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Pine-Richland High School Summer Training 2022
Summer Training Guidelines
- build running base and build strength
- build leg strength
- overall fitness/core strength/strength very important
Running
June - 4 to 6 days per week, 4 to 5 days for most runners, 5 to 6 days for those of you who have already started running and can handle more right now
July, August - 5 to 6 days per week
Includes: endurance runs, hill runs and hill repeats, short intervals/fartlek during runs, will increase speed workouts in August, harder speed workouts will start in mid August
Cross Training - if you are able to cross train, you can add cross training to your running training (can be on off days from running and on days you run also), very beneficial to your running and overall fitness, examples - swimming, biking, elliptical, rowing machine, other cardio machines, If you do alot of cross training, you can cut back some on your running in the summer. You still need to build the distance of your long run and do the pick ups/intervals.
stretching - Do dynamic stretching before running. Can also do static stretching after warm up. Also be sure to stretch well after you are done running.
core training and strength (upper body and lower body) - 3 to 5 days per week, some days concentrate more on core, other days concentrate more on strength, in particular leg strength
leg strength is important to improved performance and keeping injury free, examples are squats with body weight, one legged squats, side lying leg lifts, bridges. I will share/email different exercises/workouts.
*Also, concentrate on good form when you run. Remember to push off on each step and keep your arms and fists relaxed at your side.
We will have summer conditioning practices typically on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. However, some weeks will be different so look at the practice schedule carefully.
Middle School runners will meet with the high school runners at the start of our summer practices until our new middle school head cross country coach is hired.
Our first summer conditioning practice will be next Monday, June 20 at 7:30 am. Practice that day will be at Pine Township Community Park. We will meet at the left shelter near the volleyball courts.
Practices will typically be Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Check the schedule each week because some weeks could have different days, times and locations. Practice locations will include Pine Park, North Park and the High School and various other locations. Here is the schedule for the first 2 weeks of practices.
*Monday, June 20 - 7:30 am to 8:45 am - Pine Township Community Park
*Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 am to 8:45 am - North Park Latrobe Shelter between the North Park Boat House and Go Ape
*Thursday, June 23 - 2 Practices to choose from:
8:00 am to 9:15 am - Pine Park
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
*Saturday, June 25 - 7:30 am to 9:00 am - North Park at Stone Field
Tuesday, June 28 - 7:30 am to 9:00 am - Pine ParK
*Thursday, June 30 - 2 Practices to choose from:
7:30 am to 9:00 am - Pine Park
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
Saturday, July 2 - 7:00 am to 8:30 am - North Park at Basketball Courts by Ice Rink
Tuesday, July 5 - 8:00 am to 9:15 am - Pine Park
*Thursday, July 7 - 2 Practices to choose from:
8:00 am to 9:30 am - Pine Park
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter between the North Park Boat House and Go Ape
Saturday, July 9 - 7:30 am to 9:00 am - North Park at Basketball Courts by Ice Rink
Tuesday, July 12 - 7:00 am to 8:15 am - North Park Latrobe Shelter between the North Park Boat House and Go Ape
*Thursday, July 14 - 2 Practices to choose from:
7:00 am to 8:30 am - North Park Latrobe Shelter
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
Saturday, July 16 - 7:30 am to 9:00 am - North Park at Basketball Courts by Ice Rink
High School Training Schedule
Monday, July 4 - 4 Miles or 5K race
Tuesday, July 5 - 4 to 6 Miles with 8 x 30 seconds pick ups around 5K pace with 2:00 between each one after 2 Miles
Wednesday, July 6 - 3 to 4 Miles
Thursday, July 7 - 4 to 5 Miles
Short fast hill repeats - 10 x 20 second hill sprints- 2 sets of 5 hill sprints, 1/4 mile at 5K pace after each set of 5
1.5 mile warm up, 1 to 1.5 mile cool down
Friday, July 8 - 3 to 4 Miles or cross train (swim, bike, elliptical), 4 striders
Saturday, July 9 - 5 to 9 Miles, 2 to 3 Mile Progression run starting after 1 or 2 Miles - Mile 1 - 5K race pace plus 1 minute, Mile 2 - 5K race pace plus 40 seconds, Mile 3 - 5K race pace plus 20 seconds
Sunday, July 10 - off
Tuesday, July 19 - 7:30 am to 9:00 am - Pine Park
*Thursday, July 21 - 2 Practices to choose from:
7:30 am to 9:00 am - Pine Park
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
Saturday, July 23 -
2 Practice Locations to choose from:
8:00 am to 9:30/9:45 am - Montour Trail, start at gazebo by mile marker 4 down the hill from IKEA/Robinson Mall
Or
7:30 am to 9:00/9:15 am - North Park at Basketball Courts by Ice Rink
Tuesday, July 26 - 7:30 am to 9:00 am - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
*Thursday, July 28 - 2 Practices to choose from:
