8/31 update

Good morning TNHSXC family.  Thank you, thank you, a thousand times - THANK YOU! The fantastic support you'all showed our program last night was invaluable in making that meet happen.  I takes a village, and the kids and I are so lucky to have such an amazing XC family.  I love the pic below of our first full girls team of the year.  Super proud of all of the kids in all the races.  We had a lot of first races, new PR's and some gutsy performances.   Results are attached.  

Now we get race at someone else's meet!

Or do we?  Below is the amended schedule for the Run for the Gold in E'town.  They are moving all of the races earlier in the day due to heavy rains that are expected to soak the grounds.  Because the portable lighting systems are so big and heavy, they cannot get them in place without destroying everything they drive over.  If it gets too bad, they may have to cancel. Read below - 

 

Coaches:

Here is our new time schedule for Saturday's meet. We still hope and plan to have the meet, but again, we are at the mercy of the Sports Park. Please stay tuned. 1:00 p.m. Boys Elementary Race 1:30 p.m. Girls Elementary Race 2:15 p.m. Boys Middle School Race 2:45 p.m. Girls Middle School Race 3:30 p.m. Open Race 4:15 p.m. Combined Freshman Race 5:00 p.m. Boys JV Race 5:45 p.m. Girls JV Race 6:30 p.m. Boys Varsity Race 7:15 p.m. Girls Varsity Race

 

Again here are our lineups - 

Boys JV, 5:00 - Carson, Ryan, Tyler, Zack, Cameron, Lane, Jackson, Nolan

Girls JV, 5:45 - Devan, Jensen, Kristyn, Nicole, Lexie, Faith, Amelia, Caroline, Tori

Boys Varsity, 6:30 - Marcus, Andrew, Ethan, Jake, Isaac, 

Spiritwear / uniforms - orders are due to Apparel and Awards by 9/5.  Remember if your athlete is wearing a loner kit, you have to buy the uniform top and bottom.  They're only $23 and they're our only "fee" in a pretty low cost sport, and they keep them for following seasons.  

Labor Day 5k/10k, Monday 9/4 at 8:00 - if we by chance don't get to race Saturday, we will want every available runner at Monday's event.  I'll be running the 10k along with some of our high school kids.  Everyone should at least be doing the 5k.  It's a great community event and we all know that we need more running.  

Wednesday, 9/6 Popsicle Races here at TNHS - will need the kids to stay and help.  Our Renegade Running of middle and elementary kids is growing daily.  They're the future of running in this community!

Next Saturday, 9/9 Iron Horse Festival 5k - we host this 5k road race.  Encourage all community members to come run.  Proceeds benefit the XC program and it's a great little festival.  We will need folks to run registration beginning at 7:00 a.m., and we need chute workers much like last night.  

This time of year is our most crucial in terms of growth.  After Saturday, we have two non-meet races and lots of consecutive training days.  They just need to be exactly that - CONSECUTIVE TRAINING DAYS!  We have too many kids missing too often.  Post-season is only 10 short weeks away.  Reference the training program linked below - running more and faster is how you get faster!  This plan is on our blog at all times.  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tp-NzCXhBfZh44wpaaGk4dqWsy5C3xiqr5_IoTidn7s/edit?usp=sharing

2017XCtrainingschedule docs.google.com General Preparation Phase - June/July Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 5 First Day of Practice :25 easy GSM 6 3-6 mi. on XC course LSD 7 :35 easy on XC course 8 :30 Fartlek 4min. easy / 1min. Push 9 1 hr. ultimate frisbee 10 E’town Trail Se...

Thank you again for all of the support.  I'm honored to work with such great people and to coach such wonderful kids.  Enjoy your holiday weekend, be safe and run hard!

Matt

 

2017 Schedule 

8/28 Update

Good evening (or Monday morning) TNHSXC family.   We had a great kickoff to our season at the super competitive St. X Tiger Run.  Our five varsity boys were the best local team, posted a few PR's and everyone ran sub 20 minutes.  We have much work to do in the next 10 weeks, but it was a pretty good start.  Here they are after their two mile cool down - suns out guns out they say!

