Welcome to the team!
In order to get started with DPXC please note the following:
If you can't make the try-out week, send an email to Coach Nash or Coach Jen to let us know you're interested.
Want to compete in cross country races, which are all 3 miles/5K.
Want to be a part of and workout with the team.
Willing to do the workouts assigned by the coaches. Go to the Training page to see what we do at workouts.
Want to go to high school cross country meets and compete in the races, which are all 3-miles long.
Be on time to practices; dressed to run.
But are still expected to warm-up with the team.
On Wednesday (when there is no 6th period): practice starts after school (3pm) and goes until 5:00 or 5:30.
Runners are required to be at all practices, including Wednesdays. Be on time; ready to run.
We take buses or school vans and normally leave DP late morning, or early afternoon. Students are excused from classes, but it is their responsibility to meet with teachers and make up school work that was missed.
It doesn't matter if you are a varsity runner with a time of 15:00 or a JV runner with a time of 30:00. We support all runners.
Some things you need to do:
1. Register for the Cross Country class for the fall of 2020.
2. Attend summer practices
Meet the Coaches and your team mates.
Find out what it's like.
Get in shape for the fall racing season.
3. Complete the forms, including getting a physical exam.
Go to the Forms page for more details about forms.
Forms deadline will be TBD. Forms will be collected at the start of practice.
If you can't get an appointment with your doctor,
We suggest going to a walk-in clinic, such as the med-center near Bed Bath and Beyond in the Fairview Center.
The physical exam form must be used. It is a requirement of CIF, the governing body for high school sports in California.
Make sure all signature lines for parent and student on all pages are signed, and you provide medical insurance information.
4. Get good running shoes to train in.
We suggest going to Santa Barbara Running so their runner/salesmen can help determine what is best for you.
Santa Barbara Running gives 10% discount to high school cross country runners. Be sure to say you're joining DP Cross Country.
Email Coach Jen (jenbrown1332@gmail.com) to get added to our email list.
In order to get started with DPXC please note the following:
- New runners (including incoming 9th graders) are welcome at all summer practices.
- We will have a try-out week date TBD
If you can't make the try-out week, send an email to Coach Nash or Coach Jen to let us know you're interested.
- The purpose of the try-out is give you an opportunity to find out what cross country is like
- What is expected of members of the Dos Pueblos Cross Country team:
Want to compete in cross country races, which are all 3 miles/5K.
Want to be a part of and workout with the team.
Willing to do the workouts assigned by the coaches. Go to the Training page to see what we do at workouts.
Want to go to high school cross country meets and compete in the races, which are all 3-miles long.
Be on time to practices; dressed to run.
- The workouts are all graded in terms of number of miles or number of hills according to the ability and experience of each runner.
But are still expected to warm-up with the team.
- When school starts
On Wednesday (when there is no 6th period): practice starts after school (3pm) and goes until 5:00 or 5:30.
Runners are required to be at all practices, including Wednesdays. Be on time; ready to run.
- Many cross country races are travel races.
We take buses or school vans and normally leave DP late morning, or early afternoon. Students are excused from classes, but it is their responsibility to meet with teachers and make up school work that was missed.
- At cross country meets, the fastest 7 run in the varsity race, and all other runners, fast and slow, run in the JV races.
- Who is on varsity?
It doesn't matter if you are a varsity runner with a time of 15:00 or a JV runner with a time of 30:00. We support all runners.
Some things you need to do:
1. Register for the Cross Country class for the fall of 2020.
2. Attend summer practices
Meet the Coaches and your team mates.
Find out what it's like.
Get in shape for the fall racing season.
3. Complete the forms, including getting a physical exam.
Go to the Forms page for more details about forms.
Forms deadline will be TBD. Forms will be collected at the start of practice.
If you can't get an appointment with your doctor,
We suggest going to a walk-in clinic, such as the med-center near Bed Bath and Beyond in the Fairview Center.
The physical exam form must be used. It is a requirement of CIF, the governing body for high school sports in California.
Make sure all signature lines for parent and student on all pages are signed, and you provide medical insurance information.
4. Get good running shoes to train in.
We suggest going to Santa Barbara Running so their runner/salesmen can help determine what is best for you.
Santa Barbara Running gives 10% discount to high school cross country runners. Be sure to say you're joining DP Cross Country.
Email Coach Jen (jenbrown1332@gmail.com) to get added to our email list.