7:30 am to 9:00 am - Pine Park
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
Saturday, July 30
7:30 am to 9:15 am - North Park at Basketball Courts by Ice Rink
Training Schedule for High School
Monday, July 18 - 3 to 6 Miles, 4 x 50 meter sprints on 1:00 recovery after run
Tuesday, July 19 - 4 to 7 Miles, Fartlek - 6 to 8 x 1:00 pick ups at around 5K pace with 1:00 recovery, start after 1 or 2 miles
Wednesday, July 20 - 3 to 5 Miles, cross train (swim, bike)
Thursday, July 21 - 4 to 7 Miles
Short fast hill repeats - 10 x 20 second hill sprints- 2 sets of 5 hill sprints, 1/4 mile at 5K pace after each set of 5
1.5 mile warm up, 1 to 1.5 mile cool down
Friday, July 22 - 3 to 4 Miles or/and cross train (swim, bike, elliptical), 4 striders
or Liberty Mile Race
Saturday, July 23 - 5 to 9 Miles
2 to 3 Mile Progression run starting after 1 or 2 Miles - If do 3 Mile Progression Run: Mile 1 - 5K race pace plus 50 seconds to 1 minute, Mile 2 - 5K race pace plus 30 to 40 seconds, Mile 3 - 5K race pace plus 20 seconds, if do 2 Mile Progression Run: Mile 1 - 5K race pace plus 40 seconds, Mile 2 - 5K race pace plus 20 seconds
Sunday, July 24 - off
22 to 38 Miles Total
Tuesday, July 26 - 7:30 am to 9:00/9:15 am - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
*Thursday, July 28 - 2 Practices to choose from:
7:30 am to 9:00 am - Pine Park
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
Saturday, July 30
7:30 am to 9:15 am - to be determined
Tuesday, August 2 - 7:30 am to 9:00/9:15 am North Park at Latrobe Shelter
*Thursday, August 4 - 2 Practices to choose from:
7:30 am to 9:00 am - Pine Park
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
Saturday, August 6
7:30 am to 9:15 am - North Park at Basketball Courts by Ice Rink
Or St. Barnabas 5K
Tuesday, August 9 - 7:00 am to 8:45 am North Park at Latrobe Shelter
*Thursday, August 11 - 2 Practices to choose from:
7:00 am to 8:30 am - Henderson Pavilion across from the black and gold playground by the North Park Swimming Pool
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
Saturday, August 13
7:30 am to 9:15 am - North Park at Basketball Courts by Ice Rink
Training Schedules:
Remember to do what you are able to do. Most athletes will fall in the range in the training schedules below. Some athletes will need to do less and some athletes will need to do more than is in the schedules. Talk to me with questions about your training, I will customize your training to you.
High School Training Schedule
Monday, July 25 - 3 to 6 Miles, 4 x 60 meter sprints/striders on 1:00 recovery after run - 1st 2 at 80%, 3rd at 90%, 4th at 100%
Tuesday, July 26 - 4 to 7 Miles
2 to 3 Mile Progression run starting after 1 or 2 Miles - If do 3 Mile Progression Run: Mile 1 - 5K race pace plus1 minute, Mile 2 - 5K race pace plus 40 seconds, Mile 3 - 5K race pace plus 20 seconds, if do 2 Mile Progression Run: Mile 1 - 5K race pace plus 40 seconds, Mile 2 - 5K race pace plus 20 seconds
*Strength/Core/Agility
Wednesday, July 27 - 3 to 5 Miles, cross train (swim, bike)
Thursday, July 28 - 4 to 7 Miles
Short fast hill repeats - 10 Hill Repeats up a hill that takes about 30 seconds to climb
1.5 mile warm up, 1 to 1.5 mile cool down
*Strength/Core
Friday, July 29 - 3 to 4 Miles or cross train (swim, bike, elliptical), 4 striders
Saturday, July 30 - 6 to 10 Miles
Sunday, July 31 - off
23 to 39 Miles
Monday, August 2 - 3 to 6 Miles, 6 x 60 meter sprints/striders on 1:00 recovery after run - 1st 2 at 80%, 2nd 2 at 90%, 3rd 2 at 100%
Tuesday, August 2 - 4 to 7 Miles
8 x 15 second pick ups at around 5K race pace with 1:00 between starting after 2 Miles
*Strength/Core/Agility
Wednesday, August 3- 3 to 5 Miles, cross train (swim, bike)
Thursday, August 4 - 4 to 7 Miles
Short fast hill repeats - 10 Hill Repeats up a hill that takes about 45 seconds to climb
1.5 mile warm up, 1 to 1.5 mile cool down
*Strength/Core
Friday, August 5 - 3 to 4 Miles or cross train (swim, bike, elliptical), 4 striders
Saturday, August 6
Saint Barnabas 5K
or
6 to 8 Miles - 2 to 3 Mile Tempo during run - 5K pace plus 20 to 30 seconds
Sunday, August 7 - off
23 to 37 Miles
Monday, August 8 - 3 to 6 Miles, 6 x 80 meter sprints/striders on 1:00 recovery after run - 1st 2 at 80%, 2nd 2 at 90%, 3rd 2 at 100%
Tuesday, August 9 - 4 to 7 Miles
Fartlek workout -
- 2:00, 3:00, 2:00, 3:00 at around 5K race pace, 2:00 between each interval or
- 20:00 run with pick ups of different lengths starting and stopping on whistle
*Strength/Core/Agility
Wednesday, August 10 - 3 to 5 Miles, cross train (swim, bike)
Thursday, August 11 - 4 to 7 Miles
Hill Workout - 4 to 5 different hills of varying lengths - run up and down for 5:00 minutes, run around 5K race pace up hills, run slowly down hills
1.5 mile warm up, 1 to 1.5 mile cool down
*Strength/Core
Friday, August 12 - 3 to 4 Miles or cross train (swim, bike, elliptical), 4 striders
Saturday, August 13
6 to 9 Miles
Sunday, August 14 - off
23 to 38 Miles
Tuesday, August 9 - 7:00 am to 8:45 am North Park at Latrobe Shelter
*Thursday, August 11 - 2 Practices to choose from:
7:00 am to 8:30 am - Henderson Pavilion across from the black and gold playground by the North Park Swimming Pool
