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Information for First Week of School

lauriebaker — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:41:05 +0000

Dear Parents,
Please read the following information about the locker situation at RUHS due to construction. Currently there are no lockers available for use. We hope this situation will change as construction on the field house is finished. Until lockers are available, ALL boys and NEW girls are to head directly to the track immediately after period 5 tomorrow. They will meet Bob at the top of the track and the kids will change in the restrooms that are located there. They will be locking their items in a storage shed located at the top of the track. Please DO NOT bring valuables as we can not guarantee their safety. Bob shared this information with the team at practice today but I wanted to let parents know the plan. The locker rooms should be available sometime next week hopefully. Each student needs to purchase a lock for their locker in order to secure their belongings once the lockers become available. This can happen any day so they should bring the lock with them each day to practice so they are prepared when lockers are assigned.

It is important that every parent/student read and understand the track contract which was handed out at the Alumni Race last Saturday. We will be handing another copy out on Thursday to each athlete and discussing it with the team. Signed contracts are due back to me by Tuesday, September 8.

Practice schedule this week will be different due to the modified schedule the first week of school.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Practice will begin during Period 6 about 2:20 and continue after school. Athletes will be done around 4:30
Thursday: Practice will begin during period 6 about 1:20 and continue until 3:30-4:00PM
Friday: Practice will begin after school as there is no period 6 that day at 3:15 and continue until 5:00-5:30.

On most normal weeks with no modified bell schedules the APPROXIMATE practice schedule is as follows (remember these are approximate times ) During weeks of League and Invitational meets there will be modifications to the training schedule so practice may end 30 minutes earlier or later depending on the meet schedule.

Monday: Practice begins during Period 6 at 2:15 and will end about 4:30-5:00
Tuesdays and Thursdays: Practice begins during period 6 at 1:15 and continue until 3:30-4:00
Wednesdays and Fridays: Practice will not begin until after school at 3:15 and will continue until 5:00PM-5:30 PM

There is practice next Monday (Labor Day) It will be in the early morning like the summer practices. We will inform athletes this week on the exact time and location.

It was great to see so many families cheering on the team during their first race of the season! It was exciting to see so many runners cross the finish line in their first cross country race. Hearing the cow bells, seeing the line of red and hearing all the cheering really helps inspire them!

Coach Ferron

A Letter From Our Booster President

lauriebaker — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:31:53 +0000

Our next fundraising events are:

Road To Nationals

Varsity Car wash at Osbourne’s Automotive

Saturday, September 4, 2010
Please encourage any friends or neighbors to come by for a quick wash!

The Road To Nationals

Also, we are having an event at Coyote Cantina on Tuesday, September 14 from 5-9:30. 50% of all food and beverage sells will go back to the team for the Oregon Trip. Please come out if even to have a quick Appetizer or Drink!

I look forward to seeing all of you at the Great Cow Race on September 11 in Cerritos. Wear your colors, bring your bells, and look for the Redondo Friends and Family Easy up. I’ll be there with race schedules, course maps, and cool drinks! Will assist you as to where to go on the course to get the best views of the runners!

You can click the picture link below for more info bout this race.

Go Sea Hawks!

The Great Cow Run – Cerritos Cross Country

Cross Country Families:

It was fantastic to see so many new faces at the Alumni race on Saturday! What a great way to start off the season! I hope that each and every athlete had a good time. For many of the kids, this is a race that they had been waiting all summer for, and for others, it may have come after only a few days of training… Way to go to each of the 100 kids in the race… They all finished and did great!
Thank you to all the parents that come out to support these special high school kids. For those of us that have been in the program for a while, we have witnessed how this program shapes these fine kids into very special athletes, students, and most of all great people! This “team” is like no other in the school. These kids truly care about one another, and as parents of new athletes to the program, I hope that you are beginning to witness this transformation.

We have a very good group of parents as was evident at the alumni race. It was awesome to see so many parents and family members on the course cheering and ringing the kids along! I know that both my kids loved having the words of encouragement and cow bells along the course as they fought through the pain. Please continue to wear our school colors, and attend these races to support these kids who are giving everything they have to make you, their coaches ,and teammates proud!

