Opening Week 8/26

A big thank you to all the student athletes and parents who helped out on Sunday for the car wash.  Thanks to everyone’s efforts and the great weather, we have a new record total: $1,745! 

Our next fundraiser is an easy one!
Take the night off from cooking and get Raising Canes from 4:00pm-8:00pm on Wednesday night 8/28 . A portion of your bill will get donated directly to USC XC. Just remember to mention you are with USCXC and tell all your friends and family!

Picture Day  is on Wednesday at 3:05, all athletes should wear their uniform and get their picture taken.  M& M will be taking everyone’s picture and parents will be able to see proofs before they are ordered.   Senior parents please approve the picture asap so we can order senior banners.

Pasta Dinner on Friday 8/30 !!   Rhodes Home, 2527 Appletree Dr., 6-8:30 PM.  Please sign up to bring an item Pasta Dinner Food Sign Up

Don’t forget to get a car rider note  stamped in athletics and turned in to coaches if you want to drive your child home from any meet.  Car Rider Permission Form

Meet Information: 

Parents join us near the team tent from 11:00am -12:00 for a meet & greet with other parents and a cup of coffee and some donuts & bagels!

Penn West (Cal U)- SAT 9/2/23 @ Roadman Park (near Adamson Stadium- NOT on campus)

Athletes should arrive to Athletics Circle at HS @ 7:45am

We will depart for Roadman Park @ 8:05am

If you have a parent/athletics signed note to ride home with your parents, it must be signed/stamped, and handed to the coaches. Before you leave the meet you MUST CHECK OUT with the coaches. Maps and info attached to this. Cal U Invite is at Roadman Park. USC races 5k in the AAA classification. All info can be found at the Cal U Invite Link… https://calvulcans.com/sports/2024/6/20/XC2024HomeMeetInfo.aspx TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 

9:00 a.m. – Middle School Girls

9:40 a.m. – Middle School Boys

10:20 a.m. – High School Girls’ Fire 5k (A & AA schools)

11:00 a.m. – High School Boys’ Fire 5k (A & AA schools)

11:40 a.m. – High School Girls’ Steel 5k (AAA schools) USC Race

12:20 p.m. – High School Boys’ Steel 5k(AAA schools) USC Race

Meet information can be found here, and results will also be at this link after the meet: https://pa.milesplit.com/meets/561130-51st-marty-uher-vulcans-invitational-2023 

Coaches instructions: 

• Arrive ON TIME to the High School.
• Bring money for shirt purchase if you wish to do so.
• Have food/drinks, but bring money if you want to purchase food at meet- typically choices are not appropriate before the race, but fine for after the race.
• DON’T bring valuable items.  If you have something of value (like a phone) put it in your bag hidden, inside the tent.
• Hydrate and fuel appropriately.
• Listen on the walkthrough or course explanation from coaches- there’s LOTS of teams/athletes around so it’s easy to get distracted.
• Coaches will distribute timing bibs/chips at a designated time/location in advance of all races. Bibs you can keep but timing chips must be returned after the race.  Timing companies issue fines when timing chips are NOT returned at end of race.
• Have a pair of shoes/socks to walk the course, and a 2nd pair of shoes/spikes and socks to race, and flip flops/slides to wear post race.
• Wear your uniform that was given to you in the race.  Anything not given to you by coaches MUST be approved by us or starter won’t let you race.
• If you are leaving with a parent at the meet, you MUST check out with a Coach.  This helps speed up exit of the meet for the entire team.  Don’t tell another athlete you are leaving, see a coach to do this.  Plus you must have a parent/administrator signed note given to the coaches.

Go Panthers!