Dos Pueblos Cross Country 2018 / DP Track (Distance) 2018

Runner of the Week - Clovis Invitational (October 6)
Coaches' Choice:  Girl:   Josie Morales.   Boy: Liam McCoy
Captains' Choice:  Girl:   Estella Ye          Boy: Carlos Villarruel
Past Runners of the Week are here.  

Dos Pueblos Invitational at Chase Palm Park - Friday, October 12
Congratulations to our grade level teams:
    Sophomore Girls: 1st place (Tenley Jones, Maddie Choi, Ella Kenly
    Sophomore Boys: 2nd place (Foster Young, Logan Beckstrand, Dylan Richardson)
   Junior Boys:  2nd place (Joseph Pearlman, Peter Speier, Carlos Villarruel
And our individual winners:
   Joseph Pearlman:  1st place in Junior Boys race.
   Josie Morales:  1st place in Senior Girls race.
Full results are on the Results->2018 page.
Thanks for everyone's help putting on the meet.  It was a great day. 

Mt SAC Invitational - Friday, October 19
We'll take 15 boys and 15 girls.
Leaving Thursday after 4th period.
Races are Friday morning/early afternoon.
    (Excused from school all day).
Returning DP late Friday afternoon.
Info about this meet is here.
Course map and info is here.

Last meets in regular season:
Wednesday, October 24: County Championships, Lompoc River Park - buses - whole team goes
Tuesday, October 30, League Meet, Lompoc River Park - buses - whole team goes

Practice for cross country/distance lasts approximately 2-2.5 hours. 
Exact amount of time depends on how far you have to run,
which is different for each runner depending on age and experience.

During school year (school starts Wednesday, August 22):
Monday:        practice starts at 2:15 (during 6th period).  Meet at the track.  Goes til about 4:00-4:30.
Tuesday:        practice starts at 2:15 (during 6th period).  Meet at the track.  Goes til about 4:00-4:30.
Wednesday:  practice starts at 3:15 (after school.  Meet at the track.  Goes til about 5:00-5:30.
                        Though there is no 6th period, all runners are required to participate in Wednesday practice.
Thursday:      practice starts at 1:40 (during 6th period).  Meet at the track.  Goes til about 3:30-4:00.
Friday:           practice starts at 2:15 (during 6th period).  Meet at the track.  Goes til 4:00-4:30.
Saturday:      run on your own (see recommendations from coaches).
Sunday:        on your own (see recommendations from coaches).

Meet schedule:    click 'Schedule' tab above for the 2018 Cross Country schedule.

For individual recommendations, go to Training Schedule tab and click the download links there.
Cross Country - Race Preparation:  go to the Training page to get the one-page document.
Cross Country Mental Preparation:  there is a link on the Training Schedule page to the document that Coach Micks used for his talk in Mammoth.
     

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Contact Information
Coach Kaplan (Monica Kaplan) - Program Director - mkaplan@sbunified.org
Coach Nash (Nash Jimenez) - Boys Coach - njimenez@hotmail.com
Coach Micks (Micks Purnell) - Girls Coach - micks.purnell@gmail.com ​​​
Forms, etc.:  Give to coaches at practice.