Busy Week

I hope you have all dried out after the weather we have been experiencing. Thank you for your flexibility this weekend with the meet being postponed and us having practice Saturday morning. Coach Huff and I were very impressed with the girls Saturday morning as no one - NOT ONE girl complained about practicing or running in the rain (again). That really shows us that the girls know what they need to do to be prepared for meets and that they are ready to run in all conditions which is so important in the fabulous sport! Thank you for instilling this level of dedication, determination and work ethic in your daughters. We also had a great time relaxing after our run at Panera.

With the postponement of the meet, each girl will be running in 2 races this week. I have attached directions and information to all 3 meets we have this week. We will run as a full team Monday at Ray Pec. After Ray Pec, the top 16 fastest runners will run at the Missouri Southern Stampede on Saturday. The rest of the team will run in the JV race at the Platte City invite on Thursday at 5:00. Tomorrow, (Monday) we will leave school at 2:30. This means that the entire team will need to leave their classes at 2:00. The girls running at Platte City will also leave school early on Thursday (they will leave class at 2:15 Thursday.) The girls are responsible for any work they miss in class. Their teachers will receive e-mails informing them of the team leaving. I know that this is in conflict with academic awards that start at 7:00 at PHS. If you are going to try to make it back for awards, the best bet will be to come to the meet and sign your daughter out to ride home with you and go straight to awards.

The pasta party this week is Wednesday evening at the Riojas home, hosted by the Waddles, Werners, Jimenez and Riojas families. Freshmen need to bring a dessert to share. Sophomores and Juniors need to bring a 6 pack of water each. Snack bags for Ray Pec Will be provided by the Riojas and Miller families. Platte City snack bags will be provided by the Jimenez and Werner families and the Snack bags for Joplin will be provided by the Kissee family. I will send out a list tomorrow night of who is running in which race for Thursday and Saturday.

Next week, we have team pictures on Wednesday and a meet Thursday. The meet on Thursday will only be the top 16 runners as Grandview (the hosting school) has decided to limit entries. I hate this but I also see this as some good rest time after this busy week. We will run again as a full team at the KC City Championships on October 4. The girls will need to bring their uniforms to school next Wednesday for team pictures.

Coach Lerch
lerchp@parkhill.k12.mo.us