Welcome to the team! In order to get started with DPXC please note the following:
New runners (including incoming 9th graders) are welcome at all summer practices.
Please see Home page for times and locations.
We will have a try-out week July 9 - 13
See home page for practice times and locations.
If you can't make the try-out week, send an email to Coach Kaplan (mkaplan@sbunified.org) to let us know you're interested.
and come to summer practices later on.
The purpose of the try-out is give you an opportunity to find out what cross country is like
before being committed to be enrolled in cross country when school starts on August 22.
What is expected of members of the Dos Pueblos Cross Country team:
Like to run.
Want to compete in cross country races, which are all 3miles/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.
New runners start with shorter workouts, and build-up gradually based on their own response to runs and workouts.
But are still expected to warm-up with the team.
When school starts
Cross country practice starts in the 6th period of the school day, and usually lasts 2-2.5 hours, so until 4:00 or 4:30.
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 over an hour away.
See the Schedule page for a tentative schedule of races.
We take buses. Leaving DP late morning or early afternoon.
And are excused from classes we miss. Runners need to talk with teachers about how to make up work or tests 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.
The course is the same for both varsity and JV, always 3miles or 5K.
Who is on varsity?
Usually it's the runners with the 7 fastest times in the meet the week before, regardless of whether they ran varsity or JV at that meet.
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,
you're part of this team and we support you.
Some things you should or need to do:
1. Register for the Cross Country class for the fall of 2018.
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 August 30 (Thursday of 2nd week of school). 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 Kaplan (mkaplan@sbunified.org) to get added to our email list.
New runners (including incoming 9th graders) are welcome at all summer practices.
Please see Home page for times and locations.
We will have a try-out week July 9 - 13
See home page for practice times and locations.
If you can't make the try-out week, send an email to Coach Kaplan (mkaplan@sbunified.org) to let us know you're interested.
and come to summer practices later on.
The purpose of the try-out is give you an opportunity to find out what cross country is like
before being committed to be enrolled in cross country when school starts on August 22.
What is expected of members of the Dos Pueblos Cross Country team:
Like to run.
Want to compete in cross country races, which are all 3miles/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.
New runners start with shorter workouts, and build-up gradually based on their own response to runs and workouts.
But are still expected to warm-up with the team.
When school starts
Cross country practice starts in the 6th period of the school day, and usually lasts 2-2.5 hours, so until 4:00 or 4:30.
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 over an hour away.
See the Schedule page for a tentative schedule of races.
We take buses. Leaving DP late morning or early afternoon.
And are excused from classes we miss. Runners need to talk with teachers about how to make up work or tests 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.
The course is the same for both varsity and JV, always 3miles or 5K.
Who is on varsity?
Usually it's the runners with the 7 fastest times in the meet the week before, regardless of whether they ran varsity or JV at that meet.
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,
you're part of this team and we support you.
Some things you should or need to do:
1. Register for the Cross Country class for the fall of 2018.
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 August 30 (Thursday of 2nd week of school). 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 Kaplan (mkaplan@sbunified.org) to get added to our email list.