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm - North Park at Latrobe Shelter
Saturday, August 13
7:30 am to 9:15 am - North Park at Basketball Courts by Ice Rink
Monday, August 15
8:00 am to 9:45 am Pine-Richland High School Softball Field across from stadium entrance
Tuesday, August 16
8:00 am to 9:30 am Pine-Richland High School Softball Field across from stadium entrance
Wednesday, August 17
2 practice options:
*California University Cross Country Course - will do a workout on the 5K high school cross country course - Meet there at 9:30 am
*Pine Park - 8:00 am to 9:45 am
Thursday, August 18
3:00 to 4:30 pm Pine Park
Friday, August 19
8:00 to 9:30 am Pine-Richland High School Softball Field across from stadium entrance
Saturday, August 20
8:00 to 9:45 am North Park Basketball Courts
Monday, August 22
8:00 to 9:45 am Pine-Richland High School Track or Pine-RIchland High School Softball fields
Tuesday, August 23
8:00 to 9:45 am Pine-Richland High School Track or Pine-Richland High School Softball fields
Wednesday, August 24
8:00 to 9:45 am Pine-Richland High School Track or Pine-Richland High School Softball field
High School Training Schedule
Monday, August 15
3 to 7 Miles
If you have been training this summer - 4 to 7 Miles - 10 x 30 seconds pick ups at 5K pace during run with 1:30 recovery
If you are have just started training - 3 to 4 miles, 6 x 15 seconds pick ups during run
*Running form drills, speed/agility training
Tuesday, August 16
3 to 5 Miles
Strength/Core
Wednesday, August 17
Speed/Hill Workout - on California University High School WPIALs cross country course or at Pine Park- 2 practice options
5 to 8 Miles total
Thursday, August 18
3 to 5 Miles
Running Form Drills, Agility Drills
Friday, August 19
4 to 6 Miles,
6 x 80 meter sprints/striders on 1:00 recovery after run - 1st 2 at 80%, 2nd 2 at 90%, 3rd 2 at 100%
Strength/Core
Saturday, August 20
7 to 10 Miles
Progression Run -
2 to 3 Mile Progression run starting after 1 or 2 Miles - If do 3 Mile Progression Run: Mile 1 - 5K race pace plus1 minute, Mile 2 - 5K race pace plus 40 seconds, Mile 3 - 5K race pace plus 20 seconds, if do 2 Mile Progression Run: Mile 1 - 5K race pace plus 40 seconds, Mile 2 - 5K race pace plus 20 seconds
*Strength/Core/Agility
Thursday, August 25
High School - 3:00 to 4:45 at softball field
Friday, August 26
High School - 3:00 to 4:30 at softball field
Hello!
*Congratulations to everyone who ran our PR Season Kickoff 5K on Saturday! Everyone did a great job! I am very impressed with all of our athlete’s effort on Saturday.
Here is a link to the results: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/133727
*Below is our practice schedule and training schedule for this week.
*There are many events happening this week:
*This Wednesday we have a special sports performance workshop at practice from 4:00 to 5:00 pm. Ron DeAngelo, Director of Sports Performance Training at UPMC Rooney Sports Performance Training at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, will lead a sports performance session on hip and ankle mobility and strength. Our team will learn great exercises that will be of great benefit this season. This is for high schoolers and middle schoolers. Middle schoolers are welcome to stay for this program. We will hold this special session on the softball field where high school practices.
Here is a link to UPMC Sports Performance and I copied Ron’s bio at the bottom of this email.
https://www.upmc.com/services/sports-medicine/services/performance/sports-performance
Thank you to our boosters for providing the funds to make this special session possible!
*Thursday is picture day. Booster President Rene Hoy will be sending out picture order forms. Pictures will be taken at the field next to the middle school where middle school practices. High school will report there for practice. Come right away after school. Pictures will start at 3:45 pm.
Uniforms will be distributed early this week.
*This Saturday is our first meet. Here are the details:
Saturday, September 3 Marty Uher Vulcan Invitational California University
Middle School Girls Race - 9:00 am, Boys Race - 9:40 am
Bus Departs at 6:30 am from the parking lot between the middle school and where middle school practices
High School: 11:40 am - High School Girls Steel 5K (AAA Schools)
12:20 am - High School Boys Steel 5K (AAA Schools)
Bus Departs at 9:00 am from behind high school in front of athletic office near administration offices
*The SRU Lennox Invitational at New Castle Fairgrounds has been canceled for this year. It was on our middle school schedule for Saturday, October 8. Middle school will now go to the same invitational that high school will be at: The Legends Meet in Cortland, Ohio at Trumball County Fairgrounds. Details are on the schedules which I updated and I am submitting links to again:
(I am resending this email because there were a few mistakes and a copy results didn't copy over from my document.
Of note, there were omissions in the girls individuals and also Jonah Wynn is not listed in the results and Simon Wynn's name should be listed in the results instead of Connolly. The timing company made errors and is fixing this. Jonah was around 21:00 and was our 7th team finisher and Simon was our 8th team finisher.
