B. F. Butler Middle School
2025
Cross Country Team
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Week 2
Week 2
Great job to the 15 runners who got a chance to preview the race course. Reminders that all paperwork and physicals are due this week by Wednesday,September 17. Students cannot run without the forms. Also, tshirts have been ordered so please continue to bring in $10 for the shirts. Fingers crossed they come in on time.
Reminders:
Bulldog runners have are expected to be in shorts
Bulldog runners have with appropriate running shoes
Bulldog runners have a water bottle
Bulldog runners have a positive mindset.
This week we will have practice:
Monday. 9/15 3:00-4:30 @ Butler
Tuesday: 9/16 3:00-4:30 @ Butler
Wednesday: 9/17 3:00-4:30 @ Butler
Thursday: 9/18 MEET #1 at SHEDD. Students go on the bus as a team to SHEDD. Race details are below.
Friday: 9/19 3:00-4:00 @ Butler
NO SUNDAY RUN
REMINDERS FOR PRACTICE
We practice EVERY DAY (Monday-Friday) from 3:00-4:30. RAIN OR SHINE. It is mandatory. If you are absent, you need a note from your guardian or you will NOT compete in the upcoming meet. There is no transportation home so you need to provide your own transportation.
We expect you to show up every day ready to run. That means wearing clothes to school that you can run in: running shoes, shorts/loose pants, loose shirts, socks.
We expect you to bring your own water EVERY day. We will provide water as well to refill your water when needed, but being a runner also means being prepared and aware of what your body needs to perform well and that means to stay hydrated.
We expect you to bring a towel and know you will be sitting on the ground and will be sweating. Plan for it! Embrace it!
We expect that you follow our Butler Code of Conduct. If you are not being responsible, respectful and are unsafe, you will be asked to leave the team.
We expect you to RUN. A cross country race is 1.3 miles long so our practices are designed to help you build your strength and skill as a runner.
We also expect you to have fun!
RACE DAY INFORMATION
What to expect:
With 9 middle schools competing, it gets very crowded at Shedd Park. Students leave the Butler approximately 3:15-3:30 on a bus. We arrive at Shedd and we put our backpacks and water bottles at the picnic tables under the pavilion closest to the water park. Students are expected to follow the same rules as at school and to remain with the group at all times. When it is time, they will be doing their usual warm up, group run and then relaxing while we wait for all schools to arrive. Approximately 4:30 the boys race will begin with the girls starting approximately 10 minutes later.
After your child races:
Your child needs to check in with one of the coaches. If you child receives a "Stick" or a "card" they must bring the stick / card to Ms. Burgess so it can be recorded. If that is not done, even if you placed 1st, it will not count. Once all the runners are done, the XC officials will announce how each school performed and the results are also posted on the link here live (top of this box).
When can you take your child home after the race?
After you child runs, he/she need to check in with a coach and the parent/guardian is expected to sign out the child. If the student is going back to the Butler on the return bus, you can opt to pick them up there. Parents must be at the school for pick up promptly when we return.
We will meet in the cafe promptly at dismissal and wait for our bus to arrive.
Runners are expected to ride on the bus as a team but parents and guardians can pick up at Shedd after the race.
When picking up at Shedd, parents and guardians MUST sign out with a coach so all students are accounted for. If you cannot pick up at Shedd, students will take the bus back to the Butler. As usual, we will text through remind when we leave the Butler and leave Shedd park.
Race Results : students who receive a "card" because are in the top 50 runners, will have their times entered onto the link above. If students do not receive a card, our managers will be recording their times and these will be shared with them at Fridays practice.
See you at Shedd!!!!
The more supporters cheering our amazing runners on, the better!
If you can help with snacks of any kind, please let us know!
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