Concussion Awareness

To all:

All students/parents are required to read and sign a concussion awareness form when participating in school sports.  I probably should have included this in my earlier mailings.

Click Here to view and download the pdf page.  The bottom will need to be printed off, signed, and returned to either the high school or middle school office.  With registration coming up, now is a good time to get it done.  You may keep the top portion for your reference.

This only needs to be done once each school year.  If you have other kids in sports, please print extras for them.  The risk of a brain injury is quite low in cross country, but this still needs to be completed.

Thanks.  I am looking forward to the season starting up.

Waverly - Shell Rock Invite on 9/9/14

Waverly-Shell Rock Invite.   September 9, 2014

This is held at the Wartburg cross country course, which is just northwest of the main campus in Waverly.  All high school runners will participate.  There will be 4 different girls and 4 different boys races, 1 for each grade.  Results will be calculated by class and overall.

2014 will be our first time at this event.  It is a very large meet with great competition.

The meet schedule will be posted when we receive it.

Newman Invite 9/2/14

Mason City Newman Invite.   September 2, 2014

held at the Mercy West Campus, which is about a half mile north of Walmart in Mason City.

4:30 Middle School Boys and Girls
4:50 JV Girls
5:10 JV Boys
5:30 Varsity Girls
5:50 Varsity Boys
Times are approximate

2014 Schedule

2014 Season

Mason City Newman Invite Sept. 2nd - Tuesday Held at Mercy West Campus, about a half mile north of Walmart Waverly-Shell Rock Invite Sept. 9th - Tuesday A new and fun meet for us to go to.  This will be held on Wartburg's course, just north of campus, near the railroad tracks.  The format will be a little different - there will be 4 boys races (and 4 girls races):  9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades.  Scoring will be a little different here, too.  We'll save that for later. North Fayette Valley Invite Sept. 13th - Saturday morning Held on the NFV high school campus in West Union Osage Invite Sept 16th  - Tuesday Held at the Mitchell County Nature Center. Nashua-Plainfield Invite Sept 23rd - Tuesday Garner-Hayfield Ventura Invite - Sept. 29th - Monday Hampton-Dumont Invite - Oct. 2nd - Thursday New Hampton Invite  Oct. 9th - Thursday Forest City Invite Oct. 13th - Monday North Iowa Conference Oct. 16th - Thursday State Qualifying Meet Oct. 23rd - Thursday State Meet Nov. 1st - Saturday State-Wide Middle School Meet Oct. 18th - for our middle school runners We will also discuss another South Dakota adventure opportunity.  Details will come once the season begins. Practice Dates and Times: August, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15  at 7:30 a.m. Meet at the High School track.  Please let me know ahead if you have a conflict. The August 15th practice will include breakfast afterwards. Yum! August 18, 19 at 3:30           These are the teacher-inservice days. August 20 at 7:30 a.m.           This is the day of the 'Before-School' conferences, which run from 10:00-6:00. August 21  3:30 - First Day of School Typically practices will be right after school.  There will be additional practice opportunities, too, something we'll visit about as the season gets rolling

To all,

See an attached newsletter for the upcoming 2014 Osage Boys Cross Country season.  This will also be sent out by US Mail, as well, since I don't have everyone's email addresses.

I would like to welcome all of the new participants to the program.  I hope you have a great experience.

I did get confirmation that the high school cross country camp will again be at the boy scout camp near Waverly.  The new High COPE course is finally up a running and will be a big part of Thursday's activities.  The pool at the camp will be drained.  I am looking into other alternatives - either going to the "W" (Wartburg's indoor pool) or to an outdoor pool.  It should be fun.  See the newsletter for other details. 

I will have another mailing in the upcoming weeks which will include the season schedule.

I am looking forward to working with all of you again this season.

Bill Gruman, Head Coach

Osage Boys Cross Country

Intro

I will be using this blog account to post information and details regarding the season in general, as well as meet information and results.  Check back here as the season gets rolling for more details.

I am looking forward to another amazing season working with the team.

Coach Gruman