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Our annual mandatory preseason parents meeting will be this coming Wednesday, September 8th, at 7:00 pm in the GHS teachers lounge – which is located on the northwest side of the GHS quad.

You’ll have a chance to meet the coaches, hear about our racing schedule, team policies, training program, and fund raising expectations.  The meeting should last no longer than 35-40 minutes.

Following the meeting, coach Bob Ramsey will offer a short (20 minute) seminar for athletes (and their families) who are considering competing in college. It will cover the recruiting process, understanding how athletics can help you get into college, developing realistic expectations, and etiquette for contacting and responding to coaches.

This Saturday will be our annual inter-squad/time time trial meet – the Tartan Top 7.  The race will begin at 8:00 am but athletes must arrive no later than 7:00am.  We’ll race over three miles at Legg Lake, and we’ll use the race to determine our varsity top sevens for our first meet.

There will be a meal following the meet, and athletes’ families are encouraged to attend.

With the return to school, we’ve set our training schedule for the next four weeks – you can down load the schedule here: XC Training.10.2

Please keep several things in mind as we move into our most important training period of the year:

• The schedule will probably change as our training evolves and we try to anticipate the weather.
• These weeks will probably be our longest sessions of the year, with most days going two hours and Monday’s lasting 2-1/2 hours
• Places and times will change from week to week.
• There will be days on which parts of our team will train in two different places.

Update: Be sure to take time to view our 2010 Annotated Schedule, which has descriptions of every race and all of the logistical details for our competitions.

Yes!  You can still join the 2010 Glendora XC team, but the last chance is fast approaching.

We welcome athletes of all kinds of ability and experience levels. We are one of the best teams at GHS – our nationally ranked guys are defending CIF champs and our girls are projected to be our best team in years.  We are also the most inclusive team on campus – there are no cuts and the whole team gets to run in (almost) every meet.

Our training is hard, but it is always adjusted to the individual athlete’s capabilities and experience.

Our training schedule is below on this page, but the best time to come out for the first time would be Wednesday, August 25th at 3:15 at the GHS track.  If you can’t come then, come to Friday’s practice.

Come dressed to train, come with a friend, and come ready to find out how good you can be.

With the beginning of school on Tuesday, we’ll be shifting our training schedule to Monday/Wednesday/Friday at GHS, Tuesdays at Bonelli, and Thursdays at Williams.  The days, places and times will evolve as the weather gets cooler and our training develops.  So for this week…

• Monday – 5:00  at GHS
• Tuesday – 5:00 at Bonelli
• Wednesday – 3:15 at GHS
• Thursday – 5:00 at Williams
• Friday – 3:15 at GHS

Our team does not get sports lockers, so our athletes will need to carry their practice gear with them.  The PE locker room is usually locked by the time we’re done, so nothing should be left there.  Bring your stuff with you when you come to practice.

And one more note…  Excelling at XC and school will require our athletes and their families to be creative and committed with their time, something our team has done very well with over the year.  And our athletes should be reminded, despite assertions to the contrary, that it is entirely possible to do homework before practice on the days we start at 5:00

High expectations, one new meet, a return to two meets that we missed in 2009 and our move to the Baseline League will mark this year’s schedule.

In September, we’ll once again begin with the Bronco Invite in Chino, which was revived last year after a two year hiatus.  Our guys are defending champs at this meet.  Next we’ll compete once again the massive Woodbridge Invite, which this year will move to the campus of Estancia HS in Costa Mesa.  This is one of the biggest XC meets in the country in both size and quality, and takes the place of Rosemead and Mt. Carmel from last year’s schedule.  We’ll end the month on Wednesday the 29th with the first cluster meet against our new rivals in the Baseline League.

In October, we’ll begin with a new meet on a new course at Bonelli Park, which takes the place of the Brea meet.  The following weekend, a select group of athletes will travel overnight to the Clovis Invite, held on the site of the California State meet. Next up is the Bell Gardens meet at Legg Lake, which will be for the athletes that didn’t run in Clovis.  The final week of the month is big, with the second Baseline meet on Wednesday followed by the gigantic Mt.SAC Invite on the weekend.

November is championship month, beginning with the Baseline Finals on the first Tuesday at Mt.SAC.  This will be the final meet for most of our team.  Should we finish in the top three at the league meet, our varsity seven’s will advance to the CIF Prelims, and if they run well there, to the CIF Finals, also at Mt.SAC (Our guys are defending CIF Div II champs).  The California State Meet is on Thanksgiving weekend in Clovis, and if we run really, really well this year we might just qualify for the Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) held the first weekend of December in Portland, OR.

