Week of 9/20-9/26

Fort Steilacoom Invite
We had beautiful racing conditions this weekend in Lakewood and had some wonderful performances.  Many kids ran huge PR's for that course.  The boys varsity ran in the Gold Division (Elite) and placed a respectable 8th out of 16 teams.  Our girls ran in the Silver Division and had a great showing in placing 13th out of 36 teams.  Both Riley Moore and Izzy Silva placed in the top 20 of their respective races.

Practice Times This Week:
Monday @ 3:00 PM (Track Shed).  Bring spikes
Tuesday @ 3:00 PM (Track Shed).
Wednesday @ 3:00 PM (Track Shed).  
Thursday @ Walla Walla  (Track Shed).  Bring spikes
Friday @ 2:00 PM (Track Shed).
Saturday @ TBA (Track Shed)  Bring spikes

Team T-Shirts.
Remember if you ordered team t-shirts to pay the bookkeeper this week.  If anyone else is interested in t-shirts, please let me know.

League Meet #1
We will be traveling to Walla Walla for our first league meet of the year.  Early release at 1:30 with bus departure at 2:00.  Make sure you talk to your 6th hour teacher about homework for that day. Schedule is as follows:
     *Girls JV @ 4:30
     *Boys JV @ 5:00
     *Girls Varsity @ 5:30
     *Boys Varsity @ 6:00

Pictures
Team pictures will be this Wednesday at 3:00 pm.  Athletes will receive picture packets tomorrow.  Please bring your uniform for pictures.

Bomber XC Alumni
This weekend was a great weekend for some past Bombers.  At the Sundodger Invitational in Seattle, Michael Williams (WSU) placed second and was the top Cougar with a time of 24:08 for 8,000 meters. Lindsey Bradley (UW) placed 5th overall and was 4th on her team in her first 6K ever with a time of 20:48.  Maggie Jones (Gonzaga) placed second overall and the first Bulldog at the Erik Anderson Invitational with a time of 21:26 for 6K.  Katie Mahoney (EWU) placed 14th overall and the first Eagle with a time of 22:03.  Eli Shelby (Northwest Christian University) was 6th overall and second on his team at their conference preview meet with a time of 26:56 for 8,000 meters.

Pasta Feeds:
Any families interested in hosting a pasta-feed for the girls, boys, or both teams combined can contact me.  We are still looking for someone to host this Wedneday.

Looking forward to another great week!  Any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Go Bombers!

Coach Bartlett