Gilmour Itinerary

SJA @ Gilmour Invitational
October 31, 2010

3:15 – bus leaves SJA
3:55 – bus arrives at GA campus
4:35 – Girls varsity GRAY begins warm-up
5:30 – Girls varsity GRAY race
5:40 – Girls open begin warm up
6:30 – girls open race
Girls open must warm down quickly before it gets dark!
7:45 – leave for SJA
8:25 or so arrive at SJA

We will do team meeting and Jaguar award at Saturday morning’s practice. It will get too dark too quickly to do this after the meet.

Varsity 5:30
Gaffney
Mangan
Chambers
Sirchen
Urankar
Ward
Boyer

Open – 6:30
Harter
Bresnahan, Jill
Bresnahan, Jess
McGuire
Schwind
Roddy
Bauer
Catherine
Moore
Bello
Petersen
Saul
Vovk
Kramer
Miller
Semidey
Dunn
Simone
Grove
Strasser
Steve
Williams
Nagy
Reminder
Lanning
Hurley, K
Zimmerman
Armstrong
Miranda
Russo
Roberts
Gatian
Hurley, S

Not running:
Peplin – shin
J. Swit – shin
Krasienko – shin
Egan – shin
Riley – shin
Waters, K - shin
Timmons – calf
Hennings - ankle
Fibbi – hip
Waters, Mary Bridget – hip
Konys - hip

Week of September 27

Two things to remember!!!!
1. Just 4 weeks until districts/Walsh last chance meet. Now is not the time to get complacent after our first good meet. Now is the time to really turn the screws and get the most out of ourselves!
2. The weather has turned colder - BRING PROPER CLOTHING to keep your body/legs warm!

Monday, Sept 27 - practice at SJA. Team meeting in 331, run, practice finishes on track, lift. 5:20 finish
Tuesday, Sept 28 - workout at Memorial Field. 4 x mile for top group. 5:15 finish
Wednesday, Sept 29 - practice at mastick after school...start at 2:45. easy mileage run, drills, frisbee. done by 4:45.
Thursday, Sept 30 - practice at SJA - typical Thursday - pre-meet goal setting in room 331 then circuit day. Pasta dinner at Chambers House (hosted by Gatian, Chambers, and Boyer).
Friday, Oct 1 - meet at Gilmour. We are "Gray" Division 1. Varsity (same as All-Catholic) runs at 5:30, all JV runs at 6:30.
Saturday, Oct 2 - practice at 9:00am at towpath. This time we will meet at the Visitor's Center (it has a bathroom). To get to the visitor's center it is just like going to the Rockside Rd location - just add 5 minutes tops. Travel east on Rockside Road from I-77, pass the towpath parking lot and turn right on Canal Road. Follow Canal for about 2 miles. Turn right on Hillside Rd then turn left into the parking lot.
Sunday, Oct 3 - nothing

All-Catholic Review

It was a big weekend in many ways for the SJA cross country team as they traveled to Kettering, Ohio for the Midwest All-Catholic Championships. A classy, well-behaved, and focused group represented the school well both during the travels and in the race. An amazing 42 of 45 SJA runners earned a season's best (SB) or personal record (PR) at the meet. Those efforts earned the Jags a 6th place out of 14 in the varsity race and a 1st out of 12 in the reserve.
Pacing the Jags in the varsity race was senior captain Erin Gaffney, who ran a PR, finished 13th overall, and broke the 20 minute barrier for the first time ever with a 19:53. All of the varsity earned PR's or SB's...including Celine Mangan, Mary Kate Chambers, Jessica Sirchen, Maggie Boyer, Bridget Egan, and Rose Urankar.
In the reserve race Jaguars dominated the front scoring a low 27 points in the team race (63 for second) and taking 8 of the top 15 places overall. The top finisher in the reserve race for SJA was sophomore Melanie Ward, who ran a PR of 21:36 - good for 3rd overall.
SJA results and splits can be found at the link on the right. Overall results can be found at the host school's website - www.carrollcrosscountry.org

Week of September 20th

Monday, Sept 20 - practice at mastick park, 3:40-5:15
Tuesday, Sept 21 - practice at SJA, meeting in 331, run, lift, video, done at 5:15
Wednesday, Sept 22 - time trial at mastick, 3:40-5:15
Thursday, Sept 23 - practice at SJA, done by 5:15
Friday, Sept 24 - leave for Dayton at noon. More information to be posted soon.
Saturday, Sept 25 - All-Catholic meet...www.carrollcrosscountry.org
Varsity "Gold" - 10:00am - our top 7 runners - Gaffney, Mangan, Chambers, Egan, Sirchen, Urankar, Boyer
Reserve Women - 11:30am - all non-varsity runners
Plan to return to SJA by 6pm
Sunday, Sept 26 - no planned arrangements.

Notice to those who work - the following week we will be off our normal workout schedule due to a Friday meet. We will workout on TUESDAY, Sept 28. Please change work schedule accordingly!!!!