You can download a simple team schedule here.  There will be previews on this site before each meet, and we will you can view our 2010 Annotated Schedule, linked on the right side of this page, which provides all of the logistical details for each meet.

If you couldn’t make it to Mammoth, your training should continue.

You can download the training plan for the week here: Mammoth-Home Group.pdf

Regular training for the entire team resumes on Monday 8/16 at 6:00 pm at GHS.

Our Mammoth information meeting is Wednesday night, and to help get everyone there on time, were shifting out training location.

So, on Wednesday, August 4th, training will be at Glendora High School, beginning at 6:00pm.

At 7:30, we will have a mandatory meeting coming up to share plans and give you information on what to expect for the Mammoth Running Camp.  All participating athletes and at least one parent is required to attend.

The meeting is at the  Glenkirk Church in the Fellowship Hall (across the street from the GHS field)  1700 Palopinto – Glendora

NOTE: Fellowship Hall is adjacent to the church’s west parking lot.

Any account balances due for the Mammoth Camp must be paid at the meeting.

Want to run Cross Country this year? Glendora XC competes at the highest levels – our boys team are defending league and CIF champions and State runners up, while our rapidly improving girls team boasts a league champ and CIF and State meet finalist.

At the same time, we are one of the most inclusive teams on campus. We welcome beginning athletes and there are no cuts team cuts and no bench – all athletes get to compete.  Our training is progressive and tailored to the fitness level, ability, and experience of our athletes.

Here are some important details:

Summer Practice Begins Monday, July 5 at 5:00pm.  Plan for each session to last two hours.  Come dressed to run and bring water.

First week’s schedule:

• Monday at the Glendora High School track See above post
• Tuesday at Bonelli Park.  Directions
• Wednesday at GHS Williams School
• Thursday at Bonelli
• Friday at GHS
• Saturday at La Verne Trails Directions

Sports Physicals: You must have a sports physical and complete the Glendora Sports Physical Packet before you can attend the Mammoth Training Camp or the beginning of the school year if you’re not going to Mammoth.  You can download the packet here.

Summer XC Camp: begins July 5 and runs for 8 weeks (up til the beginning of school).  The cost is $75.  Training is five days a week and will progress according to the athlete’s ability and improved conditioning.  Varsity athletes will train seven days with three doubles.  We train at GHS and several parks in the area – all athletes will received a schedule with directions.  Incoming freshman (GHS ’14) are strongly encouraged to take part in this camp.

Mammoth High-Altitude Training Camp: is an 8 day/7 night (August 8-15) training camp at Mammoth Lakes and is a cornerstone of our summer training.  The $335 cost includes transportation, lodging and meals.  Unlike previous years, there will be fitness and attendance requirements to attend, and any athlete wanting to go must be at team training the ten days prior to the trip.

Regular Training: continues when school starts on August 24th.  Athletes are welcome to join the team at this point, but understand that we strongly encourage our athletes to take part in the summer camp.

So come on out, and find out how good you can be.

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune has published it’s 2009 All-Area team for Cross Country and it includes quite a few familiar faces.  Juniors Lauren Justus and Anthony Castro were selected as Athletes of the Year.  Kelly Hernandez and Austin Goodheart were also selected for the first team, while Austin Mendoza and Shin Yamamura led the second team.

Unlike previous years, the article accompanying the lists that does a nice job of breaking down the season, with quotes from Lauren, Anthony and Coach Don Sumner, who was selected Boys Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.  But the Trib also continued it’s now annual tradition of excluding deserving Glendora athletes in the name of “balancing” the lists.   For a more representative list of XC honors – go back and review the Mt.Sac XC awards.

Our annual team banquet is this Thursday, December 10th, at the Legion Hall in Finkbiner Park.  Monday is the absolute deadline to make your reservation.  The dinner is free for team members and $10 each for family and friends.  Full details: GHS Cross Country Banquet.pdf

Also this week, the Glendora City Council will be honoring our championship boys varsity team during this Tuesday’s meeting.  The meeting begins at 7:00 pm on December 8th in the City Hall Council Chambers at 116 Foothill Blvd.  UPDATE: You can view video of the meeting and ceremony here.