Wenatchee High School Cross Country

2007

 

Coaches Objectives:

--To help each athlete have a positive experience during the season.

            --To help each athlete achieve success by trying their best.

            --To help each athlete learn about being successful.

            --To help each athlete avoid injury.

--To help develop loyalty, commitment, and cooperation within the team.

            --To teach each athlete how to become a better cross country runner.

            --To help nurture leadership, self-discipline, and sportsmanship.

            --To help get each athlete in the best physical condition of  his/her life.

            --To have fun!

            --To help athletes be accountable to their teammates and coaches by attending and participating in practices and meets to the best                 of their ability.

 

            HEAD COACH:                 Susan Valdez                     884-3386  (home)

                                                                                             421-9208  (cell)

ASSISTANT COACH:            Bob Bullis                            663-8253  (home)

                                                                                             679-6743  (cell)    

            Athletic Office phone number-------                        663-3384

Wenatchee Panther Athletics Website:                       http://whs.wsd.wednet.edu/Faculty/Athletics/Athletichome.html                                           XC Website:                                                                        http://whs.wsd.wednet.edu/faculty/Athletics/crosscountry/crosscountry.html

TEAM GUIDELINES

PRACTICE:

1.  Practice begins @ 3:30 and will be over by 5:30.

2.  To be eligible to participate in a practice or meet, the student-athlete must attend at least four classes on that day or the day preceding                  the event in case of a non-school day or Saturday event.  They must have a school-accepted excuse for the periods missed.

3.  A calendar of practices, meets, and events will be handed out the first week of practice.  Your participation at all functions is appreciated.

4.  Anyone missing practice, unless cleared by one of the coaches, will not be allowed to participate in the next meet-----primarily for safety

reasons.

5.  Anyone who is going to be late or miss practice needs to notify coach Valdez by phone or in person.  My home phone number is 884-3386

            and my cell number is 421-9208.

 

TRAVELING:

1.  Get on the bus 10 minutes early-----PLEASE

2.  Please follow the expectations:

            --Be courteous to the driver

            --Do not sit on the arm of the seat

            --Nothing goes out the windows

--When traveling on a school day there will be time set aside for reading, resting, and/or personal reflection.  This time will be

from Quincy to the meet site.  The expectation will be to remain quiet and seated.

3.  Everyone goes to and from the meet in school provided transportation.   Any exception to this policy will need to be cleared through                   the athletic office.  Parents who want to take their son or daughter at the conclusion of the meet simply need to fill out and sign the appropriate form and get it to a coach one day before the competition.

4.  Neither the school district, nor the charter bus company will be responsible for any stolen personal belongings or valuables                               from the bus.

 

MEETS:         Make sure you pack food and water for all meets.  If we are at home it is still a good idea to bring water and food for after the race.  If we

                            travel during the week, we usually do not stop, so the team will get home at a decent time----not too late.  It is important to pack food

                            and water for after the meet.  If we travel on a Saturday, we will usually stop if the kids want to buy something to eat on the way home.

                            It is still a good idea to bring lots of food and water for the whole day.

1.  Please dress like the rest of the team.  Wear team sweats during warm-ups when  possible.  You are representing Wenatchee High School.

2.  Fifteen minutes after arrival at the meet site, the whole team will jog or walk the course to loosen up after the trip and to get familiar with the route.

3.  Stay in our team area with your feet up.  No excessive running around before  your race.  Keep track of the time and know when you race.

4.  Warm-up with your teammates.  Follow a good 45-minute routine set up by the coaching staff.  Be consistent-----be ready.

5.  Encourage teammates who are racing when you are not.

6.  Try to run in a pack with your teammates at the beginning of the race.

7.  Cool down after your race by running, stretching, getting liquids and putting on warm clothes.

8.  Bring healthy foods and snacks for after the race.

9.  BRING PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND WATER FOR THE WHOLE DAY.

10.  At the end of the meet, the whole team will do a cool down jog and stretch TOGETHER.

 

UNIFORMS:

You will be issued a meet uniform.  You will be held financially responsible for all articles issued to you!!!!!  Take care of them.  Memorize your numbers.  Some athletes will be issued Team Sweats.  These will be issued to Varsity Athletes first--Senior returning letter winners second--Two-year letter winners--One-year letter winners and finally Juniors on down.  When you compete, leave your sweats with a teammate or manager.  Do not leave your uniform unattended anywhere, even in our own camp area.

REPLACEMENT COSTS:

SWEAT PANTS               $40.00                                                      UNIFORM  SHORTS                  $25.00

XC JACKETS                    $65.00                                                      UNIFORM  SINGLETS               $25.00

PURPLE & GOLD TOP     $30.00                                                    

 

INJURY PROCEDURES

1.        Athletes will always be running in groups-----they should never be alone.  If we are Òoff campusÓ, the coaches will be available throughout the various routes that the athletes cover.  Usually one coach remains near the front of the group and the other coach remains back with the slower athletes.