McDonough Review

JD Rockefeller's estate in Cleveland Hts was given over to the city park's system and is now Forest Hills Park. It has been the sight of cross country meets for decades. On Saturday, September 18th SJA ran in the McDonough Invitational hosted by VASJ at Forest Hills Park.
Participating in the medium-sized division, SJA finished 2nd out of 8 teams just 11 points behind first. It was a rough day for the Jags, but junior Mary Kate Chambers, showed a spark finishing as the first runner for the Jaguars.
The JV team also finished a narrow second to Mentor with junior Maggie Boyer leading the way with a 3rd place run. The open race was not scored but was cleared dominated by SJA runners led to the wire by freshman Alesha Vovk's 5th place run.
The cross country team is nearing the halfway point and will be traveling to Dayton next week for the Midwest All-Catholic meet.

Important Info!!!

There are a few important notes below - read carefully! Share this info with your teammates, parents, and daughters.

There will be NO practice on Thursday. The Sharks and Jets workout went great, so as a reward for the effort (and to rest some of the beat up legs) we are giving you the day off from coaching. You may use that time to lift, stretch, or cross train on your own. You may also choose to get your homework done early, so you can get to bed earlier.

Parents - t-shirts should be in Friday. If you haven't passed along $12.00 yet then please do so soon.

McDonough Itinerary

9:00 – bus leaves SJA

10:20 – Girls varsity begin warm up
11:15 – Girls varsity WHITE (medium schools)

11:35 – Girls JV begin warm up
12:25 - Girls JV race (all 3 divisions race each other)

12:45 – girls open begin warm up
1:35 - Girls open race (all 3 divisions race each other)

2:15 – warm down
2:30 – food
2:45 – team stretch and Jaguar Award
3:00 – leave for SJA
3:25 – arrive at SJA

Varsity 11:15
Gaffney
Mangan
Chambers
Sirchen
Riley
Egan
Boyer

JV 12:25
Urankar (1st alt)
Ward
Harter
Bresnahan, Jess
McGuire
Bresnahan, Jill
Schwind

Open – 1:35
Steve
Bauer Catherine
Moore Bello
Petersen Saul
Vovk Kramer
Miller Semidey
Dunn Simone
Grove Strasser
Konys
Nagy Reminder
Krasienko Hurley, K
Russo
Zimmerman Waters, K
Miranda
Roberts Gatian
Hurley, S
Williams

Not running:
Peplin – shin(s)
J. Swit – shin
Roddy – out of town
Armstrong – ankle
Timmons – calf
Lanning – Achilles
Hennings - ankle
Fibbi – kidneys
Waters, Mary Bridget - hip

Week of Monday Sept 13

Monday, Sept 13 - LT day at Mastick - 3:40-5:15
Tuesday, Sept 14 - typical Tuesday at SJA, meeting first - 3:20-5:10
Wednesday, Sept 15 - Sharks v. Jets at Memorial Field - early dismissal day. Begin warm up at 3:00pm
Thursday, Sept 16 - typical Thursday at SJA - 3:25-5:10
Friday, Sept 17 - PICTURE DAY! You need to bring your uniform. We may consider wearing team t-shirt as well. Team meeting/goal setting after. Team dinner at SJA cafeteria after. Hosted by Lannings. They may be looking for assistance???
Saturday, Sept 18 - McDonough Invite at Forest Hills Park (Cleveland Hts). Fruit, bagels, chocolate milk - Simone/Nemet, Konys.
Time schedule unknown at this point. Will post and advise ASAP
Sunday, Sept 19 - Heroe's Run at SJA. Our team members are asked to help at registration, finish line, and mile marks.

Walsh Recap

On the 11th of September the SJA cross country team visited Walsh Jesuit High School for the Tomahawk Invitational. The Jags varsity team finished 3rd of 12 teams. The first Jaguar across the line was Celine Mangan, who broke 21 for the first time this season. She was followed across by Mary Kate Chambers, Jessica Sirchen, Sam Riley, Rose Urankar, Mel Ward, and Jessica Bresnahan.
The JV was split into two teams which finished 1st and 4th out of 9 teams in their race. Maggie Boyer finished 1st overall in the JV race. SJA had 3 other top 10 finishers in the race including: Grace Harter 3rd, Rachel McGuire 6th, and Jill Bresnahan 10th.
This week's "Jaguar Award" was given to Sam Riley for running a PR and moving up to the Jags' 4th runner. Sam has never been varsity before at any point in her career before.

Walsh Itinerary

9:30 – bus leaves for Walsh Jesuit High School – Let’s try TIE-DYE this time.

10:15 – arrive at Walsh, set up camp, etc…
11:10 – Girls Gold Reserve begin warm-up
11:45 – spikes on
11:50 – go to start line (no jewelry!!!)
12:00 – Gold Reserve race – see who is on what team below.
12:05 – Girls Varsity Gold begin warm-up.
12:45 – spikes on
12:50 – go to start line (no jewelry for you guys either)
1:00 – Girls Varsity Gold race.

Directions to Walsh (from SJA)
I-90 East to Jennings or I-77 south
I-77 South to turnpike (I-80) exit
Turnpike East one exit to Boston/Rt 8 exit 146
Rt 8 South for a few miles to Rt 303 exit 180
At Rt 303 exit go STRAIGHT on Old Rt 8.
Follow Old 8 for a couple of mile. Veer left on Wyoga Lake Road for less than a mile Walsh Jesuit on the right.