Wednesday, 8/30 TNHSXC Weeknight Warfare - every middle and high school TNHS athlete will be competing.   Race times are MS combined 5:30, HS girls 6:00, HS boys 6:40. 

Every TNHSXC family member will be needed to contribute making this an awesome event.  We put on terrific races and it is due to the selfless work of our family members. 

We need people in the following positions - 

Finish line - 6 people (Hines, Goff, ??)

Concessions - 6 people (Newton, Janes, Skees, Hudson)

Lead vehicle driver - 1 person (Mattingly? Dones?)

If you're name is not on the list - you're not off the hook.  Please, I need your help.  

Saturday, 9/2 Run for the Gold, E'town Sports Park

I realize this is Labor Day weekend, and I will have some of the athletes listed below unable to attend due to travel. Please let me know as soon as you know.  I'm using this race to provide the opportunity to get as many kids 5k experience as possible.  It has been on the schedule as middle and high school all year, so I hope most everyone is planning to attend.  The varsity races are under the lights, and the course is 75% bermuda grass making it super fast. 

Boys JV, 7:15 - Carson, Ryan, Tyler, Zack, Cameron, Lane, Jackson, Nolan

Girls JV, 8:00 - Devan, Jensen, Kristyn, Nicole, Lexie, Faith, Amelia, Caroline, Tori

Boys Varsity, 8:45 - Marcus, Andrew, Ethan, Jake, Isaac, Clay 

Middle/ Elementary Renegade Practice - we are continuing to build our team of youngsters.  I'm here to train them 4:30-6:00, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (the elementary kids only need about an hour).  We will welcome new athletes at any time, so please keep spreading the word.  There are great young runners coming out of the Popsicle Races and I'm very excited to help foster that growth.   Beyond the Popsicle series the Elementary kiddos will run at Hillbilly, the Revolt, and the Bolt.  The program is purchasing youth specific kits to issue the elementary kids - so ignore the message below about buying uniforms.  

Spiritwear / uniforms - order form is attached and I'll have copies at school.  I have a number of uniform pieces to loan to new runners, but it is the one mandatory item to purchase.  If you're new or are replacing a uniform piece, you must buy them from Apparel and Awards.  Then they can simply return the extras back to me.  The other pieces are fantastic and Coach Hart is awesome to work with.  Some colors are new, and the 1/4 zip pullover is really nice.  

Labor Day 5k/10k, Monday 9/4 at 8:00 - this is a terrific event put on by our friends at Nelson County.  It's a community event that anyone can run in - not a meet.  I encourage everyone to come out, run, walk, or support.  This year's proceeds benefit an alum in helping her pay for cancer treatment.  Flyer attached.  

Whew! That was a lot.  Have a great week, and I'll see you all on Wednesday.  

Matt

 

2017 Schedule 

 

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Popsicle Races

TNHSXC Summer Update

Good evening TNHS  family.  Hope everyone is enjoying their summers.  We're about to enter the KHSAA Dead Period and a hiatus from "organized" running and communication between coaches and athletes and parents.  

Kudos to those kids that have been coming out and putting in the work the last few weeks.  Summer running is key to success in October.  Marcus, Isaac, Lane, Ethan, Zack, Sierra, Devan and Jensen have at least been seen training and I'm super appreciative of their commitment.  The rest of you?  Hope you're running.  If not, get off the couch!

To demonstrate just how special this team's potential is, I've pasted a screenshot of the all-time XC leaderboards.  Notice all of the athletes highlighted in yellow are potential returners.  This is not even taking into account new recruits, improving JV runners or our middle schoolers moving up.  This can be a spectacular season, but it will take all of you!

Again, the training schedule is attached, but don't let the specificity of "workouts" sway you.  As a default, always just build base by running easy miles, building up slowly in duration.  

KHSAA Dead Period June 24 - July 9

July 8, Nelson Co. 4H AgDays 5k - See images of flyers attached.  I'll be helping out with timing, but you can come and run without violating dead period rules.  Please come out and support this great organization.