2.        Notify a coach immediately if an athlete is injured.  The coach will administer First Aid as necessary.

3.        If an injury is manageable, such as a sprained ankle, minor

dehydration, or a cut or bruise of some type, the athlete will be escorted back to the High School Sport Medicine facility by one of the coaches.

4.        The athlete will be treated and the parents will be notified while at the Sport Medicine facility.

5.        If an injury is severe, the following ÒEmergency Care Procedures will go into affect.

 

EMERGENCY CARE PROCEDURES

1.             A responsible person MUST stay with the athlete.

2.             A responsible person calls the ambulance IMMEDIATELY.  Have a Responsible person meet unit at the entrance to the area.

3.             Administer CPR if necessary

4.             Do not move a seriously injured athlete

5.             Have athleteÕs Emergency Card ready

6.             Contact parents as soon as possible

7.             Contact a school administrator

8.             Emergency Numbers:  

                                                    Ambulance:   911   Ballard 663-6513             Lifeline 663-8091

9.             Administrator Numbers:

                                  Athletic Director:   BJ Kuntz    (W) 663-3384    (H)  664-3712   (Cell)  421-0200

                                  Principal:                 Michele Wadeikis 664-7096

10.         Information to give to Ambulance:

Your name

School and sport affiliation

Game or practice location and directions

Type of injury

VARSITY TEAM SELECTION

The Varsity Team-----or the top 7 runners for the boys and girls----- will usually be determined by the fastest times.  Before the first meet there will be a 2-mile time trial down at Walla Walla point park-----on our home course.  The top 7 runners will run Varsity for the first meet as long as they have met all other eligibility criteria.  After the first meet, the Varsity positions may vary according to performances of all of the athletes during the following meets and the following practices.  Usually, those athletes with the fastest times will run Varsity unless there are certain considerations or consequences in a given situation that must be addressed.  (Including sickness, injury, and rest)  The coaches will have the final decision in selecting the top 7 for each meet.

TRAVEL TEAM

We are limited to one Charter for all of our away meets.  This will limit us to taking only 44 athletes to compete at each meet.  Due to these restrictions, if we have more than 44 athletes out for cross-country at a given time, participation at the meets will be determined on the following criteria:

            1-- Attendance at practices prior to each meet;

            2-- The ability to compete (not injured);

            3-- Attitude;

            4-- Running times.

 

POST-SEASON ALTERNATE

Post-season events allow for an 8th person, an alternate, to go with the team.  They will probably not run unless there is an injury or an eligibility problem with one of the top seven Varsity runners.  This position will be determined by the coaches based on times, attitude, dedication and support for the team.  IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE AN ALTERNATE !

LETTERING POLICY

1.        TO EARN A JUNIOR VARSITY CERTIFICATE OR VARSITY LETTER YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON WITHOUT VIOLATING THE ATHLETIC CONTRACT.  THIS INCLUDES COMPETING IN JV CHAMPIONSHIPS TO EARN A JUNIOR VARSITY CERTIFICATE.

2.        TO EARN A VARSITY LETTER YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE REGULAR SEASON AND MEET THE LETTERING TIME ON AN APPROVED COURSE.  IF YOU COMPETE AT REGIONALS YOU WILL LETTER AS LONG AS NUMBER ONE IS FOLLOWED.

--Run on varsity @ REGIONAL meet-- (Determined by league meets & practices)   

            --Qualify for State-------------------------------------       

            --Boys run 17:00 or under on a 3.0 mile course------------

            --Girls run 21:00 or under on a 3.0 mile course------------

            --Boys run 17:25 or under on a 5K Course (3.1 miles)-------

            --Girls run 21:25 or under on an 5K Course (3.1 miles)------ 

3.        AN ATHLETE WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEARS AND HAS NOT EARNED A VARSITY LETTER WILL EARN A LETTER AT THE END OF THEIR SENIOR SEASON.

4.        Managers earn a Varsity letter after the second consecutive year in the program as long as they attend all practices and assigned meets and have performed their required duties to the satisfaction of the coaching staff.

5.        The athlete must conduct himself/herself during the season in a manner that warrants the awarding of a Varsity Letter.  This would include the athlete being academically eligible throughout the entire season.

6.        SPECIAL NOTE:  WHEN THE STUDENT/ATHLETE VIOLATES THE CONTRACT FOR OFFENSES INVOLVING   TOBACCO, ALCOHOL/DRUGS, OR STEROID DRUGS THEY FORFEIT THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO EARN ANY CERTIFICATE, AWARD OR LETTER FOR THAT SPORT SEASON.

7.        The coaches reserve the right to make final decisions to letter.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

WASHINGTON INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION HANDBOOK

18.19.0    AMATEUR STANDING - A student who represents a school in an interscholastic sport must be an amateur in that sport.  An amateur student-athlete is one who engages in athletics for the physical, mental, social and educational benefits, and to whom athletics is an avocation and not a source of financial reward.     

