---Thank you to the numerous parents who emailed or contacted me voicingsupport for our trip to The Woodlands, Texas, next October 2, 3, 4, 2008,
for the Nike South Invitational, featuring top ranked teams in Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Thirty-nine deposits(20 girls, 14 boys, 4
coaches, 1 small child) for non-stop round-trip airfare($293.06) from Orange
County to Houston have been purchased, eleven rooms have been secured at the
Hilton Garden Inn(The Woodlands), and three fifteen- passenger vans are
reserved. Expect the price to be around $430, meals not included, although
we can discuss whether or not to raise the price and include some meals.
---Pre-season girls' cross country commences Monday, May 19, following two
weeks of relaxed workouts and dismissal at 3:00, and lasts until the final
day of school. Expect practice to be 2:30-4:00 daily.
---Group One(To Be Determined) athletes will return during the Summer on
Wednesday, July 9, 6:00P.M.-8:30P.M., following a C.I.F. mandated three week
"Dead Period." Summer workouts begin Monday, July 14, 7:00-9:45A.M., for all
athletes.
---Our annual Summer Running Camp in Idyllwild is Monday, August 11-
Saturday, August 16. $225 for all meals in Idyllwild, campground lodging,
and transportation. Please make plans for this wonderful running and team
experience.
---Please make every attempt to avoid Summer School after the first session.
Parents of current freshmen, please arrange for your daughter to take Health
during her sophomore year or the FIRST Summer session, which will most
likely mean one seven period semester if you choose the school year option.
Please, again, avoid the second and third sessions of Summer School if at
all possible, so as to not conflict with vital to our team and individual
success Summer cross country workouts.
---Mama Clemons and myself look forward to the upcoming 2008 girls' cross
country season, and have a Mustang kind of day...
