Welcome to Middle School Cross Country!

We are so excited to get this season underway and share our love for the greatest sport out there with your students!  The focus of our season is to build a community of runners who demonstrate outstanding sportsmanship and persevere to meet personal running goals. Through positivity and a strong work ethic we will have an amazing season together. This year the Hortonville Area School District will be sponsoring 6th-8th graders for cross country. 

Practices:

• 3:00 - 4:15pm Monday-Friday @ GMS unless otherwise notified 
• HMS and FWA students will be released from class at 2:20 and the bus will leave for GMS at 2:30 for practice each day.  
• It is important for students to attend all practices in order to grow in their running abilities and prepare for upcoming meets!  If a student is unable to attend a practice or meet, he/she MUST communicate their absence to one of the coaches. We would love this communication to come directly from the student whenever possible
   

What to Expect From Practices: 

• Team-oriented dynamic warm-ups/ cool-downs
• Stretching and flexibility work
• Core work
• Interval training
• Endurance training
• Hill workouts
• Team building games
• Coaching on proper running form
• FUN!!! Workouts tailored to runners of all ability levels :)

Meets:

• Race distances range from 1.5 miles to 2 miles depending on the invite
• We ask that all athletes attempt to stay for the entire meet to support and cheer on their teammates.
• Athletes not riding the bus to or home from meets will need a travel release form signed by the athletic director and on file in the school office prior to the day of the meet.
• All meets will only have one pickup location - Parents will need to pick up athletes at GMS after each meet
   

Running Gear/Uniforms:

• Tennis shoes or proper footwear for practice
• Each athlete will be given a uniform top.  They will wear it on race days with their choice of black shorts.
• We encourage students to wear a watch to practice if they have one!  This will be especially helpful on days we do intervals or timed runs.  A smart watch (or any watch with a GPS) is okay for practices, but will not be allowed for meets.
   

Contact Information:

Coach Norton: Email - tylernorton@hasd.org    Cell - 

Greenville Middle School: (920) 757-7140 → ***ONLY FOR AN EMERGENCY***