Splits from SCC Housatonic Championships

All around great meet. We won 10 events which is just amazing. Everyone had their head in the meet and I'm very proud of everyone's performances. As you can see, the hard work does pay off. Nicely done ladies!

4x800m
Caitlyn- I think this is the right leg for you. You got us in a nice position and ran with your heart in this race. Stay focused and POSITIVE
Amanda-Missed
Sarah-Missed
Julie-Missed
10:23.07
Nice relay. I think this time will come down much more.
*I missed the splits because I had to go run the Long Jump

55 HH
Emily 10.9- I was at LJ. You have the determination to excel and now have some things to work on thanks to Coach G. Practice and get focused for the SCC meet

55 D
Ashia W 7.40 7.30 Great race. You tucked your arms in more, I think that made a huge difference. Nicely done

Ally B 8.2- You have impressed me all season, keep working hard

Carla B 8.2- Same as above

Jill J- 8.3- You are better than this. Stay focused

Courtney G 8.3- Same as Jill

Emily W 8.5- Same as Courtney and Jill

1000m
Kathleen- 38 40 41 40 38 3:16.7- Not used to the speed. Solid performance. This will help in your 3200.

Julie 38 40 40 37 34 3:09.5- Fantastic race. You looked very strong. Lets start thinking sub 3:07

Tesni- 40 1:21 2:05 2:49 3:29.3- You surprised me in this race. Nice job

Jenna- 42 1:21 2:05 2:50 3:26.5- Same as Tesni.Just missed the State qualifying mark. We will achieve this. Stay focused.

Hannah 40 1:26 2:14 3:01 3:43.4. Good job, solid race

Hayley- 41 1:23 2:05 2:57 3:47.22. You are better than this. I want to see your knee recover and you to bounce back.

600m
Sharon 36.77 40.39 40.24 1:57.50. Very nice race, good job

Wendy 37.2 40.31 41.6 1:59.1 Solid race but you can go faster

Meghan 36.97 39.75 38.92 1:55.5. I felt as though you held back a bit in the beginning. Very good run though.

Sarah 31.9 34.5 34.58 1:41.06- FANTASTIC! Awesome race, nicely done.

Taylor 34.94 37.6 37.7 1:50.21. Great race. I feel as though you are finally coming along. You just missed the state qualifying mark. Stay focused and we'll get this at SCC's

1600m
Julie 40 43 43 42 43 43 42 41 5:40.5-Great job after two solid performances

Jen 41 1:27 2:17 3:09 4:02 4:57 5:29 5:53 6:45

Jenna 42 1:27 2:16 3:04 3:54 4:42 missed 6:07. You have a lot more potential than this.

Hayley 44 1:32 2:23 3:16 4:11 5:06 6:00 6:54. Stay positive and I want to see a real good 1000m from you.

300m
Carla 47.03 Very impressive, nicely done
Ashia- 44.8 Sorry I put you in this but you did great!
Ally- 47.0 Great job

3200m
Kathleen 42 45 46 46 45 45 46 46 45 46 46 46 46 46 46 42 12:07.5. Great race. You would have run much faster with more company. Nicely done.

Amanda-44 45 45 45 46 46 47 46 47 47 47 47 missed 45 42 12:19.15 Fantastic job. You keep impressing me with every race. Stay focused and it will keep dropping.

Tesni 44 46 46 48 48 49 49 48 52 51 54 52 51 53 53 49 13:17.8- You have the ability, we just need to build that strength back. Your injury set you back a little but now its time to think ahead. Nice job.

4x400
Taylor 1:06.?
Kylee 1:04.8
Sarah 1:04.9
Casey 1:04.2
4:23.10
Good relay, we had a sizeable lead. We need to shave off a few seconds though.Good job

4x200m
Jill 28.8
Kylee 27.2
Casey 28.2
Ashia 28.0
1:52.5
Nicely done girls.

LJ
Alisha 15-06 Great job!
Courtney 13-04.5 Well done

HJ
Kylee 5-00 You are extremely talented in this event. Good job

PV
Sarah 8-06 Nicely done!
Jen 8-00 Good job after I tired you in the mile

Shot
Rachel 40-07.25 Well done!
Breslyn 29-00.00 Fantastic job.

