Getting Ready For FISAL Final Meet

Here are some important details regarding who will be going to the finals meet @ Springview next Wednesday October 9th including what exact races will take place and who should continue training and compete in the meet. 

There has been much work analyzing all the runner's performance over the last 6 regular season races and capturing times and places ( Thank you to Heather Botnen ). That being said, human errors are possible so if anyone sees something that does not look correct or if you just have a question please feel free to reach out to me directly. Cooley XC has 50 athletes and not everyone has qualified to run in the 'finals' races. For those who do not qualify,  I want them to be very proud of their accomplishments and they are encouraged and very welcome to continue training with the team and attend the finals.  

Finals Races:

For the finals races, there are 4 races: 7th Girls, 7th Boys, 8th Girls and 8th Boys. Just as in the regular season, 6th graders compete as 7th graders. This makes it hard for 6th graders to qualify for finals and in the event they do not ... they will be 7th graders soon enough :) Qualifying for finals rules are as follows:

* Each runner must have a personal best of 13:00 or faster

* Each team may have up to 7 runners. If a team has less than 7,  these may compete but require at least 5 runners to compete at the team level.

* Each runner must have competed in at least 3 regular season meets

* Race order is the same as the regular season (7thG,7thB,8thG,8thB)

Alternate / Consolation Races:

For athletes who do not qualify for the main finals races, the FISAL league hosts two additional races to allow more runners to have the chance to race.  These two additional races take place directly after the last finals boys 8th grade race. There are only two races, one for boys and one for girls. Each race includes 6th,7th and 8th graders for that gender. Qualifying rules are as follows:

* Each runner must have a personal best of 14:00 or faster

* Each team may run a total of 6 athletes

* Preference should be to split a team's runners into 3 8th graders and 3 6th/7th graders if possible to fill the 6 slots. 

Standby Athletes:

We have listed a set of 'standby' athletes who in the event we have a 'finals' or 'consolation' athlete unable to compete, the 'standby' is able to run. Standby athletes should train, suit up and be ready to race. In past years we have had to draw on these quite often. 

The List:

2013 XC Finals Qualifier Lists 

Important!

If for whatever reason an athlete who has qualified for the finals or consolation cannot compete we really would like to know since this gives the opportunity for the standby athletes to run. In particular, keep in mind that the consolation races happen after the last finals run so be prepared to stay longer than regular season meets. 

Well Done on Cooley Home Meet

Thank you everyone who helped yesterday to create a very successful home meet. Everything went very smoothly and to plan. I heard from a few other school coaches that they thought the meet went very well. All races started on time, all runners got an accurate time and place, team scores were produced very fast.  

Cooley runners continued to do very well. Heather Botnen has posted the meet times and updated the personal bests which can be found on the blog site. We will be reviewing results with the team today.

2013 Meet Results and Times

Thanks for making Cooley XC a success!

Coach Peter.

Creekview Ranch M.S. Meet

We will be attending Creekview Ranch Middle School for our 4th meet of the season tomorrow Sept 17th. Athletes will need to release themselves from 6th period at 2:50pm and the bus will leave ~ 3pm. Races will start at 4pm in the normal order: 6th/7th girls, 6th/7th boys, 8th girls, 8th boys.

The Creekview course is pretty flat and fast and includes an all weather track.

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Go Cobras!

FISAL Finals will be at Springview this year

The Foothill Intermediate School Athletic League (FISAL) is comprised of 14 middle schools including Cooley. In past years, the FISAL cross country finals have taken place at the William Jessup University course but this year it will take place at the Johnson Springview Park in Rocklin which is also an excellent course for a finals meet. We have scheduled 2 Sunday family runs on the Springview course on Sept 29 and October 6. Stay tuned for more details.

Meet #2 Tomorrow hosted by E.V. Cain @ Auburn Regional Park

We will be attending our second meet of the year tomorrow Tuesday Sept 10th. The meet will take place at Auburn District Regional Park and will be hosted by E.V. Cain. Cooley will be providing a bus to and from the meet. Meet logistics will be similar to our first meet: Athletes will be released from 6th period early and bus to Auburn. After the meet, parents have the option to sign them out and drive them home or they can ride the bus back to Cooley.

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Go Cobras!

Meet Snack Signup List

A signup list for 2013 Cross Country Meets has been setup is available at

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D4DAFAD2BA2FF2-cross/1439563

For future reference this link is also available under the 'Links of Interest' section on the right hand side of the Cooley Cross Country blog site.

Sunday run @ Cavitt Middle School Course

For those who can make it, we will be gathering at Cavitt Middle School this Sunday Sept 1st at 9am for a weekend fun run. All athletes must provide their own transportation. This will give the athletes an opportunity to try out the course where our first meet will take place on Thursday Sept  5th. Being able to preview the course offers the athletes many advantages. Family and friends are all welcome to run / jog / walk the course. It is a very nice nature trail backing up to Folsom lake.

Event: Cavitt Middle School Cross Country Course Preview Fun Run
Date :  Sunday Sept 1st
Time:  9am
Place:  7200 Fuller Drive Granite Bay ( meet in school entrance parking lot )
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