Healthier Eating

I have finally had time to compile our list of Healthier Eating Tips and Suggestions.  You can immediately click HERE ... and for future use, there is a link now added to the "RUNNING LINKS" tab in the right hand column (below the schedule).

Winter Break Schedule

Before I lay out the schedule, I'll take one more chance here to point how well you are all doing and how hard you all working so far!  I have been impressed on most days!  That said, we are just at the start, and anyone who's run a race before knows that a great start is simply a great start ... meaning that you have to put together a great middle and a great finish to feel good at the end.  Hence, we need to keep moving forward - because even if you're on the right track you'll get run over if you just sit there ... right?!

Fri 12/21 (1/2 day) - 12:30-2:30 pm

Sat 12/22 - 8:00-10:00 am

Sun 12/23 - off

Mon 12/24 - off

Tue 12/25 - off

Wed 12/26 - 8:00-10:00 am

Thu 12/27 - 8:00-10:00 am

Fri 12/28 - 8:00-10:00 am

Sat 12/29 - 8:00-10:00 am

Sun 12/30 - off

Mon 12/31 - off

Tue 1/1 - off

Wed 1/2 - back to school

South Jersey Meets Postponed

In disappointing, but not surprising news, the Bubble over in Toms River has not yet been repaired.  As a result, all Winter Track meets that were scheduled in December have been postponed.  For us, that means our two South Jersey meets - 12/19 and 12/27.

To me, postponed means that they will be re-scheduled, but I would guess that is up in the air, depending on whether or not or when the Bubble is fixed.  No new dates have been announced.  There does seem to be a sense that the Bubble will be fixed, but no certainty on when.

No word yet on any meets beyond December.  I will share more here as I learn more.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Winter Track Prep Meeting

A meeting is scheduled for both the GIRLS and BOYS Winter Track teams.

Tuesday, November 20
Room 230
After school

UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Love that quote - love that idea!

And today things are already better - we have doubled the turnout from last season's winter track team! I believe this increase in numbers is largely related to the relationships and bonds that many of our young runners developed last year and from the excitement growing out of the middle school.

What's more, we have some very qualified and experienced upperclassmen to help guide the way this year - I think we are making progress already!

Very excited for the new season - good luck finishing off all of your fall endeavors!

WINTER TRACK MEETING!!!

Our first organizational meeting for Winter Track will be held on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19.  The meeting will be held from 2:35-2:50 after school in Room 230.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!!!

Back to School ...

Well, we're all back and in our groove ... just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a successful school year and GOOD LUCK in your fall sports!

(Keep your ears out for information regarding INDOOR/WINTER TRACK ... they always get things started early for physicals and sign-ups and what not.)

OLYMPICS!!!

Yes it's nice to see the gymnasts and the swimmers ... but let's get to the Track and Field already!!   It's coming soon ... August 3, to be exact.

Click HERE for a full schedule of all the Track and Field Events - find out what day(s) YOUR event is being competed and tune in!!!

OLYMPIC TRIALS!!!

I'm not sure if you all are aware, but the Track and Field Olympic Trials are on-going right now.  Held in Oregon, the US basically has a whole track meet and the top 3 athletes in each event make it to the Olympic team and compete in London later this summer.  

The Trials started on June 21.  Some of the highlights so far include Ajee Wilson (yes the one from Neptune!!) qualifying into the semi-finals of the 800 and Ashton Eaton setting a new world record in the decathlon.  Drama unfolded in the women's 100m final when the third and fourth place women tied!  In a photo finish, where the photo was inconclusive and the time was tied down to the millionth of a second, who would get to be on the Olympic team?  Decision:  a run-off, to be held later in the trials.  Heartbreak for Brian Clay - the Gold Medalist from 2008 in the decathlon clipped the 9th hurdle and despite great performances in 9 other events, failed to make the US team!  

Here is some additional information about the schedule of events and TV times, etc.

Olympic Trials Home Page

Olympic Trials TV Schedule (NBC Comcast ch 232; NBCSN ch 206)

Summer Camps

The biggest room in the house is the room for improvement.  With that thought in mind, it's time to start thinking about how we can improve between this year and next year.  Will it be through new goals, better diet, more injury prevention exercises, or harder workouts???  Or all of the above, plus other stuff ... like going to a track and field camp or clinic.

