Nothing holds back our Hawks. With about 1/3 of our team out due to sickness or just returning from sickness todays results are only that much more impressive. In addition, most of our kids scrambled from their race to a soccer game. To say that it must have been challenging to really focus today is an understatement. But with all of that - FOCUS THEY DID! AND CRUSH IT THEY DID!

In the results you will see two "places". The first is how our athletes did amongst of running clubs. The second is how they did in the entire race.
Girls Results
Marina - 6th | 18th | 9:52.32 (24 sec PR)
Ixchel - 10th | 38th | 10:39.47 (14 sec PR)
Natalie - 13th | 76th | 11:28.06
Abigail - 15th | 107th | 12:24.46 (8 sec PR)
Sonia - 18th | 124th | 13:05.73
Elizabeth - 20th | 129th | 13:15.99 (26 sec PR)

Boys Results
Jake - 5th | 17th | 8:48.34 (46 sec PR)
Dylan - 6th | 19th | 8:53.1 (37 sec PR)
Matthew - 9th | 32nd | 9:09.26 (15 sec PR)
Cameron - 16th | 66th | 9:45.59 (26 sec PR)
Steven - 18th | 74th | 9:50.04 (19 sec PR)
Johnathan - 22nd | 102nd | 10:20.42 (39 sec PR)
Sam - 23rd | 108th | 10:22.19 (31 sec PR)
John - 25th | 125th | 10:32.85
Charlie - 27th | 130th | 10:30.0 (1:23 sec PR)
Ryko - 29th | 177th | 11:14.52
Cohen - 31st | 179th | 11:19.99
Nathan - 32nd | 185th | 11:27.22
Sameer - 34th | 193rd | 11:36.33
Keilen - 38th | 242nd | 12:36.27

Our hawks were confident, more fit and had more experience. But to be honest the day felt a little flat. Not sure why, but it just didn't feel like today was the day for amazing performance. But of course that thought was not shared with the athletes. 

18 Hawks headed to the line (we were a little light in numbers due to cold season). 12 of them cross the finish line with a PR and our boys 6th grade-under brought home 2nd place on the day! So much for feeling a little flat.

Results
6th Grade & Under Girls
Adeleine - 8:07 | 6th (23 sec PR)
Natalie - 8:56.7 | 28th (27 sec PR)
Abigail - 9:58.2 | 59th (49 sec PR)
Elizabeth - 10:14.9 | 68th (52 sec PR)

6th Grade & Under Boys
Matthew - 7:18.3 | 5th (9 sec PR)
John - 7:35.9 | 10th (19 sec PR)
Sam - 8:10.1 | 26th (22 sec PR)
Charlie - 8:37.1 | 38th (17 sec PR)
Cohen - 7:50.2 | 50th (19 sec PR)
Keilen - 9:23.7 | 77th (40 sec PR)
Wyatt - 9:58.1 | 94th
Ryko - 10:24.1 | 115th
Evan - 10:58.1 | 126th

7th/8th Grade Boys
Jake - 7:08.1 | 16th (13 sec PR)
William - 7:17.2 | 28th (39 sec PR)
Myles - 9:58.1 | 121st
Steven - 8:28 | 124th
Nathan - 9:48.2 | 204th

Time for the second half of the season. Really? We are half way already. We are really excited about the races that are ahead on the schedule especially seeing how well our Hawks are progressing. Keep it up Hawks!!

Week 9 (10/7 - 10/13)
Monday - Rest (other sports ok)

Tuesday
Hawks practice 5:30pm at the Boat House
Tempo Mix Up at the Swamp
Y/W: 20 minutes
G/B: 25 minutes

Wednesday - Rest (other sports ok)
Thursday - Rest (other sports ok)

Friday
SRA # 2
William Pond

Saturday - Rest (other sports ok)

Sunday
Hawks Practice 3:00pm at the Boat House
Long Run
Y - 3, W - 4, G - 5, B - 6

Holy Cow is right, the Hawks absolutely crushed their return to road racing at the Urban Cow 5k. So many PRs and so much amazing team work! A few things to point out before we get to the results:

• 100% of our Hawks & Parents ran under 9:30 pace per mile
• 100% of our Hawks & Parents finished in the top 208 out of 1148 (Top 18% of the field)
• Boys 12 & Under: Swept the top 3 AG spots
• Out of 26 Hawks & Parents: 8 (30% of our team) placed in the top 3 in their AG.