Week of Monday, Sept 6

Monday, Sept 6 – Labor Day Long Run at Rockside Road towpath. Directions below. 9:00am-11:00. Coach will bring some bananas. Parents and athletes should feel free to bring other food for after the run.
Tuesday, Sept 7 – practice at SJA. Meeting in 331 when dressed for practice. Typical Tuesday – done by 5:15.
Wednesday, Sept 8 – practice at Memorial Field. Hard workout – please be there! We’ll start as close to 3:30 as possible. Done by 5:30.
Thursday, Sept 9 – practice at SJA. Typical Thursday. Done by 5:00.
Friday, Sept 10 – practice at SJA – typical pre-meet day. Pasta dinner hosted at Williams house.
Saturday, Sept 11 – meet at Walsh – directions and times to be posted later. Fruit, etc…Roberts, Hurley, Swit
Sleep in day!!!! Be sure to time up your breakfast properly.
9:30 - bus leaves SJA
12:00 - Girls Reserve Gold - We will have an "A" and "B"
1:00 - Girls Varsity Gold (Gaffney, Chambers, Egan, Riley, Ward, Urankar, Sirchen)
Sunday, Sept 12 – no planned events

Directions to Labor Day Long Run
Independence, Ohio
Take I-77 South To Rockside Road
Left on Rockside (east) and follow for about a mile and a half.
go past Rt 21 and down the big hill to the valley.
The Parking Lot is on the right just before Canal Rd across the street from Lockkeeper's Tavern
About 20 min from SJA.

In the near future…Wednesday, Sept 15th - Sharks/Jets w.o. Friday September 17th – picture day after school. Order forms passed out this week. Sunday, September 19th – Heroe’s Run. This is a 5 mile road race held at SJA in honor of the Cleveland Police officers killed in the line of duty. Our athletes work this event every year for service hours. The general time frame is 7-11am.

Ashland Invite Review

The Running Jags finished 6th of 19 teams at the Ashland Invitational. St. Joe's had a record 43 runners finish, of which 35 set personal records or season best times. In this, the second meet of the season, the Jaguars saw some new faces in the top 7 varsity. Senior Captain Erin Gaffney led the way with a 7th place finish in 20:11. Her time moves Erin into the SJA Top 20 all-time. Next to cross the line was junior Mary Kate Chambers. Sophomore Bridget Egan set a big personal record to finish as the 3rd SJA runner. Jessica Sirchen was 4th for SJA followed by Sam Riley, Rose Urankar, and Mel Ward to round out the varsity positions.
While not scored, the SJA second team was the best in the field as runners like Jessica Bresnahan, Rachel McGuire, Grace Harter, Helen Steve, and Maggie Boyer ran well enough to beat most team's varsities.
Next weekend the Jaguars go to Walsh Jesuit High School to battle against some of the better Division I teams in North East Ohio.

results for SJA can be found on the link to the right or by visiting www.baumspage.com and searching the the cross country results

Itinerary for Ashland

SJA @ Ashland Invitational
Ashland High School
August 4th, 2010

6:45 – bus leaves SJA…seriously, we cannot and will not wait this time. We’ll be cutting it too close!
Remember, all your bags, etc… have to go UNDER. We don’t have room for people AND things. No flip-flops. Grey team shirts on.

8:00 – arrive at meet site. Look like a team and scare the others when we get off.
Bus parks at King Road Alliance Church. Parents can park on campus or Grace Brethren Church
Set up camp (tent, tarps, team sign)
Bathroom AFTER camp set up then learn the 2 loop course – especially the finish!
9:05 – warm up begins. Only drink water from here on – no Gatorade, etc…
4 – 1.5 miles
2, 3 – 1.0 mile
1 - .5 mile
Jog followed by full warm up routine with Coach Kieser AS A TEAM.
9:15 – spikes on (have them already prepared from Friday) Jewelry check.
9:20 – go to start line for striders and prayer (2 striders out, 1 strider back, pray, then 1 more jog/strider back to line)
9:30 – girls high school race – all compete except those listed below (you’ll be helping!)

10:30 – warm down whatever you warmed up
11:00 – Groves and McGuires – fruits and bagels

11:30 – leave for SJA but stop at Lodi Crossing for an hour of shopping, etc…
1:45-2:00 – return to SJA unless you hear sooner.

Results will be linked from
our website and found directly
on www.baumspage.com

Not running:
Nagy- mono
Mangan – shin
Bauer – shin/calf
Peplin – shin(s)
Gatian – calf
K. Hurley?
J. Swit?

First race of season:
Simone
Katie Waters
Mary Bridget Waters
Alesha Vovk
Fibbi

"He ran because it grounded him in basics. There was both life and death in it; it was unadulterated by media hype, trivial cares, political meddling.... It was all joy and woe, hard as a diamond; it made him weary beyond comprehension, but it also made him free.”
Once a Runner – “Breaking Down” Chapter by John L. Parker