Thursday, June 13, 2013

Saturday breakfast runs to continue in 2013!

The Storm Cross Country team will be practicing on Saturday mornings in September on the 7th, 14th and 21st.   The team will be looking for volunteers to host the breakfasts on these three Saturdays.

Our 2012 breakfast runs were very successful and the food provided to the athletes was terrific!  If you wish to host one of the three Saturdays, please contact Tim Wright via email at twright1@progressive.com.

Thank you!

Save the date - Storm Cross Country Pancake Breakfast

Please set aside the date for the Storm Cross Country Pancake Breakfast.  It is set for Sunday morning, September 29 at Rollies in Sauk Rapids.  This will be the day after our meet in Willmar on Saturday September 28.

Ticket prices are currently set at $7 for adults, $4 for kids 4-12 and Free for children 3 and under.

Our runners will be asked again this season to sell tickets to friends and family.  Please keep in mind this is our PRIMARY fund raiser.  Volunteers will be needed (student athletes and parents alike) to work the breakfast that day as well.

Proceeds from our prior fundraisers have enabled the team to purchase things like new uniform shorts, renting coach buses to travel to far away meets and food/water for the athletes at meets as well.

2013 Storm CC Clothing Order Preliminary Information

Tentative dates have been set to order Storm Cross Country clothing for this coming season.  Clothing orders are set to be taken between Monday, August 5 and Sunday, August 18.  The clothing should be delivered by Thursday, September 12, the day of the Little Falls meet.

Please check back for further details about where you can go to order the clothing and if the dates change at all.

Sam Sunstrom sets school mark at State Track Meet!

Congratulations to former Storm Cross Country runner Samantha Sunstrom for breaking the school record in the 1600 meter (one mile) run at the Minnesota State High School Track Meet at Hamline University on Friday, June 7th.

Sam was the 14 seed in the 16 person field and ran a 5:09:94 to finish 12th overall.  Jenna Trudeson of Bemidji won the race with a time of 4:59:75.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Sunday Night Group Runs

Just a reminder that our first Sunday night run was this past Sunday, June 9th and they will continue the rest of the summer pending participation from all of you! Our next run is this Sunday the 16th at 7 pm.  We run from the new shelter near the boat landing at Sauk Rapids Muncipal Park. 

Please contact us if you have any questions.  More information can be located below in our previous entries.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Congtatulations and good luck to Samantha Sunstrom at State Track Meet!

Storm Cross Country runner Sam Sunstrom set the school record in the 1600 meter run (roughly one mile) at the 8AA Sectional meet last Friday in Sartell with a time of 5:13.  This enabled her to qualify for the Minnesota State High School track meet at Hamline University this coming weekend.

Sam will be running her event at 10:42 am on Saturday morning.

Good luck at State Sam!

Sunday night group runs to continue during the "summer" of 2013!

I have received feedback from a couple of runners that we are to keep the Sunday night runs this summer so we will do that.  

We meet at 7 pm SHARP at Sauk Rapids Municipal Park at the new shelter every Sunday starting this Sunday June 9.   The Park is located on the river between the Sauk Rapids VFW and the Highway 15 bridge.  

Typical runs are anywhere from 2-5 miles depending on your fitness level.  If you wish to run two, you can run along the river path up stream toward the old paper mill to the entrance to Fisher's Mobile Home Park and turn around. 

If you wish to run three, you run along the river path downstream to the very end at Lion's Park (where the old Sauk Rapids bridge landed), take a right on River Avenue South and turn around at 6th Street South.

If you want to run five, obviously, you can do both legs.

We need participation from the group to keep this organized activity going! ( a minimum of five runners every Sunday).  If we don't get enough participation, we will suspend the group run and let you organize runs on your own.

See you this coming Sunday! :-)