Matthew: 19:17 (6:12): 15th OA | 1st AG (1:28 PR)
Andrew (Natalie's Dad): 19:50 (6:23): 21st OA | 3rd AG
William: 19:53 (6:24): 22nd OA | 3rd AG (55 sec PR)
Jake: 20:03 (6:27): 27th OA | 5th AG
Caleb: 20:19 (6:32): 28th OA | 3rd AG
Luke: 21:18 (6:51) 39th OA | 3rd AG (1:10 PR)
Sully: 21:26 (6:54) 42nd OA | 4th AG
Marina: 21:30 (6:55) 45th OA | 3rd AG (1:28 PR)
Cameron: 21:43 (6:59) 50th OA | 8th AG
Johnathan: 21:46 (7:00) 51st OA | 5th AG
John: 22:00 (7:04) 53rd OA | 6th AG
Sam: 22:11 (7:08) 55th OA | 7th AG (2:27 PR)
Jeremy (Keilen's Dad): 22:59 (7:23) 63rd OA | 4th AG (PR)
Myles: 23:35 (7:35) 74th OA | 10th AG (2:25 PR)
Ixchel: 23:43 (7:38) 77th OA | 10th AG
Kesley (Abigail's Mom): 23:50 (7:40) 78th OA | 2nd AG
Cohen: 24:33 (7:54) 90th OA | 12th AG (1:26 PR)
Natalie: 24:37 (7:55) 92nd OA | 6th AG
Rob (Nathan's Dad): 25:12 (8:06) 109th OA | 2nd AG (PR)
Evan: 26:21 (8:28) 129th OA | 15th AG
Clint (Abigail's Dad): 26:25 (8:30) 131st OA | 4th AG
Sonia: 26:40 (8:34) 136th OA | 9th AG (51 sec PR)
Matt (Sam's Dad): 27:24 (8:49) 151st OA | 6th AG
Abigail: 27:46 (8:56) 159th OA | 11 AG
Wyatt: 28:21 (9:07) 176th OA | 18th AG
Keilen: 29:28 (9:28) 208th OA | 19th AG

Wow, 8 weeks! We are just about half way through the season. And after our little break from racing this last weekend we are refreshed and enjoying the cooler weather. So here we go!!!

Week 7 (9/30 - 10/6)
Monday - Rest (other sports ok)

Tuesday
Hawks practice 5:30pm at the Boat House
Tempo at Marshall Hills
Y/W: 1, 2, 3, 2, 1 (1 min. recovery)
G/B: 2, 3, 4, 3, 2 (1 min. recovery)

Wednesday - Rest (other sports ok)
Thursday - Rest (other sports ok)

Friday
NO PRACTICE
Y/W: 2 miles plus 6 strides
G/B: 3 miles plus 6 strides
​on your own

Saturday - Rest (other sports ok)

Sunday
Urban Cow 5k

It's week 7 and officially our first week without a race since the beginning of September. Time to take a deep breath and assess where we are. We are going to make some changes to practices by organizing practices with Yellow/White groups with Coach Dusty & Staci and Grey/Black groups with Coach Phil. As we move into more advanced later season training this will allow us to cater practice more appropriately for the athletes ages and fitness levels. GO HAWKS!​

Week 7 (9/23 - 9/29)
Monday - Rest (other sports ok)

Tuesday
Hawks practice 5:30pm at the Boat House
Fartlek at the Swamp
Y/W: 20 min breakups
G/B: 25 min Group Tempo

Wednesday - Rest (other sports ok)
Thursday - Rest (other sports ok)

Friday
Hawks practice 5:30pm at the Boat House
Marshall Hill Ladders
Y/W: .5, 1, 1.5, 1, .5 at race pace
G/B: 1, 2, 3, 2, 1 at race pace

Saturday - Rest (other sports ok)

Sunday
Hawks Practice 3:00pm at the Boat House
Long Run
Y - 3, W - 4, G - 5, B - 6

The Hawks took to the short, grassy and fast course at William Pond Park for the Sacramento Running Association Youth XC Meet #1. This race gives our Hawks an opportunity to race against their own age categories and due to a short distance course they also get to go ALL OUT. And all out is what they did with amazing performances including 3 of our runners in the top 10 and our 6th grade & younger boys finishing 2nd as a team, just 8 points out of first.

