Desert Twilight Thanks!
Thank you to those who helped at Desert Twilight! Photos are on Shutterfly.

Chipotle Fundraiser
Tuesday from 5pm-9pm at 2020 East Elliot Road Ste 102. We get 33% of sales. Flyer is attached.

Titan Invitational, Friday, Oct. 12
The meet will be at Crossroads Park in the morning. More information: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/144853/info

Hot Chocolate Volunteering, Sun., Dec. 2
We volunteer as a team at a water station each year and receive $10/person per volunteer. There are 50 spots available. Sign up here: https://ramraces.enmotive.com/events/volunteer/2018-hot-chocolate-15k-5k-scottsdale/job:5baba131-b330-4c17-b87e-19c45206f5f9

Have a great week!
Cross Country Boosters

The Desert Twilight Meet is Friday evening at Grande Sports Complex in Casa Grande. We hope you’ll come out to this fun event and cheer on our athletes! Race times are as follows:

4:30 Freshman Boys
4:45 Freshman Girls
6:15 Open Boys
6:45 Open Girls
8:25 Varsity Girls
9:25 Varsity Boys

Students will be released from class after 6th period and the bus will leave at 1:30. The boosters will be providing drinks, snacks and pizza for the athletes. The bus will be returning around 11 – 11:30. Please be on time to pick up your athletes from school as we will all be tired at that time!

More meet info can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/deserttwilightllc/.

GO AZTECS!!

Thank you Burnsides!
Thank you to the Burnsides for opening up your home for the pasta dinner on Friday night! Thank you to the volunteers as well!

Practices
There will be no more evening practices . All practices will be after school.

Meet on Friday night – Desert Twilight
The athletes will miss 7th period and will need to make arrangements with their teachers to make up missed work. The bus usually leaves around 2pm and returns around 11:30pm. The boosters will provide pizza, snacks, and drinks for the athletes. Desert twilight meet information: https://sites.google.com/site/deserttwilightllc/meet-schedule?authuser=0 We are Large School Frosh, Large School Open. Varsity races are not set yet. Parents – traffic can back up and it may take time to find a parking spot, so be sure to allow plenty of time to arrive to see your athlete.

Chipotle Fundraiser, Oct. 2
Mark your calendar now for the Chipotle fundraiser on Oct. 2.

Have a great week and GO AZTECS!

Hello CdS XC parents. The Coaches are super excited with the progress the Athletes are making so far this season! They are all working very hard to reach their goals. Keep up the good work!!!

We also wanted to communicate what our attendance policy will be for the rest of this XC season (starting Monday 9/24)

If a Varsity athlete misses practice the week of a meet, they WILL NOT be allowed to run at the varsity level for that meet. for example: If Athlete “A” misses practice this coming Monday (9/24) they will be allowed to run at Twilight, but not at the Varsity level. The following week, the absences will reset If they attend practice all week, they will still be running Varsity.

The Coaches have spent a lot of time trying to find a way to be fair for all athletes, as far as attendance.

After speaking to many other coaches on Corona’s campus, this is how the majority of sports handle their attendance policy.

We spoke with the Athletes about this policy at yesterday’s practice and they all agreed.

If you have any questions, please contact Coach Crane or Coach Smith for details.

GO AZTECS!!!!

P.S. I forgot to mention, all athletes are allowed to miss practice due to an act of God, death in the family (hopefully not), car accident (hopefully not), etc.

Also, they are allowed 1 school sanctioned event per season as an absence as well. For example: NJS, going to a school event for a grade, etc.

Thank you Hedbergs!
Thank you to the Hedberg family for hosting the dinner on Friday and to all the volunteers that helped make it happen!

Next Dinner, Friday at the Burnside’s
Our next team dinner will be Friday , 9/21, 6pm-8pm at the Burnside home. Address will be emailed out separately this week.

Next Meet – Doug Conley, Saturday, 9/22
Our next meet is at Shalimar Country Club. Please plan ahead because parking is limited and spills over into the neighborhood. See https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/144534/info for more information.
Mens Races
7:45 AM 5,000 Meters Non-Varsity
8:45 AM 5,000 Meters Invitational
9:45 AM 5,000 Meters Elite

Womens Races
7:15 AM 5,000 Meters Non-Varsity
8:15 AM 5,000 Meters Invitational
9:15 AM 5,000 Meters Elite

Practice Schedule Reminder for this week
Monday – 3pm
Tuesday – 4:30pm
Wednesday – 6pm
Thursday – 6pm
Friday – 3pm