Alonso Track and Field/Cross Country

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2023 Cross Country Schedule

Aug 25 - Babe Zaharius Invite 5 pm

Sept 2 - Florida Horse Park Invite, Ocala, 7 am

Sept 9 - Seffner Christian Invite, Lakeland, 7 am

Sept 13 - West Hills Invite, Tampa Sports Complex, 5 pm

Sept 23 - North Port Invitte, Port Charlotte, 7 am

Sept 30 - FSU Pre- States, Tally, 7 am

Oct 7 - Flrunners Invite, Lakeland, 7 am

Oct 11 - Fresh/Sopho Championships, Mary Help Center, 5 pm

Oct 17 - County Championships, Mary Help Center, 5 pm

Oct 25 - Spaghetti Run, Senior Night, Sickles HS, 5 pm

Oct 31 - Districts @ 8am, @ TBA

Nov 8-11 - Regionals TBA

Nov 17 - State Finals, Tally.

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Results

North Port Invitational

Sept 23, 2023

Girls

Isabella Quinlan             20:58 (PR)

Emma Carothers            21:16 (PR)

Maria Ortiz                     21:59 

Anneka deVries              22:14 (PR)

Carly Henry                    22:50

Megan Seales                23:16

Kailey Hardee                23:55 (PR)

Alex Howell                    24:08

Vera Ritzenthaler            24:49 (PR)

Rachel Leonard              25:02

Emelee Schenker           25:34

Ellison deVries                26:26 (PR)

Ruby Martinez                26:33 (PR)

Ella Richardson              27:32 (PR)

Mia Hardee                    28:50

Isabella Freeman           30:15

Alizee Grazier                31:02 

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Boys

Preston Cooper            16:31 (PR)

Cooper Geib                18:17 (PR)

Aiden Tran                    18:33 (PR)

Hazen Pollard              18:42 (PR)

Alex Hansen                 18:47 (PR)

Adrian Sanchez           19:13

Luke Walguarney         19:45

Michael Martinez          20:25 (PR)

Samuel Freeman          22:28 (PR)

Julian Fisher                 22:46 (PR)

Mason Bobrovetski      24:08 (PR)

Ethan Fisher                 24:54

Camilo Garcia              26:42

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West Hillsborough Invitational

Sept 13, 2023 Silver Dollar GC

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Girls

Emma Carothers               22:41

Carly Henry                       23:20

Maria Ortiz                        23:37 

Isabella Quinlan               23:44

Anneka deVries                23:54

Alex Howell                      25:15

Megan Seales                  25:52

Vera Ritzenthaler              27:03

Ellison deVries                  27:09

Isabella Freeman              27:39

Rachel Leonard                27:44

Summer Kresge                28:19

Ruby Martinez                   28:45.1

Emelee Schenker              28:45.7

Ella Richardson                 30:39

Mia Hardee                       32:34

Alizee Grazier                   42:37

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Boys

Preston Cooper                 17:42

Cooper Geib                     18:54 (PR)

Alex Hansen                      19:22

Hazen Pollard                    20:03

Adrian Sanchez                 20:11

Aiden Tran                         20:28

Luke Walguarney              20:44

Michael Martinez              21:32

John Zewel                       22:59

Ethan Fisher                     23:22

Samuel Freeman              23:34 (PR)

Julian Fisher                     23:43 

Camilo Garcia                  25:51

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Seffner Christian Invite

Sept. 9, 2023 Holloway Park

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Girls

Isabella Qunlan           21:48

Emma Carothers         23:15

Maria Ortiz                   23:23 

Anneka Devries           23:30 (PR)

Carly Henry                  23:50

Megan Seales              24:17

Alex Howell                  25:01

Kailey Hardee              25:41

Vera Ritzenthaler          26:51

Ellison Devries             27:18

Rachel Leonard           28:34

Ruby Martinez             28:40 (PR)

Ella Richardson           29:24

Isabella Freeman         29:33

Mia Hardee                  31:00

Alizee Grazier             31:07

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Boys

Preston Cooper            17:32

Adrian Sanchez           19:07

Cooper Geib                19:18

Aiden Tran                    19:32

Alex Hansen                 19:36

Hazen Pollard               20:04 

Luke Walguarney         20:13

John Zewel                   22:24 

Michael Martinez          22:25

Samuel Freeeman        23:50

Camillo Garcia              24:40 (PR)

