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Bethany Ashlock (918) 740-2758 · Amber Ashley-Hall (918) 640-3802

O’Brien Park

6149 N Lewis Ave

Tulsa, OK 74130

Sat 10/21

9 AM – 12:30 PM

Race Schedule

9 AM………… 6A Girls

9:45 AM…….. 6A Boys

11 AM……….. 5A Girls

11:45 AM……. 5A Boys

1. Radios will be charged and distributed at the course.

2. Shifts (see spreadsheet)
   1. 1st shift – meet at 7 AM at your designated volunteer location; bring a headlamp since sunrise is around 7:30 AM
   2. 2nd shift – meet at 8:45 AM at your designated volunteer location
   3. 3rd shift – meet at 10:45 AM at your designated volunteer location
   4. Please add an extra 10-15 minutes to your commute to account for traffic, parking, and walking to your volunteer location
   5. If for some reason you are unable to volunteer, please communicate that ASAP so we can find a replacement for you
   6. 9 – 11 AM time slots are reserved for those who do not need to watch a 6A athlete race
   7. For those who are volunteering 7 – 9 AM with a runner at 9 AM, you are responsible for making your way to the course to watch your athlete; if your replacement is not there 10 minutes before the race starts, please text Bethany Ashlock for coverage
   8. If you are unable to be at the volunteer meeting, please read through these instructions

3. What to bring, if desired
   1. Headlamp (1st shift)
   2. Dark colored shoes
   3. Folding chair
   4. Hat
   5. Sunglasses
   6. Water

4. Group Text
   1. Please use as one-way communication to you, unless radios aren’t working (i.e. handicapped driver at wrong entrance type of situation)
   2. Text Bethany Ashlock or Amber Ashley-Hall (phone numbers listed above) individually if you need to communicate something

5. Map
   1. See the location of each position (see the last page)
   2. See the location of volunteer parking
      1. For 2nd & 3rd shift, enter through south bus entrance, inform the parking attendant you are a volunteer & follow the sign to bus parking, telling the 2nd attendant you are a volunteer; park on the south side of the park office building