Here is information regarding some of the premier summer track and field camps and clinics:

Mark Mirabelli's throwing clinic

Vertical Adventures track and field camp

HIgh Intensity Track and Field overnight camp

Parisi Speed School:  Intro level

Parisi Speed School:  Advanced level

End of Season Team Meeting

All hands on deck!!!

On TUESDAY, MAY 29, after school in room 114, we will have our end of the season wrap up meeting as a team.  Please make every effort to make this meeting - to me, it's as important as a track meet.  We need everyone from this year's team to attend this meeting.

PLEASE BRING YOUR UNIFORM, JACKETS, AND BAGS!!!

Topics to be covered include:
- season recap
- individual recognition
- off-season training
- summer camp information
- injury prevention
- future of the program

Girls Beat Wall, Finish Season 3-2

Wow!  What an exciting meet today!!!  You girls should be so proud of your effort and the results - Wall gave you everything they had and you fought right back and pulled it out!  What a tremendous, total team effort!

Not only should you be proud of today's effort, but for the whole regular season; we finished with a winning record at 3 wins against 2 losses.  As I said yesterday, what's more impressive is that every team we face has a larger student population than us and therefore has more girls to pick from for their team, a definite advantage.  You've done so well so far!

We now move on toward our Championship Season!  For some of our top performers this will be a chance to prove yourself as an Ocean County Champion, Shore Conference Champion, Sectional Champion, and maybe even State Champion!!  For everyone, this means we are coming into the last few meets - usually just one per week from here on out - and our last chances to get after our season's best performance.  The next few weeks are when you should really be taking aim at your goals and getting the most focused!

Let's keep a good thing going!!!

Holmdel Relays - Sat 4/21

Here is the basic info for tomorrow's meet, the Holmdel Relays:

What:  Holmdel Relays
Where:  Holmdel High School
When:  BUS LEAVES AT 7:15!!!  Be at school by 7:05.

According to the meet entry, the scoring is broken down by division so we should be competing against schools that are our size, more like the Rebel Relays.  Let's get hungry and aggressive and let's go after our best performances, and maybe some school records!!!

If I can get to it, later tonight I will post the lineup that we announced at practice today.

Old Bridge Lineup

better late than never ... ???

click here for the Old Bridge Lineup

Old Bridge Relays Info

One more time ... sorry for no meet lineup just yet ... however, check back here on and off because I plan to post the lineup once I have it finalized.

Old Bridge Relays

Bus leaves Point Pleasant @ 7:00 AM.

Be at school by 6:50 AM.

Directions to the meet ... click HERE.

Spring Break Schedule

Here is a quick look at the Spring Break schedule:

Friday 4/6 - Practice 8-10 am
Saturday 4/7 - Practice 8-10 am
Sunday 4/8 -  OFF
Monday 4/9 - OFF
Tuesday 4/10 - Practice 8-10 am
Wednesday 4/11 - Practice 8-10 am
Thursday 4/12 - Practice 8-10 am
Friday 4/13 - OFF
Saturday 4/14 - Old Bridge Relays (Bus @ 7:00)
Sunday 4/15 - OFF

REBEL RELAYS!!!!

This Saturday is our first meet of the season; it is a relay meet and it is called the Rebel Relays.  The coaches are busy getting a lineup together; it will be announced (hopefully) Thursday at practice, and repeated on Friday.  Here are a few more important details:

What:  Rebel Relays
When:  Saturday, March 31, 9 AM
BUS LEAVES @ 7:15 AM - be at school at 7:00.
Where:  Howell HS (for directions click on "Rebel Relays" under schedule)
Who:  Invitational meet ... lots of schools from the area.

Events Upcoming

We have a few events on the horizon...

1.  MEETS!!!!!  First one is just a week away - Rebel Relays!

2.  Parents Meeting - Saturday 3/24 - 10 AM

3.  Sophomores Pasta Party - Friday, 3/30

4.  Freshmen sponsored Breakfast Outing

5.  Juniors' sponsored Tie-Dye Party

6.  Seniors' sponsored ... ??? (well they have lots of ideas...)

7.  Did I mention MEETS!!!!  First dual meet Tuesday, 4/3!

SPRING TRACK IS COMING!!!

