All practices are required. If for some reason you must be absent from practice you must contact Mr. Root at the High School, or Mr. Peterson at the Jr. High, before the end of the school day. If you are absent from school you need to leave a message on Mr. Root’s voice mail, 587-2570. If you fail to contact the coaches then your absent will be unexcused. Three unexcused practices and you may be dropped form the team. All runners must complete all practices to the best of their ability. If you must leave practice early or become injured during practice you must inform the coaches.

The team uniform will consist of the running shorts, running top and the sweats that are checked out to you. It is your responsibility to keep them clean and return them on October 30,2000. You may ware running tights under your shorts if they match the team color. This is the official travel attire for the entire team.

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All athletes must travel on the team bus to all meets. Students may be released to ride home with their parents after a meet, only if the parent contacts coach Root in- person. Students will follow all rules established by the Bus Company. All Athletes will be in the official team uniform when the bus departs the High School. Food on the bus is left to the desecration of the bus driver. All liter will be removed from the bus after all meets. If there are problems on the bus the athletes involved will not make any other road trips.

Radios and games are allowed with head phones only, then they may not be heard by members of the coaching staff. Athletes are required to have all work completed before the bus departs.

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To earn a letter you must be on the varsity team in more than one half of the meets.

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Establish a PR and improve it three times.

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Improve on your PR from a previous year three times.

Receive the coaching staff’s recommendation

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There will be a time trial held two days before the first meet and the top seven will be the varsity. If at a meet, JV runner runs a better time then a varsity runner then they will replace that runner for the next meet. A varsity team for Cross Country consists of seven runners. The top five runners are score and the others add points to the other teams scores. The team with the fewest points wins.

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