Training for this Week

Another crazy week ahead. Here is training. I think I covered everyone. Any questions, feel free to ask.

Monday- Premeet day for everyone running Housatonic Championships. Everyone running Novice Meet- Relay 200m workout. Each person will team up with someone with comparable ability. You will run a 200m tag your teammate and your recovery is the time it takes for your partner to run. Each person will do 8.

Tuesday- SCC Housatonic Championships. Those running Novice Meet will have an “On your own day.” Easy running anywhere from 2-5 miles. 4x75m strides.

Wednesday- All jumpers/Hurdlers will work with Coach Gunneson. Sprinters- 10xIns and Outs. Hard on straights (full hallways) easy on turns. Distance- Mix of easy tempo and some hills on Cornwall followed by extended strides.

Thursday- Premeet for those running on Friday 4x200m Relay and 4x800m Relay. Easy running for everyone else. 2-5 miles followed by 4x50m strides

Friday – Yale Track Classic. Sprints not running Yale-Friday Tradition workout. Distance not running Yale- Long run 5-8 miles.

Saturday- Yale Track Classic- Everyone who did not run Friday at Yale, easy run 2-5 miles. Sprinters who ran Friday- 2-5 miles followed by 4x100m accelerators. Distance who ran Friday- Long run 5-8 miles.

Sunday- Everyone Off

Looking Ahead

Here is the situation as we move into the Championship portion of our season. I entered athletes in the SCC Housatonic Meet on Friday. I only had one day because entries were due Saturday, I wanted to see how everyone did Thursday, and I was going to be gone all day Saturday at the meet.Basically, I looked at last years results and determined if you had a chance of scoring in the Housatonic Meet, than you were going to run in the meet. The thing is, if you run in the SCC Housatonic Meet, you cannot run in the SCC Novice Meet next week. With that said, many of you will wrap up your season's this Tuesday. Unfortunately, there have been some scheduling conflicts that have been out of our (Coaches) control. For those entered for Tuesday, I thought it would be nice to be in a championship type setting. Those running in the Novice Meet next week, you will practice through until then. If you run in the Novice Meet, that will also be your last meet of the season. Indoor track is tough in terms of meets. It's not like Outdoor track where you have a dual meet during the week and an invitational on the weekend. Everyone has been working hard and I invite everyone to continue to practice even if you are not racing, especially if you are competing in Outdoor track. Those racing Tuesday will have a premeet day tomorrow. Those not racing Tuesday will be doing a workout. We will talk more at practice tomorrow.

Hartford Public Splits/Feedback

Excellent job ladies. For not having raced in a while, I think everyone did quite well. The meet was run well and I'm proud of all of you. Its time to keep working hard and get ready for the Championship portion of our season.

Triple Jump- 14 Alisha W 30-07.25. Very impressed for not having practiced this. Nice job.

Pole Vault- 8 Jennifer J 8-06.00 State Qualifier. Nicely done.

Pole Vault- 12 Sarah S 8-00.00 State Qualifier. Very nice effort.

Shot Put- 1 Rachel A 42-11.75* Meet Record State Qualifier. Outstanding performance.

Long Jump- 16 Alisha W 15-00.00 State Qualifier. Nice job. Definitely need to take advantage of practice time though. You are very talented.

High Jump- 3 Kylee M J5-02.00 State Qualifier Season Best. Nicely done. Same as Alisha. You are so talented, just need to take a little more advantage of practice time for this event.

*I was glad I was finally able to see a lot of the field events. We are very talented and I was extremely impressed by all of you.

4x800m Relay- 5 Cheshire High School 10:30.15 State Qualifier

1) Amanda C 2:42 39 40 41 41 2) Sarah F 2:30 1:13 (400m) 39 38

3) Caitlyn C 2:44 40 41 42 41 4) Julie H 2:30 36 39 38 36

Nice job girls. For not having raced since before Christmas, I didn’t think this was a bad time. Everyone’s splits were more or less where I expected. Good job.

55m Dash- Ashia W Prelims 7.56 Finals 7 Ashia W 7.62 State Qualifier. Nice job. As we talked about at the meet though, your arms were everywhere and that definitely took away from your time. At practice constantly think about your form so when you get to the race its natural. Nice job.