Ladies ... we are just 2 short days away from the opening day of Spring Track 2012!  I have to say that I have been impressed seeing a few of you out running on your own and getting some of the rust off so you are ready for Day 1!

With Day 1 in mind here are a few important details:

1.  Dress out for practice and be ready for any conditions (forecast = low 40s and cloudy).

2.  BEFORE going outside, we will meet in Room 114 for an organizational meeting.

3.  AFTER the meeting, we will head outside together - be ready to get some good work in!

Cheering for Dakota and Elissa

If some of you want to go to the State Meet to cheer for Dakota and Elissa, you are welcome to join us.  The bus is scheduled for 7:45 AM.  It could be a long day, so also feel free to just drive over and meet us at the Bubble.  If you do join the team on the bus, you must be in uniform, even if it is under warmups (otherwise they could make you pay!!).

I hope most of you join us one way or the other because ... cheering works!

Congratulations!

Big ups to Dakota and Elissa for their outstanding performances today at the Central Jersey Group 2 Sectional Meet!

Congratulations Dakota - the Central Jersey Group 2 CHAMPION 55 Hurdler!!! (in a PR of 8.73!)

Congratulations Elissa - CJ2 Runner-Up in Pole Vault!!!  (with I believe a school record jump of 9' 0"!!)

Way to go ladies!  And congrats to all of our athletes that hit for PRs today, including Kelsey (shot and 800!), Amy (55H and 800!), Jill (800), and Caitlin (55m)!

See you all on Thursday!

Hello Spring Track!

Just wanted to put up a post to say hello to any of the Spring Track girls that have come on to check out the site.  Take a look around and check back often for updates.  Definitely going to set up spots for Outdoor Records and Top Performances for Spring among other items.

Best luck to everyone finishing up the Winter Season - Spring Track starts on Friday, March 2!

Busy Schedule Ahead!!!

Hey Girls!  This week will be busy on a couple of levels - if we plan ahead we'll do much better to find success on the track and on Midterms!

#1 - please post the entry below about the Spring Track Meeting to your Facebook account and the team FB page.  thanks!

Here is a quick look at the week to come:

Monday - MID WINTER CLASSIC MEET - be back at school at 3:00 for the bus - remember, we will make up the meet lineup on the bus depending on everyone's availability.
Tuesday - Practice be back at school and ready to practice at 3:00
Wednesday - Same as Tuesday
Thursday - SPRING TRACK MEETING in Moorman's room (A-3) - change out for practice first then go to the room - meeting should go from 3:00 to 3:10.  Then we'll go out to practice like normal.
Friday - SHORE CONFERENCE MEET - Varsity events only - we'll go over this meet later in the week

Good luck on Midterms tomorrow!!

Coach K-

Spring Track Meeting Planned

All girls interested in joining the Spring Track and Field team - there is a meeting this Thursday, January 26, after school in Room A-3 (Mr. Moorman's room).  Try to be there before 3 o'clock and we should be done by 3:10.  IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, stop by Moorman's room, even the days after the meeting, to sign up and pick up the necessary forms.

Good Performance @ Ocean County Relays

Today was another good day for Point Boro Girls Track!  I'll just quickly cover some of the highlights:

1.  Jamie, Jill, Theresa, Amy, and Sam all finished new events for the first time ever!

2.  Dana (400 and Shot), Amy (800 and 400), Ember (Shot), Jamie (400), and Dakota (200) all turned in season's best performances, and some all-time personal records!

3.  Everyone pulled together to help make sure that we covered events, and supported each other following both the outstanding performances and the disappointing performances.

Whether you did your best today or your worst today ... Keep Moving Forward!  The season is still young; plenty of time remains to improve on our good start to the season!

Ocean County Relays - Saturday 1/7

This Saturday (1/7) is the Ocean County Relays.  We will be competing against all the other schools in Ocean County that have Winter Track.

The bus will leave school at 7:15 AM.

Here are the events:
4x200 (Varsity and JV)
4x400 (Varsity and JV)
4x800 (Varsity and JV)
Sprint Medley
Distance Medley
Shuttle Hurdles
Shot Put (Varsity and JV)
High Jump
Pole Vault