November 19, 2011
Thanks for a great cross country season at SRCS! The video for the cross country team that was shown at our team party is posted on Youtube. If you would like a cope of the video burned on a CD for you, please email Robin Dent at rdent@strong-rock.com .
November 7, 2011
We hope to see you all at our team party:
Thursday, November 10th – 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the SRCS Softball Complex (upstairs)
****Please bring your favorite dessert to share
We are looking forward to a fun night!
November 2, 2011
We will have two end of the season celebrations for the cross country team. Please mark these dates on your calendars and plan on attending.
Team Party:
Thursday, November 10th – 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the SRCS Softball Complex (upstairs) ****Please bring your favorite dessert to share.
Fall Sports Athletic Banquet:
Thursday, November 17th – 7:00 in the SRCS cafeteria
November 2, 2011
The Region Meet on October 27th at Our Lady of Mercy went well for the cross country team. Although the girls’ team could not compete at the team level because of injuries, the Varsity Boys’ team finished 6th in the Region! Congratulations on a great season. Jonathan Johnson and Emma Welch both finished 16th in the Region, which is incredible for a sophomore and a freshman. Thanks again to Coach Dent and Coach Mink for bringing the team to this level of success!
Girls 5000 Meter Run:
Emma Welch 22:24 Finished 16th in Region
Nealy Halter 25:32
ChandlerBrown 28:31
Molly Gaynier 30:42
Tara Olender 30:47
Boys 5000 Meter Run:
Jonathan Johnson 18:53 Finished 16th in Region
Jesse Welch 19:34
Joel Holland 20:22
Tyler Mangrum 21:00
Stephen Stuart 21:58
Carter Holmes 22:56
Carter Adkins 24:18
Patrick Bischoff 24:41
Lyle Hunt 26:59
October 25, 2011
The region championship meet will be this coming Thursday, October 27th at Our Lady of Mercy in Fairburn.
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Hi SRCS runners and parents,
Our Region Meet will be held this Thursday at Our Lady of Mercy. The varsity girls’ race will begin at 4:00 PM and the varsity boys’ race will begin at 4:45 PM. There will be a JV race that begins at 5:30 which will be combined girls and boys. We will be checking out of school at 1:45 on Thursday in order to get to the meet on time. Please make sure your student gets anything he or she will miss in class that day.
Transportation to the meet is being finalized. We should have a bus to get all of the athletes to the meet. I will have final word on that by tomorrow. Everyone has worked very hard up to this point in the season. Thank you for all of your continued support. I look forward to a very successful day on Thursday!
Blessings,
Coach Mink
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Here is the address for Our Lady of Mercy where the meet is being held:
861 Highway 279 - Fairburn, GA 30213 - View map
October 16, 2011
We are gearing up for a fun week full of Homecoming events and we have a great way in store for you to complete the week! On Saturday, October 22nd we will all be running the Rock-N-Run 5K race at Strong Rock. This is a mandatory event for all SRCS Cross Country Team members. Runners need to be at the stadium no later than 7:30am. The actual race starts at 8:00am. Please pre-register ahead of time for the race. The forms are available at the school office. You are not required to pay the registration fee so please write “cross-country team member” on your form. You will be allowed to pay $10 if you would like to receive a race shirt. We are excited about the opportunity for our team to show how awesome we are at this fun 5K event!
October 16, 2011
The SRCS Cross Country team had a great meet at Nash Farm for the Golden Eagle Invitational. They set 11 personal records with two new varsity boys’ & girls’ school records. The Middle School runners set two new middle school boys’ & girls’ 2 mile records. We had 6 runners to win medals by finishing in the top 20! The varsity boys are 16th in the state, and 5th in the region with an excellent shot at going to the State Championship for the first time in our cross country program! The next meet will be the Region Meet on October 27th at Our Lady of Mercy.