Running Camp - July 10-14, 9-Noon daily 

https://docs.google.com/a/nelson.kyschools.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaYju-4hQiqBg7jF_GWki7XUzBFVo-SyMc49p1_cN8nZJ2Qw/viewform

Unified Running Camp 2017 - Registration docs.google.com The XC programs of Thomas Nelson, Nelson County, Bardstown and Bethlehem are proud to bring this opportunity to the young people of our area. Camp sessions are from 9-12:00, July 10th - 14th. Cost per camper is $35 payable upon arrival at orientation. With further questions contact matt.hoyes@nelson.kyschools or josh.hartlage@bardstown.kyschools.

The following two links are living documents that outline our entire XC season of training and racing.  Don't wait til tomorrow.  Run today.  And tomorrow!

2017 Training Schedule 
2017 Competition Schedule 

Enjoy your next two weeks.  I'll see you'all at Camp.

Matt

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TNHS Track 4/1 update

Good evening TNHS Track family.  Lots of events during this crunched end of season. The reason it feels like this season was so short, is that it was so short.  Our State meet is a week earlier, but the start date wasn't any earlier and there were a number of cancellations. Now we're looking at three meets in a week and a half heading into Region.

First, some pics from Maggie's signing last week.   We're all so excited for Maggie and her opportunity to run at the next level.  She will be a tremendous compliment to CU's team, and they are so lucky to have her. We're all super proud of you Maggie.

Tomorrow, Lincoln Trail Conference Championships @ North Hardin HS
5:00 Coaches meeting, 5:30 field, 5:30 running.  Lineup Sheet. 
North Hardin is located in Radcliff KY, at it takes about 35-40 minutes to get there.  Take 313 Joe Prather Hwy off of 65.  Everyone should be on site by 4:45.

Thursday, Bardstown Invitational @ B'town HS
5:15 field, 5:30 running.  Every athlete will be competing.  Lineups out Wednesday. 

Next Tuesday 5/9, Region 2 Class 2A Championships @ Bardstown

It's a busy time of year!  The kids' performances have been improving steadily through their packed competition schedule.  Here's to running, jumping and throwing our season bests right on time. 

2017 TNHS Track Schedule 

Matt

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TNHS Track 4/15Update

Good evening track folks.   I want to start by offering my congratulations to Alexis Malone and her family, as Alexis signed today to run track for Aurora University.  It's a fantastic opportunity for her, and she is very deserving.  Below are the pics from the event.  

Saturday, 4/15/17 Tates Creek Commodore Classic Invitational, info sheet, heat sheets and competitor #'s attached  
Our team will be a little lean due to the AP study sessions going on Saturday, but I'm excited for a good day of competition at a new meet for our program.
Lineup 

Next Wednesday, 4/19/17 Bullitt East All-comers, 5:30 field, 5:45 running events

Every team member will be competing.

2017 TNHS Track Schedule 

Matt

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TNHStrack 3/2 update

Good morning TNHStrack family.   The season hasn't even begun, and we have so much to celebrate!

Student Athletes of the Month - Congrats to three of our athletes for earning this prestigious honor.  I have an overwhelmingly large number of deserving nominees, but January and February went to Maggie and Alexis and they both won!  Football nominated Chase, but we will still claim him ;)

Tonight - Spring Sports Showcase -  4:00-7:00 pm.  We will meet in the fieldhouse right after school.  From there, team members will get in uniform and go to the gym for our "all sports" picture at 4:00 followed by our team pictures  at 4:40.  Parents need to be in attendance from 6:00-7:00 in the cafeteria.  This program will gather all stakeholders from spring sports and will be led by our Athletic Directors.

Paperwork - many athletes have already returned their completed packets and I am updating our roster today.  Remember, AFTER TODAY - NO PAPERWORK MEANS AN ATHLETE IS INELIGIBLE TO TRAIN!  We have them in the Track office and here in the building if someone needs a replacement.  

Spiritwear and uniforms - attached you will find our new Spiritwear order form from Apparel and Awards.  If an athlete is issued a new uniform, then they will owe $23.  That payment should be made out to Apparel and Awards and can be included with your order of other team gear.

We're off to a great start, and our kids have already demonstrated tremendous drive and growth mindset.

Please remember our schedule has been updated -
2017 TNHS Track Schedule 

Matt

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