1. Girls Cross Country 2019 Head Coach: Sidney Dent
Assistant Coach: Maricruz Ernest

2. Topics of Discussion Introduction of Team Mom/Dad & Captains
Conditioning
Camp
Water Stations
Meet Schedule
Racing Expectations

3. Introduction of Team Moms & Captains
Team Parents
Alissa Jones (Liz) – Team Mom – and Logistics
Christopher Hicks – Team Dad – Fundraising
Maricruz Ernest – Booster Representative

4. Conditioning
We condition to prepare the body for the demands of the season.
1st Day of conditioning begins May 28th
Girls will follow the workouts on the website regardless of where they are in the world and will upload run data to Strava. (Private settings & Private Club)
Official practices according to FSHAA for the season begin on July 29th.
All athletes must have a physical on file through Athletic Clearance before they are eligible to run with the team.
We want to have at least 1 parent present at each bridge run on Thursdays.
Only girls who take part in conditioning will be eligible for Battle of Atlanta.

5. Camp
We will be attending Berry Cross Country Camp in NC from June
Cost $550 before financial assistance. Must pay $50 deposit.
Team goal of at least 15 campers
Transportation depends on how many girls signup.

6. Water Stations Water stations are our biggest revenue for the team.
Here are potential dates:
June 8th – Run for the Pies
July 4th – Celebration 5k
August 2nd-3rd - Tour de Pain
August 17th – Tijuana Flats Summer Beach Run
September 2nd – RunJAX Labor Day 5k

7. Invitationals and Saturday Meet Schedule
8/11/19 (Saturday) - Community and Alumni Stang 5k
8/24/19 (Saturday) - Battle of Atlanta
9/__/19 (Saturday) - Ridgeview Invitational (TBD)
9/7/19 (Saturday) - UNF Invitational (TBD)
9/14/19 (Saturday) - Bartram Trails High School
9/21/19 (Saturday) - Hare & McAlpine Park, NC (Top Varsity) & Katie Bishop Kenny (Varsity & JV)
9/28/19 (Saturday) - Craig Ponte Vedr
10/2/19 (Wednesday) - Conference TBD
10/11-12/19 (Friday-Saturday) - FSU
10/19/19 - JV Bishop Kenny
10/__/19 - District TBD (Open Race after Varsity)
11/__/19 (Friday) - Regional TBD
11/9/19 (Saturday) - State FL

8. Racing Expectations
Athletes must attend regular season practices as part of their preparation for races.
Before an athlete is eligible to compete, she must attend 2 weeks of practice. This is an FHSAA policy.
Tuesday meets will be a 3200m time trial for all athletes.
No athlete will be eligible to compete in a varsity level 5k until she is able to run a sub 23:00 5k time. The Stang 5k will be used as a time trial for all athletes.
Girls who run between 23:00 and 30:00 minutes will be considered Junior Varsity are able to compete in Friday/Saturday JV races.
Girls who are working towards running a sub 30:00 minute 5k will run in Tuesday meets until they are able to break an 18:30 minute 3200m time trial.

9. Promote to Middle Schools & Friends
Don’t forget to encourage girls to join the team.
Talk to rising 9th graders and friends that are looking to get more involved at Mandarin.
Direct them to our team site: or our Run Like A Mustang Instagram account.