Girls 5000 Meter Run:
Emma Welch 21:31 - Currently ranked 14th in 1A Region 9 & new SRCS girls record
Nealy Halter 25:36 Josie Deason—33:30 Chandler Brown—36:46
Boys 5000 Meter Run:
Jonathan Johnson 18:09 -Currently ranked 14th in 1A Region 9 & new SRCS boys record
Jesse Welch 18:46 -Currently ranked 19th in 1A Region 9
Tyler Mangrum 18:48 -Currently ranked 22nd in 1A Region 9
Joel Holland-19:57 Stephen Stuart- 21:00 Lyle Hunt- 28:19
Skyler Johnson—20:06 Carter Holmes—22:35
Patrick Bischoff—20:51 Carter Adkins—25:11
Middle School 3200 Meter Run:
Jake Scanlon-13:42 Conor Scanlon—14:50 Austin Zebrowski-15:37
Hunter Rosich—16:44 Hayleigh Steadham—15:05 Harry Dodd—17:45
October 11. 2011
Hi SRXC Runners & Parents,It was great seeing everyone again since our Fall Break. Runners you came back to school this past week to a tough running schedule as well as a hard week of classes. Know that the work you accomplish each week on the trail, and on the track takes 10-14 days to show itself. Remember that from a physiological stand point your body make gains in fitness during your recovery , and not during the workout itself. That’s when in figures it all out. While not everyone set a personal record on Saturday think about what you accomplished! God continues to answer the prayer that we ask enough of ourselves.Meet Results from Saturday, October 8th:
20 runners. 11 personal records. Two new varsity boys & girls school records. Two new middle school boys & girls 2 mile records. We had 6 runners to win medals, and for the first time in over 2 years our middle school boys competed as a team with 5 runners. These guys did an awesome job, and placed 4th this weekend.Team we are 2 1/2 weeks away from the Region Championship. Our varsity boys our 16th in the state, and 5th in the region with an excellent shot at going to the State Championship for the first time in our cross country program – stay focused! Varsity girls encourage, and commit to each other to compete as a team – 5 girls – for the first time at our Region Championship! Middle school runners you have done a great job this year! Your season ends at home on October 22nd with the Strong Rock n Run 5K. Encourage your friends to join you next year so both boys & girls compete at the team level. Next year your season will end with your own Atlanta Metro State Championship.
Team, we are now in preparation for your Championship. Stay focused, commit yourself, work hard, and recover well so that at the end of your race, at the end of your season – you can say that you required enough of yourself.
God blesses me with the pleasure of working, and coaching each one of you. I look forward to the next 2 weeks.
Coach Dent
Our next meet will be Saturday, October 8thRace Schedule
8:30 am: Varsity Boys 5K (limit 7)
9:15 am: Varsity Girls 5K (limit 7)
9:50 am: JV Girls 5K (unlimited entries)
10:30 Varsity Awards
10:55 am: JV Boys 5K (unlimited entries)
11:30 am: Middle school/youth boys and girls 3K (2 miles, unlimited entries)
Awards
First Place All-Class Champion
1st, 2nd and 3rd place team awards per gender for small school (A, AA and AAA) and large school (AAAA, AAAAA)
Top 20 individuals receive medals (jv and middle school in the chute, varsity at awards)
FYI – Any parents that are runners can run at Noon to support Relay for Life
NOON Open Race 5K to benefit Relay for Life (for adults and anyone not running on their high school team). You can enter at
www.active.com/running/hampton-ga/dash-at-the-nash….
or on race day. You can also email
Susann.Livingston@henry.k12.ga.us for information about the Open race.
Nash Farm Cross Country Course Map
Location Information
100 Babbs Mill Road, Hampton, GA 30228
Directions to Nash Farm from Atlanta, G
-Take I-75 south from Atlanta to Exit 221, Jonesboro Road (the second
Jonesboro Rd located in Henry County).
-Turn off the Highway and go west approximately 6 miles.
-Nash Farm will be on your left.
-Parking is on Babbs Mill Road which runs directly beside the Farm.
Directions to Nash Farm from Macon, GA
-From Macon, GA go north on I-75.
-Turn off the Highway at exit 221 and go west approximately 6 miles.
-Nash Farm will be on your left.
-Parking is on Babbs Mill Road which runs directly beside the Farm.
Nash Farm is located at:
4361 Jonesboro Road, Hampton, GA
September 21, 2011
Our final results were published for the Mercer Invitational Meet our varsity teams competed in on September 17th. We appreciate Micki Welch that submits the cross country information each week for the morning announcements and the E-Pistle. Below is the information she submitted this week:
The Cross Country team had another great run at the Mercer RunFit Invitational in Macon this Saturday. Thanks to the great leadership of Coach Kelly Dent and Coach Shauna Mink, several runners have topped their best times to reach a new personal record and have continued to climb in the Region rankings! Congratulations again to Jonathan Johnson for finishing 21st and Emma Welch for finishing 13th in their races.
Girls 5000 Meter Run:
Emma Welch 21:32 Currently ranked 11th in 1A Region 9 & new SRCS girls record
Nealy Halter 25:26
Molly Gaynier 27:46
Tara Olender 28:44
Chandler Brown 30:53
Boys 5000 Meter Run:
Jonathan Johnson 18:20 Currently ranked 13th in 1A Region 9 & new SRCS boys record
Jesse Welch 18:49 Currently ranked 19th in 1A Region 9
Tyler Mangrum 18:50 Currently ranked 21st in 1A Region 9
Joel Holland 19:30
Skyler Johnson 19:40
Stephen Stuart 20:49
Carter Holmes 21:38
Patrick Bischoff 22:10
Carter Adkins 24:11
Lyle Hunt 26:32
Thank you for your prayers for Coach Mink. We praise God that she is feeling better and has returned to work. Please continue to pray for her that she can get to feeling 100% soon. We hope that everyone has a wonderful and relaxing Fall Break. Make sure our students keep up with their running over in break.
Our next races for Oct are:
Nash Farm on the October 8th at 8 am
Henry County Championship (Time & place -TBA) on October 15th
