OFF SEASON SCHEDULE

INDOOR TRACK KIDS WEEKLY SCHEDULE THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS ! MERRY CHRISTMAS! DECEMBER 21ST-Jan 1ST: !

MONDAY DECEMBER 28Th-1.5 RUN/12 MILE BIKE/1.5 MILE RUN @ HART'S ISLAND @ 11:45-1:15
TUESDAY DECEMBER 29TH: INDOOR TRACK 5:30 PM
WEDNESDAY DECEMBERT 30TH: OFF
THURSAY DECEMBER 31ST: 6:00 AM 12 MILE BIKE @ HART'S ISLAND (EASY)
FRIDAY JANUARY 1ST: PRE RACE: 9:00 am EASY BIKE (15 MINUTES)AND RUN (15:00)HART'S ISLAND ROAD (RACE SITE)
SATURDAY JANUARY 2ND: DUATHLON AT HART'S ISLAND ROAD @ 8 AM OR 9 MILE RUN. EITHER WAY MEET US OUT THERE!!!

Off season is low key and fun. Practices are primarily to keep kids in shape during the holidays prior to outdoor season. Last year we lost a lot of ground between Cross and out door track season. I noticed that even those doing other sports came back to track out of running shape. It took weeks to months to get them back in the shape they were in during XC season. I don't want to see that happen again. This is why we have scheduled training, racing, and fun events to be incorporated in the off season. I especially encourage those running track to try to participate as much as possible.



*Soccer/basketball players interested in doing any of the below schedule (primarily the two meets in indoor track) do your best to make Two practices a week. (Tuesday for exchanges and track training and Saturdays for long run training) The others (including own your own practices) are not necessary at this point. If you are unable to make one of these practices then just do it own your own or show up Thursday am and work it in .

SATURDAY: JANUARY 2ND: DUSTBUSTER DUATHLON, SHREVEPORT, LA AT THE PECAN FARM (SAME PLACE WHERE WE USED TO MEET FOR PRACTICE): 1.5MILE RUN/12 MI BIKE1.5MILE SIGN UP ON LINE ASAP!!! www.sportspectrumusa.com

JANUARY 8TH-9TH: LSU HIGH SCHOOL indoor track CLASSIC
DEPART FROM CBA AT 2:00PM IN CARAVAN.
FRIDAY:
7:25PM-GIRLS 2MILE
7:40PM-BOYS 2 MILE
8:05PM-GIRLS 800M FINAL
8:20PM BOYS 800M FINAL
SATURDAY:
12:10PM- GIRLS 1600M
12:35PM-BOYS 1600M
5:10PM-4X800 GIRLS FINAL
5:35PM-4X800 BOYS FINAL

SATURDAY JANUARY 30TH: THE TRAIL RUN: 8:30AM 10MILE TRAIL
RACE AT LAKE BISTENEAU STATE PARK (THIS WILL BE OUR LONG RUN THIS DAY) SIGN UP AT THE SPORTSPECTRUM STORE. SIGN UP IS NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THIS TIME.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2OTH-STATE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (TOP 14 IN EACH EVENT DISTANCE EVENT INCLUDING RELAYS WILL QUALIFY). I HAVE LISTED BENCHMARKS THAT TYPICALLY MAKE THE STATE MEET. THESE TIMES ARE NOT GUARANTEED BUT GIVE A GOOD IDEA ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO QUALIFY. Keep in mind that indoor times are slower than outdoor times due to the increased amount of turns.

2:55 PM 1600 Meters Girls Division II Final (6:10 BENCHMARK TO QUALIFY)
3:12 PM 1600 Meters Boys Division II Final (5:13 BENCHMARK TO QUALIFY)
4:15 PM 800 Meters Girls Division II Final (2:44 BENCHMARK TO QUALIFY)
4:25 PM 800 Meters Boys Division II Final (2:27 BENCHMARK TO QUALIFY)
5:05 PM 4 x 800 Meter Relay Girls Division II Final (12:00 BENCHMARK TO QUALIFY)
5:35 PM 4 x 800 Meter Relay Boys Division II Final(10:04 BENCHMARK TO QUALIFY)
6:50 PM 3200 Meters Girls Division II Final (15:13 BENCHMARK TO QUALIFY)
7:20 PM 3200 Meters Boys Division II Final (11:35 BENCHMARK TO QUALIFY)

