JR Bucs XC – Parent Info
What is the JR Buccaneer Cross Country Team?
This is an organized team for 6th, 7th and 8th grade boys and girls living in the Allatoona High School district interested in cross-country or long distance running. The team’s purpose is to teach about cross-country running to boys and girls who potentially could run for our high school teams. Our runners will learn about the different ways to run and train for cross-country. We will have organized practices 3 to 4 days per week and we will schedule 5 to 6 different races or meets for our runners to compete in.
The season will begin in July with summer training and continue through August, September and October. Our first day of practice will be July 20, 2009 and our last race will be the State Championship on October 24, 2009. We will have a banquet to start the season and a banquet to end the season.
Our JR program will prepare our JR runners for what will take place with our high school cross-country teams. Coaching philosophies, training methods and team expectations are the same for both programs to promote future success!
For more about Cross-Country check the XC Guide on our HS page.
Registration:
We will have registration for our team starting on May 18, 2009.
There will be a meeting on May 18, 2009 at 7PM in the Allatoona HS cafeteria to review information for the summer and fall season.
The team registration fee is $150. This fee will pay for meet entry fees, student activity fee, team uniform, t-shirt, short and water bottle. Registration form, parental consent and money will be due between May 18 and August 3, 2009. We are also expecting our runners to fund raise $150 or more for this season and our program.
Requirements:
We will require each runner and parent(s) to provide registration information and parental consent for participation.
We will require that at least one parent is always present during all team activities. This is very important for practice and meets!
Parent(s) will be responsible for transportation to practice and meets.
Training, Practice and Meets:
We will start practice and training on July 20, 2009. Please check our training section to know where we will practice and what we will be running. The training section explains our training plan. It outlines how we will run and train over the course of our season. Our runners will train by running different ways to prepare to race distances of 2 to 3.1 (5K) miles. Everything that our runners will do in practice will get them ready to compete and race as well as they can.
We will schedule 5 to 6 races or meets, so that our runners can compete as a team. We will have uniforms, so our boys and girls can be recognized as runners for the JR Buccaneers! We will teach our runners to compete as best as they can in every scheduled race. We will prepare our runners to make our fastest race the State MS Cross-Country Championships held on October 24, 2009 in Bleckley County, GA!
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