Cross Country

Requirements to Join

Every athlete must have the following complete before September 22nd, otherwise they will not be able to race.

Physical Clearance. To begin the process create an account at www.registermyathlete.com and complete the registration and electronic documents online. The final part will be the physical and emergency contact form. Please use the VUSD physical form to complete your physical with your doctor. Hold on to the Physical Form and uploaded it to your register my athlete account. The emergency contact form can be downloaded on the site. This will need to be signed and uploaded. If you need a hard copy, we have some in the front office with Mr. Chavarin.
Field Trip Form
Parent Transportation Form

Examples of Forms

These forms can be collected from the coaches in the main office. All forms except the field trip form can be downloaded.

Field Trip Form

Transportation Form

Parent Transportation Form Link

Physical Form

Physical Form Link

Emergency Contact Form

Emergency Contact Form Link

About Cross Country

Cross Country is a running sport open to all students at Balboa Middle School. Our sport is a club on campus and is advised by staff on campus. Each race is approximately 2 miles and held against neighboring middle schools in Ventura County.

Scoring in Cross Country

In cross country, the first five runner for each school are used for the overall score. Each place corresponds the points for the school. For example if 5 runners places 1st, 5th, 8th, 10th, and 21st, the schools score would be 45. The school with the overall lowest score wins.

Practice

Practice is held every Tuesday and Thursday after school. This year we will run three main routes. The primary function of practice is to strengthen the cardiovascular system. Runners should never condition at race pace is it may result in severe injuries. During practice, runners should focus on managing the running splits, which is the time it takes to run a specific distance. During endurance training, runners should focus on the mile splits. During race conditioning training, runners should focus on interval splits.

Practice is expected to go from 3pm-4pm.

Foothill Rd

Runners begin in front of the school on woodland st
Make a left on Hill St
Left on telegraph
Right on Victoria
Runners will continue on Victoria until they reach Foothill Rd
Runner will then turn around and follow the same path back.

Government Center Loop

Runners begin in front of the school on woodland st
Right on Hill Rd
Cross the Bridge
Continue on Hill Rd
Right on Telephone
Right on Victoria
Right on Webster
Cross the bridge and return to school

Telegraph Rd

Runners begin in front of the school on woodland st
Left on Hill Rd
Right on telegraph
Continue straight until Harding Ave
Turn around and follow same path back

Calendar

Communication

We use the Remind App to give out announcements and reminders. If you haven't downloaded the app yet, it can be found on the Apple and Google Play Store. Once you create your account, click Add Class, then click Join Existing Class, then add this code: 682ehc. Coaches will approve members.

Questions can also be emailed to Ms. Marshall and Mr. Chavarin at:

rigoberto.chavarin@venturausd.org

joanne.marshall@venturausd.org

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