Sorry about the errors in the previous email.)
Congratulations to our high school and middle school cross country teams for a great first meet of the season at the Marty Uher Vulcan Invitational at California University on Saturday! I loved everyone’s effort and how everyone cheered for and supported each other! This was the largest Labor Day weekend invitational in our area.
The middle school races were first followed by the high school races. It was a hot day and a difficult course. I liked how we had nice packs of runners working together in each of the races.
Here is a recap of the invitational:
Middle School Girls: 2nd Place Overall, Overall Team Award Winner
Middle School Boys: 3rd Place Overall, Overall Team Award Winner
High School Girls: 2nd Place Overall, Overall Team Award Winner
High School Boys: 7th Place Overall
Congratulations to our overall award winners:
High School Girls:
Natalie McLean - 2nd Place Overall
Breanna Franchak - 19th Place Overall
Mary Claire Daniello - 20th Place Overall
High School Boys
Lucas Thompson - 23rd Place Overall
Ben McLean - 25th Place Overall
Middle School Girls:
Alyssa Urling - 1st Place, Overall Champion!
Ella Davis - 11th Place
Middle School Boys:
Brady Hunkele - 4th Place
Charlie Kapanowski - 5th Place
Complete results are here:https://pa.milesplit.com/meets/465797-50th-marty-uher-vulcans-invitational-2022/results
Please complete your goals forms today if you haven’t done them yet. All of our coaches need to know what your goals are to effectively coach you.
Congratulations to our high school athletes on a great meet at the Red, White and Blue Invitational on Saturday!
Many ran a personal best time and everyone ran a season best!
Congratulations to our award winners:
Teagan Yurocko placed 6th in the freshman girls race in 21:06.
Simon Wynn placed 11th in the freshman boys race in 18:51.
Our team results are below. You can see all results at this link: https://pa.milesplit.com/meets/484213-20th-annual-red-white-and-blue-classic-2022/results
*Our high school picture day will be this Thursday. Anyone who still needs to get individual pictures will get them first and we will do our team pictures. Pictures are at the middle school practice site. You can go there immediately after school.
*We are excited for our first high school race section meet at Seneca Valley with SV and Butler tomorrow. Dismissal is at 1:45 and the bus departs at 2:00.
*Good luck to our middle school in our first home meet on Wednesday with Fox Chapel and Avonworth!
*Here is this week’s practice and training schedule.
Monday, September 12
High School - 3:00 to 4:15 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 4:15 at field next to middle school
Tuesday, September 13
High School - Meet at Seneca Valley with SV and Butler
dismissal at 1:45, bus departs at 2:00
1st race at 4:00
Middle School - 2:50 to 3:45 at field next to middle school
Wednesday, September 14
High School - 3:00 to 4:45 at softball field
Middle School - Home Meet with Fox Chapel and Avonworth
girls race at 3:45, boys race around 4:10
Thursday, September 15
High School - 3:00 to 4:45 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 4:15 at field by tree line next to middle school
Friday, September 16
High School - 3:00 to 4:15 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 3:50 at field next to middle school
Saturday, September 17
High School - Spartan Invitational Boardman, Ohio
9:00 am, meet at 6:05 am, bus departs at 6:15 am
Boys D-1 Varsity - 9:00 am (1st 9)
Girls D-1 Varsity - 9:30 am (1st 9)
Boys D-1 Junior Varsity - 10:00 am (next 9)
Girls D-1 Junior Varsity - 10:30 am (next 9)
Boys D-1 Open - 11:00 am (all others)
Girls D-1 Open - 11:30 am (all other)
Middle School - Spartan Invitational Boardman, Ohio
Boys D1 Race - Noon, Girls D1 Race - 12:30
Meet at 9:15 am, bus departs at 9:30 am
High School
Monday, September 12
3 to 6 Miles, 4 striders
Tuesday, September 13
Meet at Seneca Valley with SV and Butler
About 1.5 to 2 Mile warm up, 1 to 2 Mile cool down
5 to 7 Miles total
Wednesday, September 14
5 to 8 Miles
Strength/Core Workout
Thursday, September 15
5 to 6 Miles
2 to 4 x 400 around 5K race pace or a little slower, 4 x 200 around 1 to 2 mile race pace
Running Drills/Speed/Agility/Core
Friday, September 16
3 Miles
Saturday, September 17
Spartan Invitational in Boardman, Ohio
1.5 Mile to 2 Mile warm up, 1 to 2 Mile cool down
5 to 7 Miles
Sunday, September 18
Off
26 to 37 Miles
Congratulations to our high school cross country team for a strong first section meet of the season at Seneca Valley versus Seneca Valley and Butler yesterday! I was impressed with everyone's determination and results.
Our girls team won convincingly over both teams and shut out Butler by having the lowest possible score of 15. The girls had the first 4 overall finishers and 6 of the top 10.
Girls Scores:
PR 19 Seneca Valley 37
PR 15 Butler 47
Our boys team ran two competitive races versus two strong teams.
Boys Scores:
Seneca Valley 18 PR 42
Butler 23 PR 36
Complete results are here: https://wolfcreektrackclub.com/butler-pr-sv-hs-results-2022/
Top scoring finishers for PR were:
Girls
- Natalie McLean
- Mary Claire Daniello
- Angelina Hunkele
- Teagan Yurocko
9. Ella Yanni
10. Breanna Franchak
19. Sarah Wu
Boys
6. Ben McLean
8. Lucas Thompson
12. Sam Elston
21. Kevin McLoughlin
24. Thomas DeVito
26. Simon Wynn
27. Easson Molnar
*Remember, our team pictures are tomorrow at the start of practice. Anyone who still needs to get individual pictures will get them first and then we will do our team pictures. Pictures are at the middle school practice site. Athletes can go there immediately after school.