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Florida Horsepark Invite

Sept 2, 2023

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Girls

Isabella Quinlan               21:45   

Emma Carothers              22:22

Maria Ortiz                       22:38

Megan Seales                  23:30

Anneka deVries                23:43

Carly Henry                      24:16 

Kailey Hardee                  24:24

Emelee Schenker            25:37

Rachel Leonard               25:51

Vera Ritzenthaler             25:53

Ellison DeVries                26:45

Isabella Freeman            26:47

Summer Kresge              27:49

Mia Hardee                     29:09

Ella Richardson              29:20

Ruby Martinez                29:26

Alizee Grazier                 32:55

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Boys

Preston Cooper              17:06

Adrian Sanchez              18:53

Alex Hansen                   19:12

Cooper Geib                   19:23

Aiden Tran                       19:32

Luke Walguarney            19:58

Michael Martinez             21:18

John Zewell                     22:40

Julian Fisher                    23:10

Samuel Freeman             24:23

Camilo Garcia                 25:31

Mason Bobrovetski         26:15 

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Babe Zaharias Twilght Challenge

Aug 25, 2023

Girls

Emma Carothers           23:07

Carly Henry                   23:26

Isabella Quinlan            23:43

Megan Seales               24:38

Anneka deVries             26:15

Summer Kresge            26:35

Kailey Hardee               26:45

Vera Ritzenthlaer           26:43

Alex Howell                    27:47

Isabella Freeman           27:52

Rachel Leonard             28:01

Emelee Schenker          28:34

Mia Hardee                   28:39

Makenna Jones            28:59

Ruby Martinez              29:38

Alizee Grazier               30:53

Ella Richardson            32:56

Ellison deVries              33:03 

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Boys

Preston Cooper             18:40  

Adrian Sanchez             19:14

Cooper Gieb                  19:18

Alex Hansen                  19:33

Hazen Pollard                19:37

Luke Walguarney           21:59

Michael Martinez           22:48

John Zewell                   23:08

Julian Fisher                  23:17

Camillo Garcia              25:19

Mason Bobrovetski       26:17    

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Rule V2023: The Ravens Cross Country/Track and Field program has made official RuleV2023, making a standard expectation of sports a formal law. Rule V2023 states as follows: "During the regular season, ALL athletes who wish to compete for the Ravens MUST practice with fidelity with the Alonso XC/TnF program. From the first day of the regular season, practices with private coaches, clubs coaches and on your own, are only acceptable AFTER student athletes fulfill their Alonso practice commitments. A student athlete who fails to practice with fidelity with the team will not be allowed to compete." 

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Upcoming season details

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Alonso's 2023 Cross Country season eargerly awaits the return of former Ravens and welcomes all the new Ravens into our family. The successes of recent years have left us thirsting for more and we enter the new campaign determined to build on those successes. 

As such, we will begin training Monday, June 5. All official practices start promptly at 7 am, so we ask that you meet at 6:45 am. Practice time will be 7-8:30 am. Please read the following guidelines and be ready to go as soon as possible.

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Coach Roger Mills is the head coach of the Boys and Girls programs and can reached either at roger.mills@hcps.net or on 813-810-8815.

Feel free to reach him at any point. Assitant Coach Kayla Skelton returns to bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the program.

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Paperwork: Paperwork is the most significant hurdle. For Hillsborough County, the rules are not subject to interpretation: ALL athletes must be completely cleared before they can participate in workouts, practices, weightroom sessions or events. No exceptions. The paperwork is comprehensive and takes time. The paperwork portal opened on May 15. The link below will take you directly to Hillsborough County's athletic website. Please, carefully follow the directions to fill out the on-line paperwork. 

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https://www.hillsboroughschools.org/athleticforms

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The following link takes you to the online system onto which your documents will be uploaded. All returners already have an account. Newcomers will have to create a new one.

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https://athleticclearance.fhsaahome.org/

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Please note: There are a few key steps to being cleared quickly.

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a. Students must have a current physical on the NEW EL2 form. This form is different from the one used the last decade. Please print a copy of the new form and take it with you to the doctor. Remember, physicals are good for one calendar year, and MUST BE SIGNED, STAMPED and DATED to be accepted.

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b. Students MUST watch all three of the safety videos and then upload the certs to their athletic clearance profile. Certs MUST BE DATED AFTER MAY 15th.

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c. Students MUST purchase $30 of insurance for the season through the County's insurance plan. If you plan on playing other sports, that may go up. See the link below.

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https://hcpsathleticprotection.com/

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d. Students MUST make sure ALL digital and actual signatures are in place, and ALL uploads are complete before submitting.

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e. ALL Cross Country athletes are expected to participate in track and field. Please make sure you sign up for track and field, and any other sport you wish to participate in, when completing your paperwork for the first time.

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f. A common cause for paperwork denial is when parents driver's licence IDs don't match what's on your student documentation. Another is the failure to complete the Residence Enrollment Form. Please pay attention to those two details. Make sure these are both accurate.

