Check in for all runners - 6:00 AM
6941 N. Hayden Road, on the south-east corner of Hayden and Indian Bend.
Gold team- Tommy Williams, Will Firth, Patrick Wolf and Brock Ghelfi
Black team- Marco Ruiz, Jack Welty, Jake Ghelfi and Tyler McGehee
Open race- Everyone else
Awards at 9:00 AM, breakfast pot luck immediately following. Please check your emails for the location.
Parents and Runners,
Welcome back to school! Hope everyone is adjusting well to the early morning practices. Just 11 more AM practices before we go to after school practices.
1. If you missed Athletic Night on Monday, please make sure you check the website (Sports-Teams-Cross Country) throughout the season for announcements, directions, and results. All runners must have a physical on file prior to practicing and must turn in a signed transportation permission forms to Coach Keahon.
2. Second time trial on Saturday, August 28 at
3. In addition to the meets, Brophy Cross Country will have several functions with Xavier Cross Country.
a. Saturday, September 4: Pot Luck breakfast after our first meet. A separate email will go out via "Jooners" where people can sign up to bring items. This event is for runners, coaches and all family members. If you live near Hayden and Indian Ben and would like to provide the location for this event, please contact me.
b. Friday, September 17 at 5:30 PM: Spaghetti Dinner hosted by the Ghelfi family for runners and coaches. This is the evening prior to the George Young Invitational. Brophy and Xavier are the host of this meet. A few volunteers may be needed to help with the meet on Saturday.
c. Wednesday, October 6: Pizza for runners and coaches after the duel meet at Granada Park.
d. Friday, October 8: Spaghetti Dinner host by the Williams family for runner and coaches. This event is prior to the Doug Conley meet.
e. Saturday, November 6 (evening) or Sunday, November 14 (late afternoon): TBD End of season get together for runners, coaches and all family members.
4. The Brophy Cross Country Awards Banquet will be on Monday, November 8 at the Brophy Great Hall.
5. Cross Country Merchandise: The merchandise is offered to us through the Brophy Varsity Shop. Order forms are due by Saturday, September 4. Orders must be placed as a group. You can turn it in to Lisa Ghelfi at the Pot Luck or you can mail the form and payment to her.
GO BRONCOS!
Sole Sports Running Zone
Cross Country Festival
Saturday, September 4
Scottsdale Silverado Golf Course (Scottsdale, AZ)
Citizens' race (part of Dirt Hog XC Series) . . . 6:00 a.m.
Open boys and girls race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 a.m.
Varsity boys and girls BLACK RACE . . . . . . . . 7:30 a.m.
Varsity boys and girls GOLD RACE . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m.
Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m.
FORMAT: Eight varsity runners, four in each race.
Black race is for your number 5-6-7-8 runners. Gold race for 1-2-3-4.
Score six best times out of eight varsity runners. Lowest cumulative time wins.
Non-varsity race open to all other athletes.
The race will later be scored "traditionally" and those results will be posted.
COURSE: Golf course, mostly grass with occasional hard-packed dirt. Two loops.
Check in at Sole Sports Running Zone, 6941 N. Hayden Road.
DO NOT go to the golf course clubhouse!
AWARDS: Open races - 20 awards per gender.
Varsity races - 20 awards for each race per gender.
Trophies for winning boys and girls teams + overall team.
TIMING: Computer timing (chip) by Arizona Road Racers.
ENTRIES: www.athletic.net.
2010 Cross Country Schedule
Saturday, September 4 Sole Sports Running Zone XC Festival
Saturday, September 11
Saturday, September 18 George Young Invitational
Saturday, September 25 Oro Rojo Invitational (
Wednesday, September 29 Home meet at
Friday, October 1 Twilight Meet (Queen Creek)
Wednesday, October 6 Home meet at
Saturday, October 9 Doug Conley
Saturday, October 16 Ken Denson Invitational
Saturday, November 6 State Meet
Announcements August 6, 2010