*If you are interested in participating in the homecoming parade representing cross country at the Ram Fam event Thursday evening, I copied the information below this email.
*On Friday there is a Fall pep assembly at school. You should wear your cross country singlets/jerseys.
*Here are the details for the Spartan Invitational in Boardman on Saturday.
*If you are driving to the meet as a spectator, parking is $5 and must be purchased in advance by this Friday, September 17. Here is the link to purchase parking tickets:
https://spartaninvite.com/tickets/
*Here is the course map: https://spartaninvite.com/course-information/
Congratulations to our high school and middle school runners for impressive performances in the Spartan Boardman Invitational on Saturday! We had many season best performances and some personal bests.
Here is a link to the complete results: https://oh.milesplit.com/meets/495433-boardman-spartan-xc-invitational-2022/elites?standard=2
In the high school races, we competed in the Division 1 Gold large school division. Our girls team finished 6th out of 37 teams and our boys team finished 33rd out of 44 teams.
In the middle school races, we competed in the Division 1 large school division. Our girls team finished 3rd overall out of 20 teams. Our boys team finished 5th overall out of 20 teams.
Award Winners included:
High School Girls
30. Maren Iski
45. Teagan Yurocko
Middle School Boys:
2. Charlie Kapanowski (photo finish for 1st place, .02 second time difference)
4. Brady Hunkele
Middle School Girls:
- Alyssa Urling
6. Ella Davis
30. Anya Wickard
36. Annabelle Burk
*We are looking forward to the high school pasta dinner tonight at the Treesdale Community Center. Practice will be over between 4:00 and 4:15 pm today and you can head directly to the pasta dinner after practice. Thank you to Leanna Anderson, our pasta dinner chair, for all of your hard work in planning this special annual dinner. Thank you to all of the parents who are helping make this dinner a great experience for our team. I appreciate everything that you do.
*Good luck to our high school team in our first home section meet versus North Allegheny and Oakland Catholic/Central Catholic. This is our senior recognition meet. We will be honoring our senior runners. After the meet we are having a ceremony for our senior runners in the middle school cafeteria. All of our athletes are expected to be there for the ceremony. (If you can’t make it, please let me know in advance.)
*Good luck to our middle school team in our home section meet versus Seneca Valley on Wednesday. High school runners - let’s cheer on our middle school runners!
*We need parents/family members to volunteer on the course at each of these meets. Please let me know if you can help out for the high school meet on Tuesday and let Coach Lori know if you can help out for the middle school met on Wednesday.
*Our varsity high school runners will compete in the very competitive Foundation Invitational in Hershey on Saturday. The race is run on the Parkview State Championship Cross Country course. This is one of the top invitationals in PA. Good luck to our runners!
The practice and training schedule is below.
Let’s have a great week!
Hello!
There were a couple mistakes on the practice schedule in my email this afternoon. There is no bus tomorrow like stated in the practice schedule. It is a home meet and we will meet in the stadium. The girls have an early dismissal at 2:15 because the girls run first and need the time to prepare.
Here is the corrected schedule::
Monday, September 19
High School - 3:00 to 4:15 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 4:15 at field next to middle school
Tuesday, September 20
High School - Home Meet with North Allegheny and Oakland Catholic/Central Catholic
Meet at the track
Girls Dismissed at 2:15 to prepare for earlier race, Boys have normal dismissal time
Girls race at 3:45, boys race around 4:15 pm
Middle School - 2:50 to 3:50 at field next to middle school, stay and cheer on high school team in home meet if able to
Wednesday, September 21
High School - 3:00 to 4:45 at softball field
Middle School - Home Meet with Seneca Valley
girls race at 3:45, boys race around 4:15
Thursday, September 22
High School - 3:00 to 4:30 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 4:15 at field by tree line next to middle school
Friday, September 23
High School - 3:00 to 4:30 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 4:15 at field next to middle school
Saturday, September 24
High School - Foundation Invitational In Hershey, varsity only
Girls Gold Race (3A) - 10:30 am
Boys Gold Race (3A) - 12:45 pm
Hello!
Congratulations to our high school cross country team for a great home meet for our senior meet yesterday versus North Allegheny, Oakland Catholic and Central Catholic! We had many season best and personal best performances!
Our girls cross country team beat North Allegheny 25 to 30 and beat Oakland Catholic 23 to 36! Our girls have an undefeated season record of 4 wins 0 losses.
Our boys cross country team beat Central Catholic 25 to 32 and lost to North Allegheny 15 to 50
Complete results are here: https://wolfcreektrackclub.com/north-allegheny-central-catholic-oakland-catholic-pine-richland-hs-2022/
Scoring girls finishers were:
1. Natalie McLean
6. Angelina Hunkele
7. Maren Iski
9. Teagan Yurocko
10. Ella Yanni
13. Breanna Franchak
25. Gabbi Lachimia
Congratulations to Natalie for setting a new girls 5K course record of 19:27.