6. Job Descriptions
   1. Parking
      1. Position 1 (4 volunteers/shift – RADIO)
         1. Parking payment will be collected at the north entrance of the park
         2. No street parking is permitted on this road
         3. Parking entrance is one way & as the spectators enter the park, will split into 2 lanes; there will be 2 attendants for each lane
         4. Spectators may prepay, pay via QR code at the meet, or pay via cash; virtual payments require the verification of the confirmation email
         5. Change and money belts will be provided
         6. There will be 2 signs with the QR code for virtual payments as the spectators drive in
         7. Do not stress too much if payment is missed for a random vehicle
         8. There will be a football game in the park at the same time as our meet; when these patrons come through our line, they do not need to pay and can park anywhere that parking is not blocked, but have them follow the exit signs when leaving (south entrance)
         9. No buses should be driving through this entrance, but if they do, move the cones so that they can drive straight to the bus parking
         10. Should someone come through the main entrance needing handicapped parking, take payment and radio the handicapped parking attendant to see if there are still spots available; if so, provide a description of the vehicle over the radio or with permission, send a picture via text to the attendant and tell the handicapped driver to follow the exit signs, make a right out of the park and a right on Lewis to the handicapped parking on the right; if the handicapped parking lot is full, additional handicapped parking can be found in the parking lot near the middle of the park by the park office building
         11. Once the 5A Boys race is underway (about 12 PM), you may remove any cones & bring money to Amber Ashley-Hall or Bethany Ashlock at the concession trailer.
   1. Position 2 (1-2 volunteers/shift – RADIO)
      1. Handicapped parking will be blocked off and located at the small parking lot on the southwest side of the park near the port-a-potties/team camps/start line/concessions
      2. Coach Collins’ father (red truck – no cost/Starter for the meet) & only those with a handicapped license plate or rearview mirror sign may park here. Owasso Varsity athletes and JV volunteers as well if there is room.
      3. You will hear all kinds of stories about why someone needs to park here, but please stick to the above rules
      4. If this lot gets full, redirect handicapped drivers to follow the spectator entrance signs and look for the building in the middle of the park where additional handicapped parking can be found
      5. Handicapped drivers can pay for parking via prepayment (showing you their confirmation email), QR code (on sign – also showing the confirmation email), or cash
      6. Change and money belts will be provided
      7. Do not stress too much if payment is missed for a random vehicle
      8. Once the 5A Boys race is underway (about 12 PM), you may remove any cones, barriers, or signs to the grass near your post.
   2. Position 3 (1-2 volunteer/shift – RADIO)
      1. The main bus entrance is on the south side of the park
      2. Move the barrier so that the buses may enter, telling them to follow the signs & staff
      3. This will also be the one-way exit for spectator traffic
      4. If a car tries to enter this direction, they are permitted if they are arriving for the football game (may park in any open spot), live in the neighborhood, or are a volunteer (no charge for volunteer parking); spectators will be redirected to the north entrance
      5. No street parking is permitted on this road
      6. Once the 5A Boys race is underway (about 12 PM), you may remove any cones, barriers, or signs to the grass near your post.
   3. Position 4 (1-2 volunteer/shift – RADIO)
      1. Once in the park, the buses will follow the signs to turn left into the parking lot near the park office building
      2. Parking attendant will move the cones for buses to drive along the south side of the park office building towards the street where they will park
      3. Cones will be moved for volunteer parking on the south side of the park office building
      4. No spectators, football patrons, etc. will be permitted through this area; it needs to be kept clear so the buses can make the turn
      5. The parking lot will also be blocked where the buses enter/volunteer parking is located so that the north side of this lot can be used by spectators, but no car traffic is permitted to leave through this area
      6. Should bus parking get backed up on the street to this parking lot, the attendant will move the bus parking sign up to the triangle grass patch just north & radio to the parking attendant on the north side of the park office building that bus traffic will be routed that direction
      7. Attendant will give north parking attendant a heads up each time a bus is coming up that direction so they can stop the car traffic for the bus arrival
      8. No street parking will be permitted on this road
      9. Once the 5A Boys race is underway (about 12 PM), you may remove any cones, barriers, or signs to the grass near your post.
   4. Position 5 (1-2 volunteer/shift – RADIO)
      1. North of the park office building the parking attendant will prevent traffic from extending west past the park office building parking lot
      2. Should the buses need to be routed up this direction, the attendant will need to direct traffic so that the bus can take a left hand turn on the west side of the triangular grass patch
      3. Attendant will move cones for the bus to pass through
      4. Once the 5A Boys race is underway (about 12 PM), you may remove any cones, barriers, or signs to the grass near your post.
   5. Packet Pick-up
      1. Position 1 (1 volunteer/shift)
         1. As coaches approach the packet pick-up table, ask for their teams running (i.e. Owasso Boys & Owasso Girls, etc.); the envelopes are separated by gender & alphabetized
         2. Provide the envelopes & a course map to the coaches
         3. Should you run low on course maps, keep one on hand for coaches to take a picture of
   6. Concessions
      1. Position 1 (1-2 volunteer/shift)
         1. Opening shift
            1. Open concession trailer windows
            2. Put drinks on ice in the coolers in front of the concession trailer (ensure the drinks are submerged in the ice)
            3. Wipe down the counters
            4. Put up pricing sheets on the exterior of the concession trailer
            5. Organize the food items
            6. Food/drinks will be in the concession trailer already
            7. Athletes will bring the coolers to the concession trailer once they arrive; 2 coolers will contain ice, so no additional ice will be required
            8. Cash drawer will be delivered by Bethany Ashlock
            9. Sell concessions for the listed prices & provide change when necessary; cash-only purchases
         2. Mid-shift
            1. Sell concessions for the listed prices & provide change when necessary
         3. Closing shift
            1. Sell concessions for the listed prices & provide change when necessary until about 15 minutes after the last race
            2. All food and drinks will be removed from the trailer and brought to the start line to be loaded on the bus (2 Bishop Kelley athlete volunteers will help with this – Miller & Paulo Matson)
            3. Dump the ice from the coolers
            4. Remove the pricing sheets from the concession trailer
            5. Close & lock the concession trailer windows; please note that some of the windows do not lock
            6. Hand cash drawer to Bethany Ashlock or Amber Ashley-Hall
   7. Course Marshal
      1. Position 1 (1+ volunteer/shift)
         1. Stand at the northwest loop of the course to ensure runners stay on the course; no cutting corners
         2. In the unlikely event that a runner should go off course, please capture a picture of the runner, their bib number, school name, hair color/length, shoe color, or any other identifying trait and send to Bethany Ashlock
      2. Position 2 (1+ volunteer/shift)
         1. Stand on the northeast loop of the course to ensure runners stay on the course; no cutting corners
         2. In the unlikely event that a runner should go off course, please capture a picture of the runner, their bib number, school name, hair color/length, shoe color, or any other identifying trait and send to Bethany Ashlock
   8. Water/Medal Distributor
      1. Position 1 (1 volunteer/shift)
         1. Stand near the finish line reminding the runners to stay in order
         2. Between groups of finishers, grab waters to hand to the athletes
         3. Keep runners moving off the course
      2. Position 2 (1 volunteer/shift)
         1. Help remove tags from the runners bibs in the open area near the chute, handing the tag back to the runner for them to give to the timing employee at the end of the chute
         2. Hand water to runners when time permits
         3. Keep runners moving off the course
         4. If any runner is in need of medical assistance, assist the runner to the trainer under the tent
      3. Position 3 (1+ volunteer/shift)
         1. Hand water to runners
         2. Keep runners moving off the course
         3. If any runner is in need of medical assistance, assist the runner to the trainer under the tent
      4. Position 4 (1 volunteer/shift)
         1. Set out medals prior to each race on the table at the end of the chute; check if the medals are different and need to be handed to specific runners (gold/silver/bronze, 1st/2nd/3rd, etc.)
         2. Hand the appropriate medal to the top 15 finishers
         3. Once all medals for the race have been handed out, hand water to runners in the chute
         4. Once all medals for the race have been handed out, keep runners moving off the course
         5. Once all medals for the race have been handed out, if any runner is in need of medical assistance, assist the runner to the trainer under the tent
         6. Distributing water works best if you have something to carry it in such as a small cooler or a wagon. Please ask the volunteers if they can bring something like this on race day.