6th Grade & Under Girls (FUll RESULTS)
Team: 9th place out of 17th teams
Adeleine Glenn - 8:30.7 (10th)
Natalie Mittleman - 9;23.4 (37th)
Raegan Bonilla - 10:26.4 (62nd)
Sonia Brown - 10:43.7 (70th)
Abigail Lockard - 10:46.9 (71st)
Elizabeth Kozycheva - 11:06.5 (79th)

6th Grade & Under Boys (FULL RESULTS)
Team: 2nd place out of 20 teams
Matthew Ogilvie - 7:27.5 (4th) - 28 sec PR
Luke Noey - 7:36.2 (8th)
John Barreiro - 7:54.7 (15th)
Sam Taylor - 8:32.3 (25th)
Charles Albrecht - 8:54.8 (44th) - 16 sec PR
Cohen Ogilvie - 9:09.4 (57th) 
Bode Robinson - 9:10.1 (58th) - 2:05 PR
Keilen Rule - 10:03.4 (91st)
Evan Love - 10:26.5 (108th)

7th/8th Grade Girls (FULL RESULTS)
Marina Noey - 8:13.8 (24th)
Ixchel Ramirez-Mora - 9:07.7 (58th)

7th/8th Grade Boys (FULL RESULTS)
7th Place out of 21 Teams
Jake Mason - 7:21.0 (16th)
Dylan Bonilla - 7:29.4 (25th)
Caleb Robinson - 7:56.0 (44th)
William Albrecht - 7:56.2 (46th)
Sullivan Harding - 8:10.4 (69th)
Cameron Smith - 8:10.9 (71st)
Steven Faiello - 8:16.0 (82nd)
Johnathan Cameron - 8:34.9 (109th)
Nathan Tritt - 9:39.2 (161st)
Sameer Diwann - 9:47.0 (167th)

Our Hawks are headed into their 6th week of training and have 2 amazing races under their belts. It's time to start changing gears a little bit. Over the next few weeks we will continue to build our deep foundation with consistency and mileage building but now start spending some time on specifics to our upcoming races.

Week 6 (9/16 - 9/22)
Monday
Rest Day (other sports ok)

Tuesday
Hawks Practice at 5:30pm at Bridgeway Lakes Boathouse
Grass Fartlek  (25 minutes)

Wednesday
Rest Day (other sports ok)

Thursday
Rest Day (other sports ok)

Friday
SRA XC Meet # 1
William Pond Recreation Area

Saturday
Rest (other sports ok)

Sunday
Hawks Practice at 3:00pm at Folsom High School
Long Run
Stretching/Strength
​Hawk Talk

Our Hawks took to the hills of the Willow Hills Cross Country Course in Folsom today. And wow! These Hawks don't only fly across flat ground, they showed today that they can climb and that they are a pretty darn tough group of kids. Way to go Hawks!

Boys Results
The boys official results have not been posted due to issues with the meet's timing system. This is also why the girls race was delayed 20 minutes. Luckily, Coach Staci was at the finish line taking times and between her times and photos at the finish from parents we were able to piece together the Hawk results with times but obviously we don't know places or how the team scored overall. Please know that these times may not be perfect and are truly unofficial.

Jake - 10:13.9
Matthew - 10:21.02 (:19 sec PR)
Caleb - 10:22.15 (:09 sec PR)
Dylan - 10:27
William - 10:39.35 (1:15 PR)
Stephen - 11:12.18
Sully - 11:12.18
John - 11:16.84
Cameron - 11:17.11
Myles - 11:39.97
Sam - 12:22.87
Charlie - 13:01.65
Johnathan - 13:13.87
Nathan - 13:19.64
Bode - 13:28.13 (2:09 PR)
Cohen - 14:13.17 (:20 sec PR)
Wyatt - 14:36.21
Keilen - 14:42.37
Evan - 14:47.61

Girls
The girls did amazing dealing with a 20 min delay in start time and to put it bluntly simply out performed girls that were significantly older than them. Our young team of Hawks placed 7th out of 17 teams.

Marina 11:34.50 (30th place)
Adeleine 11:55.55 (39th place)
Ixchel 12:27.52 (56th place)
Natalie 13:35.83 (88th place)
Raegan 13:51.78 (92nd place)
Abigail 13:52.52 (93rd place)
Sonia 15:10.78 (126th place)
Elizabeth 15:44.61 (139th place)
Total Finishers: 212