Scoring boys finishers were:
10. Sam Elston
17. Thomas DeVito
20. Simon Wynn
21. Easson Molnar
23. Lucas Thompson
27. Luke Anderson
29. Jonah Wynn
Thank you to Rene Hoy, Jenene Hunkele, Erica Jarvis and Shannon Warnes for everything you did to make our senior recognition ceremony a great celebration.
Good luck to the middle school cross country team in our home meet versus Seneca Valley today!
Thank you
Go Rams!
Hello!
*On Friday there is practice after school until 4:30 for the high school athletes who are not going to Hershey. The workout will be 800 meter repeats. There is no practice on Saturday for high school or middle school.
*Congratulations to our middle school cross country teams for a great home meet versus Seneca Valley yesterday. Despite the heat, we had many season best and personal best performances!
Our girls team beat Seneca Valley 27 to 30 and our boys lost a very close meet 25 to 30.
Complete results are here: https://wolfcreektrackclub.com/seneca-valley-pine-richland-ms/
Top scoring individuals were:
Girls
1. Alyssa Urling
2. Ella Davis
7. Anya Wickard
8. Annabelle Burk
10. Jordan Mandel
11. Lexi Alexander
12. Addison Franchak
Boys
1 Brady Hunkele
2. Alex Roccia
8. Sam Gentile
9. Will Buettner
10. Karcher Dosch
12. Roman Thomas
13. Matthew Hoy
Congratulations to Alyssa for setting a new girls 3K course record of 11:58
*Thank you to our boosters for the awesome pasta dinner for our high school team on Monday at Treesdale Community Center. Thank you to Leanna Anderson for directing and make everything run so smoothly. Thank you to Leanna Anderson, Rich Anderson, Noreen Daniello, Kelly Gvoth, Jenene Hunkele, Amy Jurocko, Jim Lachimia and Shannon Warnes for all of your work with this annual team pasta dinner. Thank you to Marisa and Steve Mandel for reserving The Treesdale Community Center for us. We appreciate everyone’s hard work!
Coach Hunkele
Congratulations to our girls and boys high cross country teams for good performances at the Foundation Cross Country Invitational in Hershey on Saturday. It is one of the largest and most competitive invitationals in Pennsylvania.
A big congratulations to Natalie McLean for being overall girls champion! She ran a stellar time of 18:25 on the challenging 5K course! This is the 14th fastest girls time ever ran on the Parkview state championship course.
She is the first PR runner to ever win this invitational.
Our girls team placed 10th and our boys team placed 26 in the invitational.
Below is this week's practice and training schedules and the details about this Saturday's Bald Eagle Invitational.
Practice Schedule
Monday, September 26
High School - 3:00 to 4:30 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 4:15 at field next to middle school
Tuesday, September 27
High School - Home Meet with Mars and Shaler
Meet at the track
Girls Dismissed at 2:15 to prepare for earlier race, Boys have normal dismissal time
Girls race at 3:45, boys race around 4:15 pm
Middle School - 2:50 to 3:50 at field next to middle school, stay and cheer on high school team in home meet if able to
Wednesday, September 28
High School - 3:00 to 4:45 at softball field
Middle School - Meet at Mars
Dismissal at 1:30, bus departs at 1:45
Thursday, September 29
High School - 3:00 to 4:30 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 4:15 at field by tree line next to middle school
Friday, September 30
High School - 3:00 to 4:15 at softball field
Middle School - 2:50 to 3:50 at field next to middle school
Saturday, September 24
High School - Bald Eagle Invitational at White Oak Park
Meet at bus at 7:30 am, bus departs at 7:45 am
MiddleSchool - Bald Eagle Invitational at White Oak Park
Meet at bus at 10:15 am, bus departs at 10:30 am
High School Training Schedule
Monday, September 26
4 to 6 Miles, 4 striders
Strength/Core/Speed/Agility
Tuesday, September 27
Home Meet with Mars and Shaler
About 1.5 to 2 Mile warm up, 1 to 2 Mile cool down
5 to 7 Miles total
Some varsity runners will do a hill/speed workout after race.
Wednesday, September 28
4 to 7 Miles
Strength/Core Workout
Thursday, September 29
Athletes running Bald Eagle Invitational on Saturday(Most of team)
4 to 6 Miles
2 to 4 x 400 around 5K race pace or a little slower, 4 x 200 around 1 to 2 mile race pace
Athletes not running Foundation Invitational:
5 to 6 Miles - Speed/Hill Workout
Running Drills/Speed/Agility/Core
Friday, September 30
Most Athletes running Bald Eagle Invitational on Saturday:
3 Miles
Athletes not running Bald Eagle Invitational:
4 to 5 Miles
Saturday, October 1
Bald Eagle Invitational at White Oak Park
1.5 Mile to 2 Mile warm up, 1 to 2 Mile cool down
5 to 7 Miles
If not running invitational, run between 8 and 10 miles
Sunday, September 25
Off
25 to 36 Miles
30 to 41 Miles for runners not doing invitational
Bald Eagle Invitational Information
3rd Annual Bald Eagle Invitational
SPECTATOR FRIENDLY ALL GRASS COURSE.
timed by Miles of smiles
Meet Info:
Serra along with the Baldwin Cross Country Club and 4RUN2 will be hosting the event. Miles of Smiles timing service partnered with PennTrack will provide the services needed to time the race. Herb Cratty will interface with PennTrack for online results the day of the race. At the end of the day, all race results will be on PennTrack. You will sign up as usual on the PennTrack web site. All information will be provided there i.e.: A map of the course, List of awards in all categories, a time-line of events, and coaches meeting time.
