Some notable items:

XCStats

We use this service to send email communications to the team. It also holds all our official race results.

If you would like to recieve these emails, you can also sign up as a parent.

Instructions can be found in the XCStats section here.

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Individual Athlete Communication

Outside of practice, to be done via email. For time sensitive matters a phone call is okay.

Athletes should never be in communication with a coach over text message or similar services.

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Team Points

Attendance is expected at all school day practice sessions. Other days are optional but strongly encouraged. Participation in all school day meets which have transportation provided is expected. Especially League Finals, which refusal to compete in will result in removal from the team. Attendance and Meets play a role in the player points an athlete recieves (towards lettermans block letter & sports patches) and the division level disignation in their athletic certificate.

For a more detailed explanation of player points click here.

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Saturday Long Runs

Running 6 days a week makes a huge difference for athletes. Many programs have Saturday practices be required. We strongly encourage you and your athlete/s to attend these practice sessions. They are shown in our Google calendar. We typically meet at Campbell park, and you are welcome to join us on the trail for a walk or run at your own pace.

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Weather Conditions & Practice

We take the safety of your athlete seriously and as such follow all existing weather related guidelines and set our own where there aren't any. A live dynamic dashboard, with the weather data for the Wilcox area, and Rancho San Antonio Space Preserve have been made and are available on our website. These dashboards show if practice is going to be held or canceled based on weather conditions.

You are welcome to check these as well at Is There Practice?

For days when the AQI is >100 but <151, practice is considered optional if a parent/guardian excuses the athlete because they do not want their athlete to practice in such conditions. 

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Running Safety

Because we care about your athletes safety we want to instill in there good running safety habits.

We encourage them to wear sunscreen to protect their skin. Require them to use open-ear headphones if they would like to listen to audio during their runs. A list of running safety rules is listed in our team rules but also included in the NFHS Tips For Safer Running Along The Roadside

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Student Drivers

No student may drive another student. Students can drive themselves with parent permission.
Please email me that you grant your student permission if they are going to drive themselves.

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Leaving from a meet

Athletes must make sure to return timing chips before vacating the meet premises.
Athletes are only to leave with parent/guardians unless the parent/guardian informs the head coach ahead of time who will be picking up their athlete/s.

Athletes can only leave a meet before it is over if the parent/guardian checks them out with one of the coaches.

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3-Strike System

We instituted a 3 strike policy into our team rules, because we ran into some behavioural and negative influence issues in the past. The 3 strikes are similar to how in the workforce an employee would get 3 warnings and opportunities to correct before termination at a particular company. As such these 3 strikes are over their entire Wilcox High School career, within this sport. This is done to make sure they do not abuse them thinking they get 2 times to mess around each season.
Once an athlete has 3 strikes, they are removed from the team & not allowed to join in future seasons.