Hawks Finish Regular Season With a Bang

Today the Hawks finished their regular season with a USATF meet in Rancho Cordova. Nearly 20 Hawks competed in the age-group meet, with many fine performances. Mia sprinted at the finish to outkick two other girls and finish second in the 9-10 girl’s race. Jayson ran his fastest pace of the year to finish fifth in the 8U boy’s race. And David ran strong throughout the 4k course on the 11-13 boy’s race to finish fourth. Way to go Hawks!

For those continuing with us through the championship season, we will meet as usual on Monday at the Boathouse for practice. We have learned more about the qualifying adjustments that have been made this week. As mentioned in last week’s blog, there will no longer be a meet on Nov 23^rd. Instead, there is one qualifying meet which will be held on November 30^th at Golden Gate Park. No schedule has been released yet, but as we get more details we will let you know.

In addition, while last year’s qualifying meet sent the top 5 teams and 30 individuals per age group race to Nationals, this year it looks like only the top 2 teams and 15 individuals will qualify. I am still trying to get clarity on the change, but if it remains this way it means it will be quite a bit more difficult for our 11-12 boys and girls teams to make it to Indiana. We will find ourselves in a real dog fight.

Finally, I want to remind everyone – bring headlamps to practice going forward – it is going to be dark by the time we start practice.

This week the schedule is as follows:

MONDAY

Meet at the BOATHOUSE– 5:30pm

Marshall Hills

300m Intervals

Black/Gray 8-10

White 5-8

TUESDAY

Stretch and Recover

WEDNESDAY

Run On Your Own

4-5 miles

THURSDAY

Boathouse – 5:30pm

15 min fartlek (2 on, 1 off)

4-6 Hill Sprints

FRIDAY

Stretch and Recover

SATURDAY or SUNDAY

Long Run

5-8 miles

Any questions, let us know!

Coach Eric