It appears that this year is going to be a very good year for all these kids. On the same note, please continue to support the boosters club, so that we can continue to provide the best team and social environment possible for all of the athletes as they navigate through their high school years. Your encouragement to each athlete will do wonders.

Rick Herold

Results: Annual RUHS Alumni XC Race

DougBoswell — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:37:03 +0000

The results for this year’s Alumni Cross Country Race are now posted in the Meet Results section to the right. You will find the link at the bottom of the Meet Results page, click on it, and it will take you to the results in pdf file format. Note that, depending on your computer, the display may be very large, so adjust it to a smaller size for easier viewing. I prefer 75%.

The score at the top of the page shows that our current team swept the first 5 places, scoring 15 points to the aging alumni’s 104. Yes, it was a massacre. All I can say, is that I hope you kids treat your parents better than you treated these doddering, slow moving alums.

The results include the placing of each individual, their name, and their race time. Also, there is a column titled “Seconds Back”, that shows how many seconds each person was behind the race winner, Tyler Caracoza.

Additionally, since this was a short 2.8 mile course, there is a column titled “Conversion to 3 Mile Time”, that shows what your time would have been had you run this same pace for a full 3 miles. In calculating this time, it was necessary to display it across 3 columns, caluclating the minutes seperately from the seconds, as Excel does not do the kind of math needed to display the converted time as a time. Excel also does not display whole numbers with a zero in front of them. As a result, you will see that all the times in this column with the seconds lower than 10, display as a single number, for example a 19:03 time displays as 19:3. Everything else looks like a real time.

The 7 alumni (actually, 6 alumni and one ringer) are highlighted in bold text to make them easier to find, and their post-Redondo Union school is listed in the far right column.

All told, it was a very nice day to have a cross country race and sell food to Pop Warner Football parents. The results show that the 2010 season is definitely underway and based on today’s promising performances, this promises to be another fine year in the rise of Redondo Union as a dominate cross country power.

Next up, in 2 weeks on Saturday September 11th, the Great Cow Run. The gun goes off for the first race at 8:00 AM. See you all there. http://cerritosxc.weebly.com/20103.html

-Doug Boswell ~ XC Information Director

XC Alumni Race August 28th 2010

lauriebaker — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:10:33 +0000

Please join all the Cross Country families on Saturday, August 28^th at 10:30 AM for the Alumni Race. The race will start and end at the new Redondo Sea Hawk Bowl (track). The intention of this meet is to provide our current team with a chance to get in a practice race before the season begins on Sept 11. This is especially important for the new team members!

The Alumni aspect of the meet is to provide a specific date and time once a year for the former cross country runners who have graduated, to join in on the fun. Redondo Union is known for their rich traditions. This meet has become a RUHS X Country tradition and allows a type of annual reunion for alumni to meet the new teams and catch up with former teammates and coaches.

Support your athlete(s) and the Redondo Union Cross Country Team as they compete in their first race to kick off the 2010 Season.

We will also be grilling burgers as a fundraiser for the team. Carlos’ Special of the Day will be a Cheeseburger, chips and water – all for $5. The Booster Club will again be selling t-shirts, bowling shirts, cow-bells and stickers. All proceeds will go to support the team.

Don’t miss a great opportunity to mingle with the coaches and other families and to see an exciting race.

X Country Practice for Week of August 2-6

lauriebaker — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:15:07 +0000

It’s hard to believe that two weeks of our x country summer camp are already over. Everyone is doing such a great job and are improving in their fitness level each day. We are so please that you have all joined our SeaHawk Cross Country Family. Next week Coach Bob and Coach Ferron will be at the Big Bear High Altitude Camp with our returning x country members. Practice will still be held next week for all those runners not attending the High Altitude Camp.

Monday-Wednesday Practice will be run by two graduating seniors who have been working out with our team all summer, Chloe Curtis and Michelle Pittman. Chloe is the state champion in the 1600 meter and will be attending Washington this year and running on their team. Michelle Pittman will be attending UCLA in the fall and also be running with the Bruins. Practice on Thurday and Friday will be run by Kirsten Leetch (Bob’s wife) who is one of the coaches. Practice each day will begin at 7:30AM as usual at Veteran’s Park and will get over about the same time as last week. Coach Bob and I expect everyone to attend each day and continue the great progression and attitude that you have shown so far.

