Braves,
This week was extremely successful from my point of view, and I am very proud of the effort and consistency that was shown during week 1 of this season. As a coaching staff we feel very optimistic about this season, in part because of a core group of athletes who have come every day prepared to give their best effort. Across all events we had a few tough workouts but you kept the effort and commitment coming each day this week. It's that kind of determination that we will need for the next 12 weeks of the season if we are to be successful. Success is something that is created through consistent hard work, day after day, week after week, and month after month. Let's continue what we started last week into this coming week.
Coming up this week on Friday we are going to be doing a team time-trial, which will be like a mini meet. More details for the time trial will be given at practice. Expect the days leading up to the time trial to really push you and help you improve. One day in the middle of the week we will be handing out uniforms. On Monday I will be entering "fines" for each athlete so you can go in and pay the athletic fee in the office or online. I believe that the price the school sets is $90. After tomorrow morning that should be available to pay online.
Another reminder to go to register my athlete and register for track this season. Athletes who have not had a physical this school year will need to get that done and send the paper work to Coach Munk.
This is our last week of training without an official meet so we really need to take full advantage of that. I appreciate the effort this past week, so let's keep it going.
On our website I have added the state qualifying standards for each event so feel free to go on there and look at those to see what is required. Region qualifying is done a little differently, without a set mark - they take the top 20-30 athletes in the region in each event to compete at the region meet. To qualify for state you must either meet the standard or place in the top 4 at the region championships in May.
Feel free to contact me with any questions. We appreciate all you do.