Congratulations to all of our JH and JV runners for a fantastic season!  At Conference last week our JV Girls and JV Boys took 1st and 2nd respectively and our JH Girls and JH Boys both took 2nd in the JH All-Star meet in Chickasaw!  It was a great way to end the season for those athletes.  Our Varsity athletes will continue racing this week at the OSAA East Regional meet on Saturday.

ORXC is hosting the meet this year to avoid driving incredibly early to Ponca City and having to run on a sus course.  Hosting lets us control the course and gives our runners a little extra sleep but we NEED HELP!  We can only pull off hosting if we have help from our JV, JH, and Varsity parents.  As of now we only have about twenty percent of the volunteers we need.  Please sign up for a two hour shift to support the program and get to watch some of the best XC athletes in the state compete.  Here is the link…

Regionals

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-43373833-regionals

For our JH runners not racing at the JH All-Star meet, they will take some time off and then start back to off-season workouts on November 27th.  We’ll have our JH athletes come to practice on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 3:15 to 4:30 during the winter off-season.  These are optional workouts for anyone not participating in another sport.  We want to keep them running and training so they don’t lose the fitness they’ve gained this season and be more prepared for Track starting in February. I’ll send out more details regarding off-season JH workouts after the HS XC season concludes.  We’ll also send out information soon regarding an end of the season party for our JH runners.

