Bellevue Invite success!

Last Saturdays Invitational at Lake Sammamish was a big success with many boys posting personal best times and significant improvement over last years times. Of note was Matt Gross coming in 20th overall in the 1-2 flight and first place for Roosevelt with a personal best of 16:39. Hart Horner also had a PR with 17:29 coming in 10th in the 5-6 flight, 3rd best time for the XC MOB. The team placed 8th out of 36 teams attending.
This week is a bye week with no meets. More info to come for next week and reminder to RSVP for the parent dinner!

XC Parent dinner-Meet the Coaches -Fundraiser

The XC team parents have planned a XC parent dinner on Friday Oct 16th at 6:30 @ the Gross's home (7028 17th ave NE). This is a chance to meet other parents and the coaches, ask questions and learn more about XC at RHS. A secondary goal is to raise funds for the teams depleted bank account without selling things or time consuming fundraisers with a pay what you can donation box. We hope to have a good turn out and look forward to meeting the people that support the kids that make up our fabulous XC team!
Please RSVP to Rachael Gross at rgross6086@gmail.com or 525-6086

Wednesday meet and Saturday Invite information

Here is a link for directions to Wednesday 9/23 meet for parents, there will be a bus for the kids: Races start at 4:00 at Big Finn Hill Park.
Roosevelt High School to Big Finn Hill Park - Google Maps

The Saturday 9/26 invitational will be held at Lake Sammamish State Park.
There will be no bus for this meet: Schedule of events are below. Kids must arrive at least 1 hours before their scheduled race.

Mens Races 5,000 Meters HIGH SCHOOL OPEN RACE 9:30 AM 5,000 Meters BOYS Junior Varsity 11:00 AM 5,000 Meters VARSITY BOYS AND GIRLS #7-8 11:30 AM 5,000 Meters VARSITY BOYS AND GIRLS # 5-6 12:00 PM 5,000 Meters VARSITY BOYS AND GIRLS # 3-4 12:30 PM 5,000 Meters VARSITY BOYS # 1-2 1:30 PM

Womens Races 5,000 Meters HIGH SCHOOL OPEN RACE 9:30 AM 5,000 Meters GIRLS Junior Varsity 10:15 AM 5,000 Meters VARSITY BOYS AND GIRLS #7-8 11:30 AM 5,000 Meters VARSITY BOYS AND GIRLS # 5-6 12:00 PM 5,000 Meters VARSITY BOYS AND GIRLS # 3-4 12:30 PM 5,000 Meters VARSITY GIRLS # 1-2 1:00 PM

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Fort Steilacoom Invite results

Great showing at todays Fort Steilacoom Invitational! Boys Varsity place 10th out of 39 teams, JV1 placed 6th/26 teams, JV2 placed 2nd/22 teams. Every single team member that has run this course before had a personal best. Hart Horner, Nick Murphy and Andrew Eckles all breaking 18 minutes for the first time. Sam Hendren improved his time by almost 3 minutes. Daniel Swanson and Matt Gross came in 24th and 28th place out of 320 runners with times of 16:52 and 16:56. Great Job MOB!

Thank you to the XC parents

I would like to thank all of our parent volunteers. They were outstanding, and provided a lot of support to all team members of the mob.

Thanking you all again,
Coach collier/ Coach Lynch.
The X-C-Mob Cross Country Team

Fort Steilacoom Invitational information

Great Job this afternoon at Upper Woodland Park! Here is the information about times for races at Fort Steilacoom Invitational this weekend. Kids should meet at Roosevelt to catch the bus at 7:15 am sharp. It is in Lakewood south of Tacoma and is aprox an hour drive if no traffic and a large invitational with many teams so give yourself plenty of time to find it and park and then try and locate the Roosevelt team. It is a great course and fun spectator meet to watch. Good luck XC MOB! 9:00 Coaches meeting 9:20 Open Race 9:55 Youth Race (2 kilometers) 10:15 Boys JV "team" This race is limited to 5 junior varsity runners per team. 10:40 Girls JV "team" This race is limited to 5 junior varsity runners per team. 11:15 Boys Flight 1 (#'s 5, 6, 7, & 8) 11:20 Girls Flight 1 (#'s 5, 6, 7, & 8) 11:50 Boys Flight 2 (#'s 1, 2, 3, & 4) 11:55 Girls Flight 2 (# 1, 2, 3, & 4) 12:30 Boys Junior Varsity #2 race 1:05 Girls Junior Varsity Race Awards will follow the completion of the final Junior Varsity Race.

Preview result and looking ahead to next Wednesday!

Great showing at the first meet of the season. If you haven't already looked at results on Athletic.net you can use the link below to familiarize yourself with it.
Kingco 4A Preview - Cross Country Meet
Next weeks meet will be at upper woodland park, a challenging hilly course. There will be several meets taking place that day so you may find parking limited and the start time listed on Athletic.net is as follows:
"We will follow the KingCo format of JV Girls, Varsity Boys,Varsity Girls & JV Boys. Projected time schedule: 5:00pm, 5:45pm, 6:15 pm; 6:45 pm. If we can move up the time schedule, we will."
Also, for this meet the girls and boys team are asked to have 15 parent volunteers so if there are any parents available to help out on Wednesday please let us know!

Good Luck to the XC MOB! Change in next week meet location.