41 Jillian Jackson 8.30. A little off from what I timed. Not a great race. You will bounce back. Stay focused.

600m- 9 Sarah F 1:44.89 5 State Qualifier 32.37 35.4 36.9. Another excellent race. You ran the same time as last time but you seemed stronger if that makes sense. We’re going to start implementing a little more turnover in your workouts and so get ready to start moving. Nicely done.

1 Mile- 11 Julie H 5:37.66 State Qualifier 41.5 40.61 41.32 41.3 42.19 43.95 44.4 42.12. I know this isn’t what you wanted but you ran a little faster than I expected. I think it was a great effort. You haven’t run the mile in a long time and you were coming off a good effort in the 4x800. Good job.

2 Mile- 6 Kathleen K 12:09.60 State Qualifier 44.5 (Long split) 43.36 43.51 45.64 44.91 45.2 45.9 45.49 45.89 47.5 46.01 46.5 47.8 47.98 45.29 43.73. Tough race. The Naugatuck girl took it out hard. You ran very smart and didn’t go with the chase pack. Sometimes there is nothing you can do in races like this but you ran hard and put in a great effort. Nicely done. I’m looking forward to your 1000m on Tuesday.

13 Amanda C 12:25.71 State Qualifier 45.88 (Long split) 43.94 44.49 45.36 46.48 47.22 48.53 48.08 47.14 47.85 47.89 47.40 48.18 I missed the remaining splits because I got too excited. Unbelievable race. You were worried going in for no reason. Great PR, nicely done.

4x400m Relay- Cheshire High School 4:22.67 State Qualifier

1) Taylor Altieri 10 1:07.58 2) Caitlyn Criscuolo 10 1:07.43

3) Kylee McIntosh 10 1:05.17 4) Casey Nowakowski 10 1:02.15

First time running this event this season. I think it was solid. Only a few seconds off where I thought you would be. Taylor, I think sitting around all day takes a lot out of you but that’s the nature of indoor track. Solid split, only going to improve. Caitlyn, I told you to run a 66 or 67 and you did. You have to start thinking positively though. This will improve, trust me. Kylee, nice job your time is only going to go down. Casey, very nice split.

Intensity

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I felt there was a lack of intensity at the meet the other day. Due to the craziness today, I didn't really get to touch on the subject much but we will on Monday. Until then, I thought I would offer this video. It is a couple highlights and the finish of the 2009 Women's Boston Marathon. I want to point out how intense these 3 women are. I was hoping to find a clip of Kara Goucher, the American, throwing off her gloves and trying to surge for the last time before she was passed, but I couldn't find one. Regardless, this was one of the most exciting races I have seen. These women did not give up and pushed themselves to their ultimate limits. I cannot even imagine going as fast as they are at the end of the marathon. This video has also motivated me, as I will be running the same race in a couple months. I want all of you to give everything you can in a race and bring some fire to our meets. I want to see people pumped and ready to go, not giggling on the starting line or looking to scratch from events. You are on this team for a reason and you should be excited and looking forward to each race.

Change in Schedule

There was a little confusion on the original meet schedule that was just brought to both myself and Coach Bennet's attention. We will not be attending the SCC Coaches Invitational on Saturday January 23rd. It is an all day meet the weekend before midterms. In the past, it has been difficult for students to adequatly prepare for their exams and have to miss an entire day due to the meet. Costs have also gone up and only a limited amount of athletes would be participating. There are a few other reasons as well but I just wanted to make everyone aware of the new change.

Midterms Practice Schedule

Below you will find the midterm schedule. We will practice at 12:00pm on these days. If there is a change you will be notified but plan for noon on these days.

CHESHIRE HIGH SCHOOL
MID-TERM EXAM SCHEDULE, 2009-2010


Monday January 25, 2010

Period 1 Exam 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Period 2 Exam 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Dismissal

Tuesday January 26, 2010

Period 3 Exam 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Period 4 Exam 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Dismissal


Wednesday January 27, 2010

Period 5 Exam 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Period 6 Exam 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Dismissal

Thursday January 28, 2010

Period 7 Exam 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Period 8 Exam 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Dismissal