Tomorrow

Tomorrow - don't forget about the short practice at Jarvis from 3:45-4:30pm. Friday - we're still on for the planned itinerary of leaving at 12pm and have the bus arranged for states. Please take care of your pre-plan. Don't forget your overnight stuff, uniform, travel shirt and pack a few layers...it's going to be chilly!

If you have a light night of homework, come down and see the Evening of the Arts tomorrow night at 6pm. Free light appetizers, along with great music, art and drama!

Week 12 Practice Schedule / STATE Championship Meet

To all HHCA XC runners,

It's been an amazing journey and I can't believe we are already at our last week of practice.  You have all worked so hard this season and we have had some incredible milestones.  As we prepare for the final State Meet on Saturday, let's finish strong and have a great last week of practice.  Please be aware of the various locations for practice this week, shorter practice schedule, team meeting on Monday and our departure / return times for the state meet on Friday and Saturday.  A fully detailed state meet itinerary will be e-mailed out and handed out tomorrow at the team meeting including hotel details and rooming lists.  Have an amazing last week of HHCA cross country!  PERSEVERE!  - Coach Berry

Monday, October 21
12:30pm - Mandatory Team Meeting (Lunch Time) - Music Room
4:30-5:30pm - Practice @ HHCA

Tuesday, October 22
3:45-5pm - Practice @ Audubon Nature Preserve
Located along Palmetto Bay Road
On the right after crossing the Cross Island Bridge

Thursday, October 24
3:45-4:30pm - Short Practice
Jarvis Creek Park
Note:  I will be there for the start, but Coach White will be running this practice

Friday, October 25 - ON THE ROAD TO STATES
12pm - Depart from HHCA for Columbia
3pm - Walk the state course (trails)
4:30pm - Check in to our hotel
5:30pm - Team Meal
7pm - Evening Activities TBA
9:30pm - Lights Out

Saturday, October 26 - STATE MEET
6:30am - Breakfast
7:30am - Depart for the State Meet
9:00am - AAA Girls Race
9:40am - AAA Boys Race
10:10-12pm - Other Races / Awards
12:30pm - Depart Columbia
3-4pm - Arrive back at HHCA

Today and Tomorrow

Just a reminder that we are having practice here at HHCA today from 3:30-4:30pm and then if you are running in the Seafood Fest 5K tomorrow morning in Bluffton, be there by 7:15am. The start line is located at the Oyster Factory Park at 63 Wharf St and will kickoff at 8am. Google Maps Link: http://goo.gl/maps/Zl6Nz

Don't forget the pizza party for the team and Michael Becvar's birthday at Guiseppi's in Bluffton following the 5K at 11am.  Google Maps Link:  http://goo.gl/maps/ieouJ Please RSVP if you can make it by letting me know at practice or email me at jberry@hhca.org so we order enough pizza =)

SCISA Region 3A Results

Congrats to our XC Eagles for our first year competing in the SCISA Regional 3A meet held in the Ponds Conservancy. Both the boys and girls teams finished 5th with the girls edging out Northwood Academy. We had some incredible individual performances and PRs from several runners. A special congrats to Sam Gilman, finishing 10th overall in the region! Full results can be found here: http://sc.milesplit.com/meets/153283-scisa-region-3-aaa

Regionals / Week 11 Practice Schedule

Hey Everyone,

We have a big week coming up this week with our Regionals held up near Pinewood Prep at the Ponds Conservancy Trails in Summerville and the optional Bluffton Seafood Festival 5K on Saturday.  Now that volleyball is over, please be sure that ALL XC team members are at all practices from now until the end of the season.  Any athletes missing practices unexcused may not be allowed to attend these final meets.  It is very important that we practice as a full team in these last 2 weeks of the season.  Please note that you will be leaving school early on Wednesday for the Region meet, please make sure that you get a preplanned absence. 