Tomorrow is the first meet of the season, the Kingco Preview meet at Lincoln Park. Races start at 4:00.
Next weeks meet on Wednesday Sept. 16th, the location has been changed and will now be held at Upper Woodland Park instead of Lincoln Park so please take note of this.
Good luck to both the girl and boys teams tomorrow at the Preview meet!

Practice schedule

Hi All.

Here is an update on the fall schedule:

• Monday Aug 24-28 9:00 am at Cowen Park .
• Saturday Aug. 29 practice will be at the Green Lake track at 9:30 am
• Monday Aug. 31-Sept 4th we will start the school schedule and meet at Cowen Park at 3:00 pm.
• Saturday Sept 5th meet at the Roosevelt Track at 9:00 am

Please be on time. Reminder, these are official practices and you need to have 10 practices before the first meet Thursday, Sept 10th, Kingco Preview Meet at Lincoln Park, or you will be ineligible to compete. Also paperwork must be completed before Aug 24th to practice.
This is our year to get it done and bring the trophy back on this side of water.
Coach
Collier & Lynch

No paperwork..No practice after August 24th!

Please get your paper work in. It is very important. At this time we have three runners who have turned in their paperwork. Thank you Reid Ray, Brett. August 24th is almost here.
Coach

August 24th is the start of the season, please make sure all paper work is completed fines taken care of and be ready to have a great season. Time for the 24th of August is yet to be determined. Please check the xc mob site weekly for practices times.
You can look on the Roosevelt web site to see a list of required forms:
http://www.rhsseattle.org/athletics.php#practice

Thanks
Coach

Summer Practice Schedule (7/6 - 7/17)

We will continue to meet @ the Lower Woodland track for the next 2 weeks (7/6 - 7/17). Practices will begin promptly @ 9:00 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The location of Saturday practices will change week to week, talk to Coach Collier at practice.

Summer workout June 29-July 4th

Monday, Wednesday and Friday practice meets at 9:00 @ lower Woodland track.

Saturday will be either at Queen Anne or Discovery Park. Time TBA.

Take me to your leaders!

Mob Runners Receive Rewards

The XC Mob officially completed its season at the RHS Athletic Awards night. Awards were presented to the following runners:

Andrew ===== Four-year letterman & Most Valuable Runner
Matt ===== Most Inspirational Runner
Daniel ===== Most Improved Runner

Coach Lynch and Coach Collier stated their appreciation for the all of the senior contributions this year and are looking forward to good things from the team next year.

Only six months until the training season starts! Go Riders!

RHS Fall Sports Awards Night | Monday, Nov. 24

The RHS Fall Sports Awards Night will be held on Monday evening, November 24, starting at 7:00pm in the gym. The program starts with the coach of each sport summarizing the season and then presenting an award to one athlete. After the summaries, the teams retreat to a smaller venue where the coach will hand out certificates and the remainder of awards.

The XC Mob invites you to attend.

State Meet Recap

Andrew completed his RHS cross country career at Pasco on Saturday by finishing 90th. Congratulations to Coach Collier, Coach Lynch and all of the team for a great season.

Here is a link to the State meet results: http://www.jcrawford.net/08ccstateresults.html

Also, for those of you who have not been to the meet, it is very colorful and full of pageantry. For an excellent photo montage of the day's events, click on the following link to a Tri-Cities Herald photographer's collection of the day, http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1418/gallery/378478.html

End of the Season Celebration

The team will have it's end of the season celebration potluck at Olympic View Elementary School starting at 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm. Please plan to attend!

When: Today, Nov. 10, 6:30-8:00 (no school tomorrow)
Where: OLYMPIC VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 504 NE 95th St, just off of 5th AVE NE and south of Northgate Mall.
Map and Directions: http://tinyurl.com/6an52l
What to bring: According to runner's last name . . . A-Horner -- Salad (feeds 6-7); Howe-P -- Desserts; R-Z -- Drinks (for 10-12 & athletes don't drink much pop).
Who: Runners and their families.

Pizza will be provided. Plates, utensils, cups also provided. There will also be a slide show review of the season. Don't miss it!

Andrew is Lone RHS State Qualifier

Andrew placed 16th at Saturday's District 2/4 Championships and will travel to Pasco with Coaches Collier and Lynch as a State Meet qualifier. Matt also ran well in the District meet but will have to wait until next year to qualify.

When the gun sounded to start the race, the rain came down in buckets potentially threatening the course surface. A dejected runner from Woodinville was seen walking back to the finish area wearing only one shoe . . . the other one was left somewhere on the course. Other runners were covered with mud and grass indicating the less-than-ideal conditions. No Seattle 4A team qualified for State this year and altogether only two Seattle 4A runners qualified. We look forward to next year when this trend will be reversed.

District Meet and Other Details

The bi-District Meet will be held on Saturday, November 1. Starting at 2:00pm, the boys' race will be first followed by the girls' race at 2:45. This year, an open race will be run with the gun going off for that at 3:15. The Greater Mt. St. Helens league (Kelso, Battle Ground, Vancouver area) will send four teams north to Lincoln Park for the meet. The top 5 teams and 20 individuals will qualify for the State meet in Pasco on Saturday, November 8. Good luck to Matt and Andrew!

For all runners who will not run next Saturday, please return your uniforms to Coach Collier who will be anxiously awaiting your arrival after school on Monday, Oct. 27.