Thank you for expressing an interest in participating in this race. Your continued support helps to provide a quality race for all competitors.
On behalf of Serra Catholic's cross country team and the Baldwin Cross Country Club, we thank you for coming and wish all of the athletes good luck. See you then!
"Course Map:
Awards:
Top 3 teams in A, AA, and AAA
Top 20 individuals A, AA, and AAA boys and girls
PLEASE help Serra and Baldwin boosters. They are selling Shirts( shown below) Drinks and snacks . Thank you
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List of Events for Bald Eagle
Park will open at 6:30 AM
9 am Coaches meeting at the starting line.
9:30 A and AA boys
10:15 am AAA boys
11 am all jv boys and girls 2 minute stagger between
11:45 A and AA girls
12:30 AAA girls
1:15jr high boys
1:45 jr high girls
3:00 open race for all. TO REGISTER FOR OPEN RACE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RUN AT DAYS END PLEASE GO TO the following Link: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Mckeesport/BALDEAGLEXC5KOPEN
we are on a rolling schedule but we will be ahead of time. Having your runners 30 minutes prior to start will be smart.
We are excited about the Legends Meet tomorrow!
Here is a link to the schedule and all of the information for this Saturday's Legends Invitational:
Middle School - Meet at the middle school for the bus at 6:20. Our middle school bus departs at 6:30 am sharp.
High School - Meet behind the high school for the bus at 9:20. Our high school bus departs ast 9:30 am sharp.
I copied important information I just received from the Legends Meet at the bottom of this email. Note that it is $5 to park.
The middle school and high school had strong meets this week.
*Congratulations to our Pine-Richland High School girls and boys cross country teams for a strong meet versus North Hills at North Park Tuesday. There were many impressive efforts on the difficult rocky course through the North Park trails.
The girls won convincingly by taking 1st through 7th place. The girls won with a shut out score of 15 to 50 to finish with an undefeated section record of 7 wins 0 losses. Congratulations to our girls team for being section champions! This is the 3rd time in the last 4 years that we are section champions in the toughest section in PA!
The boys lost an extremely close race to North Hills by 1 point in a score of 27 to 28.
It was a great hard fought race that could have gone either way,
Top scoring finishers for the girls were:
1 Natalie McLean
2 Ella Yann
3 Tie with Mary Claire Daniello and Angelina Hunkele
5 Breanna Franchak
6 Teagan Yurocko
7 Sarah Wu
Top scoring finishers for the boys were:
3. Lucas Thompson
4. Ben McLean
5. Sam Elston
6. Jonah Wynn
10. Easson Molnar
11. Luke Anderson
12. Thomas DeVito
Complete results are here: https://wolfcreektrackclub.com/pine-richland-north-hills-2022/
Congratulations to our high school and middle school teams for a great meet at the Legends Meet in Cortland, Ohio! It is a very competitive meet and one of the largest meets in Ohio.
It was exciting to see so many personal or season bests! It was a great meet for so many of our runners.
Our high school girls team finished 3rd overall!
Medalists Included:
*Natalie McLean - 2nd place with a stellar time of 17:30, one second out of 1st, one of fastest times in PA this season
*Maren Iski - 15th Place
*Angelina Hunkele - 20th Place
*Mary Claire Daniello - 24th Place
*Our high school boys team finished 20th.
High School Training Schedule
Monday, October 10
5 to 7 Miles
Strength/Core/Running Drills
Tuesday, October 11
Speed Workout
6 to 7 Miles
6 x 1000 on cross country course
4 x 100 on track or field
1.5 to 2 mile warm up, 1.5 mile cool down
Wednesday, October 12
5 to 6 Miles
Strength/Core Workout
Thursday, October 13
Hill Workout/Tempo
6 to 7 Miles
8 hill repeats - 4 long hills, 4 medium hills
Down hill repeats
10:00 tempo at 5K race pace plus 20 to 30 seconds
1.5 to 2 mile warm up, 1 to 1.5 mile cool down
Friday, October 14
4 to 5 Miles
Running Drills/Speed/Agility/Core
Saturday, October 15
8 to 10 Miles - if racing TSTCA Championships next Thursday, October 20
5 Miles - if racing JV Championships on Monday
31 to 34 to 42 miles
Middle School Training Schedule
Monday, October 10
2 Miles
4 striders
Tuesday, October 11
NA Invitational
About 1 Mile warm up
Race
.5 to 1 Mile cool down
Wednesday, October 12
0 to 2 Miles
Thursday, October 13
3 Miles
Running Drills/Agility Ladder/Core
Friday, October 14
3 to 4 Miles
Speed Workout
Saturday, October 15
4 Miles
Sunday, October 16
Off
I also copied the meet information below.
Reminder - dismissal is at 2:15, bus departure is at 2:30.
Those not racing today will have practice at the normal time at the high school. The workout today is listed below.
Dismissal is at 9:20. Departure is at 9:30.
There will be 12 girls and 12 boys running this race. Most athletes know if they are running. I will review the final rosters with the team at practice tomorrow.
