EDISON BOY’S CROSS COUNTRY 2013 www.ehsxc.com Find us on Facebook: Edison Boy’s XC Head Coach – e-mail: Brian Brierly bbrierly@hbuhsd.edu Assistant Coach – Brian Karpman Assistant Coach – Kevin Russell Volunteer Coach – Cory Schiltz Volunteer Coach – Parker Olsen COACHES President – Chris Lewis Vice President – Ron Gamble Treasurer – Veronica Thies Secretary – Becky Hastings Parent Volunteer Coordinator – Denah Hoard 3 Board Members have Graduating Seniors Looking for possible 2014 Booster Club Board Members BOOSTER CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS Practice is Monday – Friday is at Edison at 3:30 pm. Practice is mandatory (this is a class with a grade). Same as being absent in class (and will be reported to the office) Roll sheet is on the web and is updated almost daily Saturday practices are at 7 am at Edison. (Under the Points System page). Only 1 left, 28 September, unless Applebee’s Fundraiser is that day Kids should have water, warm ups, post workout recovery snack and a watch (shoes would also be wise) PRACTICE Speaking of shoes, great places to get them are: RoadRunner Sports in Costa Mesa (Corner of 19th and Harbor) A Snail’s Pace in Fountain Valley (Warner just east of Magnolia) They price match also! Online – www.eastbay.com, www.firsttothefinish.com Also time to get racing flats. Can get them at the same places listed about. Kids will NOT be using them the first two races. We will break them in at practice and get the kids used to running in them. SHOES Meets are virtually every Saturday, with one exception (League Preview) Look at the team website for individual meet info. Every meet is listed, and the page is updated each week to reflect the race schedule and times that the boys need to be at the meets There are no buses to meets, with one exception (League Preview) MEETS Date Location City Cerritos Regional Park Cerritos, Ca Mt Sac College Walnut, Ca Estancia HS Central Park Costa Mesa, Ca Huntington Beach, Ca Oct 5 Central Park Invite Central Park Huntington Beach, Ca Oct 12 Clovis Invite Woodward Park Fresno, Ca Oct 19 OC Champs Irvine Regional Irvine, Ca Oct 26 Mt Sac Invite Mt Sac College Walnut, Ca Sept 7 Sept 14 Sept 21 Sept 25 (Wed) Sept 28 Meet Great Cow Run Fastback Shootout Woodbridge Invite League Preview Applebee’s Fundraiser Nov 2 League Finals Central Park Huntington Beach, Ca Nov 16 **CIF Prelims Mt Sac College Walnut, Ca Nov 23 **CIF Finals Mt Sac College Walnut, Ca Nov 30 **CIF State Woodward Park Fresno, Ca New athletes will need to purchase a uniform. Cost is $40 Cannot compete without a uniform Returning athletes that need replacements or bigger sizes can also purchase new ones. We will buy back old uniforms for $20 as long as it is pretty good condition and is clean. Can just buy top or just bottoms if needed for replacements New teams sweats!!! Total cost is $110 ($65 for jacket and $45 for bottoms) – not a requirement to own, just nice to have. UNIFORMS AND SWEATS Picture day is Thursday Sept 19 Meet at Squirrel Park (grass belt on Magnolia on way to the beach) by 3:30 pm. For individual pictures, show up earlier (3-3:15) to get head start and save time We will go for our run after the pictures PICTURE DAY Booster Club Membership $275 / Athlete What it gets (things not funded by school): Funds coaching, Team Trip(s), Insurance, Fees for non-profit Funds fund raising expenses, uniform and warm-up purchases Funds team tee-shirts, team bags, awards, etc. Funds End of Season Team Banquet (2 tickets/membership) Budget of about $30,000/ season for 50 athletes BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERSHIP To help keep Booster Club Membership costs low No one likes it, but it’s necessary. Charger cards – 4 per athlete @ $10/card Please do the best you can to sell all of yours More available if you can sell more than 4 Applebee’s – watch the kids serve and clean up after Target Date of Saturday, 28 September E-script – Vons, etc. Money to team from what you already spend Booster Club Tee-shirts – for order Team Sweat shirts – for order BOOSTER CLUB FUNDRAISERS Pasta dinners are usually Thursday nights before meets Volunteer to host! Meet days we have a table of snacks (fruits, crackers, bagels, muffins, etc.) and coolers of water and Gatorade. E-mails are usually sent around the week leading up to the meet to coordinate contributions PASTA DINNERS AND MEET DAY SNACKS End of the year banquet is Wed Dec 4 Located in School Cafeteria Celebrate the amazing accomplishments of the year Booster Club membership gets 2 tickets per membership Additional tickets available for purchase BANQUET Program can’t run properly without the support of the parents Thanks for being here and taking the time to make sure the kids are getting what they need THANK YOU