A reminder too for our Varsity athletes competing at Regionals and State and their families just how important sleep, nutrition, and consistency are at the end of the season.  Several of them are tired from a long season of running and racing.  A multivitamin, iron supplements, and an extra hour of sleep every night can go an incredibly long way towards making them feel their best for our Championship season.  

We are ALWAYS in need of snacks for our runners!  The sooner they get calories after their workout the quicker they can start to recover for the next day’s workout.  We purchase whole chocolate milk as a recovery drink with the Booster Club fee but if you’re at Sam’s or Costco and can grab some extra granola bars, fruit snacks, or crackers we could definitely use them.  Kelly Mangelson was kind enough to make a snack sign up if you’d like to help out…

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-45239615-snacks#/

Thank you for all you do! As always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule – Practice this week will be required for our Varsity Regional and State athletes and optional for our JV runners.

Monday, October 16th

HS Practice –  8:00 – 8:30 am – Weight Room

              8:30 – 10:00 am – Workout 

Tuesday, October 17th

HS Practice –  8:00 – 8:30 am – Weight Room

              8:30 – 10:00 am – Workout 

Wednesday, October 18th

HS Practice – 8:00 – 10:00 am

Thursday, October 19th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Friday, October 20th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Saturday, October 21st

OSSAA East Regional Meet

O’Brien Park

6149 N Lewis Ave,

Tulsa, OK 74130

There will be no bus because coaches will be at the park working.  Runners will need to provide their own transportation.

7:30 am – Runners check in with coaches at O’Brien

8:30 am – 6A Coaches meeting

9:00 am – 6A Girls 

9:45 am – 6A Boys

10:30 am – 5A Coaches meeting

11:00 am – 5A Girls

11:45 am – 5A Boys

12:15 pm – Clean park 

1:15 pm – Back to Fieldhouse to unload

Congratulations to all of our JH runners for a great meet last Thursday at Chandler Park!  The boys took first and the girls squad finished third on a tough course.

We have our final meet for several of our HS and JH runners on Tuesday at the Frontier Valley Conference Championship. The meet will be held at Muskogee Hatbox Park.  The schedule is listed below.

On Wednesday the HS coaches will announce our Varsity team for Regionals.  For Regionals and State, we will only have the top 7 runners racing.  All runners, JV and Varsity both, will continue to practice until the end of the season.  We want all of those HS athletes, with the exception of any injured runners, to complete the training macrocycle all the way to the end.  The only exception will be JV runners moving on to another sport.  Those runners will need to speak with the coaches about when their XC training will end.  

For our JH runners not racing at the JH All-Star meet, they will take some time off and then start back to off-season workouts on November 27th.  We’ll have our JH athletes come to practice on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 3:15 to 4:30 during the winter off-season.  These are optional workouts for anyone not participating in another sport.  We want to keep them running and training so they don’t lose the fitness they’ve gained this season and be more prepared for Track starting in February. I’ll send out more details regarding off-season JH workouts after the HS XC season concludes.  We’ll also send out information soon regarding an end-of-the-year pizza party for our JH runners.

ORXC is hosting the OSSAA East Regional meet at O’Brien Park on October 21st.  We’ll need help with parking, in the timing tent, and at the concession stand.  It’s a lot of work to host but it means we get to control the course and our kids don’t have to get up super early to travel several hours to race.  Kelly Mangelson is getting our volunteer list together…the link is below.  We would really appreciate the help and everyone to come out and support the team in their final two meets!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-43373833-regionals

A reminder too for our Varsity athletes competing at Regionals and State and their families just how important sleep, nutrition, and consistency are at the end of the season.  Several of them are tired from a long season of running and racing.  A multivitamin, iron supplements, and an extra hour of sleep every night can go an incredibly long way towards making them feel their best for our Championship season.  