Monday, October 14
COLUMBUS DAY - NO SCHOOL
Run 3-4 miles on your own, medium pace
Try to run a wooded trail if possible

Tuesday, October 15
3:45-5:00pm
Jarvis Creek Park
Mixed trail / paved run

Wednesday, October 16
SCISA REGIONAL MEET
Leave HHCA @ 1:00pm
Meet is held at the Ponds Conservancy Trails, Summerville, SC
Estimated Return Time is 9-10pm
Directions: From I-26, take exit 194 towards. From west, turn right and from east, turn left. Travel several miles, Go through traffic light and over railroad tracks to flashing red light. Take a left. This is Old Orangeburg Rd. Go past Pinewood about 2 miles to 17A. Take a right on 17A and look for The Ponds Neighborhood to be on the right hand side. Once in Neighborhood follow sign to Farmhouse.

Thursday, October 17
No practice - Relax!

Friday, October 18
3:30-4:45pm
HHCA

Saturday, October 19
Bluffton Seafood Festival 5K
Old Town Bluffton, Race time 8:00am
Meet @ Bluffton Oyster Factory Park by 7:15am
Website:  http://www.blufftonartsandseafoodfestival.com/5k-run-health-walk.html
Note:  This is the last community 5K of the season
* Please note that there may be a special fun team event following the meet...stay tuned!

Full Details about the SCISA State Meet on October 25-26 will be sent out this week.  For planning purposes, basically we will be departing Fri, Oct 25 at 12pm from HHCA, staying overnight in a hotel and returning Saturday, Oct 26 by 3-4pm. 

Devin's Dash 5K Official Results

Finally...here are the OFFICIAL results from Devin's Dash 5K last Saturday:http://gotrievents.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/results_devinsdash2013.htm

Notable Accomplishments:
- The lady Eagles cleaned house in the under-25 category winning 1st (Callie Haertel), 2nd (Allison Meeder) and 3rd (Alyssa White)
- Hunter Greenwell came in 3rd in the under-25 male category overall. 
- Grayson Lentz came in 2nd overall for the male category.
- Three XC Eagles got their overall PR for the season in this race...Hannah, Henry and Alyssa L. - awesome JOB!

Week 10 Practice Schedule

Hey Everyone,

Wow - what an incredible Week 9!  Everyone who ran this past Wednesday at the HH Prep Invitational had a Course PR record and then there were some awesome accomplishments Saturday at Devin's Dash as well.  I will be uploading pics and official times soon from that 5K, but here is your schedule for the week.  We will be really pushing hard this week, since it's a full week of 'normal' practicing prior to the Regional Meet next week on October 16th.  Don't miss practice and be mentally ready to work hard.  PERSEVERE! 

- Coach Berry

Monday, October 7th
Cross-Training on Your Own
Do 45-60 minutes of fitness - could be biking, running, yoga, pilates, karate, etc, etc...

Tuesday October 8th
4:30pm-5:45pm
Jarvis Creek Park
Tempo Run
*Please note the later practice time 

Wednesday, October 9th
Run on Your Own 20-30 minutes
Don't Miss FCA's Fields of Faith, 6pm

Thursday, October 10th
3:30-5:00pm
HHCA
Long Run / Intervals
 
Friday, October 11th
Cross-Training on Your Own
Do 30 minutes of fitness - could be anything...

Saturday, October 12th
 9:00-10:30am
Crossings Park
Bridge Run and More! =)

Great job today!

Great job today! There were some notable achievements at the HH Prep Invitational 5K today, with many of you making significant strides since your last race on the same course at the Run for Ret. Tomorrow, we will start practice right around 3:45pm in Crossings Park (where we met for the Bridge run) and will be doing an easy to moderate workout on the pathways down there. Practice will end at 5pm. Please have your parents pick you up at Crossings Park. See you then!