High School Training Schedule
Monday, October 17
JV Championships at Seneca Valley - 4:15 pm
About 1.5 Mile warm up, 1 to 1 Mile cool down
5.5 Miles total
Speed Workout
3 (possibly 4 for some) x 1200 at 5K race pace or a little faster, 1:30 recovery
2 x 400 at Mile race pace
4 to 6 hill repeats on grass hill on cross country course
Tuesday, October 18
4 to 5 Miles
Mindfulness/Yoga Session with special guest Jeannie Sturgill from 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, October 19
3 to 5 Miles - 6 x 15 seconds pick ups around 5K pace on 1:00 recovery during run
Thursday, October 20
4 to 6 Miles
TSTCA Championships
California University of PA
1.5 to 2 Mile warm up, 1 Mile cool down
Friday, October 21
3 to 4 Miles
Saturday, October 22
6 to 7 Miles
Sunday, October 23
Off
Middle School Training Schedule
Monday, October 17
4 Miles total
Speed Workout
6 x 400 - 1st 2 easier around 3K to 5K race pace
2nd 4 faster around mile race pace
4 to 6 hill repeats on short grass hill on course
4 striders
1 Mile warm up, 1 Mile cool down
Tuesday, October 18
3 Miles
Strength/Core/running drills
Wednesday, October 19
3 Miles
Short Speed Workout
6 x 200 Meters around 800 meter to mile race pace, 200 meter jog recovery
1 Mile warm up, 1/2 Mile cool down
Thursday, October 20
0 to 2 Miles
Friday, October 21
2 Miles
4 Striders
Saturday, October 22
Middle School State Cross Country Championships
Lockhaven - 2 Miles
1 Mile warm up, .5 to 1 Mile cool down
3.5 to 4 Miles total
Sunday, October 23
Off
15.5 to 16 Miles to 18 Miles
Congratulations to our high school cross country for great performances at the JV Twilight Showcase at Seneca Valley on Monday! In the JV Championship race our girls team finished in 3rd place and our boys team finished 6th.
Congratulations to Kaleigh Libengood for winning a medal with her 14th place finish!
It was exciting to see many of our athletes run their best times of the season or their personal best times! Complete results are here: https://wolfcreektrackclub.com/ntl-xc-championships/
Congratulations to these top 30 finishers in the girls race:
20 Gabi Boudreau
21 Jules Jung
26 Hannah Powell
27 Caleigh Scherrah
Congratulations to also to Brooke Lindrose, Sofia Perrotin Dominguez and Kennedy Lutz on great races!.
Congratulations to these top 30 boy finishers in the boys race:
28 Blake Thompson
29 Tate Bennett
Congratulations also to Connolly Barrett, Rocco Jarvis, Rohan Seth, Gabe Navoney, Carter Warnes, Owen Long and Ryan Griffith.
*We are excited about our special mindfulness and yoga training session today with Joni Sturgill. She is a leading expert on mental, emotional and physical wellness and will provide great insight that will help our athletes with training, racing, school and daily life .Thank you to our great cross country boosters for making this very valuable training possible for our athletes. The session will be from 4:00 to 5:00 and be in the stadium lobby due to the cold weather. Middle schoolers are also welcome.
Here is a little about Joni:
Joni Sturgill is a licensed professional counselor, holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology, Bachelors in Communication, earned the advanced yoga and meditation teaching designation of ERYT-500, and also studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. For 20 years, she has shared insights on mental, emotional and physical wellness to individuals, corporate populations, cancer patients, caregivers, therapists, educators, and students of her training programs. Joni’s Plugged into Mindfulness professional development program has been adapted for school districts, counselors, first responders, and medical professionals. She is a member of the Vistage Speaker’s Bureau, an Amazon best-selling-author of Heart of All Life, a book of poetry, as well as a proud mother of two sons. Joni can be reached via her website, www.insightwithjoni.com
Our annual fall PR Track 5K Classic is on Wednesday, November 9 in the evening at the high school track.
This is a great time to run a fast 5K on the track and for our athletes to finish the fall season.
It would be great to have many of our high school and middle school cross country runners along with cross country family members participate. It is a fundraiser for our cross country boosters. Spread the word. This 5K is open to people of all ages. There are medals for the top 3 in each category.
PR Cross Country athletes and their family members receive a $5 discount by using this code: PR
Details and registration can be found at this link.
Our girls team had a great trip to Hershey for the PIAA State Cross Country Championships!
Congratulations to Natalie McLean for winning the PIAA AAA State Cross Country Championship in Hershey on Saturday! She ran an amazing race and became the first Pine-Richland state cross country champion in school history! She ran 18:46 on the challenging state cross country championship course. Here is the Mile Split interview with Natalie after her victory:
https://pa.milesplit.com/videos/585434/natalie-mclean-on-aaa-title
This caps an amazing season for Natalie, where she was WPIAL cross country runner up. She won the Foundation Invitational on the same course in Hershey on September 24, where she ran one of the top 15 times ever run on the Hershey Parkview state 5K course in its 20 year existence. Natalie’s 17:30 at the Legends Invitational in Ohio on October 8 is the 2nd fastest time run by a Pennsylvania runner this season, 1 second behind the fastest time.
Congratulations to our girls cross country team for its strong finish to the season at the state meet, finishing 14th in the AAA race. Our girls team qualified for states by finishing 3rd at the WPIAL Championships. It was the 3rd year in a row our girls team qualified for states, with runner up finishes in the WPIAL Championships the previous 2 seasons.
Here are the results from our team:
Here is a link to all results:
https://pa.milesplit.com/meets/506868-piaa-state-championships-2022/results