Hello friends,
I would like to invite you all to be a part of the HHCA Cross Country team in our 2nd year as a new sport at Hilton Head Christian Academy. If you are new to cross country, it is a sport where you will mentally and physically challenged to run long distances over varied course terrain. We have 10 meets scheduled for this fall, including some incredible local meets and 5Ks and trips to Columbia and Charleston. All meets include a 5K race for boys and girls with the top 5 runners from each team counting for a combined score. We will practice on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays typically from 4-5:30pm @ HHCA and then an additional practice on Saturday mornings at various locations. Meets are typically on either Saturdays or Wednesdays.
The benefit of doing cross country is not only will it get you in incredible shape for any other sports, but it will challenge you in new ways to persevere and support your teammates. I think that there are many spiritual and life applications to running cross country and we get to enjoy some of the most incredible scenery on Hilton Head as we run across different parts of the island.
Currently, I am on a 10-day worship music tour / missions trip, but will be returning in time for our first practice, which will be held on Monday, August 11th @ 4pm. Let’s meet outside the cafeteria with your running clothes and shoes on ready for our initial workout. I do ask that all participating students be able to run 2 miles (12-20 minutes), without stopping before coming to practice. For parents, we’ll have a parent information meeting on the Cross Country team on Thursday, August 14th @ 5:30pm after practice. If students are committed to doing another sport, but would still like to join cross country, let’s see if we can work something out to have them be a part of the team.
For any students ready to jump into a 5K right away, please sign up for the Bluffton Scorcher and drop it off at Palmetto Running Company in Bluffton or Hilton Head. The application is due by this Wednesday and since I’m away, I need you to register yourselves, so we can have some runners represented in that race. The cost is $20 and the application is attached.
If you know of any other students interested in the cross country team, please forward this e-mail to them and I’ll look forward seeing them on August 11th! To stay in touch with all announcements, I will send out a weekly e-mail, visit our blog (hhcaxc.blogspot.com) or join our Facebook page @ facebook.com/hhcarunning. We have some excellent volunteer assistant coaches as well including Mark White and Doug Gilman, so it’s going to be a fantastic season. Take a look at the 2014 schedule attached and I’ll see you soon!
- Coach Berry
jberry@hhca.org
843.290.7916
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