We are ALWAYS in need of snacks for our runners!  The sooner they get calories after their workout the quicker they can start to recover for the next day’s workout.  We purchase whole chocolate milk as a recovery drink with the Booster Club fee but if you’re at Sam’s or Costco and can grab some extra granola bars, fruit snacks, or crackers we could definitely use them.  Kelly Mangelson was kind enough to make a snack sign up if you’d like to help out…

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-45025770-snacks

Our goal this week is to win every single division at Conference…Varsity, JV, and JH!  We need support from parents and athletes to make that happen.  Come out and be loud cheering for the Rams!

Thank you for all you do! As always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule

Monday, October 9th

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am  – (Monsters & Hawgs Varsity Only)

                            6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.

                            2:00 – 4:30 pm 

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, October 10th

No morning HS practice

Frontier Valley Conference

Love-Hatbox Park

3601 Arline Ave, Muskogee, OK 74401

2:00 – HS Bus Leaves Fieldhouse

Start times:

4:00 – Varsity Girls 5k (7 Runners)

4:30 – Varsity Boys 5k (7 Runners)

5:00 – JV Girls 5k (unlimited)

5:30 – JV Boys 5k (unlimited)

6:00 – MS Girls 2 mile (unlimited)

6:30 – MS Boys 2 mile (unlimited)

This will be a rolling schedule, so race times are approximates. Races may start 5-10 min earlier

if the course is clear for next race

7:15 – HS Bus leaves Muskogee

8:30 – HS Bus arrives at Fieldhouse (approximate)

Wednesday, October 11th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:30 pm (Regional Team Announced)

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Thursday, October 12th

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:50 am (Monsters & Hawgs Only)

                            2:00 – 4:30 pm 

Friday, October 13th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Saturday, October 14th

HS Practice – 8:00 – 10:00 am

“Survived.” That might be the best way to describe last week.  “We survived.” Thank you again to everyone who helped out last week at the Owasso Invitational.  We had a TON of kids and schools represented.  We can only host a meet that big with parents help and we really appreciate everyone who came out to support the program and assist.  Also, thank you to all of our runners who came to help out Friday night with stadium cleanup.  That might be one of the fastest cleanups we’ve ever had.  Chile Pepper on Saturday was kind of a so -so meet.  We had several runners score lifetime PR’s and congratulations to Bella Nelson for breaking our girls 5k school record!  

Fortunately, after Rim Rock, Owasso Invite, and Chile Pepper all in the span of 8 days, we get a week off before we head into our Championship season.  We’ll only have practices this week and no meets.

The Frontier Valley Conference meet will be held at Muskogee Hatbox Park on October 10th.  This will be the final race for several of our athletes.  The meet will start at 4:00 with all of our JH, JV, and Varsity runners attending.  I will send out a detailed schedule next Sunday afternoon.

As we near the end of our regular season it is incredibly important that our athletes are getting plenty of rest and great nutrition.  We want them to be at their very best in their final races.  It might not be practical for everyone but I would strongly encourage, especially our Varsity athletes who still have at least six more weeks of training, to consider getting their ferritin levels tested and taking an iron supplement.  As the season wears on it is very common for runners to struggle with low iron levels which leaves them feeling tired and sluggish in practices and races.  Even if they don’t get their levels checked a multi-vitamin and a small dose of iron taken consistently each day could really help them feel better.  Just something to be aware of.

We are ALWAYS in need of snacks for our runners!  The sooner they get calories after their workout the quicker they can start to recover for the next day’s workout.  We purchase whole chocolate milk as a recovery drink with the Booster Club fee but if you’re at Sam’s or Costco and can grab some extra granola bars, fruit snacks, or crackers we could definitely use them.  Kelly Mangelson was kind enough to make a snack sign up if you’d like to help out…

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-44778590-snacks

We have made it to the best time of the year!  There are trophies to be had at the end of every race but with these next three meets those trophies mean a lot.  It’s awesome to finally have made it the final ⅓ of the season!  Best at the End!