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 29TH: MARDI GRAS HALF MARATHON: NEW ORLEANS,LA
I highly recommend this for the distance runners on our team. This will be a great last long run of confidence prior to the outdoor track season! Our long runs during the off season will be designed to prepare them for this race.
SIGN UP TODAY @ http://mardi-gras.competitor.com/register/

XC Banquet/Final team rankings from LA coaches association

All-District Team 2009

MOST IMPROVED: AUSTIN GRANTHAM/CHANDLER FALCON

HARDEST WORK: JOSH HUDSON/NICOLE KOSIN

MOST VALUABLE RUNNER: JOHN BROUGHTON/ASHLEN GRANTHAM

SENIOR AWARD: LINDSEY KOSIN

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 The Advocate eEdition
PREP SPORTS
CROSS COUNTRY
Rankings

RECLASSIFICATION
2009-11: BR Area Statewide

ALL SPORTS
Prep Extras

High School Cross Country Rankings -- Nov. 26
The final statewide high school cross country polls from the Louisiana Track & Field Coaches Association.
GIRLS:
Classes 2A and below
1. Episcopal-BR (7) 97
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 87
3. Hanson Memorial (3) 83
4. Menard 65
5. Louise McGehee 58
6. Cedar Creek 52
7. Choudrant 28
8 Calvary Baptist 25
9. Newman 20
10. Country Day 15
Others receiving votes: St. Martin’s, Sacred Heart-GC, University, Pitkin, Ascension Catholic, Georgetown and Grace Christian.

Boys
Classes 2A and below
1. Episcopal-BR (10) 100
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 88
3. Menard 75
4. M.P. Country Day 61
5. Newman 53
6. University 38
7. Hanson 35
8. Choudrant 32
9. Calvary Baptist 19
10. Hanson Memorial 12
Others receiving votes: Delcambre, First Baptist Christian, Episcopal School of Acadiana, St. Martin’s, Ascension Catholic, Runnels, Midland, Anacoco, Lakeside.

Important dates to remember

December 5th:Cross Country banquet 6-8pm in the Fireside room at Calvary
January 2nd: Dust buster Duathlon
January 8th-9th: LSU Indoor State Qualifier
February 20th: State Indoor Championships
February 28th: Mardi Gras Rock in Roll 1/2 Marathon

Broughton sets new heights!

John Broughton set new heights for the Calvary Cross Country program at the La State XC high school championships held November 17th on the campus of NSU. Not only did John finish as an All-Stater in the 2A classification (8th place) but officials from the LHSAA just informed us that the junior earned a spot on the All-State COMPOSITE top 25 list! John's performance today put him in the 25th spot by .5 seconds making him the first ever from Calvary to make the list and the only 2A boy from mid to North La to qualify. The composite list tallies the best performances from ALL of the classifications (Class B to 5A) over the State Meet course. Over 800 boys participated in the State meet. (Note:On average the race times were about 45 seconds off for every race this year due to the course conditions. )

The boys team finished out the 2A competition 6th out of the 22 full teams that qualified for the State meet. Landon Roach finished 28th (18:39) honorably competing despite being recently diagnosed with mono. Though he was quite disappointed with his time and placement. I am quite impressed with the young man after all he has been through over the last few weeks. (Running only one and a half times in two weeks before the State competition due to the illness.) Landon was obviously not 100% today but gave all he could out there which says a lot about his character. He even explained before the race that he was going to hang on for as long as he could to help John reach his goals. That is selflessness!!! 8th grader Josh Hudson was 33rd (18:43), Sophomore ERic Austin 37th (18:54), 8th grader Dakota Rothell 40th (19:00), Sophomore Jason Sibert 45th (19:10), and 8th grader Austin Grantham rounded out the team finishing 64th (19:55) out of 150 competitors in the 2 A race.
We were hoping for the top five today but we were unaware that a total of 6 more schools had been thrown into the 2 A competition this year as compared with last. That along with loosing 4 of our top six boys from last year (Chase, Zac, Chris,and Hunter), and Landon's unexpected illnesss.... i would say our boys did quite well considering:) We are not disappointed at all. The great news is that no one will be graduating!!!
On the girls side, 6th grader Ashlen Grantham was the highest Calvary finisher of the day with a 14th place! Needless to say Ashlen was the youngest finisher in the top 20. Her time of 21:10 set a brand new school record on the cold, windy, and super muddy course. Freshman Kelsey Wildes and Sophomore Nicole Kosin finished 21st (22:08) and 22nd (22:14) while Senior Lindsey Kosin (22:54) and Junior Avery Watson (23:12) placed 37th and 44th rounding out our scoring card. Junior Kaila Wildes was 74th(24:36) while Sophomore Chandler Falcon was 84th (25:08) in a field of 131 runners.
The girls made a huge jump this year earning 5th place in the STATE!!! They edged out 6th place Newman by only 2 points. This has been thier goal all year so I am extremely proud of them. It was just one year ago that they finished 11th with the highest team finisher earning the 40th spot. 21 full teams were represented on the girls side at the Championships this year.

