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Today we have a meet at Ivy Redmond Sports Complex (Beeson Park) start time 5:20.  We will leave Ragsdale High School at 3:50.  Last regular meet of the season.

The cross country meet today will start at 5:00 for the boys and 5:30 for the girls.  The meet is at (Beeson) Ivy Redmond Sports complex.  Bus will leave Ragsdale at 3:50.

Some of our runners will not race today! The following athletes will race today if the athletes name is not on the list they will come but do an alternate workout

Ali Broome, Claudia Allen, Caroline Fowles, Jarel McFadden, Andrew Pendrak, Ben Smith, Isaic Tahirkhel, Jesse Cooper, Amber Edwards

Saturday is our last Invitational.  I have registered everyone on the team we will leave Ragsdale at 10am We will be running the Developmental Races and JV races.

All Team Members are registered for the Greensboro Invitational this Saturday 1st race JV boys start 9:15am -last 4A Championship girls start time 12:00  Bus leaves Ragsdale at 7:30 am

Please note any schedule changes!

Athletes and parents there will be no morning or afternoon practice this Friday! Athletes have optional swim practice on Friday NO RUNNING!!!!!! Most of the kids are pretty beat up and need the rest so I am making a mandatory no running or workout day.  Go to the pool or play Frisbee...have a play day.

We will have Saturday morning practice at 10 am meet on the track.

Athletes have been given Fan Cloth fundraiser catalogs these will be due September 18th this is different then the compression uniform short order.  Please make check out to Fan Cloth not Ragsdale or me.

A couple of things for tomorrow’s meet.  It looks as though we will not be able to run until 6:00 due to the weather.  As such, we will do what we did last year and just run the boys and girls together starting at 6:00.  We will leave RHS at 4:00.

Parents will park in the gravel lot at the course, the lots down at the soccer fields and baseball fields and in the field across the road.  There will be no parking along Beeson Road.  There will be an officer there making sure.

Parents we do not need any snacks for tomorrow we have a lot left over from the Jungle run we will need some parent volunteers to help marshal the course and work the finish line.

Finally the practice schedule tor the week is the following;
Tuesday 7am 4pm optional
Wednesday no 7am only 4pm to leave for meet
Thursday 7am optional 4pm
Friday 7am optional 4pm
Saturday on own LSD 30-90 minute run depending on experience and fitness level
Sunday OFF
Monday September 8 7am and optional 4pm

Dear Parents I need to know 100% who is going to the meet Saturday.  If we have any JV kids the bus will leave at 3:00 for the 6:15 race.  If we only have Varsity we will leave at 5:30 for the 9:00 boys championship race 9:40 girls championship race.  We will not be home before midnight.  Kids need to bring money for food and healthy snacks.  We will not stop anywhere on the way home too late!  I imagine they will have concessions and t-shirts for sale.

The address of the course is South View High School 4184 Elk Rd Hope Mills NC 28348

As of now the following athletes have confirmed they can go:

Boys:

Joseph Popek

Patrick Thompson

Thomas Neale

Dakota Harbison

Brendan Ham

Sam Lempp

Blanton Stanley

Girls

Sara Platek

Alex Apple

Monday 7am/4pm

Tuesday no am/3:45 leave for Guilford county championships

Wednesday 7am/4pm 4pm throws

Thursday 7am/4pm

Friday no am 4pm only

Saturday leave at 3:00 for Jungle Run @ Hope Mills NC

Sunday off

Monday September 1 on own (60-90minutes)

Tuesday September 2 7am/4pm

This week correction on some practice:

Wednesday no morning practice Everyone 4 PM practice. Throws practice 4 PM

Thursday Everyone 7 am practice 3:00 meet at RHS travel to Hagan Stone for Scrimmage JV 4:30 Varsity 5PM

Friday no 7 AM practice. Everyone 3:30 activity bus leaves for Cary Wake-Med course

Monday 8-25 7 AM practice for distance runners. 4 PM for jumpers/wrestlers Team Dinner 5:30 @ Platek's house

Tuesday no morning practice Early Dismissal Guilford County Championships @ Hagan Stone Park

August 20 at 4:30 on the track team photo bring a Ragsdale t-shirt,or  solid blue or white t-shirt, and or uniform top.  Wear black compression bottom!

August 21 scrimmage with SEG @ Hagan Stone park wear Ragsdale t-shirt or solid white/blue t-shirt and black compression shorts.  We will leave RHS by Track @ 3:45

Order compression shorts now!  Coach Popek will have order forms for warm-up and "official compression shorts"  Orders are due no later than August 29.