Thank you for all you do! As always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule

Monday, October 2nd

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am  – (Monsters & Hawgs Only)

                            6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.

                            2:00 – 4:30 pm 

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, October 3rd

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am  – (Monsters & Hawgs Only)

                            6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.

                            2:00 – 4:30 pm 

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Wednesday, October 4th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:30 pm 

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Thursday, October 5th

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:50 am (Monsters & Hawgs Only)

                            2:00 – 4:30 pm 

JH – Edison Invitational

Chandler Park

6500 W 21st St,

Tulsa OK 74107

5:40 – JH Girls 1.5 Mile Race

6:00 – JH Boys 1.5 Mile Race

Friday, October 6th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:00 pm

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Saturday, October 7th

HS Practice – 8:00 – 10:00 am

No JH Practice

Great week last week at BTW and Rim Rock…sort of!  BTW went really well with our JV and JH kids all placing in the top 2 for each race.  Rim Rock was a little crazy with storms and lightning delays but we still had some excellent performances.  Our Varsity Boys finished 12th out of 39 teams and our Varsity Girls claimed 3rd out of 37 teams.  Our JV Rim Rock runners also excelled on a muddy, difficult course.  It was a long weekend but our kids really stepped up and ran well in spite of the circumstances.

This week is our next home meet, the Owasso Invitational.  The meet will start at 4:00 on Thursday at O’Brien Park in Tulsa. We need volunteers to help out with parking, medals, water, and the concession stand.  This is the second of three meets ORXC will host this season.  We had great help with the Relays!  We love for our parents to be involved in the program.  Please consider coming out to help the team and support your athletes.  Kelly Mangelson from our Booster Club Board has set up a Sign-Up Genius for the meet…

Owasso Invitational sign-up

We’ll be taking our top 8 girls and boys to another huge race on Saturday in Fayetteville, AR for the Chile Pepper XC Festival.  Any HS runners who want to come to watch the Varsity compete are more than welcome.  We’d love to have a great group of athletes there to show their support and see some of the best teams in the region compete.

We are ALWAYS in need of snacks for our runners!  The sooner they get calories after their workout the quicker they can start to recover for the next day’s workout.  We purchase whole chocolate milk as a recovery drink with the Booster Club fee but if you’re at Sam’s or Costco and can grab some extra granola bars, fruit snacks, or crackers we could definitely use them.  Kelly Mangelson, the previously mentioned superstar, was kind enough to make a snack sign-up if you’d like to help out…

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-44537727-snacks#/

We’re all really excited about these next few weeks!  Please help your athletes by reminding them of the importance of sleep, hydration, and nutrition then come out to watch your athletes in action!

Thank you for all you do! As always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule

Monday, September 25th

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am  – (Monsters & Hawgs/Blue Birds Optional)

                            6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.

                            2:00 – 5:00 pm 

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, September 26th

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am  – (Monsters & Hawgs/Blue Birds Optional)

                            6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.

                            2:00 – 5:00 pm 

JH Practice – 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Wednesday, September 27th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 5:00 pm (We will bus to O’Brien Park for our workout and to set up for the meet)

JH Practice – 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Thursday, September 28th

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:50 am (Chile Pepper Runners only)

Owasso Invitational

O’Brien Park

6149 N Lewis Ave

Tulsa, OK 74130

2:00 – HS Bus leaves Fieldhouse

4:00 – JH Girls 1.5 Race

4:25 – JH Boys 1.5 Race

4:50 – JV Girls 5k Race

5:30 – Varsity Girls 5k Race

6:00 – JV Boys 5k Race

6:30 – Varsity Boys 5k Race

7:30 – HS Bus leaves O’Brien

7:50 – HS Bus arrives at Fieldhouse (approximately)

