A wonderful start to our season

A wonderful start to our season...resounding victories over Tesoro for both
the varsity and junior varsity, 95-41 and 98-36, respectively. This program
has advanced leaps and bounds since I began my head coaching stint five
years ago, and I look forward to the future. I will not mention any
individual names because there are numerous girls I am proud of, not just
the winners of races, or second place finishers. I am proud of this program
as a whole, all 167 on the roster including managers, and now on to Laguna
Hills and then Huntington Beach, both on the road. Expect the return from
those trips to be 7:00 for Laguna Hills, and hopefully 7:30 for Huntington
Beach. I live ten minutes from HBHS in Seal Beach, so I know all too well
that the drive home from HBHS could stretch our estimated time of arrival to
8:00.

This weekend we travel to both the Irvine Invitational for sprinters,
hurdlers, and field event people, and to the Millikan Distance Carnival at
Long Beach City College(alma mater) for the distance runners. As I told my
girls this afternoon, we are only allowed TWO girls per event at Irvine, so
the competition is fierce. Contrarily, at Millikan, the distance runners are
allowed unlimited entries because they do not race in lanes. Around fifty
female distance runners will travel to Long Beach City College, twenty-three
to Irvine...both buses depart Trabuco Hills High School at 6:00A.M., and
will return around 6:00P.M.

At yesterday's competition versus Tesoro, we had zero absences from the
meet. Today we had eighteen absences from practice. The day I can accomplish
my athletes and parents to treat practice no different than track and field
meets, I will consider that a major accomplishment. Practice is sacred to
me, and I can guarantee you that I will NEVER miss a practice for a dental,
doctor, or any kind of appointment...I schedule my life around practice and
competitions. You will have that commitment from me...every day, every hour,
and although I can not expect the fervent passion I expect of myself, please
treat practice no different than competitions. I do know that things pop up
in the lives of fourteen to eighteen-year-olds; heck, I have fifteen
freshmen missing practice for an M.U.N. conference tomorrow...just treat
practice no different than competitions, and the results will be beneficial
to your daughter...

Thank you for your involvement in Trabuco Hills Girls' Track And Field,
encourage your daughter every step of the way, and beat Laguna Hills...