 For 7 Hawks, one more race laid on the horizon for the last two weeks. This weekend, 7 Hawks and their parents flew to Madison Wisconsin to compete at the National Level. Let’s pause for a moment and recognize the fact that in our first year of Cross Country, with less than a year of workouts, the Hawks community first grew to 31 athletes. Then, in Association Championships qualified 16 athletes to Regional's where 14 athletes qualified to Nationals! Hawks, we have much to be thankful for and celebrate. The entire team did this: Athletes, Parents and Coaches. Well done, Hawks. I have always shared that to be a great runner, an athlete needs Talent, Training, and Toughness. We saw toughness in full force this weekend!  Leading the pack was Abigail. Starting her warm up in 26 degree weather and all alone in her age group, she braved the cold and made us all proud! She “broke the ice” and inspired her teammates to run tough as well. Abigail Lockhard, 2k, 9:54 88th place out of 157 Next race was the mighty Natalie. With temperatures dropping and again, running solo, Natalie gained the courage to jump onto that starting line. I even saw a smile as she ran by! This weekend, Natalie showed us a glimpse of a bright future. Natalie Mittleman, 3k, 15:09, 214th place out of 241.  Next up, Da Boys. It was so fun seeing these boys get ready for this race. They were focused and yet fun, determined and at the same enjoying the opportunity. The Team of Matthew, Dylan, Sully, Myles and John braved 22 degree weather dropping to 13 degrees with wind chill. There were 364 people in this 3k race and after a rough start in the first 200 meters, our boys ran with toughness passing several runners and we even saw 3 PRs! Matthew Ogilvie, 11:40 (4 sec PR), 183rd Place Dylan Bonilla, 11:59 (10 sec PR), 225th Place Sully Harding, 12:45 (20 sec PR), 303rd Place Myles Whitney, 13:15, 329th Place John Barreiro, 13:15, 331st Place These great races could not have happened without the team of parents helping prepare the kids and keep them warm. Thank you Michelle, Trin, Hannah, Mike, Kelsey and Clint, Andrew and Alicia for helping our kids compete the best they could in such tough conditions. Toughness wins. You all were winners this weekend in my book. Thank you for running so hard. #WhoFlysWeDo Coach Phil.
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 Final Week. Final Practice. Final Race.
Junior Olympic National Championships - Here come the Hawks. In a season when saw massive improvements by our athletes and almost half of our Hawks qualify for the Junior Olympics, we have come to week 18. And Thursday, 7 of our Hawks will make the trip to Wisconsin to represent. WHO FLYS? WE DO! Week 18 (12/9 - 12/15) Monday - Rest (other sports ok) Tuesday (FINAL PRACTICE) Hawks practice 5:30pm at the Boat House 500s at the Swamp! Wednesday - Rest (other sports ok) Thursday - Rest (other sports ok) Hawks Travel to Wisconsin Friday NO PRACTICE Course Preview at Nationals Saturday - Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships, Madison, WI Sunday NO PRACTICE  Our journey with the Delta Hawks has been incredible thus far. Starting back in January we built something, it was a racing team....no, it is so much more than that. It is a community, a tribe, a group of families that support their kids and those kids are amazing!
This weekend's Regional Championships was an outcome that involved every member of this team. Coaches, parents, athletes....athletes that competed and athletes that supported. This weekend was a Hawk weekend. Who would have thought that in the first cross country season ever for the Delta Hawks that we would have qualified 14 athletes to the Junior Olympic National Championships (That is 45% of the team!). Under 8 Girls (All Girls Qualified for JO Nationals) Abigail: 6th Place - 8:41 (6:59) Sonia: 8th Place - 8:56 (7:11) Raegan: 10th Place - 9:37 (7:44) Under 8 Boys (Both Boys Qualified for JO Nationals) Cohen: 7th Place - 8:17 (6:40) Bode: 15th Place - 8:54 (7:10) 9/10 Girls (Both Girls Qualified for JO Nationals) Adeleine: 5th Place - 13:03 (7:00) Natalie: 13th Place - 13:58 (7:30) 9/10 Boys Charlie: 33rd Place - 13:41 (7:20) 11/12 Boys (3rd Place Team - Qualified to JO Nationals) Matthew: 12th Place - 11:44 (6:18) Dylan: 18th Place - 12:09 (6:31) John: 36th Place - 13:03 (7:00) Sully: 37th Place - 13:05 (7:01) Myles: 38th Place - 13:13 (7:05) Sam: 41st Place - 13:29 (7:14) Ryko: 51st Place - 14:41 (7:53)  Two weeks to go! 14 of our Hawks have qualified to Nationals and it looks like 7 of those 14 have chose to make the trip to Wisconsin. As we prep those 7 to perform well in the final meet of the year we invite all of the Hawks to continue coming to practice as many of you are still looking to run great holiday themed races in December.
Week 17 (12/2 - 12/8) Monday - Rest (other sports ok) Tuesday Hawks practice 5:30pm at the Boat House Mix Speed Play Wednesday - Rest (other sports ok) Thursday - Rest (other sports ok) Friday Hawks practice 5:30pm at the Boat House Marshall Hill Intervals Saturday - Rest (other sports ok) Sunday Hawks practice 3:00pm at the Boat House Marshall Hill Long/Tempo Mix |
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