Friday, September 29th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:00 pm

No JH Practice – Home Football game

Saturday, September 30th

No HS Practice 

No JH Practice

Chile Pepper Festival (Varsity)

Fayetteville AR,

1366 W Altheimer Dr, 

Fayetteville, AR 72704

5:30 – Bus leaves Fieldhouse

7:30 – Bus arrives at Fayetteville

9:00 – Varsity Girls 5k

10:30 – Varsity Boys 5k

11:30 – Bus leaves Fayetteville

3:30 – Bus arrives at Fieldhouse (approximate)

Congratulations to our ORXC JH runners for an excellent meet last Friday at Choctaw!  Our boys’ 7th and 8th-grade teams both finished 2nd and our girls’ 7th and 8th-grade teams both won the meet!  Fantastic running from all those athletes!

Our JH runners will race at the Bishop Kelley Invitational on Tuesday.  Coach Graham will send out the information for that meet.  Our HS runners have our first big meet of the season this Friday and Saturday in Lawrence, KS at the Rim Rock Classic.  Runners not attending Rim Rock will race at the BTW Invitational on Thursday back at O’Brien Park.  The schedule for BTW is listed below.  The schedule for Rim Rock was sent out last week and will be sent again today in a separate text.  

We are looking forward to hosting our annual Owasso Invitational on Thursday, September 28th at O’Brien Park.  We need volunteers to help out with parking, medals, water, and the concession stand.  This is the second of three meets ORXC will host this season.  We had great help with the Relays!  We love for our parents to be involved in the program.  Please consider coming out to help the team and support your athletes.  Kelly Mangelson from our Booster Club Board has set up a Sign-Up Genius for the meet…

Owasso Invitational sign-up

BTW has also asked us to bring out our concession stand to the meet this week.  We need a few parents to help out here too.  This is an easy fundraiser.  We’ll only be selling chips and drinks.  Kelly Mangelson again, she’s a superstar, has set up a volunteer list for this volunteer opportunity…

BTW XC Invitational sign-up

We are ALWAYS in need of snacks for our runners!  The sooner they get calories after their workout the quicker they can start to recover for the next day’s workout.  We purchase whole chocolate milk as a recovery drink with the Booster Club fee but if you’re at Sam’s or Costco and can grab some extra granola bars, fruit snacks, or crackers we could definitely use them.  Kelly Mangelson, the previously mentioned superstar, was kind enough to make a snack sign-up if you’d like to help out…

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA8A92FA1FE3-snacks2

Finally, another Booster Club superstar, Jeff Miles, has been hard at work creating a website for ORXC and Owasso Track.  The site can be found at www.owassotfxc.com.  We want to start utilizing the website more and more as a central hub for information regarding the program.  From here on out we’ll be posting results, pics, and weekly schedules on the website.  Please go check it out.

We’re all really excited about these next few weeks!  Please help your athletes by reminding them of the importance of sleep, hydration, and nutrition then come out to watch your athletes in action!

Thank you for all you do! As always…GO RAMS!  –  Coach Collins

Weekly Schedule

Monday, September 18th

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am  – (Monsters & Hawgs/Blue Birds Optional)

                            6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.

                            2:00 – 5:00 pm 

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, September 19th

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:40 am  – (Monsters & Hawgs/Blue Birds Optional)

                            6:45 – 7:30 am – Weight Room for ALL HS athletes.