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When are practices: In the summer, many practice sessions will be very early in the morning, 6:45 am, to avoid heat issues. We will meet at least twice a week as a team. If you are in town, and cleared, you are expected to participate in the team runs, weightroom sessions, etc. Once school starts in the fall, we adjust practice times. Please note, routinely cross country practices early in the morning (6-7:30 am), then the athletes take a shower on campus and head to class. This is done to avoid the after school heat. We do also practice in the afternoon, but it is commonly around 6:15 pm.

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Where are practices: In the summer, practices roll from one venue to the next. Since this is Cross Country, we do the bulk of our work in local parks and off-road areas. Phillipe Park, Lake Park, Al Lopez Park, Upper Tampa Bay Park, the Upper Tampa Bay trail from Ballyhoos to Alonso, to name a few. We will do our speed work on the track and our weightroom work on campus. It is important to note that practices during the off-season (and pre-season) are voluntary. Practices during the regular season are mandatory. The expectation of being an athlete, being part of a team, is the participation in practices, meets and team events.

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New Ravens: It has been so awesome to see all these new Ravens joining our program. We welcome you all, and promise that there will be an opportunity for all to compete and get better. Patience will be the key. Some of you may have not run a 5K race before, so we will be careful in our preparation. It is likely that some of the very new runners, particularfly those who did not participate in the summer conditioning program, will not make their debut in the first race, nor even the second. This is a precautionary measure. We have to make sure you are able to handle the 3.1 miles (some of which is in remote wooded areas) before we put you in a race. 

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Racing Updates: Here are some preliminary racing updates for those of you knew to the program.

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a. Racers are expected to be at the venue ONE HOUR before the race. That is standard procedure in our sport. You have to get your chips or bibs, warm up and report to the start. Bibs/chips will be distributed at the team camp, our new blue/gold tent and our new blue/gold flag should help with location. Non competitors are expected to be at the race supporting their teammates. ALL members of the team (whether competing or not) are expected to be there.

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b. Not everyone will run in every meet. There may be some of you nursing an injury and others not yet ready to complete a 5K. It would be irresponsible of the program to place you in the event if you are injured or cannot complete the race safely. 

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Seeding: Who will compete at varsity or junior varsity will be flexible per week. In fact, there is likely to be some movement between spots. Keep in mind, here are the determing factors for positional seeding: performance, attendance/effort, seniority, injuries/health, and preparedness. It is not the common practice of the program to allow student athletes to compete in a 3.1-mile race if they cannot complete a 2-mile time trial. 

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ROYO: ROYO is an acronym for "Run on Your Own." This is a common designation for offseason distance workouts since many of you will be traveling. ROYO's are not team events, but commonly feature a group of athletes getting together to go for a run. Coaches do not attend ROYOs. There are very few ROYOs once the season starts. However, you miss practice, you may wish to pick up your workout around a neighborhood park.

Strava: Strava is a free running app that allows athletes/coaches to track their mileage and performance. We will be keeping tabs on the athletes during the off-season and regular season via Strava. It is the directive of the coaching staff that ALL runners download Strava to their phones or watches so we can monitor progress. This is not an option.

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Benchmark runs: At the end of the track season, we conducted a 2-mile "benchmark" for the returners who were still competing in track. We will have another "benchmark" in late June and that will be followed by a 2.5-mile benchmark in early August. The exact dates will be announced later. The benchmark runs are evalution requirements to be part of the team. If you are absent or on vacation for a benchmark, no problem, you will run it immediately upon your return. 

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Communication: We expect that things come up, but if you simply don't show for something, don't communicate or don't call, that is in poor taste. It also sets a bad precedent for your adult life. Each of you has a phone, send Coach Mills a message if you can't make something. Nothing is more problematic than the failure to communicate.

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Tryouts: The Ravens XC program’s long-standing policy not to cut athletes due to running level remains in place. We do not have tryouts in the traditional sense. We do have Benchmark runs and Time Trials which will be used to seed our runners, but EVERYONE who practices routinely, gets to compete when they are ready to do so. The top five, seven or ten (depending on the race) will compete in the varsity race, all others will compete in the JV race. Most meets run a girls varsity, a boys varsity, and then the JV races, in that order. Sometimes, the boys and girls JV races are combined.

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Transportation: Remember, we have no buses for transportation. All transportation is the responsibility of parents and athletes. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY OF A MEET to scamper for transportation to the venue. It is your responsibility to arrange your transportation. Meet us at the venue.

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Team Fee: There is a $100 team fee associated with the cross-country season. It is due on Aug 16. The team fee covers the entries costs, snacks, drinks, additional equipment costs and your team shirt. EVERYONE has to pay. There are discount accommodations for siblings. There are additional costs when we travel to Tallahassee for Pre-State meet and potential Regionals and States. Those will be discussed closer to that time.