Cross Country News, Fall 2016

The parish and school’s CYO Cross Country team is in need of parents to fulfill many of the key leadership roles. Cross Country is one of our most popular extracurricular activities for both parents and students. The success of this program (6 time consecutive champions) largely depends on your leadership and stewardship. Outlined below are the most urgent needs at this time. A short description of each role is detailed below. Once these leadership roles are filled the team hopes to begin practices on Tuesday, September 6. There will be an in-formal practice this Friday, 9/2, for all grades and and parents from 5:45pm-6:45pm at Metro Hill in Lower Woodland Park if you’d like to come out and learn more about the program and volunteer opportunities.

Head Coach:

  • Develops the practice schedule
  • Communicates with participants and families regarding practice and meet logistics
  • Attends CYO coaches meeting and St. Al/John Athletics committee meeting

Roster/Team Management:  Thank you, Brent LaMotte!

  • Answering questions on where to submit a runner’s registration
  • Maintenance on Sports Pilot
  • Creating and distributing the team calendar
  • Uploading runners to Athletic.net

Volunteer Coordinator:

  • Recruiting and informing CYO about our race day volunteers for course setup/take down and monitoring
  • Insuring our check-in tent is staffed
  • Making sure our race day staff has what they need for check-in

Coach Coordinator:

  • Insuring we have coaches available to run practices
  • Coordinating routes and coaches for “fun runs”
  • Insuring we have coaches/parents on race day to get our runners ready to race

 Special Events Coordinator:

  • Season ending Pot Luck/Awards
  • Pumpkin Run