The Inside Track
Sunday July 5, 2009
Sunday July 5, 2009: The 2009 Cross Country Season is quickly approaching! The first day of official practice for both the Shaker boys and girls teams is August 24th. The tentative Shaker boys cross country schedule has now been posted with the first meet being the Nisky Ekiden on September 5th. Updates will be posted as they are received from Coach Springstead. Click here to view the boys tentative schedule.
Cross Country Forms:
-Selection Classification Forms
-Interscholastic Athletic Guide
The 2009 Shaker Girls Cross Country Captains (Zosia Dunn, Molly Nephew, and Taylor Moore) are holding captains practices for the girls team to prepare for the 2009 Cross Country season beginning Monday, July 13th. Click here to view the captains practices letter and schedule.
The cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track records for the Boys and Girls teams are in the process of being updated over the next few weeks. Please check out the records pages for more information.
Reminder: Every Tuesday night through mid-August, track meets are held at the Colonie High School track. Several former and current Shaker runners have been participating. The races are open to athletes of all ages and there is no cost or registration required. On Tuesday July 7, the "Colonie Mile" race and the 2nd Annual 2 Person Team Challenge will be held. The 2 Person Team Challenge information is as follows: "Your team must run all six events with each person on your team running three events. The events are 1 mile, 100m, 400m, 800m, 200m, and 2 mile. Team Score =Place Total for all six events where the lowest score wins. Males and females scored separately. Male only teams, female only teams, or male-female teams may compete. Sign up at the track before 6:00pm this Tuesday (7/7/09)."
Section 2 teams are once again expected to be among the top cross country teams in New York State. In a recent girls cross country preview on tullyrunners.com, Saratoga, Shenendehowa, Burnt Hills and Queensbury have been ranked among the top six girls teams in New York State for the upcoming season. In addition, Suburban Council opponents Guilderland and Colonie were listed as other girls teams to watch. On the boys side, Burnt Hills, Shenendehowa, and the young Shaker team are among those receiving attention and pre-season buzz on websites like dyestat. Fayetville-Manlius, from the Syracuse area, is expected to be the team to beat for the NYS title for both the boys and the girls.
Alumni Update: Shaker graduate RJ Sniffen (Class of 2008) recently competed in the Junior Nationals 5K in Oregon. Congratulations RJ!
The cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track records are in the process of being updated over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for updates.
If you are interested in providing photos of Shaker athletes running in Cross Country races this fall, please contact bhickey@shakerrunning.com
Please note that for the next couple months, the Inside Track column will be published every two weeks and return to a weekly column in late August along with some expanded features that are planned for the fall.