Some of you have emailed me that you are going on vacation. Have a great time but work on keeping up with your push ups, sit ups and running. You should try to run between 45-60 minutes each day.

Have a great week and we will see you again on August 9!
Coach Ferron

ATTN: Cross Country Runners Please Make Sure…

lauriebaker — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:42:14 +0000

Cross Country Runners if you have not turned in your athletic clearance package or uniform order (new runners) please make sure to get them turn in ASAP!

Athletic Clearance packets & transportation fee: Must be turned into the Athletic Secretary at the school office (not the coaches) and cleared in order to participate.

Print & fill out papers, get a Sports Physical (you can walk-in at Ocean Medical for $29). If you need to print the forms from the RUHS website click here RUHS Athletic Clearance Packet 2010-2011

Uniforms are Mandatory: New runners get your order turned into Susan Ryan or Coach Ferron ASAP! Returning runners, these are the same uniforms so you don’t need to order unless yours doesn’t fit anymore. Need an order form click here Uniform Order Form w Prices Enclose order form and check in an envelope marked Uniform Order ATTN Susan Ryan. Note: the warm ups will be available soon so stay tuned!

Tonight…7/28/10 Road Runner Team Event

lauriebaker — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:39:32 +0000

Tonight Wed. July 28th 6:00pm – 9:00pm…

Road Runner Sports is holding a team event for our RUHS cross counrty team.
Enjoy great savings, free food, getting educated on footwear and much more.
See attached flyer for more information on this great event.

See you there!

Important Order Your Uniform Today

lauriebaker — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:43:16 +0000

Uniforms are required…if you are a new incoming athlete you need to get your order in ASAP. For current athletes the uniforms are the same so you do not need to order one unless you have out grown yours.

We will be placing an order soon so we will have them in time for the season start. So please try to have your order in by Friday July 30th.

If you don’t have an order form click here to print it out Uniform Order Form w Prices
Fill out the form and place it with your payment in an envelope addressed to Uniform Order ATTN: Susan Ryan. You can send the envelope with your athlete to practice and give it to Coach Ferron.

Cross Country Summer Kick – Off Potluck July 23rd 2010

lauriebaker — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:29:01 +0000

To start off the New Season the RUHS Cross Country Team is having their
Cross Country New Season Summer Kick – Off Potluck! It will be a fun evening in welcoming the incoming freshman and their families. With good food and a great group of kids and families!

When: Friday, July 23rd 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Where: 328 Avenue “E” The Herold’s House
For: ALL Athletes and Parents…Please invite any new promising freshmen!
Bring: A Dish to Share: Main Dish, Side, Salad or Dessert.
RSVP: Click above on leave a comment and let us know the number attending and what dish you will be sharing. Note: This is where we will keep track of the potluck items and number attending.

2010 Big Bear Cross Country Running Summer Camp Aug. 1st thru Aug 6th

lauriebaker — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:31:23 +0000

2010 Big Bear Cross Country Running Summer Camp

UPDATE as of 07-26-2010
Leaving this Sunday August 1, 2010 – Ends: Friday August 6, 2010

We have 10 spots left so don’t get left out! Fill out the forms below and get them in with your payment ASAP….

We are asking our families to help by donating some fruit for camp…Melons, Oranges, Grapes, and Bananas would be much appreciated. You can click on the comment button on this post and leave a comment or email Laurie Baker at runruhs@gmail.com
Thank you in advance.
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Big Bear will once again host the RUHS Cross Country team as they prepare for the 2010 season. The PCCCI camp is located on Big Bear Lake and provides the team with a great environment to train as a team.

The cost is $310. Attached are the two requried forms for you to print and must be completed and submitted with your payment, so please take the steps to reserve your runner a spot for camp.

Click here to print Big Bear Registration Form 2010 XC

Click here to print Big Bear Behavior Contract 2010 XC

If you have any questions please contact Coach Bob Leetch or Coach Julie Ferron they will provide you any additional details.