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Week 4: All In!

Writer: Derek Distin
Derek Distin
Aug 24
2 min read

Good afternoon Jr Cougar Nation, and welcome to the "All In" start of the season for every runner on our team.

We've completed the "pre-season" or "summer runners" portion of the fall.  From this point until the end of September, every meet is open to every runner.  If you are receiving this email, your runner is invited to participate in every one of our following meets.


Last Friday night our summer runners raced in Jasper for the Pickens Preview meet.  You can read the full recap here: https://www.jrcougarsxc.com/post/pickens-preview-review 


In short, we ran against probably the best competition we will face this year until Nationals and did an amazing job.  Over 30 of our runners toed the line and we are proud of every single one of them for their runs.


This week we kick off the main portion of the fall with a meet at the North Georgia Cross Country Championships in Commerce, GA.  


Here's what you need to know, all the W's:

Who: all runners are invited.

Where: East Jackson High School in Commerce. (1435 Hoods Mill Rd. Commerce, GA 30529)

When: Saturday, Aug 29 at 7:30am.  Be sure to arrive no later than 6:30 so your runner is checked in, tagged, and ready to warm-up by 6:50.  

What: There are two races in the morning.  All boys will race at 7:30, followed by all girls at 7:50.  There are no separate JV/V races at this meet, but we will select the runners who will wear the Varsity jerseys throughout this week.  Everyone should bring their yellow JRCXC jerseys no matter what.

What's Special this week:  This is the first of several Cougar Nation meets - meaning our high school will also race at the same event!  We will set up tents near each other and encourage everyone who can to stick around and cheer on the CHS runners (nearly all of whom are former JRCXC runners) for a fun morning. CHS will begin their races immediately following ours.

Weather: It's August, it will likely be another warm Saturday.  Thankfully we will be running in the "cool" of the morning.  Bring plenty of water, sunscreen, and if you're going to stick around I would suggest a camping chair as well.  


Parking will be $10/car.  Note that according to the meet website, this is CASH ONLY.


Full preview will be posted later this week.

See your runners at practice this week!

You can find the fall schedule, and all communications, on www.jrcougarsxc.com



Stay updated in our Parent Communication GroupMe: https://groupme.com/join_group/113286769/ZzKxRofL

Click here to access the map of families who have opted in to sharing information for carpooling: Carpool Map JRCXC


-Coach Derek & Coach Cross

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