8:00 AM, Central track
Tuesday: First day of school.  3:30 practice. Typically we will end between 5:00 and 5:30
Wednesday: 3:30
Thursday: Viroqua XC meet
Friday: 3:30
Saturday: Myrick, 8:00 AM

XC SATURDAYS	Location	TIME
Septmeber 5	PRACTICE Myrick Park	8:00 AM
September 26	PRACTICE Pancake run, 112 29th St. S.	8:00 AM
October 3	No formal practice
October 10	PRACTICE Myrick Park	8:00 AM
October 17	PRACTICE Myrick Park	8:00 AM

Onalaska Meet Reflection

I'm so proud of the girls' performance today.  There were so many great performances. For many, this was their first HS race! That is a big challenge they took on!  It's always nice to get a race under the belt, learn a few things and look forward to improving on it.

The team performed very well.  There was only one girls race (no V and JV delegation).  Central placed 5 girls in the top 10 (Wow!), with many close behind them.

Speaking of improvement, we had many individual improvements from Onalaska '14 to Onalaska '15.  We had a small team compete there last year. Of those who ran both races, nearly all improved from '14 to '15.

Karissa - 6 seconds, Maria - 9 seconds, Sara - 12 seconds, Nicole - 23 seconds, Sophie - 30 seconds, Ally - 42 seconds and Lilly, a whopping one minute AND 54 seconds.

I'm so proud of all the girls - great effort ladies!

The day in numbers:
88 - The number of seconds between our first and fifth runner.  Compare that to 2014 when the gap was 151 seconds! And then consider that our #1 runner was 12 seconds faster than last year.  These gals are runner much faster and tighter than last year! This could be a very competitive varsity team!
10 - how late, in minutes, the bus was. The ladies were great at staying calm despite leaving 15 minutes later than we planned. Yes, we will wait for a late bus. NO, we still won't wait for a late runner.  Sorry.
13 - Girls who ran their first HS 4k race. Congrats Ladies!
11 - Sara Brekke ran the 11th fastest time in race history on that course!! Given the rain we got yesterday, it was not a fast course, either.
5 - number of gals that puked (from what I was told) during or at the end of a race.  That is a record, as far as I know. (I don't plan to keep tracking this).
1 - Team place!

To All Parents

I realized I accidentally skipped and did not read an important section of my "speech" tonight:  THANK YOU so much to the parents for your commitment to your runner(s), through transportation, listening to and helping advocate for them, and perhaps forking over a bigger food bill.  The last few weeks had practice schedule changes due to and overlaps with other Central activities.  Thank you so much for your flexibility and patience.  While school starting adds something big to the plate, schedules will be much more regular then!

Onalaska - Bus Departs at 8:30 sharp!!

Race Location:  Onalaska Athletic Fields – Rider Club Road

Race Date:         Saturday, August 29th

Race Schedule:           8:30am – Course opens for inspection

                           10:00am – Girls 4k Race

                           10:45am – Boys 5k Race

                           11:30am – Awards/Results

Awards:    Trophy for first place team.  Medals for top ten boys and top ten girls.

Concessions/T-shirts: Both will be available at the meet. 

Bus Parking:  Parking for busses will be in the lot next to the athletic fields.  There is plenty of parking for spectators either in the lot or along Rider Club Road.

Pets/Dogs:  No pets/dogs are allowed on the course.