Lindbergh Cross Country

The meet schedule for this coming season is now posted. Click the link on the right of the page.

The season is about to start–are you ready?

The first day of practice is Monday, August 26th at 2:30. We will meet under the skybridge at Lindbergh. In order to practice you need to be cleared. The information about how to get cleared is on the previous post.

See you soon!

It is time to start the process of getting your athletic clearance completed so that you can turn out on the first day of practice August 26th. The team leaders have the clearance packets that they are handing out at Tiffany Park during the morning runs. You can also stop by the Lindbergh main office and pick up the paperwork. Here is the list of things that you need to do:

–Get a physical. When you go to see the doctor you must bring the district physical form with you. Your doctor has to fill out and sign this form. If you can’t get an appointment in time, just go to a walk-in medical clinic, such as the one by Benson Fred Meyer or at the Landing.

–Fill out all of the paperwork in the clearance packet. There are many different places that parents need to sign. Be sure they get them all.

–Starting the week of August 19th-23rd you can turn in your paperwork and pay your fees.

–The stuff you have to pay is the following: ASB Card $30. Sports Fee $75. If you qualify for free and reduced lunch you can get this fee cut in half. If you are having problems with the money, let Coach Rettmann know and he will help you. Email him at jeffery.rettmann@rentonschools.us

–Make sure Mrs. Clark tells you that you met all of the requirements and that you are actually cleared.

Remember the form drills that Travis Downen and Mitchell Hughey taught us at camp? I put a link to the site where Dathen Ritzenhein demonstrates and explains these drills in the “Core Workouts and Form Drills” button on the right of the page. Check it out and practice these drills!

We had over 60 runners plus a bunch of alumni at the 2013 Running Camp. I had a great time spending the week with everyone. We played goofy games; we did a lot of running; we had guest speakers, including a physical therapist, a shoe expert, a professional runner, and a successful coach; we ate lots of food; we made new friends; we had lots of prizes. I hope everyone enjoyed the week as much as I did.

I put the pictures that I took during the week in the Photo Gallery on the right side of the page. I tried to get as many people as possible in the pictures–sorry if I missed someone. If I have time I will put together a mash-up of the photos and video that I took during the week and post a link. Keep checking for this.

There is ONE MONTH until cross country starts. Keep running. Do you drills. Work on your core. Set goals. Talk your friends into turning out.

I hope I see you all very soon!

This year our running camp will take place the week of July 22nd – 26th. We will meet at Phillip Arnold park each day from 9:00 – 2:00. The teams from Renton and Franklin will join us. The camp is free. Food will be provided (we need help with this, however). Get ready for the best running camp ever!

Wednesday, June 5th at 2:15 in Rettmann’s room.

The end-of-season awards banquet is Wednesday, Nov. 14th at 6:00 p.m. in the Lindbergh Library. All family members are invited and encouraged to come.

This is a potluck, so please bring something. So that we don’t end up with 25 tubs of potato salad, I am assigning things to bring. If you have your heart set on bringing something other than what you have been assigned, however, that is okay to do.

Freshman: sweets
Sophomores: Salads / side dish
Juniors: main dish
Seniors: drinks

Congratulations to everyone who competed at the state meet: Thuong Nguyen, Christine Villanueva, Mohamud Abdi, Colton Maddy, Mitchell Hughey, Ismael Purganan, Omelyan Strembitskyy, Titus Owen, David Huff.

Our boys finished 10th in the 2A race. Colton and Mitchell ran PRs and had the best races on our team. In the girls race, Christine ran very well. This was the first state experience for most of our team, and we competed well.

For complete results go to: http://www.jcrawford.net/stateccresults12.html

For the people who like to have an excruciating level of detail (such as myself), here you go:

2012 Cross Country State Meet Itinerary

Friday

9:00 Leave Lindbergh
10:45 Bathroom stop in Ellensburg
11:30 lunch at Subway in Yakima or in the valley
1:30 check into hotel in Kennewick
2:00 leave to run the course
3:45 back at the hotel
5:30 leave for dinner (Casa Mia in Kennewick)
7:30 stop at the grocery store on the way back from dinner
8:00ish back at hotel
10:00 in your own room
11:00 lights out

Saturday

7:30 wake-up
8:00 Breakfast in the hotel
9:00 Boys go for a walk with Coach Randall
9:00 Girls and alternates leave hotel for the course/set up team area
10:15 girls warm up
10:30 boys leave hotel
11:00 girls race
11:30 boys eat light lunch at the course (half a sandwich, powerbar, apple, water)
12:45 boys warm-up
1:30 boys race
2:20 girls and boys awards
3:00 leave Pasco
4:15 dinner at Miner’s in Yakima
5:30 leave Yakima
8:00 arrive back at Lindbergh