Thanks to Mr. Guerrero, Pastor Rick, and Ryan Edmonds for making the trip! This meant the world to the kids and to us as coaches to see and feel your support!!!
Thanks to all of the parents for all of your hard work this year. We are very proud of our kids and couldn't ask for a better group of families to be our extended family:)
The Awards banquet for the year will be at the Heberts December 6th at 6:00-8:00pm. More details to come.
We are still awaiting the votes from the final Small School Composite list ! A list of full results can be found at http://www.deltatiming.com/results.aspx

Love, Coach Linzie and Coach Jeremy

State count down!

Zac Overstreet All State XC 2007 and Chase Rolland All State XC 2007 and 2008

MONDAY: PRE RACE AT THE HEBERT'S HOUSE: 5:30-6:30PM

Parents/athletes not running at State come to make signs and paint car windows!!!
STATE DAY: PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PAINT YOUR CAR WINDOWS! BRING FLAGS AND POSTERS ETC. THIS IS A VERY FUN TIME.
THE KIDS WILL GO TO FIRST HOUR AND CHECK OUT AFTER THAT @ 9AM
WE WILL LEAVE AT 10 AM FROM CBA FLC TO HEAD TO NATCHITOCHES.
WE WILL STOP AND EAT LUNCH AT SUBWAY IN NATCHITOCHES AROUND 11:15-12

BRING $10.00
AT 12 WE WILL GO TO THE NSU CAMPUS. PLEASE BRING YOUR YARD SIGNS OR HOMEADE SIGNS TO ME MONDAY NIGHT SO WE CAN TAKE THEM WITH US TO SET UP AROUND THE TENT.
AT 1 PM THE BOYS WILL GO TO THE TOP OF THE HILL BEFORE THE TRACK TO CHEER ON THE CEDAR CREEK GIRLS
THE CALVARY GIRLS WILL BEGIN WARMING UP AT THIS TIME.
THE GIRLS WILL HAVE TO REPORT TO THE STARTING LINE AT 1:35. THE RESTROOM LINES ARE LONG SO HELP ME ENCOURAGE THE GIRLS TO GO BEFORE IT IS TIME TO WARM UP. THERE WILL BE A PORTA POTTIE NEAR THE START SO THEY CAN TAKE A LAST MINUTE BREAK ONCE WE MAKE IT TO THE LINE IF THEY HAVE TO.
THE GUYS CAN STAY ON THE HILL (SITTING OFF OF THE COURSE) DURING OUR GIRLS RACE. AFTER THAT. THEY WILL BEGIN WARMING UP AT 2:30. WE WILL REPORT TO THE STARTING LINE WITH THE BOYS AT 3:05.
THE GIRLS WILL GO AFTER THEIR RACE TO THE HILL BEFORE THE FINISH TO CHEER FOR THE CEDAR CREEK GUYS RACING AT 2:30 AND THEN HEAD TO THE START TO CHEER FOR OUR BOYS.
WHEN OUR BOYS ARE DONE WE WILL GET THE TEAM SCORING AND INDV PLACEMENTS PRIOR TO LEAVING . THE SCORING WILL BE POSTED ON THE BACK OF THE CONCESSION AREA INSIDE THE TRACK STADIUM. PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME HAVE TO LOOK FOR YOU TO WARM UP, HEAD TO THE START, OR BEFORE WE LEAVE . WE WILL ALL NEED TO BE IN ONE PLACE. ASK YOUR ATHLETE TO AVOID "RUNNING OFF"