18.19.1  In order to maintain amateur standing in those activities under WIAA jurisdiction, the student athlete may not:

A.    Accept merchandise or in-kind gifts of more than $100 in fair market value during any one calendar year August 1 through July 31.  Reduced membership fees or reduced user fees from an athletic club, recreation center, golf courses, etc. do not count toward this $100 limit.       

B.    B.  Accept cash awards.       

C.    C.  Enter competition under a false name.       

D.    D.  Accept payment of expense allowances over the actual and necessary expenses for the athletic trip (NOTE: Entry fees are not considered a reimbursable expense.)       

E.     E.  Sign or have ever signed a contract to play professional athletics in that sport.       

F.     F.  Play or have ever played on any professional team in that sport.       

G.    G.  By sport receive or have ever received, directly or indirectly, a salary or any other form of financial assistance (including scholarships, educational grants-in-aid, or any of his/her expenses for reporting to or visiting a professional team) from a professional sports organization.    

18.19.2      The student-athlete may play as an amateur on any team not under the jurisdiction of a professional sports team or         franchise.  ÒJurisdictionÓ means that funds from the team or franchise or coaching by any member of the sports team  

          orfranchise have been provided.    

18.19.3      Amateur standing will not be jeopardized by Instructing, supervising or officiating in any organized youth sports     program, recreation, playground or camp activities whether the student athlete is paid or not paid for these duties.

18.19.4        A student who forfeits amateur status may apply to the Executive Director for reinstatement in the interscholastic            program after a waiting period of one (1) year.

 

TOP 10 GIRLS 3.0 MILE TIMES

1

18:08

Amanda Wilsey

Pasco-State

1993

2

18:22

Heidi Colpitts

Kamiakin Dual Meet

1999

2

18:22

Kori Buford

Lk. Sammamish St. Pk.

1994

3

18:27

Kelly Edgerton

Wenatchee Alternate

1986

4

18:42

Kristen Ballinger

Richland Invite

2004

5 19:03 Hannah Kiser Regionals at Franklin Park 2006

6

19:07

Katherine Lee

Pasco-State

1991

6

19:07

Brittani West

Kamiakin Dual Meet

2000

7

19:10

Marta Fisher

Pasco-State

1991

8

19:22

Deanne Erickson

Yakima

1983

9

19:27

Laura Valaas

Kamiakin Dual Meet

2000

10

19:33

Christine Wybenga

Franklin Park-----Yakima

1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOP 10 BOYS 3.0 MILE TIMES

 

1

15:45

Mark Beilstein

Pasco-State

1988

2

15:46

Ryan Freimuth

Wen. H.S. Course & Kamiakin

2000

3

15:52

Aaron Stowell

Interlake

1993

4

15:56

Brad Hawkins

Pasco-State

1990

5

15:58

Scott Sylvester

Wen. H.S. Course

1981

6

16:00

Tyler Gence

Kennewick-Scott Lawrence Pk.

1995

7

16:02

Jason Wilsey

Pasco-State

1991

7

16:02

Loren Erickson

Wen. H.S. Course

1981

8

16:03

Mark Thibault

Wen. H.S. Course

1984

9

16:04

Rick Ward

Wen. H.S. Course

1987

10

16:06

Brian Wendt

Kennewick-Scott Lawrence Pk.

1995

10

16:06

Aaron Galbraith

District--Wenatchee

2003

10

16:06

Jose Garza

District--Wenatchee

2004

 

TOP 10 GIRLS 3.1 MILE TIMES

1       18:44          Kelly Edgerton       Richland-Carmichael                   1986

1       18:44          Heidi Colpitts        Sun Willows--STATE                   1999

2       18:56          Amanda Wilsey       Richland-Carmichael                   1993

3       18:57          Kori Buford          Richland-Carmichael                   1994

4               18:58                      Kristen Ballinger            Deer Park-Regionals                                2003   &    2005

5                19:39                       Hannah Kiser                  Sun Willows--STATE                                         2006

6       19:51          Brittani West        Sun Willows--STATE                   1998

7       20:03          Katherine Lee         Richland-Carmichael                   1991

8       20:06          Laura Valaas         Sun Willows--STATE                   1998

8                20:06                      Morgan Dunley               Deer Park-Regionals                                         2005

9       20:08          Marta Fisher          Richland-Carmichael                   1991

9       20:08          Mayra Morgado        Richland-Carmichael                   1998

TOP 10 BOYS 3.1 MILE TIMES

1

15:53

Drew Faubion

Deer Park-Regionals

2005

2

16:04

Aaron Galbraith

Deer Park-Regionals

2003

3

16:06

Mark Thibault

Kennewick-Canyon Lk.

1984

4

16:13

Mark Beilstein

Richland-Carmichael

1988

5

16:16

Rick Ward

Kennewick-Canyon Lk.

1987

6

16:20

Brian Wendt

Richland-Carmichael

1995

7

16:23

Loren Erickson

Walla Walla Golf Course

1981

8

16:27

Brad Hawkins

Eastmont

1992

9

16:28

Jason Wilsey

Kennewick-Canyon Lk.

1991

10

16:32

Tyler Gence

Walla Walla - Fort WW

1995