                            2:00 – 5:00 pm 

JH  Meet – Bishop Kelley Invitational

Bishop Kelley High School

3905 S Hudson Ave

Tulsa, OK 74135

5:35 – JH Girls

6:15 – JH Boys

Wednesday, September 20th

HS Practice – 2:00 – 4:30 pm

JH Practice – 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Thursday, September 21st

HS Practice – 6:00 – 6:50 am (Monsters & Hawgs/Blue Birds Optional)

Booker T. Washington Invitational (JV)

O’Brien Park

6149 N Lewis Ave

Tulsa, OK 74130

3:00 – Bus leaves Fieldhouse

4:30 – JV Girls Race

5:00 – JV Boys Race

6:00 – Bus leaves O’Brien

6:20 – Bus back at Fieldhouse

JH Practice – 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Friday, September 22nd

HS Practice – 2:00 – 3:00 pm (JV)

JH Practice – 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Rim Rock Classic (Varsity)

Saturday, September 23rd

Rim Rock Classic (Varsity)

No HS Practice 

No JH Practice

We will be taking the top JV and Varsity runners to Lawrence Kansas on September 22nd and 23rd to compete in the Rim Rock High School Classic.  Rim Rock is one of the premier XC races in the country and an awesome opportunity for our runners to compete against some of the best runners in the region.  

We will take the top ranked 20 girls and the top ranked 16 boys on the trip.  We will be competing in the Gold Division.  Any runners not going to Rim Rock will race at the Booker T. Washington meet on Thursday, September 21st.

Hotel – Hilton Inn, Topeka

1515 S.W. Arrowhead Rd

Topeka KS 66604

(785) 228-0111

Rim Rock Farm Cross Course

2276 Burnett Ln

Lawrence, KS 66044

Preliminary Itinerary

September 22nd

7:30 am – Bus leaves Fieldhouse

12:00 pm – Stop for lunch and stretch in Lawrence (Chick Fil A provided by Booster Club)

1:30 pm – Bus arrives at Rim Rock/Set up camp/Walk course/Buy souvenirs (bring money if you want souvenirs)

5:00 pm – Girls Gold JV Race  

5:30 pm – Boys Gold JV Race

6:00 pm – Girls Open Race

7:15 pm – Leave Rim Rock for Hotel

8:15 pm – Check in at hotel/Eat Dinner (Dinner provided by Booster Club)

9:15 pm – Team meeting

9:30 pm – Lights out

September 23rd 

5:30 am – Wake Up

6:00 am – Breakfast

6:30 am – Check out of hotel

7:45 am – Arrive at Rim Rock

8:30 am – JV goes for Recovery Run

9:25 am – Girls Gold Varsity Race

10:05 am – Boys Gold Varsity Race

11:30 am – Leave Rim Rock

12:30 pm – Lunch on the way home

5:00 – 5:30 pm – Bus arrives back at Fieldhouse (approximate)

Race Information

Girls JV Gold Race – 5:00 pm on Friday

1. Audrey Toews
2. Taylor Snyder
3. Rilee Shea
4. Aspen Reimer
5. Yaretzy Aguilar-Cordona
6. Hannah McBee
7. Gwyneth Collins
8. Jade Mangelson

Boys JV Gold Race – 5:30 pm on Friday

1. Ben Campbell
2. Brendon Payne
3. Wilder Collins
4. Nos Graham
5. Jack Hill
6. Weston Morris
7. Caleb Miles
8. Quinn Lamb
9. Charlie Doppenberg

Girls Open Race – 6:00 pm on Friday

1. Bijoux Milien
2. Stella Jones
3. Ashlyn Stephenson
4. Madison Friday
5. Arianna Reeves
6. Pippy Newell
7. Kasha Graham
8. Chloe Matheny

Girls Varsity Gold Race – 9:25 on Saturday

1. Bella Nelson
2. Julia Trost
3. Quinn Thomason
4. Reagan Freeman
5. Kate Stocksen
6. Kinslee Freeman
7. Lilith Johnson

Boys Varsity Gold Race – 10:05 on Saturday

1. Dane Janowski
2. Isaac Krueger
3. Evan Carter
4. Gabe Baughman
5. Sam Hays
6. Collin Yost
7. Eric Harding