WHAT DO I NEED FROM YOU AS PARENTS AND NON PARTICIPATING ATHLETES:
JEFF: PICTURES/TENT
SCOTT AND BILLY (800/1.5): NEED YOU CALLING OUT EACH CALVARY KIDS NUMBER. AVOID CALLING OUT SPLITS (THIS ISN'T LEGAL UNLESS YOU DO IT FOR EVERY KID OR IF IT IS AT A MILE MARKER) BUT YOU CAN TELL THEM THEY ARE ON PACE OR THEY NEED TO PICK IT UP 5 SEC ETC. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THEY KNOW THIER POSITION AND THAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGED AT THESE POINTS DURING THE RACE.
JOE AND JOHN GRANTHAM: NEED YOU AT THE ONE/TWO MILE MARKERS (SAME PLACE) NEAR THE STARTING LINE. DO YOUR BEST TO CALL OUT THE POSITION THEY ARE IN AS WELL BUT I WILL NEED ONE OF YOU WRITING DOWN THE TIMES OF OUR KIDS AS THEY COME THROUGH THESE MARKERS. YOU ARE FREE TO HEAD TO THE FINISH AFTER THAT . TAKE THE SHORT CUT ACROSS THE BRIDGE
KAITLYNN/HANNAH: BOTTOM OF THE HILL SCREAMING
HANNAH/ABBEY/FAITH: TOP OF THE HILL SCREAMING AND GIVING POSITIONS (PLACEMENTS THEY ARE IN AS THEY HEAD IN FOR THE FINAL STRETCH)
EVERY OTHER PARENT AND NONE PARTICPATING ATHLETE: PLEASE CHEER FOR THE KIDS DURING THE FIRST MILE AND A HALF AND THEN MAKE IT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD WHERE THE LAST 800M STARTS AND BEFORE THE ENTRY ON THE TRACK. THIS IS THE PLACE THE KIDS WILL NEED TO HERE YOU THE MOST.

LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT STATE MEET

Calvary Sweeps District!!!!

SIAMESE SISTERS
KELSEY WILDES AND ASHLEN GRANTHAM TIED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE HELD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH ON THE CAMPUS OF CALVARY BAPTIST ACADEMY. THE TWO CROSSED THE LINE ARM AND ARM WITH A TIME OF 21:21 OVER A 3 MILE COURSE. THE LADY CAVS TEAM STARTED A NEW TRADITION NOT ONLY WINNING THE TEAM TITLE BUT FINISHING THE DAY WITH A PERFECT SCORE OF 15 MEANING THE LADY CAVALIERS PLACED 1-5 IN THE RACE.
LINDSEY KOSIN FINISHED 3RD; 21:33, AVERY WATSON 4TH;21:37, AND NICOLE KOSIN 5TH; 21:40 ALL EARNING ALL-DISTRICT AWARDS.
ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE TEAM VICTORY WERE:
KAILA WILDES 10TH WITH A TIME OF 23:41, CHANDLER FALCON 11TH 24:04, KAITLYNN WARE 13TH 25:56, AND HANNAH NYMAN 16TH WITH A 36:15 RESPECTIVELY.
ON THE BOYS SIDE JOHN BROUGHTON RAN THE COURSE IN 17:07 AND HAD THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL FINISH ON THE BOYS SIDE. HE EARNED THE DISTRICT RUNNER UP TROPHY TO LAKESIDE TALENT ENRIQUE SOTO;16:45. WITH OUT CAV NUMBER TWO RUNNER LANDON ROACH (OUT WITH A VIRUS THIS WEEK) IT WAS UP TO THE REST OF THE BOYS TO STEP UP. AND STEP UP THEY DID... 8TH GRADERS DAKOTA ROTHELL PLACED 3RD AND JOSH HUDSON EARNED 4TH IN A PHOTO FINISHING TIME OF 18:12 WHICH IS A NEW PERSONAL RECORD FOR EACH ATHLETE. ERIC AUSTIN BARELY MISSED ALL-DISTRICT FINISHING 6TH;18:28 WHILE AUSTIN GRANTHAM ROUNDED OUT THE TOP FIVE SCORERS PLACING 9TH WITH A 19:15. JASON SIBERT WAS 10TH WITH A TIME OF 19:17. THE BOYS WON THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AS FORMER RUNNERS COREY SMITH CLASS OF 2008 AND ZAC OVERSTREET CLASS OF 2009 WERE THERE TO CHEER THEM ON.
THANKS TO ALL OF THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS INCLUDING PASTOR RICK AND MR. DANNY WILLIAMS!!!!

Directions to practice 11/3/09

6440 Greenwood Rd Sport, 71119
Shreveport Fire and Police Academy- 5:30-7pm
Go I-20 west to Pines Rd exit. Head North (take right from I-20) onto Pines Rd until you get to Greenwood Rd. Head West (turn left) onto Greenwood Rd. Arrive at 6440 Greenwood Rd, Shreveport LA 71119