Here are the results for today's 5K:

http://hhcaxc.blogspot.com/2013/10/hh-prep-invitational-results.html

HH Prep Invitational Results

Preliminary (unofficial) results, posted 10/2/13, 5:14 PM

Place    Time     Pace     Bib#               Name/City           
    1     18:32   5:58.0    826  Jackson Henz, Hilton Head Prep          
    2     19:24   6:14.7    815  Jackson Richard, Hilton Head Prep       
    3     19:35   6:18.4    803  Thomas MacDonald, HH High               
    4     19:53   6:24.1    808  Chase Sanders, HH High                  
    5     20:01   6:26.8    783  Sam Gilman, HH Christian Academy        
    6     20:26   6:34.9    811  Ryan Nimmer, Hilton Head Prep           
    7     20:48   6:41.7    809  Weston Sanders, HH High                 
    8     21:29   6:55.1    820  Aiden Sanz, Hilton Head Prep            
    9     21:32   6:56.1    814  Joshua Williams, Hilton Head Prep       
   10     22:01   7:05.3    813  Ryan Henderson, Hilton Head Prep        
   11     22:10   7:08.2    777  Maren Czura, Hilton Head Prep           
   12     22:17   7:10.4    780  Tori Herman, Hilton Head Prep           
   13     22:40   7:18.0    776  Laurel Woerheide, Hilton Head Prep      
   14     22:43   7:18.8    785  Ryan Moosbrugger, HH Christian Academy  
   15     23:21   7:31.0    802  Wesley Kerr, HH High                    
   16     23:35   7:35.5    818  J.T. Herman, Hilton Head Prep           
   17     23:36   7:36.0    821  Jack Dextraze, Hilton Head Prep         
   18     23:59   7:43.3    755  Callie Haertel, HH Christian Academy    
   19     24:01   7:44.0    816  Matthew Monts, Hilton Head Prep        
   20     24:17   7:49.1    825  Risdan Altman, Patrick Henry               
   21     24:19   7:49.8    799  Kris Hass, HH High                     
   22     24:27   7:52.4    827  Megan Wilson, HH High                   
   23     24:44   7:57.9    786  Henry Clark, HH Christian Academy       
   24     24:46   7:58.4    774  Ellery Newcomer, Hilton Head Prep
   25     24:48   7:59.2    773  Grace Orie, Hilton Head Prep
   26     25:00   8:03.0    778  Olivia Light, Hilton Head Prep
   27     25:11   8:06.6    772  Foster Willey, Hilton Head Prep
   28     25:15   8:07.6    812  Sean Myers, Hilton Head Prep
   29     25:20   8:09.4    754  Alyssa White, HH Christian Academy
   30     25:21   8:09.8    775  Megan Frederick, Hilton Head Prep
   31     25:55   8:20.8    752  Allison Meeder, HH Christian Academy
   32     27:20   8:47.9    756  Lindsey Gillis, HH Christian Academy
   33     27:44   8:55.8    817  Cameron Wynne, Hilton Head Prep
   34     28:39   9:13.4    779  Marisa Wojcikiewicz, Hilton Head Prep
   35     28:57   9:19.3    789  Bryce Flowers, HH Christian Academy
   36     29:29   9:29.7    753  Abigail Bensch, HH Christian Academy
   37     29:31   9:30.1    758  Alyssa Lane, HH Christian Academy 
   38     30:16   9:44.7    782  Courtney Doyle, Hilton Head Prep
   39     30:39   9:52.2    824  Larisey Gooding, Patrick Henry
   40     33:20  10:44.0    781  Julia Gigante, Hilton Head Prep 
   42     33:35  10:48.8    761  Amber Hubbard, HH Christian Academy
   43     33:44  10:51.6    759  Hannah Fulford, HH Christian Academy
   44     33:47  10:52.5    790  Michael Becvar, HH Christian Academy
   45     34:10  11:00.1    788  Hunter Boyd, HH Christian Academy

Division Results

Male

Place    Time     Pace     Bib#               Name/City                Age 
    1     18:32   5:58.0    826  Jackson Henz, Hilton Head Prep          0
    2     19:24   6:14.7    815  Jackson Richard, Hilton Head Prep       0
    3     19:35   6:18.4    803  Thomas MacDonald, HH High               0
    4     19:53   6:24.1    808  Chase Sanders, HH High                  0
    5     20:01   6:26.8    783  Sam Gilman, HH Christian Academy        0
    6     20:26   6:34.9    811  Ryan Nimmer, Hilton Head Prep           0
    7     20:48   6:41.7    809  Weston Sanders, HH High                 0
    8     21:29   6:55.1    820  Aiden Sanz, Hilton Head Prep            0
    9     21:32   6:56.1    814  Joshua Williams, Hilton Head Prep       0
   10     22:01   7:05.3    813  Ryan Henderson, Hilton Head Prep        0
   11     22:43   7:18.8    785  Ryan Moosbrugger, HH Christian Academy  0
   12     23:21   7:31.0    802  Wesley Kerr, HH High                    0
   13     23:35   7:35.5    818  J.T. Herman, Hilton Head Prep           0
   14     23:36   7:36.0    821  Jack Dextraze, Hilton Head Prep         0
   15     24:01   7:44.0    816  Matthew Monts, Hilton Head Prep         0
   16     24:17   7:49.1    825  Risdan Altman, Patrick Henry            0
   17     24:19   7:49.8    799  Kris Hass, HH High                      0
   18     24:44   7:57.9    786  Henry Clark, HH Christian Academy       0
   19     25:15   8:07.6    812  Sean Myers, Hilton Head Prep            0
   20     27:44   8:55.8    817  Cameron Wynne, Hilton Head Prep         0
   21     28:57   9:19.3    789  Bryce Flowers, HH Christian Academy     0
   22     30:39   9:52.2    824  Larisey Gooding, Patrick Henry          0
   23     33:47  10:52.5    790  Michael Becvar, HH Christian Academy    0
   24     34:10  11:00.1    788  Hunter Boyd, HH Christian Academy       0

Female

Place    Time     Pace     Bib#               Name/City                Age 
    1     22:10   7:08.2    777  Maren Czura, Hilton Head Prep           0
    2     22:17   7:10.4    780  Tori Herman, Hilton Head Prep           0
    3     22:40   7:18.0    776  Laurel Woerheide, Hilton Head Prep      0
    4     23:59   7:43.3    755  Callie Haertel, HH Christian Academy    0
    5     24:27   7:52.4    827  Megan Wilson, HH High                   0
    6     24:46   7:58.4    774  Ellery Newcomer, Hilton Head Prep       0
    7     24:48   7:59.2    773  Grace Orie, Hilton Head Prep            0
    8     25:00   8:03.0    778  Olivia Light, Hilton Head Prep          0
    9     25:11   8:06.6    772  Foster Willey, Hilton Head Prep         0
   10     25:20   8:09.4    754  Alyssa White, HH Christian Academy      0
   11     25:21   8:09.8    775  Megan Frederick, Hilton Head Prep       0
   12     25:55   8:20.8    752  Audrey Bensch, HH Christian Academy     0
   13     27:20   8:47.9    756  Lindsey Gillis, HH Christian Academy    0
   14     28:39   9:13.4    779  Marisa Wojcikiewicz, Hilton Head Prep   0
   15     29:29   9:29.7    753  Abigail Bensch, HH Christian Academy    0
   16     29:31   9:30.1    758  Alyssa Lane, HH Christian Academy       0
   17     30:16   9:44.7    782  Courtney Doyle, Hilton Head Prep        0
   18     33:20  10:44.0    781  Julia Gigante, Hilton Head Prep         0
   19     33:35  10:48.8    761  Amber Hubbard, HH Christian Academy     0
   20     33:44  10:51.6    759  Hannah Fulford, HH Christian Academy    0